"Boring" countries that aren't boring
Yes. I'm not a food expert or an anthropologist, but I imagine the slave trade may have something to do with that.*
Also, the term buccaneer derives a native word for the wooden frame natives on Hispinola used for smoking meat, including meat of manatees.
We have a lot of native varieties. It's an entire subculture, really, especially in the south. It's something that people like to argue about - who has the best, what sort of wood is best, sauce/no-sauce, rub/no-rub, what kind of rub or sauce. I've also heard that "barbecue beef" is considered redundant in Texas and an oxymoron in the rest of the South.
*I can't think of much food that is 100% Native American. Of course, there are lots of ingredients that the Indians used that were not previously available in Europe. The afforementioned corn on the cob is probably one of those. Obviously, various types of fish and game. Potatoes and tomatoes are from the Western Hemisphere too, but originally from Central America, I think.
One truly native thing I know of is wild rice. In Minnesota, it's easy to find wild race, available dry in a bag or in soup in a restaurant. It's not strictly a variety of rice, but it is a water plant that the Indian bands up north still harvest in canoes with the traditional method.
One you share with the West Indies, to be fair; their version of slow barbecue's also superb, and there's some evidence you got it off them.
Also, the term buccaneer derives a native word for the wooden frame natives on Hispinola used for smoking meat, including meat of manatees.
We have a lot of native varieties. It's an entire subculture, really, especially in the south. It's something that people like to argue about - who has the best, what sort of wood is best, sauce/no-sauce, rub/no-rub, what kind of rub or sauce. I've also heard that "barbecue beef" is considered redundant in Texas and an oxymoron in the rest of the South.
*I can't think of much food that is 100% Native American. Of course, there are lots of ingredients that the Indians used that were not previously available in Europe. The afforementioned corn on the cob is probably one of those. Obviously, various types of fish and game. Potatoes and tomatoes are from the Western Hemisphere too, but originally from Central America, I think.
One truly native thing I know of is wild rice. In Minnesota, it's easy to find wild race, available dry in a bag or in soup in a restaurant. It's not strictly a variety of rice, but it is a water plant that the Indian bands up north still harvest in canoes with the traditional method.
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