+56 "Authentic" is a terrible, useless descriptor when discussing food, amirite?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Using French fries doesn't make sense bc the word "French" in this case isn't related to France. It comes from the term "frenching" which is cutting into thin strips.

by Tonydietrich 2 days ago

TIL

by Forward_Web 2 days ago

I enjoy travel and appreciate when I'm told that the foreign cuisine I'm looking for is more like what you'd expect to find when you are in that country. The OP can only have this "opinion" if they don't have the experience of traveling somewhere, enjoying the local cuisine, and finding that the version marketed here is nothing like that original. It's empty arrogance fueled by ignorance and lack of experience. If you've eaten in Japan or China and then gone out for Japanese or Chinese here, you simply couldn't have this BS opinion.

by Marilyne26 2 days ago

Authentic Simply Organic Free-Rage Non-GMO Farm-to-Table Unadulterated Vegan Fat-Free Diet Italian-Cambodian fusion is my favorite cuisine.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Organic Free-Rage Yes

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I don't care if people use the word authentic but I hate when it's implied that means it's automatically better. I love Mexican food. I love Tex mex even more. Tex mex being less authentic doesn't make it any better or worse than authentic Mexican. It's just different. It's adapted. Sometimes adaptations are better, sometimes they're worse.

by Forward_Web 2 days ago

It means to be made with traditional techniques and ingredients.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I agree that people shouldn't use "authentic" to mean "good." But I do sometimes want to know that what I'm eating is food actually similar to the food eaten where it purports to be from, rather than a totally different thing. TexMex is great, but I want to know if I'm getting TexMex or some food actually from a specific region of Mexico.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You may like the original version of a dish or you may prefer the one adapted for the palates of your country, there's nothing wrong with this. But I don't see how it would be useless to have a way of describing which is which?

by Stock_Parsnip 2 days ago