Should we stop calling food EXOTIC?

[SomchaiCNX]

23 hours ago, lazygourmet said:

Nowadays even French cuisine is racist :

French food is now racist according to professor who studies food whiteness and food privileges.

One starts to wonder what is the value of an American issued Phd??? Cohen, what do you have to say about kosher or halal food?

[VocalNeal]

Simple. Lets just go with the definition of the word and not do a US on it and change the word.

 

 

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unusual and exciting because of coming (or seeming to come) from far away, especially a tropical country:

 

[Jingthing]

21 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Simple. Lets just go with the definition of the word and not do a US on it and change the word.

 

 

 

There is so much more to the world and the implications of words than getting overly fixated on strict literalist dictionary definitions.

[Neeranam]

Stop reading woke newspapers. 

 

I like fusion food. 

[Caldera]

I think the premise of that article is woke nonsense taken a step too far (as it happens so often nowadays).

 

To me, far from indicating xenophobia or racism, "exotic" has a positive meaning - the pleasure of discovering or experiencing something you aren't familiar with.

[LeatFingies]

Too many loser Americans out of work looking for anything and everything to direct their anger towards. Even worse now they can’t cry about President Trump.

[Nanaplaza666]

Depends on who's serving it .

[champers]

In England "exotic" used to be a polite euphenism for "that foreign muck" often used to describe the sort of food encountered by the first package tourists to Spain were everything was swimming in olive oil and smothered in garlic.

Nowadays eating "exotic" food is a badge of honour for the adventurous and well-travelled Englishman abroad. The hottest Indian curry, the spiciest Thai and Mexican dishes.

I am still in the old school because I cannot eat spicy food, never to be exotic.