Food

if you had to only eat food from one cuisine for the rest of your life, what cuisine would it be? 

(obv an artificial and implausible situation — but this question is probably the best one i've come across for clarifying what kinds of food i really enjoy. it is very effective at cutting through hype and trend)

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south india :-)
or mexico

<3 beans, rice, corn

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they are so good

i changed my mind about beans when i tried them cooked from dry, and from freshly dried beans. almost any shelling bean is magnificent, and then there are some very good ones

if from a can, they're pretty meh

cooked form dry, never had a dish like that, usually what i get are dried beans soaked overnight, then cooked in soup or stir fried

i recommend getting very good freshly dried beans, then soaking them and cooking them in just water and a bit of oil, very slowly. i don't have good sources in SEA yet but i usually get my beans from rancho gordo when i pass through US or, if in sta monica, i get them fresh dried from 2 peas in a pod

like check this: gigantes from 2 peas in a pod and scarlet runners from rancho gordo, both 2024 harvest

or go to a tuscan resto (a good one!) and they will probably have a good plain bean dish

noted, will keep this in mind whenever i'm in a market