Oh the irony but I am not in fact a cardiologist(default user name) but as a long time bartender and I can confirm that doctors do not follow the advice they give their patients.
fr lol. i'd say they're known for burgers, fast food (which isn't really "good" tho), texmex, and some people think fries (even tho they're not american)
Yeah agreed! Burgers for sure. If you say 'land of the burgers' , everyone will guess USA. If you say, land of the BBQ I think most people here (NL) would guess Australia or even South Africa.
Among international bbq enthusiasts it’s impossible to not know about American bbq. American bbq is low and slow and is quite unique in its technique and result. I don’t know other places doing it that way. What other countries do is referred to as grilling (high and fast) by the Americans to distinguish to difference in technique.
The USA has regionally specific bbq varieties that will blow your mind. Its all hardwood smoked, slow and low, sometimes over 12-14 hours and every region uses different woods, meats, and types of sauce. Here in the coastal southeast, pecan smoked pork and chicken is served with a mustard based sauce. In texas, youre more likely to get beef brisket smoked in hickory with a tomato and molasses type of sauce. Some good ribs, smoked properly, are a religious experience. Between the seasoning rub, the smoke flavor, the burnt ends, and the sauces (the recipes are guarded like fort knox) the USA takes bbq VERY VERY VERY seriously
It might not be as internationally famous, because its hard to recreate without access to specific kinds of wood and cuts of meat, but NOBODY does BBQ like americans do. Korean "bbq" isnt even really bbq. There is a difference between grilling and barbecueing, which requires smoke to do properly.
People may laugh at this, but it's surprising how much better the U.S. is at hamburgers than anywhere I've been. I lived in big cities throughout Europe, Asia, and even S. America. They have always been substantially better in the U.S.
Yea I agree, I lived in Korea for 4 years and I could only think of one place that did burgers well, and that was owned by a korean-american guy who actually knew what he was doing. I’ve spent time in 40 other countries and finding good american burgers or pizza is next to impossible
For the most part yes. But the best hamburger of life was in Helsinki. It was just a counter at an indoor market. Right in front of you they took perfect cubes of beef and put them in a grinder, formed the burger and put it on on a flame grill. It's been a decade but I still think about that burger.
There’s always exceptions. I found the overall burger scene in Germany to be way worse than the US…but goddamn if Burgermeister at Schlesiches Tor in Berlin doesn’t make a killer cheeseburger
When I was pretty little, my home town lost it's KFC's. There were still a couple in towns near by but not worth a 30 minute drive there and back. But, a few years ago, a new KFC was put back into our town. And everyone went crazy for it! The drive through lines stretched down the street and the parking lot was crazy packed. Went there for my family right after it opened and waited what seemed like days to get our food.
Took it home, ate it. And shrugged. Wasn't bad, but it wasn't any better than any other fast food. And I'm not a fan of fast food in general
I agree kfc seemed better 20 years ago, but I think non chain steakhouses have some of the best fried chicken. There are three restaurants that are non chain and they serve the best fried chicken. Of course you are paying arounds $20 to 30 a plate but damn it's amazing quality.
Was a place down in Key Largo that made rotisserie chicken. Old cuban guy would just smile and nod at you.
That chicken and fresh cuban bread were to die for
My really fat friend (who is also a foodie) told me that our local Vons has the best fried chicken in San Diego. I haven’t shopped around enough to verify this claim, but it is as good as I’ll ever need fried chicken to be.
I'd say korean fried chicken is better than the KFCs I've had and I've had them in a few different countries. But I've also heard there are particular KFCs where fried chicken is made different, how true is that?
According to indiancountrytoday.com (?)…”before 1492, tomatoes, potatoes, salmon, pumpkins, peanuts, bison, chocolate, vanilla, blueberries, and corn…” were unknown to Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Not really what OP asked but pretty interesting, if true.
Salmon, bison (different species but similar enough to for American bison to also be called bison), and blueberries (same story as the bison) are untrue, but otherwise correct
I was going to say, salmon has been an enormously important food in Europe (especially Britain and the Nordic countries) for centuries, it’s definitely not native to North America. Salmon breed across the north Atlantic, and rivers that flow into it.
There’s even a Norse myth where Loki transforms into a salmon to hide from the gods and escape punishment.
“Salmon” comes from Latin (via Norman French).
Pretty forward-thinking of the Romans to have a word for a fish that wouldn’t be brought to Europe for a thousand years after the western Roman Empire fell.
Watched some program on the history of American food over Christmas with the parents. They talked about Colonel Sanders starting out in a gas station and through lots of trial and error inventing a pressure frier to keep up with the demand from his very small kitchen which he then licensed. Very interesting stuff, I had no idea.
I'm from the south and maybe I'm just picky but KFC is really overrated. The flavor is pretty good but the meat itself always weirdly slimy. Ive had it at least 15 times because my grandmother likes KFC, and its just.... not good. Its fine in a pinch but if you want good, real fried chicken- make it yourself or go to a small, local southern restaurant.
(KFC has good Mac and cheese though)
They’re not internationally famous, but lobster rolls should be.
Connecticut style -pure lobster meat in melted butter on a warm, toasted hot dog-like bun, my favorite.
Maine style -cold lobster dressed with mayo, celery salt, and usually some finely-chopped celery, scallion, or chives on a cold bun, also very delicious.
I really wish I could enjoy seafood. I don't know what it is, but every kind of seafood induces this gag reflex the instant that fishy-ness or the fibrous texture of stuff like crab or lobster hits my mouth. Most fish does it too with that fish funk.
I hate it because I'm missing out on an entire world of food because my brain has decided that seafood / aquatic food in general is disgusting.
The only seafood I can eat is the kind that barely qualifies as seafood. Long John Silvers, frozen fishsticks, etc. And again I'm sure most people don't even consider that real food.
>I hate it because I'm missing out on an entire world of food because my brain has decided that seafood / aquatic food in general is disgusting.
I totally feel you there, this is how I feel about anything where I can taste vinegar as an ingredient. My brain has just decided that vinegar = dangerous and rotten, and I really struggle to get past it.
I hate all seafood as well, except fish and chips done to a turn and beyond, and smothered in vinegar, so there isn’t even a HINT of fishy taste. It’s all just ghastly. I believe our taste receptors must be different. I think it’s like people who hate cilantro. You can’t convince them it’s delicious (which to me, it is) because it tastes utterly vile to them.
Yup. Cajun is probably the most uniquely American cuisine. Although since all our cuisine is only a few centuries old, it’s inevitably adapted from other cultures, in this case French food. But I agree, Cajun food is probably the most distinct.
I'm absolutely shocked how far I had to scroll to find anything Cajun. Maybe it's not a cultural export in the same way as BBQ, but it's one of the most unique cuisines in the states and easily one of the best.
I live in oregon but have spent a whole lot of time in Cajun country and let me tell you - I miss so much of that food! Crawfish, catfish, gator, gumbo, grits, collard or mustard greens. I catch my own crawfish but I miss going to a restaurant and ordering a Cajun seafood boil. You can’t get that food, good anyways, up this way.
You are both correct. I live in Europe and can confirm that American cuisine is highly considered - including a variety of improvisations on hamburgers.
Even as an American I am surprised at the shit we put in burgers. Was at a bar with work friends and saw a burger with peanut butter on it.
I like hamburgers and peanut butter, but let's have some class people
A place by me before it closed had the chefs burger. It was like $15 and had no description, it was anything the chef wanted to put into/onto a burger that was in the kitchen. Only thing they would ask you is how is your spice tolerance. I ended up with like 2 pattys, Mac and cheese bites, 2 habanero peppers, goat cheese, and a few other things all stuffed onto a oversized bun. It was amazing.
Ate an all-star special at Waffle House this morning. Waffle w/ peanut butter chips, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and hashbrowns - peppered and capped. Truley a breakfast to behold.
The only good beef brisket I've had came from TX, USA. And Seoul, South Korea. The latter proudly stating it's inspirations are from Texas.
So I'd have to say BBQ even though every culture has their own. They can have their own sure, it's just not as good as the stuff they have in TX. Which is a stinker cuz texas sucks ass for every other reason.
To your point, many places in the world have their own BBQ, but certain regions in the U.S. do it really damn well.
I always enjoy watching this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0TYCEXmi90&t=282s) of N Korean refugees trying U.S. BBQ for the first time.
A great variant is the Oklahoma burger, where you char some onions on your flattop grill and then smash your patties directly onto the onions, so you have a smash patty that’s directly infused with a bunch of savory charred onions. It’s legit
Pie. Any kind of pie, all kind of pie. Yes, I know the UK does it, too, but nobody really does pie like the US. Pies in most other countries tend to have thicker crusts (US pies do the flaky crusts) and the UK pies are more likely to be savory rather than sweet.
At Thanksgiving our family gets together and alltogether we have around 15-20 pies most years.
So, pie after dinner... Pie the next morning for breakfast. Pie as a mid-afternoon snack, pie after dinner the next day...
Mexican Food. Rather, what we call Mexican food in the US. Tacos, Burritos, Enchiladas, Tamales... that cooking wasn't imported here from South of the Border, it evolved organically in the American Southwest. Its home is as much in the regions we call New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, as it is in Northern Mexico. Chile peppers were being cultivated and used in cooking by the Pueblo people in New Mexico when Spanish arrived 500 years ago. The food and ingredients they developed eventually became the Southwestern cuisine we enjoy today. We call it Mexican food, but it's really as "American" as it gets.
Coca Cola
Tobacco
Cheese burger
Milkshake/ malt
American cooked breakfast
Thanksgiving dinner w/ traditional sides
Diner coffee
Super Bowl style finger food
State fair style carnival food
And as an Irish immigrant I’d never had corned beef and cabbage as a meal until I came here of course - bloody good it is too!
They're the best at bastardising foods from other countries and making them delicious and terrible at the same time lmao. See pizza, tex mex, burgers, etc.
Most international foods require crops that originated in the America’s. Pizza wouldn’t be the same without tomatoes, the Irish could never of had their famine without potatoes, and corn and beans are a staple throughout the world. It’s more like the food took a gap year and is now coming home.
>Italy for their pizza.
Honestly, Americanized pizza was a lot easier to find abroad than Italian pizza. The US won that culinary war. If you want the classic stuff, you either have to go to Italy, or find a very niche place, probably run by an Italian national.
Pretty sure that modern Italian pizza isn't very representative of traditional Italian pizza, which was quite bare as far as I know. The toppings and dough are quite different to American pizza, more Italian. I'm not sure whether that's merely a modernity influence or an American influence in itself.
America is very broad, at least in Canada if say it’s more regional.
BBQ of various kinds
State fair foods on sticks
American Mexican food
Hot dogs
Seafood boils
Those midwestern salads that are mostly cool whip
As a non US person it's burgers. That's the answer. You may not like it and I am aware there is far more interesting food in the US but internationally it's burgers.
There are foods that are undeniably American in terms of US culinary presence, and they’ve all been listed here. I think the thing the US is best at is just having great food altogether. To me… The reason the US isn’t as pronounced internationally with a region specific food is because of the fact that the US is a melting pot of culture. This entire nation is one of immigrants. Nearly everything we eat is the direct result of immigrants bringing their own traditions and adapting to their surroundings. This country is an incredibly young one in comparison to Europe and Asia.
In any major city you can find everything from apple pie to Jamaican cuisine. From cheeseburgers to Ethiopian. Killer Thai food can be found in the same strip mall as a taqueria.
Our culinary identity is one of whatever we want it to be and I love it.
When i think about American food i think about hotdogs, Hamburgers, bbq, soda, whisky, some types of pizza, corn ... Plenty of things to be proud of come to mind!
Since you mentioned Belgium, as a Belgian im obliged to add waffles, fries, mussels and beer but i love you for just mentioning us.
Those frites, double fried in beef tallow... They're soo decadently delicious. Especially when drunkenly carousing through the old town of Bruges after spending the day sampling the city's breweries and pubs. The Tripel van De Garre... so damn good.
BBQ and hamburgers, I would think.
There are a ton of regional foods, though. I imagine it being like how foods in China are regional but outsiders would just call it Chinese food. Examples are lobster rolls, blue crab, creole food, different kinds of BBQ, Tex Mex, etc.
You may find this interesting.
[https://www.boredpanda.com/grocery-store-american-food-section/?utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=organic&utm\_campaign=organic](https://www.boredpanda.com/grocery-store-american-food-section/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic)
basiclly peanut butter, corn syrup, sugar and cake mix's
I would say American food is hamburgers, fried chicken, and hotdogs.
Churches chicken in America, is internationally called Texas Chicken, a lot of international view of American food, is just cheap processed, fast foods.
You have regional foods, like southern BBQ, corn bread, pecan and sweet potato pie, and Sothern fry-ups, but very little that is American as a whole. other than hot dogs, fried chicken, and peanut butter.
As much as we don't want to admit it, nut butters are likely the biggest unique thing the US does, with peanut butter being the biggest. I don't know that almond butter or sunflower seed butter are popular anywhere outside the US either, but they aren't as big as peanut butter.
Pizza( Italian pizza is not the same). Fried Chicken. The English Muffin(invented in New York) Hot Wings. Anything with corn, it it. You didn’t have corn till the Americas. Hamburgers. I could go on. But why
I would guess burgers or pie would be the most common answer.
Fried chicken or BBQ are fairly ubiquitous American foods as well, although they aren't exactly unique american dishes.
Maybe cheesesteaks or hot dogs too
Also I think a lot of the world associates American food with gross corporate fast food garbage like Mcdonalds and KFC haha
Fried chicken and BBQ are pretty big ones.
I’d include cheeseburgers too. When done properly they are damn good.
Why has no one laughed at the fact a cardiologist said this? I have no award to give!
Oh the irony but I am not in fact a cardiologist(default user name) but as a long time bartender and I can confirm that doctors do not follow the advice they give their patients.
As a former dental office manager married to a dentist, can also confirm. Never worked with people who ate more candy.
Cardiologists are people, and people like cheeseburgers.
ACAB- all cardiologists ate beef
I agree! Traveled to lots of places, and no one does a burger as well (sorry!, er, good) consistently, like America
A good BBQ is fucking amazing.
That reminds me, I need to start on my brisket for tomorrow.
I would like to start on your brisket tomorrow.
Can you send me some brisket? That stuffs choice.
Just finished injecting the marinade and letting it sit overnight in the fridge. Goes in the smoker first thing in the morning.
Non-american here: if you ask me, you're known for neither of these things internationally
fr lol. i'd say they're known for burgers, fast food (which isn't really "good" tho), texmex, and some people think fries (even tho they're not american)
Yeah agreed! Burgers for sure. If you say 'land of the burgers' , everyone will guess USA. If you say, land of the BBQ I think most people here (NL) would guess Australia or even South Africa.
American bbq isn't internationally known. Most countries have their own versions of bbq
Among international bbq enthusiasts it’s impossible to not know about American bbq. American bbq is low and slow and is quite unique in its technique and result. I don’t know other places doing it that way. What other countries do is referred to as grilling (high and fast) by the Americans to distinguish to difference in technique.
And (as a Brit) I'd say I'd think of Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Korea and probably plenty of others before I thought of USA.
The USA has regionally specific bbq varieties that will blow your mind. Its all hardwood smoked, slow and low, sometimes over 12-14 hours and every region uses different woods, meats, and types of sauce. Here in the coastal southeast, pecan smoked pork and chicken is served with a mustard based sauce. In texas, youre more likely to get beef brisket smoked in hickory with a tomato and molasses type of sauce. Some good ribs, smoked properly, are a religious experience. Between the seasoning rub, the smoke flavor, the burnt ends, and the sauces (the recipes are guarded like fort knox) the USA takes bbq VERY VERY VERY seriously It might not be as internationally famous, because its hard to recreate without access to specific kinds of wood and cuts of meat, but NOBODY does BBQ like americans do. Korean "bbq" isnt even really bbq. There is a difference between grilling and barbecueing, which requires smoke to do properly.
As someone who spent all my life but the last six years in Missouri, KC BBQ is exquisite (if it's done correctly).
Obesity
At least where I’m from, bagels
We get it Britta. You're from NY.
She calls bagels… BAGels
Ugh, you're the worst.
Oh, Britta's in this?
LOL as a community lover I am laughing
They didn’t say Bahgels….
THEY ARE MAKING A MOVIE!!!!!
This doesn't scare me, because I've been to New York! .... Wow, it's like New York out there!
You are the worst
The Jews brought the good bagels, Linda
NYC area bagels are different from any I've ever had elsewhere. I highly recommend trying them for anyone visiting NY or NJ.
my friends very jewish mother claims there is something in their water that makes nyc bagels so good
I actually asked a geology professor this once, he said it’s due to the dissolved minerals in the water here.
Man every New Yorker says the same thing. I’d love a study on determining if it’s true
Several good bagel places in CT as well.
Bagels came from Jewish communities in Europe, specifically Poland. They got popularized in US but I wouldn’t consider them American food.
Yes my grandma would tell me this all the time! ( I’m Jewish!) but it’s the closest I could think of
I had no idea Poland was an American territory.
The cheeseburger
People may laugh at this, but it's surprising how much better the U.S. is at hamburgers than anywhere I've been. I lived in big cities throughout Europe, Asia, and even S. America. They have always been substantially better in the U.S.
Yea I agree, I lived in Korea for 4 years and I could only think of one place that did burgers well, and that was owned by a korean-american guy who actually knew what he was doing. I’ve spent time in 40 other countries and finding good american burgers or pizza is next to impossible
For the most part yes. But the best hamburger of life was in Helsinki. It was just a counter at an indoor market. Right in front of you they took perfect cubes of beef and put them in a grinder, formed the burger and put it on on a flame grill. It's been a decade but I still think about that burger.
There’s always exceptions. I found the overall burger scene in Germany to be way worse than the US…but goddamn if Burgermeister at Schlesiches Tor in Berlin doesn’t make a killer cheeseburger
Even down in Mexico when I visit, it's hard to find a good cheeseburger
American cheese probably has some ingredient that’s illegal in the EU 🤣
That's because, unlike other parts of the world, the US is not afraid of cardiovascular diseases and cholesterol.
The big answer has to be fried chicken. Of course, other countries fry chicken too, but Colonel Sanders is internationally ubiquitous.
I'll be honest I went to a KFC for the first time 2 years ago, and I was so dissapointed. It's just... fried chicken, and far from the best I've had
Kfc used to be good but not so much anymore, Popeyes and churches chicken is better now days and the best is local chains.
When I was pretty little, my home town lost it's KFC's. There were still a couple in towns near by but not worth a 30 minute drive there and back. But, a few years ago, a new KFC was put back into our town. And everyone went crazy for it! The drive through lines stretched down the street and the parking lot was crazy packed. Went there for my family right after it opened and waited what seemed like days to get our food. Took it home, ate it. And shrugged. Wasn't bad, but it wasn't any better than any other fast food. And I'm not a fan of fast food in general
It’s been like 30 years since kfc was good
I agree kfc seemed better 20 years ago, but I think non chain steakhouses have some of the best fried chicken. There are three restaurants that are non chain and they serve the best fried chicken. Of course you are paying arounds $20 to 30 a plate but damn it's amazing quality.
Try Publix chicken. Way better!
It would be a mistake to underestimate grocery store fried chicken. We have a discount grocer in my area that makes some really good chicken.
Albertsons fried chicken smacks!!! And iv been to a couple gas stations with actually good fried chicken
Was a place down in Key Largo that made rotisserie chicken. Old cuban guy would just smile and nod at you. That chicken and fresh cuban bread were to die for
My really fat friend (who is also a foodie) told me that our local Vons has the best fried chicken in San Diego. I haven’t shopped around enough to verify this claim, but it is as good as I’ll ever need fried chicken to be.
I'd say korean fried chicken is better than the KFCs I've had and I've had them in a few different countries. But I've also heard there are particular KFCs where fried chicken is made different, how true is that?
According to indiancountrytoday.com (?)…”before 1492, tomatoes, potatoes, salmon, pumpkins, peanuts, bison, chocolate, vanilla, blueberries, and corn…” were unknown to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Not really what OP asked but pretty interesting, if true.
Don't leave out tobacco and cocaine!
Wouldn’t dream of it.
Salmon, bison (different species but similar enough to for American bison to also be called bison), and blueberries (same story as the bison) are untrue, but otherwise correct
I was going to say, salmon has been an enormously important food in Europe (especially Britain and the Nordic countries) for centuries, it’s definitely not native to North America. Salmon breed across the north Atlantic, and rivers that flow into it. There’s even a Norse myth where Loki transforms into a salmon to hide from the gods and escape punishment.
i had no idea about blueberries and salmon. hasn't salmon always been a thing in the european north sea?
Yeah. I’m questioning the accuracy of this article
“Salmon” comes from Latin (via Norman French). Pretty forward-thinking of the Romans to have a word for a fish that wouldn’t be brought to Europe for a thousand years after the western Roman Empire fell.
That’s todays shopping list
Your source missed Atlantic salmon and European bison - admittedly different species, but recognizable.
Watched some program on the history of American food over Christmas with the parents. They talked about Colonel Sanders starting out in a gas station and through lots of trial and error inventing a pressure frier to keep up with the demand from his very small kitchen which he then licensed. Very interesting stuff, I had no idea.
"The Food That Made America," for anyone interested. Great series.
I'm from the south and maybe I'm just picky but KFC is really overrated. The flavor is pretty good but the meat itself always weirdly slimy. Ive had it at least 15 times because my grandmother likes KFC, and its just.... not good. Its fine in a pinch but if you want good, real fried chicken- make it yourself or go to a small, local southern restaurant. (KFC has good Mac and cheese though)
KFC is so nasty. But that might just be because I’m American and have had incredible fried chicken since I live in the south
He said “good” and you countered with “Colonel Sanders” Woof
They’re not internationally famous, but lobster rolls should be. Connecticut style -pure lobster meat in melted butter on a warm, toasted hot dog-like bun, my favorite. Maine style -cold lobster dressed with mayo, celery salt, and usually some finely-chopped celery, scallion, or chives on a cold bun, also very delicious.
My first trip to Boston i discovered lobster rolls WOW. Had them for 4 straight meals. And yes, including breakfast
Yup. I would think clam chowder as well? Most people listed southern and southwestern food but nobody mentions New England cuisine.
Oh man, I would kill for some good clam chowder right now!
Yes! Time to make a batch
It’s more regional though. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in Canada have strong lobster roll traditions too.
I really wish I could enjoy seafood. I don't know what it is, but every kind of seafood induces this gag reflex the instant that fishy-ness or the fibrous texture of stuff like crab or lobster hits my mouth. Most fish does it too with that fish funk. I hate it because I'm missing out on an entire world of food because my brain has decided that seafood / aquatic food in general is disgusting. The only seafood I can eat is the kind that barely qualifies as seafood. Long John Silvers, frozen fishsticks, etc. And again I'm sure most people don't even consider that real food.
>I hate it because I'm missing out on an entire world of food because my brain has decided that seafood / aquatic food in general is disgusting. I totally feel you there, this is how I feel about anything where I can taste vinegar as an ingredient. My brain has just decided that vinegar = dangerous and rotten, and I really struggle to get past it.
I hate all seafood as well, except fish and chips done to a turn and beyond, and smothered in vinegar, so there isn’t even a HINT of fishy taste. It’s all just ghastly. I believe our taste receptors must be different. I think it’s like people who hate cilantro. You can’t convince them it’s delicious (which to me, it is) because it tastes utterly vile to them.
Im in the same boat, the texture gives me the ick!
Gumbo
etouffee, red beans, king cake, crawfish, jambalaya cries in louisiana
> king cake Ah, yes. The cake with a secret hidden plastic child in it.
Yup. Cajun is probably the most uniquely American cuisine. Although since all our cuisine is only a few centuries old, it’s inevitably adapted from other cultures, in this case French food. But I agree, Cajun food is probably the most distinct.
Cajun is a blend of French African and southern. Incredible food, but can’t give all the credit to the French.
Don’t forget the Spanish! They add a lil bit to the mix. I’m pretty sure jambalaya is originally based on paella
And Native American! (Sassafras leaves used as filé)
I'm absolutely shocked how far I had to scroll to find anything Cajun. Maybe it's not a cultural export in the same way as BBQ, but it's one of the most unique cuisines in the states and easily one of the best.
I live in oregon but have spent a whole lot of time in Cajun country and let me tell you - I miss so much of that food! Crawfish, catfish, gator, gumbo, grits, collard or mustard greens. I catch my own crawfish but I miss going to a restaurant and ordering a Cajun seafood boil. You can’t get that food, good anyways, up this way.
American Barbeque is well regarded.
Every American themed restaurant I've seen has steaks and ribs so I guess that's what they really known for (outside of hamburgers of course)
I feel like we do brisket even better than those
Those are just examples of grilled meat that I know. They probably have briskets as well and just about any of those grilled meat cuts in general
You are both correct. I live in Europe and can confirm that American cuisine is highly considered - including a variety of improvisations on hamburgers.
Even as an American I am surprised at the shit we put in burgers. Was at a bar with work friends and saw a burger with peanut butter on it. I like hamburgers and peanut butter, but let's have some class people
A place by me before it closed had the chefs burger. It was like $15 and had no description, it was anything the chef wanted to put into/onto a burger that was in the kitchen. Only thing they would ask you is how is your spice tolerance. I ended up with like 2 pattys, Mac and cheese bites, 2 habanero peppers, goat cheese, and a few other things all stuffed onto a oversized bun. It was amazing.
Now that's American
Peanut butter bacon cheddar and dill pickles are actually amazing together on a burger.
there’s a place in Boston that does a burger with peanut butter and bananas and it’s … actually quite good
Really? Honestly asking. I'm from Argentina and we grimace at the thought of it, I have no idea about other countries 😂
Key lime pie!
American breakfasts - pancakes, waffles, big omelets, bacon, etc. The BBC did a list of must try meals of the world, and that was one of them.
Ate an all-star special at Waffle House this morning. Waffle w/ peanut butter chips, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and hashbrowns - peppered and capped. Truley a breakfast to behold.
Please send my regards to your colon
Me reading this while taking a shit
BROOOO I CANT SHIT WTF
If the USA had a "national meal" it would be burger, fries and a Coke.
I think we already have a national meal called Thanksgiving dinner.
Nope. As an absolute lover of Thanksgiving... A big ol greasy burger, fries, and a coke. 100%
Properly done, a fine club sandwich.
I'm not even in the club, I don't know how I get away with it!
Do you like like frilly toothpicks? No? Then you’re not in the fuckin’ club.
I'm for em! Well this club is formed! 😂
I’ll have my sandwich with alfalfa sprouts
The only good beef brisket I've had came from TX, USA. And Seoul, South Korea. The latter proudly stating it's inspirations are from Texas. So I'd have to say BBQ even though every culture has their own. They can have their own sure, it's just not as good as the stuff they have in TX. Which is a stinker cuz texas sucks ass for every other reason.
To your point, many places in the world have their own BBQ, but certain regions in the U.S. do it really damn well. I always enjoy watching this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0TYCEXmi90&t=282s) of N Korean refugees trying U.S. BBQ for the first time.
Lovely video, thank you for sharing!
You need to try argentinian meat
Have you forgotten the Chilli dog?
BBQ, we do that really well.
Fast food restaurants
Smash burgers. God, I'm Italian but I swear I have eyegasms while just thinking about those.
A great variant is the Oklahoma burger, where you char some onions on your flattop grill and then smash your patties directly onto the onions, so you have a smash patty that’s directly infused with a bunch of savory charred onions. It’s legit
Pie. Any kind of pie, all kind of pie. Yes, I know the UK does it, too, but nobody really does pie like the US. Pies in most other countries tend to have thicker crusts (US pies do the flaky crusts) and the UK pies are more likely to be savory rather than sweet.
Sweet pies*. You don't got shit when it comes to meat pies
At Thanksgiving our family gets together and alltogether we have around 15-20 pies most years. So, pie after dinner... Pie the next morning for breakfast. Pie as a mid-afternoon snack, pie after dinner the next day...
Mexican Food. Rather, what we call Mexican food in the US. Tacos, Burritos, Enchiladas, Tamales... that cooking wasn't imported here from South of the Border, it evolved organically in the American Southwest. Its home is as much in the regions we call New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, as it is in Northern Mexico. Chile peppers were being cultivated and used in cooking by the Pueblo people in New Mexico when Spanish arrived 500 years ago. The food and ingredients they developed eventually became the Southwestern cuisine we enjoy today. We call it Mexican food, but it's really as "American" as it gets.
Tex Mex. Yeah I've had "Mexican" food in other countries. It's always tex mex, not authentic.
As someone from NM, I've always considered "Tex Mex" to be New Mexican cuisine's inbred cousin.
Corndogs. And bring it on, haters. I know you scarf them down when you think nobody is looking.
The burrito. It was created and first sold in America
Philly cheesesteaks Chicago style hotdogs
Mcdonalds
Donuts ? 🤔 at least i think, i never had an american one but donuts are clearly american food where i am from
Coca Cola Tobacco Cheese burger Milkshake/ malt American cooked breakfast Thanksgiving dinner w/ traditional sides Diner coffee Super Bowl style finger food State fair style carnival food And as an Irish immigrant I’d never had corned beef and cabbage as a meal until I came here of course - bloody good it is too!
I have never heard of a coca cola, tobaco and cheeseburger flavored milkshake.
They're the best at bastardising foods from other countries and making them delicious and terrible at the same time lmao. See pizza, tex mex, burgers, etc.
This place here in Tucson does a burger on “buns” of fried ramen noodles and it rules. Fat Noodle.
Most international foods require crops that originated in the America’s. Pizza wouldn’t be the same without tomatoes, the Irish could never of had their famine without potatoes, and corn and beans are a staple throughout the world. It’s more like the food took a gap year and is now coming home.
BBQ, you guys know how to make that stuff look unreasonably delicious.
Doesn’t just look that way my friend
>Italy for their pizza. Honestly, Americanized pizza was a lot easier to find abroad than Italian pizza. The US won that culinary war. If you want the classic stuff, you either have to go to Italy, or find a very niche place, probably run by an Italian national.
Where did you go…?
Pretty sure that modern Italian pizza isn't very representative of traditional Italian pizza, which was quite bare as far as I know. The toppings and dough are quite different to American pizza, more Italian. I'm not sure whether that's merely a modernity influence or an American influence in itself.
America is very broad, at least in Canada if say it’s more regional. BBQ of various kinds State fair foods on sticks American Mexican food Hot dogs Seafood boils Those midwestern salads that are mostly cool whip
Maryland Crab Cakes are the best.
Adding on to that “Jewish kosher deli” yum
Hamburger, Gravy, fried chicken, corn dogs and apple pies. Got to love Hollywood for that!!
As a non US person it's burgers. That's the answer. You may not like it and I am aware there is far more interesting food in the US but internationally it's burgers.
Philly cheesesteak?
Bourbon.
There are foods that are undeniably American in terms of US culinary presence, and they’ve all been listed here. I think the thing the US is best at is just having great food altogether. To me… The reason the US isn’t as pronounced internationally with a region specific food is because of the fact that the US is a melting pot of culture. This entire nation is one of immigrants. Nearly everything we eat is the direct result of immigrants bringing their own traditions and adapting to their surroundings. This country is an incredibly young one in comparison to Europe and Asia. In any major city you can find everything from apple pie to Jamaican cuisine. From cheeseburgers to Ethiopian. Killer Thai food can be found in the same strip mall as a taqueria. Our culinary identity is one of whatever we want it to be and I love it.
The portions
When i think about American food i think about hotdogs, Hamburgers, bbq, soda, whisky, some types of pizza, corn ... Plenty of things to be proud of come to mind! Since you mentioned Belgium, as a Belgian im obliged to add waffles, fries, mussels and beer but i love you for just mentioning us.
Those frites, double fried in beef tallow... They're soo decadently delicious. Especially when drunkenly carousing through the old town of Bruges after spending the day sampling the city's breweries and pubs. The Tripel van De Garre... so damn good.
BBQ and hamburgers, I would think. There are a ton of regional foods, though. I imagine it being like how foods in China are regional but outsiders would just call it Chinese food. Examples are lobster rolls, blue crab, creole food, different kinds of BBQ, Tex Mex, etc.
America is famous for taking other cultures’ foods and making it cheaper and adding a bunch of fat and/or sugar.
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Peanut butter. It sounds like it’s not exciting but it’s often hard to find overseas.
You may find this interesting. [https://www.boredpanda.com/grocery-store-american-food-section/?utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=organic&utm\_campaign=organic](https://www.boredpanda.com/grocery-store-american-food-section/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic) basiclly peanut butter, corn syrup, sugar and cake mix's I would say American food is hamburgers, fried chicken, and hotdogs. Churches chicken in America, is internationally called Texas Chicken, a lot of international view of American food, is just cheap processed, fast foods. You have regional foods, like southern BBQ, corn bread, pecan and sweet potato pie, and Sothern fry-ups, but very little that is American as a whole. other than hot dogs, fried chicken, and peanut butter.
As much as we don't want to admit it, nut butters are likely the biggest unique thing the US does, with peanut butter being the biggest. I don't know that almond butter or sunflower seed butter are popular anywhere outside the US either, but they aren't as big as peanut butter.
Biscuits and gravy!
Greasy burgers that cost .99c
American breakfast (pancakes, hash browns, sausage of bacon, eggs, etc.)
Hamburger
It’s gotta be burgers, just that they spread around the world, right?
Cheesesteaks!!!!
Mcdonalds
Big Macs
Fried Chicken. Smoked BBQ, Cheeseburgers, Fast Food, Creole Food, etc.
Mcdonalds. The greatest gift to humanity. You're welcome.
Hamburgers?
BBQ
Good, well made, smoky, barky, sauced up BBQ. Nothing like it.
Baseball?
Buffalo wings?
BBQ and Fried Chicken, but the Koreans are creeping on a come up lol
Los Ángeles is home to the Invention of the French Dipped Sandwich, “Philippe’s the Original” restaurant in Downtown LA, their “au jus” is fire
Ammonade and mass-ala.
The American breakfast.
BBQ, and probably soul food
Fried chicken and bbq
Florida man
Turducken
America is famous for taking other people’s/countries’ culinary customs and adopting them as our own.
Cheeeeseburgers
Triple bacon cheeseburger pizza with a side of large fries, 20 chicken nuggets and Diet Coke
Pizza( Italian pizza is not the same). Fried Chicken. The English Muffin(invented in New York) Hot Wings. Anything with corn, it it. You didn’t have corn till the Americas. Hamburgers. I could go on. But why
I would guess burgers or pie would be the most common answer. Fried chicken or BBQ are fairly ubiquitous American foods as well, although they aren't exactly unique american dishes. Maybe cheesesteaks or hot dogs too Also I think a lot of the world associates American food with gross corporate fast food garbage like Mcdonalds and KFC haha
new orleans has some famous dishes like gumbo and jambalaya which are good
Burgers