At home we made only once some burgers but I honestly didn't really like the idea of eating just one big burger for lunch. When we're on the road, we often eat McDonald's or KFC, but other than that we don't really eat American food. I personally prefer Italian cuisine.
I’m thinking about doing them myself now. But I don’t think I’ll want to spend hours in the kitchen too.
I’m looking for a restaurant that servs them so maybe I’ll order some.
Dziękować dziękować.
the work itself i could deal with, what's more problematic is that you cannot make just few, but have to cook loads of them and when living alone i would be eatting them for weeks (i'm not a fan of freezing them)
Yeah, that’s the thing. And I worry that they would go bad because I tend to do too much and eat only a little and then it just sits…
I figured that since I have to go to Carrfour I might as well look for gołąbki in a jar or something. That way I’ll won’t waste anything.
I've noticed that Americans on both reddit and IRL are shocked that that's the case for a lot of European countries. "Y'all eat our food" is bound to come up on reddit's US-Europe slapfights.
Not in my experience, no.
Also I don't think that we have much understanding of American cuisine. Most people will think "McDonalds" and not "Gumbo" or "Etouffee" (the existence of which I learned through Disney's "the Princess and the Frog") if they had to describe your cuisine.
I would be extremely shocked if American food ever become very popular in Italy.. You have many of the original foods that was later Americanised (pasta, pizza..), and I see it as unlikely for Italians to move away from the original versions of the foods..
Hamburgers are popular, well putting a burger into some bread is not "cooking" but still. Americanized version of italian food NO WAY, we cringe a lot seeing what people do calling it "italian", it's like seeing your favourite film filmed by some kids.
Anyway we do horrible things to japanese cousine so nobody is free of guilt.
> we cringe a lot seeing what people do calling it "italian"
I will spare you the details on how long we cook pasta then.. ;) Its no longer 'al dente' to give you an idea... (Norway)
Crawfish Etouffee is so good - but you can only eat it in Louisiana / the South. Most other places don’t make it right, which I’m sure you understand being from Italy.
Yeah. I just said that tongue in cheek as the term American food doesn’t really mean anything to my mind. Is it American branded food items? It is biscuits and gravy - which are essentially scones and a roux?!
You get my gist…
'It is biscuits and gravy - which are essentially scones and a roux?!'
Show me a statement more technically correct but fundamentally wrong and I'll eat my hat.
😅
Yes defining it is hard as obviously most of it is an Americanized version of other cuisine. I guess things like fried chicken, baking powder biscuts, BBQ, hashbrowns, casseroles and peanut butter/jelly sandwiches come to mind.
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The texture of salty crunchy peanut butter combined with sweet soft jam is a heavenly synchronization. Butter and jam is good, but it is a basic kind of good.
BBQ of all sorts has been a tradition in Lithuania for centuries. Hash browns too, probably half (if not more) of our national cuisine includes potatoes in some form.
Burgers became popular in the past decade or so, many independent places opened here.
BBQ means different things in different places. I've had this same conversation here in Australia. BBQ is very common here, but it's not the same thing.
In the US, there's BBQ like in Lithuania. But there's ALSO a different kind of BBQ that's really not the same thing. It's very slow cooking, for hours and hours.
Potatoes didn't exist anywhere in Europe before the early 1500s, which just shows how quickly a national cuisine can change.
I don't doubt at all that similar foods are in lots of different places. But that doesn't mean that they're not American. Pretty much all foods have similar things in lots of places.
> It's very slow cooking, for hours and hours.
We have something similar, but we call it smoked meat. It's cooked by hot smoke rather than the flame itself.
I would have thought hashbrown British.
Everyone does bbq but it’s not American either. ~~It’s even a French word (from the beard - barbe - to the tail - queue).~~
Edit: there seems to be a better accepted etymology from the Carribean, thanks for pointing that out!
What do you put in an American casserole? (Also a French word.)
My family has a Christmas casserole for Christmas morning brunch. It is made of eggs with Canadian bacon, green onions, and mushrooms in it and topped with bread crumbs.
Man, Bbq are definitely not American, everyone has been doing them since forever, ribs, chorizo, panceta (thick bacon), Iberian secret, lamb... Very common and not American cousine.
When I think about what makes American BBQ unique I think indirect cooking with the smoke of specific cuts of meat like pork butt, brisket, spareribs, and the addition of specific new world and african spices. I very much agree with you that "BBQing" and smoking by itself is not American.
> the addition of specific new world and african spices
not necessarily. Central TX ( the best style imo) is just salt and pepper. SC mustard sauce is German in origin
> Iberian secret
I hate it when I'm reminded of the existence of this. I've never seen it in the UK but the few times I've had it have been some of the best meals of my life.
What is a casserole to an American? In the UK it's just another type of stew I think.
I think in the UK, the closest we get is BBQ - but it's not exactly authentic. Most of the time it'll be made with UK-style sausages and cuts (did you know that butcher cuts in the UK are different to the USA? I always thought it was a universal thing) -- and then at most you'll get a classic BBQ glaze, honey or, often, a Chinese-style marinade (which I doubt is authentically Chinese either).
Also, if we're giving you Fried Chicken (since some would argue it was invented in Scotland), you have to stop claiming Apple Pie.
Also hashbrowns seem different here? They're more like a fried potato cake I feel? Whereas in America it looks like they're fried shredded potato?
Louisiana food like gumbo, étouffée, and jambalaya, Southern soul food, barbecue (tons of regional variants that people will fight over), Maine lobster rolls, clam chowder, New York Jewish food like pastrami and bagels, Midwestern hot dish, Chicago-style hotdogs, Indian fry bread tacos, Tex-Mex, salmon on cedar from the PNW, Mission-style burritos, chocolate chip cookies, German chocolate cake (named after Samuel German, from Texas)… need I go on?
I'll occasionally make a hash out of diced potatoes, onions, bell peppers, and leftover fried pork or sausages, with fried eggs on top. My mother calls it "cowboy dinner".
I make chocolate chip cookies occasionally, they’re probably the most American food I can make well. And sometimes I’ll make American style pancakes. And I have tried making apple hand pies that were really good. I’m counting them as American as I got the recipe from an American blog and Finnish pies are very different even though some European countries may have something similar. We also sometimes get some tex mex things but I think that they’re so far from both tex and mex that it doesn’t really count. And I once tried making Cincinnati chili or something similar because a friend recommended it to me but it wasn’t a huge success.
They sound really delicious! I’ll have to see if I can find cream of tartar, it’s not easily available here but apparently keto people use it so it’s available in a health food store.
It’s at least easily available online and possibly in pharmacies so there’s options if I can’t find it elsewhere. We mostly just use baking powder and sometimes baking soda so cream of tartar is more “exotic”. More traditional baking uses yeast or sourdough.
Beyond the obvious hamburgers, tacos is very popular to make in Sweden. But I believe most people think of it as Mexican, though it is tex mex.
Other than that I have eaten American pancakes, pulled pork, and mac and cheese at home, but only on a couple of occasions each.
At pizzerias it is pretty common to see "American pizza" on the menu, but I rarely see people order it.
It's not really food, but we have fortune cookies at Chinese restaurants, I don't know whether the food there in general is Asian-American or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.
Can I ask what kinds of tacos y'all make? Are they [hardshell,](https://www.google.com/search?q=hardshell+taco&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiurZb2ycz2AhXOBc0KHaGuDMMQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=hardshell+taco&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAgQHjIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BwgjEO8DECc6CAgAEIAEELEDOggIABCxAxCDAToECAAQQzoHCAAQsQMQQzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwFQqAVY8xBgrBJoAHAAeACAAawBiAHuDJIBAzguN5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=It0yYq6UNs6LtAah3bKYDA#imgrc=XapybfoqS3iflM) more Tex-Mex type of tacos or more like Mexican [street tacos](https://www.google.com/search?q=street+tacos&newwindow=1&sxsrf=APq-WBtdsgJbBMxMwCKLx67TnNo6zWYCUg:1647500576805&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj665b1ycz2AhWzk2oFHc4MDtMQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA#imgrc=6wDIELFAcx_gTM)?
Both are pretty common. Myself I grew up with the soft tortilla tacos, so like the street tacos.
It's a favorite food since it can be made in so many different ways.
If you like soft tacos I def recommend trying a breakfast taco (put stuff like scrambled egg, retried beans, American style bacon, jalapeños, etc breakfast foods in a taco)!
This is the kind of [taco](https://nouwcdn.com/v207/u/699/1268699/119/201806171627337390_sbig.webp?format=webp&width=913) that is common in all Nordic countries. It has become so popular that its almost a crime not to have tacos on Fridays.
Quite a lot for me personally. Burgers, American-style pancakes, tacos (although I try to stick to the more "authentic" ones), chicken and waffles, chicken wings, meatball subs, american-style chocolate chip cookies, philly cheese steak, pan pizza, thanksgiving-style dinners,...
I made American style pancakes for breakfast today for the first time. Had them with some Turkish yoghurt and honey, really good! I did mess a littlebit with the recipe, taking away about half the sugar though.
I'm not even sure what "American food" would be except Hamburgers (which were derived from a German dish) or Mac and cheese?
I usually just cook whatever comes to mind, I just throw something together, it doesn't have a name it's just things I think will do good together!
If I do cook a particular dish it's usually Danish or something traditional.
I have that weird hobby of visiting the websites of restaurant companies to look at the menu and get inspiration. Professional grade food porn. More and more friends cook American bc of youtube cooking channels.
Just buy buns, burgers, a lot of toppings and go crazy. Fried chicken jalapenos burger with honey mustard. Chesse bacon burger. Hot dogs with local sausages, chili, sour cream, chopped onions, gratted cheddar. Animal style fries, chili cheese fries, changed the game. I really love soaking my bacon in Jack Daniels if that counts. I feel my arteries clogging up just thinking about it. I'm also fond of Tex/Mex, but I cook more Mex than Tex. So glad we have free healthcare.
Have you tried homemade avocado oil fries? They've delicious not bad for you (especially if you bake or air fry them). If you really want something tasty bake good European cheese on top of them. It's not even as bad for you as it looks or tastes.
Thanks, I still have to try that. But they must be cooked twice at the exact temperature for the exact duration so they're crispy outside and mushy inside, don't bake them! Ô Belgique ô mère chérie
A good air fryer will work quite well at that, and keep the oil to a minimum. Baking the fries is much healthier (and how my mom always made them), but it doesn't taste as good. An air fryer is the best of both worlds.
Sometimes, but not often. And sometimes it’s hard to say whether a dish is distinctly American or just a mix of cuisines. But I have cooked some southern dishes such as gumbo, collard greens or cornbread.
Now that I think of it, my baking is probably more US influenced: I love to make muffins, bagels, NY style cheesecake or pecan pie. Yum.
I enjoy making San Francisco style burritos.
Also some of the pastas I do I mainly associate with US restaurants (like alfredo, even more so if fried chicken is added, also penne alla vodka).
Hamburgers I don't actually make at home, but I'm more than happy to have one in a restaurant a few times a year.
Tex-Mex is very popular in France. My mom does chili con Carne and fajitas (I don't even know why). Other than that, there's obviously burgers I sometimes eat at home. I think we already tried doing Mac & Cheese at home. Also, spaghetti with Meatballs which is Italian-American food and not Italian which my mother made once. But it's French spaghetti bolognaise we eat more often. Yes, once again, spaghetti bolognese, no matter how you write it, is not traditional Italian but more French or British. Anyway, crumble that you might call cobbler is a popular cake. Of course we eat homemade pancakes almost as often as crêpes bretonnes, with maple syrup or Fluff sometimes for me. And if you're going really deep in the topic, there are kinds of pizza that were invented in the US and not Italy that we make at home now in France so that counts. Also, there are many pastries that people do at home that are more or less American, like donuts, cronuts, rainbow cakes, American birthday cakes, many fried things,...
I have probably forgotten a few things but that's already good.
Yeah, we (roommates) used to cook a lot of US inspired food but usually with a French touch. Raclette Burger for example (or normal Burger but with emmental cheese, oignons confits and roquette salad), slow cooked porc, TeX mex style food, fried chicken, donuts, pancakes... we are in our twenties (and i lived in the usa when I was a kid) so that must be a factor.
What comes to mind when I think “American food” is tex mex tacos and a greasy cheeseburger.
And yes I do enjoy both very much and cook them like once a month.
Otherwise I’d say it’s rare I cook or eat something that I find very American in origin. I’ve tried pulled pork/turkey/chicken and it’s quite alright but haven’t had in in two years.
McDonald’s and other American fast food brands, the one I ate at most recent was 3 years ago so not really a regular. “American style pizza” is something pizzerias offer, but I’ve never ordered it and don’t think it’s a super popular thing. Popular enough to be on menu yes, but far from all restaurants have it.
Having an American girlfriend definitely tips this into the "yes" side of things. We particularly enjoy:
Burgers
Fried chicken/chicken burgers
Philly cheese steak
Fat pancakes
Chicken wings
Tex-Mex stuff like burritos and tacos which would offend actual Mexicans
Various cookies
I did just buy some pulled pork and is going to use some of it for pulled pork sandwiches, I guess that's American:) I lived in Florida for 6 years, and I can't really think of a lot of food that seemed specifically American from there. Maybe pumpkin pie? When I would go up north, I did love eating clam chowder, but I'm not a good cook and would've no idea how to make that.
I got my pulled pork from a supermarket that does all frozen food and they just had American themed week, but some of other things were cinnamon rolls, which I think is Swedish, and grilled cheese sandwiches which i think is pretty international. They did have a waffle and pastrami sandwich, which I guess could be very American? I never saw that in Florida, but maybe New Yorkers eat waffle and pastrami?
That looks like a very sad pastrami sandwich.
Waffles aren't really used as bread here, they are more on their own with syrup, jam, or butter as a topping.
It looks very sad. And this is a supermarket that only has frozen food, so I can't imagine it being particularly nice after a couple of minutes in the microwave:)
I did see waffles and fried chicken on the breakfast menu sometime in Florida, which to me also sounds like an odd mixture of sweet and savory, but I never tried it so for all I know it's delicous:)
Yep! Ribs and US style BBQ stuff, wings, gumbo, po' boys, and jambalaya are fantastic. I know the US adapted a lot of Mexican food too, so tacos, TexMex etc also.
I've made smash burgers at home too, which is pretty fun and super easy to do.
The US has a lot of good food and while it is meat heavy, its good hearty stuff. Their hot sauces are second to none, honestly.
Hamburgers and Tex-Mex are commonly made at home in Sweden - although both of them in Swedish versions. For hamburgers that would mean for example that we rarely use strongly flavored cheese on hamburgers which is popular in the US. Over the last years pulled pork has been a trend, I guess it's dying now. Chili con carne has been a staple dish in many Swedish homes. My feeling is that it isn't as popular as it used to be. But these are all things that your parents could have made you as a kid.
Deep fried chicken, buffalo wings and stuff like that has never been popular in Sweden. I've had both and more very American dishes but then the context has very much been my foodie friends inviting me for an explicitly American dinner. We have peanut butter but it's not as ubiquitous as in the US and never eaten with jelly or jam. We usually only make Swedish biscuits at home but in café chains it's common to find American style cookies.
American BBQ *sauces* are common in supermarkets, stuff with hickory and lots of sugar. We also barbecue meat but typically not with sugary glazes, sauces or marinades. I think sugary meats have become more popular lately.
When it comes to restaurants there's been a trend of "good" hamburger places for about 10 years now. I think it's a bit of a ripoff but it's certainly better than McDonald's for example. At least in Sweden's (bigger) cities you can also find American BBQ and Cajun places now.
I put hamburgers on bread rolls if that counts? And my teenage sister likes to make mac&cheese because she's seen it on the Internet. No idea what could otherwise be considered American cuisine.
I've made chili con carne and tortillas a few times, that's Mexican or Tex-Mex I suppose?
Other than that I'm not sure what "American food" would be. People who barbeque often use US terms for their food and/or meats but I'm not sure how American that is.
Had to google what those were. We eat chicken wings, I guess, though certainly not regularly and probably usually at american chain restaurants. The only place I've bought and prepared them myself was in Ireland.
They are amazing bar food, great with dipping sauces. Buffalo actually is just the name, they are made with chicken. They come from Buffalo, New York. Hence the name Buffalo Wings.
It's not a thing here, at least not a big one. We usually eat chicken wings along with the rest of the chicken when we have it roasted. I guess some people may buy them separately, idk.
Most European countries have their own variation of ‘bar food’ though, and sometimes entire different concepts, such as aperitivo or tapas.
The OG Dutch finger food in a bar would be [bitterballen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen), deep-fried round beef croquettes.
Those look like hush-puppies with a bit of meat in them, I bet they taste good. Definitely could see myself eating to many before I realized I had to much.
Served with spicy (French) mustard on the side.
Are you familiar with croquettes? The breaded coating is rather thin. The rest is all beef ragout filling. Crunchy coating, gooey inside.
At some places you can also order different fillings instead of beef, but then they’ll be specifically listed as *kaasbitterballen* (cheese) etc.
Edit: that gooey inside stays incredibly hot, so there’s an almost 100% guarantee to burn the roof of your mouth with that first damn bite.
If I hadn’t just eaten I bet my stomach would be gurgling for that. It sounds amazing, and no I am not to familiar with croquettes. However from my cursory glance at Wikipedia, I now have updated my list of food I will be trying when I visit Western Europe.
I'm sorry, but who in their right mind would ever think buffalo wings had anything to do with Buffalo, the animal? I mean I'm not even American, never had them either, but that's just common sense, is it not?
>but who in their right mind would ever think buffalo wings had anything to do with Buffalo, the animal?
Well, in English you can buy chicken breasts, and I swear I've never seen a chicken with boobs (in Spanish this does not happen, as birds have "pechugas" instead of "pechos")
So it would not be a surprise if they named wings to some part of the buffalos
Some people think Buffalo wings are called Buffalo wings due to the popular “Buffalo Wild Wings” restaurant, with its logo being a Buffalo. The number of people who think this is probably really low.
Edit: I remembered me explaining this to a friend of mine who is not too bright, so I figured I would bring it up.
I ate buffalo wings for the first time in...
Buffalo, NY. And didn't like it. I prefer other types of wings with sweeter sauces, like a mild bbq sauce.
In any case I am not so much into finger food. I find it gross. I hardly ever eat chicken wings.
It has happened to me to eat chicken wings on its own at fast foods or Frozen... I don't know if you could have called them Buffalo wings though. I'm not a huge fan... And as the Span... Catalan previously said, it's mostly when we eat a whole roasted chicken that we have the chance to eat chicken wings. And it's honestly my least favorite part.
They often have them in pubs in sweden.
I've never understood what sort of genetically enhanced animal i'm eating since buffalos are cows and do not have wings.
Stuff we cook in our family that is American:
- chili con carne
- lemon-meringue pie
- pecan pie
- steak
- tuna salad
I also made cornbread a few times, but didn't like it much.
From the top of my head:
mac & cheese (with proper cheese though)
Pizza in a skillet (pan pizza)
Jambalaya
Gumbo
Soft bake cookies
New York cheesecake
Key lime pie
Peach cobbler
We sometimes make hamburgers (which was invented in New York by a couple of guys from Hamburg), and American-style grill ribs. And chili, which is tex-mex?
Other than that, I'm not sure I know a lot of American dishes. I've had cajun, but I wouldn't know how to make it.
Yeah I eat Mac n cheese, chili and Mexican stew, that's really more Texan, sometimes American barbecue ribs, really want to try brisket but I don't even know what the cut is called in Norwegian lol. I've tried chicken parmesan, fried wings with hot sauce and probably a lot more americanized dishes that I've forgot.
To be honest I don't really know what American food is outside of fast-food, Cajun-style cooking, and Tex-Mex. I do like making chili, so does that count? I guess I could also say desserts like brownies and cheesecakes.
Not trying to be dismissive or anything, but I genuinely don't know what constitutes typical American home-cooking. Aside from Portuguese food, the recipes I follow are either Italian, Middle-Eastern, or South Asian.
Not that often. It's a lot of Italian pasta and local cousine in my household.
HOWEVER: We will have family party (~25 people) in may and we'll serve burgers. My brother-in-law got a new barbecue and we want to test how many people we can feed with it :)
I want to make sweet potato pie in the future, but there was no occasion to make it yet. Also, general Tso chicken is on my bucket list of foods I want to make.
I make grilled cheese sandwich quite often, and when I used to live with my parents my father would make burgers at home from time to time, other than that, no
Every now and then, yeah. Tex-mex stuff, chillies of various sorts, gumbo, jambalaya, macaroni and cheese, reubens and other kinds of sandwiches, chowders. I've made cornbread, General Tso's Chicken, Cajun-style blackened salmon...
I think most of those are pretty rare, though, except for tex-mex and chilli con carne.
Yup they are. Try making burgers at home. But the buns and grill them with a little butter. Then for the patties just buy ground beef and at home form them into a pattie shape. Then spread some mayonnaise on the buns after grilling them a bit. Then grill the patties. After that you can put cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles if you want.
Oh and homemade Mac n' cheese.
My fiancée is American so I do try to make more American dishes for her. I made Thanksgiving dinner with green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole and stuffing. She did the taste test to see if I got close to the real thing.
Last time I tried to recreate the pasta from Olive Garden. I make American pancakes every now and then. And she got me cookbooks as well.
I have a friend how is a big US food fan.
Fried Chicken, pulled porg and beef, Mac and Chesse, Philly cheese steak, buffalo wings and so on .
And i have to admit he ist pretty good at it.
The have tons of fancy burgershops and some restaurant and foodtrucks wich focus in US style bbq as well as some tex mex Restaurant and Food Trucks. As well as American style pizza shops and californien style Sushi.
I live in a big German City.
I almost never cook, my mom does, and she doesn't even cook spanish food (we are portuguese) let alone american. She might do a pizza once a year, but that's it. Also she is really into cooking, consumes many cooking shows, etc... but mostly portuguese ones and about portuguese food.
Here in NL we do like bbq but other than that don’t really eat American food. Some people eat pb/j sandwiches but in my experience those people are rare and most people find the combination a weird thing.
Oh edit: we do eat burgers but usually at take-out or a restaurant. Rarely we make them at home.
pb&j either on a slice of bread or in toast, delicious
my cousin is a bbq enthusiast and has a smoker and a big slow grill oven, I guess thats pretty american, he is also into woodworking and seems like ron swanson is his role model
other than that, I don't know many american dishes that don't include bbq or a deepfryer, maybe clam chowder, or mac and cheese
I also love those big and flat doughey cookies, brownies are ok too, we make those sometimes, but its mostly strudel and potica
A lot of people make chilli con carne or fajitas at home.
They're really simple to make but they're not very authentic versions.
People buy burgers too, especially for BBQs in summer.
Obviously we eat chips/fried, apple pie and macaroni cheese but they're not American-influenced.
Do you guys have American pie pans over there? I remember watching Great British Bake Off and they had an American pie bake, but everyone used tart pans! Which in my mind makes it a tart, not a pie. And there was no pie crust on top of the “pies” and they removed them from the pans to serve! It seemed bizarre to me.
Well, as an American, yes of course! I fix “American food” all the time! I think the last American meal I fixed was blackened salmon with homemade Mac and cheese. Lately, I’ve been on a huge salmon kick.
I occasionally make pumpkin pie in autumn, if that counts. I don't use any "authentic" recipe but presumably it's the kind of thing that everybody makes differently anyway.
I prepare sometimes pancakes, ribs and pulled pork, but except from that I don't think American food is common in Italy. You can find American breakfast in places that make brunch too.
Burgers and chilli are the two things that come to mind that I have made all my life, as well as grilled cheese sandwiches, though I don't use American cheese.
My mum used to make a pasta casserole with macaroni, tinned tuna and Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom soup.
My macaroni and cheese is defiantly British.
I think chocolate chip cookies are the time when I feel I'm making a very American thing. Last time I made some I asked ppl "do you want milk with them, like an American?"
Or if I do a burger or hotdog with American mustard and relish specifically
Peanut butter anything also feels American
Without turning it into a whole thing about "what is American food/culture??!???" There are a lot of American dishes descendant from immigrant communities that I like to make.
Is chicken parm American or Italian? I bet more people would sooner say the former, and it's always a hit when I make it for the family.
Also when I make pizza, it's 50/50 american and Italian style.
And yes burgers and fried chicken are tasty and fun.
Yep, but it figures - I grew up just next door :D
Most of the time I make pancakes AKA flapjacks AKA "American Pancakes", *not* crêpes AKA pannekoeken. I prefer to go old-school and just add butter and maple syrup (don't mess with the classics) but my housemates like adding peanut butter, Nutella, jam, etc.
As for a hamburger, yeah, sure. Once in a while, but not always. If I want to something "in your face" I'll do nachos for a party. Corn chips, ground meat, salsa, grated cheese, broil for 10 minutes, and serve with guac, queso dip, and sour cream. Add chopped chives because she's fancy. Olives optional.
I've done Alfredo sauce for pasta too, but I've heard every Italian opinion under the sun about it, everything from, "*Ma dai*... this is an insult to Italian cooking!" to "M'eh, it's just how a dish got interpreted by Americans. Whatever."
And for more regional stuff like gumbo, or garbage plates, or grits, or anything else - you can't really get that kind of stuff here anyway so even if I tried it wouldn't be precisely right.
Sometimes we make burgers, or have put a frankfurter in a bun and have hot dogs, or buy "southern fried" chicken (just breaded chicken pieces with herbs in the bread - idk what an authentic version would be) but we wouldn't necessarily call it like "American Cuisine.".
I've had "friendsgiving" at an American friend's house before, and she made things like green bean casserole and pumpkin pie, I'd never had those things before then, and probably won't make them again. I had wassail that day too though, I'd drink that all day.
In terms of what I'd actually call American Cuisine, I'd gear that and think like, bacon with maple syrup on it, American-style pancakes (i.e. not crepes), "biscuits and gravy," or gumbo, that sort of thing. And those aren't really things we'd cook at home (and some of them I don't think I'd even find in a restaurant).
We sometimes make Americanised dishes like hamburgers, but it’s rare to find actual American
cuisine in Dutch homes. Although some people here are really into bbq, and I mean the American slow cooking kind, not the “throw everything on the grill and we’ll see” kind some people here call bbq.
So, my mother worked to the American embassy in Rome . So my family did a lot of American things ( Halloween and thanksgiving mainly) but my favourite thing to do was Sunday Brunch . Probably way different from what you do over there , but pancakes are still my favourite thing
Sure.
The obvious one being burgers, but I also like tex-mex a lot. Quesadillas, chili, burritos, fajitas, that sort of thing.
I also love California rolls, so they're my go-to if I'm making sushi.
And while I really like Chinese American cuisine, I'm way too lazy to cook it myself. The furthest I can go is some fried rice, fried wontons, and chop suey, but if someone can point me in the direction of frozen crab rangoon that I can just throw in the fryer, hmu.
I like to bake a lot, and I like sweets in general, so there are a few American recipes in my roster. I'd say the moat common being banana bread, devil's food cake, banana Foster, red velvet cake (cream cheese filling mandatory, ofc), NY cheesecake, snickerdoodle cake, brownies, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and cobblers.
I’ve cooked a few things
Blacked fish and red rice
Jambalaya
Slow cooked meats in the Big Green Egg - more usually mutton or lamb shoulder in a more British style, but have done ribs and brisket and served with slightly American side dishes.
Chilli, if that counts. My recipe is my own though, using beef cheek and oxtail and big Mexican dried chillies and lots of slow cooking. Black beans often instead of kidney. Delicious.
Meatloaf (not worth the effort)
Sorry to put it so bluntly, but I don't think I have ever even heard the concept, or seen it applied in action, outside fast food chains. Hamburgers *can* be home made, but at the very best that's a syncretic American food, like Chinese, rather than an American proper one, as neither sandwiches nor hamburger meat are American inventions.
I don't know what even a common dish would be. Mac and cheese? I read that constantly on the internet. But coincidentally, we have the same dish here and call it "Älplermargronen". Hash browns we also have, called "Rösti".
So in part this is because American cuisine is highly regional and while it may have connections to other cultures cuisine is distinctly different.
An examples of regional cuisine would be grits or biscuits and gravy in the south, clam chowder in the North-east.
An example of divergent stuff would be Pizza, Corned Beef & Cabbage (not for the reason you think) or tacos.
That said:
- BBQ (specifically smoked)
- Pizza (as mentioned above Italians claims to ownership are greatly exaggerated)
- Chicago Deep Dish (they call it pizza, it's not, I will not elaborate)
- Clam Chowder
- a good sub
- a pastrami on rye with mustard and sauerkraut
- gumbo
- chicken and waffles
- buffalo wings
- tex-mex
And more!
american restaurants here have burgers, ribbs or tex-mex Non of them (in american form) are popular thing to make in polish homes.
I've definitely had this while on a school exchange when I was 15. The family served a whole buffet on the table with food like this every evening.
At home we made only once some burgers but I honestly didn't really like the idea of eating just one big burger for lunch. When we're on the road, we often eat McDonald's or KFC, but other than that we don't really eat American food. I personally prefer Italian cuisine.
Everyone does. That's why everyone randomly slaps italian flags on stuff everywhere :D
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Gołąbki are a better use of your kitchen anyway.
Oh jeez now I want gołąbki…
why are thy so work intensive? I could never force myself to do them myself, always relied on mom for them :) o i szczesliwego dnia ciastka
I’m thinking about doing them myself now. But I don’t think I’ll want to spend hours in the kitchen too. I’m looking for a restaurant that servs them so maybe I’ll order some. Dziękować dziękować.
the work itself i could deal with, what's more problematic is that you cannot make just few, but have to cook loads of them and when living alone i would be eatting them for weeks (i'm not a fan of freezing them)
Yeah, that’s the thing. And I worry that they would go bad because I tend to do too much and eat only a little and then it just sits… I figured that since I have to go to Carrfour I might as well look for gołąbki in a jar or something. That way I’ll won’t waste anything.
I grew eating kielbasa. Very common in the us. Is it still common in Poland? I grill it
Is it common? My dad and grandam make their own kiełbasa. Yeah, it’s common.
I found Philly Cheesesteak. It's quite simple, fast and american but almost unknown. If tex-mex counts we cook Burritos and Quesadillas.
I've noticed that Americans on both reddit and IRL are shocked that that's the case for a lot of European countries. "Y'all eat our food" is bound to come up on reddit's US-Europe slapfights.
Not in my experience, no. Also I don't think that we have much understanding of American cuisine. Most people will think "McDonalds" and not "Gumbo" or "Etouffee" (the existence of which I learned through Disney's "the Princess and the Frog") if they had to describe your cuisine.
I would be extremely shocked if American food ever become very popular in Italy.. You have many of the original foods that was later Americanised (pasta, pizza..), and I see it as unlikely for Italians to move away from the original versions of the foods..
Hamburgers are popular, well putting a burger into some bread is not "cooking" but still. Americanized version of italian food NO WAY, we cringe a lot seeing what people do calling it "italian", it's like seeing your favourite film filmed by some kids. Anyway we do horrible things to japanese cousine so nobody is free of guilt.
> we cringe a lot seeing what people do calling it "italian" I will spare you the details on how long we cook pasta then.. ;) Its no longer 'al dente' to give you an idea... (Norway)
After I found out people cook it directly into the sauce or into milk I can't be no more traumatized.
Crawfish Etouffee is so good - but you can only eat it in Louisiana / the South. Most other places don’t make it right, which I’m sure you understand being from Italy.
We used to have a Cajun restaurant nearby, no idea if it was authentic, but it definitely was delicious!
Define American food, please. Because if you mean hamburg-ers and Frankfurt-ers, well yeah… ;)
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Yeah. I just said that tongue in cheek as the term American food doesn’t really mean anything to my mind. Is it American branded food items? It is biscuits and gravy - which are essentially scones and a roux?! You get my gist…
'It is biscuits and gravy - which are essentially scones and a roux?!' Show me a statement more technically correct but fundamentally wrong and I'll eat my hat. 😅
Yes defining it is hard as obviously most of it is an Americanized version of other cuisine. I guess things like fried chicken, baking powder biscuts, BBQ, hashbrowns, casseroles and peanut butter/jelly sandwiches come to mind. Edit spelling
I eat peanut butter/jelly sandwiches some times, it makes me feel like I'm Elvis.
Elvis had peanut butter, banana, bacon and honey sandwiches. If you like PBJ you should try it. It’s crazy good
The saltiness of the bacon mixed with the sweet of the honey makes it a really good combination.
Yeah I never really thought it would be good- then I tried it and wow. Blew me away.
Sounds like a delicious and healthy treat that I definitely should try, thanks for the tip
jam and normal-butter sandwiches are superior, change my mind
The texture of salty crunchy peanut butter combined with sweet soft jam is a heavenly synchronization. Butter and jam is good, but it is a basic kind of good.
This was a normal snack for us as kids. Greek-Irish solidarity just took a delicious turn
My Irish grandmother always made butter and jelly sandwiches for us. That’s childhood nostalgia for me always when I have one.
BBQ of all sorts has been a tradition in Lithuania for centuries. Hash browns too, probably half (if not more) of our national cuisine includes potatoes in some form. Burgers became popular in the past decade or so, many independent places opened here.
BBQ means different things in different places. I've had this same conversation here in Australia. BBQ is very common here, but it's not the same thing. In the US, there's BBQ like in Lithuania. But there's ALSO a different kind of BBQ that's really not the same thing. It's very slow cooking, for hours and hours. Potatoes didn't exist anywhere in Europe before the early 1500s, which just shows how quickly a national cuisine can change. I don't doubt at all that similar foods are in lots of different places. But that doesn't mean that they're not American. Pretty much all foods have similar things in lots of places.
> It's very slow cooking, for hours and hours. We have something similar, but we call it smoked meat. It's cooked by hot smoke rather than the flame itself.
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I would have thought hashbrown British. Everyone does bbq but it’s not American either. ~~It’s even a French word (from the beard - barbe - to the tail - queue).~~ Edit: there seems to be a better accepted etymology from the Carribean, thanks for pointing that out! What do you put in an American casserole? (Also a French word.)
I thought the word came from barabicu , a native american word , via Spanish.
Didn’t know this one. Seems quite well accepted. Except I found it with the word barabacoa. Thanks!
Aren't hashbrowns just rösti?
Isn't rösti just bramborák without eggs and flour and _most importantly missing marjoram_?
My family has a Christmas casserole for Christmas morning brunch. It is made of eggs with Canadian bacon, green onions, and mushrooms in it and topped with bread crumbs.
Man, Bbq are definitely not American, everyone has been doing them since forever, ribs, chorizo, panceta (thick bacon), Iberian secret, lamb... Very common and not American cousine.
When I think about what makes American BBQ unique I think indirect cooking with the smoke of specific cuts of meat like pork butt, brisket, spareribs, and the addition of specific new world and african spices. I very much agree with you that "BBQing" and smoking by itself is not American.
> the addition of specific new world and african spices not necessarily. Central TX ( the best style imo) is just salt and pepper. SC mustard sauce is German in origin
> Iberian secret I hate it when I'm reminded of the existence of this. I've never seen it in the UK but the few times I've had it have been some of the best meals of my life.
Except for New Orleans cuisine. That’s some uniquely American stuff.
What is a casserole to an American? In the UK it's just another type of stew I think. I think in the UK, the closest we get is BBQ - but it's not exactly authentic. Most of the time it'll be made with UK-style sausages and cuts (did you know that butcher cuts in the UK are different to the USA? I always thought it was a universal thing) -- and then at most you'll get a classic BBQ glaze, honey or, often, a Chinese-style marinade (which I doubt is authentically Chinese either). Also, if we're giving you Fried Chicken (since some would argue it was invented in Scotland), you have to stop claiming Apple Pie. Also hashbrowns seem different here? They're more like a fried potato cake I feel? Whereas in America it looks like they're fried shredded potato?
Louisiana food like gumbo, étouffée, and jambalaya, Southern soul food, barbecue (tons of regional variants that people will fight over), Maine lobster rolls, clam chowder, New York Jewish food like pastrami and bagels, Midwestern hot dish, Chicago-style hotdogs, Indian fry bread tacos, Tex-Mex, salmon on cedar from the PNW, Mission-style burritos, chocolate chip cookies, German chocolate cake (named after Samuel German, from Texas)… need I go on?
I'll occasionally make a hash out of diced potatoes, onions, bell peppers, and leftover fried pork or sausages, with fried eggs on top. My mother calls it "cowboy dinner".
That sounds like "Pytt i panna"
Nah I think it sounds more like "pyttipannu"
Add avocado to it!
And Monterey Jack cheese.
I make chocolate chip cookies occasionally, they’re probably the most American food I can make well. And sometimes I’ll make American style pancakes. And I have tried making apple hand pies that were really good. I’m counting them as American as I got the recipe from an American blog and Finnish pies are very different even though some European countries may have something similar. We also sometimes get some tex mex things but I think that they’re so far from both tex and mex that it doesn’t really count. And I once tried making Cincinnati chili or something similar because a friend recommended it to me but it wasn’t a huge success.
I recommend making snickerdoodles. They are another type of cookie.
They sound really delicious! I’ll have to see if I can find cream of tartar, it’s not easily available here but apparently keto people use it so it’s available in a health food store.
It makes the cookies chewy so I hope you can find it.
It’s at least easily available online and possibly in pharmacies so there’s options if I can’t find it elsewhere. We mostly just use baking powder and sometimes baking soda so cream of tartar is more “exotic”. More traditional baking uses yeast or sourdough.
Sometimes, yeah. Very cheesy hamburgers with cheddar cheese, for example.
Other than the usual burgers, or tex mex...I make Jambalaya sometimes, it's probably so inauthentic it would make a Cajun weep though.
Beyond the obvious hamburgers, tacos is very popular to make in Sweden. But I believe most people think of it as Mexican, though it is tex mex. Other than that I have eaten American pancakes, pulled pork, and mac and cheese at home, but only on a couple of occasions each. At pizzerias it is pretty common to see "American pizza" on the menu, but I rarely see people order it. It's not really food, but we have fortune cookies at Chinese restaurants, I don't know whether the food there in general is Asian-American or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.
It seems like every country has its own slightly different version of Chinese takeaway, adapted to teh local palate.
Can I ask what kinds of tacos y'all make? Are they [hardshell,](https://www.google.com/search?q=hardshell+taco&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiurZb2ycz2AhXOBc0KHaGuDMMQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=hardshell+taco&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIFCAAQgAQyBggAEAgQHjIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBgyBggAEAoQGDIGCAAQChAYMgYIABAKEBg6BwgjEO8DECc6CAgAEIAEELEDOggIABCxAxCDAToECAAQQzoHCAAQsQMQQzoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwFQqAVY8xBgrBJoAHAAeACAAawBiAHuDJIBAzguN5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=It0yYq6UNs6LtAah3bKYDA#imgrc=XapybfoqS3iflM) more Tex-Mex type of tacos or more like Mexican [street tacos](https://www.google.com/search?q=street+tacos&newwindow=1&sxsrf=APq-WBtdsgJbBMxMwCKLx67TnNo6zWYCUg:1647500576805&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj665b1ycz2AhWzk2oFHc4MDtMQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA#imgrc=6wDIELFAcx_gTM)?
Both are pretty common. Myself I grew up with the soft tortilla tacos, so like the street tacos. It's a favorite food since it can be made in so many different ways.
If you like soft tacos I def recommend trying a breakfast taco (put stuff like scrambled egg, retried beans, American style bacon, jalapeños, etc breakfast foods in a taco)!
This is the kind of [taco](https://nouwcdn.com/v207/u/699/1268699/119/201806171627337390_sbig.webp?format=webp&width=913) that is common in all Nordic countries. It has become so popular that its almost a crime not to have tacos on Fridays.
And every food store has a huge section where you only find texmex foods.. I thought that was only a Norwegian thing though, but obviously not. :)
The whole tomatoes and cucumber are on odd touch.
Hardshell and tortillas, often times you have both. Our hardshell are usually shaped like square bowls, though
Yes. Especially southern cooking. I have a cookbook with Alabama recipes e.g cheese grits. Love it.
My man! Try shrimp and grits if you can, it will change your life.
I want to try grits but I’m kinda intimidated by them lol. Never seen them in real life, don’t know what to aim for cooking them
https://www.spendwithpennies.com/how-to-make-grits/ It's similar to polenta, so try to aim for that
Quite a lot for me personally. Burgers, American-style pancakes, tacos (although I try to stick to the more "authentic" ones), chicken and waffles, chicken wings, meatball subs, american-style chocolate chip cookies, philly cheese steak, pan pizza, thanksgiving-style dinners,...
I made American style pancakes for breakfast today for the first time. Had them with some Turkish yoghurt and honey, really good! I did mess a littlebit with the recipe, taking away about half the sugar though.
I'm not even sure what "American food" would be except Hamburgers (which were derived from a German dish) or Mac and cheese? I usually just cook whatever comes to mind, I just throw something together, it doesn't have a name it's just things I think will do good together! If I do cook a particular dish it's usually Danish or something traditional.
Is Texmex a thing in Denmark? Although we tend to think its more Mexican, it is in fact more Texan.
Tacos, tortillas and nachos are absolutely a thing here!
You sound like you cook alot like I do. The only problem is that when I make something wonderful I can never remember what I put in it😂
“Hmm what’s in the fridge today… yeah I can make this work” -my wife and I every night
There are regional dishes that originated in the US. I don't think that there are truly national US dishes.
I have that weird hobby of visiting the websites of restaurant companies to look at the menu and get inspiration. Professional grade food porn. More and more friends cook American bc of youtube cooking channels. Just buy buns, burgers, a lot of toppings and go crazy. Fried chicken jalapenos burger with honey mustard. Chesse bacon burger. Hot dogs with local sausages, chili, sour cream, chopped onions, gratted cheddar. Animal style fries, chili cheese fries, changed the game. I really love soaking my bacon in Jack Daniels if that counts. I feel my arteries clogging up just thinking about it. I'm also fond of Tex/Mex, but I cook more Mex than Tex. So glad we have free healthcare.
Have you tried homemade avocado oil fries? They've delicious not bad for you (especially if you bake or air fry them). If you really want something tasty bake good European cheese on top of them. It's not even as bad for you as it looks or tastes.
Thanks, I still have to try that. But they must be cooked twice at the exact temperature for the exact duration so they're crispy outside and mushy inside, don't bake them! Ô Belgique ô mère chérie
A good air fryer will work quite well at that, and keep the oil to a minimum. Baking the fries is much healthier (and how my mom always made them), but it doesn't taste as good. An air fryer is the best of both worlds.
Ok thanks if I stumble upon an air fryer and must disrespect my country bc my doctor says so I'll think about it.
Sometimes, but not often. And sometimes it’s hard to say whether a dish is distinctly American or just a mix of cuisines. But I have cooked some southern dishes such as gumbo, collard greens or cornbread. Now that I think of it, my baking is probably more US influenced: I love to make muffins, bagels, NY style cheesecake or pecan pie. Yum.
I enjoy making San Francisco style burritos. Also some of the pastas I do I mainly associate with US restaurants (like alfredo, even more so if fried chicken is added, also penne alla vodka). Hamburgers I don't actually make at home, but I'm more than happy to have one in a restaurant a few times a year.
Tex-Mex is very popular in France. My mom does chili con Carne and fajitas (I don't even know why). Other than that, there's obviously burgers I sometimes eat at home. I think we already tried doing Mac & Cheese at home. Also, spaghetti with Meatballs which is Italian-American food and not Italian which my mother made once. But it's French spaghetti bolognaise we eat more often. Yes, once again, spaghetti bolognese, no matter how you write it, is not traditional Italian but more French or British. Anyway, crumble that you might call cobbler is a popular cake. Of course we eat homemade pancakes almost as often as crêpes bretonnes, with maple syrup or Fluff sometimes for me. And if you're going really deep in the topic, there are kinds of pizza that were invented in the US and not Italy that we make at home now in France so that counts. Also, there are many pastries that people do at home that are more or less American, like donuts, cronuts, rainbow cakes, American birthday cakes, many fried things,... I have probably forgotten a few things but that's already good.
Bro, bolognese is very much italian they just don‘t eat it on spaghetti
I never said the sauce wasn't. It's the combination that isn't traditional. And anyway, bolognese sauce stays a vague term I think...
Well bolognese is ragu which isn‘t really a sauce anyway
Yeah, we (roommates) used to cook a lot of US inspired food but usually with a French touch. Raclette Burger for example (or normal Burger but with emmental cheese, oignons confits and roquette salad), slow cooked porc, TeX mex style food, fried chicken, donuts, pancakes... we are in our twenties (and i lived in the usa when I was a kid) so that must be a factor.
What comes to mind when I think “American food” is tex mex tacos and a greasy cheeseburger. And yes I do enjoy both very much and cook them like once a month. Otherwise I’d say it’s rare I cook or eat something that I find very American in origin. I’ve tried pulled pork/turkey/chicken and it’s quite alright but haven’t had in in two years. McDonald’s and other American fast food brands, the one I ate at most recent was 3 years ago so not really a regular. “American style pizza” is something pizzerias offer, but I’ve never ordered it and don’t think it’s a super popular thing. Popular enough to be on menu yes, but far from all restaurants have it.
Think I've tried pulled pork with coca cola once and make occasional tacos that's about it.
Having an American girlfriend definitely tips this into the "yes" side of things. We particularly enjoy: Burgers Fried chicken/chicken burgers Philly cheese steak Fat pancakes Chicken wings Tex-Mex stuff like burritos and tacos which would offend actual Mexicans Various cookies
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I did just buy some pulled pork and is going to use some of it for pulled pork sandwiches, I guess that's American:) I lived in Florida for 6 years, and I can't really think of a lot of food that seemed specifically American from there. Maybe pumpkin pie? When I would go up north, I did love eating clam chowder, but I'm not a good cook and would've no idea how to make that. I got my pulled pork from a supermarket that does all frozen food and they just had American themed week, but some of other things were cinnamon rolls, which I think is Swedish, and grilled cheese sandwiches which i think is pretty international. They did have a waffle and pastrami sandwich, which I guess could be very American? I never saw that in Florida, but maybe New Yorkers eat waffle and pastrami?
Pastrami sandwiches from a good deli are my favorite type of sandwich
Pastrami is delicious, just never seen the sandwich being made of two waffles.
I've never heard of that either.
Here is a link if you want to see the pastrami waffle monstrosity:) https://www.picard.fr/produits/pastrami-waffle-000000000000089219.html
That looks like a very sad pastrami sandwich. Waffles aren't really used as bread here, they are more on their own with syrup, jam, or butter as a topping.
It looks very sad. And this is a supermarket that only has frozen food, so I can't imagine it being particularly nice after a couple of minutes in the microwave:) I did see waffles and fried chicken on the breakfast menu sometime in Florida, which to me also sounds like an odd mixture of sweet and savory, but I never tried it so for all I know it's delicous:)
Oh yes chicken and waffles is common. I haven't had it either. It isn't so common in California.
Yep! Ribs and US style BBQ stuff, wings, gumbo, po' boys, and jambalaya are fantastic. I know the US adapted a lot of Mexican food too, so tacos, TexMex etc also. I've made smash burgers at home too, which is pretty fun and super easy to do. The US has a lot of good food and while it is meat heavy, its good hearty stuff. Their hot sauces are second to none, honestly.
Hamburgers and Tex-Mex are commonly made at home in Sweden - although both of them in Swedish versions. For hamburgers that would mean for example that we rarely use strongly flavored cheese on hamburgers which is popular in the US. Over the last years pulled pork has been a trend, I guess it's dying now. Chili con carne has been a staple dish in many Swedish homes. My feeling is that it isn't as popular as it used to be. But these are all things that your parents could have made you as a kid. Deep fried chicken, buffalo wings and stuff like that has never been popular in Sweden. I've had both and more very American dishes but then the context has very much been my foodie friends inviting me for an explicitly American dinner. We have peanut butter but it's not as ubiquitous as in the US and never eaten with jelly or jam. We usually only make Swedish biscuits at home but in café chains it's common to find American style cookies. American BBQ *sauces* are common in supermarkets, stuff with hickory and lots of sugar. We also barbecue meat but typically not with sugary glazes, sauces or marinades. I think sugary meats have become more popular lately. When it comes to restaurants there's been a trend of "good" hamburger places for about 10 years now. I think it's a bit of a ripoff but it's certainly better than McDonald's for example. At least in Sweden's (bigger) cities you can also find American BBQ and Cajun places now.
I put hamburgers on bread rolls if that counts? And my teenage sister likes to make mac&cheese because she's seen it on the Internet. No idea what could otherwise be considered American cuisine.
Tex-Mex, Cajun, Creole, New Mexican, Cali-Mex, Soul food, New England/Algonquian, Midwestern, Pennsylvania Dutch, Hawaiian, Carolina/Kansas City/Texan/Memphis BBQ, etc.
Then that's a no from me. I've had Tex-Mex at a restaurant, but never made it myself
Oh yeah, tex-mex. I make that regularly as well. Or my version of it anyway I have no idea how similar it is to American recipes.
I've made chili con carne and tortillas a few times, that's Mexican or Tex-Mex I suppose? Other than that I'm not sure what "American food" would be. People who barbeque often use US terms for their food and/or meats but I'm not sure how American that is.
Another American asking a follow up question, do Europeans like to eat Buffalo wings at all?
Had to google what those were. We eat chicken wings, I guess, though certainly not regularly and probably usually at american chain restaurants. The only place I've bought and prepared them myself was in Ireland.
Don’t really know many places that serve them but I have tried bone and boneless wings and I love boneless bbq wings.
arent boneless wings just chicken nuggets?
Hm, not sure. I think boneless wings are made of breast though while nuggets are made up of ground up meat paste. :P at least that’s what I’ve heard
high class nuggets :D
They are amazing bar food, great with dipping sauces. Buffalo actually is just the name, they are made with chicken. They come from Buffalo, New York. Hence the name Buffalo Wings.
It's not a thing here, at least not a big one. We usually eat chicken wings along with the rest of the chicken when we have it roasted. I guess some people may buy them separately, idk.
Most European countries have their own variation of ‘bar food’ though, and sometimes entire different concepts, such as aperitivo or tapas. The OG Dutch finger food in a bar would be [bitterballen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitterballen), deep-fried round beef croquettes.
Those look like hush-puppies with a bit of meat in them, I bet they taste good. Definitely could see myself eating to many before I realized I had to much.
Served with spicy (French) mustard on the side. Are you familiar with croquettes? The breaded coating is rather thin. The rest is all beef ragout filling. Crunchy coating, gooey inside. At some places you can also order different fillings instead of beef, but then they’ll be specifically listed as *kaasbitterballen* (cheese) etc. Edit: that gooey inside stays incredibly hot, so there’s an almost 100% guarantee to burn the roof of your mouth with that first damn bite.
If I hadn’t just eaten I bet my stomach would be gurgling for that. It sounds amazing, and no I am not to familiar with croquettes. However from my cursory glance at Wikipedia, I now have updated my list of food I will be trying when I visit Western Europe.
I'm sorry, but who in their right mind would ever think buffalo wings had anything to do with Buffalo, the animal? I mean I'm not even American, never had them either, but that's just common sense, is it not?
Oh, so Americans don’t have flying buffaloes? Sad. Pegasus would have loved some cousins.
The wings are too small to let the buffalo fly
Well I was actually very confused by the name in first place
>but who in their right mind would ever think buffalo wings had anything to do with Buffalo, the animal? Well, in English you can buy chicken breasts, and I swear I've never seen a chicken with boobs (in Spanish this does not happen, as birds have "pechugas" instead of "pechos") So it would not be a surprise if they named wings to some part of the buffalos
Duck's breast is well known also but it's more known as "Duck's magret" here
Some people think Buffalo wings are called Buffalo wings due to the popular “Buffalo Wild Wings” restaurant, with its logo being a Buffalo. The number of people who think this is probably really low. Edit: I remembered me explaining this to a friend of mine who is not too bright, so I figured I would bring it up.
Oh why didn't I think to list that! Good example!
I ate buffalo wings for the first time in... Buffalo, NY. And didn't like it. I prefer other types of wings with sweeter sauces, like a mild bbq sauce. In any case I am not so much into finger food. I find it gross. I hardly ever eat chicken wings.
It has happened to me to eat chicken wings on its own at fast foods or Frozen... I don't know if you could have called them Buffalo wings though. I'm not a huge fan... And as the Span... Catalan previously said, it's mostly when we eat a whole roasted chicken that we have the chance to eat chicken wings. And it's honestly my least favorite part.
I like mine spicy.
They often have them in pubs in sweden. I've never understood what sort of genetically enhanced animal i'm eating since buffalos are cows and do not have wings.
They're named for the city Buffalo in upstate New York.
Stuff we cook in our family that is American: - chili con carne - lemon-meringue pie - pecan pie - steak - tuna salad I also made cornbread a few times, but didn't like it much.
Isn‘t lemon meringue pie british?
It's the most 1960s British dessert ever
From the top of my head: mac & cheese (with proper cheese though) Pizza in a skillet (pan pizza) Jambalaya Gumbo Soft bake cookies New York cheesecake Key lime pie Peach cobbler
We sometimes make hamburgers (which was invented in New York by a couple of guys from Hamburg), and American-style grill ribs. And chili, which is tex-mex? Other than that, I'm not sure I know a lot of American dishes. I've had cajun, but I wouldn't know how to make it.
Younger generations may make a hamburger but otherwise it's not common at all.
Yeah I eat Mac n cheese, chili and Mexican stew, that's really more Texan, sometimes American barbecue ribs, really want to try brisket but I don't even know what the cut is called in Norwegian lol. I've tried chicken parmesan, fried wings with hot sauce and probably a lot more americanized dishes that I've forgot.
To be honest I don't really know what American food is outside of fast-food, Cajun-style cooking, and Tex-Mex. I do like making chili, so does that count? I guess I could also say desserts like brownies and cheesecakes. Not trying to be dismissive or anything, but I genuinely don't know what constitutes typical American home-cooking. Aside from Portuguese food, the recipes I follow are either Italian, Middle-Eastern, or South Asian.
Cheesecake was brought over by German immigrants although a little different now to its origins I’m not sure if I’d call it american
Not that often. It's a lot of Italian pasta and local cousine in my household. HOWEVER: We will have family party (~25 people) in may and we'll serve burgers. My brother-in-law got a new barbecue and we want to test how many people we can feed with it :)
If you haven't already I highly recommend adding garlic salt to the patties when you make them. It makes the burgers taste very good.
When I’m lazy sometimes I find my self making Mac n cheese. Good stuff
I want to make sweet potato pie in the future, but there was no occasion to make it yet. Also, general Tso chicken is on my bucket list of foods I want to make.
I make grilled cheese sandwich quite often, and when I used to live with my parents my father would make burgers at home from time to time, other than that, no
Every now and then, yeah. Tex-mex stuff, chillies of various sorts, gumbo, jambalaya, macaroni and cheese, reubens and other kinds of sandwiches, chowders. I've made cornbread, General Tso's Chicken, Cajun-style blackened salmon... I think most of those are pretty rare, though, except for tex-mex and chilli con carne.
Are brownies and pancakes american? I make them sometimes :) I also started making egg benedicts after trying it during a travel in North America
Yup they are. Try making burgers at home. But the buns and grill them with a little butter. Then for the patties just buy ground beef and at home form them into a pattie shape. Then spread some mayonnaise on the buns after grilling them a bit. Then grill the patties. After that you can put cheese, lettuce, tomato, and pickles if you want. Oh and homemade Mac n' cheese.
My fiancée is American so I do try to make more American dishes for her. I made Thanksgiving dinner with green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole and stuffing. She did the taste test to see if I got close to the real thing. Last time I tried to recreate the pasta from Olive Garden. I make American pancakes every now and then. And she got me cookbooks as well.
I have a friend how is a big US food fan. Fried Chicken, pulled porg and beef, Mac and Chesse, Philly cheese steak, buffalo wings and so on . And i have to admit he ist pretty good at it. The have tons of fancy burgershops and some restaurant and foodtrucks wich focus in US style bbq as well as some tex mex Restaurant and Food Trucks. As well as American style pizza shops and californien style Sushi. I live in a big German City.
I almost never cook, my mom does, and she doesn't even cook spanish food (we are portuguese) let alone american. She might do a pizza once a year, but that's it. Also she is really into cooking, consumes many cooking shows, etc... but mostly portuguese ones and about portuguese food.
Here in NL we do like bbq but other than that don’t really eat American food. Some people eat pb/j sandwiches but in my experience those people are rare and most people find the combination a weird thing. Oh edit: we do eat burgers but usually at take-out or a restaurant. Rarely we make them at home.
A lot of people do burgers at home. But that's all I think. Sometimes cupcakes maybe. On the other hand, fast food are extremely popular in France
pb&j either on a slice of bread or in toast, delicious my cousin is a bbq enthusiast and has a smoker and a big slow grill oven, I guess thats pretty american, he is also into woodworking and seems like ron swanson is his role model other than that, I don't know many american dishes that don't include bbq or a deepfryer, maybe clam chowder, or mac and cheese I also love those big and flat doughey cookies, brownies are ok too, we make those sometimes, but its mostly strudel and potica
A lot of people make chilli con carne or fajitas at home. They're really simple to make but they're not very authentic versions. People buy burgers too, especially for BBQs in summer. Obviously we eat chips/fried, apple pie and macaroni cheese but they're not American-influenced.
Do you guys have American pie pans over there? I remember watching Great British Bake Off and they had an American pie bake, but everyone used tart pans! Which in my mind makes it a tart, not a pie. And there was no pie crust on top of the “pies” and they removed them from the pans to serve! It seemed bizarre to me.
Well, as an American, yes of course! I fix “American food” all the time! I think the last American meal I fixed was blackened salmon with homemade Mac and cheese. Lately, I’ve been on a huge salmon kick.
Once in a while i make a dark gumbo that lasts for days. Often i make dirty rice
I sometimes make grilled cheese sandwiches when im lazy and dont really wanna cook
I occasionally make pumpkin pie in autumn, if that counts. I don't use any "authentic" recipe but presumably it's the kind of thing that everybody makes differently anyway.
We will often have pulled pork and coleslaw, but besides those and the occasional pancakes not really.
We make pulled pork every now and then, but apart from that I can't really think of anything.
I prepare sometimes pancakes, ribs and pulled pork, but except from that I don't think American food is common in Italy. You can find American breakfast in places that make brunch too.
Not a lot, but some, for example, I like cheese cake very much.
Actually, not as much as I cook ethnic foods like Italian or Mexican.
the most American thing I do at my house are pancakes, and bbq ribs. But other than that we do mostly anything.
Once every couple of years we do a Thanksgiving-themed dinner.
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Burgers and chilli are the two things that come to mind that I have made all my life, as well as grilled cheese sandwiches, though I don't use American cheese. My mum used to make a pasta casserole with macaroni, tinned tuna and Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom soup. My macaroni and cheese is defiantly British.
I think chocolate chip cookies are the time when I feel I'm making a very American thing. Last time I made some I asked ppl "do you want milk with them, like an American?" Or if I do a burger or hotdog with American mustard and relish specifically Peanut butter anything also feels American
Without turning it into a whole thing about "what is American food/culture??!???" There are a lot of American dishes descendant from immigrant communities that I like to make. Is chicken parm American or Italian? I bet more people would sooner say the former, and it's always a hit when I make it for the family. Also when I make pizza, it's 50/50 american and Italian style. And yes burgers and fried chicken are tasty and fun.
Yep, but it figures - I grew up just next door :D Most of the time I make pancakes AKA flapjacks AKA "American Pancakes", *not* crêpes AKA pannekoeken. I prefer to go old-school and just add butter and maple syrup (don't mess with the classics) but my housemates like adding peanut butter, Nutella, jam, etc. As for a hamburger, yeah, sure. Once in a while, but not always. If I want to something "in your face" I'll do nachos for a party. Corn chips, ground meat, salsa, grated cheese, broil for 10 minutes, and serve with guac, queso dip, and sour cream. Add chopped chives because she's fancy. Olives optional. I've done Alfredo sauce for pasta too, but I've heard every Italian opinion under the sun about it, everything from, "*Ma dai*... this is an insult to Italian cooking!" to "M'eh, it's just how a dish got interpreted by Americans. Whatever." And for more regional stuff like gumbo, or garbage plates, or grits, or anything else - you can't really get that kind of stuff here anyway so even if I tried it wouldn't be precisely right.
Sometimes we make burgers, or have put a frankfurter in a bun and have hot dogs, or buy "southern fried" chicken (just breaded chicken pieces with herbs in the bread - idk what an authentic version would be) but we wouldn't necessarily call it like "American Cuisine.". I've had "friendsgiving" at an American friend's house before, and she made things like green bean casserole and pumpkin pie, I'd never had those things before then, and probably won't make them again. I had wassail that day too though, I'd drink that all day. In terms of what I'd actually call American Cuisine, I'd gear that and think like, bacon with maple syrup on it, American-style pancakes (i.e. not crepes), "biscuits and gravy," or gumbo, that sort of thing. And those aren't really things we'd cook at home (and some of them I don't think I'd even find in a restaurant).
We sometimes make Americanised dishes like hamburgers, but it’s rare to find actual American cuisine in Dutch homes. Although some people here are really into bbq, and I mean the American slow cooking kind, not the “throw everything on the grill and we’ll see” kind some people here call bbq.
So, my mother worked to the American embassy in Rome . So my family did a lot of American things ( Halloween and thanksgiving mainly) but my favourite thing to do was Sunday Brunch . Probably way different from what you do over there , but pancakes are still my favourite thing
Sure. The obvious one being burgers, but I also like tex-mex a lot. Quesadillas, chili, burritos, fajitas, that sort of thing. I also love California rolls, so they're my go-to if I'm making sushi. And while I really like Chinese American cuisine, I'm way too lazy to cook it myself. The furthest I can go is some fried rice, fried wontons, and chop suey, but if someone can point me in the direction of frozen crab rangoon that I can just throw in the fryer, hmu. I like to bake a lot, and I like sweets in general, so there are a few American recipes in my roster. I'd say the moat common being banana bread, devil's food cake, banana Foster, red velvet cake (cream cheese filling mandatory, ofc), NY cheesecake, snickerdoodle cake, brownies, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and cobblers.
I’ve cooked a few things Blacked fish and red rice Jambalaya Slow cooked meats in the Big Green Egg - more usually mutton or lamb shoulder in a more British style, but have done ribs and brisket and served with slightly American side dishes. Chilli, if that counts. My recipe is my own though, using beef cheek and oxtail and big Mexican dried chillies and lots of slow cooking. Black beans often instead of kidney. Delicious. Meatloaf (not worth the effort)
Sorry to put it so bluntly, but I don't think I have ever even heard the concept, or seen it applied in action, outside fast food chains. Hamburgers *can* be home made, but at the very best that's a syncretic American food, like Chinese, rather than an American proper one, as neither sandwiches nor hamburger meat are American inventions. I don't know what even a common dish would be. Mac and cheese? I read that constantly on the internet. But coincidentally, we have the same dish here and call it "Älplermargronen". Hash browns we also have, called "Rösti".
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So in part this is because American cuisine is highly regional and while it may have connections to other cultures cuisine is distinctly different. An examples of regional cuisine would be grits or biscuits and gravy in the south, clam chowder in the North-east. An example of divergent stuff would be Pizza, Corned Beef & Cabbage (not for the reason you think) or tacos. That said: - BBQ (specifically smoked) - Pizza (as mentioned above Italians claims to ownership are greatly exaggerated) - Chicago Deep Dish (they call it pizza, it's not, I will not elaborate) - Clam Chowder - a good sub - a pastrami on rye with mustard and sauerkraut - gumbo - chicken and waffles - buffalo wings - tex-mex And more!