What is American food?
Is it hamburgers? Hot dogs? Pizza? What can we call American food nowadays? Hamburgers... Frankfurters... Italian pizza... What makes a food American? Does America have any food its own, or is all...
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Interesting. I would say, from the point of view of someone who's not American, that it would be food that originated in America mostly, food that was made popular by America.
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If one of the assets of the United States is its racial and cultural melting pot, it is logical that food should come from all origins, to be then "americanised" (or not).
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* Popularised by the United States (I assume, meant by "America"?)* Originated in the United StatesThe second would be quite a bit more limiting. Things traditionally considered "American". such as...
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American food, like American culture, is an adaption and amalgamation of pre-existing things. Sure, a hamburger originated in Europe, but have you ever had a european "beefburger"? It's nothing like...
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IndigineousCorn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, beans, pepperswe, used to have chesnuts, before the blightbut look what we've got now!!Corn Dogs!TwinkiesDevil DogsHamburger HelperStove Top...
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There are many foods which are thought to be "ethnic" but truly America, e.g. chop suey is not Chinese but rather American; so too are many sweet-and-sour "Chinese" dishes, which mostly use tomatoes.
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A lot of the "typical" breakfast foods are American, at least in their current versions. Pancakes (flapjacks) exists elsewhere, but never quite as thick and chewy as the American version. Breakfast...
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I might suspect that "soul food" could be called American as well as "cajun" food. Though both originated from people that came to the U.S. from other countries I don't know that either type -...
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Corndogs, Twinkies, Fruit Roll-Ups, Peeps, Breakfast cereal with tiny marshmellows, Grits, fried chicken, Peanut Butter.
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I thought we had escaped the "flavored" coffee trend and was doing a big communication campaign against it (that means saying to friends "I'm sure vanilla flavored coffee SUCKS what a crazy idea...
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Mmm, hazelnut-flavored coffee with lots of creamer... but it's a shame to ruin the hazelnut with the coffee.(I.e. it's not the flavors I have trouble with; it's the coffee itself. How can something...
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A really great coffee tastes good: pure arabica, fresh, made just "right" - not too watery, not too concentrated -, whether expresso fashion or classic fashion. But it's really really rare.To be...
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I'm drinking coffee even as we speak, and it's crappy. Sadly, this crappy brewed coffee is better than I can make. I am, however, a master barista. I can't help it - 5 years as an espresso jockey will...
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This coffee reminds me of Paris... that cafe... and that waiter! Jean-Luc!
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A very important things than Star Trek writers - and most of non-french writers - should know when they do a "coffee-shop" scene in Paris is that NO WE DON'T SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER BY EVERY FUCKING...
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You mean...those cafe vienna commercials were wrong???What a cruel world.
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