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Hellofriendinternet t1_j42rdqy wrote

It just listed cigarettes for NC…

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beenoc t1_j430rpo wrote

I put in NC and I got NC BBQ, Texas Pete, red slaw, and livermush. Seems about right to me, honestly, though it could use some Cheerwine.

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rW0HgFyxoJhYka t1_j45xte2 wrote

You wanna know what's weird? This thread is showing up on front page 17 hours later, with only 600 upvotes and 30 comments. I think Reddit's algorithm for promoting threads to the top messed up.

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BlackLeader70 t1_j4534kl wrote

Listing falafel as Israeli and hummus as Lebanese is just asking for all our ear in the Middle East. Every country says they made it up.

According to my Iraqi relatives, Iraq made them up but my Jordanian relatives said they made it up lol.

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tbmny t1_j4c8lyn wrote

Falafel is probably Egypt

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cerreur t1_j437u45 wrote

Netherlands..... best in amsterdam best in amsterdam best in amsterdam best in amsterdam
yeah sure...

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kazmosis t1_j44mc36 wrote

Yup, similar deal with Bangladesh. A lot of the regional foods are listed as originating from the capital...

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_j43aaiy wrote

Maybe they put all the national dishes under the capital? Or that's just where they had the most data.

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Thetri t1_j46i81s wrote

Yeah I saw this as well. I think it has to do with Amsterdam being more tourist-oriented, and therefore having restaurants that promote themselves as making Dutch food.

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Car-face t1_j4596gu wrote

Australia No. 1: Pavlova

New Zealand No. 1: Pavlova

I guess they're not interested in starting a war

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razor_eddie t1_j45lm3d wrote

New Zealand:

Possum stew.

Every Kiwi has now thrown up a little in their mouth.

They say "New Zealand and Southern US states".

It's not even the same ANIMAL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_brushtail_possum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j45lnc3 wrote

Common brushtail possum

>The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista) is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia and naturalised in New Zealand, and the second-largest of the possums. Like most possums, the common brushtail possum is nocturnal. It is mainly a folivore, but has been known to eat small mammals such as rats. In most Australian habitats, eucalyptus leaves are a significant part of the diet, but rarely the sole item eaten.

Opossum

>Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the connection of North and South America. The Virginia opossum is the only species found in the United States and Canada.

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laxativefx t1_j45ijxz wrote

There is a fair bit of pavlova related tension though.

If anything was to cause a war between NZ and Australia it would be these three things:

  1. under arm bowling
  2. pavlova
  3. Russell Crowe
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crazywaffle t1_j434xng wrote

Disregard that horrible gumbo recipe besides that awesome resource.

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Wosota t1_j44kbe6 wrote

Put in San Diego and got carne asada fries and California burrito.

Can confirm those are THE local specialties so checks out. Don’t recognize the cocktail suggested though.

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Lina_BF t1_j44r1sq wrote

Check for Costa Rica and mention a fruit I have never hear of neither my mom and is a biologist specialized in plants

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Mywifemydogandmyaudi t1_j453exk wrote

Guess you're talking about zapote (sapote in English). Check this out:

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Lina_BF t1_j4654zx wrote

I investigating and the fruit white sapote (matasano in Spanish) actually is almost not exist in Costa Rica. Because a president prohibited in the past. It is a complete different family from the zapote, it is more close to the oranges.

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andrewcooke t1_j454lz5 wrote

the chilean entries are largely reasonable - one includes a favourite restaurant of mine. like other people are saying the emphasis is on the capital, but for a web site that covers the whole world i guess that's a fair compromise.

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GrimTuck t1_j45rlci wrote

Fish and Chips for the UK always annoys me as it's never cooked at home and therefore shouldn't be considered our national dish. I wish that our roast dinner was more prominent in this regard as it's something most families eat every Sunday togetger. Fish and Chips is something we only get when we're being lazy and is beaten in popularity by Indian food as a take-away.

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bedroomsport t1_j451s4c wrote

Tried NZ and it got them all. Not sure about the best places it recommended, but it got the local cuisines spot on.

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TheScarletCravat t1_j46xmgj wrote

Not one mention of curry when talking about the UK, but random dishes I've never even heard of. Doesn't fill me with confidence!

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-ShadowPuppet t1_j45o4c5 wrote

This is not representative of many countries. For example their southeast Asian guide has many misappropriation errors for the origins of the dishes and the histories behind the cuisine. It would serve as a very poor resource for anyone trying to educate themselves on the subject.

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DeTrotseTuinkabouter t1_j43a2tx wrote

Wow! I just tried this for Amsterdam and the results are really good.

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DarthDannyBoy t1_j45e3sh wrote

I put in Anchorage Alaska and other than cheeseburger etc that every US city has listed for them. they offered muktuk, Akutaq, and jellied moose nose. Ok yes those exist here however they are not something most people have eaten or will ever eat outside of villages/natives.

They are....unique foods. You will actually be hard pressed to find any to get. No one just sells that stuff. Especially muktuk, anything deal with whale meat and the like is pretty restricted. So unless you go up to some of the coastal bush villages and make friends you won't ever see it.

The only thing Alaska really has going for it that's "Alaskan" someone can just go but is smoked salmon. Wild game like moose and reindeer is also restricted you can't sell it. You can some farm raised reindeer though, but farm raised in not the same in the slightest.

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barf_digestion t1_j45ejt4 wrote

How could you list lunumiris and kottu but not include hoppers for Sri Lankan dishes 😭

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_chrom_ t1_j45gpg9 wrote

Huh. Klobasnek (what most people think of kolaches) is an American creation.

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Republiken t1_j45m8kt wrote

Cool but very light on content. Stockholm apperently only have two restaurants and only eat two things

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MurderDoneRight t1_j45ondo wrote

Neat. I learned we have an endangered type of goat in my region. Other than that, there's a local cheese that I love (Västerbottensost) and one local dish called Calskrove, which is a hamburger with fries baked into a calzone... I have yet to try that because I have some decency still in me.

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Merman314 t1_j45swqu wrote

Missing the chicken fritter sandwich for Indiana.
Glad the Seattle Dog is somewhat accurately described.

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alex494 t1_j45xu04 wrote

Lol I didn't realise "meat pie" was uniquely Australian

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wanroww t1_j468gaz wrote

*cry in NW europe*

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Nearby_Ad_4091 t1_j46a3yh wrote

I've been here but how to download some of their amazing Infographics?

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burningchocolate t1_j46oblh wrote

...my local food is apparently timbits fr Tim Hortons.

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Oakshadric t1_j46p0tz wrote

Lived in Fiji for nearly two years. I am pretty impressed.

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garlicroastedpotato t1_j46xr6p wrote

There's a part of Canada where they grow root vegetables and there's a part of Canada where they grow wheat. And the difference between the two in distance would be like Paris to Romania.

So anyway the only recipes for my area are ginger beef and a selection of cocktails.

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Phofish t1_j46zhb8 wrote

The food on the list called kokoretsi is a Turkish dish. His real name is Kokoreç. It is a kind of dish made from the small intestine of a sheep, wrapped in a shish and fried over a ember. It is absurd to market the dishes spread from the Ottoman Empire as Greek dishes. The site called Tasteatlas scores oils in country cuisines to give more points to many countries. Kebab-style dishes come from the east of Turkey, not from the west. It has no ties to Greece but spread to many countries by the Ottoman Empire. I can't take a site that doesn't know this seriously.

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Styarrr t1_j46zln0 wrote

Lol put in my city, recommends something from 1400km away. 🤦

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Yazowa t1_j47ij80 wrote

Doesn't list anything for a province in Chile. Should have expected that lol

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