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jonjax71

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Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 11:34 AM (permalink)
In an alternative universe you have been convicted of a social crime and have been sentenced to 10 years of complete isloation.
You will spend the next 10 plus years on a deserted South Pacific island,  there are no fish, birds or animals on this lifeless island-other than some inedible shrubbery and shade trees,  you are there in a hut with a kitchen and besides water once a month you will receive 30 days supplies of food parachuted down to you however you will only be allowed ingredients to make one type of cusine. Which cuisine would you choice to eat every day for 10 years. Americana, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Thai, Greek, Italian, French, etc etc
 
PS this island is monitored to avoid you building a raft to escape and to have you use the ingredients to make a cuisine other than the one you have chosen, any violation will have you placed in a dungeon for the remainder of your sentence plus 3 additional years being served only water, porridge and bread the entire time
 
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    Mosca

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    Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 12:01 PM (permalink)
    Southern. Followed by Mexican or Tex Mex, then Italian.
     
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      Michael Hoffman

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      Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 12:19 PM (permalink)
      Italian. That would include all sorts of wonderful seafood dishes, pasta dishes, beef, pork, lamb, game, gamebird, waterfowl, poultry apizza and breads. Not to mention wines.
       
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        SeamusD

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        Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 12:43 PM (permalink)
        Second on the Italian. Don't forget some of the salads...
         
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          Michael Hoffman

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          Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 1:05 PM (permalink)
          I do my very best to forget salads at all times.
           
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            rumaki

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            Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 2:32 PM (permalink)
            I've actually given this some thought in the past -- usually while I'm out for one of my "power walks," trying to walk off Roadfood. 
             
            I would choose Chinese.  It's healthy -- or at least, it can be -- and offers endless variety, both in terms of ingredients and preparation methods. 
             
            As it is, Chinese is already my "comfort food" when I'm ill or depressed, and I'm sure I'd be both on this desert island.
             
            For my husband, no question:  his choice would be Italian.  But he needs his "carbs," and I can do without them as long as I have my protein and vegetables.
             
             
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              kirstine

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              Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 3:19 PM (permalink)
              Chinese...plenty of variety, it can be healthy and lastly it's what I usually crave when I'm hungry or needing a pick me up, plus I know I wouldn't get bored preparing the meals

              Failing that I'd go for Mexican or American as Italian/French/Indian to me would be too rich and I don't have much experience with Thai, Japanese or Greek food.
               
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                MilwFoodlovers

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                Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 3:33 PM (permalink)
                Thai for me for sure. The French and Indian are so very labor intensive but maybe that would make them attractive in this scenario so you wouldn't go crazy.
                 
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                  ScreamingChicken

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                  Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 3:48 PM (permalink)
                  I'll take American because isn't it really a fusion of many cultures?  Tex-Mex, Americanized Chinese and Italian, barbecue...

                  Brad
                   
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                    6star

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                    Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 3:55 PM (permalink)
                    I would probably choose American, since it is such a melting-pot of many cusines, but I would want to hold my captors to the strict definition of the particular cusines.  (Chop suey and its ilk is American, not Chinese; some Tex-Mex, like chili, is American, not Mexican, since true Mexican is more "continental-type" food).  Southern dishes and Northern dishes are so diverse that you would have a wide variety of meals to choose from with fish, fowl, domesticated and game meats along with vegetables, fruits and grains coming from coast to coast (and, of course, including Hawaii). 
                     
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                      rumaki

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                      Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 5:54 PM (permalink)
                      I think most of us are aware that many international cuisines have been Americanized.
                       
                      I love old-style "Chinese-American" food, but I realize it isn't classic Chinese. 
                       
                      I assume the restriction would allow me to cook out of, for example, the various "Yan Can Cook," Susanna Foo, etc.  cookbooks, and that's the kind of Chinese food I was referring to.
                       
                       
                      <message edited by rumaki on Tue, 07/14/09 9:58 AM>
                       
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                        Greymo

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                        Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 5:56 PM (permalink)
                        I would go for Italian.............................so many choices...................it would never get boring. 
                         
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                          NYPIzzaNut

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                          Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 8:17 PM (permalink)
                          What social crime?
                           
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                            Michael Hoffman

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                            Re:Desert Island cusine choice Mon, 07/13/09 9:02 PM (permalink)
                            Flagging posts as inappropriate because you don't approve of where they're posted.
                            <message edited by Michael Hoffman on Mon, 07/13/09 9:03 PM>
                             
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                              chewingthefat

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                              Re:Desert Island cusine choice Tue, 07/14/09 11:15 AM (permalink)
                              American, bring on all the soups and crispy bacon!
                               
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                                WarToad

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                                Re:Desert Island cusine choice Tue, 07/14/09 12:06 PM (permalink)
                                Asian, probably Vietnamese, so much variety and seafood based.
                                 
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                                  Soccer862923

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                                  Re:Desert Island cusine choice Tue, 07/14/09 2:01 PM (permalink)
                                  Can breakfast count as a cuisine? Just kidding although I would probably have to lean towards American just because that is generally what I look for when I want some good grub.
                                   
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                                    jonjax71

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                                    Re:Desert Island cusine choice Tue, 07/14/09 5:48 PM (permalink)
                                    Thank you so very much to all who responded to my scenario, my choice would be Chinese as well because it tends to be healtheir and it is quite extensive avoiding boredom, it aslo can be tedious to prepare properly which is good as it will keep me busy
                                     
                                    As for NY Pizza Nut's inquiry, since it is my fantasy scenario creation in my alternative universe the social crime warranting one 10 years of isolation is being discourteous to women, not opening doors for them-pulling out their chairs , treating them as non-equals and sex objects, in other words not being an old school gentleman. In my book that is a social crime
                                     
                                     
                                     
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