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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they're interested in understanding your culture a bit better, then shoot for something fried that is from your country. You mentioned teriyaki, so if you're from Japan, think about tempura shrimp, chicken karaage, pork katsu, or even Japanese-style potato salad. Onigiri with a simple tuna mayo filling could work too.

My Indianapolis grandparents died without having ever tried pizza or spaghetti. Even Maryland crab cakes were super exotic for them.

My dad often volunteered my mom to make something from her Thai heritage for his parents to try. It was tough to find more than Chinese-style soy sauce in Indy during the early 70's, so she would bring herbs from our garden and seasonings from the DC asian grocery shops to their house.

Satay (super mild version), pork toasts, fried rice, khai jiao (fried omelette), and fried spring rolls played to their like of fried foods and worked well. No way would they have been ok with any curry, spicy soups nor any dish with odd animal bits. And my mom knew better than to spend a day making dainty spiral dough curry puffs or elaborate steamed desserts. She kept it simple and played to their tastes as much as possible.[/quote]

OP should totally make tonkatsu with white rice and cabbage slaw. Satay is another good suggestion. I think the in laws would eat this.[/quote]

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