. . . an asteroid hit the earth, and somehow — bear with me, this is not Time Tunnel — all the cuisines of the world were eliminated, except one.
Which cuisine should it be? Which would be the cuisine that would nourish humanity back from the brink of extinction?
Although I don’t fully support even my own hypothesis — frankly, I’m not a huge fan of large parts of the cuisine — in my mind there is only one.
And that would be Chinese. I wonder what you think . . .
I will tell you why I think this next post.
If that pesky asteroid hits it had better avoid the Mediterranean. Everything about the food from those climes appeals to me, and in my world there's no such thing as too much olive oil or garlic. I'm sure the limping, whimpering remnants of humanity would agree with me, plus all the suvivors would end up with healthy hearts. If Chinese was the only available cuisine I suppose I could live with it. I love Chinese food, but eating it every meal for the rest of my life? I would need to be convinced......
ReplyDeleteYes, you're of course right.
ReplyDeleteMediterranean food takes the cake for mankind's (okay, womankind's too! Gotta cover all the bases in this extraordinarily sensitive world!) healthiest diet.
And I think the key ingredient that's shared by the two cuisines is an abundance of vegetables.
Trust me, I'm not a vegetarian and have absolutely no desire to become one! In fact, I wish I could say I was allergic to things like asparagus or squash, but I'm of course not. They just seem to have a "yuck" factor with me that I can't overcome.
So how come I adore broccoli, you ask? So weird . . . I wish I could tell you . . .
But I recognize that a highly vegetable-based cuisine will benefit everyone . . . even though I'm not a huge fan! (I'm an extremely carbohydrate-based lifeform: read, pasta and rice).
So yes, you are incredibly right. the Chinese and Mediterranean diets should share the spotlight . . . but then there's Japanese (not ersatz Western Japanese food, but Japanese food in Japan)
And, oh dear, I've opened up a can of worms.
Hopefully it's a tasty one . . .