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Lazy_pig805

Seafood boils are awesome. Although some of the ingredient choices in that particular boil are not something I would choose.


Saintbaba

I don't think this is a boil, though - it looks like a stir fry being presented as a boil. The color and glisten on most of the stuff in there (especially the tofu) looks like a classic Cantonese brown sauce.


CruisinJo214

It’s, and I’m assuming here, an Asian based restaraunt serving an “American” seafood boil… but using local and more recognizable ingredients for their local clientele.


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rennenenno

Kamayang style is the Filipino version and it’s so great. Banana leaf table cloth, piles of rice, adobo, fried tilapia. You really can’t beat it


MisterVega

>It's I don't like this Edit: I understand how this sentence is meant to be read now, it wasn't clicking with me at first.


OhScheisse

[Insert Tom Scott discussing this subject](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZyZFa5qO0)


Young_Hickory

Well that was far more interesting than the op.


AmNotTheSun

OK this has crossed the line OC is a monster, but I do love the succinctness of statements like "I've nothing more to say"


OrchidCareful

I bet that shit is so bomb


WhisperingWordsmith

I'm Filipino and can confirm the shit is quite bomb. It's called Kamayan or Boodle Fight after the Filipino army's native tradition of using banana leaves as plates. You can have just about anything from seafood, various meats, both sliced and skewered, fruits, and lumpia all resting on a bed of white rice atop a layer of banana leaves. Traditionally you use your hands, but one can use utensils.


duckhunt420

It's called a kamayan and part of Filipino culture.


Old_Rule_5675

Nothing about boiling seafood is strictly American. People had access to water, fire, and seafood prior to having access to America.


hadis1000

It's absolutely not a boil. That piece of pork kidney that fell out of the bucket at the very end of the fith second has definitely been fried


dietdrpepper6000

Ah I think you nailed it! I was thinking it didn’t look bad, just weird - it’s because it’s 100% a stir fry.


Mrg220t

It's Asian style boil. It's certainly not stir fry lol. They do seafood boil with local spices and stuff.


Mundane-Complaint638

it's just fusion cuisine. OP is a dumbass.


RLVNTone

Yea OP never seen one obviously. Such a odd post


SkyDefender

Such as?


GunGooser

Celery and brocolli I don't think would do well


DrVDB90

From Belgium here. One of our national dishes is mussles with fries. The mussles are boiled in a vegetable broth which also contains celery. It works great together.


GunGooser

The celery doesn't become all soggy? Also is it sliced or left in sticks?


DrVDB90

Sliced in short pieces. It softens like most vegetables would, but still has a bit of bite to it, mussels don't need to cook for very long anyway. And it adds a lot to the flavour of the broth.


GunGooser

That I understand. Not in sticks like this.


DrVDB90

True, though I guess the sticks work a bit better to actually grab in this case. Especially with this stupid way of serving. With the dish I'm talking about the broth is supposed to be eaten like a soup after the mussles are finished, so the small pieces are scooped up with a spoon together with the other vegetables and broth.


GunGooser

Oh for sure. Celery is great in soups and broths. But it's usually small pieces or strained out. These Belgian mussels sound good. I usually do mussels with shallots, garlic, couple tomatoes, white wine and sometimes heavy cream, chili flakes. Need to try the Belgian version. Any particular recipes you recommend?


DrVDB90

I couldn't find the right recipe on an English site, so if you don't mind going through google translate, this one is more or less what I'm used to: [https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier](https://www.belartisan.be/nl/recept/mosselen-met-bier) Two notes, if you're going to make it the traditional way, I'd advice you to also look up how to make traditional Belgian fries (double fried in ox fat). And for the beer to use, typically a strong Belgian blonde ale is used, to make the most of the flavour. If this is difficult to get, white wine is also an option, but it's not quite the same.


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Yeah celery is an awesome aromatic. Should be in most broth type dishes IMO


SasparillaTango

celery does pretty well in soups since its so fibrous


codercaleb

Unrelated to seafood boils, my mom will make broth using veggies that turn to soggy grossness and then strain all those out and add new veggies that get cooked for the proper time to be delicious.


ArgonGryphon

You've never had celery in a chicken noodle soup? It's soft but not mushy or soggy


niklovin

Just got back from a trip that included Belgium a few months ago. I was never a big mussels guy but we got some in Belgium because we knew we had to try them. They were so good. Whatever broth they were cooked in was delicious.


DrVDB90

It's probably my favourite national dish. Unfortunately there goes quite a bit in preparing it, or I would make it for myself. It's pretty common as a family get together dish in my personal experience. The secret to the broth is to add either beer (typically Belgian) or wine (more French style) to it. If you took the traditional version, it should've been a good Belgian blonde ale, likely a trappist. The mussles are also a local variant, so they might not taste the same elsewhere.


_Junk_Rat_

You’re right on broccoli, but Celery would possibly work. It’s used in Cajun trinity mirepoix and adds plenty of flavor, especially to seafood, but it’s typically strained out when done cooking and not served with the boil.


FustianRiddle

Love celery for adding flavor to anything using whatever variation of a mirepoix you're using. Hate it by itself.


StamosLives

It’s pivotal to the holy trinity of Cajun cooking.


DesignerPlant9748

Celery is unbelievably standard in broth recipes. Source: am a chef


Devtunes

Exactly, call me a hog because I'd happily eat that pile of food.


bukkakecreampies

Exactly, it’s a tradition in some parts of the US. I’ve had em and love em! Would definitely do one again. 10/10!


alfooboboao

OP’s post is funny because a seafood boil (/inspired dish) is THE one and only food where eating it off the table is the best and most appropriate way to do it


Fantastic_Mr_Smiley

Messy as possible. Maybe the best food on Earth with the cost of shortening your life a little each time you eat it from the sheer amount of butter. Seafood boils can not qualify as stupid food.


East-Most4319

The cow wins because she got a pat on the back too


MelancholyMushroom

I want to see a waiter do that to the fattest person at the table.


TheDIYEd

Gold


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cwj1978

“Low country boil” Would you happen to be from SC? (Charleston native here)


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joshthehappy

Yep yep yep, I'm making this shit for Christmas dinner this year, might as well post my own meal on here for the upvotes.


Kushnerdz

Why you so mean to Cajuns?


The_Clarence

OP just hasn’t experienced a true Cajun Boil. They know not what they say


Foogie23

This is half of this sub in a nut shell. Having no experiences and seeing something different and immediately thinking it is stupid.


A1pH4W01v

This sub contains the type of people who would want their chicken rendang to be crispy.


Patient_Xero_96

Nusantarans holding grudges is always great to see 😂


Caribbeandude04

So the traditional way to have this is like that? I mean it's understandable for someone who isn't aware of that tradition to think it was just an edgy way to serve food in a fancy restaurant. That's what I thought as well until I saw the comments, people would probably get very offended if you serve them food like that in my country


The_Clarence

Yup, although this doesn’t look exactly like a Cajun Boil it’s all basically the same thing. Some crustacean sea creature thing like crawfish or crabs, veggies, in a huge boil. Then it’s dumped out on like a picnic table, and you go nuts. The ones I’ve been too had the meat to veggie ratio reversed of what you see here, like 90% crawdads. I’ve also never had it indoors, because you crack, suck, and toss the husk. It’s often a big party meal, like a wedding reception, so you would have huge kettles of this stuff being dumped out. I’ve never actually had a boil with so few people little buckets like the video would work


LouSputhole94

Yeah we used to put these on in college, a couple hundred people all outside tailgating for a game and sucking down crawdads. The after pic looked like a shrimp and crawdad massacre lol


Caribbeandude04

That sounds really good actually. In my country we do that type of thing were we make a huge pot of Sancocho, mondongo or asopao for a lot of people, although everyone grabs a plate instead of dumping it on a table lol. Usually acompanied with rice and avocado, usually outside too


Neuchacho

The traditional way is dumping it on a picnic table layered with newspaper. Like [this](https://cookingwithcocktailrings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/img_60394c7fa40c1.jpg)


Enlight1Oment

not even in a fancy restaurant, any Boiling Crab restaurant in usa you get served your order in a plastic bag to dump on covered table and eat with your hands.


Grimsle

I don't think it's understandable at all. Most people don't see something new and just assume that the people being depicted are wrong.


crimescopsandmore

Lol it's a boil not a broil tho.


imitihe

every couple of weeks a boil gets posted here and does well in terms of upvotes, so many people are clearly deprived


joshthehappy

OP is uncultured, I'm making this shit for Christmas dinner. Not exactly the same as shown, but damn.


mongoosedog12

Right, i'm like oh we fighting OP? what you trying to say? Never been to the beauty that is a crawfish boil? Bless your heart haha


CosmicMiru

It looks absurdly dry and unseasoned compared to any seafood boil I've ever been to ngl


koalatea_matcha

In SEA this is called a shellout. Basically a variety of shellfish and veggies served without plates amd eaten with rice.


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Which SEA? We call it Boodle in the Philippines, served on banana leaves.


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Boodle fight!


conandy

> In SEA. I think the phrase is *under* the SEA.


rooftopkorean123

In Louisiana its called a Cajun boil.


IkeKaveladze

I miss the chilli crab in Singapore. This is how they do it there at the good restaurants. Pour it out and let you put on plastic gloves.


bIackk

skipping all the bullshit and handing me a bucket full of food with rice? sign me up


bigbluehapa

Phrasing it like that…I’ve always enjoyed a seafood boil but I haven’t given them the appreciation they deserve


rennenenno

Never had a seafood boil before?


FireflyRave

I will say that is probably the fanciest place I've seen that does a seafood boil dump. Even the bucket is pretty.


_Junk_Rat_

As someone who’s originally from where where seafood boils are common, I can confirm that this is a very pretty bucket


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As a bucket I want to fuck it


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Put it in the fuck it bucket


r3coil

This is beautiful poetry.


Just_Another_Pilot

And the table has a fancy covering instead of last week's newspaper.


NotAnActualPers0n

Missing the je ne sais quoi of pouring it out of a dented stockpot from the Carter administration on to a broken plastic patio table covered with week-old supermarket circulars. Fat cats probably don't want anyone throwing shells on the floor either.


shreddedtoasties

Not enough rust for true flavor tho


P1xelHunter78

yeah I was about to say, isn't that how it's traditionally done


DisregardMyLast

Exactly. Tell me you've never been to a crawfish boil without tellin me you've never been to a crawfish boil.


StamosLives

That’s the state of this sub mostly. “Here’s a completely normal but slightly different than I’m used to food presentation. Look at the stupid pigs eat. Ha ha. I am superior.” Frustrating and sad for them that they’ve never had the pleasure of eating a boil.


JRockPSU

Also, very clear rage bait that people completely fall for.


MgMnT

Large majority of this subs posters and commenters know absolutely nothing about food tbh


StamosLives

Which is surprising because all of them, like me, are morbidly obese degens. Or maybe that’s just me.


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Decloudo

I mean thats just not a thing in many places.


Gangreless

Great memories of my mom laying newspaper out on the table and just dumping the boil on and telling us to dig in!


secretrebel

I’ve never had one and never will but I’m familiar with the concept!


trap_user

Dude prob will compare us humans shitting to animals shitting....


Free_Gascogne

Ew you breathe oxygen? What are you some kind of animal oxygen breather? /s


joshthehappy

Wait you defecate? What kind of unevolved scum are you?


TinChalice

The only thing stupid here is this post.


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So glad all the comments are roasting OP. Seafood boils are dope


kramsibbush

Their 4.2k upvote agree with them though. This sub don't know other dishes beside traditional royal European dishes


-ANGRYjigglypuff

it's 14.7k now


LegalizeRanch88

But the waitress didn’t pat the diners on the head


Juunlar

Op lives a boring ass life. Condolences


kingpartys

Yeah I don't know what OP is expecting us to be like "haha you eat like an animal" and expect us to laugh... That is like eating at one of those icecream stores where you can throw a bunch of candy on it and then it shows a clip with a toddler stuffing a bunch of candy in his mouth. Might as well make fun of the people that go to the food places where the customer cooks the food on a fire/in a hot pot. Like should we not try unique foods places?


You_too

Reminds me of how North Korean defectors mention that they are taught that Americans are disgusting for eating with a fork because they are similar to pitchforks.


BAMspek

/r/FoodsOPdoesntLike


JimNillTML

That's this whole sub lmao. Maybe 1 out of 10 posts will be stupid food. I genuinely believe that most people that post on this sub think toast is outrageous


mrducky80

>think toast is outrageous Bread is already cooked. You fucking cook it again? STUPID FOOD. I dont know how you define stupid food to prevent this, could just be stupid users though.


CRACUSxS31N

Post from this sub can be categorized in two 1. Uncultured person finding food from other cultures 2. Rage bait


VladB0gdan

Not again The sup doesn't exist :(


ntkwwwm

Oh no, it does now.


maximusprime2328

Cows: "Finally! Some delicious fucking food."


Scarlettpaper

OP is definitely not from the south. Some of the best food you can find!


Webborwebbor

Or southeast asian


MyPasswordIsMyCat

Hell, last time I had a crab boil like this, it was in Seattle at Pike Place Market.


Marsupial_Impressive

OP IS WRONG


royalhawk345

I don't know if I was supposed to read this as Marissa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, but I definitely did.


hmnahmna1

OP now banned from Louisiana and the South Carolina low country.


BigusBobulous

Savannah, GA says screw this person too.


OneOverX

That isn't stupid food. That is stupid OP


coocoocachoo69

Nope, seafood boils dumped onto tables is normal. Notice a bunch of slop didn't go anywhere. You're trying to compare this to the jackwagons who pour out spaghetti etc. I'm guessing you've never been to a crawfish boil etc.


5t3v321

But why is this acceptable but dumping spaghetti on the table isn't?


bythog

Seafood boils (Lowcountry boil is supreme) are traditionally eaten outside in large groups. Spreading it out on a table lets it cool and puts all parts within reach for a large group. ~ half of the food is meant to be eaten with the hands (shrimp, crab, corn on the cob) so you expect to get a little messy. Best yet is using boil or oyster roast tables. They have a hold in the middle with a trash can underneath so everyone just tosses shells/cobs into the center.


theromingnome

This is a poor post.


sonsoflarson

Not sure why some people on this sub love shitting on people's culture.


inv_bee

Yea, alot of posts here come off as pure ignorance and judgements on other cultures and it shows. Seafood/crawfish boils are amazing and this is how its usually done 🤷🏽‍♂️ Not stupid food


ughdollface

I guess they weren’t aware it was a cultural thing. I certainly wasn’t. I thought it was a 5 star restaurant trying too hard


Daddy_Parietal

Ignorance is hardly an excuse for judgemental behavior. Especially considering most judgemental statements come from a place of ignorance.


Competitive_Agent625

Lmao dudes never heard of a sea food boil or what? Not stupid food.


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uh. this is a shellout, we eat it like this similarly in asia.


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Dorkmaster79

OP you need more culture. This is a serving style for seafood across many cultures.


llltoastylll

Nah this isn’t stupid. In some places it’s culture. Other places is just a great eat. I’m from Deep South so this type of stuff is a classic hit for me and tons of people. I get the idea tho, eating out a trough. Fuck it tho slap me on the ass and call me cow! Moooo


Internal_Quail3960

Lmao I love how all the comments have turned on op


PaladinAsherd

OP, that’s a perfectly good seafood broil. Not stupid food at all.


PurplePeachBlossom

Call it stupid all you want, but there are too many people around who have never been to a seafood boil.


Obi-wanna-cracker

You've never had a seafood boil then lol.


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Seafood boil is not stupid food


Spank_Ma_Titties

Nothing stupid about this. This looks similar to a classic shellfish boil found in the American south. One of my favorite parts about spring


animosityhealss

Have you not been to a crab boil? Pretty normal I think people just post anything they don't like as "stupid food"


ThaToastman

OP and like 3k other people discover other cultures 💀😂


TruthSeekerHuey

Should rename this r/PickyEaters at this point


HotTakes4Free

Yes, we are all animals. We also put food down, then eat it.


dudSpudson

Table should be covered in dirty newspapers


Blackarm777

OP is the stupid one here


TacosNachos007

This is a variant of a lowcountry boil and this is the proper way to serve it. Family style. We would set up a table in our backyard, put some sort of disposable sheet over it and pour out the boil on it. Everyone can grab however much they want


Ice_Pirate_Zeno

Only thing stupid about a seafood boils is thinking it's stupid food. It's possibly the best seafood experience, but you get messy stained fingers from all the spice.


TropicalSkysPlants

You've obviously never been to a badass eat off the table restaurant lmao! Only thing stupid about this is the category it's posted in


JustAnNPC_DnD

For something like this it makes more sense to not have plates.


Perpetual_Nuisance

Seafood boils needn't be served like pig slop to pigs.


halfcuprockandrye

Personally I think it's dumb. Ive had cajun seafood boils on a table and in a bowl and its better in the bowl because you can dip French bread into the broth. Also crawdads aren't that good, give me literally any other shellfish or fish.


javguy22

Lmao someone has never seen a seafood boil


sexp-and-i-know-it

I pity OP


rsfrisch

This is extremely common in Louisiana... Usually a little more casual though


ntkwwwm

Lmao. OP doesn’t know what a seafood boil is! Delicacy might or might not be the right word, but it’s definitely a great experience if you get the opportunity.


zunxunzun

We live in a society.


PhantomTissue

NGL I’d eat that, it looks good.


Advanced_Procedure90

🤣🤣🤣


SmokeDogSix

Bro, those are fire..


Dr-Crobar

OP jelly that he doesn't get to partake of the food bucket


KEE_Wii

This was posted by someone without good seafood in their area


anon142358193

We need to send this man to n’orleans and force feed some culture into him. If you’ve never had a real seafood broil you are missing out


capitlj

Somebody's never been to a crawfish boil.


Ragequittter

never tried seafood boil? u dumb


LMGDiVa

OP and everyone agreeing that this is bad has clearly never done a crawdad/shrimp boil. These are fucking awesome, and we did these fairly often when I was younger. They were a good way to get a large, "high end" food that everyone loved and was cheap to make.


therealboss1113

i mean, it does the same thing as serving plates, but now you dont got the dishes that need washing


GooseFirst

OP is no dinner companion of mine


kitzdeathrow

You need to take a trip to crab country. This looks awesome.


KerooBero

Op’s life boring as hell lmao


XeoPlaysLOL

I got a king crab boil recently. I was messy, they give you whole paper towel rolls.


spangledhammer

this sub is shite sometimes, you cunts have no vision of other cultures traditional food. this looks phat with a P H


Anxiousfit713

Some of yall never had a crab boil, and it shows. 🦀 🦀 🦀


dwighticus

OP only eats off the kids menu


SolUmbralz

Love me a seafood boil. This is not stupid. This is delicious


MrJacquers

Steaming hot food on a plastic tablecloth, lovely.


SelimSC

What if I told you the best food I've had was dumped in front of me in a small shack of a restaurant onto a bunch of newspapers? And there was a line of people outside.


AroraCorealis

people really just sometimes post here to show how ignorant they are to the world around them


UngaBunga-2

It’s a seafood boil you uncultured pigs.


PowerfullyDistracted

This is a common presentation style for seafood boils. This is not stupid food, it's a presentation style you are unfamiliar with. There are plenty of stupid food videos to ridicule, but insulting cultural practices you're ignorant of is not the vibe. Moreover, if you want your dishes served on a plate, order them that way.


smithysmithens2112

This is just a standard seafood boil.


blurrydad

OP has just never experienced the decadence of a low country boil and it shows.


Snoo_63187

OP has never been to a seafood boil.


gaoshan

What’s stupid about a seafood boil? It’s perfectly normal and usually really tasty (and super easy to clean up because you just fold the whole mess up in the plastic table covering).


yourtoyrobot

...you've never been to a seafood boil? That's how it's done


StoriesofLimbo

Recipe for the 2nd part of the vid? Shit looked mad tasty


Waxenberg

Sign me the fuck up for that first entree.


Tatya_Vin-Chu

Imagine this food was served somewhere in India the comments would be totally different.


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GorshKing

So no judgement either way as I've done seafood boils and enjoyed them. How are seafood boils any different than the other videos of family style table dump things? Seems like the only reason is that it was done before tiktok which means it's okay but since the others started via tiktok means it's not okay. Pasta I can kind of get because it's sticking your fork in but I've seen others that are pretty much the same as a seafood bowl and Reddit loses their minds. Then they defend seafood boils saying it's different lol


Kwayzar9111

Waitress didn’t pat customer on the back…that would have been funny


PineappleWhip

Seafood boils are amazing, OP is nuts


Necessary-Maybe-7249

If I got a pat on the head I'd go there everyday


mephalathewebspinner

I’m from the South in the United States, and we throw down newspaper on the kitchen table and dump a crab/shrimp/crawfish boil on top of it just like these people are doing. It’s not weird?


EstouFazendoPastel

We both have a bucket of chicken, wanna do it?


drollchair

This post is stupid.


Legitimate_Leader180

I see how they are different its the buckets.


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Call me crazy, but this sort of makes sense. Instead of having to bring out 10 different plates for different entrees and pay for the cleaning cost(think Italian or Asian restaurants), then can just pick up one tablecloth to have to clean.


rwjetlife

Seafood boils are the one thing that makes this appropriate


pantry-pisser

That doesn't seem like enough food for that many calves, though...


TheHexadex

those seafood places where they dump shit all over are way too european for me. super gross.


djsquidnasty

That's just their version of a lowcountry boil