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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

He must have given her the shiniest pebble on the planet because that looks fucking delicious ngl

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

And as a fellow seafood lover, I want some of what you're smoking.

I mean what the hell is going on in the top and bottom right quadrants? What's with that bright orange, Kraft-colored noodle slop? And I can't even begin to describe what the other thing is supposed to be. Also, no cocktail sauce for the shrimp? No butter for the surimi? The shrimp doesn't even appear to be deveined! IDK about you, but I don't want to eat a bottom feeder's digestive tract along with all the nasties inside of it!

[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Bottom right Mushroom wild rice, top right is wasbi mayo. I think the fish are smelts. The imitation crab and shrimp im not sure about.But the rest of the plate I can say is indigenous cuisine and native to my area. Very delicious for the most part epsiecally the wild rice.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd go right to my happy place with the mushroom wild rice alone.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wut? That's shellfish in the bottom right

[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see grains of rice, mushroom and carrot?

Idk what to tell you, zoom in and those are pretty obviously cooked clams.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Doesn’t mushroom wild rice have rice in it? Zoom in on that image.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It often does because even commercial wild rice is expensive and cutting it with regular white rice makes for a much cheaper dish. And the bland white rice offers no extra flavor to the dish.

But there are those of us who have access to real wild rice that has been hand harvested and hand parched over an open wood fire. That's God tier wild rice. And I would never disrespect that wild rice in such a fashion.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

That sounds delicious. But I don’t see any rice in the the picture above, wild or otherwise.

[–] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

I think i see it. If you over cook it. It likes melts abit.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I want some of what you're smoking.

Is the pun intended?

see: Smoked seafood, smoked salmon

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Different cultures, different eating habits.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're taking the piss? That looks like a dog's breakfast. Like bile at the back of the throat.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You get that different cultures have different cuisine preferences, right? That honestly looks pretty good to me accompanied with a plate of rice.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

To me it looks like the mise en place for what's actually for dinner.

I thought that was otters. Do penguins gift too?