Răspuns:
ENGLEZĂ:
Romanians claim that polenta, cozonac or sarmalele are specific to Romanian cuisine. In reality, if we look a little at Wikipedia and other culinary history books, they are taken from foreigners. And I find it embarrassing to assume / attribute everything that is not yours. But Romanians are champions of such a thing.
Mamaliga: all Romanians say on TV that Mamaliga is the emblem of the Romanian nation and that no one makes polenta better than us. We acted as if we had invented the concept of preparing corn from corn and boiling it and combining it with cheese, sour cream, sausages, sarmale, etc.
That porridge prepared from corn originating in Central America, prepared by Hungarians, Swiss, Austrians, Croats, Serbs, Bulgarians, Brazilians, Argentines, Ukrainians, Venezuelans and Mexicans. Let me also say that the concept of "porridge" is inherited from the ancient Romans.
As the Romanian countries imported corn with great difficulty in order to give it a "tribute" to the Ottomans, obviously the Turks made the first experiments, preparing the Malay and putting it to boil.
And guess who were the first Europeans to make this porridge from Malay: Greek peasants in the seventeenth century.
Mamaliga would have been prepared on the Romanian territory by the Hungarians from Transylvania, being the first to document the arrival of corn in Timisoara.
ROMÂNĂ:
Românii pretind ca mamaliga, cozonacul sau sarmalele sunt de specificul bucatariei românesti. In realitate, daca ne uitam putin pe Wikipedia si pe alte carti de istorie culinara, sunt preluate de la straini. Si mi se pare rusinos sa-ti asumi/atribui tot ce nu este al tau. Dar românii sunt campioni la asa ceva.
Mamaliga: toti românii spun la TV ca Mamaliga e emblema natiunii române si ca nimeni nu face mamaliga mai buna ca noi. Ne purtam de parca noi am inventat conceptul de a prepara malaiul din porumb si de a-l fierbe si combina cu branza, smantana, carnati, sarmale etc.
Terciul ala preparat din porumbul cu origine din America Centrala, preparatasi de unguri, elvetieni, austrieci, croati, sarbi, bulgari, brazilieni, argentinieni, ucraineni, venezuelieni si mexicani. Sa mai zic ca conceptul de "terci" e mostenit de la romanii antici.
Cum Tarile Romane importau la greu porumb pentru a-l da "tribut" otomanilor, evident ca turcii au facut facut primii experimente, preparand malaiul si punandu-l la fiert.
Si ghici cine au fost primii europeni care au facut acest terci din malai: taranii greci in secolul XVII.
Mamaliga ar fi fost preparata pe teritoriul României tocmai de maghiarii din Transilvania, fiind primii care au documentat sosirea porumbului la Timisoara.
