• Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    There’s an old Soviet joke: A man goes to a newspaper stand every day, buys a copy of Pravda, glances at the front cover, curses, and throws it away. After a few weeks of this the seller just has to ask what’s going on: “why do you always look at the cover but never inside?” “I’m looking for an obituary.” “An obituary? But those are in the back!” “Oh no, the obituary I’m looking for will be on the front page.”

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    39·
    23 hours ago

    Let’s eat a blood-red dish to celebrate a tyrants death of a country with red flags.

    Recommend borsht btw.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I don’t think this is true, but there are very few dishes we eat that use them. They aren’t a large part of our culture or diet. Most people I’ve interacted with while having either like them though.

        • [email protected]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          4 hours ago

          The people willing to have them love them, but they’re commonly perceived as poverty foods. No clue why. Cabbage wraps, cabbage salad, cabbage stew, roasted cabbage, cabbage-based stocks, purée of cabbage, pickled cabbage, sautéed cabbage, etc., I usually get sneering, but when I bring out the same dishes subbed with parsnips or celeriac, they’re culinary masterpieces. I chalk it up to Cold War propaganda gone haywire.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            2 hours ago

            That could be why, yeah. It’d make sense. My family is from WV originally (I never lived there though), and “poverty foods” aren’t looked down on. Honestly, some of my favorite comfort foods are “poverty foods.”

              • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
                2·
                2 hours ago

                Black beans, sausage, and rice is a common one I really like. A WV special is pepperoni rolls, which can have cheese but it isn’t required. Everyone loves those when they try them. I’m not sure why they haven’t spread further.

                • [email protected]@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  2·
                  1 hour ago

                  The black bean dish is fairly common in the south! I think it’s mostly inertia on that one. I’m unwilling to specify where I live, but I can tell you that pepperoni rolls are common food here. Often a bit fancier due to the new trend of bloomy pepperoni. I hope you can find some bakeries to fulfill your nostalgia, as I have

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        44·
        22 hours ago

        To be fair, beets are not very appetizing. Cabbage, though…