# You Can Eat Only One Kind Of Food For A Year - Which? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980 "2010-08-30T08:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/41 "2010-08-30T18:17:46Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Indian food is the best food in the world. Indian. There’s such variety in Indian food. Savory, sweet, spicy… I love Indian food. My husband would probably have chosen French because he’s a French Chef, and I wouldn’t necessarily have a problem with that, but I’d rather eat Indian for a year. But Mexican would be good. Yum… ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/42 "2010-08-30T18:23:36Z")
Another for Indian. At a push North Indian, but as I can take the whole subcontinent, I am going with that. The range is so broad, I’d never get bored. And I could even be healthy if I wanted; Indian food is one of the few cuisines I don’t feel like I am missing anything when I eat vegetarian. And I’d be regular with all the lentils. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/43 "2010-08-30T18:28:23Z")
Italian food is much more varied than most Americans think – it’s not just endless bowls of pasta with tomato sauce or pizza. In the region where my family is from, they traditionally eat polenta, game in light sauces, prosciutto, garden vegetables, mushrooms, and rice much more than they do pasta. It’s all very flavorful and as light or as heavy as you wish. I once ate a 7-course Christmas dinner with my family over the span of 4 hours and left the table sated but not at all stuffed, because all of the affair was light. So of course I voted for Italian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/44 "2010-08-30T19:03:51Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > The standard “American” cuisine is really a “German” cuisine, isn’t it? Interesting question. I guess maybe it is. But I see a lot of influnce from France, England, Portugal, Italy, Africa, Mexico, and China. And for that matter, Canada. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/45 "2010-08-30T19:20:11Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I was about to vote for Indian or Thai, but then I wondered: what am I eating for breakfast? Anyone? Hey, that’s why I haven’t picked yet. I wondered “what Chinese food is breakfast food?” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/46 "2010-08-30T19:35:37Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > > I was about to vote for Indian or Thai, but then I wondered: what am I eating for breakfast? Anyone? > > Hey, that’s why I haven’t picked yet. I wondered “what Chinese food is breakfast food?” I started an entire [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569132) about that very subject. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/47 "2010-08-30T20:00:36Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I was about to vote for Indian or Thai, but then I wondered: what am I eating for breakfast? Anyone? A common India breakfast food is thin pancakes with a very liquid vegetable curry. Provides an excellent start - I had that a lot in Bangalore. I was staying in business hotels, so there were always Western options, but there didn’t seem to be any lack of Indian breakfast foods, with the national sweet tooth also being prevalent. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/48 "2010-08-30T20:03:09Z")
What ethnicity is fried chicken? 😉 Whatever it is, that’s my answer. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/49 "2010-08-30T20:04:12Z")
Assuming “Italian” can encompass any kind of pasta as long as the sauce/toppings are POSSIBLE in Italy, I went with it, since I’m already halfway there anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/50 "2010-08-30T20:08:59Z")
I chose Mexican because I practically live on the border and that is probably half of what I eat anyways. But after reading **tdn’s** post 25 I want to switch to American. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/51 "2010-08-30T22:47:48Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I was about to vote for Indian or Thai, but then I wondered: what am I eating for breakfast? Anyone? I picked Thai partly \*\*because \*\*of the breakfast - a choice of lunch/dinner food for breakfast, or savory rice porridge. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/52 "2010-08-30T23:01:01Z")
Greek food. Feta cheese, greek salad, gyros, roasted goat and potatoes, grilled octopus, spanakopita, koulourakia & kourabiedes (but denser, like my grandma’s family makes them), lemon and garlic and fried cod like you get at a bakaliarakia and skordalia and. . .mmm. I’d miss cheddar and chicken noodle soup, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/53 "2010-08-30T23:05:02Z")
Japanese, without a doubt. I’d eat sashimi until I couldn’t stand it anymore, then after that month or so :D, I’d switch to rice- and noodle-based dishes until I was ready for sashimi again. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/54 "2010-08-30T23:14:40Z")
Chinese - I’ve lived almost completely off stir fry and cereal (not at the same time) for months on end once, anyway, so it wouldn’t be that different. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/55 "2010-08-30T23:51:56Z")
I eat American food probably 300 days of the year, so an extra couple of days would be easy. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/56 "2010-08-31T02:56:51Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Italian food is much more varied than most Americans think – it’s not just endless bowls of pasta with tomato sauce or pizza. In the region where my family is from, they traditionally eat polenta, game in light sauces, prosciutto, garden vegetables, mushrooms, and rice much more than they do pasta. It’s all very flavorful and as light or as heavy as you wish. I once ate a 7-course Christmas dinner with my family over the span of 4 hours and left the table sated but not at all stuffed, because all of the affair was light. > > So of course I voted for Italian. 🙂 This. We spent two weeks in Italy. I’ve never had better food. I’d choose Italian if I could live in Italy and eat there. The cheeses, bread, hams, fifty different pizzas by the etto, and light as air sauces alone would be worth it. Otherwise I’m tempted to vote Russian. I grew up in a Russian speaking area and loved the food there. The lavash, the sausage, the eggplant dips, the picked everything, the piroshki, the soups, the mushrooms, the chocolate covered everything – yeah that would be wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/57 "2010-08-31T03:07:26Z")
I said Indian, but could be very happy with most of these. The “basics” qualifier on American sadly knocks that out; an unqualified Southern/American would be a top contender. > [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Italian food is much more varied than most Americans think For sure. I think that’s pretty much true of all the international options. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/58 "2010-08-31T04:12:45Z")
Peruvian, there ain’t nuthin’ better. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/59 "2010-08-31T05:15:15Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I’d have to go Greek, not crazy about their desserts but I could easily eat Greek cuisine the rest of my life. Me, too. And not just because one of my friends is the chef at my favorite Greek restaurant.😃 ---
**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 31, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980/60 "2010-08-31T05:21:09Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Peruvian, there ain’t nuthin’ better. I don’t know much about Peruvian. Do you have some recommended dishes I could try out? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-eat-only-one-kind-of-food-for-a-year-which/551980.md?page=4)