"American" food

pandorakick

OOH, challenge.
I challenge someone not from the UK to tell me what this is:

Cornish pasty!

Nachise

OOH, challenge.
I challenge someone not from the UK to tell me what this is:

That's a Cornish pasty.

runlilyrun

Yeah, it was a cornish pasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty

Anyone from anywhere else want to do one?

iggyboo93

What seems to be the common thread here is that apples baked in some sort of crust or pastry, and emulsified meat crammed into animal intestines and smoked are not exclusive to "American" cuisine.

Suddenly I feel the urge to go to store and pick up some granny smith apples and frankfurters.

Danilynn1975

tomato gravy was a staple in our house, so was "red-eye" gravy.

chicory coffee and sassafras tea when I was sick with peppermint leaves in it.

The American South may not be fancy food, but it's usually made and grown real close to where it's served.

We hunt, we fish and a good portion of the foods that hit our tables still comes from the backyard and the woods and streams near us.

That was a strange thing being in the service and the food was boxed, canned or not recognizable to me. And worse they put sugar in the grits. *shudder*

cherryd69

Mm mm Cornish pasty.... *drool*

hungryhobbit1

America is a huge place with many different regional cuisines. I guess I do think of the Applebee's/Denny's/TGI Fridays sort of processed schlock as "American" restaurant food, but that is doing a disservice.

Someone earlier mentioned New England brown bread, lobster, chowder, etc. In the NY area the deli food is fantastic. Down in the Southeast it's BBQ ribs, collards, corn bread, red beans and rice. In TX there are Mexican flavors blended into a Southern style cuisine, along the gulf there's seafood in the mix. Northern California has amazing food. Sort of a French inspired celebration of all the fantastic produce and herbs you can get year round there, paired with wine.

lenore304

Texas does it right. Take an American classic like S'mores and deep fry it. Would anyone (American or no) care to take a guess as to what the second picture from the State Fair of Texas is?

freerange

Ok one of you UK folks need to post a recipe for Apple crumb

rml_16

The Brits have apple crumble with custard, which is wayyy better than apple pie in my opinion.

You've never had MY apple pie. :-)

debrag12

Ok one of you UK folks need to post a recipe for Apple crumb

http://britishfood.about.com/od/tzrecipes/r/British-Apple-Crumble-Recipe.htm

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/apple-crumble

Vailara

OOH, challenge.
I challenge someone not from the UK to tell me what this is:

a bridie. meat pastry type sandwhich baked or fried?

I'm in the UK, and I thought it looked like a bridie too!

debrag12

OOH, challenge.
I challenge someone not from the UK to tell me what this is:

a bridie. meat pastry type sandwhich baked or fried?

I'm in the UK, and I thought it looked like a bridie too!

Never heard of a bridie, thought everyone in England at least knew a Cornish pasty when they see one lol

EDIT: A birdie is basically a Cornish pasty, just Scottish, with different pastry and no potatoe

pcastagner

Texas does it right. Take an American classic like S'mores and deep fry it. Would anyone (American or no) care to take a guess as to what the second picture from the State Fair of Texas is?

Deep fried ravioli?

I like to do that with ricotta, then smother with honey. You don't need a mixing bowl so it's good camping food

debrag12

Texas does it right. Take an American classic like S'mores and deep fry it. Would anyone (American or no) care to take a guess as to what the second picture from the State Fair of Texas is?

Deep fried ravioli?

I like to do that with ricotta, then smother with honey. You don't need a mixing bowl so it's good camping food

I thought that, it look horrid

ShreddedTweet

Frankfurters are German so it's funny the US claims 'franks'. Nope, they're not yours.
Yes, we have apple pie too, almost every country has some form of apple pie. We've never considered it American here in Ireland

When we think of American food we think of corn syrup and huge portions of fake-food, fake potatoes, anything deep fried as if it's chicken, artificial sweeteners etc, basically not good stuff.

froeschli

I grew up in switzerland, and hot dogs there are called Wieners, and they're considered the little step siblings of the bratwurst :-) we call a hotdog a wiener in half a loaf of french bread, with ketchup or mustard. note the bread isn't sliced open, but they poke a hole into it, squirt in the condiment then plop in the sausage.
we also have many variations of apple pie, but the region i am from claims to be the origin of carrot cake, so i'll give you the apple.

when i think of 'typical american food' i think of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, or pop tarts. those two i had never seen before going to the US as an exchange student. Mind, that could be blamed on my parents' idea of unhealthy food choices ;-) i'd never had decent peanut butter before then either....

debrag12

what about

cwolfman13

What you call a hotdog we would probably call an 'American hotdog', here a hotdog usually refers to a battered sausage on a stick.

We call that a Corn Dog.

When I think "American Cuisine" I think...

- Burgers hot off the grill topped with pickles, bacon, and cheese on a bun with ketchup and mustard....lots of mustard

- A juicy steak hot off the grill

- Slow smoked BBQ

- Fried Chicken

- Potato Salad

- Cole Slaw

- Potato Chips

Lots of other stuff too....I know a lot of people want to bag and say "processed ****"...well, I've traveled to numerous countries around the world and can get process **** food in most of them.

jadethief

what about

That second pic looks like fried ice cream.