sf wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:49:50 -0800 (PST), aem >
> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, January 7, 2013 4:28:59 PM UTC-8, ViLco wrote:
>>>
>>> Now I know what RFC needs: a chinese who wil get all upset because
>>> of
>>>
>>> people posting "chinese" recipes which aren't real chinese.
>>>
>>> How comes that not even one in a billion and 3 hundred millions ever
>>>
>>> kicked in here?
>>>
>>
>> You didn't get an indignant response because the recipe you
>> described and the pictures you posted were in fact a Chinese dish.
>> Nothing is more Chinese than to take what's on hand (like your
>> prosciutto) and maake fried rice out of it. That's the same all
>> over the U.S. and in northern Italy. -aem
>
> I already tried to explain that to him, but he's got it in his head
> that it's not made in China and is looking for corroboration that
> isn't forthcoming.
>
> http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Ri...cantonese.html
>
> "Cantonese rice is a dish of Chinese origin, very welcome and popular
> in Italy, and because it is very close to European tastes and this is
> why it is on the menus of many Chinese restaurants in our area."

The thing is... There is just so much fusion food today! Even if a person
was born in one place, when they move to a new place, they may not be able
to find the ingredients they are used to. So they make do with what they
can find.

Here, Mexican food is common. But it was not really on Cape Cod or in NY.
We did have a military commissary there so I could usually get what I needed
there. Although it was a very small commissary on Cape Cod so they didn't
have much selection. But... There is a very big Portugese community in MA
so that food was common. So while not all of that food is like Mexican,
much of it is similar. I could not get Jicama though. It may have been
available somewhere but not around where I lived.