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Originally Posted by Shazam
Oh, and let's understand something... Cuisines all over the world have been influencing each other for HUNDREDS, if not THOUSANDS of years. Why do you think Cilantro shows up in Mexican and Vietnamese food, regions on other sides of the world?
Look, the food you know now as "traditional" wasn't traditional 500 years ago, or if it was, it was stricly food for royalty (like that crazy Chinese wedding dinner. Or do people actually think that dirt poor peasants in ancient China could actually afford that?!?). Heck, it probably wasn't traditional 200 years ago.
I have Chinese friends that come back from trips to China, and the first thing they notice about the food is just how similar it is to here (and hell, I have FOB friends that notice the same thing). Sure, there's differences with ingredients, but the methods used to prepare the food are the same.
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How old does food need to be before you consider it traditional? Do you need to go back to recipes of hunter gatherers? Even if food was strictly for royalty isn't it still considered a traditional dish? With the introduction of new ingredients (like a tomato) obviously people will try replacing old ingredients with the new one or making new recipes. Testing and creating thats what people do.