Submitted 10 hours ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to newcommunities@lemmy.world
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/d1f34d55-cc7f-4235-9769-f685c2913cf5.jpeg
Last panel gets it wrong, though.
Rest of the world totally thinks that there is such a thing as original American food:
Namely high-caloric, hyper-processed junk containing no nutrients but much too much fat, fructose sirup and carcinogenic substances.
That, and watery beer.
There is also the American national dish of cereal (frequently meaning lumps of coloured sugar mixed with lumps of different-coloured sugar).
But only if the colors are so vibrant you’d start to believe that you’d been drugged
Fun fact: orange chicken was invented by Hawaiian Chinese guys who ran the Panda Express in Honolulu. They wanted to create a dish that reflected the sort of flavors that were popular at Chinese restaurants in Hawai’i. So it’s not an “American” concoction. It’s rooted in the culture of Chinese in Hawai’i, who were invited to live and work in Hawai’i back in the kingdom days.
Now do Chop Suey.
Wake up Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Alfredo pasta was invented in Italy.
The US invented its own dish and gave it the same name.
America has distinctive quick breads like southern biscuits and flapjacks, many desserts were invented by the Pennsylvania dutch (like doughnuts and approximately a billion cakes and pies), several excellent kinds of whiskey, a galaxy of unique bbqs, Cajun food, distinctive east and west coast deli styles, a distinctive style of fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies, deep dish pizza, french dip sandwiches…
Fusion, mostly. Latino coworker from Texas told me Burritos are neither Mexican nor American, but a beautiful Texas border food fusion. Anecdotal, but the guys son is a professional chef.
All food is some kind of fusion. Humans have been cooking for hundreds of thousands of years, and very few communities have been truly isolated in human history. People going on about “true” this, and “authentic” that, just don’t know shit about cooking or culture.
Migration and transplanting of cultures has massively increased in the last 100 years though… Shit changed a lot slower in the past.
Cali has amazing not quite Mexican food too.
Yeah, I mean when you have a European power colonize a native area, then the locals take over for a while before the noisy neighbor to the north re-colonizes it, then rebuilds on the labor of people that were already there (Surprise! You’re Americans now!), there’s going to be some back-and-forth culinary Frankensteining going on. For example; the California burrito.
Isn’t that just all the news communities, even global news?
Same with the argument of “we need to deport them to preserve our culture”. America has always been mix up of cultures and has a vastly different culture from state to state and city to city. New york wouldn’t have been the world renowned city it is if it didn’t have its diversity.
Mexico has breakfast tacos at home, they’re called Tacos de Canasta
I hope this is just american whining about cultural appropriation again. Food evolved based on which culture cook it and that country’s flavour, and chance is, some of your favorite food that you think is originated from one place is actually a fusion of another food. As a chinese that isn’t originated from china(and not from the west), the chinese food i loved the most is actually just fusion made using local ingredients for local tastebud, not because some people decided to ruin someone else culture.
I recommend watching this video from Jennifer Lee: youtu.be/U6MhV5Rn63M
It talks about the history of Chinese food in America it’s great. Echoes some of the flavours you’ve experienced with some fun context.
Looks great!
If you end up pinning any related communities in the sidebar, there is also !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
Uh, the American flag is on a parody of an Israeli (nose). Yuck eh?
This might be a bit of a “I recognise that bulge” moment, but: that’s actually the Greek Chad nose, not Jewish Chad nose.
WTF you talking about? If anything, aquiline noses are associated with Romans, not Jews.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
1The problem with usanian interpretations is, for the most part, they bastardise the dish. It’s not more intricate or nutricious, they just add more sugar or fat. Case in point, deep dish…
Also, hamburgers are german, not usanian.
malle_yeno@pawb.social 1 hour ago
In this thread: Europeans being casually xenophobic about dishes immigrants bring to the Americas, thus proving this new community’s point.
Anyway while I’m on my European slander streak, let me tell you a story: One time i was staying in a hostel in Montreal and there was a French guy (like, a l’hexagon French, not Quebecois) there. He unironically said to me “A single tomato from France tastes better than this shit you call poutine.” That quote lives rent free in my head.
Also you wanna know why he was in Montreal? Cuz he couldn’t get a job in France. peak comedy
ChogChog@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Ahh, the humble French tomato… which originated from the Americas…
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
POUTINE!!! THAT SHIT IS GASSSS!!!
Some people shouldn’t have opinions.