"American" food
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Oh I love pie, it''s the most wonderful thing. I've had pies from all corners of the globe from meat and potato in manchester, steak and cheese in Brisbane, and pumpkin pie in San Francisco. It's probably why I needed to sign up to this site lol.
Back on topic, I think blueberry or pumpkin or key lime pie is more american but then I think that's because apple pie really is very common in most countries.
If I had one complaint about American food its that it's got far too much salt in, tis a good job you do free refills!0 -
Ummmmm yes the rest of the world has the same food you all have in the USA. It's not like US is the only place on earth that you can buy food.
I wonder over in the US......do you have water?0 -
SecondedUS food has to have a brand name and is generally yellow or beige - that's an impression from the UK.
Apple (and other) fruit pies probably went to America from the UK or Europe back in the day. I doubt it was a Native American thing. I have no more idea what a s'more is than a sophomore. Sounds like a genetic mutation or a body shape.
Hershey's candy can't be sold here as chocolate as it has too little cocoa in it. It also tastes and smells like sick to us.
We now have Subway, but nobody knows WTF a "sub" is - to us it's an underwater warship. While Subway may be about the healthiest thing you can find in Florida it's about the opposite here.
McDonalds is the most obvious manifestation of "American Food", I went to the first (and then only) McD nr Leicester Sq in London in about 1978, but now they're everywhere.
Hot dogs are here, but aren't especially popular. We have whole streets of fried chicken joints waiting to serve greasy yellow food to people falling out of vertical drinking establishments in the town centres, but we can't really blame them on the US even if some of them put "Southern" in their name and have Stars & Stripes emblems.
Finally, I always laugh to myself when I hear McDonalds or KFC described as a "restaurant" LOL. Here a restaurant is a place that serves propoer food, what US might call "fine dining". McDonalds is a burger joint. Cheap food is sold in a cafe or "greasy spoon".
I truly couldn't have put it better myself!
I'm British & live here too. I can cook apple (and other fruit) pie, but usually make crumble as it's quicker and easier (and more popular with my family). You take the "rubbed in" mixture of flour, marg (and sugar if it's to be a sweet pie) but don't add water, make it into a ball, roll it out or cut it. You just spread the dry mixture on the fruit and bake it - simple!
What strikes me, looking at people from other nationalities' diaries, is how much they eat that I can't identify, with lots of branded foods and very little home made.0 -
I'm an American and I don't eat any of the crap found in fast food places. The smell of those places turns my stomach. Most of my meals are home cooked from scratch based on old family recipes and recipes from all around the world. I like fresh, healthy food with interesting flavors. You don't find that in the pre-packaged garbage aisles in the grocery stores. It certainly takes more effort, but isn't really any more expensive. When I think of American food, I don't think of McDonald's - that's factory food. I think of homecooked things like barbequed chicken and grilled corn on the cob. :flowerforyou:0
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When I think of "American" food it is products with lots of corn sugar, frozen prepared foods, and hot dogs that are frankfurters in a bun.
When I was growing up a 'proper' hot dog was a battered sausage on a stick or luncheon meat battered and deep fried.
"American as apple pie" is a familiar saying, but we have apple pie and apple crumble over here. In NZ we like pies whether they are filled with fruit, or savoury with meat and/or vegetables.
yah in NZ the american "corndog" is what we call a hot dog. your hot dog is an american hot dog. apple pie is apple pie, although my mom aka mum in nz would be much more likely to make a crumble.
I hadn't had a pie in years till my last surf trip to tairua here, its a really small place and the bakery is old school. mean good vege pie! now I want to eat apple pie. in london id say pasties are easier to find than pies. they totally exist tho.
i dont really think of apple pies and hot dogs when I think of american food. I think of giant nachos, giant burgers, giant unhealthy everything and yeh, processed food.0 -
When I think of American food, I don't think of McDonald's - that's factory food. I think of homecooked things like barbequed chicken and grilled corn on the cob. :flowerforyou:
so you think more of KFC then? :bigsmile:0 -
When I first read the OP , especially the part about the advertiser claiming nothing was more American I thought it was quite amusing that what was declared American was a food which literally translated means "from Frankfurt" ie Germany.
Then I though about it a little more and though it was fitting as a reminder that American as a nationality is not a homogeneous entity since the native population is a minority.
Putting aside fast food, my understanding of home cooked American food is that its regional variations are less to do with what grows in the area than with the origin of the people who settled in the area in the first place. So some areas will have a cuisine which resembles that of Eastern Europe, others have a more Mediterranean feel, others have a distinctively Northern Europe style, some have some French or African influences (gumbo anybody?).
My question to the American posters would be, are there any native dishes which are considered "as American as apple pie" since it's not a cuisine I am familiar with at all?0 -
Ummmmm yes the rest of the world has the same food you all have in the USA. It's not like US is the only place on earth that you can buy food.
I wonder over in the US......do you have water?
lol
It's like saying the world revolves around the USA or nothing exists outside it.
Isn't there a myth about Americans aren't told in schools about other countries etc?0 -
We definitely have pies and hot dogs and other 'American' food. We also don't have a 'full English breakfast' every morning either. Well at least I don't know anyone that does. It's just a generalisation x0
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What we Germans think about American food:
Burgers. Pizza. Burgers. Pizza. Pumpkin pie.
And I actually do know what S'mores are, but that might be 'cause I spent 6 months in Texas...But since I've lived in both countries...German apple pies are way better. Hot dogs? Don't like them. But love frankfurters! Gotta admit that German sausages are the best
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What we Germans think about American food:
Burgers. Pizza. Burgers. Pizza. Pumpkin pie.
And I actually do know what S'mores are, but that might be 'cause I spent 6 months in Texas...But since I've lived in both countries...German apple pies are way better. Hot dogs? Don't like them. But love frankfurters! Gotta admit that German sausages are the best
I will agree with your last statement.
For me S'mores are something you have around a camp fire, say as a scout0 -
US food has to have a brand name and is generally yellow or beige - that's an impression from the UK.
Apple (and other) fruit pies probably went to America from the UK or Europe back in the day. I doubt it was a Native American thing. I have no more idea what a s'more is than a sophomore. Sounds like a genetic mutation or a body shape.
Hershey's candy can't be sold here as chocolate as it has too little cocoa in it. It also tastes and smells like sick to us.
We now have Subway, but nobody knows WTF a "sub" is - to us it's an underwater warship. While Subway may be about the healthiest thing you can find in Florida it's about the opposite here.
McDonalds is the most obvious manifestation of "American Food", I went to the first (and then only) McD nr Leicester Sq in London in about 1978, but now they're everywhere.
Hot dogs are here, but aren't especially popular. We have whole streets of fried chicken joints waiting to serve greasy yellow food to people falling out of vertical drinking establishments in the town centres, but we can't really blame them on the US even if some of them put "Southern" in their name and have Stars & Stripes emblems.
Finally, I always laugh to myself when I hear McDonalds or KFC described as a "restaurant" LOL. Here a restaurant is a place that serves propoer food, what US might call "fine dining". McDonalds is a burger joint. Cheap food is sold in a cafe or "greasy spoon".
I truly couldn't have put it better myself!
Actually the first McD was Woolwich in SE London - I think most people know where that is now.....
My boss described American food as "fried stuff with cheese on it". I think that's harsh. Especially considering the Yorkshire habit of eating Wensleydale cheese with apple pie.
For me the main difference between European food and US food is the use of herbs is more widespread here, while in the US it either seems to be spicy (chilli) or unseasoned (except for salt and pepper).
And if you can't buy wine with your meal its not a restaurant.
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I just want to say as an American living in the UK, the hot dogs here are GROSS...and I'm not that overly fond of our American hot dogs (I don't like processed meats much). Most of the "American" style hot dogs here are in a can or a jar full of some brine...and the casings feel like plastic. BLECH! :sick:
I love Bramley apple pies here...but they are a bit more tart than our pies back in the US. Smores are becoming a treat over here, I've heard many friends refer to them. Just about anything I miss from the US, I can find over here now.
Edit, I just thought of a few dishes that are more regional than anything, Boston Baked Beans, New England Boiled Dinner, Clam Chowdah, lobstah bakes, Brown Bread (the kind with molasses). Can you tell I grew up in Massachusetts??
As a side note...after having chocolate here in the UK, I can't touch Hershey's chocolate...its too icky sickly sweet.0 -
We (in Australia) have those sorts of foods but you in America just seem to have more variety, toppings etc!
For example we have fries but not cheese fries, and we do have pies but you don't see much pumpkin pie or pumpkin flavored desserts here.
When I think American foods I think peanut butter! You have so many0 -
I'm from Germany and we invented apple pie! But you see brats more often than hotdogs here.
Pork knuckle and sauerkraut FTW!0 -
I have no more idea what a s'more is than a sophomore. Sounds like a genetic mutation or a body shape.
Roast a marshmallow in an open flame, and put the toasted marshmallow between 2 pieces of graham cracker with a piece of chocolate.
Delicious!!! :drinker:0 -
We have apple pie in the Netherlands, it has the homemade nostalgia feel to it. One of my friends even served her mom's apple pie at her weddding!
Pumpking pie or sweet potato pies seem more typically american to me, or pecan pie and the baked american cheesecake.
Oh, and mac and cheese that you can microwave, or pop tarts, or corn dogs. Those are some of the weird foods that struck me when I went to the US, that I had never seen before.0 -
I can't see why Hershey's is getting a bashing Special Dark is really nice.0
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meatloaf, now that is American.
Isn't Kinder Surprise banned in America due to the toy inside? The new designed eggs just aren't right lol0 -
You can get quite a few American foods in NZ and Australia, like Hershey's chocolates and kisses, pop tarts, etc. But not those cans of sweetened pureed pumpkin...0
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I'm from Germany and we invented apple pie! But you see brats more often than hotdogs here.
i am from germany to and i agree apfelstrudel with vanilla ice cream nom and a hotdog would be a wiener in a bun for me cant stand brats.
I also lived in texas for a while and i agree on the "Hershey's candy can't be sold here as chocolate as it has too little cocoa in it. It also tastes and smells like sick to us." First time i bought a hersheys bar i thought it was spoiled because it smelled like trow up to me.0 -
I love Hershey's0
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You can get quite a few American foods in NZ and Australia, like Hershey's chocolates and kisses, pop tarts, etc. But not those cans of sweetened pureed pumpkin...
I actually found pumpkin pie filling in nz the other day!0 -
I'm from Ireland and apple pie/tart is very common. It's a traditional Irish dessert. Hotdogs are around but aren't popular at all.
Most the American fast food chains are over here too.. Hersheys chocolate is sold. I've tasted it and it's the most disgusting waxy like chocolate ever. Can't beat Cadburys brand.
Hmmm what else? When I think of American food, I think of over processed, over fried and supersized. A lot of that is a stereotype, for sure.. but I've travelled to the U.S. on numerous occasions and saw this with my own eyes. I also found that the food that is actually good for you is over-priced and less available... which is sad.
Other than that, I do love a good Subway now and again! 0 -
As an American, it seriously embarrasses me to say that really... the only truly american food is FAST food. We helped make the world a fatter place.0
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meatloaf, now that is American.
Isn't Kinder Surprise banned in America due to the toy inside? The new designed eggs just aren't right lol
Haslet is basically pork meatloaf.0 -
Apples actually come from the Afghanistan/Pakistan area.
And I'm pretty sure they had pies over there before the europeans did.
Sort of ironic....0 -
US food has to have a brand name and is generally yellow or beige - that's an impression from the UK.
Apple (and other) fruit pies probably went to America from the UK or Europe back in the day. I doubt it was a Native American thing. I have no more idea what a s'more is than a sophomore. Sounds like a genetic mutation or a body shape.
Hershey's candy can't be sold here as chocolate as it has too little cocoa in it. It also tastes and smells like sick to us.
We now have Subway, but nobody knows WTF a "sub" is - to us it's an underwater warship. While Subway may be about the healthiest thing you can find in Florida it's about the opposite here.
McDonalds is the most obvious manifestation of "American Food", I went to the first (and then only) McD nr Leicester Sq in London in about 1978, but now they're everywhere.
Hot dogs are here, but aren't especially popular. We have whole streets of fried chicken joints waiting to serve greasy yellow food to people falling out of vertical drinking establishments in the town centres, but we can't really blame them on the US even if some of them put "Southern" in their name and have Stars & Stripes emblems.
Finally, I always laugh to myself when I hear McDonalds or KFC described as a "restaurant" LOL. Here a restaurant is a place that serves propoer food, what US might call "fine dining". McDonalds is a burger joint. Cheap food is sold in a cafe or "greasy spoon".
^this
Also, when you say 'American food' my immediate thought is... '20 times bigger than the average size'
Yes we have Apple pie, yes we have hotdogs... no i dont like either of them. Apple pie is always slushy unless its home made and you have proper chunks of apple (not apple sauce) and hot dogs looks like regurgitated meat wrapped in a skin... imo smells like it too.
oh an im from the UK0 -
US food has to have a brand name and is generally yellow or beige - that's an impression from the UK.
Apple (and other) fruit pies probably went to America from the UK or Europe back in the day. I doubt it was a Native American thing. I have no more idea what a s'more is than a sophomore. Sounds like a genetic mutation or a body shape.
Hershey's candy can't be sold here as chocolate as it has too little cocoa in it. It also tastes and smells like sick to us.
We now have Subway, but nobody knows WTF a "sub" is - to us it's an underwater warship. While Subway may be about the healthiest thing you can find in Florida it's about the opposite here.
McDonalds is the most obvious manifestation of "American Food", I went to the first (and then only) McD nr Leicester Sq in London in about 1978, but now they're everywhere.
Hot dogs are here, but aren't especially popular. We have whole streets of fried chicken joints waiting to serve greasy yellow food to people falling out of vertical drinking establishments in the town centres, but we can't really blame them on the US even if some of them put "Southern" in their name and have Stars & Stripes emblems.
Finally, I always laugh to myself when I hear McDonalds or KFC described as a "restaurant" LOL. Here a restaurant is a place that serves propoer food, what US might call "fine dining". McDonalds is a burger joint. Cheap food is sold in a cafe or "greasy spoon".
^this
Also, when you say 'American food' my immediate thought is... '20 times bigger than the average size'
Yes we have Apple pie, yes we have hotdogs... no i dont like either of them. Apple pie is always slushy unless its home made and you have proper chunks of apple (not apple sauce) and hot dogs looks like regurgitated meat wrapped in a skin... imo smells like it too.
oh an im from the UK
Try a proper sabrett's hot dog, the natural casing version. Snaps when you bite into it. Can be found at hot dog places in NYC like Gray's Papaya.0 -
Yes. We are.Didn't realize this thread was a american food bashing thread, are the Brits in any position to criticize, really now!0
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