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[Pedantic]

That opinion is so forceful, it knocked off my fedora.

Not your gear bedecked top hat? Poser.

 

[deganawida]

After much thought, and a nice conversation in a different thread with @overgeeked , I have concluded that I do not like most campaign settings. They give you a world, it’s true, and that’s neato. But it’s not for me.

What is for me? Well, SpellJammer gives less a setting in its most-used context, and more a system for playing D&D in space. Similarly, oWoD didn’t try telling me every detail of every city.

I guess what I’m getting at is that I prefer campaign systems that provide a few details on how to play a game in a particular milieu, instead of how to play in some person’s world, even if that world is very creative and I’d love to read books of it.

Hope that makes some sense.

 

[Aldarc]

To be fair to Americans, in the 21st century, we don't really have regional native cuisine. Sure, every region may have one or two signature dishes, but I can expect to be served the same food, generally speaking, in Bar Harbor, Maine, as I would in Kansas City (either one!) or in San Diego.

The American Southeast says hello. My own experiences when it comes to Southern cuisine in the US outside of the South says differently. I've even brought Austrians and Germans to the American South who thought that Southern cuisine was like a completely different ballgame when it came to their understanding of cuisine in the USA.

 

[deganawida]

The American Southeast says hello. My own experienceswhen it comes to Southern cuisine in the US outside of the South says differently. I've even brought Austrians and Germans to the American South who thought that Southern cuisine was like a completely different ballgame when it came to their understanding of cuisine in the USA.

Never lived until you cook chitlins for someone not from the SE and see their minds blown.

Did that when I was managing a service desk is central NJ, as none of them had ever had Southern cooking or soul food, and I was missing it.

 

[Pedantic]

The American Southeast says hello. My own experiences when it comes to Southern cuisine in the US outside of the South says differently. I've even brought Austrians and Germans to the American South who thought that Southern cuisine was like a completely different ballgame when it came to their understanding of cuisine in the USA.

I have had this experience in reverse, which was pretty amusing. My British friend would say things about "American food" after visiting his expat father in North Carolina that I had to explain were not particularly indicative of food culture in Colorado.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The American Southeast says hello. My own experiences when it comes to Southern cuisine in the US outside of the South says differently. I've even brought Austrians and Germans to the American South who thought that Southern cuisine was like a completely different ballgame when it came to their understanding of cuisine in the USA.

Eeeh, maybe.

I was born in the South, my family is from the South, I went to school in the South and I have since lived and worked in the South.

There are definitely regional specialties -- I grew up eating a lot of them and have taught my kids to make them -- but a lot of that is soul food and is common throughout the Black diaspora across the US.

But no matter what, it's not a completely different cuisine. You might be having gumbo or collard greens one night this week, but the rest of the week, you're eating the exact same way you would in the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, the Southwest or Alaska.

The South doesn't have a different national cuisine from the rest of the US. It just has a great tradition of regional specialties.

If you go eat at the Varsity in Atlanta, you're eating the same foods they're serving in Denver and Boston.

 

[overgeeked]

Eeeh, maybe.

I was born in the South, my family is from the South, I went to school in the South and I have since lived and worked in the South.

There are definitely regional specialties -- I grew up eating a lot of them and have taught my kids to make them -- but a lot of that is soul food and is common throughout the Black diaspora across the US.

But no matter what, it's not a completely different cuisine. You might be having gumbo or collard greens one night this week, but the rest of the week, you're eating the exact same way you would in the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, the Southwest or Alaska.

The South doesn't have a different national cuisine from the rest of the US. It just has a great tradition of regional specialties.

If you go eat at the Varsity in Atlanta, you're eating the same foods they're serving in Denver and Boston.

I agree with you on a lot of stuff, but not this. Regional variety of cuisine is a real thing, even in the USA. Yes, there are national chains that, unfortunately, people eat at...but that doesn't erase regional cuisine. Local restaurants, local flora and fauna. Local cultures and mixes of cultures. Enclaves of foreign cultures. Fusion between those various cultures. Etc. That's still a real thing regardless of how many McDonald's there are.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Mexican food is the single best cuisine and it’s not even close.

Taco Bell isn't bad, I will admit.

 

[Aldarc]

Eeeh, maybe.

I was born in the South, my family is from the South, I went to school in the South and I have since lived and worked in the South.

There are definitely regional specialties -- I grew up eating a lot of them and have taught my kids to make them -- but a lot of that is soul food and is common throughout the Black diaspora across the US.

But no matter what, it's not a completely different cuisine. You might be having gumbo or collard greens one night this week, but the rest of the week, you're eating the exact same way you would in the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, the Southwest or Alaska.

The South doesn't have a different national cuisine from the rest of the US. It just has a great tradition of regional specialties.

If you go eat at the Varsity in Atlanta, you're eating the same foods they're serving in Denver and Boston.

I know that this thread is for "unpopular opinions" but here you're "just plain ole wrong."

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I agree with you on a lot of stuff, but not this. Regional variety of cuisine is a real thing, even in the USA. Yes, there are national chains that, unfortunately, people eat at...but that doesn't erase regional cuisine. Local restaurants, local flora and fauna. Local cultures and mixes of cultures. Enclaves of foreign cultures. Fusion between those various cultures. Etc. That's still a real thing regardless of how many McDonald's there are.

Yep.

Regional cuisine in the US is definitely a thing. Sure, most of it is variation of cultural specialties from various diasporas, but that comes with when you are a country of immigrants. That's the beauty of it, IMHO.

On the other hand, if you really want to see lack of regional food, come to Canada. Full of great cooks and all, but good gods the variety is lacking. You want French cuisine like its 1996? Come see us! Hey, we have Nanaimo bars, Hawaian pizza and Poutine. Yoop-dee-doo.... Have your mind blown away with a crazy Saturday when your mom decides to put pepperoni in her lasagna!

I blame our British heritage for the bad food and our French heritage for the resistance to culinary innovation.