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Ancestry/Genealogy

Model35mech

(2,047 posts) Tue Aug 8, 2023, 03:07 PM Aug 2023

To what extent is your "ancestry" part of your family's diet? [View all]

I suppose another way of asking this is what of your ancestors' diet has descended to you as a recipe you use on a somewhat regular basis?

I dug into that for myself and found almost nothing that is related directly to any of my predecessors from times near or far removed.

Apparently that isn't true in all families.

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To what extent is your "ancestry" part of your family's diet? [View all] Model35mech Aug 2023 OP

chicken soup and cabbage borscht The Blue Flower Aug 2023 #1

I have been eating lots of watermelon all summer Walleye Aug 2023 #2

Next to no influence. Karadeniz Aug 2023 #3

I'm not unaware of it bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #4

Mammoth Effete Snob Aug 2023 #5

Reportedly, my great-great grandfather brought Pop-Tarts from Europe. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #6

None PJMcK Aug 2023 #7

cabbage rolls, perogie and borscht CANADIANBEAVER69 Aug 2023 #8

Everyday is taco Tuesday at our house, yet we hail from the British Isles. CrispyQ Aug 2023 #9

Not much Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #10

Nothing that I know of. Lunabell Aug 2023 #11

Very little my ancestry is mostly from the British Isles. I am more influenced by the Polish, doc03 Aug 2023 #12

Grandpa was pretty tasty. Xoan Aug 2023 #13

Learned to make knadles (German bread dumplings) MOMFUDSKI Aug 2023 #14

I still eat popcorn... 2naSalit Aug 2023 #15

I'm mostly Pennsylvania Dutch Freddie Aug 2023 #16

Portuguese sausage, or "linguica." Basic LA Aug 2023 #17

Granda had an apricot orchard. I occasionally make apricot pies. Liberty Belle Aug 2023 #18

My guess is about 15 % of diet is ancestry related. marked50 Aug 2023 #19

does your family or others around Lindsborg celebrate crayfish eating Model35mech Aug 2023 #20

Actually, not that I am aware of. marked50 Aug 2023 #21

Loads! spicysista Aug 2023 #22

My genealogy ---- my story doesn't fit here. I grew up thinking I was Irish/Itaalian. 3Hotdogs Aug 2023 #23

I would like to hear about your spaghetti Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #27

Costco Rao's is my favorite base. I add oregano, basil, garlic powder and onion powder. 3Hotdogs Aug 2023 #28

ty. Trying to convince a Middle East friend to be serious on spaghetti Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #29

Perogi from the Polish side Glamrock Aug 2023 #24

I am omnivorous. Probably goes to my Neanderthal ancestry. Beastly Boy Aug 2023 #25

not so much. My mother cooked a lot of southern, near southern dishes. I make a potato salad demigoddess Aug 2023 #26

I'm mostly Irish and Ukrainian Jew MistakenLamb Aug 2023 #30

This thread has taught me that many of us have little cultural food connections Model35mech Aug 2023 #31

Not so much cultural connections shanti Nov 2023 #32

I'm adopted. Dem2theMax Dec 2023 #33