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 ?