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beat? I didn't realise it was a competition. American food is just very sweet compared to European food. You Americans are always so competitive about inane stu

beat? I didn't realise it was a competition. American food is just very sweet compared to European food. You Americans are always so competitive about inane stuff. Also, there's a distinct difference between "we have food from elsewhere" and fusion food. There are specifically British-Indian and British-Italian dishes. I know that's the case with Italian-American and Chinese-American fusion food too - it's also sweeter, because yet again, American food is sweeter than European food.

kaishiro 5y ago
America is a big, diverse place. I'm not even sure what food you're talking about when you say "American food".
- beaconstudios 5y ago
  Well yeah, but just as "British food" means universals like fish & chips or a Sunday roast, with subcategories like Welsh or Scottish or Yorkshire-specific foods, there's a broader "American food" category with other subcategories that don't necessarily fit the bill. Creole food is one of my favourite cuisines and isn't over-sweet, for example. But so much American food just tastes over-sweetened to me when I was just eating random things from the supermarket or takeaways or restaurants on my various trips over. Pizzas, drinks, anything involving bread, breakfasts, that sort of thing. Obviously there are exceptions but it's something that really stood out to me. Even mass-market food with direct equivalences (McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Mountain Dew) that we have over here, were much sweeter in the US.
- dagw 5y ago
  I imagine most people use it mean things like hamburgers, ribs, BBQ, NY Style Pizza etc. Basically the stuff you would get if you went to an 'American' restaurant in a European country.
- khazhoux 5y ago
  "American food": burgers with fries and coke, onion rings, pepperoni or cheese pizza, anything on the McDonald's/Burger King/Wendy's menu, ribs, bbq, Taco Bell (yup, American food), cheesesteaks, milkshakes, donuts... all the stuff you can get at literally any city and town in America, which will taste exactly the same regardless of what state you're in. Po boys? Nope, that's New Orleans cuisine. ("but... New Orleans is part of America!"). Ditto for other regional specialties. Inventive culinary creation from top American restaurants? Good for them, but still not what people mean by "American food."

kaishiro 5y ago

America is a big, diverse place. I'm not even sure what food you're talking about when you say "American food".

beaconstudios 5y ago
Well yeah, but just as "British food" means universals like fish & chips or a Sunday roast, with subcategories like Welsh or Scottish or Yorkshire-specific foods, there's a broader "American food" category with other subcategories that don't necessarily fit the bill. Creole food is one of my favourite cuisines and isn't over-sweet, for example. But so much American food just tastes over-sweetened to me when I was just eating random things from the supermarket or takeaways or restaurants on my various trips over. Pizzas, drinks, anything involving bread, breakfasts, that sort of thing. Obviously there are exceptions but it's something that really stood out to me. Even mass-market food with direct equivalences (McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Mountain Dew) that we have over here, were much sweeter in the US.
dagw 5y ago
I imagine most people use it mean things like hamburgers, ribs, BBQ, NY Style Pizza etc. Basically the stuff you would get if you went to an 'American' restaurant in a European country.
khazhoux 5y ago
"American food": burgers with fries and coke, onion rings, pepperoni or cheese pizza, anything on the McDonald's/Burger King/Wendy's menu, ribs, bbq, Taco Bell (yup, American food), cheesesteaks, milkshakes, donuts... all the stuff you can get at literally any city and town in America, which will taste exactly the same regardless of what state you're in. Po boys? Nope, that's New Orleans cuisine. ("but... New Orleans is part of America!"). Ditto for other regional specialties. Inventive culinary creation from top American restaurants? Good for them, but still not what people mean by "American food."