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Indian food's fine, but I look forward to the day when they invent a second dish. You can only go so far with "glop on rice". -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Jan 21 '09, 08:29

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have you tried the sheeps' eyeballs yet? -- nm - Andrew Zimmern Jan 21, 08:39
Your White Guilt makes you eat it. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 21, 08:37
The problem is that for Westerners, it's pretty established what Indian food is. Anything different from that doesn't get accepted -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 08:34 4
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  - It happens with Chinese food as well. There are a few dishes that are standard at all Chinese restaurants, regardless of the style of food - Roger More Jan 21, 08:41 2
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      - Yeah, going to Mexico last year really opened my eyes about how diverse the cuisine is. I bought Diana Kennedy's book soon after -- nm - Roger More Jan 21, 08:43
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- american indian food is almost completely a limited repertoire from northern indian food, for the record.... - x Jan 21, 08:40 1
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Well, there's tandoori -- nm - con_carne Jan 21, 08:32 4
- or chaat or dosas or pakoras or mirchi bada or y'know, thousands of other dishes....nm - x Jan 21, 08:35 3
  - I *love* our indian students' potluck dinners. I bring wine. -- nm - president 44 loves mandy lane Jan 21, 08:37 1
    - I bet that would be so good. -- nm - Callisto Jan 21, 08:40
  - not to mention the half dozen regional cuisines that in no way resemble each other. -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 08:36
you need to go to better restaurants. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 08:31
how about "Spicy glop on rice"? - znufrii Jan 21, 08:29 1
- Or sweet and smokey glop on rice! -- nm - emoticripple Jan 21, 08:31

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