• SeaJ
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    292 years ago

    Do they? I rarely see jokes about it and if I do see jokes they are spicy diarrhea related which I will admit is odd because Americanized Indian food is not spicy at all.

    • I don’t know if I’ve ever seen jokes about Indian food, but if you’re right I would guess it’s for the same reasons Taco Bell gets the same jokes - it’s still spicy by “mayonnaise is spicy” standards and (at least my orders) are usually bean heavy and that’s a lot of fiber by average American diet standards. The joke is really on us, not the Indian food.

    • @tetris11@lemmy.mlOP
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      32 years ago

      exactly the spicey diarrhea jokes, as well as direct comparisons to vomit. American Dad and Family Guy writers spring to mind.

      • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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        162 years ago

        So 2 cartoons that are by the same people. So basically a single source.

        Indian food is probably given less shit in the states than most other foods. Mainly just the smell it leaves permeating through everything.

        British food is tasteless trash. Mexican food makes you shit your pants. Chinese food is eating cats and dogs. Thai will burn your butthole to death. German food is angry and has sauerkraut. Canada just has syrup on everything. Japan is fish they won’t cook. Irish is all potatoes and sheep belly. Indian is stinky and smells forever.
        Americans deep fry everything.

        We’re an equal opportunity country. We’ll talk shit on everyone.

        • Drusas
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          42 years ago

          The German food stereotype is definitely that it’s all sausage.

    • verdare [he/him]
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      22 years ago

      Americanized Indian food is not spicy at all

      Disagree. This is entirely dependent on the particular restaurant. None of them put Scoville ratings on things, so “hot” can mean “barely mild” at one restaurant and “this will absolutely wreck your colon” at another. This has been my experience, at least.

      • @sim_@beehaw.org
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        Agreed, seems like a weird comment. It’s easy to get incredibly mild Indian food here but plenty of places go up to inferno hot too if you want it.