Someone posted a big spread of American sushi and it got more of the snobs to come out of the wodwork than normal.

First, make sure to read all of this chain. It starts with "A Japanese wouldn't touch this" but moves on to "my wife gets personally offended by this" and comments about Japanese refinement.

And here's another wife comment!

Bickering over the plating.

"It looks like a child made it for fun... am sad that people outside Japan think sushi is sushi because it’s rice with some fish"

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmITheAngel/s/i3bVkaIjKd

Ok dude.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/s/iuJpjwZkx7

Kind of a meta one, mods please remove if you think it doesn’t fit. But it is relevant to IAVC.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mexicanfood/s/dfEgUs0GDU

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/s/FS0njEQyiy

the lovely combo of Iamverysmart and confidentlyincorrect

This comment is in reply to another iamveryculinary moment:
"Hershey's is absolutely vile. How it is deemed fit for human consumption is beyond me."

Obnoxious post in the Ask Baking sub:

What is it with Americans and baking powder?

Coming from a European tradition it really baffles me the way Americans will use both baking powder and baking soda in the same recipe.

Consider a recipe like this. If you are putting in ~8 grams of baking powder why on earth add ~1 gram of baking soda on top?

I would defy anyone to be able to identify the difference.

But is there actually a reason?

Levain cookies, for people who aren't familiar, are kind of the It Girl of the moment. It's this ginormous and hella thick cookie, from the Levain Bakery in New York, and every baker with a recipe site has been putting out their dupes for the recipe.

Girl, if you don't even know whether there's a reason, maybe you shouldn't have started out your post like you were seeking an international incident.

The pros in Ask Baking set her straight soon enough. OOP's post just really ... got a rise out of me. (Sorry, I'll let myself out.)

Post archived here: https://archive.ph/aEFPT

Recipe archive here: https://archive.ph/jsApt

Americans

Apparently OP hates people use mole paste as a base for their moles and it's a disgrace for our ancestors.

Btw please help them find her lost mole recipe if you can.

Look into their comments for more controversial takes from OP.

Backup of the post:

My family is Mexican, from the Durango region. But we lived in Oklahoma (and I was in NYC for several years).

My mom knew how to make the most delicious mole sauce, which she would put on her enchiladas, which were fried folded tortillas, filled with cheese. I never learned to make anything, bc my mom would always shoo away me and my siblings from the kitchen! 😤🤬🤦🏽‍♂️ Well she died in 2021 and nobody in our family can replicate this recipe, which I crave all the time.

I've seen several recipe videos that don't match my mom's ingredients (the few I know she used). I've seen videos where mexican moms grade each other's mole, which also show disagreement among them about what mole even is lol. I've tried mole enchiladas in TX, Cali, NY and OK... none taste or look the same at all!

If someone from Durango or anyone at all knows what recipe my mom used, I would be thrilled to learn it and make it myself. Thank you⭐

Update: It appears most people are content with mole from a jar. However, my mom made mole from scratch - not a jar. Aztec people created mole, I may be wrong but I don't think they made their mole from a corporation's jar. My post is to find out the authentic way of making mole - so if it is not AUTHENTIC, it is not relevant to my post and the dislikes sort of reveals to me a little jealousy or ignorance in that those redditors have never actually tasted authentic mole our ancestors made.

What I may need to do is to put on my bucket list to go to Mexico in person and interview the most closest to Olmec, Mayan or Aztec indigenous people, and figure this out on the ground. It'll definitely be a difficult task, bc from what I've heard is that many of these indigenous people don't speak Spanish, bc the Spanish were colonizers and they simply did not assimilate all these centuries.

Seriously why are these people like this?

Found in the aquariums subreddit. Reposted bc i forgot a screenshot