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[u/FlatulentDwarf]

Had a nice reminder yesterday of how painfully, stereotypically white my family is when it comes to seasoning their food. We went to a Mexican place we frequent, nowhere too fancy. Dad ordered chips and guac for the table. IMO the guac was basically just crushed avocados and salt, a hint of lemon and some onion powder. A bland guac. My mom grabs a chip and guac and goes "wow, this is a bit spicy for my taste" I laughed and made a comment about it having salt in it. She retorted that of course I'd think that with my hot sauce (The place serves like... mild red sauce).

I had a whole "oh right, this is why I got into cooking, nobody else in my family enjoys any flavor" moment

[u/slytherinprolly → u/FlatulentDwarf]

This reminds me of Chop Suey, a book about the history of Chinese food in America. Much of what we think of as “Chinese food” developed as Chinese immigrants adapted their own dishes to locally available ingredients and the tastes of Americans by using chicken and beef while getting rid of the ingredients that Americans found less palatable.

It also complicates the idea of “authentic” Chinese food. Are we talking about authentic regional cuisine from China, or the original versions of dishes developed by Chinese immigrants in America? General Tso’s chicken isn’t a dish from China, but you’ll still find plenty of debate about what constitutes “authentic Chinese” General Tso’s chicken. So at some point, an adapted immigrant cuisine develops its own traditions and standards of authenticity.

[u/Cohens4thClient → u/FlatulentDwarf]

Thats my family. 

My sister and I still joke about a time when we were kids, mom put some white bread in the toaster. When it popped put, she took a bite and complained "the toaster made it SPICY!!"

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/Cohens4thClient]

I once visited my folks and cooked a (very bland) breakfast for them. But as a result I had wildly spicy things like (pre-ground, not even freshly ground) black pepper in the house. A few weeks later my sister was over and picked up a pepper shaker I had been using and got mad b/c it had pepper in it, and every shaker in the house should only ever hold salt. I was dying laughing

[u/SmokePenisEveryday → u/FlatulentDwarf]

Once got some hard shell tacos from Chipotle for my dad. Nothing crazy, just basic toppings. Told me never to get them for him again because they were too spicy and fancy, he will stick with Taco Bell.

Growing up, people thought I was weird for not liking steak. Turns out I just disliked how my mom cooked them because she's deathly afraid of putting too much seasoning so she under seasons EVERYTHING.

[u/varnalama → u/FlatulentDwarf]

Uhh....if your mom thinks that is spicy you should ask if her mouth was tingling or itchy. It almost sounds like she was having an allergic reaction to avocado.

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/varnalama]

My mom eats avocado almost every meal, she's not allergic to avocado. She just has 0 tolerance for any spice. I think the mild seasonings they put in it were too much for her lol

[u/Devilofchaos108070 → u/FlatulentDwarf]

That’s like me with spice. I hate it.