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No, I have been in the restaurant business for a long time and know what good food is. Southern food doesn't fall under the parameters of what good food is in my experienced and knowledgeable opinion. No one is going to spend $80 for a bowl of grits.
It's simple food meant to feed a lot of mouths. That's it.
Well, people pay good money for the Italian equivalent of grits, polenta, at high-end restaurants. But it's pretty much a side dish. No one pays $80 for a side dish, anywhere.
Problem with US food is that it's not organic. In Europe food is organic by default. Lots of examples - Taco Bell calling their tacos "beef" when it's in legal reality only about 36% meat. California sushi rolls with crab - but it's fake crab. All kinds of grocery products that require reading between the lines to see if the label's literal definition is indeed what the product is. In other words it's bs, all in the name of nodding to business over consumer.
Asian food is the best food in the world. Wherever there’s a lot of that, that’s the best place!!
One of the primary reasons I moved back stateside because it was the only place where I can get a large variety of quality East Asian cuisine and quality Mexican cuisine in one place.
Problem with US food is that it's not organic. In Europe food is organic by default. Lots of examples - Taco Bell calling their tacos "beef" when it's in legal reality only about 36% meat. California sushi rolls with crab - but it's fake crab. All kinds of grocery products that require reading between the lines to see if the label's literal definition is indeed what the product is. In other words it's bs, all in the name of nodding to business over consumer.
Right, there's also chemical usage and agricultural processes that are simply disallowed in other developed countries, and that's more the issue for me. Also, the US prizes growing its chickens, vegetables, and fruits to a jumbo size, but to me, that just makes them taste watery and bland which can be useful sometimes, but oftentimes not to my preference. I actually don't mind Taco Bell's filler approach--they should just make it all vegetarian anyhow if they're that good with fake meat. I also don't think the fake crab meat (surimi) is an issue. That's pretty common practice in Japan. I think the thing is, surimi can be made in many different methods with the traditional one being quite good, but there can be different ways to make it that aren't so good.
I like the large variety of ethnic food that is available here. I can get Indian food, Chinese food, Mexican food, Thai food, Arabic food, etc.
I don't like how a lot of the food here is processed and has a lot of sodium in it. The cheese most often used/sold here "American style cheese" is an abomination to the taste buds and our bread is awful compared to other countries. We have a bakery in town with a Frenchman that runs it and makes the most wonderful homemade style bread.
Our portions must be really huge in comparison to other countries. My company gets a lot of international visitors from customers or our foreign plants and when we take them out to eat nearly all of them have commented on the gigantic portions of food. This could definitely explain why about 60% of us here are overweight.
I think that over here we are fixated on food quantity and fast food and most other places are more concerned with food quality and actually enjoying the food.
Problem with US food is that it's not organic. In Europe food is organic by default. Lots of examples - Taco Bell calling their tacos "beef" when it's in legal reality only about 36% meat. California sushi rolls with crab - but it's fake crab. All kinds of grocery products that require reading between the lines to see if the label's literal definition is indeed what the product is. In other words it's bs, all in the name of nodding to business over consumer.
California rolls were invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef, Hidekazu Tojo. The US is innocent of these fake-crab morsels.
... I also don't think the fake crab meat (surimi) is an issue. That's pretty common practice in Japan. I think the thing is, surimi can be made in many different methods with the traditional one being quite good, but there can be different ways to make it that aren't so good.
Fake crab meat is absolutely the point! If it's fish filling and not crab then call it FISH! Just because the Japanese did something fake but to you it's cool does not mean it's right. Words have meaning.
Problem with US food is that it's not organic. In Europe food is organic by default. Lots of examples - Taco Bell calling their tacos "beef" when it's in legal reality only about 36% meat. California sushi rolls with crab - but it's fake crab. All kinds of grocery products that require reading between the lines to see if the label's literal definition is indeed what the product is. In other words it's bs, all in the name of nodding to business over consumer.
It's actually very easy to get organic or "real" foods pretty much anywhere except the worst parts of the US.
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