Why is most American traditional food so bad for you?
Depends on definitions of traditional and bad, but I figure its a multi-step reason: 1. most traditional food in the US comes from a time when most Americans were working in the fields or factories and really working hard, thus needing some higher calorie foods. 2. As food is relatively cheap in the US, it's expected to get your money's worth, which means bigger portions. 3. As more companies make food, they want people to buy more, and thus make food with higher sugar, fat, and salt (now chemicals) to please the masses.
What do Europeans in the US think of traditional American food?
There are some serious good eats to be had. It’s a real shame the face of American cuisine is just corporate fast food out there in the world.American Fruit Pies (Especially Raspberry-Juneberry pie)Dark Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies (Raisin ones are good too)Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes with Maple Syrup.Grilled RibsDelicious ultra-tender beef steak, made so with technology and chemicals that are probably illegal to use everywhere else in the civilized world.You get the idea. I’m gonna go cook something now.ADD: I think the cuisine tends to neglect vegetables, which is a shame. Raw cauliflower and raw broccoli? You gotta be kidding me.
Which non-American city has the best traditional American food restaurants?
I would probably say London, there are tons of bbq restaurants, burger joints, American diners & chicken & waffle restaurants as well as American chain restaurants and takeaways
What are some common traditional SOUTH AMERICAN DISHES?
As in food not dishes like plates lol, i dont know of any resturants around here who feature south and central american food, just mexican, is it the same as mexican or no? so what are some common breakfast lunch dinner dessert and drinks?
What is the most "American" food?
America is not a homogenous culture, so even a so called “common” food may not be eaten at all by many people. Food varies tremendously from culture to culture, region to region, and other demographics like age, income, and social class.With that disclaimer out of the way, some very popular foods you can find lots of people eating almost anywhere include:Hamburgers, pizza, spaghetti, steak (beef), roast or fried chicken, cheese of all kinds, breads (of all kinds, but most commonly sliced white bread), bacon, eggs, pork / ham, soups, chili, potatoes (French fries with informal meals, baked potatoes with more formal meals), corn, peas, carrots, onions, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, green beans, dried beans, tortillas, tacos, burritos, lasagna, sandwiches of all types, sushi, sashimi, ramen, lobster, oysters, crab, mussels, fried fish, gumbo, biscuits, gravy, shrimp, pies, cakes, butter, olive oil, lamb, hot dogs, popcorn.American food is heavily influenced by English, French, Italian, and Mexican. To a lesser but still very real extent we also have Chinese, Japanese, and Indian food but it is often not that authentic unless you are in certain restaurants or eating at the home of an immigrant from one of those countries.I track what food I eat each day, along with exercise, so as a white, middle aged, middle class American living in a small town, over the past week or so my meals have consisted of:Fish chowder with crackersTurkey sandwich with mayonnaise and onion on a home made white bread rollRoast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, peasBeef tenderloin steak (grilled) and scallops (grilled) with sourdough bread, grilled asparagusRoast baby potatoes and cherry tomatoesVictoria sandwich (2x) (this is basically a cupcake with whipped cream and berries)Italian Submarine Sandwich (salami and provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion)Lobster and artichoke fettuccini with a butter cream saucePizzaBratwurst on a bun with homemade sauerkraut and mustardGrilled Pork Bahn Mi sandwichColeslawCheese (brie, boursin, and blue) with crackers several times.Peanuts, potato chipsRed wine, white wine, bourbon, scotch, gin, beer.
What are some traditional American dishes that have been adapted in other countries but been given a unique ethnic spin?
I'll start with American-style pizza, which we all know is a different spin (in its various regional versions) on the original Italian food. In Argentina and Uruguay, pizza is different, taking the form of fugazza or fainá, a seasoned flatbread made with chickpea flour and sometimes a thin, diluted coating of tomato sauce. Continuing along that line, a very nice American style pizza (moderately thin crust, a lightly applied tomato sauce and cheese) topped with za'atar herbs, served in the Middle East.A very sad imitation of an American club sandwich (the ideal as pictured)made with only two limp pieces of buttered toast, one limp lettuce leaf, a thin slice of tomato, limp English bacon, and overcooked turkey, at a British-expats' club in the Middle East.
What is American food?
That's pretty much American food, it reflects our culture. Fast, efficient (well, at least efficient at making us obese the most obese nation), and a true bastardization of the original culture's food (Germans give us frankfurters? We make Oscar Meyer Wieners. Italians give us pizza? We make a cheap version and freeze it. There is a trend here...). Maybe that is a little harsh, while the majority of Americans do live on a diet of pre-frozen dinners made mostly of fat and fast-food, there are (or at least WERE) some truly American traditional foods. These are regional though, and reflect the European groups who settled those areas: In the New England area, there are Clam bakes and Clam chowder, pretty much anything made from seafood. Also Pirogies, which are a rip-off of Russian Veronike. In the south, there is, well, anything fried (chicken, steak), beans and cornbread, and biscuits (a rip of of English scones). The most American food, though, is anything you can get from McDonalds. Sad, but true.
What is American food?
American food is a morning meal at McDonalds. A healthy portion of high fructose corn syrup, enriched flour and eggs that are fried in margarine. As the example states:The ingredients in the Egg McMuffin are processed and filled with preservatives. The English muffin is made from refined but enriched flours and has high fructose corn syrup listed among the top five ingredients. McDonald's prepares both the eggs and the English muffins used in Egg McMuffins with liquid margarine, which is filled with hydrogenated oils. Large amounts of sodium can be found in the cheese and Canadian style bacon, while the eggs have been modified with soy lecithin.It’s cheap food that most people can afford. Most people can’t go organic because it’s too expensive and really most people don’t have the time to prepare a good meal. Whole foods is an example of a normal European store that sells foods that should be priced reasonably but marked up at astronomical rates that most people can’t afford. Example, Udon soup that cost 10 American dollars but in Spanish costs 4 Euros.American food is not garbage if you can afford it. But the majority of the genetically modified foods that are available to the public are affordable, unlike the vast majority of the world that eats what is known as organic, that unfortunately if marked up and sold as something special to the American public. So is American food Garbage, yes and no. Yes if you can’t afford to eat well. No, if you can pay premium prices for “organic”. etc…PS . American cheeses are the worst in the world. Just oil with saturated fat. Disgusting.