# You only get to eat one ethnicity's food for the rest of your life... which one? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285 "2011-05-09T15:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/21 "2011-05-09T17:16:49Z")
Italian. ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/22 "2011-05-09T17:32:43Z")
Thai… or indian… damn… i have to choose one? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/23 "2011-05-09T17:48:45Z")
French. Is that considered ethnic? French food is the best on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/24 "2011-05-09T17:49:32Z")
Cajun ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/25 "2011-05-09T17:56:25Z")
Italian, with Mexican a very close second. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/26 "2011-05-09T18:00:29Z")
Greek, no question. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/27 "2011-05-09T18:02:29Z")
Indian for me. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/28 "2011-05-09T18:04:40Z")
Indian; but it’s not an easy choice. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/29 "2011-05-09T18:12:10Z")
Pizzaean ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/30 "2011-05-09T18:13:47Z")
Italian ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/31 "2011-05-09T18:14:36Z")
Didn’t we just do this? Anyway, my answer is the same: Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/32 "2011-05-09T18:16:06Z")
Tex-Mex, but only because I don’t know what a usual Indian breakfast is. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/33 "2011-05-09T18:18:57Z")
Mexican, then Italian ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/34 "2011-05-09T18:52:59Z")
Italian, absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/35 "2011-05-09T19:13:07Z")
Indian is my favorite cuisine, but I’d pick Italian or French for my lifetime cuisine. More variety. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/36 "2011-05-09T19:18:08Z")
Mexican. A life without horchata is no life at all. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/37 "2011-05-09T20:04:01Z")
Mexican ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/38 "2011-05-09T20:13:12Z")
> [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](#): > > Tex-Mex, but only because I don’t know what a usual Indian breakfast is. [Indian breakfast](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast#India). The Keralan varieties are particularly good (and _hot_). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/39 "2011-05-09T20:20:12Z")
Italian all the way. Hell, I could limit myself to just pizza and get by fine for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-get-to-eat-one-ethnicitys-food-for-the-rest-of-your-life-which-one/581285/40 "2011-05-09T20:57:19Z")
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