No man is an island...

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I guess nobody else makes food for ugly dwarves.

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Great article. I have been a cook in a handful of eateries, some under great chefs, but the thing I loath the most is when someone starts calling what a culture made for sustinance a 'cuisine'. I'm sorry Gumbo is not a cuisine. It is what poor US southerners had around the house to eat and made a soup of it so they would not starve. Same with Sheaperds pie and the lot. Call it home cooking and be done with it. Stop the pretentions nationalism.

Originally posted by StTito
Great article. I have been a cook in a handful of eateries, some under great chefs, but the thing I loath the most is when someone starts calling what a culture made for sustinance a 'cuisine'. I'm sorry Gumbo is not a cuisine. It is what poor US southerners had around the house to eat and made a soup of it so they would not starve. Same with Sheaperds pie and the lot. Call it home cooking and be done with it. Stop the pretentions nationalism.

What is a 'cuisine'?

Originally posted by Palynka
What is a 'cuisine'?

We see you are asking a lot of questions lately.

We don't like that.

Originally posted by Seitse
We see you are asking a lot of questions lately.

We don't like that.

I want your knowledge and your soul.

Originally posted by Palynka
What is a 'cuisine'?

It's what you think it is. But then it's something somehow more than that too, because it's a French word .

Originally posted by FMF
It's what you think it is. But then it's something somehow more than that too, because it's a French word .

Now we're talking. What could generations of local culinary traditions possibly have to offer to a London restaurant critic?

That's right. Rien.

Originally posted by Palynka
I want your knowledge and your soul.

Not my body?

I mean, it can come in the same package, you know?

Regarding the failed literary piece shared by the OP, it's quite delightful to see the wink at Hemingway here and there.

It's so funny to see how someone becomes a petulant, snobbish pen basher when they just can't make it to be real writers. Almost mathematical.

And yes, Portuguese food is for dwarves. Is there anything wrong with that? I mean, I would like to be a dwarf if I could indulge daily in that pork stew with olives they serve in Lisbon restaurants. Sided by good Port wine. Yummy!

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Ask Palynka.

I've heard he roams through the alleys of London, looking lost, moaning and mumbling "where's my pork stew with olives served by Lisbon restaurants? Where?!"

Originally posted by Seitse
Ask Palynka.

I've heard he roams through the alleys of London, looking lost, moaning and mumbling "where's my pork stew with olives served by Lisbon restaurants? Where?!"

Close enough. 🙂

I don't know of a particular dish that I'd describe as pork stew with olives, although the combination is not uncommon.

Originally posted by Palynka
Close enough. 🙂

I don't know of a particular dish that I'd describe as pork stew with olives, although the combination is not uncommon.

Hey, man, I even told you as soon as I returned from Lisbon and you said it's a smash hit among the locals.

Try to recall, c'mon: pork cubes cooked in an oily sauce, with lots of stuff inside, including black olives.

Cozido?

Damn, I'm getting old, my memory. I even remember that the starter was fresh cheese, cut in pieces which then you could place on top of a bread, and spice with salt and pepper only.

Sagres was the beer? Damn... I must go back to Lisbon.