Talk:Cuisine of Pakistan

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This page has been edited time and again without first discussing what changes are to be made, the quality was good a month or so again, but it has again been reverted into a substandrad article.

http://www.ourpakistan.net/food.htm is a copy of this page, they're violating GFDL. Cruccone 20:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I am removing the Murree brewery part from the drinks sections as alcholic drinks are not just restricted to pakistani cuisine.

I have made significant changes to the article to get rid of bias and to write an article that is a better representitive of the standards of Wikipedia and the Cuisine of Pakistan. -Qbadge

[edit] Mentioning India

I don't think mentioning India is wise as we are discussing pakistani cuisine here.best to do is create seperate sections for each ethnic group as their cuisines slightly differ.When mentioning the Muhajirs then we can add the indian connection.I am of Baloch descent and I can tell you my food is very different from North Indian.If we say all pakistani food is similar to North india then we are getting into generalizaions which is the main problem with the article.-Vmrgrsergr 22:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah i think we should mention each province cuisine as they are somwhat different.Al of them yet are part of Pakistani cuisine.-Vmrgrsergr 22:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Kk loach 10:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)Yes, I agree with both of you there should be more links in this page mentioning the different foods according to the provinces of Pakistan.Kk loach 10:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Except most of the common foods are from the Punjab, Sindh, Kashmir and the NWFP, not Baluchistan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.255.202.121 (talk) 07:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Better description of Pakistani cuisine needed

As a Pakistani myself, I see Pakistani cuisine as something hard to pin down exactly. Its based in the various provinces. I generally like to split it between provinces on either side of the Indus. Food on the east side (Punjab and Sindh) is generally of the same kind found in India and other parts of South Asia, whereas food found on the west side (NWFP and Baluchistan) is of the kind usually found in the Iranian plateau. Besides, there's much Central Asian and Middle Eastern influence even on the South Asian cuisine of the country, such as on Mughalai food. This same influence exists in Indian cuisine too. We should describe it as a diverse cuisine whose patterns of similarities range on either side of the Indus as well as across the Indus. Its not like Pakistan was this separate country in ancient history which had all these cuisines brought to it. It was created out of various diverse regions with distinct cuisines of their own, each modified in their own right by various influences.

[edit] Um...

The article says "It is a distinct blend of foods from Afghanistan and Iran with strong culinary influences from the Middle East"

Why is India not mentioned when Pakistan's cuisine is nearly identical to North India's? It seems like some people are in the midst of an identiy crisis. Give me a break...I am changing this. Hopefully in the future, people will not try to manipulate fact with anti-Indian sentiment. Okaywhatever (talk) 20:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)