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Poll Question: Which type of food do you prefer?
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This is tough. I love both. I think I like Italian food just a LITTLE more.
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I love Italian food. Spaghetti w/ meatballs and a Caesar salad on the side. mmmm.. Thumbs Up 
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Well, for those who enjoy the stereotypical Italian and Mexican dishes I highly encourage you explore further.  You will be richly rewarded.
Absolutely - after all pasta is just boiled wet flour, pizza is a toasted cheese sandwich and chilli con carne is as Mexican as a polar bear is Wink.


My wife is a pastaholic.  You'd better hope she doesn't visit this site and read that. Tongue  And yes I do enjoy my toasted cheese sandwiches and the chilli soup/stew/whateverthehellitis. 

When it comes to Mexican, I like me a good ceviche, never had a mole (haven't figured out how to do that accent mark, I don't mean the earth digging rodent which I haven't had either.)   Kind of hard to come up with Italian that isn't some form of pizza or pasta and I'd love to be corrected on this.  Two of my favorite veggie dishes from an Italian cookbook I have have is a carrots Marsala and a simple sauteed broccoli with garlic and olive oil.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Well, for those who enjoy the stereotypical Italian and Mexican dishes I highly encourage you explore further.  You will be richly rewarded.
Absolutely - after all pasta is just boiled wet flour, pizza is a toasted cheese sandwich and chilli con carne is as Mexican as a polar bear is Wink.
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Well, for those who enjoy the stereotypical Italian and Mexican dishes I highly encourage you explore further.  You will be richly rewarded.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Yum.


Wouldn't expect anything less from fast food. McDonald's, Burger King, KFC... I imagine they all use similar methods.

Onto the OP, I really dig Mexican food. But I've been to Rome twice now, and both times the highlight was the native food. Now bearing in mind the city is mindblowing in every aspect by most standards (incredible history, well-preserved, shopping in world class, great sport, great climate, busy as hell...), I think that puts Italian food very high on my favourites list! It's gotta be from Italy though
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well it is after all Latin-american
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I also forgot to mention, the two blend well. Many dishes of Spain seem like a sort of combination between Mexican and Italian cuisine, likely because that's the culture.
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Italian food by a mile.  I just love all kinds of spicy Italian meats, cheeses, and pasta dishes.  The Italians know how to eat well.
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As an american I have to say  mexican, but I do love Italian pasta
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Definitely Italian. My favorite kind of food.
    
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2011 at 09:25
This is an extremely difficult poll....
 
If Italian s often reduced to pizza  & pasta, it's generally much more than the cliché found in restaurants (my fave dish would be Saltimboca ala romana), but I generally include in Mexican cuisine, the Tex-Mex and Andean cuisines (Peru, Chili, Columbian)
 
So overall,  I find these two cuisines tied for second place behind the Belgo-French cuisine (it's fairly hard to differentiate the two, so I made it one)
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Yum.


Like that couldn't have been guessed.



Uhm, Taco Bell isn't Mexican and even isn't especially Tex-Mexican


I never meant to suggest it was.
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you gotta beef with our carne asada!
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Yum.


Like that couldn't have been guessed.



Uhm, Taco Bell isn't Mexican and even isn't especially Tex-Mexican.  If you've ever had Taco Bell "taco meat" you'll know it's too much like goo.  I mean for Chissakes they've used the term carne asada beef.  Carne asada is beef so it's only fair to assume their carne asada beef isn't really beef either.  Even the nacho cheese is not yo cheese.


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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Yum.


Like that couldn't have been guessed.



Uhm, Taco Bell isn't Mexican and even isn't especially Tex-Mexican.  If you've ever had Taco Bell "taco meat" you'll know it's too much like goo.  I mean for Chissakes they've used the term carne asada beef.  Carne asada is beef so it's only fair to assume their carne asada beef isn't really beef either.  Even the nacho cheese is not yo cheese.

I do have a confession to make.  Since my I got my new job I have picked up stuff from there on a regular basis because they, that's right they (there are two within close proximity to my office), because it's cheap and fast.  I feel so ashamed. EmbarrassedLOL


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 02 2011 at 19:17
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Yum.


Like that couldn't have been guessed.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2011 at 18:32
Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

I forgot I even started this poll. LOL


Too busy eating Italian and Mexican?  Food that is. Tongue


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 02 2011 at 19:17
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

I forgot I even started this poll. LOL
 
Quite the tough one too LOL
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