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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was an entire documentary trying to search for the original of General Tso's Chicken:
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What about pork fried rice?

That’s my absolute go to. “Sub gum” for more veggies. I dump duck sauce on top. 
Is that just laughable Chinese American food or what. [/quote]

I mean, almost every Asian person fries rice, especially Chinese people. How else do you use up leftover rice? It's not "inauthentic" or not done in China (or Taiwan, etc.) as much as it's just kind of a vague preparation method. Probably not too many people in Asia eat exactly the kind of fried rice served at most basic Chinese American joints, but it's more like... you can throw some Prego on some San Georgio pasta and sprinkle some cheese on it. Or you can order spaghetti with marinara sauce at an Italian American place. And those aren't much like what you'd get in Italy, but Italy still has pasta with red sauce, with marinara. It's not like fried rice is not Chinese or exists only in the US. It's just prepared a million different ways and the way you eat it, specifically, isn't one of the more common ways to find in Asia itself.[/quote]

But yeah like spaghetti marinara with grated Parmesan it's not inauthentic but it's at least more to the American palate than other dishes.[/quote]

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