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American food is most similar to european food, but is still distinct. "Default" grocery stores in america are focused on american food, not european food. I do

American food is most similar to european food, but is still distinct. "Default" grocery stores in america are focused on american food, not european food. I don't think it's problematic that american food is considered the norm.

nox101 2y ago
You just spit on every American that doesn't eat that food. Wow! "American food" is what Americans eat. There are plenty of American's that don't eat the food from "Default grocery stores". You comment can be summed up as "if you don't eat the same foods as from "default" grocery stores you're not really American"
- hatthew 2y ago
  "American food" is in this context is a specific cuisine that includes things like cold cereal, eggs, bacon, sandwiches, hamburgers, chicken wings, apple pie, and much more. Of course americans can still eat other food, but that doesn't make other food American food, it's only food eaten in america. If an italian eats sushi, does that make sushi Italian food? Of course not. These classic American foods tended to be the most commonly eaten things in years past, so American grocery stores tended to carry groceries for those dishes. They were the most common type of grocery store by a massive margin, and they are the type of grocery store that sells the cuisine of the country in which they reside, so they are just called "grocery stores". In italy, do italians call the store that sells tomato sauce and spaghetti an Italian grocery store? Of course not, it's just The Grocery Store. If alice thinks bob is less american for shopping at an asian grocery store, the problem lies with alice, not with the society that makes a distinction between "default" and asian grocery stores.
  - nox101 2y ago
    The whole issue is about defining "default". In the 1950s maybe the food that Safeway/Luckys/Vons carried was "default". It's arguably not in 2024, at least not in 40-50% of LA/OC and SF Bay Area At some point you have to recognize that society and the general makeup of the population has changed and re-word things. We went from policeman to police officer to acknowledge that it's not just men who are police. Same with Stewardess vs Flight Attendant. We should be doing the same here and not define some "default" that excludes so much of the population.

nox101 2y ago

You just spit on every American that doesn't eat that food. Wow! "American food" is what Americans eat. There are plenty of American's that don't eat the food from "Default grocery stores". You comment can be summed up as "if you don't eat the same foods as from "default" grocery stores you're not really American"

hatthew 2y ago
"American food" is in this context is a specific cuisine that includes things like cold cereal, eggs, bacon, sandwiches, hamburgers, chicken wings, apple pie, and much more. Of course americans can still eat other food, but that doesn't make other food American food, it's only food eaten in america. If an italian eats sushi, does that make sushi Italian food? Of course not. These classic American foods tended to be the most commonly eaten things in years past, so American grocery stores tended to carry groceries for those dishes. They were the most common type of grocery store by a massive margin, and they are the type of grocery store that sells the cuisine of the country in which they reside, so they are just called "grocery stores". In italy, do italians call the store that sells tomato sauce and spaghetti an Italian grocery store? Of course not, it's just The Grocery Store. If alice thinks bob is less american for shopping at an asian grocery store, the problem lies with alice, not with the society that makes a distinction between "default" and asian grocery stores.
- nox101 2y ago
  The whole issue is about defining "default". In the 1950s maybe the food that Safeway/Luckys/Vons carried was "default". It's arguably not in 2024, at least not in 40-50% of LA/OC and SF Bay Area At some point you have to recognize that society and the general makeup of the population has changed and re-word things. We went from policeman to police officer to acknowledge that it's not just men who are police. Same with Stewardess vs Flight Attendant. We should be doing the same here and not define some "default" that excludes so much of the population.