“American cooks and chefs have substantially altered these dishes over the years, to the degree that the dishes now enjoyed around the world are considered to b

“American cooks and chefs have substantially altered these dishes over the years, to the degree that the dishes now enjoyed around the world are considered to be American. Hot dogs and hamburgers are both based on traditional German dishes, but in their modern popular form they can be reasonably considered American dishes.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine#Ethnic_influences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cuisine#Ethnic_influe... The list of US-specific and US-influenced food is pretty long, and includes lots of ‘slow’ foods. Why are you basing your argument on cherry picking from an incomplete list of examples? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_foods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_foods And what do you mean that so-called ‘easy food’ isn’t a contribution to food culture? It’s trending globally (for better or worse), and relates closely to food supply economics. > Cornbread: Native Americans Native American foods count, why wouldn’t they? > This has very little to do with cultural foods like cheese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_cheeses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_cheeses