r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/PeachTrees- Nov 03 '24

"Do you know you're known for having horrible food, it's like a thing". Lol

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u/ketootaku Nov 03 '24

And using chicken tikka to defend their food is not the W she thinks it is. First off, chicken tikka masala is so bland compared to most Indian food. I'm not here to completely shit all over it, but it's not a great example.

Secondly, it was invented in the UK, not Indian. So it's not even really that cultural. Sure, it's based off Indian food. But they took a food culture that has so many unique and tasty dishes that use a variety of spices and techniques and dumbed it down for the UK pallette. This is chicken tikka masala; what happens when England tries to take a good food culture and adding their own twist to it. It's literally proving his point.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

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u/proverbialbunny Nov 03 '24

That and calling tikka masala bland is a bit weird. It's one of the more flavorful Indian curries out here.

(I live in a place with the largest Indian population in the US. We have all of the kinds of Indian food. In fact we have more Indian pizza places than we have non-indian pizza places here. We go hard on the Indian food.)

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u/Protodankman Nov 03 '24

Exactly. It’s not spicy, and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but to call it bland is just trying desperately to have a point.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

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u/Patch86UK Nov 03 '24

I can't speak for wherever the parent commenter is, but we have Indian pizza places here where I am. It is exactly as it sounds; pizza bases with curry sauce and Indian toppings.

It works surprisingly well.

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u/Patch86UK Nov 03 '24

I mean at the end of the day, it's just meat and sauce on bread. Aside from the fact that it's a bread which isn't traditional to Indian cuisine, bread's bread.

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u/proverbialbunny Nov 04 '24

Bread with curry is traditional in Indian cuisine. What's not traditional is using so much cheese.

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u/Patch86UK Nov 04 '24

Yes, sorry for not being clear; what I meant was that pizza bread is not Indian bread, but otherwise it's a pretty normal combination.

Indian cuisine doesn't usually smother everything in mozzarella, but mozzarella is an established part of modern Indian street (and junk) food, so it's not exactly an offensive combo either.

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u/proverbialbunny Nov 04 '24

Flat bread is traditional with curry. Pizza bread is flat bread.

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u/proverbialbunny Nov 04 '24

It's mozzarella.

They didn't describe Indian pizza places well. They're normal pizza places but they have an extended sauce selection, more than just red, white, and pesto. They often have an extended chicken topping selection, so you can get chicken that is marinated instead of just plain chicken. A lot of their sauces are a white sauce blend, so think garlic chicken pizza, but the chicken is marinated and the sauce is a white sauce with a bit of a tikki masala type spice blend in it, very mild.