13-01-2002 07:10									#1
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Europeans, I've made this thread just for you.

I'll start by asking, what is it that you think is American Food?

	13-01-2002 07:22									#2
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Hmm... I appeared to have deleted almost all of my text. Threadjackers, want a shot at this?

	13-01-2002 07:30									#3
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AM I THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS FREAKIN PLACE!!!? Talk people or I'm going go break things...

	13-01-2002 07:31									#4
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I'm an American and I don't know what American food is.

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edited to remove profanity and mad ravings of a lunatic.

Last edited by Evan von Christoph on 13-01-2002 at 07:48

	13-01-2002 07:41									#6
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American Food is Fast Food. I don't think there is room for misconception, since it has become a global 'experience'.

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Fast food is not what Americans eat all the time... When you go home for a home cooked meal you don't eat burgers and fries.

	13-01-2002 07:45									#8
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quote: American Food is Fast Food.

#1 misconception.

	13-01-2002 07:54									#9
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The general conception of American food is "fast food". I'm not sure that's fair, but it's probably right.

Does the USA have a "national dish"? I very much doubt it... other than whatever is eaten on Thanksgiving (pumpkin pie?), I would imagine that to eat in the USA would be a truely cosmopolitan experience. You can't pigeonhole "American food" because I'm not entirely sure it even exists...

Anyone agree?

	13-01-2002 07:57									#10
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nope

	13-01-2002 08:56									#11
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Care to give examples?

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Well, apple pie is usually associated with the US...also hot dogs....burgers, I dunno lots of stuff probably...personally I just eat what I feel like and don't worry about where its from.

	13-01-2002 09:03									#13
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Of course there is other american food outside of Fast Food, but that doesn't matter - It's the food which is associated with america both from it's own citzens, and from people all over the world. It is the american food.

	13-01-2002 09:05									#14
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Hot-dogs = fast food. Burgers = fast food. Kentucky Fried Chicken = fast food.

	13-01-2002 09:22									#15
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Examples?

No problem.

Starting in the South

Texas
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A rich variety of Tex-Mex food, which includes a thousand different variety of the best beef steaks in the world, usually accompanied with a vegetable like Sante Fe corn, country green beans, southwestern rice, and mashed potatoes with gravy. Also Texas chili is the best around.

Louisiana
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A unique selection of food that is found only in this state includes jambalaya (usually made from sea food and sausage) and spicy gumbo.

Deep South
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Another great place for food, favorites include various types of fried and barbecued foods including country fried steak, chopped beef, and accompanied by collard greens, black-eyed peas, and cornbread

Soul Food
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Very similar to Deep Southern food, eaten by our black Americans and is another food found nowhere outside of America. Usually is a tad spicier than the typical southern meal.

Midwest
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Hearty food that takes on a style of its own. Eurocoms associate this food the most with fast food, since fried chicken and mashed potatoes are eaten in mass quantities here. Other favorites include roast beef, various kinds of cassoroles and vegetable soups.

California
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In addition to taking boring Eurocom and Asian foods and actually adding our own twist to make them edible, California is home to "healthy" foods which are dominating the market. Various types of salads, smoothie yogurt drinks, and vegetable drinks can only be found in Cali.

Iain has it right, the national dish is served on Thanksgiving, and includes turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing. Sometimes is accompanied with honey baked ham and green bean casserole.

You Eurocoms, and wannabe Eurocoms (Argentinians) simply have no idea what you are talking about.

By the way, there is no Italian food, it's all Greek and Chinese derived.

	13-01-2002 09:55									#16
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Well Striker, national dishes and "this is what they cook there" are different concepts...

Some of that stuff is eaten here in Argentina too y'know.

	13-01-2002 10:13									#17
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Whatever it is, it has an edge over English food.

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quote: Originally posted by El Awrence Well Striker, national dishes and "this is what they cook there" are different concepts... Some of that stuff is eaten here in Argentina too y'know.

Really? I supplied both, you know.

So I bet you like to go eat some chitterlings and hot wings with the Brothers, eh?

And all of your stuff is eaten here too, ya know.

	13-01-2002 12:24									#19
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How are you Evan? Convert to christianity yet?

American food?

Fluffy white bread - peanutbutter/jelly sandwhich.

McDonald's.

	13-01-2002 12:53									#20
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Hiya EvC. What's your sexual orientation this time?

	13-01-2002 13:14									#21
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what I think about american food?

american food is hamburgers. Hamburgers are sh!t. Thus american food is sh!t.

And even more shitty than european hamburgers since we don;t use hormone filled beef so our tits are not the size of Pamela Anderson's balconies and we don't use genetically modified crops so we riosk no danger of growing tentacles by the time we reach 40.

	13-01-2002 14:39									#22
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American food = any food that is unhealthy and makes you fat.

The proof: something like 50 per cent of Americans are obese. Most Americans are so used to seeing their fat neighbors that they never think about it. But when people from Asia go to the US, the most common reaction is: man, are these people fat.

	13-01-2002 15:04									#23
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Everything said by Europeans (and Argentines for that matter) in this thread is right. Everything said by US-Americans in this thread is wrong.

Thanks for opening this thread, EVC, I'm looking forward to see it turned into a hatefest

	13-01-2002 15:20									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi Whatever it is, it has an edge over English food.

On the contrary. English food is often slammed by others, especially the French, for being bland and dull. But English food is hearty, warming and above all is intended to be eaten. French food is the kind that is cooked specifically for some chef to look over and blabber on for hours about how artistic it all is. I defy anyone to mock the full English breakfast, which I daresay is one of the best in Europe, if not the world.

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BTW, there's no such thing as a German dish either. The stuff you would refer to as German food is hardly eaten any more. Now look at the Brits, Fish and Chips actually is a popular dish there.

Poor us, without a cultural identity, without political acknowledgement in Europe.

beat that whine

	13-01-2002 16:48									#26
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Grits, Cornbread, CollardGreens, Fried Green Tomatoes,
SweetPotato Surprise, BrunswickStew,Hash, PeachPie, Barbeque

Yummy!!
(except for grits they suck)

	13-01-2002 20:21									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson On the contrary. English food is often slammed by others, especially the French, for being bland and dull. But English food is hearty, warming and above all is intended to be eaten. French food is the kind that is cooked specifically for some chef to look over and blabber on for hours about how artistic it all is. I defy anyone to mock the full English breakfast, which I daresay is one of the best in Europe, if not the world.

We should start talking about English cuisine instead of French? Right?

The English kitchen is famous for being bad and French for being good. The breakfast might be good though. But what's up with plum pudding and those "hearty" christmas desserts? Sounds awful.

Is Shepherd's Pie English? Hopefully for the Englanders it is Scottish.

	13-01-2002 20:35									#28
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Burgers, Fries, Philly Steak Sandwiches, Chili, Clam Chowder, Ice Cream Pizza (DQ), Steak (We prepare it differently IIRC), American Fries, basically most sandwiches, Wisconsin Cheese, Chicago Style Pizza, New York Style Pizza, Barbecue, just about anything grilled...

I'm not sure about these, but this is stuff my Mom makes that consider "American" - Meatloaf, Scalloped Potatos, Stuffing (or dressing), Pink Fluff, Broccoli and Cheese, any way you prepare Corn...

These are "made", but it's done by American Companies - Doritos, and just about any other chip, Combos, etc.

	13-01-2002 21:15									#29
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quote: Europeans, I've made this thread just for you. I'll start by asking, what is it that you think is American Food?

Fattening. I stayed in the US for two months, and in that time I gained 12 pounds. Three months after I was back my weight was back to "normal".

	13-01-2002 21:54									#30
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Well, Americans certainly managed to butcher the concept of a pizza and export it all over the world. If people think a pizza should look like the stuff they sell at Domino's -they're sadly mistaken-


A pizza should have a thin flat crust, some tomato sauce spread over the top, some mozzarella cheese and some spices. Like they serve in those small restaurants in Italy for away from the local tourist traps. Pizza's are NOT supposed to come with a deep pan fried super taco curry bean pineapple topping!


Oh yeah,
And the crusts of American style pizza's are much too thick, we're baking pizza's, not bread!!!