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Absurd Article

The whole article is absurd in every way, there is no such thing as "European Cuisine", this is just another eurocentric nonsense, trying to imagine things that would fit in this whole false "European identity" thing... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.29.200.25 (talk) 01:05, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

A Stub?

Why has this article been marked as a stub? Isn't it supposed to be linking to other articles which give information? I don't really understand what's supposed to be added to this page.--gottago 15:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Regional classification

British cuisine to "Nordic" one?

Latvian and Lithuanian cuisine to "Nordic" one?

Polish to "Eastern European" one? .

Am I missing something here? 195.136.30.51 (talk) 08:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Nothing derogatory about the Eastern European classification. Koalorka (talk) 04:45, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Balkan Cuisine is a better representative than southern european cuisine. It has distinctive properties.

If we're going to stick with vast regions of Europe in this article (an idea on which I will remain neutral), it should have a an section, with some countries moved from some of the other regions into it, especially Southern and Eastern. Poland would certainly go in there, as would Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and probably much of former-Yugoslavia (while some parts of it might stay in Southern; I'm guessing Macedonia for one, though I'm not really sure how they think of themselves). Some classify Germany as Central European, though I think that this is not accurate for modern Germany, which is thoroughly Westernized. — SMcCandlish ‹(-¿-)› 08:01, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

European regions

Why western european cuisine comes before eastern european cuisine, shouldn't they be put in an alphabetical order. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.202.244 (talk) 03:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely. This is a (probably inadvertently) very PoV-pushing article. — SMcCandlish ‹(-¿-)› 08:02, 2 October 2008 (UTC)gggfsajbbbkhkkkbbc

France where?

lol, hasn't anyone noticed a glaring omission in the article? There's just about every kind of cuisine you can imagine, but not French cuisine? Please tell me this is the result of vandalism --87.198.16.181 (talk) 04:11, 11 May 2010 (UTC

European/Western Cuisine as terms in China, Japan, HK and elsewhere

I'm familiar with Yōshoku which in Japan is literally "Western Cuisine" - I'm not a wikipedia editor so I wouldn't dare updating the page, but shouldn't there be a section about European cuisine in other cultures? What do you think? 213.46.15.186 (talk) 19:31, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Basque cuisine has its own identity

Basque cuisine has its own identity, well known all over the world. It makes no sense classified in the section of spanish cuisine. It is completely independent of it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.38.207.98 (talk) 10:44, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

French cuisine appart from southern Europe but with German cooking???

German cooking is either northern European (as well as Netherlands, England or Scandinavia) or central European in the case of southern Germany; but has few in common with french one. Outside of Alsace-Lorraine which has German-like cooking, french cooking has not much in common with Germany's. The whole "western cuisine" category has not much reality.

French culinary traditions have much more in relation with the other countries of southern Europe than with Germany. The exemple of Magret de Canard (Duck) from south west France is from Southern Europe as much as foods from Spain (which is also as much in "western Europe" than France and more than Germany by the way). The other given exemple of typical french food is "escargot"; it is aslo good to remind that traditionally snails are not eaten in northern or central Europe but typical from mediterranean nation such as Italy, Spain; Greece and France. That is also the case for quails eating, which exist also in Portugal, Spain and Malta, but not in central or northern Europe.

Southern European cooking is not only made of the stereotypical image some poeple have of "mediterranean cooking". There are many regions in southern Europe, especially in northern Italy, inside and northern Spain and most of Portugal whose cuisine is not like the stereotypical mediterranean cooking, but very similar to their french equivalents; for exemple the Asturian fabada and the french Cassoulet: Those are southern European dishes.

Inversely, France has among its most famous dishes many very famous dishes typically mediterranean... Ratatouille; Salade Niçoise; Bouillabaisse; Aioli; Pissaladière; Soupe au pistou; Brandade de morue; etc... Those dishes do not even appear in French in the southern European category.

Also I think it would be nice to nice that France is clearly a country whose culinary tradition is wine-based as it is in the rest of southern Europe; which is not the case in Germany, which, like northern and central Europe is inclined towards beer-culture.

It seems also that the french dishes that are here are not representative of the real french cooking as are the dishes quoted for other countries. Escargots or Cailles are far to be everyday popular meals, but more the kind of dishses that are popular in fancy/chic french "haute cuisine" restaurants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.224.59.166 (talk) 23:22, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

My dear friend, feel free to edit accordingly! Cheers. The Ogre (talk) 12:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

"Outside of Alsace-Lorraine which has German-like cooking, french cooking has not much in common with Germany's. The whole "western cuisine" category has not much reality."

It's wrong. There is an "occidental cuisine" influenced by the place of fat. In this case, French cuisine shares a lot of things with Germany, England or other occidental cuisine, in the contrary of the southern cuisine (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece...).

"The exemple of Magret de Canard (Duck)...snails...quails eating, which exist also in Portugal, Spain and Malta, but not in central or northern Europe."

Lol. You would make us believe that your "examples" (carefully chosen) should by representative of French cuisine ?

"in northern Italy, inside and northern Spain and most of Portugal whose cuisine is not like the stereotypical mediterranean cooking, but very similar to their french equivalents;"

It's wrong again. The cuisine of those countries are essentially mediterranean by the large use of oil, especially olive oil, even in Northern Italy. In the contrary, Western Europe use essentially butter. You can check for example the cunsumption per capita of butter : high in Western Europe (France, Germany, England, Belgium...), very low in Southern countries. Scandinavian have reduced it since recent times, but they used to cook with butter too.

http://www.fas.usda.gov/dlp2/circular/1997/97-07-Dairy/butterpc.htm

"Inversely, France has among its most famous dishes many very famous dishes typically mediterranean... Ratatouille; Salade Niçoise; Bouillabaisse; Aioli; Pissaladière; Soupe au pistou; Brandade de morue; etc... Those dishes do not even appear in French in the southern European category."

Yes, very famous...in Provence, lol. France can't be summarized by a region which is about 5% of the territory of France. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.26.134.206 (talk) 19:50, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

indent

i looked and thought 'someone forgot to put some double stars' they are there but don't seem to work — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.170.229 (talk) 21:03, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Home fried potatoes photo?

Why is one of the main photographs at the top of this article, on European food, a photo of a USA dish from a restaurant in California? If there is a place in Europe that this dish (home-fried potatoes) is traditional to, then the photo should be of that instead.86.173.78.190 (talk) 20:52, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Belgian cuisine

Moules frites is one of the classic Belgian dishes, originating in Brussels. It is one of the best known. It has a name in French and in Flemish. It is not a Dutch dish. Dutch cuisine by comparison is less developed (raw herring and bitterballen are classics). A standard Dutch dish is mussels with bread, not moules frites. It's pointless attempting to claim this dish as a classic dish originating in the Netherlands. Here is a source about "Les Belges" which discusses Moules Frites at length as a Belgian icon:

• Beaufils, Thomas (2004), Les Belges, Le Cavalier Bleu, pp. 85–88, ISBN 2846700729

A Dutch recipe for mussels and bread is here:

The Dutch wikipedia does not claim the dish as a Dutch dish, so evidently it is not a Dutch national dish. It confirms what is written on the encyclopedia and in the source above (Belgium and Northern France).

nl:Moules-frites

So claiming that it is seems childish and disruptive. In the Dutch article on mussels they write, "in Nederland kiest men meestal voor mosselen met brood en sauzen of met friet." (i.e. what the reference above says about mussels with bread or chips). That seems clear enough. Mathsci (talk) 16:44, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Firstly As a Belgian I can refer you to the Belgian constitution where you can readily read that French, Dutch and German are the official languages of the Belgian Kingdom. Mosselen met frieten is Dutch, Moules Frites is French. No Flemish, which is a dialect spoken in West Vlaanderen. Secondly, moules frites is a regional dish, eated throughout northwestern France, Belgium and the southern Netherlands. Indeed the mussels themselves come from the Netherlands if they're any good.

I've never claimed that this dish supposedly originated in the Netherlands. That is of your own fabrication, an attempt to distort what has been done here which is simply adding to the article that it is a Dutch dish as well. You're only here because you stalk my edits in an attempt to provoke further conflict, despite that; I've added two references to the article one a cookbook clearly stating that moules frites is a traditional dish of both Belgium as well as the Netherlands and northwestern France and a book which explains why it commonly seen as a the national dish of Belgium. Colleabois (talk) 10:06, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I can't tell whether you're Belgian or not. The Belgian constitution does not apply to wikipedia, I regret to say. But sources are there and you've yet again added content which contradicts what is in those sources and elsewhere on the encyplopedia (even on nl.wikipedia). As a newly arrived editor who has already created problems editing with an IP, your edits will be monitored, particularly if the content you are adding to wikipedia is misleading to the reader. Mathsci (talk) 12:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

It doesn't matter if I'm a Belgian or not, because being a Belgian doesn't make it so and would be Original Research. You removed sourced material, the two books I added, and have repeatedly and knowingly misrepresented my point here; which is not that it isn't a Belgian dish, nor that it originated in the Netherlands (this is peoples food, it isn't "invented" to begin with). I say (and back this up with references) that this is also a traditional Dutch dish. Do not remove sources from the article, that is vandalism. Colleabois (talk) 15:18, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Colle, your argument above is ridiculous, we eat moules-frites here in Western France too, that doesn't make it a French dish. As to your references, try reading Misplaced Pages:Referencing for beginners, throwing a couple of random book titles into ref tags, whilst mis-spelling one of the author's names, (making it hard to track down the relevant work), does not a serious reference make. Also try and supply full information: French Food: On the Table, on the Page, and in French Culture publié par Lawrence R. Schehr, Allen S. Weiss, both authors in this case.

And from that book, page 162, chapter "The betrayal of moules-frites", section "Moules-frites": the meal as a whole (wasn't it the example of Belgian cuisine?) is nonetheless an incontestable sign of unity. CaptainScreebo 15:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

No, please do understand. I'm explicitly NOT making this argument on the same basis as for example "Hamburgers are American, France has McDonalds' too therefore Hamburgers are also a French dish". What I (and the author of the first book referenced) say is this; the dish is a tradition of Belgium, Southern Netherlands, Northwestern France. In much the same way, for example as fondue (internationally most associated with the Swiss) is also a tradition of the French and Italian alps. Colleabois (talk) 15:31, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - the phone went: It's the Belgian national dish, the page presents cuisine that is typically associated with a country, you are being deaf to what I say above about moules-frites being eaten in Western France. Okay so maybe they eat paella in some border region of Portugal, or in southwestern France, it's still a Spanish dish. And following on from this, and concerning your above addition, we are not going to annotate every photo to say Swiss/French/Italian fondue, Hungarian/Czech/Polish meatballs and so on.

Also the first reference you are using is incorrect, there is no page number etc. to verify your claim, and accusing people of vandalism when it's not can be considered a personal attack. CaptainScreebo 16:11, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

As is calling people deaf and ridiculous. On topic: In that case the gallery should have that made clear, because in the end its about accuracy and facts, not stereotypes and these issues will repeat themselves. Such as paella, which is perceived as the Spanish national dish, but is a regional specialty I believe of Valencia or Schweinbraten below ... Colleabois (talk) 16:47, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Obviously you cannot read English correctly (or deliberately misread what is written), so I will translate: "your argument above is ridiculous" means ton ARGUMENT est ridicule, so no slight of your good person there, "you are being deaf to what I say above" means tu fais la sourde oreille quant à mes propos ci-dessus. "You are stupid" is an affirmation in English that implies that I believe that you are permanently stupid (and as such *is* a personal attack), "you are being stupid/deaf/whatever" means that I think that you are temporarily without sound grounds for judgement, hearing capacity (or willingness to listen) and so on. So nowhere do I either say that YOU are ridiculous or deaf and, I am afraid, this is why your approach seems to smack of WP:BATTLEGROUND, WP:IDHT and so on. CaptainScreebo 17:13, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I don't how translating English to French would clarify anything, for me at least. Per your logic "removing sourced material is vandalism" isn't the same as calling someone a vandal either. In any case, you don't have to react so defensive and scared. I don't believe in running to admins pr notice boards when someone incidentally chooses their words less carefully than per usual. It's better to solve this topic rather than cloud it with fruitless banter on whether you might be able to block one another instead. As I said, this is easily solved by adding a caption to the gallery with a notice of sorts explaining that iconic dishes do not have to limit themselves (by tradition) to the country with which they are most closely or popularly associated. Do you agree? If not, why? Colleabois (talk) 18:40, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Schweinsbraten

Schweinsbraten is not only an Austrian dish → . --IIIraute (talk) 16:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Wiener Schnitzel is the national dish of Austria, and also provides an article/link - problem solved. --IIIraute (talk) 17:58, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

As I said at your TP, that was all that we needed, we are not going to reignite a war over whose dishes are whose. Thanks. CaptainScreebo 18:03, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

I came up with the same solution, but there was an edit conflict :) I added four other national dishes in addition: three desserts for Austria, Germany and Luxembourg; and rösti for Switzerland. Mathsci (talk) 18:12, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

"The problem" isn't solved, an attempt is made to hide it. The problem is, that iconic dishes associated with a certain nation might not be restricted to the nation with which they are most closely associated. Even something like a Wiener Schnitzel, which even has the nations capital in its name (!) will still be identical to a Cotoletta alla milanese and therefore common throughout northern Italy... Colleabois (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

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