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As of 2010, the American diet seems to focus mainly on grains, fats, and oils, and ultra-processed foods make up about 58% of their daily energy intake.
And while diets around the globe are more similar than they used to be (in nearly 50 years, the differences in foods eaten has narrowed by 68 percent), foreigners are still having trouble with it.
So when Reddit user EskimoeExplosion invited non-Americans to name the quintessential US foods they will never understand, people from all over the world flooded them with all sorts of products.
(However, remember to take this list with a grain of salt, since, as we know, taste can be very, very subjective.)
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#1
Tube cheese or aerosol cheese. The latter makes me gag thinking about it.
KindyKaiako 3 years ago
Tube or aerosol cheese?? Like a spray?? Oh my goodness 😂 you do you USA haha
Jeff Lum 3 years ago
Is canned whipped cream a spray? It's a similar concept, but it's thicker. A bit more dense than a block of Velveeta. I'm not saying it's good, just explaining it.
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Stijn Cornelis 3 years ago
Wait till you hear about scandinavian cheese in a tube, flavoured with shrimps...
Lene Stoustrup 3 years ago
How dare you? Absolutely not a 'Scandinavian' thing, absolutely never seen in Denmark!
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Ciara Jane Eynon 3 years ago
Do ppl in the US actually use this tho? Like what could you use this on??
Ovata Acronicta 3 years ago
Chicken nuggets, broccoli, and mashed potatoes are my recommendation. Fundamentally it's not much different from Kraft singles, just in a grosser format.
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String cheese muppet 3 years ago
Like maccers that advertised their chicken nuggets as „now with real chicken“
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tuzdayschild 3 years ago
I've been American every day of my life and I have never had that garbage.
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#2
That awful, orange, plasticky American cheese. I lived in North America for a year and missed good British cheddar so much!
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
You do realize that Americans eat other kinds of cheese, right? You can get cheddar and pretty much any other basic cheese at any grocery store. American cheese is really more of an ingredient meant to be added to other things because of the way it melts. It's not meant to just be eaten the way it is. (Edit: Actually, cheddar is the most consumed cheese in America, according to google.)
Gina Babe 3 years ago
I was going to say this. This is a very warped view on cheese.
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Christos Arvanitis 3 years ago
By the end of this post, I'll be screaming. Most of us Americans think that this is pretty gross as well. We have amazing domestic and imported cheese here as well.
Wilf 3 years ago
In my experience this is one with a ring of truth to it. I have found good quality European-style cheeses quite hard to find in the US. Go to pretty much any country in Europe and every supermarket will sell 50+ varieties. And there are strict rules about regional designations- you can't call it Mozarella unless it's made in a certain way in a certain region. In the US everyone seems to just eat fairly non descript "cheddar".
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Upstaged75 3 years ago
Again, as an American I won't touch this stuff. Most people here prefer real cheese.
Susan Grady 3 years ago (edited)
Those plastic slices are actually called “cheese food”!! The taste is SO disgusting.
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
He bought the wrong stuff. There is all kinds of great cheese if you look for it.
We managed to get in touch with EskimoeExplosion and even though they don't recall what exactly gave them the idea for the post, at the time the Redditor was working in the industry as a sous-chef at a country club and was pretty passionate about food. "It was a big part of my life back then," EskimoeExplosion told Bored Panda.
"The American diet stems from convenience, although we've developed cuisines similar to other cultures (mainly rooted in poverty like BBQ, Fried Chicken, etc.) there's always the Americanized asterisked version where it's just slightly more convenient," they said.
"The American diet is simple recipes we're not willing to make ourselves, BBQ sauce, ketchup, etc., are all easily constructed from scratch but very few Americans could tell you how to make ketchup or BBQ sauce from scratch."
#3
American bread. I lived in the states for six months. At one point shortly after moving, I bought a loaf of bread and made a sandwich. To my surprise, the bread was so sweet. I told my housemates that I accidentally bought dessert bread, but nope — just regular bread in America.
Mark Fuller 3 years ago
In Ireland, a court has ruled that subway cannot claim to be using "bread" because it exceeds permissible sugar levels and is therefore sweet rather than savoury.
Justme 3 years ago
There are about 500 kinds of bread in the bakery isle. So there isn’t really a “regular American bread”. Granted, you’ll pay more for top shelf whole grain. Also, many Americans would rather not have so much sugar in bread, but most of us don’t have much say in that. I haven’t bought bread in years so my vote doesn’t seem to do much good.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
I suck it up and buy Dave's bread because I like the sunflower seeds. Or sourdough. I don't have the patience for making my own.
Load More Replies... InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
Same here- I'm European, spent some time in Canada, had the same experience. Though I bought some sort of a dessert by accident- nope.
BadCat 3 years ago (edited)
I've not noticed a sweet taste. It's good, sure. But there's sweeter breads I've had. Hawaiian rolls are a dream. I gotta try actual European bread then.
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Brian Stanton 3 years ago
“American bread” you obviously have never been here 😭 we have nearly every type imaginable
Joda 3 years ago
At Publix Florida I bought two differnt loaves of white bread. Neither were any sweeter than European ones. The service at the deli counter was impeccable, they sliced the ham to the thicknes I wanted.There were a large assortment of cheese.They packed all my groceries at the checkout, and even offered to help with the cart to my Car.
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aubergine10003 3 years ago
Wow, this is such a generalization. There are lots of bread types for sale that aren't at all sweet.
#4
Pop tarts taste like someone half-as*ed an attempt at flavoured cardboard. They're horrible.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
It's supposed to taste like cardboard with jam, but instead it tastes like cardboard a strawberry sneezed on. I'd rather make strawberry pancakes.
Lori Wright Houldsworth 3 years ago
Seriously made me laugh .. strawberry sneeze 😆
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Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
Pop tarts in the 80's were the bomb!!! But as time goes on and the bean counters in the different companies find ways to short cut stuff to save money.... quality has gone down and Pop tarts just aren't good anymore!
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
The only food you could put a postage stamp directly on and mail it. ....without a loss of flavor.
Saturn Rings 3 years ago
Ngl they do, I just have hardly any time to do anything so I have to eat them everyday
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
The idea of the Pop Tart—short crust pastry filled with jam and frosted—isn't bad. The issue is the proportions are off; there's far too much crust for the measly amount of jam.
Michele 3 years ago
You need to toast them then put butter on the frosted side, lots of butter while it is warm and they are so yummy!
Sarah K 3 years ago
Ooo, Michele. Now I have to try this. Thanks for the comfort food suggestion!
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#5
It's not so much the food but more the portion sizes. I'm Australian and was raised as a kid to eat everything on my plate. I brought that mentality to the US. over a month I put on 5kg!
The portion sizes are obscene. I could hardly finish a meal there without feeling ill from eating to much. I think implementing cheaper, smaller portion options would be great. It would also cut down on wasting food (as I noticed a lot of people didn't eat all of their meal).
That said, American food on the whole was great. I spent a lot of time in the Deep South and I loved BBQ, baked beans, grits, sweet tea, Cajun food, Po Boys. Even Waffle House wasn't half bad.
EDIT: A lot of people are mentioning getting a to go bag. In Australia people don't really do that much. It is more for kids who liked their meal but don't eat much. Anyway, I don't remember ever been encouraged to do it by the Americans I was staying with in the Deep South. My friend in California used to do it (particularly with Mexican food). My girlfriend's mother would often cook and always had food in the house, so getting a to go bag wasn't a necessity for them. I really have no idea how her whole family had such good figures (must be good genetics). I would turn into one of those morbidly obese people you see riding scooters in Walmart if I lived in Alabama for a year.
A few people also commented on Australia having large portion sizes. I would agree that this is the case if you go out for a pub meal. Some of those meals are huge. Also out in the country (where people tend to be fatter) the food is often deep fried and in large quantities. Still compared to what was on offer in Alabama, it is nothing.
EDIT 2: Many people freaking out about what a kg (kilogram is). One kg = 2.2 pounds. So I put on 11 pounds in a month. I'm surprised the US just doesn't adopt the metric system as the rest of the world uses it and it is a really simple way to measure weight, length etc.
Karen Weiss 3 years ago
A similar experience for me. My partner and I ended up sharing meals which seemed to be ok over there. Also cheese, everything covered in cheese. And chips (crisps) with sandwiches? Really?
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I've had crisps with sandwiches hundreds of times, it was everyday lunch when I used to work in an office!
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Kat Lyle 3 years ago
When you say "many people" freaking about kg - you mean many Americans, don't you? ;-)
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Not necessarily. I know plenty of English people (some of them young) who wouldn't know a kilogramme if they found it in their soup
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James016 3 years ago
My pasta dish at the Olive Garden could have fed all four of us on its own.
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
Pasta dishes are the worst. I mean, I love them, but I'm wary about ordering pasta because they're going to bring me a bowl so big that by the time I'm full, you still won't be able to tell I ate any of it.
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EJN 3 years ago
I'm an American living abroad in Japan now for more than 30 years. When I go back to visit the US, I am astounded by the portion sizes. It was not always like that. I would rather lower the price and reduce the portion and I do think the over-sized approach to meals is the reason so many Americans are obese. It is also an example of waste of food and in a world that is drying up and will produce less food than it has before, this is something to think about.
Ralph Watkins 3 years ago
There are places int he US that serve high end beef cuts in the 500 gram to neatly the 1 kg range. A 20 ounce or 32 ounce steak. Not only do wonder if their stomach will explode but how that affects their heart & the other parts of the digestive system. I will order a 16 ounce (450 gram) prime rib & it will last me a week.
Ivy at Eve 1 year ago
My job sent me to Texas for a week (I'm European) and I quickly learned not to clean my plate. So much meat and potatoes, so little veggies...
According to Trust For America's Health, the U.S. adult obesity rate stands at 42.4 percent, the first time the national rate has passed the 40 percent mark, and further evidence of the country's health crisis. (In fact, this number has increased by 26 percent since 2008.)
Rates of childhood obesity are also increasing with the latest data showing that 19.3 percent of U.S. young people (ages 2 to 19) suffer from it. (For comparison, in the mid-1970s, only 5.5 percent of young people were obese.)
"That's a very complicated issue that can't really be rooted in one specific thing, it has a lot to do with the fast-paced culture of convenience we have but also just a fundamentally different way we see food," EskimoExplosion shared their thoughts.
#6
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top, just WHY?
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
This is a dish from the American South. In New England, we're more likely to eat our sweet potatoes mashed, and then, only at Thanksgiving.
#7
HERSHEYS i seriously thought it was spoiled when i tried one.
Hand on heart i wouldnt eat it even if it was free, how they make a profit i will never know.
Lindsay Ameye 3 years ago
As Belgians we are spoiled with our chocolate. When we went to NYC, we spent like 1 minute in the Hershey store before fleeing it, due to the horrible, horrible smell of the "chocolate".
AxleMunshine001 3 years ago
The smell is butyric acid, also found in vomit.
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Chris Yuen 3 years ago
Like I said before ... americans love spur chocolate that the rest of the world hates. In Europe the sour chocolate taste like a knock off
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
Hershey's is not chocolate, it's more like... nutella... or something. It's horrible wax with about 10% cocoa. For me, chocolate is not chocolate unless it's at least 50-60% cocoa. Please DO go to the UK and buy a cadbury's bar. It's about £1. You can afford it. You will discover glory.
Lee Kerr 3 years ago
But unlike Hershey's Nutella is nice! Also, although I like Cadbury’s it’s nothing compared to the continental brands
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The milk in Hershey's goes through a lipolysis process using butyric acid, which leaves a specific taste in the resulting chocolate. If you're not used to that flavour then it does taste bitter and soured.
Helen Waight 3 years ago
Yup, that acid smells/tastes like vomit. If you’re used to the taste being there it’s not the connection your brain makes - but if you’re not used to it your brain basically goes ‘that’s gross’
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I love the 80’s 3 years ago
I was just going to add that. I don't eat Hershey's so I buy something else. There are plenty of other options.
Load More Replies... Jennik 3 years ago
Yeah - I was given some Hershey's kisses once and they tasted of disappointment. My partner knows to stick to Venchi or Valrhona chocolate for me
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
As an American, I agree that it is disgusting and not at all chocolate. If someone gave me one for free, I might keep it in the fridge as an ingredient to melt into something else where the flavor is diluted (a square or two of chocolate makes Japanese curry better) but no way am I eating it straight.
#8
Twinkies. They're somehow delicious and disgusting, all at the same time. I am afraid of your gastromolecular science.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
There's a scene in Nick Cage's "Ghostrider" (2007) where the bad guy makes natural or living things rot and fall apart on mere touch. He tries to eat an apple... nope, falls into dust. Picks up a twinkie, nothing happens. Eats it, nada. It's immune to decay. Because it's not natural.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
I loved these as a six-year-old. They taste like sweet styrofoam and suet.
Robert T 3 years ago
The only thing these are good for are luring Ghengis Khan into a phonebox. ;-)
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
I'm not going to get this picture out of my head for the rest of the day
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zak 3 years ago
Urban myth, it's actually only like 3 weeks. They don't have any preservatives. *the more your you know* 😁
Load More Replies...Indeed, demographic trends and the conditions in people's lives have a large impact on their ability to follow a nutritious diet and maintain a healthy weight. Generally, the data show that the more a person earns, the less likely they are to have obesity. Also, individuals with less education are more likely to have obesity, as are those who live in rural communities as opposed to people from suburban and metro areas.
Socioeconomic factors such as poverty and discrimination have contributed to higher rates of obesity among certain racial and ethnic populations: for example, black adults have the highest level of adult obesity nationally at 49.6 percent.
#9
Cherry flavoured anything. Have you tasted cherries? They tasted nothing like that icky flavouring!
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Dr. Pepper doesn't taste like cherries. It tastes like prunes. -- Signed, somebody who once drank a Dr. Pepper
SealOfDisapproval 3 years ago
I like cherries, and I also like Pepsi Max Cherry, which doesn't taste anything like cherries.
Jrog 3 years ago
Strawberry and cherry artificial flavorings are probably the cheapest on the market. You can buy them bulk at 2-5 dollars per liter, and the quantity of flavoring for an individual can of soft drink amount to about half a cent of a dollar. The sale price for a cherry-flavored coke is (according to walmart website) 15 to 20 cents higher than the non-flavored drink.
CalicoKitty 3 years ago
I swear, cherry-flavoured jellybeans taste exactly like some form of medication...
Sea cucumber (They/them) 2 years ago
Cherry Pepsi is the only cherry flavored thing I don't mind. Everything else cherry flavored has a taste of a gross cough medicine I had as a kid.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago (edited)
OMG, this! I can't stand anything that says "cherry" flavored without tasting Robitussin cough syrup.
#10
Not so much disgusting as bland: Strawberries and tomatoes.
I remember going into a supermarket and seeing these absolutely huge strawberries. Biggest I'd ever seen. And bright red, like they were the juiciest, most ripe ever grown. Bought a punnet, went home and ate them, they tasted like wet cardboard. What a disappointment.
I'd say it was false advertising.
EDIT: Also, Twinkies. I grew up with Marvel comics and they had ads for all sorts of things at the back. One of the few ads I remember were for Twinkies. They looked delicious so when I got to the US I had to try one. Dessicated sponge wrapped around fake cream. The sponge was so dry and the filling so obviously unnatural that no self-respecting mould would go near the thing, I reckon it probably had a longer half life than platinum. I'm sure if humans nuke themselves into extinction any uneaten Twinkies will still be around when the lizards evolve civilization.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago (edited)
We grow tomatoes in the garden and they're delicious. The reason store-bought tomatoes taste like that is that they are meant to be durable, not tasty. This allows them to survive (kinda) the 2,500+ mile trek from California to New England.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
Also, there are farm stands and farmer's markets all over the place. The tomatoes in stores are really just there for when you're in a pinch, or if things are out of season.
Load More Replies... Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
There's a reason why so many people grow their own tomatoes in the garden or in pots on the balcony. No contest in flavor between storebought and home grown. Cherry tomatoes can taste good if you figure out the right kind to buy, but I've had plenty of watery ones too.
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
You bought the wrong strawberries and tomatoes. You can't eat one strawberry from the grocery store and base your whole experience off one time. Try one from the farmers market or better yet go to a "pick your own" place. You just had a bad strawberry. We have good fruits and vegetables here, I promise.
Jo Jones 3 years ago
Maybe they meant platinum as it’s known for its durability?
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Dirk Daring 3 years ago
Going to the supermarket was your first mistake. You have to go to a farmer's market or roadside produce stand if you want the good stuff. (Yes, I know what food deserts are, but anyone who can afford international travel probably isn't staying in the inner city)
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
the tomatoes and probably the strawberries are picked green and exposed to a gas that makes them appear ripe so they look good in the store, but at the same time survive a long shipment.
#11
Canadian here... American soda. You can taste the corn syrup. All of my American friends drink Mexican Coke or that 'throwback' pop with sugar instead of corn syrup.
BadCat 3 years ago
If you stop drinking pop for a while, once you start drinking it again the sweetness is almost unbearable.
Ace 3 years ago
When you need the sugar it's great, but I shudder when I realise how many people drink 'pop' every day, several times a day...
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Alexandra Comeau 3 years ago
tbh i never understood "soda". every time i watch a sitcom or whatever and guests are being asked what they want to drink and they say "just a soda" i was sure it was just bottled mineral water and i kept getting confused, no matter how many times i googled it over the years lol
Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
soda = non alcohol fizzy drink. ... Also called 'pop' (from the sound bottles sealed with marbles made when opened - from 1872 on).
Load More Replies... Susan Grady 3 years ago
Growing up in New Hampshire, we called it “tonic”…as in: I’d like a tonic. OK, what kind? Coke
Elizabeth Butler 3 years ago
Our obesity/diabetes epidemic began just when sodas began to be made with high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar, and people began drinking way more of them (and in cans and plastic instead of returnable glass). The body cannot use high fructose corn syrup for energy so the liver just stores it as fat. But the corn syrup is way cheaper to use than sugar.
"When I was in Europe, people would recommend the restaurant that had the best tasting coffee or pies, or the place that does the best version of a regional dish. In the US, most people will recommend the place that provides the best value," EskimoExplosion said.
"In Europe, someone might describe to you how silky the mousse is when telling you about their favorite spot, in the US they tend to talk about how much food you get compared to the price."
#12
Circus peanuts are weird. Why would you shape them like peanuts if they taste like tainted bananas?
Nobody 3 years ago
those look like polystyrene packing beans (and probably taste like them also)
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
These are gross. Like many things on this list, they have no customer base beyond children.
Maggie Fulton 3 years ago
I remember these.from my childhood when I loved everything sweet—except these. I wouldn’t even say they taste like bananas, or I don’t recall that. They were absolutely awful. I can’t believe they still exist. Oh, American btw.
#13
Turkey bacon. It's vile. Only pork should be made into bacon, I care not what ye say.
RedBadgerCan'tSwim 3 years ago
Like many other foods, there are different quality turkey bacons. I agree that the cheaper stuff is gross but I've had some really good turkey bacon.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Morningstar makes a vegetarian bacon so good that all of my dogs have begged for it.
Den Ver 3 years ago (edited)
American Bacon is about 50% Fat (by wt.). Although Turkey Bacon isn't as flavourful, it only has about 20% of the fat. I guess it depends on how long you want to live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ps: My vegetarian nieces' temporary relapses have all been due to other people eating bacon in her presence.
SobyKay 3 years ago
I love turkey bacon! Pork bacon is too greasy for me, and I dont get all the hype about it.
PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
I love turkey bacon, it’s the only bacon I actually like on its own, and it’s not even real bacon
Seadog 3 years ago
Bacon is pork. PERIOD. This is a fact. It's not open for discussion. If you don't like it then go eat something you do like. Want turkey then eat turkey. Rolling a banana into a ball doesn't make it an orange. Pretty much like cutting off your p****r doesn't make you a woman.
#14
Fluff, that marshmallow spread
Like you find ways to add extra sugar to everything, even toast
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
I want a fluffernutter maybe once every couple of years but can't bring myself to buy a whole jar because it is too sweet. Almost wish it'd be appropriate to serve them as finger sandwiches and host a tea party.
Sarah K 3 years ago
That's a lovely idea. My girls and I often have tea parties and they would love tiny fluffernutter sandwiches.
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Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
As far as I know, the only reason we ever had any in the house was to use as an ingredient when mom made rice krispie treats. I've never heard of anyone putting it on toast. I've never bought any myself. It's not very common. Certainly not 'quintessential'.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
I live close to the city where Fluff was invented: Somerville, Massachusetts. Once a year, they hold a Fluff festival. Activities I've seen there: Fluff Fear Factor, Fluff fire juggling, Fluff-costumed dog parade. In reality, though, Fluff is like many of the foods on this list. It's an inexpensive and not terribly healthy food adults feed kids. https://www.flufffestival.com
YouKiddingMe 3 years ago
American here, my only memory of this is my mother using it to make fudge
Pudgy Panda 3 years ago
Yeah, because we’ve got enough lardy little junk foods all of our own.
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#15
I absolutely think cakes made in America are too sweet with too much frosting. I always end up buying cakes from Asian or Mexican stores since they're not as sweet.
Dynein 3 years ago
Admittedly, most of what I know about US-American cakes comes from cakewrecks.com so it's likely not that accurate BUT what struck me reading that blog is how much cakes appear to be defined by looks. Ok, so it's a blog that's all about the look of cakes, but I gathered from the text around the pictures that this is really a thing there - kids wishing for barbie dress cakes or unicorn cakes and such for their birthdays. Growing up in Germany, I wished for... chocolate cake. Or lemon cake. What I mean is, it never occurred to anyone to define a cake by its looks - *all* that mattered was the ingredients. That might be changing now, but still, if you went to a bakery asking for unicorn cakes you'd get confused looks and staff helplessly waving at the assortment of strawberry cake (topped with strawberries), cherry cake (filled with cherries), cake heavy in nuts and unimaginatively dipped in chocolate, etc.
CV Vir 3 years ago
The looks are the only thing that can be appreciated via TV, so that’s what they stress. Cakes made by real people have flavor.
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Mia Black 3 years ago (edited)
We had guests from texas in Germany and invited them to a Café. They where positively surprised about the quality of cakes and that there is so less cream or frostig on it. One said "now, that's Real cake". He said the same about the Coffee (which i did not found that good, tbh) but it made us happy, that He liked it so much. The cakes were nothing special and we have very sugary (whipped cream and and butterfrostings f.e.) here too, but yes, whenever i bake american cakes i reduce the amount of sugar drastically. You dont need two big Bars of white chocolate plus double the weight in sugar for cheesecake with sweet Amaretto Sirup!!!
Mariele Scherzinger 3 years ago
First of all, the picture looks very nice. I want to try! Second, why don't you bake your own cakes for full control of sugar and frosting amounts.
B Jean the Jelly Bean 3 years ago
Sweet I don't mind.....but the 6" of frosting is just gross!
Sea cucumber (They/them) 2 years ago
The only cake I enjoy is the kind you get from Costco. Everything else tastes too sugary for me.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Agree. I can't stand the frosting on grocery store cakes. And I don't care what anyone says, I can "taste" the red or blue flowers.
Pudgy Panda 3 years ago
I love real butter cream frosting, but was utterly disgusted when a friend who worked in a supermarket bakery told me the reason their vanilla icing was white is because they make it with shortening and icing sugar instead of butter.
#16
American fast food. Honestly the quality of fast food in the U.S. is absolutely horrible compared to the very same chains in Canada. I'm talking about standard fast food like Burger King, McDonald's, etc...
String cheese muppet 3 years ago
It’s like the USA make it and then everyone else does it better
Sentin White 3 years ago
Because the rest of the world has way better laws and higher standards.
Load More Replies... Chris Yuen 3 years ago
I agree with the text but why show IN-N-OUT on the photo. They are way better then the other chains!
Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
That's the only fast food chain I wish we had in Europe. Yummy.
Load More Replies... loty moty 3 years ago
Not really true. All of these fast food places are franchises and some are run better than others.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
you've obviously not tasted fast food in south africa. The quality is superior to steakhouse grade, whereas mickyd's and burgerking is barely passable as supermarket grade.
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Paul Pierokowski 3 years ago
This is regional. A McDonald's in Missouri might be great, but that one in Florida might be trash.
Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
Absolutely. The fast food places in richer neighborhoods have to be much cleaner with fresher food to survive.
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Sabse 3 years ago
I cannot agree with that. If Americans can do anything-It's fast food. I'm not talking about the the companies like McDonalds etc, just these small fast-food restaurants. I think many of them are great.
Mark Fuller 3 years ago
It's certainly not done well in the UK. But when I've travelled, I do think fast food elsewhere tends to be of a better standard.
#17
Red Vines. As a New Zealander I expected them to taste like hopes and dreams, solidified into a long strip of candy... But alas, they really taste like a*s.
LesAnimaux 2 years ago
I bought Twizzlers once at an American candy online shop thing and I was so disappointed. So little flavour, yet so gross.
Mariele Scherzinger 3 years ago
Growing up in Germany, with a long tradition of Haribo and Katjes, I soon learned not to touch American fruit gum.
#18
'Imitation Pasteurized Process Cheese Food'. WTF is it? Why is it?
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
The only accurate words here are "Imitation," "Pasteurized," and "Processed."
Amused panda 3 years ago
Love the way they add the word food on the end of there. Probably because if you only have the first 4 words, it sounds like something that should be in a kids play kitchen rather than in a real kitchen.
#19
Casseroles made with "cream of" anything soup. Green bean casserole, tuna casserole, mushroom casserole. I know what those Campbells soups are like, we get them over here, and the idea of using them as a constituent ingredient in a main meal makes me shudder just from the idea of the sodium bomb. Especially those casseroles that are suggested to be topped with crushed chips.
Peanut butter and jam (jelly) sandwiches I can get behind. Pumpkin pie was a revelation of awesomeness for a new dimension on what to me is normally a savoury veg. Chicken-fried steak and sausage gravy? Genius.
But the idea of those casseroles make my stomach turn every time.
Den Ver 3 years ago
How can anyone call mushrooms, "the vegetable of the devil"? -- unsophisticated barbarians.
Load More Replies... Jj321 3 years ago
I am not a fan of the casseroles mentioned, but what is this picture? It looks so yummy
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Yeah, it looks great! It's "Cheesy Mushroom Casserole" made with baby portobella mushrooms and Gruyere. There's no soup in it. Here's the recipe: https://healthyrecipesblogs.com/mushroom-casserole/
Load More Replies... AndThenICommented 3 years ago
I make my own sauce for the casseroles - cream of celery for tuna casserole (I make with Woolies buckwheat noodles since they don’t have egg noodles in Aus) and cream of mushroom for green beans. not sure if OP understands that many of those recipes are nostalgia and have been around since basically the 30’s.
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
I was just about to ask if anyone even still made casseroles, anymore. I haven't had one in years. Old ladies used to bring them to potlucks. We'd usually get three different greenbean/cream-of-mushroom/cornflake casseroles at any given family reunion. They're comfort food.
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Kate Jones 3 years ago
I think you said something that is very true. They tend to think that Americans are all about sugar but more than even sugar is SALT. Everything we have has a lot of salt/sodium in it. I always hear people talk about our sugar and fattening food but I've travelled in many different countries and you can get that in a lot of places. You can get greasy burger in London, Prague, Australia and Thailand as much and you can get it here. There may not be as many places to get it but you certainly can. And there are fat people everywhere. But our salt intake is definitely unique in my experience. Most food in fancier restaurants or in a lot of other countries tastes so bland and we end up adding a lot of salt to our food.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Yeah, try growing up on them. Tuna noodle (gag) especially. That and Hamburger Helper. As soon as I became an adult living on my own, I officially banned it from my house. Oh - & SPAM. Just typing it makes me want to hurl.
#20
As a Swiss:
* the cheese
* the chocolate
* the bread
And the coffee I once bought in a Dunkin' Donuts was horrible, never had another one.
Other than that I love almost everything... I could spend the rest of my life eating cheetos and kfc!
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Dunkin' Donuts started in Massachusetts, and local people love it. When the Boston Marathon bombers were trying to evade capture in Watertown, the police shut down every store there except the Dunkin' Donuts, which became HQ for first responders. Keeping "Dunkies" open in an emergency is the most Boston thing ever to happen. www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/04/19/cops-request-dunkin-donuts-stays-open/
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
My western Massachusetts city of 45,000 has 2 McDonald's, 1 Burger King, 1 Wendy's, 1 KFC, 1 Taco Bell...and at least a dozen Dunkin' Donuts franchises.
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Helen Waight 3 years ago
Oh my yes. I’ve drunk coffee out of the engineering department vending machines that tasted better than the pot that’s been warmed for 6 hours.
Load More Replies... Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
If you go to a chain like DD expecting good coffee, you're setting yourself up for failure. Go to a locally-owned coffee place, ffs.
Barbara Cochrane 3 years ago
Cheetos and kfc! Love it. Those darn Cheetos are addictive. KFC, not so much.
NannyChachi 3 years ago
I still make my coffee the way it should be made. In a percolator on top of the stove with the water and coffee measured correctly and the perking timed.
#21
I have a friend from New Zealand. I took him to Dairy Queen for his first Blizzard. He ate about 3 bites of it and said "Do you want it? This is gross." I then ate 2 Blizzards and felt like a big fat f**k.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Dairy Queen is delightful. I will not die on this hill, but I will sit on top of it eating ice cream.
norabest321 3 years ago
I will totally die on this hill! Just like General Custard! Lol
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Jack Holt 3 years ago
Most likely he does. Ice Cream in Aust and NZ is probably nowhere near as sweet.
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Pudgy Panda 3 years ago
Blizzard came out in Canada 37 years ago. Eight months pregnant me ate one and promptly threw up. Never had one since.
#22
The fact that your cheddar is orange. Whenever I'm in the States, I always get trolled by shredded cheddar in salads, thinking it's carrot.
Also anything from Arby's. Aerosol cheese. Pumpkin as a dessert item. Most straight-up chocolate, Hershey's is like biting into a block of chocolate flavoured wax. Ugh.
Amanda Rose 3 years ago
Pumpkin as a dessert item has been around for a while. The colonies were a frequent consumer of baked pumpkin puddings (basically the pumpkin pie without the crust). Not as sweet as today's pumpkin pie filling but still quite nice.
Mayra 3 years ago
I think “orange” cheddar and white cheddar are the same thing, it’s just colored orange
Jrog 3 years ago
Right now, yes. The orange is just coloring agents. Originally, the orange came from the diet of the cows, who were fed grass rich in beta-carotene. Cheddar was usually made with milk produced in spring and summer, that was yellowish from the cows eating fresh grass. Winter milk was whiter, because beta-carotene decays quickly in dried grass and hay, and was used for butter or other lower quality cheeses.
Load More Replies... Chewie Baron 3 years ago
Regarding Hershey’s chocolate, there is an enzyme in it which is also found in human vomit. So there you go.
Kika González 3 years ago
Hershey's is not that bad, we can't afford the authentic chocolate all the time
Viktor 3 years ago
In Europe, we also don’t splurge on Lindt (or better) all the time but we have cheaper alternatives that actually taste nice and chocolatey. Hershey’s just doesn’t cut it.
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Atchaco-Leigh 3 years ago
If I eat American cheese, I'm physically sick. This might cause problems if I ever go to America.
#23
Hominy grits. I've been told they taste great and I'm sure they do, but I saw some in a hotel once and it looked like they left a bucket of cum out in the sun for a while.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
I've never had these. They're a Southern thing. In the North, we're more likely to eat oatmeal or Cream of Wheat.
millac 1 year ago
Grits are basically oatmeal, but made with corn instead of oats.
Load More Replies... Amanda Rose 3 years ago
Grits, when prepared properly, are wonderful and versatile. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner depending on what you add to them. This Texan loves her grits.
#24
Mountain Dew. It doesn't even taste good. I mean, it doesn't taste *bad* and it's addictive, but I want to scratch it out of my veins as soon as I hook up to an IV of it.
Boreddd🇺🇦 3 years ago
I just read today, here, on bp, that a can of mt dew can dissolve a mouse in 30 days. I'm terrified
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
I had a close friend in high school who lived on Mountain Dew. Everytime I went to her house, the entire family drank Mountain Dew for every meal. She was diagnosed with ADHD. I have often wondered if she really had ADHD, or if her two-liter-a-day Mountain Dew habit was making it hard to focus.
Jj321 3 years ago
Not sure about your friend, but caffeine can have a calming effect on people with adhd. My daughter has adhd, on occasion she has had a coke close to bedtime, and she falls asleep in a quarter of the time it usually takes.
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Kantami Blossom 3 years ago (edited)
A simple tip for life, never eat or drink anything that is luminous.
Sea cucumber (They/them) 2 years ago
And here I am, having just finished a bottle of Mountain Dew. Second favorite soda, after Dr Pepper.
Rene Simons 3 years ago
I onve heard about people having dental problems becaus of too much Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew had a solution for this problem: They supplied free dental care.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
I’m from the land of Irn Bru so I have no right to bash other countries’ Soft drinks.
#25
Cincinnati Chili. Keep your spaghetti noodles out of my chili.
Pirates of Zen Pants 3 years ago
Great chili comes from Texas. Nobody's making a pilgrimage to Ohio for the chili!
Upstaged75 3 years ago
You people don't know what you're missing. Skyline Chili is amazing! Yes, it's a different kind of chili, but that doesn't make it wrong. Don't knock it till you've tried it! It's more like a meat sauce, which is why it works well on spaghetti.
JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
My family called chili over spaghetti chili mac.. It does stretch the meat component so that one can will feed a whole family.
icamon 3 years ago
Bob's Big Boy used to sell a similar dish. It also had a beef patty in between the two.
Load More Replies... Jennik 3 years ago
Noodles are a thing in chili? I make something called a Cincinnati Chili but it doesn't have noodles in it. I thought the name just referred to the fact it was a milder version of chili
Mistiekim 3 years ago
Skyline is the best! And if noodles aren’t your thing the chili with oyster crackers work too. This isn’t like how a lot of people think of traditional chili - there are no kidney beans and you order onions/no onions and cheese/no cheese as a topping.. The chili itself is made with a sweet ingredient - cocoa powder, cinnamon, or sugar (can’t remember which one) - but it is still plenty spicy.
#26
Maybe not disgusting, but just a weird combination to me:
Peanut butter and jam (Jelly for 'muricans)
I like peanut butter. I like jam. Together? No thanks.
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
Yeah, not something I'd eat every day, but nothing wrong with it either
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Snacking on cats 3 years ago (edited)
"Jelly for 'muricans" we have jam also and, no, we don't call it jelly.
Khara Mei 3 years ago
I'm not even American and can tell you that jam and jelly are different things that do have different tastes and textures. Eating a sandwich of peanut butter and jam is nothing like a sandwich of peanut butter and jelly.
Viktor 3 years ago
The difference isn’t too big. Its just to do with the fruit content. Jam is made from actual fruits that are cooked down, whereas Jelly is made from the juice only. On a PB sandwich, the difference in taste and texture will be minimal.
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Jennifer Norton 3 years ago
This is a classic and amazing sandwich!!! It hits differently too when you are really hungry! So good!!!! and If you toast the bread first, O...M...G!!!!!
#27
New York Street vendor hotdogs.
I was so looking forward to this on my trip. I got one and it was tiny and when I bit into it, it actually dissolved in my mouth after one chew.
The bread was sweet tasting (high sugar content I guess). Overall a real disappointment
DaVo 3 years ago
What you see in the picture is more like a kaiserbrötchen mit bratwurst, senf und currygewürz which I would highly recommend!
Load More Replies... Robert T 3 years ago (edited)
I think I'd rather eat anything being sold by CMOT Dibbler! Rat-on-a-stick anyone?
Colleen Glim 3 years ago
That’s Gimlets hole food delicatessen. CMOT Dibbler sold sausage inna bun. Extra charge for mustard
Load More Replies... loty moty 3 years ago
After living 20+ years in NYC (and living in Europe now) I can say that I like and crave NY hot dogs and get them every time I go back to New York. NY street hot dog is an institution just like NY pizza (don't miss Patsy's or Grimaldi's)
Coolwhip 3 years ago
Yesssss I moved to GA and I crave the hot dogs, the pizza and the Italian Icee cups. I went to NY last month and had a hot dog with sauerkraut from the street and my childhood was restored. I should've gotten 2.
Load More Replies... Greta Kolding 3 years ago
Wasn't it Crocodile Dundee who said "they taste like s**t, but you can live on them"
Karen Weiss 3 years ago
Ditto. All those American shoes where they buy hot dogs. Yuck. Flavourless Red dyed cornflour and rats tails.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Mine had my sister & I running for the nearest restroom. Found some really great "Chicago" dogs at our local butcher shop in San Diego. Haven't checked out the one here in Springfield yet, but I hear it's really good.
#28
When I first moved here a few years back, biscuits and gravy weirded me out the most, but I have grown to enjoy it. Still looks like vomit, though.
I still can't stomach the standard supermarket bread here. It's so sweet. Same goes for average burger or hotdog buns.
I find Americans' need/desire to eat sandwiches with potato chips bizarre. Where I'm from, a sandwich is a meal in and of itself - it doesn't come with a side. And potato chips shouldn't be a side. Ever. They're gas station junk food. To me, it's like getting a Snickers bar as a side.
Ranch dressing. Why don't you people want to taste the actual salad you're eating?
Flavouring everything with pumpkin around Fall. Pumpkin pie, ok, fine, I've learned to like it. Things I will never accept pumpkin in: coffee, ice cream, pancakes, doughnuts, smoothies.
Granola as a "healthy" breakfast option. It's basically a dessert.
Taco Bell. OK, I haven't actually tried it, but it looks so unappealing in the ads and posters in the store windows - more so than any other fast food chain - I just can't imagine why anyone ever would. It's not like actually good Mexican food is expensive.
One thing I think is great about American food, however, is all the regional variety. Sure, a lot of it is a bit gross and incredibly unhealthy (can't say I enjoyed my encounter with Jello salad), but I love that you can try new things in every city and how proud people are of their local specialties. We don't have that back in Australia, and I think we're poorer for it.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Scones are not the same thing as biscuits. Scones are a sweet item while biscuits are more like bread. That gray gravy grosses me out though. It's a Southern thing.
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Snacking on cats 3 years ago
Let them eat their food how they like it. Seems like people are criticizing how they eat more so that what food you don't like.
Ciara Jane Eynon 3 years ago
You snack on cats, you're lucky the Americans are in the spotlight right now and not you.
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Kiryn Silverwing 3 years ago
Taco bell is not Mexican food. It's just pretending. I'll eat taco bell from time to time but it is a totally different food from actual Mexican food.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Taco bell is like Pizza Hut. Taco Bell is not Mexican, Pizza Hut is not pizza- they are their own things. Nobody says “I want mexican” and gets Taco Bell. They say “I want Taco Bell” and get Taco Bell. Does that make sense? Same with pizza and Pizza Hut
Load More Replies... Colleen Glim 3 years ago
What is it about this time of year that makes otherwise perfectly rational adults want to sprinkle pumpkin spice like pixie dust?!
Christopher Bowers 3 years ago
Homemade gravy is the best, especially done with bacon, sausage, or chicken grease. Dang my grandmother used to make the best tasting gravy.
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Sandwiches and crisps are a thing in the UK. Mainly in areas catering for long distance walking
Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago
You dare defile my name?! HOW DARE YOU SCORN ME, YOU INCOMPETENT FOOL. I AM DELICIOUS.
#29
As a Brit who's been living here for a few years there are so many odd foods. I know, the UK isn't known for its high quality food (although things are a lot, lot better these days), but the following stuff mystifies me.
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches - WTF? You take a salty spread that looks like it came from a milk-fed baby's nappy then add sweet jam? Stick it on sugary bread and people seem to love it.
Similarly putting syrup on bacon for breakfast. Bacon, food of the gods and the ultimate savoury snack and you cover it in cloying sticky sweetness. Can't get my head around it.
Pub cheese. The US doesn't make much good cheese but my New Jersey in-laws introduced me to this spreadable cheese going under the brand 'Pub Cheese.' It tastes like leper shavings, and the name only makes sense in that you have to spend all day getting utterly wankered in the pub to make it even remotely palatable.
White Castle burgers. Had one bite and that was enough. Oily meat that murders the taste buds and an aftertaste that hangs around like a fart in a spacesuit, yet people eat these by the dozen and made a film about how good they are.
Similarly Taco Bell. Food that not only looks, but tastes like someone else has eaten it before and excreted it into the wrapper.
Finally tea. You put the bag in the cup and pour boiling water over it. Please do not bring me a mug of tepid water and a bag for dunking. About the only place to get a decent cuppa is Starbucks. Also iced tea? I suppose in hot climates it kind of makes sense but it's foul tasting.
That said, soul food is marvelous, no country in the world does better BBQ (and the pizza can be as good as anything you find in Italy) and I could eat hash browns until they come out of my ears.
Jennik 3 years ago
The thing that often gets me is not the actual food but the recipes in American cookbooks/recipe sites. So many seem to be about a packet of [brand name] and a can of [brand name] and a teaspoon of [brand name]. Two issues: as a Kiwi I have no idea what these products are, and you are adding a whole load of additives etc to your meal instead of using "real" ingredients
Ripley 3 years ago
A friend was once looking for a recipe for pumpkin pie - starting with an actual pumpkin (we generally don't have tinned pumpkin pie filling here in Australia). She found a "recipe" that said: "take a can of pie filling and put it in your purchased pie case. Bake for X time at Y temperature". Not so much "baking" as "food assembly".
Load More Replies... Jeff Lum 3 years ago
"The US doesn't make good cheese" lol maybe he should try visiting Wisconsin or Vermont next time.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
I had perfectly good bread and cheese when I visited friends in Illinois. There's rubbish food everywhere
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Elaine Roberts 3 years ago
English baked beans are not like American baked beans. They totally go with a full English breakfast, which also has bacon, sausage, eggs and mushrooms.
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Paul Pierokowski 3 years ago
Soul food and BBQ are almost always stunning because these are home-created recipes passed down generations. My girlfriend has an amazing recipe for fry bread and cornbread passed down from her Cherokee grandparents. You want true, real American food, eat cornbread. First Nations people have loved it for centuries.
Etay elazar 3 years ago
Amazing as coming from a country that eats Marmite ... the Vilest stuff
Emma S 3 years ago
💯 I recently went to New York and was given a cup of water and tea bag separate. I asked for milk and the woman serving me put the milk into the water that had no tea bag in. So I was given milky water and a teabag. I actually felt sick just looking at it. On the way home I tried to get tea at JFK. I asked if they had English breakfast tea and they tried to give me Earl Grey. Those are not the same. 🤣
Izzy Curer 3 years ago
English breakfast tea is common enough in America if you go to the grocery store, but a restaurant might not have the specific tea that you have in mind at the moment. They gave you what they had.
Load More Replies... Kate Jones 3 years ago
Oh man, I have to admit I love pub cheese with wheat thins. It's so good. Lol. Maple bacon is not that unusual. I mean, have you ever had bacon and pancakes and had a little bit of the syrup get on the bacon? It's delicious. So you can actually get maple flavored bacon now and it's so good. I also like apple smoked bacon. Both are great. White Castle and Taco bell are horrible but they're food for stoners and are on the bottom of the take-out barrel. Even Americans think it's pretty gross but it's cheap and quick. Hash browns really are amazing, lol.
Rebekah Krause 3 years ago
Testament to the size of America. I am in the Midwest and have lived in NYC, and spent plenty of time in NJ and I have never heard of pub cheese.
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Vgp 1982 3 years ago
Wtf is it with you people and pb&j sandwich? I've seen so many people saying they can't even imagine why anyone would like it. Um what's not to like? You make peanut butter seem like some strange thing. Salty and sweet just go together. White Castle isn't the best but they are pretty good. As well as iced tea. It's great. What's wrong with steeping tea bags? I bet I can find much nastier s**t in the UK than PB sandwiches.
#30
Mayoneggs
phil blanque 3 years ago
Yeah. I have been to many countries around the world and one can find distasteful food everywhere. Somerimes it is a matter of cultural differences, sometimes it is about money...but you do not have to look only in the United States to find horrid food.
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Court Jester 3 years ago
I've been an American all my life (57 years), never, not once, have I heard of this.
TKA 3 years ago
I think its egg salad. Hard boiled eggs crushed up with mayo salt & pepper.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 3 years ago
Say what? That's not American. And this picture is just scrambled eggs on toast.
Viktor 3 years ago
This is not quintessential American. It’s a relatively new trend to mix mayonnaise into your scrambled eggs mix to make it more fluffy.
Stymied Egan 3 years ago
Where? Not USA. Although we have been known to overdo Mayo. I've never heard of this.
Load More Replies... JoJo Anisko 3 years ago
Looks like scrambled eggs, which I have/would never pur mayonnaise in.
What do you think ?
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago (edited)
Ah yes, it’s time for another BoredPanda post stereotyping the United States. I’m not even from the US and have to roll my eyes so far back in my head when I see yet another post like this. Every country has their stereotypical odd food and junk foods. Yes, we get it BoredPanda— those quirky Americans live off a diet of marshmallow fluff and squeeze cheese with a daily dose of pop tarts and deep fried butter.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I spent about a month over there and the only one of these I actually encountered other than In 'n' Out Burger was the oddly sweet-tasting bread. So you've got my sympathies - you might as well go around claiming us Aussies eat nothing but Vegemite sandwiches and Burger Rings with Pavlova and Lamingtons for dessert. Actually the food was great! I went to this nice restaurant in Marin County and they had these perfectly cooked ribs which were just- *Homer Simpson style incoherent drooling*
Load More Replies... Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
American here. A lot of Americans don't actually eat any of these. A lot of these are junk food like you might be forced to eat on the road, or they're regional oddities, or maybe something you only eat on a special occasion. And some of these are just plain ingredients that you're really only supposed to eat mixed into something else, so I can see why people would be pretty weirded out by eating them whole. Yeah, some Americans eat pretty unhealthily, but it's by no means everybody, and it's not like people aren't going home and making home cooked meals. Tourists rarely ever get to see that part. If you're basing your opinion of American cuisine on fast food, of course it's going to look like c**p. 'Quintessential' is the last word I would use to describe the foods on this list. Except for maybe the 'cream of' casserole. That stuff is old-lady potluck gold.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
I'll be honest, I only read the "American food is disgusting" posts because American Pandas then dive in with their prized recipes and I'm making notes!
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novasoup (she/her) 3 years ago
really, bp? another one of these? i remember when this website was for webcomics and art
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
I totally understand your not liking these things. What I do not understand is your caring so much that others do. Seems like you're just releasing your inner bully.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
There's lots of "foreign" food's I don't like. I just shut the f**k up and don't eat it, thereby missing my chance to be a rude and condescending American.
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
I wouldn't call these foods "quintessential" as if it's all we eat in America. We have good food here. We're not all fat slobs walking around with our bellies hanging out, as this post would have you believe. These are processed junk foods that SOME Americans eat, not all of us.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
None of this is representative of the way Americans eat on a normal day.
Coolwhip 3 years ago
This post was very annoying, I hate how you all bash Americans so much. I remember a BP post from way back where it was talkin about learning about the country before you visit so you don't seem rude to others. The comments were genuine and Americans were inquisitive as to why this and that is done etc. Now we fast forward to this post which is about American food you guys don't like but damn, does the bashing come with it? I would love to come to your house sit at your table and criticize everything you eat because I simply wasn't raised on it.
Coolwhip 3 years ago
I don't think they can, according to BP dumb people are only bred in the US of A. I get so annoyed at these posts too. I have to fight the urge not to go crazy in the comments so I don't get downvoted into oblivion.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago (edited)
Ah yes, it’s time for another BoredPanda post stereotyping the United States. I’m not even from the US and have to roll my eyes so far back in my head when I see yet another post like this. Every country has their stereotypical odd food and junk foods. Yes, we get it BoredPanda— those quirky Americans live off a diet of marshmallow fluff and squeeze cheese with a daily dose of pop tarts and deep fried butter.
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I spent about a month over there and the only one of these I actually encountered other than In 'n' Out Burger was the oddly sweet-tasting bread. So you've got my sympathies - you might as well go around claiming us Aussies eat nothing but Vegemite sandwiches and Burger Rings with Pavlova and Lamingtons for dessert. Actually the food was great! I went to this nice restaurant in Marin County and they had these perfectly cooked ribs which were just- *Homer Simpson style incoherent drooling*
Load More Replies... Izzy Curer 3 years ago (edited)
American here. A lot of Americans don't actually eat any of these. A lot of these are junk food like you might be forced to eat on the road, or they're regional oddities, or maybe something you only eat on a special occasion. And some of these are just plain ingredients that you're really only supposed to eat mixed into something else, so I can see why people would be pretty weirded out by eating them whole. Yeah, some Americans eat pretty unhealthily, but it's by no means everybody, and it's not like people aren't going home and making home cooked meals. Tourists rarely ever get to see that part. If you're basing your opinion of American cuisine on fast food, of course it's going to look like c**p. 'Quintessential' is the last word I would use to describe the foods on this list. Except for maybe the 'cream of' casserole. That stuff is old-lady potluck gold.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
I'll be honest, I only read the "American food is disgusting" posts because American Pandas then dive in with their prized recipes and I'm making notes!
Load More Replies... novasoup (she/her) 3 years ago
really, bp? another one of these? i remember when this website was for webcomics and art
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
I totally understand your not liking these things. What I do not understand is your caring so much that others do. Seems like you're just releasing your inner bully.
Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
There's lots of "foreign" food's I don't like. I just shut the f**k up and don't eat it, thereby missing my chance to be a rude and condescending American.
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
I wouldn't call these foods "quintessential" as if it's all we eat in America. We have good food here. We're not all fat slobs walking around with our bellies hanging out, as this post would have you believe. These are processed junk foods that SOME Americans eat, not all of us.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
None of this is representative of the way Americans eat on a normal day.
Coolwhip 3 years ago
This post was very annoying, I hate how you all bash Americans so much. I remember a BP post from way back where it was talkin about learning about the country before you visit so you don't seem rude to others. The comments were genuine and Americans were inquisitive as to why this and that is done etc. Now we fast forward to this post which is about American food you guys don't like but damn, does the bashing come with it? I would love to come to your house sit at your table and criticize everything you eat because I simply wasn't raised on it.
Coolwhip 3 years ago
I don't think they can, according to BP dumb people are only bred in the US of A. I get so annoyed at these posts too. I have to fight the urge not to go crazy in the comments so I don't get downvoted into oblivion.
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