On Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 7:26:08 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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> On Monday, December 31, 2018 at 4:21:49 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Bruce" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:33:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Bruce" wrote in message
> > .. .
> > >
> > >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:
> > >
> > >>> 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.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > 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
>
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> Our tastes buds will tell us that 'anything' spicy is curry.

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