Some people (and since the GP clarified I don't think he meant to do this) just take the opportunity to shit on Americans for Americanizing food with foreign origins. "Oh stupid Americans eat sushi with their hands/a fork instead of learning how to use this completely foreign utensil to eat this foreign food they might eat once every few months!" "Stupid Americans eat sushi with this condiment they're used to instead of this other one they aren't!"
Meanwhile when I took an Indian coworker to a BBQ joint and he ordered the lamest veggie burger I'd ever seen I blamed myself for taking a vegan to a BBQ joint instead of him for being a "stupid Indian" for not being able to try/appreciate good American BBQ.
I'm probably over-sensitive to it, but 30 years of seeing this sort of thing on the Internet takes its toll.
My mom had "never eat raw meat; always cook your meat" drilled into her head so much the first time we went to a "sushi" restaurant she was terrified I might eat raw fish despite them only serving California Rolls and the like.
Meanwhile I only eat salmon raw I like it so much more than when it's cooked.
Will Americans get credit for getting over the "never eat raw meat" taboo in a single generation?
I think people are over it. There are particular things we eat raw: oysters, fish eggs. There are still things like beef that are taboo to eat raw. But fish is old news.
Some people (and since the GP clarified I don't think he meant to do this) just take the opportunity to shit on Americans for Americanizing food with foreign origins. "Oh stupid Americans eat sushi with their hands/a fork instead of learning how to use this completely foreign utensil to eat this foreign food they might eat once every few months!" "Stupid Americans eat sushi with this condiment they're used to instead of this other one they aren't!"
Meanwhile when I took an Indian coworker to a BBQ joint and he ordered the lamest veggie burger I'd ever seen I blamed myself for taking a vegan to a BBQ joint instead of him for being a "stupid Indian" for not being able to try/appreciate good American BBQ.
I'm probably over-sensitive to it, but 30 years of seeing this sort of thing on the Internet takes its toll.
Eating out with vegetarians is impossible at most normal kind of restaurants. They deal with it, I guess.
I have dietary restrictions, now, and I have to deal with mine. Theirs is just worse.
My mom had "never eat raw meat; always cook your meat" drilled into her head so much the first time we went to a "sushi" restaurant she was terrified I might eat raw fish despite them only serving California Rolls and the like.
Meanwhile I only eat salmon raw I like it so much more than when it's cooked.
Will Americans get credit for getting over the "never eat raw meat" taboo in a single generation?
I think people are over it. There are particular things we eat raw: oysters, fish eggs. There are still things like beef that are taboo to eat raw. But fish is old news.