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Every so often Israeli tomato cucumber salad randomly pops into my head and it just pisses me off
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Anonymous 10w

Tomatoes are an indigenous American food that Eurasia culturally appropriated

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Anonymous 10w

“Israeli food” and it’s literally sushi

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Anonymous 10w

wait why tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

That’s like saying American schnitzel or Liberian wontons

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

Which is to say you don’t get to just add your nationality to the front of the name for a food and claim it as yours

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

its a pretty common salad in the middle east

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

Yes but it’s not Israeli

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

its more like saying Thai stir fry

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

70% of israelis have entirely middle eastern roots its their food

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

If you saw the video I’m referencing in the post you’d understand what I’m saying, Israelis have a habit of claiming foods as indigenous to Israel when they are most certainly not

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

i think i saw the video was it the one about carbonara and sushi bc that was a joke

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

plus israelis don’t call it israeli salad they call it chopped salad or arab salad. only americans call it israeli salad

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Anonymous 10w

and how do know that? I don’t think we do. We fucking killed them in such an extent we don’t even know a fourth of the languages they would’ve had. But we know they didn’t like tomatoes? Bffr

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