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Someone please explain the appeal behind sour cream. Why would you want something to ever taste sour, especially if it's supposed to taste savory?

>IT'S NOT SOUR REEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Every time I've had it, it tasted sour.

>> No.12710180

Cooling agent in a burrito or other texmex food.

>> No.12710183

>>12710175
Who says sour cream isn't sour? I've never heard that. Sourness is a basic taste though and if your food doesn't have a sour component, it's probably lacking. Even just adding a little white vinegar to a lot of things will improve their taste.

>> No.12710192

People who never use vinegar or acidic elements are absolute cooklets.

>> No.12710229

It’s called contrast

Typically you’d eat it with spiced dishes such as Tex mex or Mexican food, rich fatty foods such as perogies or hearty stews such as borscht or beef stroganoff

It creates a rich flavor yet at the same time it’s tartness cuts through heavy dishes and is cooling to the tongue in the end creating a refreshing flavor profile in whatever it touches

tl;dr you’re a tastlet

>> No.12710237

>>12710175
it's tangy, like an unsweetened yogurt. think of it as a zingier tsaziki sauce

>> No.12710238

The sourness is a nice contrast to the fattiness of the stuff you serve sour cream with.

>> No.12710246

>>12710238
>>12710229
>americans contrasting fat with fat

>> No.12710316

>>12710246
It's more of a contrast with the starch or protein. Pierogies are starchy and stroganoff usually has lean meat.

>> No.12710324

>>12710246
>implying americans
m8 i'd put sour cream or creme fraiche on any kind of stew

>> No.12710514

>>12710175
Sour cream, or mexican crema, or salvadoran crema (the best one) taste good with spicy foods, not just for the cooling effect, but flavor wise as well. Sour foods taste good with spice and chiles, and with sweet foods like fruit. It adds some tang and creaminess to things like eastern european foods that are hearty and spiced, like stroganoff, paprikash, meatballs, etc. It balances flavors and tastes. It's used for the same reason people use buttermilk to make dressings, sauces, and baked goods. The cultures in it also tenderizes.

>> No.12710536

>>12710246
Every time I see a European post on 4chan it proves to me the biggest egos generally come with the lowest intellect

>> No.12710551
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When I was in elementary school they made me read some book about this family who all ate sour cream, like as a side dish with everything. I forget the title. They'd just slurp up spoonfuls of the stuff. Once they had a visitor and even he thought it was weird, so they gave him sugar to put on the sour cream. My teacher raved about how much she loved this book but that's all I remember of it.
pic unrelated

>> No.12710554

>>12710192
this
>>12710229
this
>>12710237
>think of it as a zingier tsaziki
Kys, dumbass
>>12710246
>americans
Sour cream is the ketchup of Eastern Europe.

>> No.12710585

>>12710246
The fuck? Slavs put it on everything.

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>>12710175
hey OP are you the dumb mother fucker who couldn't understand the need to sift flour also ?

because I am starting to notice these questions and they seem to be the same person asking them ,and you seem to be a kid who is to stupid to ask his mom

also if you don't understand the why sour cream and other ingredients are used in cooking … why are you even here ?

the next thread I expect from you is :
" BALSAMIC VINIGER AND OLIVE OIL " ??
WHY ?? would anyone use that on bread ?
I DON"T GET IT ???

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>>12710551
how did everything go so wrong with this post? its actually impressive

>> No.12712623

>>12710175
Too spicy for you white capitalists, huh?

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>>12710175
anybody else only like sour cream right after you open it but after it sits in the fridege for a few days the taste changes and it gets blah even if you pour the liquid off the top or if you stir it in it gets watery