What's american food ?
Feb 5th, 2002 | 03:39 PM
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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.
Feb 5th, 2002 | 11:41 PM
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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.
Feb 6th, 2002 | 04:52 AM
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It's been hinted at, but let's go ahead and admit it. The ultimate American Food is . . .
The sandwich--anything crammed between two (or more) pieces of bread and further prepared in any fashion.
(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.)
The sandwich--anything crammed between two (or more) pieces of bread and further prepared in any fashion.
(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.)
Feb 6th, 2002 | 06:06 AM
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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.
Feb 6th, 2002 | 06:32 AM
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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.
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).
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).
