Cuisines

Tamarind is popular in many South Asian and Central American cuisines.

Like Africa, India is still a mystery for me. There is much to know about its history, languages, cuisines, geography, and cultures.

The day after Halloween of 2021, at the cafe, Hans the Netherlander and I talked about the polders in the Netherlands and cuisines. I told him that I did my report on the Netherlands in elementary school. I learned about polders. Hans said that Netherlanders ate raw fish. I mentioned the "gravlax" fish dish in Sweden.

Thailand, Korea, China, and Japan have excellent cuisines.

Today the 21st of August of 2022, my neighbour Moli Wong, who is of mixed Chinese and East Indian ancestry from a previously Fijian nationality, now on Lulu Island, gave me, for dinner, roti with green beans and eggs inside. It's East Indian cuisine. She's thinking about what I said to my mother yesterday: Mexican and East Indian cuisines created similar foods in independent, parallel development. Somewhat related is my thinking that things living and non-living in other worlds may have parallel evolution, also. There may be life human-like, bird-like, horse-like, tree-like, grass-like, etc. on other worlds from parallel evolution. Another theory relevant is panspermia, in which biological bits seed other worlds from outer space.

In Algiers, you can find cuisines from all over the world.

William had fun trying out different cuisines during his vacation.

The street had a food truck festival with many different cuisines.

Many of the Vietnamese who live along the Gulf Coast not only embraced Cajun food but created something new—a fusion of two cuisines.

Afghan cuisine includes dishes like kebabs, pilaf, and naan, influenced by Persian, Central Asian, and South Asian cuisines.