Hey, in the Navy we'd have ethnic nights for chow, and they actually tried to make the recipe taste like the place it came from. But of course, it was helpful that we had cooks that actually cared about what they cooked. Ever had Lumpia? It's a really nice little egg roll like thing that has pork and spices. We had Filipino cooks who made it and it was great.
However...................if some place tried to pass off egg rolls as Lumpia, I'd be pissed, because Lumpia is nothing like an egg roll, it's MUCH better.
I wonder if someone from KY would be pissed if they heard there was barbecue in the mess hall only to get up there and find out it's barbecue prepared Memphis style?
Yeah, I understand, the college prepares food on an industrial level, but so did the cooks in the Navy. At least the Navy cooks tried to get it right. Apparently, the college didn't even bother.