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> As to what qualifies something as an American restaurant I have no idea. Doesn't matter, but you and 19 other people will be asked that, and if the general c

by Linkd 4y ago

> As to what qualifies something as an American restaurant I have no idea. Doesn't matter, but you and 19 other people will be asked that, and if the general consensus is yes, the tag 'American Food' will be added to the restaurant, and you've just been crowdsourced.

t-3 4y ago
Isn't "American food" burgers and fried things? Just like every other $country-an food is a few stereotypical dishes bowdlerized for the local palate.
- paraph1n 4y ago
  In general, American food includes more than burgers and fried things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine
- schwartzworld 4y ago
  That's definitely one face of American food. Other countries, even smallish ones, have more than one definition of what qualifies as "their food". There isn't one kind of Italian food or Indian food. America is huge and has a lot of distinct regional cuisines as well as a dense cultural makeup. Even discounting "Americanized" foods like Chinese food, I can think of a few different types of restaurants I'd call "American".
  - t-3 4y ago
    That's pretty much what I said, though? I don't know what you're actually disagreeing with? "American food" in the UK is going to be a few stereotypical (in UK context) American dishes adapted for local consumption.
    - schwartzworld 4y ago
      I guess when I said there's a lot more to it than burgers and fried food, I was disagreeing with the part where you said "Isn't "American food" burgers and fried things?". It's also things like Maine lobster, steamers and mussels. It's also pizza. It's also Jambalaya and Gumbo. It's also peanut butter and jelly. It's Philly Cheesesteaks and Cobb Salads and lots of different kinds of barbecue. These are regional, but Italian food has regions too. Northern and Southern Italian cuisines are different, and both types of restaurants are just as much Italian.
- tetraca 4y ago
  Every "American" restaruant I have been to generally consists of the following: chicken wings, at least 4 hamburgers, a chicken and a fish sandwich, a club sandwich, at least 4 salads one of which will always be a Caesar and one of which is likely to be a Cobb or Wedge salad, a couple noodle dishes one of which will be chicken alfredo, and then a steak plate and a fish plate that both look nice but are generally too expensive to justify getting. Sometimes they will also include pizzas and some sort of crab artichoke dip.
- chefandy 4y ago
  Two uses of the same term. It does describe food commonly served in that genre of restaurant, but also describes the American (or whatever other country's) food canon. Neither use limits the other.

by Linkd 4y ago

t-3 4y ago

Isn't "American food" burgers and fried things? Just like every other $country-an food is a few stereotypical dishes bowdlerized for the local palate.

paraph1n 4y ago
In general, American food includes more than burgers and fried things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine
schwartzworld 4y ago
That's definitely one face of American food. Other countries, even smallish ones, have more than one definition of what qualifies as "their food". There isn't one kind of Italian food or Indian food. America is huge and has a lot of distinct regional cuisines as well as a dense cultural makeup. Even discounting "Americanized" foods like Chinese food, I can think of a few different types of restaurants I'd call "American".
- t-3 4y ago
  That's pretty much what I said, though? I don't know what you're actually disagreeing with? "American food" in the UK is going to be a few stereotypical (in UK context) American dishes adapted for local consumption.
  - schwartzworld 4y ago
    I guess when I said there's a lot more to it than burgers and fried food, I was disagreeing with the part where you said "Isn't "American food" burgers and fried things?". It's also things like Maine lobster, steamers and mussels. It's also pizza. It's also Jambalaya and Gumbo. It's also peanut butter and jelly. It's Philly Cheesesteaks and Cobb Salads and lots of different kinds of barbecue. These are regional, but Italian food has regions too. Northern and Southern Italian cuisines are different, and both types of restaurants are just as much Italian.
tetraca 4y ago
Every "American" restaruant I have been to generally consists of the following: chicken wings, at least 4 hamburgers, a chicken and a fish sandwich, a club sandwich, at least 4 salads one of which will always be a Caesar and one of which is likely to be a Cobb or Wedge salad, a couple noodle dishes one of which will be chicken alfredo, and then a steak plate and a fish plate that both look nice but are generally too expensive to justify getting. Sometimes they will also include pizzas and some sort of crab artichoke dip.
chefandy 4y ago
Two uses of the same term. It does describe food commonly served in that genre of restaurant, but also describes the American (or whatever other country's) food canon. Neither use limits the other.