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This shit and people who rave about it

>>4449537
The Americanization of foods

Tacos aren't supposed to look like that. They're bigger and they actually fill you up. I grew up thinking tacos were a side snack you get with a burrito because of how awfully small and unsuitable they are

This is not cheese. It is fucking shit and it tastes like fucking shit.

I've outgrown liking any kind of American candy. I nibble on chocolate instead. Not that I'm being pompous where 'omg foreign candies superior' since I've never had foreign candy either, but. My sweet tooth has just died.

I miss mint m&ms though. I'd eat the fuck out of those if they were still available.

Cuban-American here.

I grew up eating Cuban food. When I see American food I just think of boring crap. Mashed potatos, chicken, steak. American food to me is just "cooked food" and nothing really complex.

Am I wrong?

>>4449567
>Am I wrong?

yes and no. much of the best American food is derivative of other cuisine (lookin at you, cajun). that stuff can be complex. but other American food is just "cooked food" but even that can be great (ie BBQ).

i dont think it's fair to try generalizing the entire country's food because what you'll find in one region is likely very different from other regions.

that being said, the overabundance of convenience foods at the grocery store kinda pisses me off.

>Spend Christmas in America
>dinner was delicious
>later find out that this is the best many people can do in terms of homemade cooking and that they don't usually eat this well
>aunt hands me a coke
>my mouth has a spam like I just ate something sour
>I can't finish it

It wasn't the worst thing in the planet and I'm sure I could get used to it but bloody hell

>>4449555
thats just because you are buying cheap shitty brands, there is nothing inherently wrong with the style

>>4449582
murrica here. das dat high fructose corn syrup. shit's in fucking EVERYTHING. i dont drink soda at all for the most part and i know exactly what you're saying. shit is just not pleasing.

>>4449577
I had plenty of experience with cajun and creole food as well. When I moved away I discovered how unusual of an area that was compared to many parts of the US, because suddenly I found everyone just barbecuing all the fucking time

BBQ is great and I like the taste of meat, but sometimes I like a ton of stuff done to the food as well.

>>4449582
>mouth has a spam

I know a Mexican who said the same thing. Trust me I don't like it either

People who actually defend some of the shitty junk food out there. I can't describe it but you'll know it when you say something like "Taco Bell is shit" or attack Totinos pizzas or snack puddings or something

>>4449541
Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails horribly.

>>4449588
So there's expensive processed cheese product? It's a sad world where you can buy shitty fake cheese and it be expensive.

>>4449595
American overseas here and the soda over here uses sugar instead of corn syrup. The taste isn't remarkably different. Meanwhile in America when soda uses sugar it's 'omg retro BIG DEAL REAL SUGAR'...

I did have an Estonian friend who said coke always made their teeth feel 'fuzzy'.

Scrapple. I am fine with using unconventional cuts of meat to make something delicious, but my God...

It's just rancid and disgusting.

>>4449610
>mfw discovering everyone else uses sugar

I got kind of mad honestly. I don't drink carbonated sugar water anymore, but it seemed to matter years ago. I found the quality of various drinks you could get to be superior in Europe actually.

>>4449592
there are other regional cuisines that are good. cajun/creole is probably the most well known (and in my opinion, probably the best) but there's still tex mex (if that's your thing), great seafood in the coastal areas. but i agree, BBQ is big as an identifiable style throughout the US. but it's not really an everyday thing for most people.

Any "authentic" Mexican food shithole. I never realized how good the actual thing is until I tried it for myself.

>>4449613
Yeah, the drinks don't seem to have the same 'heaviness' that American ones do with the corn syrup...

However that said it's vastly expensive. I got a medium pepsi drink at a restaurant and it was 32kr - 4.80$. I know in America that drink profits are supposed to be a good bulk of your profits since you get the syrup dirt cheap, but 5$? C'mon.

>>4449610
Americans are the only one who actually have to put "FRESH" and "MADE WITH REAL [anything]" as a marketing point.

>>4449528

Burgers. I can't stand them. Also I've grown to hate Taco Bell, not only because I've had far better, but because the local one jacked their tacos up to $1.20 each.

What the fuck, Taco Bell.

>>4449563

>relatives return from the US with candy
>over half are some peanut butter variant
>any other place in the world
>huge variety, atleast 4-5 types of dark chocolate

>>4452107
>implying the shit they bought wasn't <$1.00 each gas station variety

>>4452107

> George Washington Carver here
> You're welcome

>>4449541
>Bigger

Aahhahahahah, no. Real tacos are corn tortillas rolled with a spoonful of stewed meat/pickled onions, and are so small they're sold in increments of 5-10

>>4452879
Yeah, he doesn't know what he is talking about.

>>4452866
Carver didn't "invent" peanut butter, but nice try.

>Low-fat foods made from fat
>Low-fat yogurt
>Low-fat whipped cream
>Low-fat sour cream
>Low-fat butter
You seriously will have trouble finding non low-fat yogurt in flavors besides plain and vanilla in America.

>>4452879
I have a dollar taco place near me, delicious, even if you need to buy 5-10

>>4449675
wot, theres no drink that expensive in America.

>>4452901
It is if you go to a movie theater.

>>4452905
I don't think that counts for the price of America snacks.

Nobody shops at a movie theater.

>>4449555
Most people I know don't like the fake cheese. People buy it in the south and Midwestern states because its cheap.

>>4449555

Oh god this. And When I lived in Texas I had so many friends that would put this nasty shit of fucking everything, things that didn't even make sense like fried rice and spaghetti and stuff, seriously wtf

>>4452892

Speaking of low fat bullshit, there's also the abomination that is low-fat cheese and fat-free cheese. The only reason I could see someone eating this rubbery, nearly-flavorless garbage is if they were on a diet but I still can't see them enjoying it.

>>4452892
fucking this.
I consume greek yogurt almost daily and the only flavors available are plain and strawberry

>>4453017
>mfw flavored greek yogurt
>mfw flavored yogurt at all

You know, if you really can't stand to eat something that isn't teeth-meltingly sweet, you can actually add stuff to it yourself and it won't make the universe explode?

The only reason to get the flavored kind is if you prefer to pay the same amount for 1/2 the yogurt and a bunch of nasty ass preserves that just make it unappetizing to eat.

>>4453027
i usually only eat it to sate a sweet tooth, usless I want chocolate.
I save the plain for sauces, etc.

4

I'm not exaggerating when I say this tastes exactly like vomit. I don't know why but I always assumed everyone's sick was somewhat unique, but no, this tastes precisely like my own bile after a hard night's drinking. Absolutely fucking revolting.

>>4452107
Oh man I love chocolate+peanut butter
I just wish the chocolate here was made with condensed milk instead of milk powder

>I'm not exaggerating when I say this tastes exactly like vomit
>dramatic exaggerations

You must be a Eurolard.

>>4453896
>"Hershey process" milk chocolate is popular in North America. It was invented by Milton S. Hershey, founder of The Hershey Company, and can be produced more cheaply than other processes since it is less sensitive to the freshness of the milk. The process is a trade secret, but experts speculate that the milk is partially lipolyzed, producing butyric acid, which stabilizes the milk from further fermentation. This compound gives the product a particular sour, "tangy" taste, to which the American public has become accustomed, to the point that other manufacturers now simply add butyric acid to their milk chocolates.

>>4453896
>>4453896
You need to go to some kind of specialist and have your tastebuds checked out. You seem to have some sort of sever neurological fuckup.

And I'm not saying I'm a fan of Hershey's, but if it tastes like vomit to you, something is seriously wrong.

>>4452905
Why do you buy soda at the movie theater?
Buy snacks from a store nearby

>>4453908
>>4453916
I'm not alone in thinking it tastes like spew either:

>http://nitecloak.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/hersheys-classic-milk-chocolate-tastes-like-vomit/
>http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120223152754AAXzZt8
>http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/archive/index.php/t-235298.html

It must be nice having tastebuds that can't sense such vile flavours. You could eat on the cheap and feel like a king.

>>4453908
>>4453916
it must be the sourness from the processing method. i don't think there's anything wrong with him, just because the sourness reminds him of vomit.

>>4452892
And fuck the gluten free people, the worst peices of trash in the world

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? pic related.. hate the stuff..

>>4454117
while i was gtn that pic i stumbled across this jem..

>>4453941
Reminds and "literally tastes exactly like vomit" are two different things.

>>4449541
tacos are already american foods. Even in mexico they call tacos "gringo" foods.

>>4454123
Why is that picture entitled "cafeteria"?

Also, spray cheese is awesome in the little red hotdogs.

>>4454130 Also, Spray cheese in your sisters ass.. I'm sorry.

>>4454142
Shit's probably already there. She's a nasty cunt.

>>4454170
I quite enjoy hamburger helper :(

>>4454226

that's not american m8

>>4454293
maybe anon was referring to the non-Italian, made-in-Canada Nutella?

oh wait. i derped

>>4449563
They are available though.

>>4453916
We've got a Hershey's employee here, guys.

Faggot sack of shit.

>>4454361

>OMG VIRAL MARKETING

>>>/v/

>>4454252
Maybe it's because I had a bad experience with it on a family camping trip as a kid, but I can't bring myself to eat the stuff.

>>4454361
Nope. Not liking something, and even using hyperbole to describe how you don't like it is one thing, but honestly saying it tastes exactly like vomit is another matter entirely.

You guys act like the limited exposure you have with (some) foods offered in america is representative of the whole. There ARE good foods in american you know.

>>4449611
It's much better when you eat it for a while having no clue what it is. I dig it, personally. Coat in a bit of flour and lightly panfry, just enough to cook it and get it a bit crispy

>>4454481
>it's another anti-American troll thread
>better bump it

You're an idiot.

>>4454579
American food is the most disgusting thing on earth. Deal with it.

>>4449555
>>4449588
>>4452920
>>4452946
Good American cheese, even individually wrapped slices like that ARE cheese.

It's just fucking emulsified. Look that up.

Is this an American processed food thread, or American home-cooking thread? Every country has shitty over-processed junk food and you know it. What about cornbread, barbeque, american microbrew, root beer, clam chowder, or the millions of chilli recipes?

>>4455510
>What about cornbread, barbeque, american microbrew, root beer, clam chowder, or the millions of chilli recipes
none of those count. they don't make america look bad.