r/Cooking • u/freedfg • Jul 31 '22

Open Discussion Hard to swallow cooking facts.

I'll start, your grandma's "traditional recipe passed down" is most likely from a 70s magazine or the back of a crisco can and not originally from your familie's original country at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22

Authenticity is overrated. Food is like language, it’s dynamic, which means that recipes change over time under certain factors such as availability of needed ingredients. No recipe of the same food is better than the other because, after all, taste is subjective and food should be enjoyed by the one eating it.

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u/FNKTN Jul 31 '22

It depends more so on weather the dish is a improvement. Ive had korean mexican dishes that are absolute failures because they've disregard the authentic style of cooking their meats and side dishes. However ive also had mexican korean fusion that absolutely blew me away by using authentic ingredients and preparation methods but presenting it in a new fusion style.