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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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grits
biscuits (not cookies-- these are a savory quick bread)
turkey (came from the New World, no matter how often it's present in English food) with stuffing, gravy, and mashed potatoes (also from the New World)
pulled pork barbeque
corn on the cob (New World)
New England & Manhattan clam chowders
Cajun cooking
TexMex (it's not Mexican)
pancakes (not thin like crepes - the buttermilk kind)
cornbread |
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Treefarmer
Joined: 29 May 2007
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you can keep turkey
my parents said that it used to be the best chicken on christmas day rather than turkey
and everyone knows that chicken is better than dry ass turkey |
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Treefarmer
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| pancakes aren't american ffs |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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I've always said American food is the best in the world. And I'm Irish.
Why? Because America is a country of immigrants who have brought their national cuisine to the new world. Then they found that the good stuff like meat and diary foods are much cheaper in the States so they could put a lot more into their dishes.
Eating in America is like getting the best of world cuisine on steroids. |
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storysinger81
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: |
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"American food" is too general. Regional cuisine is easier to define--like Philly cheesesteak, Maryland blue crab, Maine lobster, TexMex, California Organic, Southern BBQ, Wisconsin cheese, New England chowder, Lousiana Cajun chicken, etc. Regional cuisines are often tasty and (can be) healthy. Unfortunately, we have a tendency to think "bigger is better" about everything (i.e. if fried is yummy, then MORE FRIED is BETTER).
If you want to talk about what "American food" is, then in general it is coated in grease and fried or very meaty or cheesy and huge or drenched in hi-fructose corn syrup and processed. It's very comforting, very fattening, and very addictive. This is why we Americans get fat. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, pancaks, blueberry cobbler, pot roast, meat-loaf, green beans with dried onions atop, tuna casserole, shrimp gumbo, fish tacos, broccoli with chese, pumpkin pie. |
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pugwall
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| french fries are from Beligum |
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Treefarmer
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
I've always said American food is the best in the world. And I'm Irish.
Why? Because America is a country of immigrants who have brought their national cuisine to the new world. Then they found that the good stuff like meat and diary foods are much cheaper in the States so they could put a lot more into their dishes.
Eating in America is like getting the best of world cuisine on steroids. |
totally disagree with that
england is better because we have the melting pot thing, but we aren't over the top like americans
pizza vs curry
pizza has become a truly american food, but american pizza is completely americanised, the bread is like fried bread, american pizza is big and greasy, italian pizza is quite healthy, it's based around the tomatoes.
indian curry is/was unpalatable for english people, so the indians who came to england adapted it to be milder and more meat based. but it is still the same principles,
you can get curried chips, but curry in england is still curry, not a parody of it like american pizza |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| Treefarmer wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
I've always said American food is the best in the world. And I'm Irish.
Why? Because America is a country of immigrants who have brought their national cuisine to the new world. Then they found that the good stuff like meat and diary foods are much cheaper in the States so they could put a lot more into their dishes.
Eating in America is like getting the best of world cuisine on steroids. |
totally disagree with that
england is better because we have the melting pot thing, but we aren't over the top like americans
pizza vs curry
pizza has become a truly american food, but american pizza is completely americanised, the bread is like fried bread, american pizza is big and greasy, italian pizza is quite healthy, it's based around the tomatoes.
indian curry is/was unpalatable for english people, so the indians who came to england adapted it to be milder and more meat based. but it is still the same principles,
you can get curried chips, but curry in england is still curry, not a parody of it like american pizza |
Have you been to America? The best curry you experienced in UK is there. The best donar kebab you had in England can be had in America. Face it. It is the mecca of international food. |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:36 am Post subject: |
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good point, above...
i'd say that any food cooked and eaten on American soil is American food!  |
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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:42 am Post subject: |
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Kellog's Corn Flakes
Yeah, I'm a Michigan kid. That and cars are the only thing we have to be proud of. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| i really, really want biscuits and sausage gravy now. mmmmm. |
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LuckyNomad
Joined: 28 May 2007
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I'm pretty sure Hotdogs are American. Though I guess they could be considered a kind of sausage, which would make them German or Polish, but I don't consider them the same as sausages.
TV Dinners are definitely American.
Oreo cookies
Steak WITH A-1 Steak Sauce
Jack Daniels
Smores
Soda
Rattlesnake sausage
Microwave anything
Popcorn?
Doughnuts?
Rice a Roni?
Italian food has certainly become a big part of mainstream American food. Growing up, we ate a lot of Spaghetti, Ravioli, Lasagna, and Fetuccini. |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: 16 |
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delicious Soul food is so American and so good...
some of my favorite Soul Food munchies include fried catfish, seafood gumbo, corn pudding, grits, black eyed peas, and chitlins and maw.
so cool and so good for the soul, baby...  |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: Re: What is American Food? |
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| Treefarmer wrote: |
I was trying to explain to some students on Friday that americans don't just eat junk food all day, but i couldn't think of any american foods that weren't junk food
so what is it? what do healthy americans eat? |
meat and three VEG!!! jesus!!
go into the heart of USA in the country normal folk, eating potatoes, corn, steak, chicken etc...
AMerican food is all good food!!
AMerican FASTFOOD is fast food!! |
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