• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    “Delicious”?

    My fucking god.

    I’d like to see Gordon Ramsay reacting to people saying that cubes of meat in lightly salted water are “delicious.”

    The self-deluding is insane.

    I mean, there are modern versions which actually add spices and vegetables, and then it is good, but that isn’t “traditional” per se.

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        9 hours ago

        Just… plain, unpeppered meat?

        Whatever floats your goat, man.

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          4 hours ago

          What makes you feel like pepper is such an incredible and necessary ingredient?

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            3 hours ago

            It’s no the lack of pepper. It’s the lack of everything.

            What makes you think boiled undersalted meat cubes are a meal?

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            4 hours ago

            If the meat is good, it’ll be good with or without pepper.

            Overall I feel like boiling is in general ignorantly ridiculed far too much by modern cooking culture, especially famous restaurant chefs. Stews are usually easily better than the average “home chef’s” steak attempt #62.

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          9 hours ago

          Good meat doesn’t need anything else than salt imo. But usually Karelian stew has pepper and other stuff in it too.

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            8 hours ago

            Traditional Karelian Stew only says salt in the recipe, though.

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              8 hours ago

              Some do, some don’t. It’s not a set in stone thing afaik. Some old recipes are simpler than others. These days mostly always it’s more than just meat(s), water, salt.

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                8 hours ago

                But like… you definitely see my point here.

                Our national dish is boiled, lightly salted meat.

                That’s shit.

                When have you ever heard of anyone discussing “Finnish cuisine”? When have you ever heard of there being a Finnish restaurant somewhere outside of Finland? I’m sure a couple exist, but most are probably “Nordic” and I’ll genuinely be surprised if you find one that’s a “traditional Finnish food” restaurant in another country.

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                  8 hours ago

                  I mean it’s peasant food. Simple, fulfilling and imo pretty good for what it is. Karelian stew being a good example, though I’ve never actually had it as plain as you described.

                  Traditional Finnish cuisine isn’t anything fancy but it’s not really supposed to be either. And I don’t mind, I like it.

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                    8 hours ago

                    There’s a ton of peasant food from other cultures which is still amazing.

                    And like I bet with myself, you can’t find such s restaurant.

                    I just disagree there really being any Finnish cuisine. Boiled meat and potatoes does not a cuisine make.