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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] is[quote=Anonymous]The food in the Midwest sucks because it’s based on the bland flavors of Northern Europe ..German, Dutch etc and basic American food. Hamburgers, hotdogs and beer are really the best food there. Salt and butter are the main seasonings. Celebratory meals are cooked in a crockpot.

There are so many fantastic regional and sub regional cuisines in the US west, south, east coast and coastal areas. The Midwest is not one of them! Even immigrant communities that open restaurants in that area have to severely tone down and Americanize their dishes if their own communities aren’t large enough to sustain their business.[/quote]

Yep yep and yep. The coasts have lots of great food because of the influx of immigrants over many decades. And the birth of California cuisine and its evolution in the 1970s-1990s. Much of the Midwest did not adopt this (except maybe little pockets of the major cities) and I can say the stereotype of Midwesterners making casseroles, eating heavy food, using canned vegetables and soups is not untrue. [/quote]

That’s because of climate and economics more than anything else. [/quote]

No it’s not! It’s simply a preference for blander flavors, less texture and aversion to learning techniques new to them. [/quote]

What a complete load of sanctimonious crap. You are very ignorant and judgmental.

Preference for blander flavors is based on economics and climate. For much of the 20th century families in the midwest didn’t have access to imported or spicy ingredients because of cost and climate. Peppers and herbs don’t grow in your garden anymore at -15°. People would spend winters eating canned food preserves of beets and greek beans and heavy cream because that’s what they had. The climate lends itself towards hearty meals that warm you up after working your ass off all day long. Things like bread and cheese and pasta and canned soup.

All northern cultures across the globe have a cultural trend towards different ingredients due to these same reasons and it’s not because the people are dumb and boring.[/quote]

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