4 hours ago, Anna N said:Just wondering what your motive is for pursuing this line of questioning. If you are aware of a set of written rules of what constitutes Indonesian food perhaps you could share them and produce proof that all Indonesian meals conform to the same rules. The poster made a meal for friends and shared it with all of us here. Surely that should be the end of it.
4 hours ago, Okanagancook said:Huiray, the Indonesian book is indexed on Eat your Books so you can look at the ingredients. The composition of the meal was modelled after their recommendations for what is usually included at an Indonesian meal: rice; pickles; shrimp waffers; a samba (I used a commercial Sambal Bajak which I particularly like); a veggie side and then the spicy meat dishes. We had canned Lychees for dessert along with the last 1/2 glass of our homemade Merlot from 2012. And that is the last thing I am saying about the meal.
Thanks, Okanagancook. That explains it better. As for this "Eat your Books" thing I had to google it to see what it was, I see it is a site where one can look up recipes. (I spend very little time on the cookbook forum here)
AnnaN, I'm not aware of those rigid rules for which you ask. Which was why I asked Okanagancook what made her call it Indonesian. Rather than Malay, say. (vs. Malaysian, for that matter) Or, even, one of the regional cuisines within "Indonesian". But she clarified that she followed recommendations from a cookbook that designated them as Indonesian, with dishes as enumerated. (I am reminded of how "Nasi Goreng" was initially identified here in an old thread as "Indonesian" rather than a widely-made dish spreading across several regional cuisines)
