• @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    182 years ago

    Chitlins is what these are called, for those who don’t know. It’s such an interesting lens of how food traditions mirror class structures in different societies. For example, polenta (I can’t find the source here to save my life so sorry if this is incorrect) was an Italian peasant food made from leftover maize while the landlords exported all the high-value stuff to other markets. The bison were systemically eradicated to destroy indigenous food systems. Countless abundant foods have been abandoned as populations became richer and wanted to show off their new wealth, like paw-paw fruits.

    • Water Bowl Slime
      link
      fedilink
      62 years ago

      Another example is birria, a Mexican dish made from stewed goat meat. The name literally translates to “garbage/worthless” and was created out of desperation by the natives.

      Along with other livestock, the conquistadors introduced goats to Mexico, but unlike the other livestock, goats became an invasive species. They bred rapidly and ate everything, including harvests, which worsened famines. So even though goat meat was considered tough, disgusting, and taboo (hence the name) indigenous Mexicans began to eat them for survival.

      Birria is absolutely delicious though. 100/10 food. Fuck the Spanish

    • Black AOC
      link
      fedilink
      12
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      Are you fr rn? Imagine getting huffy about a 20 year old Boondocks joke sourced from existential Amerikan history

      reddit logo moment

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        52 years ago

        Since whoever you were replying to deleted their comment, at least on Jerboa it looks like you’re all being very mean to Azara for their relatively polite and interesting comment lol

        • Black AOC
          link
          fedilink
          32 years ago

          Yeah, I kinda hate how mods purging comments makes that look tbh; there was an absolute tool here who was getting dunked on

      • Black AOC
        link
        fedilink
        122 years ago

        Some rexxitor tool with a shit meme template as far as I can tell