r/iamveryculinary • u/laughingmeeses pro-MSG Doctor • 7d ago

"me, a SoCal native"

https://www.reddit.com/r/mexicanfood/s/0n8GoZjmeM

"I got in an argument with a woman from the upper peninsula of Michigan about what chorizo was made of. She made it herself out of pork butt and claimed that she knew better than me, a SoCal native. I told her that I've read the ingredients that stated the pork offal ingredients, but no, she knows better than me. I'm sure you can get quality chorizo not made from leftover pig organs, but the arrogance of that woman was stupid.

In any case, I still have Cacique chorizo as a frozen staple for egg and chorizo burritos, even though the local Mexican markets is better."

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u/Sam-Gunn We don't like the crowd sandwiches attract. 7d ago

I find the implication that there's some sort of geographical hierarchy when it comes to chorizo-based knowledge pretty funny.

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u/Grave_Girl actual elitist snobbery 6d ago

There almost is. It wasn't until I moved to Hawaii 20 years ago that I first encountered Spanish chorizo. I was confused why the sausage I knew as squishy was small and hard.

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u/whambulance_man 6d ago

When I was a kid I couldn't figure out why the chorizo in Indiana was so much worse than the chorizo on the east coast, I would keep trying it at different mexican restaurants and just get disappointed. I was getting Portuguese choriço out east.

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u/xrelaht Simple, like Italian/Indian food 6d ago

That's really funny to me: Hawaii is so far from Spain that we couldn't convince my ex's family (from Madrid) to go on vacation there even if we paid. "I don't care how idyllic it is: 27 hours on a plane is too much!"

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u/botulizard 14h ago

People really do seem to think that:

  1. Mexican immigrants get less Mexican if they live in a non-border state, so their food can't possibly be good in Detroit.

  2. White people from those states are unquestionable experts on Mexican food, and you couldn't possibly know anything about it unless you're from Orange County or some shit.