#and to recognize samosas even if i didnt remember the name

[local-magpie]

it really did take a fae court romance series written by an Indian woman to have all the mentioned cuisine be Indian foods for me to realize ive never actually read a fantasy setting with the kinds of food i eat and never questioned it

like why is it that the furthest ive ever strayed from ye olde white fantasy foods is that one time i let a player in a d&d game invent pizza in the feywild. why is that. literally i dont even represent the foods i eat in the settings i create

#like its all food im familiar with obviously bc im white so i know About Ye Olde White Cuisine #but i dont. eat much of it. #i dont like potatoes much and i dont like beef or pork much #or sandwiches #and i cant eat bread #and i dont really care for mediterranean flavorings #and i avoid mushrooms and cant eat eggs #so i just #largely dont eat anything you find in your standard white fantasy setting #i eat a lot of east and south asian foods tbh #so i got absurdly excited to realize a feast scene was talking about curry #and to recognize samosas even if i didnt remember the name #idk why i never questioned it like #it was just another layer of fantasy to me i guess #also to put a clearer disclaimer on this post #I Am White #my tastes just line up really well with a lot of asian flavor profiles #being nonspecific bc it really isnt specific i take a lot of inspiration from japanese indian and thai foods but i dont exactly limit myself #yelling at the void