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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9135975" data-attributes="member: 7023840">So, building on what Danny just posted ...You can have authentic bad food.You can have inauthentic good food.But usually when people are talking about &quot;authentic&quot; food, they mean that the food is actually the original example, made using the correct (and fresh) ingredients, by people who have learned to make it from others who have perfected it over generations.If you even listen to the David Chang podcast (which is NSFW, but I recommend if you are into food), he will often discuss this issue, and the tension that results. Because on the one hand, authentic food ... it can rock. When you have food prepared by someone who is making it the same way that it has been done, and passed down with care, for longer than anyone can remember.But all food, everywhere, was originally inauthentic; it began as someone experimenting with something new. Look at this thread; we've discussed Tiramisu, which is &quot;authentically&quot; Italian, but was invented in the 60s. Or the Caesar salad, invented in the 20s when the restaurant was short on ingredients. Al pastor was, of course, the invention of Lebanese immigrants to Mexico in the 30s.Heck, I love me a bulgogi burrito, which is as tasty as it is &quot;inauthentic.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9135975, member: 7023840"] So, building on what Danny just posted ... You can have authentic bad food. You can have inauthentic good food. But usually when people are talking about "authentic" food, they mean that the food is actually the original example, made using the correct (and fresh) ingredients, by people who have learned to make it from others who have perfected it over generations. If you even listen to the David Chang podcast (which is NSFW, but I recommend if you are into food), he will often discuss this issue, and the tension that results. Because on the one hand, authentic food ... it can rock. When you have food prepared by someone who is making it the same way that it has been done, and passed down with care, for longer than anyone can remember. But all food, everywhere, was originally inauthentic; it began as someone experimenting with something new. Look at this thread; we've discussed Tiramisu, which is "authentically" Italian, but was invented in the 60s. Or the Caesar salad, invented in the 20s when the restaurant was short on ingredients. Al pastor was, of course, the invention of Lebanese immigrants to Mexico in the 30s. Heck, I love me a bulgogi burrito, which is as tasty as it is "inauthentic." [/QUOTE]

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