Not going to argue, but people paying a fascist for their blue checkmark should maybe take a long look in the mirror.
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"Your money. Nice check mark." was the appropriate answer. Well, an appropriate answer.
American food is usually hybrid food based on other cultures, either with american ingredients (potatos, tomatos, peppers) or multiple cultures blending together.
Some that I would think should be considered good american food:
smoked/BBQ, Cajun food, generally Southern Cooking, American Chinese food, Tex Mex, Lobster and sorta all those northeastern cuisines, hamburgers and hotdogs.
I don't know why people think America does food bad, we're not one of the fattest countries because our food sucks.
I agree, but also - tomatoes and potatoes are from the Americas - so that pizza in Italy? It is ALSO 'fusion' food.
That's just how food works. People eat what's available, and more stuff has become available over the past few hundred years. heh.
I think the whole thing is silly. Enjoy good food! Who cares about the rest?
And sure, I make authentic creole dishes as well as southern, and some legit texmex. But if I didn't, if I made tasty food, who the hell cares? lol.
Tex mex is soooo good but the name makes it sound like "shitty American version of Mexican food" when that couldn't be further from the truth
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I love food, I so agree. Honestly if I were rich I would be traveling the world trying as much food from as many places as I could.
In spite of recent events, I'm actually quite glad I grew up American with parents who have friends from all over the world.
I'm 30 now, but the appreciation of foods and cultures was instilled into me from very young, I genuinely believe that sitting down and sharing meals with people might be the ultimate peak of the human experience.
So yeah I get a little salty when people start trashing American food, because American food is hundreds of cultures coming together and making something different but similar and what could be better than that?
Also its like, the only good part of this country anymore .-.
So yeah I get a little salty
WRONG; You got a little MSG-ey. There was salt, but also the umami of stating true things in there, too :)
also agreed on the end thre :)
But I also think that's why people making fun of UK on food are wrong, too. Similar there - the food culture is vibrant.
Also, nice-looking food is nice, but how food tastes is more important to me.
I don't know why people think America does food bad, we're not one of the fattest countries because our food sucks.
I would guess this has more to do with your food having tons of sugar and giant portions. Plenty of countries have amazing food. Not all of them struggle with obesity so much.
ehh its a lot more complicated than it seems.
I think for me I would point to the fact that cheap sugary shit tends to be well, cheap.
For example I had a pack of gummy lifesavers (hard as a rock, rip me) and it was the cheapest thing in my lunch today despite being like, 8 servings of candy? it was cheaper than the water I got??? What the heck is up with that???
Honestly portion size isnt what I would point to, I feel like its custom here to take home leftovers and stuff, even when you visit someone's house for dinner and they make way too much. I'm sure there's some psychological stuff here with portion size, just in my experience I've never felt the need to eat everything and Ive been reasonably healthy all my life.
And yeah shout out to (in no particular order) Mexico, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Canada, Spain, China, South Korea, Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Vietnam, Thailand, The Dutch, Singapore, Poland, and anyone I forgot y'all are real ones I love your food.
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As American I agree. However, judging by all the Europeans visiting during the World Cup and then being enamored by our food and culture makes me think this person has never visited.
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High fructose corn syrup.
For those fumbling for the standard answer: it is hamburgers. The USA has hamburgers.
Named after the German city of Hamburg.
Hamburgers are named after the Hamburg Steak, which was named after the city of Hamburg
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McDonald's and guns, puh-raise JEE-zuz-ah!
Coors Light and Diabetus.
KC BBQ?
Edit: oh and Bourbon
In an effort to only be a little annoying, some wines in the US have ranked higher in blind tests when compared with French wines. Albeit it’s an old story nowadays, but France doesn’t have a monopoly on good wine, nor Italy on good ‘pizza’.
Something we, the people in the US, do right, is integrating different cultural foods and ingredients. There’s a mountain of things that can be said about just how long something of higher quality actually lasts here, but many of us are eager to try new things and see the local places near us as part of our home.
that’s not a useful metric though. the science of winemaking isn’t some dark secret. given enough money to replicate conditions i’m sure even saudi arabia could produce a wine that blind tests better than french wines
the point of comparing regions is their average wine: pick up a random wine off the shelf from each region and how comparable is it?
french wine isn’t good by magic - french wine is good for the same reason french pastry, bread, and cheese are also good. because it’s deeply ingrained in french culture that these are things that you don’t accept bad versions of. bad wine doesn’t sell in france. americans are less picky. each wine region adapts to local conditions
I think you can do random wine comparisons from various regions, but comparing the average wine across all of America hardly seems like a fair comparison though given how much bigger America is compared to France. A better comparison would be the average wine in western Europe compared to the average American wine if we’re going off of sheer scale.
Some states have better wine producing areas than others due to the climate. The East Coast for instance doesn’t have as good of a climate for wine production as the West Coast, that’s not a flaw really but a regional difference. The wines that are produced on the East Coast aren’t bad, but even when I asked a couple sommeliers while on the East Coast they conveyed that I would find much better wines on the West Coast due to the climate.
Heart disease.
Is shitting in your diaper considered shitting yourself?
this is just a case of shoving politics into everything and that sucks
We have hamburgers, hot dogs, deep fried Twinkies, etc...
People who have to make everything political are the fucking worst
I don't understand. Did we lose pizza? Did pizza leave the country? Why do we apparently not have pizza anymore?
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And American "cheese".
Everyone loves to shit on American "cheese" but sometimes a melted Kraft's Singles is what hits just right.
Kraft singles are trash and their existence gives American cheese a bad name
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Never been in a situation like that. A slice of actual cheese has always been better.
Wonder how you react when you find out that American cheese is usually just cheddar with sodium citrate to allow it to melt better and have a softer texture.
Its perfect for grilled cheese!
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chicken fried steak
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