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[Big_Bird]

[MarionG]

Southern Fried Chicken (no, it's not junk food, and it's not like any other fried chicken, because it has gravy)

steak - very few countries do steak as well as in the US. Yes, beef is almost universal, but the method of graining the beef animal, and then cooking the steak, is definitely American.

I'm a big fan of French food, but don't ever waste your money on a French steak!

[jaderedux2]

[The Bobster]

Sandwiches. Nobody else seems to ever get the concept right ... goddess what I would give for a corned beef on rye at this very moment.

[SPINOZA]

Treefarmer,

I would definitely use Eamo's line of thinking. The US is made of people from all over the world. It embodies and promotes diversity in all respects, including food.

** And because of a superior attitude to service and lower prices, I make the US ahead of Britain in terms of food service generally, even though a British Sunday roast is unquestionably the best food on Earth followed in second place by curry. Be sure to point out also that the Hamburger is influenced strongly by the Sandwich.

[Fresh Prince]

Chocolate Chip cookies
Cotton candy
popsicles
potato chips
Peanut butter
spam
cranberry sauce
pumpkin pie

[eamo]

[Gatsby]

The tradition in old Britain was to eat a large bird, one capable of serving many people, on the holidays. Chickens were eaten as daily fare, but these big birds, such as a goose, were a special treat.

The British colonists continued this tradition using the native wild turkey, a bird native to North America. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the uniquely American turkey the national bird, rather than the eagle. In addition to eating turkey, the colonists had plenty of lobster available for their first Thanksgiving dinner. But there was so much lobster that it was considered junk, to be fed to servants and chidlren. It should be added that all their butter was seized before departing England by creditors to pay off debts.

If other former British colonies eat turkeys on the holidays, they got the tradition from the United States, not England. I'm surprised they don't eat geese. But turkeys are bigger. On the other hand, emus and ostriches are bigger, still -- nice if you have a big enough oven.

BTW, Homer Simpson would have been proud of the first pilgrims. The reason the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, rather than the warmer climes of already settled Virginia they were headed to, was that they ran out of beer.

[Sleepy in Seoul]

[eamo]

[flakfizer]

[Tiger Beer]

Depends on where you are from and your ethnic background.

In rural Michigan, we eat a lot of beef and potatoes...which we'd call 'meat and potatoes'. Vegetables could be green peas or green beans, etc.

[Dancing Bear]

Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast!
3 eggs your way, sausage, bacon, hashbrowns
and toast!!!

[Privateer]

Meat, potatoes, and veg.

That's the basic traditional formula for American, and British, and Irish, food. Meat also includes pies, stews, casseroles, meatloaf, etc, etc, all meat dishes. Nowadays potatoes can be replaced with rice or another staple.

Korean kids, I think, don't know this, and I think they want to know what authentic American food is rather than be told all about the marvelous variety of international cuisine available in the modern English speaking world, even though it's true.

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

My grandmother in South Africa always cooks up turkey for X-Mas, but it is not common, for sure.

As for American food, stuff like meatloaf, microwave dinners and bad cheese is all I can think of that is uniquely American (don't get me wrong - I love America), the rest is just a copy/adaptation of European food, same as S.A, Oz and New Zealand I guess.