Talk:Cuisine of Indonesia
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[edit] Common ingredients
I was once told that in most of Indonesia, rice, coconut, sago, banana, and cassava are staple ingredients and most meals contain at least a combination of those ingredients (in addition to others). Is this accurate? Would it be possible to incorporate such information into the article? MezzoMezzo 22:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- It's not a crazy claim, to say that a majority of meals contain at least one of those ingredients, but it gives a sort of false unity to the foods of the archipelago.
- You see, arguably, there's no such thing as "Indonesian cuisine" in the first place. Such a category implies some sort of imagined-unified formula of food. It's a bit far fetched to link Padang food with Papuan food, but that gets into the heart of the problem: is Papua "really" part of Indonesia? What is "Indonesia?" Having a master "cuisine" helps to concoct a unified people; helps to invent "Indonesians." --Smilo Don 14:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rice cakes? Help?
Correct me if I'm wrong , but I thought lontong is rice made in banana leaves, and ketupat is made in coconut-palm leaves. Seems there ought to be a page for lontong too. And if you hunt around on WP, there are contradictions in the way we've got them represented. Of course, the contradictions might not be wrong, since the same food name can represent a different food from one place to the next. If someone can help explain this one, I'd be grateful . --Smilo Don 13:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- It looks like we have one of the Lonely Planet food guides as a reference for that, a very good series but I don't have that specific book. Do you happen to own a copy? Do you know roughly what is says about the contents of both dishes? MezzoMezzo 21:49, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- No LP on hand. But there are plenty of editors--Indonesians, tourists, scholars--who should know a lontong from a ketupat. :) They'll chime in. There's probably a joke in bahasa: What did the ketupat say to the lontong...? (Punchline anyone??) --Smilo Don 14:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] katchang idju
I'm probably spelling it wrong, but what of these little green beans? The only net reference I can find is at www.fepow-community.org.uk/monthly_Revue/html/food.htm+katchang+idju . Chris 08:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
- They're mung beans. See id:Kacang_hijau. Badagnani 08:32, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
- Cool, thanks! Chris 08:35, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
