tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post4240995441449002268..comments2023-10-02T10:57:07.769+02:00Comments on Birdseed's Tunedown: Cooking and traditionalismBirdseedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01161105277182690887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post-45976168258094890122008-08-14T00:16:00.000+02:002008-08-14T00:16:00.000+02:00Actually, to play devil's advocate to myself on th...Actually, to play devil's advocate to myself on the processed food issue, can we really say the Tunisian use of canned tuna as a staple for a whole bunch of street dishes is a bad thing? While accepting "processed sounds" in Tunisia's popular music readily?<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how far the analogy can be drawn but it's quite an aesthetic muddle.Birdseedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161105277182690887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6146962885201070339.post-60964958952282109942008-08-13T16:36:00.000+02:002008-08-13T16:36:00.000+02:00Processed foods? Ick.As for the aesthetics questio...Processed foods? Ick.<BR/><BR/>As for the aesthetics question, it's an interesting one -- and esp for the disjuncture with your feeling about "appropriation" in music. <BR/><BR/>For my part, while I love to cook, say, trad Jamaican dishes inna trad stylee, I also like trying new combinations. If I hadn't, I'd never have stumbled onto the awesomeness of jerk sweet potatoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com