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Today, I made some Tuna and Pasta Cheddar Melt and it turned out delicious. This is the type of dish that is 100% American.
I have a suspicion that this recipe with created by Betty Crocker for the Tuna Helper pasta they make but I tweaked it a little bit and it turned out amazing. Whoever thought of this combination is a genius!
I think outstanding cuisine can be found in many countries in this world and there isn't one country to label as having it superior to all other countries. Why limit the possibilities?
For an American to believe that U.S. cuisine, mainstream or otherwise, is the greatest in the world would be an overly introspective point of view, yes, but it wouldn't, however, be overly introspective to think that, on a basis of regional variance and taste preferences, that uniqueness and variety do exist and that they reflect sub-cultures.
But, nevertheless, your zealous generalities about American dietary staples essentially being carnival food are ones that showed a rather insular perspective on your part.
Your tune seems to have changed a little bit, though...
I don't think there is anything regional about it necessarily. I think it comes down to what immigrants move where in the country. If by regional difference you mean the style of Chinese food in New York as compared to San Francisco, then yeah, perhaps.
American food, as in the food solely existing in the US, and not consisting of elements from other cuisines, is terrible food, yes. I still believe that. If you can list one mainstream American dish that doesn't belong in a trough you'd bowl me over. So, Cajun, Tex-Mex, Hamburgers, California rolls, etc, do not count.
My tune hasn't changed at all actually. I never said food all together is terrible in the US, I said authentic American cuisine is crap.
Today, I made some Tuna and Pasta Cheddar Melt and it turned out delicious. This is the type of dish that is 100% American.
I have a suspicion that this recipe with created by Betty Crocker for the Tuna Helper pasta they make but I tweaked it a little bit and it turned out amazing. Whoever thought of this combination is a genius!
It's a pasta though, thereby a take on an Italian dish.
Today, I made some Tuna and Pasta Cheddar Melt and it turned out delicious. This is the type of dish that is 100% American.
I have a suspicion that this recipe with created by Betty Crocker for the Tuna Helper pasta they make but I tweaked it a little bit and it turned out amazing. Whoever thought of this combination is a genius!
Lets go deeper...
Chedder cheese is an English cheese, pasta is Italian fuss its not American in any shape or form. Everyone around the world makes that dish..
People can talk crap about the USA all they want but I still think we have a great variety of foods here. One thing that is unique about the USA is that new dishes and combinations are being created EVERYDAY where in other countries, this simply does not happen!
Frito Pie is a good example of a dish that was created in New Mexico. It became popular in the Southwest, mostly in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. It is delicious and most people here in Iowa don't even know what it is.
There are literally hundreds of American dishes that sometimes are particular only to a specific region of the country and many Americans don't know what they are unless they lived in that specific region.
I'm sorry but this type of stuff is not a dish, this is a snack.
I find these type of Southwest inventions poorman versions of Mexican food. Yuck.
I tried frito pie once and knew I would regret it. It tasted gross.
I would say good American food is Southern cooking- biscuits and gravy, collard greens, ribs...yum. I like gumbo too.
I'm sorry but this type of stuff is not a dish, this is a snack.
I find these type of Southwest inventions poorman versions of Mexican food. Yuck.
I tried frito pie once and knew I would regret it. It tasted gross.
I would say good American food is Southern cooking- biscuits and gravy, collard greens, ribs...yum. I like gumbo too.
Its not Mexican, its Tex-Mex which is AMERICAN
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