Is American cusine only chains? (beer, Denny's, restaurants, hamburger)
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Because the sterotype of American food is true. Yes, Australia has fatty unhealthy food, but most restaurants have food that's freshly made onsite, is lightly seasoned, fresh, etc. We don't have Ruby Tuesday, Chilli's, TGI Fridays, Outback Steakhouse, Applebees, Hooters, Golden Corrall, Olive Garden, Denny's etc, who just reheat prepackaged foods http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=5019
I've been served food just as bad or worse in non-chain or small chain restaurants in the US, including food that's still frozen in the middle. Even IHOp doesn't actually make their pancakes from eggs and flour, they use a packet mix.
We don't eat resturant food daily, either, we cook our own.
And the pies, pasties and sausage rolls you're complaining about are our equivalent of your microwaved pizza-like product or foil-wrapped hot dog sitting in a warmer. No healthier, but a whole lot tastier.
Chain foods has more to do with capitalism than with American food. American food isn't easily made and quick to eat. Sure there's the hamburger and frankfurter which both have origins from Germany and the french fries which are belgian in origin but popularize by America.
Typical American food varies by region and consist of anything from variety of casseroles, baked pasta, roast baked or fried meat; boiled meat is more popular amongst blacks, baked or steamed vegetables, soups, etc.. American food normally take time to cook and prepare. A typical American breakfast isn't cereal but home fries/hash browns, meat, grits, hot cereal, pancakes, eggs etc..
Anyone who thinks that all restaurants in any nation consist entirely of chains is very unworldly. Of course there are a lot of chain restaurants in the US. And by nature, they will be the restaurants that travelers tend to find and frequent too. They have better marketing and more locations so of course they'll get more recognition. But it's very foolish and misguided to think that this means there are no restaurants which aren't chains. I imagine anyone who thinks this probably has never even been to the US. I could maybe see how someone who has only visited the US once or twice might think this but certainly anyone who has lived there will know this is not true. Some of my favorite restaurants in American have been local places, not chains.
Well, the commercials explicitly say, "Fosters. Australian for 'Beer'."
I always found it odd that when the US was going through its "Aussie love" period (after Crocodile Dundee), there wasn't more of an effort to bring over alternatives to Fosters. Not that we'd get microbrews over here, but even now you still can't get staples like VB in the USA.
Sounds like she ate in a lot of American chains, and so that's her perspective. Yes, we have a lot of nasty chains like the ones listed, but we're not limited to that. Plenty of people cook healthy food at home. Maybe she just didn't have a chance to experience that. Tell her to come over to my house and try my lentil loaf, roasted veggies, and apple pie!
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