I mean without Italian, Mexican, Chinese, whatever other ethnic influences?
Question based off of the Australian food thread..
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I mean without Italian, Mexican, Chinese, whatever other ethnic influences?
Question based off of the Australian food thread..
by Anonymous | reply 212 | July 21, 2018 6:14 PM |
McDonalds
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 16, 2018 7:48 PM |
Chili mac
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 16, 2018 7:49 PM |
Aren’t hamburgers German?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 16, 2018 7:50 PM |
Nachos
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 16, 2018 7:50 PM |
Turkey
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 16, 2018 7:51 PM |
Pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice, pumpkin-freaking-everything!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 16, 2018 7:52 PM |
Corncakes
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 16, 2018 7:52 PM |
Frito Pie
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 16, 2018 7:52 PM |
Fluffernutter
r4 nachos originate from Tex Mex cuisine. Mexican influence.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 16, 2018 7:52 PM |
Jello Salad
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 16, 2018 7:53 PM |
Bacon chocolate chip cookies apparently!
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 16, 2018 7:53 PM |
Corn dogs
Buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy
Avocado toast
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 16, 2018 7:54 PM |
Cronuts
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 16, 2018 7:54 PM |
Pumpkin pie
Fried chicken
BBQ
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 16, 2018 7:55 PM |
Fried chicken and BBQ are not American inventions.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 16, 2018 7:56 PM |
Fried chicken = not originally American
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 16, 2018 7:56 PM |
Milk chocolate
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 16, 2018 7:57 PM |
Russian dick.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 16, 2018 7:58 PM |
Caesar salad
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 16, 2018 7:58 PM |
Ambrosia salad
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 16, 2018 7:59 PM |
Reese’s Pieces
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 16, 2018 8:00 PM |
Pecan pie
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 16, 2018 8:02 PM |
Most food that we think of as american -- soul/comfort food -- has its roots in African cooking: the slaves modified their ancestral recipes to suit the vegetables that grew on the plantation.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 16, 2018 8:02 PM |
Ice Cream Sodas.
Breakfast Pancakes.
Bubble gum.
Carrot Cake.
Blueberry Muffins.
Cheese Burgers.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 16, 2018 8:10 PM |
Chowder.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 16, 2018 8:10 PM |
Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and cream gravy and corn on the cob.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 16, 2018 8:16 PM |
German chocolate cake! No German has seen anything like it.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 16, 2018 8:18 PM |
Crab cakes.
Blueberry muffins.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 16, 2018 8:18 PM |
Squash. Beans. Turkey. Corn. Tomatoes. Peppers.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 16, 2018 8:19 PM |
Fortune cookies
Chop suey
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 16, 2018 8:20 PM |
Corn on the cob, lobster
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 16, 2018 8:24 PM |
Green Tea Ice cream which was invented by 2 Jewish guys in Brooklyn.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 16, 2018 8:25 PM |
Corn on the cob = Mexican.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 16, 2018 8:26 PM |
SPAM
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 16, 2018 8:29 PM |
Fritos and peanut butter.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 16, 2018 8:29 PM |
Chocolate chip cookies and Parker House rolls.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 16, 2018 8:30 PM |
Peanuts + chocolate.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 16, 2018 8:30 PM |
Milk shakes.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 16, 2018 8:31 PM |
Low Country Boil
Popcorn
Baked Potatoes
Steaks
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 16, 2018 8:32 PM |
Sausage egg Mcmuffin
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 16, 2018 8:33 PM |
Breakfast Sausage Lasagna
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 16, 2018 8:34 PM |
Hobo stew
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 16, 2018 8:34 PM |
Thanksgiving dinner has remained surprisingly true to it's New England roots. Clam chowder,turkey,cranberries,pumpkin, apple, and pecan pie.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 16, 2018 8:35 PM |
Baked Potato with sour cream and chives.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 16, 2018 8:35 PM |
Cinnabon.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 16, 2018 8:35 PM |
Cream from a can.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 16, 2018 8:36 PM |
Cream from a redneck young man
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 16, 2018 8:36 PM |
Fruit cobblers
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 16, 2018 8:36 PM |
Hamburger Helper
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 16, 2018 8:38 PM |
Turducken.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 16, 2018 8:39 PM |
Potato chips
Burgoo
Mac 'n cheese
Whoopie pies
Buckeyes(candy)
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 16, 2018 8:40 PM |
Shake n Bake
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 16, 2018 8:40 PM |
Collards.
Pimento Cheese
Watermelon
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 16, 2018 8:44 PM |
Turkey, venison, buffalo, squash, pumpkin, green beans, sweet peppers, lobster, trout, salmon, tomatoes, blueberries, corn (grits and popcorn), dried beans, native American foods we don't eat (like pemmican and camas roots), jerky. Almost everything else we eat is adapted from European, African, or Asian origins. I love it all. Gross foods like twinkies are uniquely American, but I disavow them.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 16, 2018 8:44 PM |
Spam
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 16, 2018 8:44 PM |
Sorghum syrup
Moonshine
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 16, 2018 8:45 PM |
Watermelon is from Africa and not unique to the US.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 16, 2018 8:46 PM |
[quote] Watermelon
Watermelon is originally from Africa.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 16, 2018 8:46 PM |
apple pie?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 16, 2018 8:47 PM |
Popcorn. Tater tots.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 16, 2018 8:49 PM |
R55 - Trout and salmon??
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 16, 2018 8:56 PM |
candy corn skittles corn fritters
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 16, 2018 8:56 PM |
Lucky Charms, although it might be Irish.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 16, 2018 8:57 PM |
Brunswick Stew
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 16, 2018 8:58 PM |
Chicken pot pie Swanson TV Dinner
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 16, 2018 8:59 PM |
Shoo-Fly pie
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 16, 2018 8:59 PM |
And apple pandowdy..
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 16, 2018 9:04 PM |
Macaroni and cheese
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 16, 2018 9:07 PM |
Frybread and bison stew.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 16, 2018 9:12 PM |
Meat and potatoes. Ham, potato salad, mashed potatoes, roasted chicken, duck, turkey, geese, grilled meats (steaks, pork chops, lamp chops), baked potatoes, corn on the cob, etc. Side dishes evolved from seasonal foods. Salad greens, beans, corn, asparagus, etc..
Basically bland, but nutritious. Unvaried.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 16, 2018 9:15 PM |
Pop tarts
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 16, 2018 9:17 PM |
Santorum
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 16, 2018 9:44 PM |
r71 apparently doesn't understand what "uniquely" means.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 16, 2018 9:55 PM |
Moon Pies
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 16, 2018 10:11 PM |
Spray cheese.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 16, 2018 10:14 PM |
Cheese curds, s’mores.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 16, 2018 10:17 PM |
Grilled cheese
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 16, 2018 10:18 PM |
Tater tots
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 16, 2018 10:26 PM |
Cheez whiz. extra American points if you eat it straight from the can like in 80s/90s sitcoms
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 16, 2018 10:28 PM |
Chicken fried steak.
The Baconator.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 16, 2018 10:30 PM |
Cheesy goodness.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 16, 2018 10:31 PM |
frito pie.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 16, 2018 10:34 PM |
Scrapple.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 16, 2018 10:36 PM |
Tater tot casserole
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 16, 2018 10:39 PM |
Peanut butter
Foods that are indigenous to the Americas: peanuts, tomatoes, bell peppers, chocolate
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 16, 2018 10:40 PM |
Chunky Monkey. Pop tarts. Corned beef and cabbage.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 16, 2018 10:41 PM |
Free refills
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 16, 2018 10:45 PM |
What is the special flavor of seltzer water nyc is supposed to have?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 16, 2018 11:07 PM |
Juicy Lucy
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 16, 2018 11:28 PM |
SPAM
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 16, 2018 11:31 PM |
Kale chips.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 16, 2018 11:32 PM |
Underwood deviled ham on wonder bread with French's mustard. Yum
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 16, 2018 11:32 PM |
Deep fried glazed donuts with bacon.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 16, 2018 11:32 PM |
Cheese Doodles
Corned beef hash
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 16, 2018 11:34 PM |
"veggies"
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 16, 2018 11:39 PM |
19 ummm, no. Was supposedly invented in Mexico, and is not similar to the shit being peddled in the US for the past several decades.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 16, 2018 11:41 PM |
cauliflower "pizza"
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 16, 2018 11:43 PM |
Jambalaya
Goetta is very similar to R84's scrapple. We have GoettaFest where I live: the goetta egg rolls aren't bad.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 16, 2018 11:53 PM |
[R19] ummm, no. Was supposedly invented in Mexico, and is not similar to the shit being peddled in the US for the past several decades.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 16, 2018 11:54 PM |
Bourbon balls!
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 16, 2018 11:55 PM |
R100:
The original was made by a Mexican-American to serve his Hollywood clientele’s palate in Tijuana.
It’s border food at most and definitely American.
Same with nachos which was invented at a baseball game in Arlington using corn chips and melted velveeta. True, Nacho was born in Mexico, but he was living in the USA, considered himself American, and served it on US soil...
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 17, 2018 12:08 AM |
Anything from New Orleans
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 17, 2018 12:13 AM |
The only uniquely American food is going to be derived from uniquely American ingredients.
Probably Pecan Pie is one of the few, the rest will have European and South American influences.
The same is true for most western nations (and Australia)
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 17, 2018 12:14 AM |
High fructose corn syrup
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 17, 2018 12:28 AM |
[quote]Fried chicken and BBQ are not American inventions.
Actually BBQ is a Native American invention. Not with the sauce stuff but with the slow cooking method over a low heat fire and smoke. It was later adapted and modified into what we think of as BBQ once the white man arrived.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 17, 2018 12:41 AM |
R106 Pretty sure we had been slow cooking food over fire since The Stone Age in Europe.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 17, 2018 12:44 AM |
But were you smoking it?
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 17, 2018 12:46 AM |
R74, I totally get what uniquely means you smug pompous jerk.
I listed foods that are stereotypically American, and have been developed into American traditions, usually in rural areas.. NONE of which things like cheese whiz and SPAM are. You define your terms your way, I'll define mine.
American food as compared to cuisines from anywhere else in the world, are bland. But I don't think we have to characterize American foods as consisting, exclusively, of total shit like pop-tarts and cheese doodles.
-- R71
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 17, 2018 12:46 AM |
That’s not how any of this works...
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 17, 2018 12:47 AM |
Mexico IS part of the Americas, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 17, 2018 12:52 AM |
R108 I've seen smoked food mentioned in a Roman cookery book from about the 2nd century AD.
Pretty sure that most coastal areas were smoking fish a couple of thousand years before that.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 17, 2018 12:53 AM |
The English word "barbecue" and its cognates in other languages come from the Spanish word barbacoa.
Etymologists believe this to be derived from barabicu found in the language of the Arawak people of the Caribbean and the Timucua people of Florida.
It has entered some European languages in the form of barbacoa. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) traces the word to La Hispaniola and translates it as a "framework of sticks set upon posts".[2] Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo y Valdés, a Spanish explorer, was the first to use the word "barbecoa" in print in Spain in 1526 in the Diccionario de la Lengua Española (2nd Edition) of the Real Academia Española.
After Columbus landed in the Americas in 1492, the Spaniards apparently found Tainos roasting meat over a grill consisting of a wooden framework resting on sticks above a fire. The flames and smoke rose and enveloped the meat, giving it a certain flavor.
I’m sure that Neanderthals invented BBQs, but this is the official verdict. Not uniquely American
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 17, 2018 12:55 AM |
Freedom Fries!
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 17, 2018 1:02 AM |
Bagels and what about lox. I know other countries have smoked salmon but isn't lox, plain old lox, a NY thing?
Isn't almost all Chinese food in America American food cooked Chinese style? I've always heard that the Chinese food we get here is nothing like the food they eat in China.
Coke, Pepsi, 7up, what about those? American?
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 17, 2018 1:20 AM |
Meatloaf, mashed potatoes
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 17, 2018 1:37 AM |
R111 - oh please. go away.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 17, 2018 1:45 AM |
R117 Srsly?
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 17, 2018 1:46 AM |
Yes, why? Are they not American?
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 17, 2018 1:49 AM |
fajitas were invented in Texas by Mexican farm workers.
Chow Mein is an American take on a Chinese dish, but has little resemblance to the original
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 17, 2018 1:50 AM |
This is a fascinating thread that is a case study in miscommunication
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 17, 2018 2:15 AM |
Clearly ‘American’ means multiple things to multiple people and that isn’t even getting to the heart of what makes something ‘American’
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 17, 2018 2:17 AM |
Anus
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 17, 2018 2:19 AM |
[quote][R106] Pretty sure we had been slow cooking food over fire since The Stone Age in Europe.
Actually not. Cooked over fire yes, but NOT BBQ. Totally different. Native Americans had a special wrack out of wood high above the flames and smoked it. BBQ is a cooking method, not just cooking with fire.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 17, 2018 2:23 AM |
German Chocolate Cake.
Germany is not where the recipe came from. Sam German is the name of the inventor of the recipe in 1852. USA
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 17, 2018 2:27 AM |
Buffalo Wings - and to be authentic they must be made with Franks Hot Sauce
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 17, 2018 2:30 AM |
Corn Bread
by Anonymous | reply 128 | July 17, 2018 2:31 AM |
Chinese Fortune Cookie - Invented in San Francisco
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 17, 2018 2:33 AM |
The Mai Tai Cocktail - San Francisco
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 17, 2018 2:38 AM |
The classic Martini
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 17, 2018 2:39 AM |
French Dip Sandwich - Los Angeles
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 17, 2018 2:40 AM |
General Tao’s Chicken
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 17, 2018 2:41 AM |
Long Island ice tea
by Anonymous | reply 135 | July 17, 2018 2:42 AM |
Chimichangas - A fried burrito
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 17, 2018 2:42 AM |
Swiss Steak
by Anonymous | reply 137 | July 17, 2018 2:43 AM |
Cuban Sandwich - Florida
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 17, 2018 2:43 AM |
Love the drunk poofs putting all the booze, I know a Long island Ice Tea is lunch
by Anonymous | reply 139 | July 17, 2018 2:44 AM |
Fettucine alfredo
by Anonymous | reply 140 | July 17, 2018 2:44 AM |
The BLT and the Club Sandwhich
by Anonymous | reply 141 | July 17, 2018 2:46 AM |
[quote]Fettucine alfredo
WRONG. The heavy cream version we think is Alfredo was American but the original was invented by Alfredo di Lelio in Rome. It was fettuccine al burro. Basically pasta with butter and Parmigiano Reggiano. The original restaurant is still there.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | July 17, 2018 2:51 AM |
Reuben Sandwich – Omaha, Nebraska
by Anonymous | reply 143 | July 17, 2018 2:52 AM |
r129 see r30
by Anonymous | reply 144 | July 17, 2018 2:57 AM |
I recall reading that the fortune cookie was developed in Japan, but never went anywhere until being brought to California
by Anonymous | reply 145 | July 17, 2018 3:04 AM |
Is it possible to have fried butter on a bun?
by Anonymous | reply 146 | July 17, 2018 3:14 AM |
Kwanzaa cake!
by Anonymous | reply 147 | July 17, 2018 5:03 PM |
Hot dogs? Maybe German sausage influence?
by Anonymous | reply 148 | July 17, 2018 5:05 PM |
[quote] The classic Martini
Tell that to James Bond.
r146 - if you knew what fried butter is you wouldn't ask. The butter is coated in flour, eggs and for additional flavor spices/seasoning.. Think of it this. You might put butter on your cinnamon muffin. In the case of friend butter, it's already on the muffin. Just on the inside.
Is the raw bar American fair? Can't think of where else I've seen restaurants/bars like this.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | July 17, 2018 5:22 PM |
How does one invent pasta with butter and cheese. I mean that is just a natural combination. I can't believe thousands, maybe millions of people didn't combine these three things together until this guy says he "invented" it. Did the first person who thought of putting mustard on a hot dog invent it. Now I do imagine someone invented mustard and ketchup and things like that. Mustard seeds didn't just magically form into mustard not tomatoes and sugar and vinegar into ketchup but no one had to invent putting either on food, nor grated cheese and butter on pasta. My grandmother never served egg noodles without butter and salt. Hey, she should have become famous.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | July 17, 2018 7:03 PM |
Omg.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | July 17, 2018 7:07 PM |
R60 Apple Pie is not American.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | July 17, 2018 7:16 PM |
R153 - originally Dutch? French? English?
by Anonymous | reply 153 | July 17, 2018 7:28 PM |
Thanks, R154. i was not far off!
[quote] “In fact, the first recorded recipe for apple pie was written in 1381 in England, and called for figs, raisins, pears, and saffron in addition to apples,” she writes. There were other differences, too: early apple pie recipes generally didn’t include sugar, and their pastry crust was “coffin” pastry, which was intended as an inedible container, not a part of the pie. There are also recipes for Dutch apple pies as far back as 1514, she writes.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | July 17, 2018 7:33 PM |
^ should be American fare
by Anonymous | reply 156 | July 18, 2018 12:32 AM |
[quote][R146] - if you knew what fried butter is you wouldn't ask. The butter is coated in flour, eggs and for additional flavor spices/seasoning.. Think of it this. You might put butter on your cinnamon muffin. In the case of friend butter, it's already on the muffin. Just on the inside.
Ok. Can you put it on a bun?
by Anonymous | reply 157 | July 18, 2018 12:57 AM |
Do they walk in back of the people who eat the fried butter with a defibrillator?
by Anonymous | reply 158 | July 18, 2018 1:04 AM |
I ate fried butter ...
by Anonymous | reply 159 | July 18, 2018 4:20 AM |
R157 - sure. Why not? I'd think you could figure that out on yourself..
by Anonymous | reply 160 | July 18, 2018 6:22 PM |
Ice cream cone
by Anonymous | reply 161 | July 20, 2018 2:23 AM |
The Piña Colada was invented in Puerto Rico, which is in fact, an American territory.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | July 20, 2018 3:14 AM |
Tuna noodle hot dish
by Anonymous | reply 163 | July 20, 2018 4:20 AM |
Funeral potatoes
Jell-O "Salads"
by Anonymous | reply 164 | July 20, 2018 4:32 AM |
Everything with sugar is more appropriate to America than Europe. Granted sugar came from Africa, but it is more at home here. Nothing chocolate ever grew in Europe. Everything with potatoes and tomatoes. Maize is as much North American as Mexican and the kind of maize we eat in the North was never seen in Mexico until quite recently.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | July 20, 2018 4:40 AM |
I'm looking forward to an explosion of Russian restaurants, since we're now part of that country. Pelmini, borscht and cabbage rolls should be easy to find and will supplant tacos and enchiladas as US favorites as we kick Mexico further into the gutter.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | July 20, 2018 5:04 AM |
Fairy toast
by Anonymous | reply 167 | July 20, 2018 5:10 AM |
Tang Pie.
The addition of unnecessary cheesecake-like dairy ingredients makes it extra gross.
Trust me.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | July 20, 2018 5:11 AM |
Ranch dressing
by Anonymous | reply 169 | July 20, 2018 5:22 AM |
Oleomargarine
Pez
by Anonymous | reply 170 | July 20, 2018 5:44 AM |
Key lime pie!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 171 | July 20, 2018 5:44 AM |
R169 Real Hidden Valley Ranch is more delicious and addictive than meth-coated Skittles.
All other Ranch Dressings are pretenders to the throne.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | July 20, 2018 5:50 AM |
Good bacon
Have you tried the stuff they pass off as bacon in Britain and Ireland?
It may be pork, but it ain’t bacon.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | July 20, 2018 6:20 AM |
R170, Margarine is a French invention. And Pez is from Austria.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | July 20, 2018 6:23 AM |
Italian food is American food...or potatoes.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | July 20, 2018 6:37 AM |
It has to be the BUTTERMILK version of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing. I know, I did the research.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | July 20, 2018 6:46 AM |
Slurpees!
by Anonymous | reply 177 | July 20, 2018 6:50 AM |
Fried Chicken?
by Anonymous | reply 178 | July 20, 2018 6:54 AM |
[quote]How does one invent pasta with butter and cheese. I mean that is just a natural combination. I can't believe thousands, maybe millions of people didn't combine these three things together until this guy says he "invented" it.
Wow dont blow a nut R150. Yes one man in Italy invented Fettuccine Alfredo. Quantity of ingredients is irreverent, if no one did it before than he was the inventor. Just like a hard boiled egg is totally different from an omelet. One ingredient, totally different outcome and cooking method.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | July 20, 2018 7:03 AM |
Cookie dough, and cookie dough-flavored stuff.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | July 20, 2018 7:07 AM |
Schweddy Balls! Ice cream based off an SNL skit.
Vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum and is loaded with fudge-covered rum balls and milk-chocolate malt balls.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | July 20, 2018 7:21 AM |
[quote]Schweddy Balls! Ice cream based on an SNL skit.
Fixed.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | July 20, 2018 9:51 AM |
That lasagne made with mozzarella and ricotta, and those thick noodles? That's American.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | July 20, 2018 9:53 AM |
Coca-Cola spiked with a handful of boiled peanuts.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | July 20, 2018 2:43 PM |
R176 YES . It's the only correct way. And never bottled from off the store shelf .
by Anonymous | reply 186 | July 20, 2018 5:32 PM |
[quote]That lasagne made with mozzarella and ricotta, and those thick noodles? That's American.
No -- the American version would have cottage cheese in lieu of ricotta.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | July 20, 2018 9:35 PM |
r187 And Parks breakfast sausage.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | July 20, 2018 9:39 PM |
Even ricotta.isn't uniquely Italian there are versions of it all around the world, most of which have been produced for at least as long as ricotta. (Urda, Manouri, requesón) some probably longer.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | July 20, 2018 9:50 PM |
[quote]I mean [bold]without[/bold] Italian, Mexican
hahaha...good one, for a moment I thought you were serious.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | July 20, 2018 9:58 PM |
Cleanup in the cheez dept:
Longhorn and pepper jack.
Processed 'cheese food'.
Cheetos.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | July 20, 2018 10:13 PM |
john marzetti and it's permutations
cheeseburgers
pecan pie
peanut butter (and almost anything involving peanut butter)
SPAM
by Anonymous | reply 192 | July 20, 2018 10:28 PM |
Weren't Hall & Gamble making canned ham (SPAM) type products in the UK from about 1830 onwards about 100 years before the US started making SPAM. They later became Cross & Blackwell.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | July 20, 2018 10:44 PM |
That doesn’t mean the product inside was the same as SPAM
by Anonymous | reply 194 | July 20, 2018 10:46 PM |
R186 - I agree. I remember when it first came out and the only version available required buttermilk. You know what else I remember. Throwing out the leftover buttermilk. I was a college student at the time. Friends would get together for dinner. Spaghetti, garlic bread , salad with Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing and a few bottles of cheap Chianti in those bottles with the straw covers was standard fare. I don't think any of us had a clue what to do with buttermilk.
On the flip side my mother made it all the time. My father loved buttermilk. So it worked out.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | July 21, 2018 3:06 AM |
Tasteless, fattening food.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | July 21, 2018 3:16 AM |
Uniquely American? What is meant by "American?" Food of the America today? That's easy. Cheeseburgers, ribs, fried chicken, Ceasar Salad, pop, hot dogs, bottled water, tacos, Chinese takeout food
by Anonymous | reply 198 | July 21, 2018 3:24 AM |
That's the thing, R193, most food worldwide is derivative in some manner. SPAM is a type of potted meat. Chicken fried steak is schnitzel. Stuff smeared on bread and baked is pizza, lahma b'ajin or any of a number of other names. Ranch dressing is a type of remoulade.
American food is probably most in its own in its modern technological forms, such as fast food, snack foods and junk foods.
A few on here that are truly American are tater tots, modern casseroles (aka hot dish), key lime pie, pecan pie (still a distant cousin of chess pie which is English), peanut butter, corn dogs, ice cream cones, sundaes, Twinkies, Jell-O, Reuben sandwiches, Buffalo wings, German chocolate cake, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | July 21, 2018 8:00 AM |
I want deep fried Twinkles.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | July 21, 2018 9:09 AM |
Cincinnati chili was developed by Greek-speaking immigrants.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | July 21, 2018 9:53 AM |
I consider American food to be burgers and fries.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | July 21, 2018 10:18 AM |
Fries are of Belgian origin.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | July 21, 2018 10:24 AM |
[quote] The original was made by a Mexican-American to serve his Hollywood clientele’s palate in Tijuana.It’s border food at most and definitely American.Same with nachos which was invented at a baseball game in Arlington using corn chips and melted velveeta. True, Nacho was born in Mexico, but he was living in the USA, considered himself American, and served it on US soil...
R102 , Cesar Salada is indeed border food from Mexico.
Nachos is definitely Mexican and was a version of Chilaquiles and totopos. That BS that was invented in a baseball stand is ludicrous. It was taken from totopos de carne asada.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | July 21, 2018 10:27 AM |
Caesar *
by Anonymous | reply 205 | July 21, 2018 10:28 AM |
Fried Twinky
by Anonymous | reply 206 | July 21, 2018 10:30 AM |
R198 - good list but I'd drop the bottled water. Bottled water has been common in Europe for a very long time. My family lived in Western Europe in the 1970s and had a home delivery service of bottled water. I thnk they got water and orange soda delivered.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | July 21, 2018 3:53 PM |
I agree with R204 about nachos. The original Mexican version has chips (totopos) individually covered with refried beans, and/or meat and cheese and jalapeno slices, prepared as if hors d'oeuvres (aka botanas in Mexican). I expect the pile of chips covered with Cheez Whiz is American though.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | July 21, 2018 6:07 PM |
That’s the point, R208
Putting processed cheese on corn chips has nothing to do with Mexican food that isn’t called ‘Nachos’
by Anonymous | reply 209 | July 21, 2018 6:11 PM |
[quote]based off of
Oh, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | July 21, 2018 6:11 PM |
Jell-O Pudding Pops!
by Anonymous | reply 211 | July 21, 2018 6:12 PM |
Little Debbie Snack cakes. That bitch knows her way around a kitchen.
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