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“Make My Stomach Turn Every Time”: 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can’t Understand
Taste is subjective, there’s no doubt about that. Controversial foods exist, that’s a fact too. Now combine them together, and you see some weird food combos landing in people’s stomachs.
This time, we will narrow down our investigation into American cuisine only (despite the fact all countries have their culinary quirks!) to find out what common eating habits and foods confuse non-Americans. Turns out there are many of them!
From super-size meaty breakfasts to cheese spread, these are the most eyebrow-raising American delicacies people in other countries just can’t fathom.
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#1
Cookie Dough in a tube, which you guys apparently eat raw, according to the movies. Obviously I have no idea what this stuff tastes like (I can only assume it's awesome), but the concept just seems strange to my Scottish mind.
Having said that, we consume assorted animal innards, oats and spices in a tube allegedly made from a sheeps bladder (aka haggis), so I admit that we're on pretty shaky ground to be criticising anyone else's eating habits.
Budcot 2 years ago
In the UK, cookies are chocolate chip biscuits. I believe you call all biscuits cookies but cookie is a specific type of biscuit to us.
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devotedtodreams 2 years ago
To be fair, raw cookie dough is always a treat :) Then again, I've only had it when my Mom baked cookies/cakes, so I don't know what it's like from the tube...
LH25 2 years ago
Please don't base your assumptions about us on movies. Unless you believe crowds in India routinely break into song-and-dance routines.
Carrie Laughs 2 years ago
Oh, but breaking into song and dance routines would be wonderful.
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Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
First off, haggis is awesome. Secondly, this Scottish lassie loves herself some cookie dough especially in ice cream so it's not that foreign a concept to be honest
R Dennis 2 years ago (edited)
I don't know anyone who eats cookie dough... romcoms are a bad source of cultural information. Edit: Nowhere did I say people don't eat cookie dough. I was merely saying I don't know anyone who does and it isn't something everyone does.
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago
Hahahahaha! I personally don't like the cookie dough "in a tube" because I can taste the preservatives (yes, really. I can also "taste" the red & blue food coloring in cake frosting). So can my husband, it's one of the reasons we gave up Girl Scout Cookies - that and the fact all the Mothers are too young to understand the "are they made with real Girl Scouts?" reference.
tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
Hahaha. I loved that line. After "is your lemonade made from real lemons". Hahaha
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Sandra Givens 2 years ago
Most of us just slice and bake it, not eat it raw (please do not judge our country by the junk you see in movies).
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#2
Sweet potato and marshmallow casserole. What the actual f**k?
karl briggs 2 years ago
This stuff is amazing! Used to have it at a BBQ restaurant called Hickorys near me, but they've taken it off the menu 😭
PeridotPlatypus377 2 years ago
Agreed! It is amazing! I always go out of my way to make this for major holidays. The marshmallows are both crunchy and squishy when cooked just right!
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 2 years ago
I'm a southerner and we love sweet potatoes but do not put a marshmallow on my sweet potato! That is disgusting. A thin layer of brown sugar, pecans, and butter is perfect.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
Thank you!! Same here. No marshmallows for me! Yuck, yuck,yuck!!
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Raccoon Queen 2 years ago
My family makes it once a year for thanksgiving, and I love it, but it’s so bad for you we only make it that one time
Emily Ward 2 years ago
Never made it. I make candied yams with butter and brown sugar which some people like marshmallows on but not me.
Spittnimage 2 years ago
I'd rather eat sweet potatoes than casserole with fish heads popping out of it or eels in jelly 🤮
#3
A friend visited me from Italy and wanted to try Krispy Kreme donuts. He took one bite and said, 'Now I understand why Americans are fat!' He made me take him back twice for more.
Everybody Say Love! 2 years ago
They're fine. However, we have some amazing local bakeries in the UK and they produce some incredible donuts, smash KK out of the water. This isn't to say they're not tasty, just not THAT good.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
We have a local mini chain nearby called Yum Yum. It is yum! Mmmmmmmmmm....
Load More Replies... LizzieR1985 2 years ago
My local shop (UK) sells these... the day old donuts get collected and taken away for disposal. We saw them being loaded onto the truck and my husband jokingly says "I've got a good rubbish bin to put them in" then got handed a box with a dozen assorted... it was a good day.
Someone Important 2 years ago
I don't like Krispy Kreme donuts either. ...in fact I don't like any kind of glasses donuts. But I've seen some pretty aweful sweet's in literally every country of Europe.
Chantal Guyatt 2 years ago
I think Krispy Kreme is overrated. But then again so is Tim Hortons. - a Canadian
Shyla Bouche 2 years ago
The plain glazed are fine, but doughnuts with icing and/or filling don't need glazing as well. Too sweet for me!
Load More Replies... tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
They are good. My favorite are the chocolate frosted glaze. But I only get one very rarely. Too many calories. But..yum 😋
Upstaged75 2 years ago
You only get fat if you eat them on a regular basis. As a treat they are great. Especially if you can get them when they are hot. Krispy Kreme lights up a sign when they are selling them fresh out of the oven. I haven't had them that way since college in the 90's, but it's something you never forget! :)
Mark Secker 2 years ago (edited)
can't stand Krispy Kreme, they delivered a literal van load freebies to the conference I was at when they first opened in Australia, just tastes like gluggy under cooked dough with far to much, and not very nice, glazing, they did this every day, I think I was one of only two or three conference goers going to the actual breakfast bar instead
#4
Aerosol Cheese. Seriously America, what the f**k?
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
Really not worth letting it get to you - just think that is IS what is considered strange or weird. Most of us don't think of it as standard US food (those that do are probably a bit dim). All countries have their quirky or downright horrible things that they might think of as delicious. Though saying that, BP why not pick on a DIFFERENT COUNTRY for once? You know, one of those that IS NOT THE REPEATED TARGET? Just a thought...
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Emily Ward 2 years ago
Ya but have you tried it or tried it on crackers? Its very addictive somehow
TonyTee 2 years ago
I like the cheddar and bacon one and it goes great with crackers, but I’ve also tried it on chips (plain Ripples) and it honestly tastes like a baked potato snack; I love it
Load More Replies... R Dennis 2 years ago
I have Le Meunier butter and St. Augur cheese in my fridge. I also have a can of Easy Cheese in my cupboard. It's a mindless guilty pleasure... no other country has some?
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
Yep, course they do! I've got some lovely cheeses in my fridge but I do have a cheese spread as well! That's lovely on hot toast! My truly guilty pleasure that is utter rubbish is cup-a-soups! Savoury and delicious. Terrible for you. Not sorry in the slightest!
Load More Replies... A girl 2 years ago
Sigh. My husband loves spray cheese. It's revolting but, at least, he doesn't chew tobacco.
Laura Lett 2 years ago
And it travels well. For road trips. Just make sure you stay hydrated, that's a bunch of sodium.
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tee-lena 2 years ago
This. It's great on some Ritz crackers at 2 am while you're floating
Load More Replies... Riche White 2 years ago
I went to a redneck wedding in Louisiana 40 years ago and the had this on ritz crackers at the reception
Tahar Taggle 2 years ago
Well... The pictured cans come with the label « Now with real cheese »... So there's that.
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Hersheys chocolate. Honestly tastes like the smell of vomit.
Dave Van Beurden 2 years ago
Well, it does. it has Butyric acid in it (it was added to make the milk last longer in the olden days), and vomit also has butyric acid. Dairy farms in Europe were closer to the chocolate factories, so there it was not needed. And now they just keep it in as Americans are used to the taste.
Andreas Deml 2 years ago
That americans are used to the taste of vomit explaines a loooot!
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Laura Kaye 2 years ago
Yeah I hate Hershey. Tastes like dung. It sucks that American Cadbury is made with Hershey Chocolate since British Cadbury is sooo good
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Rens 2 years ago
And once you've tried chocolate from Germany Belgium or the Netherlands you will wonder why you ever thought that Cadbury's was good x
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Miss_H84 2 years ago
So I'm the only one who likes Hersheys chocolate? It's not my favourite but I buy it quite often.
Jef Bateman 2 years ago
I love Hershey's. I like European chocolate, too, but the unique subtle sourness of Hershey's is special. I think it's funny that if European food tastes off or Asian food tastes rotten (kimchi - I'm looking at you), then people encourage you cultivate your tastes so you can enjoy these foods with a more sophisticated palate. On the other hand, if American food has a strange taste that takes a while to get used to, then you are a churlish rube for thinking that it's good. (PS--I love kimchi. It was just surprising at first.)
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Maureen Rouse 2 years ago
It may or may not...It isn't in my hand long enough for me to smell it!
Silre 2 years ago
I don't know where people are getting this idea that Hersheys smells like vomit. HerSHEys is amazing and im going to have some right now.
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
That's because it's what you are used to so you think it's just fine.
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Processed cheese. There are so many lovely actual cheese, why eat s***ty fake stuff?
dark wish 2 years ago
perfect for giving a dog a pill though, just wrap the pill in it and BOOM
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sweetrottenpeaches 2 years ago
I love this stuff. Especially in a cheap grilled cheese sandwich. So good.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Just to check, I went to my local supermarket (UK) yesterday and noted that one sixth of the shelving was processed cheese, slightly less than that was dairy made, the rest was factory made. So it's clearly popular in many places.
That Honkin Potato 2 years ago
Like American cheese! that stuff is disgusting. Me and my family (both sides) call it plastic cheese
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
Good grief, no. That would require effort and thought! Picking a different, less well known country would make a change!
Load More Replies... Maureen Rouse 2 years ago
It may not be great but it may be the only 'cheese' some of us can afford!
#7
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 — it was just regular bread in America.
RapidUnscheduledDisassembly 2 years ago
Specifically, Subway: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread
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Sans Serif 2 years ago
I'm firmly with you, Rachel! However, a well made rye is my true addiction!
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Fanstacia D 2 years ago
I have diabetes. American white bread has so much sugar it spikes my blood sugar levels, so I have to stay off the stuff. I can however eat homemade or bakery breads no problem.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i like to make my own sandwiches on the road :-D and when im in an American town for a few days its always a quest to find European bread, usualy end up with imported German bread. Normally i always eat local food but there are a few exeptions
Sandra Givens 2 years ago
Why would you expect European bread in the US? I certainly don't expect Wonder Bread in Germany or England. Seek out a bakery or the baked goods section of larger supermarkets and you'll find plenty of good bread. Just ask them to slice it if you want it for sandwiches.
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The fact that I ordered one pound of corned beef hash, three eight-inch pancakes with butter and maple syrup, four scrambled eggs with ketchup, six strips of bacon, four sausage links, three pieces of toast, and endless coffee for $12 at a diner. That was my breakfast while visiting the states. I love America.
$ergi0 2 years ago
No, it is not. You can only process so much food healthy, so just showing 2-3 servings in the morning is not ok. If you can't have lunch just make a sandwich in the morning. Or, a better solution, don't eat anything at all for breakfast. You will be perfectly fine just drinking water till the evening.
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kansasmagic 2 years ago
Twenty years ago maybe. Just the three pancakes at IHOP will set you back about $8.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
There's at least four breakfeasts in that description - and I AM obese. I couldn't eat half of that in any single meal. And I'd miss at least some veggies or fruit, even if it was only jam for the toast and a handful of cherry tomatoes.
Ms.GB 2 years ago
I get the bigger better breakfast from norms and it feeds me and my giant of a husband for 2 days.
Load More Replies... Sia Frost 2 years ago
I went to NY when I was 19, ordered pancakes for breakfast as my first time eating in America. When the stack arrived I was shocked at the amount. Think I managed to eat one! Anyway - lesson learned. Seems food over there is supposed to last you for more than the one meal?
#9
Lobster is not odd in itself, but seeing “lobster mac’n’cheese” was wierd. Where I’m from, lobster is expensive, exclusive, and considered fine dining, and mac’n’cheese does not exist as a dish you can order anywhere. I love pasta, I love cheese, so pasta with cheese is common in my own kitchen, but that is far away from that “fine dining” lobster.
My first time in the states was a trip to NYC. I was pregnant at the time, and that’s probably why I allowed myself to order lobster mac’n’cheese for lunch at a restaurant, against my husbands comments on how it was a shame for the lobster to be served like that ... it was bloody delicious. I still dream about it.
Tahar Taggle 2 years ago
Lobster is a bit less fancy in north America than in Europe. Until last century, it was deemed a poor man's meal, because it was abundant along the east coast and not very healthy (due to poor understanding on how to preserve and cook it). That's why it has been kept in informal recipes like lobster sandwich or the above.
Dill 2 years ago
These things often depend on your location too - I was brought up next to the sea and lobster wasn't at all unusual or fancy. Though admittedly not usually eaten with mac n cheese. I am going to horrify everyone probably but I LOVE and prefer cauliflower cheese to macaroni cheese (which is still v yummy!).
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Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
I got Mac-n-cheese in Scotland and it was excellent! I don’t like fish/seafood so I don’t get that. What a way to ruin mac-n-cheese
Jihana 2 years ago
I still have not recovered from the fact that McDonalds serves McLobster in Canada.
Chantal Guyatt 2 years ago
Fact! 💀 It is very much a thing in the Eastern provinces.
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#10
The way they eat apple sauce.
Over here in the UK you would have a very small portion of it with some pork. It's just a condiment.
In the US they would pretty much have an entire bowl of the stuff and would just put spoonful after spoonful of it into their mouthes. It's like a snack or a meal itself.
Phobrek 2 years ago
OP doesn't speak for the UK. It's apples. Apples are great for lots of things. I use apple sauce in my pancake batter.
Clare Smith 2 years ago
I like some in my porridge with a bit of cinnamon.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
It makes a very good snack or dessert. And from OPs attitude is say they could benefit from more fibre in their diet
Ace 2 years ago
Yeah, first time I had it in an office restaurant in Brussels I thought it was weird, but it grows on you...
Load More Replies... Andreas Deml 2 years ago (edited)
Is it just cooked apples with sugar an perhaps cinnamon? Or are there other spices like chili or ginger? If it's the first, then german people use it the same way. It's called Apfelmus here.
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
It is just cooked apples with or without sugar (or corn syrup) and can be seasoned with cinnamon. It can also be made into a puree with other fruits and is sold in the single serving cups that way.
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Beck 2 years ago
Never heard of it as a condiment. We can buy them in little cups like jello. Serving size.
Mir Adwari 2 years ago
I love it as a condiment. Though I'm not anti eating it with a wide variety of things! Yum.
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Virginia Umberger 2 years ago
In Australia it’s puréed to the inch of its life. Making it baby food. In American it’s coarse and used as a side dish.
Paula Pattison 2 years ago
Germans do this too. My son's first week in a school in Germany they served him apple sauce and potato pancakes (kartoffelpuffer) he was outraged
Aaron Parker 2 years ago
I love how German words are so freaking long. Lol "Kartoffelpuffer." German seems to put five or six words together into one giant words instead of just being seperate words like "kartoffel puffer." Gets me every time I see a goofy word like that 🤣
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#11
I'm American but no one can pay me to try/eat Spam.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
Heads spam fried rice in an upscale hawaiian fusion restaurant and it was the bomb.
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
I like it fried until it is crisp like bacon.
Load More Replies... Paula Pattison 2 years ago
I am a Brit, I have fond memories of spam fritters for school lunch
Janice - Hazeldine 2 years ago
That was not real spam, it was the lunch meat version which was less expensive. Still has 'spam' on the can but different product. 'Real' spam is better.
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Tabitha 2 years ago
Contrary to popular belief, Spam is NOT made with the scraps from the pig no one wants to eat. It is made from pork shoulder and pork ham.https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/what-is-spam-made-of#:~:text=What%20sets%20Spam%20apart%20from,in%201937%2C%20it%20was%20not.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
People in Russia would have starved to death during the siege of Stalingraad if Americans hadn't smuggled in Spam. SPAM is great with mustard, it's great as travel food. I was snowed in on interstate once for 17 hours. SPAM tasted pretty good then.
#12
Boxed macaroni and cheese. My partner is Swiss, and he is appalled by Kraft Mac & Cheese. He could not believe I was looking forward to ingesting orange powder mixed with noodles.
Fora Nakit 2 years ago
Mac & Cheese is so easy to make from scratch, I could never understand why to buy it as a premade meal made with dubious powder that you need to cook the same amount of time as the original dish.
J. Maxx 2 years ago
Um, poor folks. Not everyone can afford to buy all the ingredients to make mac & cheese from scratch.
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Aaron Parker 2 years ago
No, boxed Kraft Mac n Cheese is fantastic! P**s off with that nonsense. I know 95% of people love the stuff secretly if not openly.
Shannon McGill 2 years ago
It's cheap and shelf stable. Some of these things, you are overthinking too much on.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
Not gonna lie, I love a bit of cheesy pasta from the red box - when I was a teenager I used to work in Safeway (showing my age there!) and I used to buy a box of it and a chunk of fillet steak when I finished my shift and have that for dinner, my dad was appalled that I would dare have something so cheap and nasty with a beautiful but of steak but I still stand by my decision - it was awesome
DesertMama 2 years ago
My friend's German husband brings an extra suitcase to take home boxes of the stuff...
#13
High fructose corn syrup.
Lucy Shupe 2 years ago
It’s also slowly being removed from foods. I hate it, it ruined Coke when they replaced the sugar with high fructose corn syrup. That’s when I can I buy Mexican Coke, it still uses sugar.
Susan Reid Smith 2 years ago
Mexican Coke tastes so much different and nicer!
Load More Replies... Pamela Blue 2 years ago
Please don't get high fructose corn syrup confused with ordinary corn syrup. They are NOT the same thing. I got a bottle of corn syrup a few weeks ago to make some butter tarts (a Canadian thing). My friend had a heart attack thinking about all that nasty high fructose corn syrup. I informed her that to make HFCS, enzymes are added to corn syrup in order to convert some of the glucose to another simple sugar called fructose, also called “fruit sugar” because it occurs naturally in fruits and berries. HFCS is 'high' in fructose compared to the pure glucose that is in corn syrup.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
corn syrup is godawful no matter what form it is.
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Justin Thyme 2 years ago
Cost cutting measure that tastes bad, is bad for us, but we have it anyway
#14
Not the food but the sheer size of the soft drinks is off putting and I'm from Canada.
Margaret Zahn 2 years ago
And the flavors they're coming out with nowadays.
Load More Replies... George Claxton 2 years ago
If you are drinking soda with sugar, the amount of sugar in a 20 ounce soda is horrific.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
I was surprised to discover you have to have a hazmat endorsement to haul 40,000 lbs of undiluted soda syrup. It's corrosive. I considered giving up my Mountain Dew for about 5 seconds.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
That's probably why they say that you can use Coke, or another kind of soda I suppose, to clean the toilet bowl. It removes calcium and iron stains easily.
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Ourania Walker 2 years ago
I like my Diet Coke (mixed with a bit of root beer), but no bigger than a small or medium. I can't have a large medium or a large because I don't drink it fast enough and it goes flat before I can finish it. (And yes I'm from the US, I like a lot of ice....lol)
Makayla VerMulm 2 years ago
The straws get me, and at restaurants they fill it so full with ice so it looks like so much but it isn’t!! At a sit down restaurant I can down the Coke zeros, because I drink so much more through a straw, but one 12 oz can is perfect for me
#15
The felt obsession with anything deep-fried is unnerving to me. There's a good few things that are excellent deep-fried, don't get me wrong, but putting literally anything in batter and frying it seems...wrong.
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
We Scots would deep fry our Irn Bru if we thought we would get away with it! #Laughs in tartan#
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Aisling Raye 2 years ago
Fried pickles and fried green beans are easily the top two best fried foods
Load More Replies... Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
Well foods can be deep fried but that doesn’t mean it always is or everyone eats that. I was in Scotland a few months ago and have to say I was surprised how goos all the food was! And hot! Omg how can food be so hot and not overcooked? But the UK is routinely criticized for its awful food and I have to disagree. At least Scotland is doing right. I miss porridge the most.
Lucas 2 years ago
I'm a Scot and have lived in a few countries and I'd say the UK is unfairly criticized for the food - it's as though people are stuck thinking of the 70s as their guide for what Brits eat. Most countries have good and bad. US is no different. Some food is lovely, some is not and a wide range in between. Porridge is as fheàrr (the best).
Load More Replies... Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i wanna try deep fried everything on a state fair once! The crazier the better, and it HAS to be on a stick. I was in Glasgow and noticed places were selling deep fried mars, but for some reason i managed to leave the town without trying it. So i must go back.
#16
Grits. What the f**k even is grits? It sounds like the most unappetising thing ever. "I had grits for breakfast" WHY ARE YOU EATING TINY ROCKS?
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
It's like porridge but made with cornmeal. Very cheap and was a staple food fed to African slaves.
Jenny Smith 2 years ago
In the South everyone ate them, slave, owners , non slave owners. It's a Southern staple period. Has nothing to do with race.
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Rachel Mion 2 years ago
Big mistake is to try them plain. Butter, salt, pepper at the very least. Cheese is good, as is bacon cut up in little pieces and mixed in.
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Yessss!! I love grits! Especially with butter, salt, pepper... bonus for the cheese and bacon 😍
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Robin Roper 2 years ago
Grits is finely ground corn. It's a cheap food that many ate because that's all they had and because it's good, it's till eaten - with cheese or butter grits are wonderful. Italians eat polenta - it's a slight variation of grits. South Africans eat Miele Pap (corn porridge) - another slight variation on grits.
Ashley Bollman 2 years ago
I like having grits sometimes....I put butter, salt, and pepper in it 😋
#17
Taco Bell. They tried to open one over here and it lasted about a week. Don't try to sell Taco Bell to Mexicans. Just don't.
J. Grawn 2 years ago
No wonder. Mexican tacos are great. Taco Bell is not Mexican food it's American food.
HellbladesFFXI 2 years ago
Yup. It's a poor imitation at best. Granted, in loo of a real taco or burrito I will get Taco Bell, but if the option is there? Na.
Load More Replies... Lucy Shupe 2 years ago
It isn’t Mexican and for us that have eaten real Mexican food know that, it doesn’t mean we don’t like Taco Bell’s food. We accept it for what it is a quick lunch.
Just a ray of f'ing sunshine 2 years ago
Taco Bell is just fast food shaped like Mexican food...
Aisling Raye 2 years ago
Has anyone ever thought that Taco Bell was selling authentic Mexican food? It seems like a stretch to say anyone would be surprised to find out that it isn't.
tee-lena 2 years ago
Yes. About 25 years ago I moved from my small town. When talking to a friend a bit later about gossip the fact that they were getting Mexican food in the old Arby's restaurant. They were so excited. It was a taco Bell.
Load More Replies... Fiona Bell 2 years ago
They opened one in Edinburgh and I was so disappointed. I quite liked it as a fast food option in the states but it was shockingly bad here
Everybody Say Love! 2 years ago (edited)
Same here in England, it's awful.
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Mark Hastings 2 years ago
I worked at a Taco Bell in San Diego years ago. 90% of our customers were Mexican.
Sandra Givens 2 years ago
Our local Taco Bell always has Mexican workers and families eating there. They like the food and the price is right for treating the family or lunch. We also have food trucks that serve the "real thing," and while they are good, there is room for both.
Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 2 years ago (edited)
That's insane. That's like opening an Olive Garden in Italy. I would be so offended if I was Mexican.
Lorraine 2 years ago
We are, specially when they call tortillas "soft shells". The horror...
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Ranch dressing. Why don't you people want to taste the actual salad you're eating?
sweetrottenpeaches 2 years ago
Me too. It is a simple salad dressing with mayo, and buttermilk. I can't understand why people hating it.
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BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Ranch is amazing but you need to use any salad dressing to ACCENT the food, not overpower it. I seem to be in the minority in that opinion
Laura Kaye 2 years ago
I agree. Growing up I always saw people putting globs of salad dressing on their salads and thought salads were too soggy because I like vegetables. When I discovered you can simply dip your salad rather than soaking it I became MUCH happier. It also means I can take bites without dressing if I want. Yay!
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Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
If you use a reasonable amount it’s not bad. Restaurants typically put too much of any dressing on salads, that’s why i always ask for it on the side.
EarthGrowl 2 years ago
A reasonable amount? You mean about a cup, a cup and a half?
Load More Replies... R Dennis 2 years ago
I generally don't have dressing on my salad (wife says I'm odd), but ranch is no different from any other dressing - fine in small amounts. It's also good with chicken wings.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Mix in some sour cream to your ranch and it's amazing on spicy wings! Poor man's buffalo sauce I guess
Load More Replies... Ozymandias73 2 years ago
I'm strange as I don't like ANY dressings on my salads. I just use lemon juice to squirt on top. Brings out the natural flavors of the salad and is more healthy as well.
Nicole Weymann 2 years ago
Not if you stick to iceberg lettuce, it doesn't. But cucumbers, Tomatoes, (red) onions, corn, parsley, carrots (grated), corn salad, leeks, celery/celeriac (grated), bell peppers, olives, ... all do.
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#19
Mayonnaise on everything but French fries — use butter you savages.
Auntriarch 2 years ago (edited)
You wouldn't put it on a hot dog or burger. But with jam or ham it's nice . Or Marmite!
Load More Replies... tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
Nope. This American loves Mayo! I put it most things. I'm not going to stop.
Spudrump Jaymartinstein 2 years ago
I'm American, I LOVE mayo on my fries, but to be fair, I never would have tried it if not for that scene in pulp fiction.
HellbladesFFXI 2 years ago
Mayo is just flavorful butter, mwahahaha! Jokes aside, I have never had fries with mayo and I wanna try that now. But Mayo is staying as my sandwich condiment of choice lol
#20
Not exactly *a* food, but breakfasts in general.
When I was there they looked at me like I was a starving child from the woods with my coffee and toast. MY BODY CAN'T DIGEST CHILI CON CARNE IN THE MORNING, I'M SORRY I'M NOT THAT MAGICAL.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
Well yeah that’s gross. I’m American and would never have chili for breakfast.
Aaron Parker 2 years ago
Proud New Mexican here (yes, NM the state not the country) and I could literally put quality green chili on anything as a topping. My favorite! It's a cultural thing don't hate on it
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Yeah, but if you'd had a chili omelet w cheese I suspect you would change your mind
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
This was something my grandmother used to do and it annoyed me. I have always been taught a meal consists of three things, a starch, a vegetable, and protein. Even our health experts and diet professionals say as much. As such I think it's weird to not have all three in a meal
Tabitha 2 years ago
Breakfast entirely depends on the family. I know loads of people that do not eat huge meals for breakfast, especially during the week. On weekends, my family doesn't eat breakfast until about 8 or 9 o'clock so we tend to have more for breakfast than just toast. Typically, eggs, toast or biscuit, and sausage or bacon.
#21
For me, it's not so much a particular 'American' food that I find bizarre, but rather the portion sizes. I'm Australian, and I was raised to eat everything on my plate. I brought that mentality to the US, and I put on 5 kg in over a month. The portion sizes are obscene. I could hardly finish a meal there without feeling ill from eating to much.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Many foreign visitors aren't aware of the doggy bag. It is completely common place to not finish your meal and ask the restaurant to box the leftovers for you to take home. When I visit family in the states one restaurant meal is really 2-3 meals.
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Yeah its totally okay to have geck, even half a burger bagged up. Nobody's gonna shame you, even we commonly do it. Leftovers are amazing
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2x4b523p 2 years ago
First restauant meal in USA we ordered calamari for starter, in Europe you get maybe 5-8 rings. We got heap full, bigger than usual dinner plate, each. It must have been at least a kilo of calamari on each plate. We were on the road, no way to heat it up and can’t think of fried calamari tasting nice reheated anyway, 4/5 got left behind. Main course was burger, about a kilo of chips and two massive pieces of cake. I think I took a bite from the burger and we left the rest behind. Probably biggest food waste in my life. We were much more conscious about what we order after that.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Appetizers either come big enough to serve 4 people or barely enough for 1 for some reason. Price wise, very similar so it is a guessing game
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Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
When we went to US with my family, we used to order two plates for four, it was enough
Spudrump Jaymartinstein 2 years ago
That "finish everything on your plate" mentality along with portion sizes, is the reason we're so fat here. Thanks mom!
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
"There are children starving in Africa!" Okay, can we send this to them?
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Ren Karlej 2 years ago
That is definitely my experience. Eat at a fine dining establishment and the portions are smaller.
Load More Replies... Moo 2 years ago
This is one reason I want to live outside of the US for a couple years. I just wanna see if geography has anything to do with my weight personally lol
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
You don't have to live outside the US. Just don't eat a lot of prepared food, keep the sugars and simple starches to a minimum and move a little! And in these large-portion restaurants, only eat half of the entree and take the rest home.
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Thomas Hunt, Jr. 2 years ago
Was brought up the same way. That's why you can either limit the order or go on the take out route. Not too fond of dogg bags. Food tends to lose flavor fast and I hate reheating.....except for Chinese or Thai.
Lisa Reuss 2 years ago
We Americans have no idea what a portion size is. Meals in restaurants are so large, that if we go on a diet & start measuring our food, we think we’re going to starve to death.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
Watch the indie movie "Supersize Me" That horrible habit started here in the US in the 70's. WAY too much food!
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I had a friend who would get physically sick at any mention of Hamburger Helper.
As an American, I think he's nuts.
Heather Resatz 2 years ago
This stuff looks exactly the same going in as coming out! Pure grossness
Sari Kadison-Shapiro 2 years ago
“hamburger helper”? That’s NOT an acceptable American food to most people! Never had it, never will! My hamburger needs no help!
P.L. Packer 2 years ago
It's so full of preservatives, flavor enhancers, additives that your digestive system will pay for a week......I make it from scratch without all the garbage in it.
Laura Kaye 2 years ago
I HATE Hamburger Helper. Gives me indigestion. I do like getting ideas from their packaging, though. Homemade Hamburger Mac and cheese is delicious lol
whiterabbit 2 years ago
Yea I agree with the friend, something about the taste of hamburger helper is very off. I tried it and ended up throwing the whole thing out, and I'm not a picky eater in the slightest.
Thomas Hunt, Jr. 2 years ago
Never did like the stuff and I'm a child of the 80s. Went without dinner many, many times because I refused to eat it.
#23
A friend of mine brought back loads of American sweets from holiday. The Hershey's chocolate kisses were one of the worst things I've ever eaten. I thought I was going to be sick.
morticia_b85 2 years ago
Yeah, American chocolate has an acid added to it that is also found in vomit. Not even joking.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
american here....in the event of a nuclear apocalypse, i would eat rats before i would eat hershey kisses
Di F 2 years ago
Any Hershey product is yuk, maybe I am just used to UK chocolate, but Hersheys is just so bland compared
Darth_Borah 2 years ago
People from other countries hate our chocolate so much. I have to try it from their countries, it must be amazing.
#24
Chicago style deep-dish pizza. Great for the first two bites, but any more than that and I start to feel like my arteries are about to detonate.
Ruken1423 2 years ago
as someone who grew up in chicagoland, deep dish pizza is not our go to pizza. it is more like special occasion pizza. its normalls a normal crust with awesome cheese and other toppings. i now live in the detroit area and the pizza out here is a sad, sad example compared to regular chicago pizza
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Also from Chicagoland and can confirm. I actually never had deep dish pizza in the states. The idea of needing a spoon to eat pizza is just wrong...
Load More Replies... Duke Kilroy 2 years ago
Biased. I live in Chicago. What people don't realize is that we eat and love so many different styles of pizza. Whether it's Chicago style deep dish or Chicago pan.. or by the slice that usually represents a NYC style. We also have the classic tavern style that is nothing like a deep dish or a pan. Even Detroit style has become popular. Give me any kind of pizza. I will eat it.
Heather Brown 2 years ago
Agreed. I've had a healthier version of Chicago-style pizza from a particular restaurant that I love--Nello's (AZ, USA), although I'm not sure they offer "deep-dish." There are many great choices at Nello's and I like a pizza with a variety of toppings and well-balanced.
Spinstapink 2 years ago
I have friends in Chicago who swear that is for tourists, and that isn't the real "Chicago pizza".
Someone Important 2 years ago
I've seen some pretty disgusting pizza even in Italy..... especially in other European countries.
#25
Pop tarts, or God forbid microwaving your water when you have a cup of tea
Jill Rhodry 2 years ago
You'd think so right - but no, it does taste different and ruins a cuppa tea.
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Colin 2 years ago
For the people downvoted, the taste of tea made from microwaved water is severely noticeable from boiled water. As for Pop Tarts, I've tried them. Fan of the chocolate fudge ones, not so much the others.
Robin Roper 2 years ago
Pop tarts are cardboard filled with dry and bad tasting jelly, with some rock hard horrible tasting "icing" on top - I'm an American.
Kerri 2 years ago
That's exactly what they are. That's why I love them ; )
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frogfrog 2 years ago
I AM AMERICAN AND WHO THE HELL PUTS WATER IN THE MICROWAVE AND AND HEATS IT UP THAT WAY?? you use an electric kettle obviously
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Never owned an electric kettle until I moved out of the US. I bought one for my classroom, still don't have one at home. I use my water purifier to make tea, it dispenses near boiling water
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tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
Oh, I love pop tarts! Have you ever had butter on a Pop tart? It's so freaking good....
#26
Anything sandwiched between donuts or assembled and then fried to finish.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Luckily, Fair/Boardwalk Food isn’t a staple of anyone’s diet. It’s just a treat you have when you go to the State Fair or the beach.
Moo 2 years ago
Right? I think it's funny some foreigners think we regularly have access to this gut-bombing fried food lol. What we do have on a regular basis is still terrible for you! But it's not fried butter and donut mountains and all that
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POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
ok, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little......
Load More Replies... Ourania Walker 2 years ago
Yuck, don't want a donut sandwich. I know some people here really enjoy donut cheeseburgers, I've never tried it, it looks revolting.
Shannon McGill 2 years ago
That's a new one for me. I can tell you that is not exactly an American food, it sounds like an experiment.
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
So first half I have never in my life heard of. What is this donut sandwich thing? Googled it and still clueless fried foods are more common in south then anywhere else
#27
My German brother-in-law lost his mind at the concept of American 'all you can eat' buffets. He was like, 'All of this...all one price? ALL of it?' He was amazed by it.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I don't know a country that doesn't have all you can eat buffets. Including Germany
Laura Kaye 2 years ago
I have a local Indian restaurant that does Sunday lunch buffet and it is DELICIOUS. Same with a local Chinese restaurant which serves many of the same food items in the buffet as their regular menu, but the menu has more -meal- foods not the appetizers
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Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Like rolling dice though...possible to get violently ill from them.
tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
I love a good buffet. But since covid, I don't think anyone does them anymore. 😢
Lisa Jackson 2 years ago
I don't like eating at serve yourself buffets because not everyone practices good hygiene.
Ourania Walker 2 years ago
I like salad bars, but for buffets in general, I can't eat a lot in one sitting, so buffet isn't practical for my. I go twice a year, one for my birthday and once for my friends birthday because the local buffet gives the birthday person a free buffet meal.
Lena Flising 2 years ago
The buffets in Berlin are usually "pick what you want and pay for the weight of the food".
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Buffet's use special tactics though, the type of food they use, the positioning of them its all intentional to help control your grabbing
#28
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.
Emily Ward 2 years ago
Try the green bean casserole. You will change your mind. The others can be iffy
Someone Important 2 years ago
Sorry any country that eats jellied eel and blood pudding can't criticize other people's cuisine.
Mir Adwari 2 years ago
Using tinned soup is hardly cuisine. At least jellied eels and black pudding are made from natural ingredients and are actually quite good for you. I wouldn't eat them, in fact eels are not a particularly common food and both are regional dishes, not national.
Load More Replies... Spudrump Jaymartinstein 2 years ago
Seriously! As an American, I ask, what's with all the GD casseroles! I hate that stuff. I mean, tuna, sure... I mix it in a bowl of Mac n cheese and add spices, that... is... it! But enough of the casseroles already!!! Gawd
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
I learned what tuna casserole was from Norway. The rest of this stuff is weird and disgusting to think about
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
My mom tortured us with that! She got it right about 1/10 times. Every other time was just a soggy mess and we didn't get new food until the left overs were gone. I didn't eat for 2 days once because of those leftovers were the only thing in the house!
Load More Replies... R Dennis 2 years ago
We were poor when I was growing up. Friday was tuna casserole day and I hated it. Now, I can eat pretty much anything I want... even have a freezer filled with high end beef and seafood. I still make tuna casserole once or twice a year...
Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
My mom used to make tuna casserole for us when I was a kid. It was bland and bad. We ate it, but we weren't happy about it. She doesn't believe in seasoning things except for salt and pepper at the table. No amount of salt helped. Then I finally started making my own. Wow tuna hotdish can be good. I don't use canned soup or anything like that. It's just good, easy, cheap, and fast.
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Aidan Pite 2 years ago
My aunt makes a great broccoli casserole with cream of mushroom. A whole pan of broccoli, one can of soup, grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top, bake until melted and toasty. Great side for holiday turkey dinners.
HellbladesFFXI 2 years ago
It depends on the rest of your ingredients. Account for the salt and don't add as much everywhere else, for example. As a note though, I also don't care for most of the casseroles, I use it in certain sauces for flavoring lol
#29
American desserts. I lived in the states for three years, and the amount of sugar Americans dump into their desserts is mind-blowing. They were beautiful to look at, but they were sweet as hell.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
I have an American friend who complains that Australian's don't add sugar to whipped cream.
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
The Brits don't either! When I lived in the UK, I used to get apple pie with cream, and they would just pour a thick cream directly onto the pie (thicker than our whipping cream). I thought it odd at first, but then got to love it, and was very sad when I got back here and you just can't get that thick cream and you can't get whipped cream without it being sugared to death. I whipped up my own cream and others complained because it wasn't sweet. sigh - you can't win..
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Sharon Mulloy 2 years ago
And you have to specify that you don't want Sweet Tea when in the South. If you order Ice Tea they will just assume Sweet Tea. I am from the West Coast and Ice Tea is something different here.
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simfan all day every day 2 years ago
I agree as an American, the amount of sugar and butter is crazy in the u.s also salt
Lori 2 years ago
I agree. I love tart fruit, but it's so hard to find a pie or dessert that hasn't been ruined with way too much sugar!
Sharon Mulloy 2 years ago
Especially ruins a good tart cherry pie. Trying to replicate the cherry pie I baked as a kid (we had a high producing tree) is nearly impossible with canned cherries.
Load More Replies... Rachel Ainsworth 2 years ago
Lots of countries have very sweet desserts, the difference is that the serving size goes down as the sweetness goes up.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
Yes, look at the Greek baklava, kourabiedhes (powdered sugar shortbread cookies) mellomakarouna (Christmas cookies) Very sweet. But they limit their portion control too.
Load More Replies... Vincent Marot 2 years ago
Agreed. I always had a sweet tooth, but it's way too much even for me.
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
That's why I almost always get cheesecake for dessert. It's more rich than sweet, although not having had one in the US, I could be wrong. (I often am)
George Claxton 2 years ago
Most American food companies use far too much sugar in all their foods.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
Yes they do. That and the soda/pop industry is ruining the country's health
Load More Replies... 2x4b523p 2 years ago
Not just USA. I found that chinese desserts are strong competition, probably worse because there is no trace of flavour. Talking about “modern” chinese desserts. Their macarons don’t even have almonds in them. Look nice but it’s just sugar with different colourings added. The more “upscale” the place trying to be the worse the desserts. Even traditional ones like mooncake, almond soup, egg tarts etc have waaaay too much sugar in them.
Def_not_a_snake (they/them) 2 years ago
No, that's not what they're saying. They're saying that America puts too much sugar. Not that it shouldn't be used at all. Personally I agree with OP
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Pumpkin Spice Latte. It was just like REALLY sweet coffee, I didn't get the craze.
Shannon McGill 2 years ago
I'm not a coffee drinker but if this article has taught me anything, it is not to call something c**p just because you personally do not like it.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
The clue is in the name. It’s not pumpkin-flavored, it’s pumpkin spice flavored. It’s supposed to taste like the mix of spices used when making pumpkin pie. Just the spices, not the pumpkin.
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
It's really popular here (UK), don't care for it myself, but vox populi
Lisa Reuss 2 years ago
You know, we don’t think these things up. Companies, like coffee and food companies, trying to make even more money put together these taste nightmares & sell them to the people. This cannot be a strictly American thing.
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Any kind of syrup poured into coffee. I heard someone say this is because deep down inside, many Americans don't like the taste of coffee, so they gloss it over.
Shaun Coleman 2 years ago
A Latte is for adults who want warm milk but don't want to sound like a baby.
Lucy Shupe 2 years ago
Me either. People act like PUMPKIN SPICE is entirely new food group. I have never understood the fanatic behavior about a spice which is a mixture of different spices.
#31
Granola as a "healthy" breakfast option. It's basically a dessert.
Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
Nothing is truly "healthy" for you. If someone wants a little honey on their grain and dried fruit, let them.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
I looked at the labels of a bunch of different granolas! The sugar and fat content was off the chart!!!
Shannon McGill 2 years ago
Many, if not most, American breakfast cereals are basically desserts. Who doesn't love dessert?
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
True - I walk down the cereal aisle in any grocery store and am disgusted by what the food industry has been able to get away with. I wouldn't let anybody eat that c**p. 98% of that is just garbage. No different than having a doughnut for breakfast. NO nutritional value, ALL sugar!!
Load More Replies... P.L. Packer 2 years ago
I make my own, mostly nuts and dried fruit. No added sugar/sweeteners. Serve it over oatmeal and Greek yogurt, it's a filling meal.
Ren Karlej 2 years ago
Is that muesli or granola though? Granola is baked and frequently has honey or syrup added. Muesli is sweetened by dried fruits and has raw ingredients.
Load More Replies... Lucy Shupe 2 years ago
I eat granola as a snack, mixed with yogurt and it’s also really good sprinkled on I e cream.
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
How is granola a desert? I mean, if you use it in a fruit crumble then yeah, but in a cereal, a granola bar, not so much.
Liam Walsh 2 years ago
Forgive me but I thought Maximilian Bircher-Benner developed muesli around 1900... is that not the case? I thought Americans created granola. They're not meant to be the same thing, though I wonder if the definition is blurred. Granola is baked and usually contains added sweeteners — such as honey or syrup — along with dried fruits, while muesli is meant to be raw and sweetened with dried fruits only.
Load More Replies... Timbob 2 years ago
I have heard, though I can hardly believe it, that there are people in this world that actually eat, BAKED BEANS for BREAKFAST !!! Who would make up such bullśhit ?
Liam Walsh 2 years ago
Baked beans aren't in themselves particularly unhealthy though, whereas granola does contain a lot of sugar - natural or processed, sugar is still not a great ingredient for us.
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Those coated hot dogs on sticks. I've seen them in movies, they look really weird.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Corn dog. A hot dog covered in batter made with cornmeal, but thick so it's almost like corn bread. The UK batters sausages in greasy chip shop batter, the US batters hot dogs in a savoury/sweet corn batter and puts it on a stick.
Lucas 2 years ago
If the chip shop batter is done well, it's not greasy. Should be crispy. Not commenting on the corn dog, never had one.
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Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
And I love them. The only time my daughters and I have them is at a fair in honor of my dad who would eat about 6 of them throughout the day at the fair, but only once/year. He was a thin man, too! And we don’t eat 6 of them btw.
Sandra Givens 2 years ago
Mmm, corn dogs area summer fair and amusement park classic. Add some mustard and enjoy a meal on a stick, no table required.
POLITIMICOST 2 years ago
Yeah, but we don't have the Michigan State Fair anymore - waaaahhh!!!
Load More Replies... RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Sadly some of my favorite brands have gone down in quality
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You kind of have to try it to understand. The appearance doesn't give much of a hint to what it tastes like
#33
Multiple Europeans I've met have been baffled by the popularity of root beer in America. As they say, it tastes like medicine.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
They've clearly never tried the British Dandelion and Burdock soda. Tastes like some poisonous potion concocted in the 1800's by a group of hedge witches. Vile.
Everybody Say Love! 2 years ago
D & B is my favourite pop, everyone I know thinks i'm strange :D
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Chantal Guyatt 2 years ago (edited)
I'm a Canadian who doesn't drink pop (aka "soda" in the US); even I like the taste of root beer.
George Claxton 2 years ago
Beyond its aromatic qualities, the medicinal benefits of sassafras were well known to both Native Americans and Europeans, and druggists began marketing root beer for its medicinal qualities as early as the 1700s.
Tim Martin 2 years ago
Dentists in Europe give children a fluoride rinse that tastes similar to root beer. That is why they think it tastes like medicine.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
My kids get some banana flavoured gunk over their teeth at the dentist that they can't clean off until the following morning, they love that
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I have a British friend who nearly vomited at the smell of Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn.... you know, the kind that comes in the black bag? He said it smells like baby s**t.
Moomin from Denmark 2 years ago
Cheddar or parmesan on popcorn - smells like baby-sh1t and dirty feet - but tastes absolutely won-der-ful!!!
OWEN CASH 2 years ago
Since a significant part of taste is smell, I think I'll pass on the baby sh*t and dirty feet.
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Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
As a French, I really love all cheeses, but the paradox I found is that no one will accept having the crust smell on their finger while having no issue putting it in their mouthes🙂 Just try Maroilles or Soumaintrain, Langres, you'll understand what the point I'm raising
Pamela Blue 2 years ago
Ah. I'm Canadian, and Smartfood is my one downfall. I only eat it now about once every few months, but I could inhale that bag in 5 seconds flat. LOL!
Cheryl Skina 2 years ago
I like white cheddar popcorn, but they're right, it does smell awful. I just breathe through my mouth when snacking on it.
#35
My japanese roommate screamed when she saw me eating carrots & celery dipped in peanut butter
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
The ancient Incas and Aztecs ground peanuts into a paste. Peanut butter as we now know it was created as a source of protein for people who couldn’t chew meat. That was around 1895. The rest is just peanut butter becoming more popular, and used in more innovative ways. TBH, giving your kids peanut butter and jelly (jam, not Jell-O) sandwiches can be a way to give them some protein (yes, sugar too, depending on the quality of the other ingredients). I’m 62 now, and grew up eating PB&J sandwiches. I turned out alright, normal weight, normal physical, mental, emotional, and intellectual development, so I can say with authority that it’s not detrimental to health and development in children.
Nea 2 years ago
I dont even care about PB&J. Just hearing someone say that they are ‘normal‘ in all these ways is mind blowing in a heartening way :)
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RavenTheCat 2 years ago
And th still living fish because apparently thats okay to eat but not celery and peanut butter
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Auntriarch 2 years ago
Peanut butter dressing on grated carrot, with chili garlic sesame oil....
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
Carrots in peanut butter? But if not pb or ranch how or why would you eat celery one of the most tasteless things ever
Thomas Hunt, Jr. 2 years ago
Should see how I like my carrots. Mayo,.super hot hot sauce - mixed together. Or Greek yogurt and hot sauce. Yummmm
#36
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.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
As an American, I agree. I always try to source non-corn syrup soda when i have it. It tastes so much better.
#37
Marshmallows somehow being a spreadable substance.
Carl Roberts 2 years ago (edited)
Just wait until find out about Fluffer Nutters. Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich.
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
Mostly it's used in recipes. I don't know anyone who spreads it on anything.
Lynne Hammar 2 years ago
That spreadable stuff is called Fluff, and the only thing it's good for is a fudge ingredient. It's like sickeningly sweet spackle.
Inella 2 years ago
*sits quietly in the corner, digging a spoon into the marshmallow fluff jar*
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#38
Met some Swiss guys at a house party after a mutual friends wedding. They couldn't believe that we were all actually drinking out of red Solo cups, it blew their minds. They kept on taking pictures and saying "It's just like the movies!
troufaki13 2 years ago
What's wrong with that? We also use single use cups in Greece, only they're white. It saves a lot of washing up after parties!
Donkeywheel 2 years ago
And it goes so well with the blue of the sea! Not to mention the beauty of plastic filled beaches!
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El Dee 2 years ago
I have heard of 'Red Solo Cups' on BP and Reddit but nowhere else. Are these just red disposable cups? What's the big deal??
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
Yes, they are just red disposable cups that we've used as long as i can remember.They're usually for get-togethers and parties. They're sturdy, good-sized, and great for beer pong. At some point American TV and movies started using them and made them world famous. But they're still just good cups.
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#39
As an Australian, I would like to know what in the flying firetruck a "Bloomin' Onion" has to do with anything, let alone the rest of Outback Steakhouse's menu.
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
Outback is just a ridiculous Disney-like imaginary version of "exotic" Australia. Even the owners had nothing to do with that country, if I remember correctly.
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
Well other restaurants do them. Restaurants do different things to create a food trend. So I doubt any restaurants hardly still makes these. Even fast food. First Hardee's had a jalapeño burger, then steak n' shake, then Burger King, now Dairy Queen. Right know it seems a Philly cheese steak is the it thing for fast Dodd.
Spittnimage 2 years ago
Same thing those little sugar beads embedded in butter on a slice of bread have to do with fairies.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
hate to break it to you but outback steakhouse has nothing to do with australia it was made by americans that wanted a steak house with an australian flare. That's what they gave us.
#40
Waffles with chicken. It just seems so wrong.
karl briggs 2 years ago
I went to the Red Dog Saloon in Liverpool recently and tried "chicken tenders, fried toast and syrup"... It was amaaaaaazzzzzzzziiiinnnggggggg!
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Everyone Know This: the kind of chicken and waffles everyone talks about originated in the South and spread *almost* everywhere: waffle, fried chicken on top, served with maple or table syrup. REAL CHICKEN AND WAFFLES can be found ONLY in Amish areas, usually central Pennsylvania, and is this: waffle, stewed chicken (baked or poached, cut up, and put in a pot of slightly thickened chicken gravy) on top, and NOTHING ELSE. It is WAY better and is hard to find but was a staple in my world. I will die on this hill. TRY IT PLEASE
mysterious 2 years ago
I had really fancy chicken and waffles once. It was a savoury waffle, and it looked beautiful and tasted delicious.
freakingbee (they/them) 2 years ago
i didn't try it until a few years ago but i absolutely love it now
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Try the, imo, real kind..... see my post above for description
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Not the only type, though common... pls see my post above
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That super-sweet iced Tea. Maybe that's just a southern thing though.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Sweet tea is southern, but usually they ask if you want normal iced tea or sweet iced tea.
RapidUnscheduledDisassembly 2 years ago
No, we don't. In restaurants they ask "sweet or unsweet". In the South, sweet tea is the default.
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Pandamanda 2 years ago
Most restaurants will let you order iced tea half and half: half the cup filled with sweet tea and half the cup filled with unsweetened tea.
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
For the love of all that is holy, NEVER ASK MY DAD TO MAKE SWEET TEA. He puts four cups of sugar in a gallon. I'm not even kidding. He makes tea syrup.
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
Yeah, I agree. I LOVE sweets and sugar as a rule but southern "sweet tea" is over the top. It's sort of tea flavored simple syrup.
GlitteryGiraffe 2 years ago (edited)
I remember back around 2009 ish Wetherspoons had this deliciously epic alcoholic sweet tea. I think it was called Jeremiah weed sweet tea served in a jar. I loved it. It tasted like sherbet I thought but sadly it wasn't on the menu after maybe a year?
Charles Kormos 2 years ago
It was tea before it was sweet so there is no such thing as unsweetened tea, yet there it is right next to the sweet tea.
#42
The cereal selection. It's my favorite dessert in America.
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i tried fruit loops once at a breakfast buffet (i just scooped a few on my plate) I was horrified that people let their children start their day with food like that.
#43
An overwhelming percentage of espresso-based beverages I have been served in the US have tasted like bitter, burnt a*****e. Commonly at Starbucks but also at smaller coffee houses. I love that Americans are big on drip coffee, I feel like it's underrated and not widely available here.. but you guys need to work on the espresso thing. Also, last time this thread came up, I listed pumpkin pie and had literally hundreds of angry Americans in my inbox with everything from death threats to their grandmother's secret pie recipe. As an Australian, where we use pumpkin as a vegetable, I've since tried it but it's just weird to me.
karl briggs 2 years ago
So, were all going to just ignore the OP saying they know what "bitter, burnt a*****e" tastes like?
MotorcycleDoggo 2 years ago
Yes we are. This is a thread about food, not about what and where they might sick their tongue in their spare time. That's a whole other thread that would probably be censored out of existence on BP.
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Pheebs 2 years ago (edited)
Starbucks = Starburnts, and is not necessarily considered great coffee by everyone. It’s just well advertised, and easy to get. i feel like a good portion of people who swear by their coffee tend to get flavored drinks where the actual coffee flavor is masked. I also agree on pumpkin pie, but that’s mostly because I don’t like how sweet it is. Not a squash fan, in general, though spaghetti squash is good and versatile. Edit: lol. Down voted for not liking pumpkin pie and Starbucks.
karl briggs 2 years ago
As they still taste of a$$h0le$, just not with that bitter burnt aftertaste?
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#44
My European family and friends are horrified by Southern grits. I can't even get anyone to try it.
Natalie Cilla 2 years ago
Maybe stupid but honest question: What is the difference between grits and polenta? Isn’t it cooked ground corn? I’ve never eaten grits but I like polenta - why is grits disgusting?
Fora Nakit 2 years ago
By your last name, I'll assume you're Italian. In Italian, it's called semolino. Similar to polenta, but made out of wheat. In Croatia, we cook it in milk as a dessert ( or kid's meal) with sugar, in the soup when somebody is sick as a diet food, use it to make dumplings ( originally Grießknödel from German cuisine), or in some deserts as an ingredient, but NEVER EVER we boil them in water. Grits are a little bit of texture and no flavor whatsoever.
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Rachel Mion 2 years ago
First of all, "grits" is plural. We don't eat a grit. Secondly, it's all in the preparation. I've known many people who wanted to try them plain first. Never do that. Butter, salt, pepper, possibly cheese and bacon or sausage cut up and mixed in. Now try them.
Wilder Bourdaghs 2 years ago
WHAT ARE GRITS! I ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THEM BUT HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE
mysterious 2 years ago
Like oatmeal made from cornmeal, they're pretty bland on their own, but if you add some seasoning, they're not bad.
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#45
Even the basic foods like bread, fruits, spreadable butter and cream taste so.. blargh. So artificial and unfresh.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
I’ve heard this time and again from non-Americans, and have tasted the difference myself. The complaint is that the fruits and veggies and meat are all huge in size, but are tasteless. I discovered the difference abroad when I ate pork chops, and asked my husband if they were off, I was so suprised by the unusual flavor. No, they weren’t off, he replied, that is literally how pork tastes. In America, your pork has no flavor.
Nea 2 years ago
Setiously veggies and fruits in the USA dont taste like much or anything. And so unflavorful as compared to those I eat in India.
Load More Replies... Pheebs 2 years ago
So, fruit , meat - it depends on where you get it from, and season. Fruits and veggies especially. Strawberries, for example. In season, they’re delicious. Out of season, you get stuff grown in hothouses and places where the soil doesn’t produce stuff with as much flavor. I grew up in New York, and the fruits and veggies were always flavorful. The stuff I get in Florida is frequently bland, and regularly having to be shipped in from out of state because the soil here isn’t necessarily great for a lot.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
It's also great in the warmer months when farmers' markets and roadside stands have locally grown fruits and vegetables for sale. I live in upstate NY where we have farms, orchards and vineyards all within driving distance. Unfortunately, in winter we have to settle for shipped and hothouse-grown produce which is tasteless.
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#46
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.
Robin Roper 2 years ago
Amen - it looks like some sort of beef hash that has been run through a blender. Gravy eaten with biscuits is white - made with some of the grease left from cooking sausage, flour "browned" in that grease, milk and some of the sausage broken up in it. We didn't eat this when I was growing up, maybe it wasn't an eastern NC, USA, thing, but my husband grew up in the Smokey Mountains eating it. BTW - it's good!
Load More Replies... Sue From Michigan 2 years ago
Er, I don’t know who told you that is biscuits and gravy, but it’s not.
#47
rocky mountain oysters
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Round the Bend Steakhouse in Nebraska has a t___ festival every year during fathers day weekend. They used to have bull, pig, and lamb ballz but now just bull. Lamb were the best. The souvenir T-shirts are not safe for work, lol
Chris Jones 2 years ago
Sweetbreads are two separate glands - the thymus gland (from the throat) and the pancreas gland (from the heart or stomach) that are taken from calves or lambs. Don't fancy any of them personally...
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Jessica Amie 2 years ago
Taste like chicken MC nuggets when fried... Makes you wonder what is really in those nuggets.
DesertMama 2 years ago
It's sheep's testicles where I live made popular by the Basque immigrants... but the deep fry is all American lol
Barbara Schubert 2 years ago
I pray I'll never find myself hungry enough to even try 1 of these
Inella 2 years ago
They were big in Colorado, too. There are certain body parts that I absolutely refuse to eat.
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Twinkies.
J. Grawn 2 years ago
They aren't as good as they were many years ago when the used better ingredients
Steve 2 years ago
Agreed. Once Hostess went out of business everything that came backed sucked. Miss the Hostess O's.
Load More Replies... Emily Ward 2 years ago
Why are other countries so obsessed about twinkies? Ive had maybe 1 twinkie in 15 years.
#49
Not only the unusual combination of peanut butter and jelly, but also the sheer amount of peanut butter that Americans eat.
DesertMama 2 years ago
Maybe because 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck (lack of affordable housing, minimal government benefits, & low wages) and high-protein food like peanut butter is affordable and filling. Also, in the western US you can live in towns that are hours from a grocery, so food like grits and peanut butter are staples, need no refrigeration, and last.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Please be aware that when Americans say jelly, we do not mean Jell-O. We mean jam. Peanut butter and Jell-O would be disgusting—-and make the bread really soggy.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
Unnecessary explanation. Only an idiot wouldn't know this.
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At an old job, a German exchange intern asked me "why I drank beer during lunch", told me root beer tasted like cough medicine after I bought him his first one, and then I didn't talk to him ever again because I realized we would never truly understand one another.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Root beer isn’t beer, it’s a soda made from the root of the sassafras tree. Sarsaparilla is too, and tastes similar, but not the same. I remember when we were kids, my friends and I would cut off the more tender twigs of sassafras trees (which I remember as being more like large bushes than trees), strip the bark off, and chew on the pith of the twig. Because it’s the source of the soft drinks, of course it tasted like something between root beer and sarsaparilla.
Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago
Sassafras was labeled a carcinogen and banned in commercially prepared foods in the US back in the 1970s. Most root beer these days is flavored with wintergreen.
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Any kind of cheese in a can
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
Agreed. Gross -- and for the price per ounce of cheese, you could have much, much better quality cheese.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
Something Americans do not eat as much as people elsewhere seem to think. I remember it as a novelty food from the sixties and seventies, but remember, back then our mothers were making some pretty disgusting stuff in aspic jelly, from recipes promoted in Good Housekeeping magazine. I heard nothing about it, and even thought it was long off the market, until I started looking at Bored Panda a couple years ago.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Nothing wrong with Aspic, it's just meat essence. Like soup stock but purer and one ingredient. Very Very good for you (unless you don't eat meat). And synthetic cheese (not really, but I call it that, it's actually sometimes really a real cheddar base), on occasion, is yummy
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Mint-flavored candies, like York Peppermint Patties. I live in Japan now, and most people I've met here hate mint-flavored things. I gave one to a friend, and he said it was the grossest thing he's ever had...tasted like eating toothpaste.
morticia_b85 2 years ago
Spearmint is gack but peppermint is a beaut. Spearmint tastes like toothpaste, can't stand that but you can't be a good oul Cadburys mint crisp chocolate bar. All sorts of nom!!!
kansasmagic 2 years ago
The mintiest gum I have ever tried was Japanese. Used to get it at the Japanese markets in L.A. I think it was flavored with menthol.
#53
I can't get over all those weird fusion foods that are so popular in America, like burgers topped with deep-fried mac and cheese for buns, sushi burritos, taco pizza, etc.
PeridotPlatypus377 2 years ago
Why my friend you’re missing out. At least part of the time. (I wouldn’t eat a sushi burrito but taco pizzas are pretty good)
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
Spagetti on Pizza….but hey, a German brand did a Pizza-Hamburger thing…. Yeah, that was bad.
Fennecfoxcat 2 years ago
My freinds family owns a mexican food truck. It does sushi tacos, and they are really really good
#54
The amount of sugar in American cereal. I could never tell if it was a layer of mold or solid sugar on those Froot Loops.
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
LOL, you should have seen breakfast cereal back in the 1960s and 70s. They even played up the sugar in the name: e.g., Sugar Frosted Flakes (and, man, there was a solid, thick coat of sugar on every single flake, Sugar Smacks, etc.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I would be very interested to try some US foods that have different ingredients in Europe and compare the two versions.
#55
Cupcakes. I love the idea of having a cute little muffin-like cake, but then you slap ridiculous amounts of sweet cream on top, that is sticky, way too sweet and is of wierd texture. And on top of that, there is often more cream then cake. That's not a good ratio and it starts sticking to your gums. Very difficult to eat and overall not a pleasent experiance.
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
I love the frosting. I cut my cupcake in half horizontally and the flip the bottom half on top of the frosting. It creates a sandwich with perfect cake to frosting ratio.
Lynne Hammar 2 years ago
Homemade cupcakes are not like this! For some reason, bakeries went insane in the 2010s and started heaping on those massive globs of frosting. It's revolting.
Robin Childers 2 years ago
If you don't like them pre-made, bake your own and quit complaining.
Beck 2 years ago
I don't think we can be friends, OP.🤣 I will tell you a story- in the 80s when I was a child I was allowed a behind the glass cupcake when we went grocery shopping. One day I found one piled high with icing!! Well I bit into the icing and there was a huge marshmallow inside. A space taker. I was so mad. Here it is, 35 years later, and i am not over it.
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
You don't eat frosted cake? I'm so confused by this one. It cake not a muffin.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
If I may: in Germany for example there are actually very few frostet cakes… if any. I can only think of one, but I’m not sure if it is really what you would call frosting. It is not that sweet as far as I know. (I’m thinking of Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) We prefer cakes with fresh fruits, mostly. Apfelkuchen, Zwetschgenkuchen, Bienenstich has a cream, ….
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Cream cheese! Has a nice fresh and a bit sour (?) taste to it.
Load More Replies... Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Some people like the cake more so than the icing. I've seen them scrape off the icing and eat the cakey part by itself. The icing is very sweet and for the most part is an edible decoration.
#56
Cornflakes — I'm not a farm animal, damn it. Quit feeding me corn and sugar mulch.
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Cornflakes were literally introduced into the American diet through propaganda as a “healthy” breakfast, when in fact the opposite was true. Very scary reading of Dr Kellogg’s private writings reveal that he thought his generation’s young men were - literally - too “lusty”, and by feeding them carbohydrates in the morning instead of the usual meat and egg breakfast, their libido and energy would be reduced.. Sad fact - the campaign worked and the American diet is one that has created generations of health problems and misinformation.
Regina Kurfürst 2 years ago
Additional fact: He initially produced them together with his brother, and at some point his brother added sugar to the recipe to make them, well, at least a little less bland. Dear old Dr. Kellogg completely effin lost it because now they were too tasty and not boring enough, so he cut all ties with his brother and never spoke to him again (while his brother continued to produce the cornflakes as we know them)
Load More Replies... Ozymandias73 2 years ago
No offense, but then, don't eat them. Sorry, but the post sounded like they were being force fed the cereal.
#57
I don't understand PB&J.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
I love it on ADT! The peanut butter gets all melty mmm mmmm
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago
The jelly part is jam, not Jell-O. Does that clarify things for you?
Charlie the Cat 2 years ago
I'm from the UK. I love a peanut butter & jam sandwich (jelly is a different thing over here).
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
you think thats weird, in Belgium they eat "bologna with brown sugar" sandwiches.....
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
*eyeroll* German here. I would not eat it every day, and I guess neither do they, but it tastes actually great!
#58
Tootsie rolls!
Phobrek 2 years ago
An also-ran of Halloween candy. Still a cut above candy corn tho!
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#59
Coke as breakfast drink
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
That's really only a southern thing (although I do confess to sometimes grabbing a diet Coke in the morning if I'm exhausted, since I don't like coffee but need caffeine.)
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
i used to do that :-D straight to the fridge first thing in the morning, poured myself a big glass and chug chug chug chug chug the first contribution to my 2 liter a day addiction -_-
#60
My Japanese teacher in high school always has her Japanese exchange students try root beer and they always hate it. Made one cry once because of how awful she thought it was
J. Grawn 2 years ago
Must be how people are brought up. As little kids everyone I knew loved root beer.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
I never cared for it but it never made me cry.
Load More Replies... L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
We grow accustomed to tastes. There are a lot of things that people in other countries find delicious that turn my stomach.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Went to the States. Tried root beer. Super disappointed at how bad it tasted. Might as well stick TCP in a soda-stream.
WaffleLord 2 years ago
Okay, how is everyone hating on rootbeer? If it wouldn't kill me, or try to, than I'd drink that every day.
#61
I'm convinced that the KFC Double-down is the biggest reason people hate America
Petra Schaap 2 years ago
one time in NYC we couldnt agree on where to eat, we got more and more hungry and eventually ended up at KFC. We forgot we were in the States and accidentally ordered SO MUCH FOOD but the chicken was so nice and crispy! Though we've seen them all over Europe, they now came to our small town and we went twice, but it was not nice at all. :-(
Erik Ivan 2 years ago
KFC opened a couple of years ago in my town (Sweden). I tried it once in Spain in 1995, but my wife liked it when she was a kid and her family traveled in the states. So naturally we went there. We found it greasy, bland and gross.
Mani 2 years ago
Was traumatized by the amount of grease between the chicken and the breadcrumbs
Load More Replies... Hoosiergirl 2 years ago
I have lived in the Midwest, the South, and Pacific Northwest and I had to google what a KFC double down is.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I think it is very tasty, but too expensive. I eat it when I visit Poland. Way cheaper there. (German here).
Thatkamloopsguy 2 years ago
KFC here in Kamloops is nothing but a tasteless ball of grease. I DO NOT recommend.
#62
Not me but we have very good family friends in/from Botswana. My mom tells me that the idea of eating lobster, to them, is disgusting and scary, because they look like scorpions.
Beck 2 years ago
Yeah I do not eat anything that's comes out of the river or oceans.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 2 years ago
I knew an Afghan who married a Philippina. She thought lamb was disgusting, he didn't understand how she could eat insects (prawn). I believe they compromised on fish
seana lammers 2 years ago
But what about mop and worms? Most Americans would run wildly away from eating them
L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
I get that -- but lobster is freaking delicious. I'd bet it they were introduced to it out of the shell, they'd love it.
TheElderNom 2 years ago
Family from Poland thought shrimp looked like bugs so they refused to eat them. This was a long time ago though, like 40-50 years I think.
#63
Deep dish pizza. This creation is not pizza. It is disrespectful to the Italian culture, especially Neapolitans. Deep-dish completely ruins what pizza is meant to be.
Mani 2 years ago
I don't like it but don't see how a dish can be considered as an insult to an entire nation, dude needs to chill
J. Grawn 2 years ago
Like many foods, Americans change things to appeal to them and make it there own.
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
Correction, immigrants to America who open up restaurants generally modified their native foods to appeal to more customers than their core group. A basic business strategy; expanding your clientele.
Load More Replies... Tim Martin 2 years ago
Hey - I got your disrespect right here. Why would we care about disrespecting an ice cream flavor.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Oh come on! Food evolves too! With this mindset you would need to ban Chicken Tikka Masala too!
#64
The way Americans take coffee to-go. My partner's Italian mother absolutely can't get over the idea of seeing people walk around holding coffees. Americans are the only ones who don't enjoy their coffee while seated at a café.
Fabian Bernard 2 years ago
I went to Florence for a job travel, and I felt that I was the only one taking more than two minutes to drink an expresso. There was a queue at the counter to order, everyone ordered, was being served, drank their coffee in one or two sips standing up and left
karl briggs 2 years ago
Fabian, your suppose to neck them! Thats what that LMFAO "shots" song is all about! Ha ha
Load More Replies... L.A. Trefry 2 years ago
When I went to Rome, people were getting their coffee at little corner shops . . . with a shot of alcohol in them. I'm pretty sure they didn't drink them down while still standing in the store.
Matthew Thompson 2 years ago
Takeaway is common in a lot of places. The problem with American coffee dhops is that so many of them are takeaway only. Drive thru coffee is the norm.
#65
Beef jerky is too chewy and gives me rotten indigestion.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
uuuuuhhhhh jerky is just how food used to be preserved everywhere before refrigeration it is not an american thing at all or even close or even kind of. Jerky has been around since the start of history. probably before.
#66
Mixing sweet and salty foods, like honey-baked ham, pineapple on pizza, frosty fries, corn bread, and then pouring super-sweet soda over all your meals as you eat them... Even after 17 years in the states I still can't do it, f***ers drink some kind of flavored soda with everything, but when I order club soda (soda without flavoring) with my meals they all look at me like I just took a p**s in my cup before drinking it....
troufaki13 2 years ago
The combination of sweet and salty foods is great, depending on which kind of food you're combining. Honey and fruits with meat is around for centuries - there are plenty of ancient recipes.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
So many cuisines mix fruit and meat, with perfect success
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karl briggs 2 years ago
Agreed! Try the Green & Blacks Organic chocolate, with Anglesey sea salt! :)
Load More Replies... Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
I’m American, and in my 67 years I have NEVER seen or heard of anyone pouring soda on anything!
MotherofGuineaPigs 2 years ago (edited)
You would ask for either seltzer, carbonated water or fizzy water. A Soda Stream gives you the option at home and you can make various flavors of fizzy water, or as I prefer - just charged water
#67
American jam (jelly) doughnuts are filled with strawberry, Aussie ones are filled with Raspberry. Every thing there is sort of the same, but slightly wrong, like uncanny valley.
Emily Ward 2 years ago
? All the ones i get are raspberry or custard. Never seen a strawberry one.
Mr Old School Cool 2 years ago
Can't do jelly, ugh, but enjoy the Bavarian creme filled donuts
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
But Australia doesn’t have the crème filled Krispy Kreme donuts - which boggles my mind. The selection of Krispy Kreme donuts in Oz is so amazingly limited. Having grown up with signature crème donuts, I am not a fan of the custard. In the Aussie ones. But then again, the food is much better overall in Australia.
Lady Miss Pie 2 years ago
No, American jelly donuts are filled with raspberry, not strawberry.
#68
Your Yellow f**ken cheese, that's not cheese!!! you f*****s put it on everything. Im sure i have seen it offered on top of ice cream. of and your coffee sucks as well.... but i love America, its real diverse and a great place for travelling.
mysterious 2 years ago
If you mean kraft singles, that's pretty much just for grilled cheese, but yellow cheese is just dyed.
Kathy Lonergan 2 years ago
There are over 334million people here! “Dear nonAmericans, please stop over generalizing!”
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
You are correct it is pastuerized cheese product. Which is what makes it better.
#69
California cheese ist awful. Visconsin cheese is very good, though.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
Well in California there are so many different cheeses and types of cheese how. Can you judge it like that? I have had very good cheeses from lots of places and very bad cheeses from those same. My actual favorite. She is comes from Vermont. I have another one that I like to come from Utah
Sans Serif 2 years ago
California is second only to Wisconsin in cheese production - the two states providing cheese for much of the rest of the country. California cheeses are easily as respectable as those from Wisconsin!
Jonathan Kilpatrick 2 years ago
Reading this entire article has solidified my firm belief that we can take on the entire world again if we had too.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Lol ........ but not until the infighting stops
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Christos Arvanitis 2 years ago
Here we go again. There are a lot of ridiculous foods in the US. There are a lot of amazing foods in the US. If you feed yourself here only by going to gas stations, fast food joints, country fairs, Walmart and Aunt Millie's for dinner, this is what you'll see FFS. The generalizations are just dumb.
Jo March's Red Fox 2 years ago
Ah yes. The BP "how to bash Americans today" post. Can we at least get something NEW?
Eastendbird 2 years ago
Agree. Not an American but I am a bit fed up of all the "Look, Americans are weird and awful" lists on BP.
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Genesis Angel 2 years ago (edited)
American here and I hate nearly all of the foods listed. Too much sugar. Too much grease. Too many artificial colors and so forth. The three things I am guilty about are the applesauce, mint flavored things, and rootbeer.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
I miss real root beer. Can't stand the stuff they make today
Load More Replies... Rocco MZ 2 years ago
I'm so tired of these anti American lists. Most fellow Americans I know don't indulge in most of this c**p. It's just a bunch of snobbish people trying to make themselves look better than us. You just sound stupid. And way to buy into stereotypes. I'm sure ever country has it's fair share of s****y food. I would just never think to post a list of everything I hate about another country. Get over yourselves and find something else to talk about. And I bet the people on this list are the shittiest tourists ever.
Beruthiel45 2 years ago (edited)
And Brits are evil colonising slavers with appalling cuisine and terrible teeth. Welcome to the "this country sucks" club.☹️
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
What a bummer. At first I thought it was something about Non USA for a change
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
A friend of mine went to the US for business reasons like two years ago, and she said the servings you'd get in a restaurant were so big that she could split one plate with her assistant and they'd both be full.
Genesis Angel 2 years ago (edited)
The original idea was to get your money's worth and have enough for a meal there and then one to take home to eat later. However, in this day and age people just eat it all. Part of the reason why most americans (me included) are all shaped like spheres.
Load More Replies... Donkeywheel 2 years ago
Cute, but that’s not meant to cover and justify junk food.
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Tugg Ster 2 years ago
I can definitely appreciate that some American foods seem strange to visitors from other countries.... but that definitely goes both ways... I have traveled abroad quite a bit and can say with earnest people are eating some weird and nasty sh** in other regions of the globe! I guess it's all just what your used to. Italy is the best though. Can never go wrong with Italian food :-)
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
But never forget that tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 2 years ago
This topic is SOOOOOOOOO old and been done ad nauseum. Can we make fun of English and Irish food now?
Christos Arvanitis 2 years ago
Here we go again. There are a lot of ridiculous foods in the US. There are a lot of amazing foods in the US. If you feed yourself here only by going to gas stations, fast food joints, country fairs, Walmart and Aunt Millie's for dinner, this is what you'll see FFS. The generalizations are just dumb.
Jo March's Red Fox 2 years ago
Ah yes. The BP "how to bash Americans today" post. Can we at least get something NEW?
Eastendbird 2 years ago
Agree. Not an American but I am a bit fed up of all the "Look, Americans are weird and awful" lists on BP.
Load More Replies... Genesis Angel 2 years ago (edited)
American here and I hate nearly all of the foods listed. Too much sugar. Too much grease. Too many artificial colors and so forth. The three things I am guilty about are the applesauce, mint flavored things, and rootbeer.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
I miss real root beer. Can't stand the stuff they make today
Load More Replies... Rocco MZ 2 years ago
I'm so tired of these anti American lists. Most fellow Americans I know don't indulge in most of this c**p. It's just a bunch of snobbish people trying to make themselves look better than us. You just sound stupid. And way to buy into stereotypes. I'm sure ever country has it's fair share of s****y food. I would just never think to post a list of everything I hate about another country. Get over yourselves and find something else to talk about. And I bet the people on this list are the shittiest tourists ever.
Beruthiel45 2 years ago (edited)
And Brits are evil colonising slavers with appalling cuisine and terrible teeth. Welcome to the "this country sucks" club.☹️
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
What a bummer. At first I thought it was something about Non USA for a change
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
A friend of mine went to the US for business reasons like two years ago, and she said the servings you'd get in a restaurant were so big that she could split one plate with her assistant and they'd both be full.
Genesis Angel 2 years ago (edited)
The original idea was to get your money's worth and have enough for a meal there and then one to take home to eat later. However, in this day and age people just eat it all. Part of the reason why most americans (me included) are all shaped like spheres.
Load More Replies... Donkeywheel 2 years ago
Cute, but that’s not meant to cover and justify junk food.
Load More Replies... Tugg Ster 2 years ago
I can definitely appreciate that some American foods seem strange to visitors from other countries.... but that definitely goes both ways... I have traveled abroad quite a bit and can say with earnest people are eating some weird and nasty sh** in other regions of the globe! I guess it's all just what your used to. Italy is the best though. Can never go wrong with Italian food :-)
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
But never forget that tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 2 years ago
This topic is SOOOOOOOOO old and been done ad nauseum. Can we make fun of English and Irish food now?
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