Cuervo Especial isn’t actually Tequila. Well, technically it is (by the narrowest of margins) tequila, but it is the lowest, basest, form of Tequila: Mixtos. This means it’s something like 51% Agave alcohol and the rest is just grain alcohol and flavoring. If you aren’y using something clearly labeled as 100% Blue…

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This is as good of an explanation as any I’ve heard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_M._Cipolla

Word.

If you really want to get it with green olives, try Santa Barbara Olive Company. Expensive, but best in class.

Look man, Pasta Salad is like Rock ‘n’ Roll... It’s about being here for a good time, not a long time.

EMBRACE THE SUCK!

Sound advice.

Fair points, all. I guess I think the “good” of its acceptance is unfortunately tied to the things you mentioned. But again, I think that comes down to ignorant or entitled people- which exist in every culture (although, again, Americans are pretty much the champs of assuming everything is always about them). *hat tip*

Authenticity is one thing, and authentic is great, admirable, and the foundation of any growth in culinary arts. I think the confusion (for me at least) is why wouldn’t you want the food that you love accepted, enjoyed, and given the freedom to take on new spins and become part of the celebrations and communal act of…

Sushi was weird at one point. I don’t think foods really become “alien” after they are accepted into mainstream US culture. Hummus, kimchi, sashimi, miso, and many others have been assimilated into American diets. The US diet and food scene is more diverse than ever and there’s plenty of room for more additions.

I don’t think the wrong part is the acceptance, it’s the ignorance and mockery that came before. The acceptance is the cure for that “othering” of the food. Be mad at the ones who rejected it because it was different, but I would celebrate the fact it is being enjoyed by everyone now. It just seems like the bitterness…

When you sell it in thimble sized containers it tends to disappear.

“Park is particularly angry to see that the same foods she was mocked for eating as a kid—kimchi, gochujang—have become trendy and profitable once they were “discovered” by white people.”

Your story is both shorter and better than Zack's. 

Speechless....so good!

That was really great, his expression as the guitar solo kicks in is worth every second of that video.

I think it’s kind of interesting to note that even though they were kind of opposites in their view of humanity’s future (although both were not optimistic) it turns out that they were both correct. It wasn’t a mutually exclusive choice. If you can’t see the Orwell in Federal agents grabbing people off the streets…

I see your baked potato and raise you "put it on a pizza"

“I like a little mayo in the hole”