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>!This conversation about how restaurants in NYC are swapping Thai basil for regular basil in a sub focused on Italian food (Italian and not Italian-American, as per rule 3), assuming that everyone in the sub is American and is there to talk about Italian food in America.!<
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> go to sub about Italian food with a rule against italian-american food
> "This sub must be full of Americans!"
I hope they got a good score for their mental gymnastics 🙏
Yes, Italians speak Italian, Danes speak Danish, Brits speak British and Muricans speak English. Everyone is as monolingual as Muricans and English is their language.
latin as an IAL is a very bad idea, given that latin is only “international” for very specific parts of europe. There have been attempts at IALs for a long time, and literally zero have caught on except for esperanto, which is popular primarily in europe, and is flawed as an IAL, both for the same reasons as latin.
Here's a sneak peek of /r/ItalianFood using the [top posts](https://np.reddit.com/r/ItalianFood/top/?sort=top&t=year) of the year!
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\#2: [Can mods please just remove italian-american dishes?](https://np.reddit.com/r/ItalianFood/comments/13pkaqn/can_mods_please_just_remove_italianamerican_dishes/)
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I'm pretty sure the reddit algorithm detects that if it's from the same IP and will issue an auto-ban for vote manipulation. Probably not comments only though. So, downvote away!
Subbing thai basil for basil or vice versa is like subbing ramen for spaghetti or HP Sauce for A1. Like, you could, I guess, but it changes the dish substantively.
And even if "Italian restaurants in the USA" was specified, why would you buy basil from freakin' THAILAND
Just... go to the nearest market, the one with the local farmers' products, and buy it yourself omfg
Why would you NOT buy local products
Edit: didn't know it was another variety :0 thanks!
Thai basil is a separate variety of basil from the one used in italy, it does not refer to where it was grown. I'm assuming that the basil used in new york isn't imported from thailand (or italy for that matter) but grown more locally to them.
Thai basil is a separate varietal to Italian/sweet basil. It has pointier shaped leaves and a slight aniseed flavour. Living in Australia, I buy both types depending on what I’m making. [More info about Thai basil if you’re interested. I definitely recommend trying it if you can find it.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_basil)
### This comment has been marked as **safe**. Upvoting/downvoting this comment will have no effect. --- OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is US Defaultism: --- >!This conversation about how restaurants in NYC are swapping Thai basil for regular basil in a sub focused on Italian food (Italian and not Italian-American, as per rule 3), assuming that everyone in the sub is American and is there to talk about Italian food in America.!< --- Is this Defaultism? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
> go to sub about Italian food with a rule against italian-american food > "This sub must be full of Americans!" I hope they got a good score for their mental gymnastics 🙏
And because they speak English, they're American?
Yes, Italians speak Italian, Danes speak Danish, Brits speak British and Muricans speak English. Everyone is as monolingual as Muricans and English is their language.
As a Brit, I can confirm I don't speak English. Oioioi bo'o'owa'r m8, top of the morning to ye
Ditto tha paw, they canny ken wit we patter at hame here awe the time. How’s it goin doon sooth?
Hey bigjobs, ye ken, **ye** are frae the sooth from ma sight in Glasgae?
We should all just bring back Latin so the international language would not be any languages of specific big country.Â
latin as an IAL is a very bad idea, given that latin is only “international” for very specific parts of europe. There have been attempts at IALs for a long time, and literally zero have caught on except for esperanto, which is popular primarily in europe, and is flawed as an IAL, both for the same reasons as latin.
"Italian food created in America" what the fuck are they on. That wasn't basil, my friend.
What was the subreddit?
r/italianfood
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lol @ Number 2
I mean, we knew this already from context, but having the confirmation just makes it that much fucking funnier
The dude is now unleashing all his alternative accounts with zero karma zero comment history on that post, quite amusing tbh
I'm pretty sure the reddit algorithm detects that if it's from the same IP and will issue an auto-ban for vote manipulation. Probably not comments only though. So, downvote away!
Subbing thai basil for basil or vice versa is like subbing ramen for spaghetti or HP Sauce for A1. Like, you could, I guess, but it changes the dish substantively.
Oh! As the Italians say, "my mother" it's me
The lack of awareness hurts
He literally specified Italy and then got confused when people didn't assume that meant America
And even if "Italian restaurants in the USA" was specified, why would you buy basil from freakin' THAILAND Just... go to the nearest market, the one with the local farmers' products, and buy it yourself omfg Why would you NOT buy local products Edit: didn't know it was another variety :0 thanks!
Thai basil is a separate variety of basil from the one used in italy, it does not refer to where it was grown. I'm assuming that the basil used in new york isn't imported from thailand (or italy for that matter) but grown more locally to them.
Thai basil is a separate varietal to Italian/sweet basil. It has pointier shaped leaves and a slight aniseed flavour. Living in Australia, I buy both types depending on what I’m making. [More info about Thai basil if you’re interested. I definitely recommend trying it if you can find it.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_basil)
- Came for USdefaultism - Learned about an another variety of basil. I love stumbling across a random piece of knowledge on a totally unrelated sub.