On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 4:21:49 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Bruce" wrote in message ... .
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> On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:33:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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> >
> >
> >"Bruce" wrote in message
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> >On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 09:44:43 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 12:14:25 PM UTC-5, Fruitiest of Fruitcakes
> >>wrote:
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> >>> I dont think Anglo Saxon cuisine was that bad.
> >>>
> >>> Remember that wild animals would have tasted much stronger than the
> >>> bland
> >>> meat such as chicken we endure today.
> >>>
> >>> Ive no idea what Pike tastes like, or Eels and Perch for that matter,
> >>> but
> >>> they couldnt have been too bad or their bones would not have been found
> >>> in
> >>> piles around known settlements.
> >>>
> >>> Ok, so they didnt have sugar; but they had honey to sweeten things,
> >>> plus
> >>> a
> >>> multitude of edible berries at different times of year.
> >>>
> >>> Just because there is a national myth that our ancestors lived on
> >>> turnips
> >>> doesnt mean we have to believe that as well.
> >>>
> >>> Wild garlic would have been plentiful in the hedgerows if they wished to
> >>> add
> >>> it to the cooking pot.
> >>
> >>I'm pretty sure when people talk about "Anglo-Saxon" cooking, they mean
> >>English cooking of the 19th and 20th Century.
> >
> >Yes. In the Netherlands, things slowly started to improve in the late
> >60s, with the French and Italian influence. Chinese too, but not so
> >much for home cooking. Indonesian cuisine had always been a factor.
> >
> >===
> >
> >Pretty much here too, although curries were popular back in the day.
> >
> >I got hooked on Italian cooking very early on and I loved it)
>
> I guess what Indian food was for the UK, Indonesian was for the
> Netherlands.
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> ==
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> I expect so. Curries never did it for me What kind of food was
> Indonesian?

Your taste buds would probably call it "curry".

Cindy Hamilton