# I'm at your nationality's restaurant. What should I get? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120 "2014-07-26T20:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/81 "2014-07-29T11:40:07Z")
Swedish meatballs and Polish sausage. Paging Dr Freud. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/82 "2014-07-29T11:53:59Z")
Clam Chowder Knockwurst Brown Bread Grilled Chicken Salad or Cole Slaw Steamers Lobster Corn on the Cob Wild Blueberry Pie ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/83 "2014-07-29T13:28:50Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Texas - probably a steak, a cowboy-cut ribeye, perhaps? Or some barbecue? > > Whatever it is, it probably involves beef. > > Or some TexMex, maybe? > > I think I had it right at the first with the steak. Steak, yeah, but - **Chicken Fried Steak!** ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/84 "2014-07-30T06:07:32Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Yeah, there isn’t really an Australian “cuisine” as such. We’re developing some excellent chefs and fusions of different kinds of cuisines are developing. > > Do you go the traditional which would be Lamb and veges, or go with local produce that’s unique to us or just go with what would be typical aussie tucker? Dunno. I think that’s the whole point: cheap mutton/lamb/two-tooth was unique to us (and NZ). Ok, not so much now as then, but the squatters used to GIVE mutton to the iconic indegent and itinerant labourers: cheap meat was, and to a certain extent is (just back from the big trip) an identifiably Australian characteristic. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/85 "2014-07-30T13:46:11Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > I think that’s the whole point: cheap mutton/lamb/two-tooth was unique to us (and NZ). > > Ok, not so much now as then, but the squatters used to GIVE mutton to the iconic indegent and itinerant labourers: cheap meat was, and to a certain extent is (just back from the big trip) an identifiably Australian characteristic. What does “two-tooth” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/86 "2014-07-30T14:13:57Z")
You would get very confused since I come from French and German on mom’s side and Bohemian and Lithuanian on dad’s side. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/87 "2014-07-30T14:30:07Z")
If you’re at a Maltese restaurant, ask for the falcon. It is to die for. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/88 "2014-07-30T14:34:00Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > You would get very confused since I come from French and German on mom’s side and Bohemian and Lithuanian on dad’s side. The first half is easy, go for Alsatian food 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/89 "2014-07-30T14:38:29Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The first half is easy, go for Alsatian food 🙂 In the US, we call them “German Shepherds” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/90 "2014-07-30T14:50:00Z")
Vietnamese: pho. Ginger chicken. Banh mi. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/91 "2014-07-30T15:32:23Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > The first half is easy, go for Alsatian food 🙂 That looks [‘interesting’](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsatian_cuisine). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/92 "2014-07-30T15:42:34Z")
Being from the southern US: Barbequed chicken with white sauce, turnip greens (pepper sauce on the side), fried green tomatoes, and cornbread, sweet iced-tea to drink, and for dessert my Aunt Gladys’s sweet potato pie. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/93 "2014-07-30T21:55:53Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > A nice corned-beef sandwich – not too fat, not too lean, sliced thin but not too thin – on rye (with seeds, thankyouverymuch) with a little brown mustard. No cheese, no mayonnaise, no bread but rye (although pumpernickel is good in a pinch). Said sandwich must be served with a half-sour pickle. Fake orgasm optional. 😃 This. Or a tsimmes with a dumpling. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/94 "2014-07-30T23:02:38Z")
A nice big burrito, steam softened and wrapped in foil. I miss California. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/95 "2014-07-30T23:40:14Z")
Fish and brewis, cod tongues, cod cheeks, cod in general, seal flipper pie, toutons. I’m wishing I’d had more of that when I was home last week… ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/96 "2014-07-31T02:37:13Z")
Suddenly I’m reminded of that recurring sketch in Hee Haw where that thin blonde woman would ask Grampa Jones “Hey, Grampa! What’s for supper?” ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/97 "2014-07-31T22:05:16Z")
From my Sicilian side… Pasta con le Sarde Eggplant grilled with basil and mint Cassata Siciliana Arancine (rice balls with chopped meat and peas) Anything from the sea…including Sea urchin eggs right from the Mediterranean From my Neapolitan side Pizza…just dough, sliced tomato, oregano, maybe a suspicion of cheese. Gelato ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/98 "2014-08-01T02:56:20Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > What does “two-tooth” mean? I just noticed you hadn’t had an answer. Lamb, Two-tooth and mutton all mean the same animal but are about the age when it was slaughtered. Lamb is up to 12 months old and not having any permanent incisors Hogget or Two Tooth (same thing) is between 12 months and 2 years old and not having any more than 2 permanent teeth Mutton is 2 years old or more. The younger the animal the pinker and sweeter and more tender the meat. I think in the USA you only use the term “Lamb” for everything. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/99 "2014-08-01T04:31:19Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > I think in the USA you only use the term “Lamb” for everything. Well, not quite. We have lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton. It’s just that pretty much all that is sold at retail is lamb, although there are pockets of the US where mutton is common (Western Kentucky, for example, is known for its mutton barbecue.) Also, you can sometimes find mutton in ethnic groceries or butchers, like Middle Eastern or Mexican. Lamb itself is just not a very popular meat in the US (I think it’s less than 1% of sales), and many consumers already find it somewhat gamey, so mutton just doesn’t go over very well here, for the most part. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120/100 "2014-08-01T08:52:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Well, not quite. We have lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton. It’s just that pretty much all that is sold at retail is lamb, although there are pockets of the US where mutton is common (Western Kentucky, for example, is known for its mutton barbecue.) Also, you can sometimes find mutton in ethnic groceries or butchers, like Middle Eastern or Mexican. Lamb itself is just not a very popular meat in the US (I think it’s less than 1% of sales), and many consumers already find it somewhat gamey, so mutton just doesn’t go over very well here, for the most part. There was a lot of controversy a few years back though when the US was blocking imports of NZ lamb - was rather a big deal to “us” at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-at-your-nationalitys-restaurant-what-should-i-get/694120.md?page=6)