My apologies, Vince, if I offended you. That was certainly not my intention. Please forgive me. Kool-Aid is a powdered drink mix. You add sugar and water, and voila, you have a very sweet flavored drink. You can also buy it pre-sweetened. Kids really like it, as do some adults.

How about......pork chops -n- applesauce, oreo cookies -n- milk,cinnamon toast,bagels -n- cream cheese. Philly cheese steak sandwiches,Cinncinati chili dogs, Buffalo chicken wings,Maryland crabcakes,Carolina barbecue,New Engalnd and New York chowders,Florida key lime pie,New Orleans jambalaya,Louisiana crawfish (I know, NO is a city within La),Texas barbeque(different from NC barbecue), Alaskan King crab,Maine Lobters, Mississippi mud pie, San Fransico sour dough bread and Ghiradelli Chocolates, San Diego fish tacos, Boston cream pie, Vermont maple syrup....please add on to this for our future visitor!!!<BR>Cheers!!

Green bean casserole with canned fried onions on top.<BR><BR>Chicken and rice baked together in a dish with a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup.<BR><BR>Condensed soup. <BR>Evaporated milk. <BR>Sweetened condensed milk. <BR>Bundt cake. <BR>Apple pie with a slice of cheese on top.Cornbread<BR>Vegetables cooked to mush<BR>

Pizza: Is it American?<BR><BR>I've been having this argument with a friend for months - he insist that it is American and I've insisted it is Italian.<BR><BR>Well, I finally got around to doing some searches on the interent to find out what I can find out. <BR><BR>And the answer is - BOTH! While Pizza has its roots in Italy (actually you can trace back "pizza like" food to the Babylonians), Pizza really developed into its current manfestation in the states.<BR><BR>Of course you could still argue that the Italian version of pizza is still around and still extremely popular...

Well, here it goes: Pizza is French ( well back in the 17 century).

Madtown - <BR><BR>What do you consider to be pizza's "current manfestation(sic)"? I didn't realize there was just one - there appears to be many, in this country alone.

Corn on the cob!

No one mentioned La Comida del Norte de Nuevo Mexico-- not to be confused with Tex-Mex. Americans in Northern New Mexico eat lots of it along with jello and all the rest of the junk. Isn't American food what is typical of the each region. Some of us call it "comfort food". Like in some parts a meat loaf sandwich on white bread with ketchup is a delicacy! I used to love that. Our junk food diet is killing us. Look what it has done to the Native peoples with diabetes. We could use some dietary revisions. But that's what makes us great. We keep updating.

Imagine that...Leone posting something about pulling pork! Keep it clean, L.

Hawaiian and Chicago pizzas, meatball subs, peanut butter sandwich, chocolate chip waffles, roast beef sandwich, blueberry pie,...<BR>to be continued

Steak, Lobster, & Potatoes!

Definitely chocolate chip cookies. Can't get chips in too many other countries.

Grilled banana sandwich, chicken salad and tuna salad sandwiches, the banana split(yummy), and I bet that you'll never find a pepper steak in any chinese restaurant outside the US.

Hoolywood Lite Diet bread toasted and slathered with Durkee's special sauce. And raisin bread toasted and slathered with Skippy smooth. And a coke with lime and lemon. Yum, yum. Almost equals those great dishes in Paris last month. Almost. Ciao

Fluffernutters.<BR>S'mores.<BR>Rice Krispy squares<BR>(all from the nutrition-laden marshmallow fluff food group)<BR><BR>Also, succotash is definitely American.<BR>

What about native american food ( teh real american food) ?

Deep fried alligator meat and frog leggs.

Leone,<BR>You're a riot! I loved the comment about Kool Aid and religous retreats!(I wonder how many folks got that?). <BR><BR>Glad to hear about the whitehouse reopening for school tours...keep me posted on reopening for the general public. <BR><BR>I heard Fords Theatre will be closed in June(when I will be there. Is this true?

wow we are dating our selves if we did get the cool aid remark.

Sonya: Everyone Got It!

Here in St. Louis:<BR><BR>toasted ravioli<BR>gooey butter cake<BR>hoppin john<BR>cracker crust pizza<BR>any A-B beer<BR><BR>Hmm - maybe this list is why we always rank low on fitness polls.

don't be so sure about that x. Would be surprised if many even knew who Jim Jones was.

Rice & Beans with Porkchops!

Nate, I'll take the rice & beans with crawfish!

Garlic mashed potatoes, brown gravy and homemade meatloaf.

New York steak with the works!

I'm american, and have never been to a McDonald's. Foreigners are so stupid sometimes. When I'm in Germany, France, Hong Kong, Canada & Japan I see all the locals swarming to eat at McDonald's! Then they turn around and say that's all we eat. Come to America and you will see it's usually the Mom's with kids that frequent McDonald's for lunch or snacks, not dinner! We have outstanding American cuisine and the finest restaurants.

Vince sounds like a troll and loser.

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Come on you people...add fried clams...with the bellies, bay scallops, lobsters, steamed, baked, in pies, and salads..with iced coffee....on a great summers day. Did I miss somebody saying turkey, cranberry sauce...the whole nine yards for Thanksgiving.

Cornish game hens, stuffing, biscuits, corn on the cob, pineapple pie, iced tea.

Hickory smoked ham with sweet potatoes and sugar snap peas. Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies with ovaltine milk.

To Danielle:<BR><BR>I 'am sorry, but the national food in the US is, many times, «junk food». Is Macdonalds french or italian ?<BR>

It's been hinted at, but let's go ahead and admit it. The ultimate American Food is . . . <BR><BR>The sandwich--anything crammed between two (or more) pieces of bread and further prepared in any fashion.<BR><BR>(I realize the sandwich was not invented in America, but we have certainly appropriated the idea and raised it to its highest, and lowest, forms.)

Vince, Sorry to break it to you but McDonalds is not the national food in the US. I haven't been to one since 1994 after I took one bite and threw it out. All Americans don't eat junk food, anymore than all Europeans don't shower.

As a Canadian, I must query your claim that maple syrup is American, unless you want to extend that to mean "North American". I also heard recently that the original recipe for Brunswick stew involved squirrel (ugh). My nearest-and-dearest was just in Brunswick, GA and that's what they told him. Mind you, I don't know what the source was, or the level of their culinary and/or historic expertise. Could be a red herring.

Squirrel is very tasty - yummm! <BR><BR>And howabout Indian Tacos!

At the risk of ruining appetites, the comment about squirrel as an ingredient in brunswick stew reminded me that I was raised in a hunting culture that is probably non-existent today.<BR><BR>During my childhood in NC (1960's and early 1970's), our hunting efforts brought to the table: quail, dove, squirrel (well, once anyway--Squirrel Dumplings, so good I capitalized it), deer, and even frog-legs (secured with a gig in a creek in the wee hours).

No one has mentioned that all American soft drink...Moxie! Featured on the History Channel's show "America Drinks" (someone did mention the companion show "America Eats" which was re-run this past weekend). It takes moxie to drink Moxie!

Ann:<BR>What's Moxie ?