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Your mission, /ck/, is to design a 3 course meal that best represents American cuisine to the rest of the world.

Non Americans, feel free to design meals that represent your culture's food as well.

>> No.4683953

Corn chowder

Chicken and biscuits

Apple pie

>> No.4683961

Fries

Hamburger

Rootbeer float

>> No.4683966

take out Chinese food

doritos

and french fries

>> No.4683968

Pasta

Pizza

Mandolino

>> No.4683969

>>4683953
>Not chicken and dumplings

>> No.4683973

>>4683953

Starter is French, dessert is Belgian.

Try again.

>>4683961

Fries are also Belgian, don't know what the history of the burger is but I'll bet you it isn't America.

>> No.4683976

Salad course would bagged salad mix with cold pre-cooked chicken slices, topped with Hidden Valley ranch dressing.

Soup course would be Campbell's condensed Chicken Noodle.

The main entree would be a fresh McRib and a side-order of vegan-friendly French fries.

The drinks would be taken from the standard Pepsi fountain selection.

For dessert, homemade apple pie freshly baked by an authentic elderly grandmother, with a dutch-style topping.

>> No.4683981

>>4683973
OP said meals that best REPRESENT American cuisine. They don't have to originate there. Just like the citizens, the food comes from elsewhere.

>> No.4683982

>>4683973
hey!!! im american and i pick french fries doritos and Chinese food over pigeons, hard tack and squirrel soup.

>> No.4683984

>>4683973
Here you go then:

Acorn bread

Salmon

Wild berries

>> No.4683985

American cuisine were i live is spaniard food. its like mexican food except farther away from the ocean

>> No.4683986

Appetizer: Deep fried bacon covered in Roundup-Ready corn and Roundup-Ready soybean batter and an accompanying chocolate flavored dipping sauce made with HFCS and several artificial dyes and flavors that are banned in other countries.

Entree: A rare hamburger made from the finest antibiotic and growth hormone treated, ammonia-soaked beef available. A salad consisting of iceberg lettuce, 1 lb of bacon, and ranch sauce.

Dessert: A pail full of lard slathered in HFCS.

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4683989

Why do you even ask, OP?

>> No.4683993

>>4683986
101/10

>> No.4683998

>>4683986
your making my mouth water.
but why are some dyes banned? i remember that red m&m's were discontinued for awhile due to cancer causing dye

>> No.4684004

>>4683998

All countries ban some things that other countries allow. Some of it is tit-for-tat political bullshit regarding where the items are made. Some of it is the result of varying opinions regarding the safety of the product in question.

>> No.4684005

speaking of banned food additives

Black bean paste is made from pulverized mung beans, combined with potassium chlorate.

potassium chlorate is a carcinogenic

>> No.4684014

>>4683986
the cow must also have been corn-fed

>> No.4684016

>>4683976
well done.

>> No.4684019

>>4684014
Shit, your right.

>> No.4684047

ItaliAnon here.
Specifically from my region:

Funghi farciti, mushroom caps stuffed with a mixture of breadcrumbs, minced garlic, grated hard cheese, olive oil and minced fresh parsley as well as a spread of various cheeses and cold meats.

Agnello al forno con polenta di ceci: roasted lamb's leg roasted in the oven, slathered with a paste of garlic, lemon zest, olive oil, peppercorn, chilies and powdered rosemary for the last 15 minutes of cook time, sliced and served over fresh chickpea polenta, ladeled with lamb jus.
>contorni (side dishes): piselli di pasqua, a style of mushy peas with onions and pancetta, scrambled with eggs. also funghi in padella, mushrooms cooked in olive oil with chilies and garlic over low heat so that they shrink and become crispy.

Torta caprese (1) or torta al sanguinaccio di maiale (2): an almond-flour chocolate cake (1) or a tart of sweetened pork's blood flavoured with dark chocolate (2).

I live in Murrca now and the region I live in has little to no tradition of home-cooking. About two hours northwest of here, though, I'd make up the following meal:

Beet-pickled eggs with green tomato relish and a spread of a variety of meats and cheeses.

Chicken stew with carrots, onion and celery served over dumplings.
>sides of sautéed beet greens as well as a dish of green beans and mushrooms baked with chopped, crisp-fried bacon

Cheesecake topped with bell pepper jam.

>> No.4684051

Starter: New England crab cakes

Main: Barbecue ribs in an eastern NC sauce and thinly sliced venison, collard greens and hushpuppies

Dessert: Coconut cake topped with pineapple

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I'm English, so probably just 3 courses of this

>> No.4684067

Biscuit covered in gravy with bacon and mac n cheese
Bacon double cheese burger with iceberg lettuce. Salad as a side with ranch.
Bucket of icecream and give them a tv remote

>> No.4684079

Hot dogs on white-bread buns with ketchup, mustard, and sweet relish.

Doritos Nacho Cheesier, one enormous bag.

A huge soft, gooey fudge brownie.

Diet Coke to wash it all down (or does that count as another course? If so, then skip the Doritoes).

>> No.4684087

Omlette
Risotto
Souffle

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4684092

Jesus christ this thread made me sad. Everything i've read here consists of pleb shit food. Such anecdotal, typical misconceptions of american food.
America truly does have a food culture. You just have to know where to look and learn.
Living in texas, late july, this would pass around here nicely. Everything I would cook is currently in season.
Starter- Fresh summer salad with flash seared peaches
Main- Full 12oz Pork Chop, sealed then baked with brown sugar and tobasco rub served with succotash (look it up, fucking good)
Fat lovin'- Pecan and caramel gelato

>> No.4684110

>>4684092
> "Such anecdotal, typical misconceptions of american food."
> lists anecdotal, atypical American food
Man, I didn't grow up in the boonies and I never even knew what gelato was until I left my hometown.
And how many Americans actually eat salads with seared fruit in them?
Pork chop is typical, I'll give you that, and succotash is a bona-fide American original even if most people outside of the South don't know what it is.
Still, how does this "represent" America better than fast food? I guarantee you more people eat McD than what you posted.

>> No.4684114

>>4684092
The problem with OP's question is that there are a lot of different regional cuisines in the U.S., and asking for a 3-course meal that showcases a general american cuisine is going to be really difficult.

What you need to do in this case, instead of making one dinner, serve a tiny 3-course meal from each region. Something from the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and Hawaii.

>> No.4684122

>>4684092
As a foreigner in your land, I'm absolutely appalled at the "cooking" of my neighbours here.
I've learnt some proper American cooking and it's delicious, but precious few Americans [in the area of US I live in, at least] have even the slightest clue how to prepare a meal that doesn't come with microwave instructions. This is why "recipes" of microwaved potatoes topped with a mixture of "Papa John's sauce," store bought "chili" and a sprinkling of contempt for proper cooking is given a standing ovation.

Rationing was a very short period in my country's history, but I know how badly rationing damaged Britain's culinary culture. What excuse does the US have? Did you have a similar period of rationing that completely obliterated proper cuisine?

>> No.4684130

>>4684122
but us americans ate all the pigeons and most of the bears

>> No.4684134

>>4684110
Of course more people eat at mcdonalds than the foods i listed. The point i was trying to make was that when the notion of american food is brought up 90% of people will jump on fucking hamburgers, or, if creative, a steak.
The pork chop is an incredibly classic cut of american meat, that frankly no one would consider american at first.

>> No.4684138

Surf n turf with hush puppies and coleslaw and a beer, ice tea, or soda.

Chocolate peanutbutter pie

That seems very caucasian american to me and like something you could find in the north or south, maybe not on the west coast though. I don't think more than 2 courses usually fit into a meal representative of American cuisine.

I grew up in Vermont and every night we had 1.) salad 2.) meat and potatoes 3.) rarely dessert, but it would probably involve dairy if we did eat it (ice cream, milk and cookies, pie and ice cream). There were only a couple other kinds of dinner we had, and those were just once-a-week to change it up but not really.

>> No.4684148

>>4684122
the way americans eat has changed dramatically in the past 50 to 60 years. everything you pointed out is unfortunately for the most part true. as far as an excuse we dont have any. i in part blame the FDA and the fear mongering they create due to food born illness.
home cooking is not from home anymore. if you want to experience food culture in america i would recommend going out to eat. take your family or girlfriend out to a restaurant where you could easily find out where your meat and veg came from. around here, a place like that will be about 18-28 dollars a plate

>> No.4684152

>>4684122
The world wars and a food industry focused on mass economy affected American cuisine.

>> No.4684153
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4684153

cup of duck and andouille gumbo. Chicken fried steak with white gravy, shoestring fried potatoes, creamed spinach and soft, fluffy parkerhouse yeast rolls (served with butter and a choice of homemade strawberry jam or local honey) for dessert a warm serving of peach cobbler and homemade custard vanilla ice cream and hot caramel sauce.

>> No.4684157

>>4684122
What area are you living in? This might give us some insight.

>> No.4684159

>>4684148
It's quite a pity, because truly American foods that aren't examples of recombinant cuisine [IE Sandra Lee bullshit] are really rather good, naysayers be damned. Proper American cuisine may not use the spices or "exotic" cooking methods of much of the rest of the world, but it emphasizes low-cost practicality to yield surprisingly flavoursome food.
It's really a shame that the US might be the only nation I've ever been to where the majority of the population is completely unaware of its own cuisine because it's a rather tasty cuisine you've got here.

>> No.4684161

Southern Fag here, quite a lot of the US's methods for culinary creation have come from elsewhere, but we've made them ours.

For me, it'd be;
Appetizer; Fried Snook fingers, with dipping sauce and Hush Puppies, and a wild green salad.
Main; Pit roasted Wild Boar with a Molasses and Brown Sugar, Cayenne spiced rub.
Dessert; Peach Cobbler. Nothing beats a good peach cobbler.

>> No.4684166

>>4684122
The depression comes to mind...

>> No.4684167

>>4684157
Philadelphia.
inb4 soft pretzels and cheesesteaks
No one (and I do mean absolutely no one) here bakes pretzels at home. None.
As for cheesesteaks... for every proper cheesesteak someone makes at home here with proper beef and sliced cheese, at least several hundred are sold with that horrid pseudo-beef shredded crap and slathered with cheez.
Those Americans I've met that can cook, all cook foreign foods. None cook American dishes, sad to say.

>> No.4684173

>>4684166
The depression was a worldwide phenomenon, not solely American and much of the world's most delicious foods were born out of the necessity to find ways to reduce food waste during times of economic hardship or shortages of food.

>> No.4684185

>>4684167
That explains a lot. Philly is one of those gimmick cities when it comes to food; the only reason it got popular is because of the cheesesteak (that plus most urban cities like Philadelphia don't have a very good food culture). If you branch out into other New England states, or anywhere else in Pennsylvania really, you'd find a lot more variety in cuisine.

>> No.4684195

>>4683947


Desert would be apple compote in flaky pastry shell.

Main course would be goat aspic.

Appetizer would be a popped-corn coated veggie ball around a cow cheek ball...sort of like a jawbreaker.

I am so drunk.

>> No.4684207

>>4684185
Precisely why I detailed foods from two hours northwest of here (>>4684047).
Chicken stew with dumplings is one of my absolute favourite representations of Americana. It's warm and inviting, like most of my neighbours have been, as well as thick and cohesive, like American culture.
I don't there's anything more perfectly representative of the US than chicken stew with dumplings.

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>>4684207
You've got good taste, italibro.

>> No.4684246

>>4684207
I agree with this. It's something I grew up eating, made from scratch every time, and it's definitely something I see as representing America.

It's a working man's meal that fills you up, has substance and warmth, can be shared with a family, inexpensive but quality.

>> No.4684248

American cuisine varies greatly from region to region. No, we don't all eat sugary-ass bagged salad with ranch dressing and McDonald's hamburgers.
I'm from Philly so I guess I'd serve
>Soft Pretzels with brown mustard
>A Philly Cheesesteak, made with Swiss cheese (some people will say not using cheese whiz is blashphemy, but I'm of the opinion that real cheese makes a MUCH better sandwich) and caramelized mushrooms and onions.
>And "Wooder" ice for dessert
I wanna give an honorable mention to Scrapple, as it's my personal favorite food and mostly known in Philadelphia, but the other three are much more popular and thus more essential to Philadelphia cuisine. Scrapple's more of a Pennsylvania Dutch thing, anyway.

>> No.4684257

>>4684246
>>4684230
Thank you both.
I also like the slight variation of chicken stew north of the mason-dixon (the version I prefer) and the one south, one sans dairy (the former) and one with.
Both are delicious, but the beauty of both versions is the simplicity of the dish. No one can justifiably say they can't cook if something as simple as chicken stew exists.
If anyone would like my recipe for both the stew and the dumplings, ask and ye shall receive. This is more Pennsy-style, so it might be an unfamiliar, but still delicious, version of the dish for any American southerners that are lurking today.

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>Chicken and dumplings

>Bison meatloaf, Garlic mashed potatoes, and sauteed green beans

>Apple pie à la Mode.

MFW

>> No.4684260
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Hungaryfag here.

Frist course is soup, Jókai bableves. Bean soup with smoked ham, sausages & sour cream.

Second is marhapörkölt, hot beef stew cooked with a generous amount of wine, served over nokedli (small cooked dumplings) with some cucumber salad.

Third is somlói galuska, white and dark sponge dipped in rum, usually mixed with raisins and covered in a bitter chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream.

>> No.4684265

>>4684260
I'd eat with you Hungary Bro. Sounds delicious.

>> No.4684267

>>4683976
I think you guys have a winner. My take on Germany:

Salad course: Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber dressed with Knorr Salatfix

Soup course: chicken noodle soup with cooked eggs

Entree: A piece of pork meat, boiled potatoes and peas and baby carrots from a glass

Drinks: apple juice mixed with water (apfelschorle)

Desert: Dr. Oetker chocolate pudding with the milk skin still on, topped with packaged vanilla sauce

>> No.4684271

>>4684265
You're welcome as long as you're prepared to gain weight rapidly. Traditional hun food is hearty, rich peasant food, where lard regins supreme. Tastes fuckin good too.

>> No.4684335

Going for actual flavours and local produce it would be
Starter: haggis, neeps and tatties
Main: Salmon in some form or another
Dessert: Cranachan which is raspberries, whipped cream and whiskey

The stereotypical view
Starter:Scotch egg
Main: battered pizza supper
Dessert: battered mars bar

>> No.4684338

Appetizer: A platter of fried potato wedges bathed in salt, pepper, and garlic salt. Dip them in ranch dressing. Alternatively, a cobb salad.

Main course: Chicago-style Skyline Chili over pasta with cheddar cheese on top.

Dessert: A slice of blueberry cheesecake.

>> No.4684345

Western Norway.
Fuck your 3 courses, we do 2 courses max here.

Meal.
Lightly salted cod carefully steamed, served with potatoes, melted butter with chives, sour cream to taste.

Dessert.
Cloudberries with whipped cream.

>> No.4684348

>>4683973
The Hamburger originated from the Hamburg steak (take a guess at where that came from)

but in the 1904 world fair in st. Louis, the hamburger was formed when a hamburg steak vendor ran out of plates and used a nearby bread vendor and combined the two products.

>> No.4684365

>>4684348
the invention of the hamburger has about a thousand different stories.

>> No.4684377

>>4684267

> tfw my childhood

>> No.4684393

>>4684335
>Going for actual flavours and local produce it would be
>Starter: haggis, neeps and tatties
>Main: Salmon in some form or another
>Dessert: Cranachan which is raspberries, whipped cream and whiskey

I travel a lot to Stirling on business and have actually had this. Not so sold on Cranachan though.
I also had the haggis neeps and tatties as the main, but scallops and bacon to start. That was good...

>> No.4684400

England:

Starter: Brown Windsor Soup
Main: Roast rib of beef with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, boiled carrots and sprouts, served with proper gravy and a yorkshire pud.
Dessert: Jam roly poly and custard - the luminous cornflour kind.

>> No.4684401

Canada

Pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast

A peameal bacon sandwich for lunch

Gosht Rogan Josh, peas pulao, and naan for dinner

>> No.4684421

after i freshen up for three months i like to eat

15 dicks

plus 14 dicks balls deep

and some heroine for dessert

>> No.4684422

>>4684421
Ohai Sceak.

>> No.4684439

Brazilian here.

Appetizer: Breaded, deep-fried shrimp and sardines along with a caipirinha.

Main: Rice and black beans, some cut of meat (usually medium well or well done) and fries.

Dessert: Quindim.

After Meal: Half/half coffee with sugar and a few cheese buns (pao de queijo).

We don't usually have courses on our meals, though. You'll be hard pressed to find someone who eats dessert after main, let alone entree, main and dessert.

>> No.4684480

>>4683947
America is a HUGE country, you cant do 1 meal to represent the whole OP.

You need a southern meal, a midwest, east coast, west coast, at the very least.

>> No.4684490

First course: hamburger
Second: pizza
Third: chocolate bar, king-sized

Doesn't matter where it originates, we take from other cultures. Melting pot, assholes.

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Im a Palestinian American.
for the american meal, i would say
Starter:Chicken noodle soup
Main meal: Cheeseburger
Desert: Dip n' Dots Ice cream

for a Palestinian meal,
Starter: Hummus
Main Meal: Meklooba (Rice with chicken/meat, certain spices, and some cooked cauliflower or eggplant)
Dessert: Katayif. (pancake, filled with walnuts, and folded in half (like a taco) and sealed shut, then covered in a sugar syrup

>> No.4684516

>>4684491
Ugh, i practically came reading the Pakistani menu. Born and raise American, but i love me some Middle Eastern food.

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>>4684516
>Pakistani
>Palestinian
Palestinian food is more Mediterranean, very similar to Greek food. Pakistani food is more like indian food. Both have very strong arabic influences though, so yeah they do have alot of the same foods.
Heres some stuffed grape leaves, and on the bottom you see hollowed out zuchini stuffed with rice and meat

>> No.4684530

A real american meal:

Breakfast: Toast w/ butter, bacon, scrambled eggs

Lunch: BLT's and some Potato chips, glass of milk

Dinner: Macaroni and Cheese

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Lebanese Canadian here;

For something that represents our culture's food, I'd say;

- Hummus, Fattoush, or Baba ganoush for an appetizer

- Shawarma for a main meal, or Felafel (fast food)

- Kibbeh, Fatayer, Chicken and Rice (see link, it's not just that), maybe Koosa (stuffed squash I think), maybe baked/fried eggplant, and Dolma / Yubra. This is all for a homemade meal I guess.

For deserts, I'd say Baklava, Katayef, Ghraybeh, Numoora, Mamool.

For drinks, I'd say Qamar El din (Apricot drink), Tea, Coffee (Ottoman styled coffee).


For the rice, http://www.the-lebanese-kitchen.com/recipes/meat/chicken-and-rice/
For deserts list, http://homemade-recipes.blogspot.ca/2009/10/lebanese-sweets-recipes-best-lebanese.html

Most of this stuff can be found on google, I don't really know the correct English spelling or translation of each name.

>> No.4684544

>>4684526

i'd eat the shit out of that

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>>4684543
>i dont really know the correct english spelling
that palestinian american here, and
>i know that feel
its so hard describing some of the stuff to people because most of it is rice and meat or rice and chicken lol.
>>4684544
good. heres the front of the stuffed zucchini (image from google this time)

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>>4684564

>mfw some retard I know ordered a shawarma without meat
>mfw the next day he was bitching about it and said that it's just overrated salad on bread

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>>4684584
I hate when people tell me the food is crap when they dont eat it right.
We made melfoof once and the person tried it and said its a good idea, but it didnt taste right.
>the fucker didnt listen and didnt put any lemon on it.

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Canada

Start off with our national soup - Soupe aux pois (split pea)

Canada eats the largest amount of Kraft Dinner in the world, so the main course will be gourmet mac and cheese with either lobster or steak as an ingredient.

Dessert will be maple icecream and some sort of baked good. Probably some Tim Hortons' rip off.

>> No.4684666

German American here.
Bratkartoffeln
Hasenpfeffer
Kloß

>> No.4684675

>>4683973
anus blasted Yuropoor detected

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>>4684594

I watched a guy try to eat shakshuka with pita bread, it kept spilling out onto his chin

>>4684646

>Kraft Dinner

Why is it so fucking glorious? There's always KD in my cupboards, it feels so wrong without it. Do you put anything extra in it? I've had fried hotdogs sliced into it, pretty good

>> No.4684683

>>4684400

>boiled carrots

I personally prefer them roasted, but good to see proper gravy and not Bisto.

>> No.4684690

>>4684683
not that guy, but if im going to make boiled carrots, i add chicken bullion to the water. the carrots suck it up and its not bland as fuck

>> No.4685122

Y'all are a bunch of faggots.

Appetizer is a bowl of clam chowder. New England classic.
Main entree is a rack of barbecued ribs, served with biscuits and apple butter. The South's finest.
Desert is a New York cheesecake topped with strawberries.
Drinks available include sweet tea, Prohibition era cocktails, and a selection of microbrewed beers.

Additionally, there's a salad bar and a chili bar with all sorts of different styles available, and a suishi chef on hand making elaborate, Californian style rolls.

>> No.4685133

Fried green tomatoes or boiled crawdads

Gumbo

Pecan pie

>> No.4685153

>>4685133
YOU. You, I like.

>> No.4685154

>>4684122
It's mainly the fact that people work so much. Between unpaid lunches and drive times, most Americans work 10-11 hours a day. Couple that with the fact that our houses are much bigger and thus require more upkeep, and a great majority of people simply do not have time to cook.

>> No.4685160

>>4684690
Wandering way off topic, my favorite carrots of the stovetop variety are boiled in water half the level of the carrots. When it starts to boil take off the lid and throw in some thyme, dijon, and real maple syrup and let it cook down. Awesome with fish, pork, or duck.

>> No.4685168

>>4684159
If you were to come out to deep South Texas, you could go to a hunting camp and see some amazing, authentic cooking using locally harvested game. Everyone know how to cook, not just the kitchen staff. True Americana at its best, with a nice showing of Mexicana.

>> No.4685169

>>4685133
I'll take it
How about the tomatoes AND the crawdads?

>> No.4685177 [DELETED] 

>>4684159
That's because the majority of the population is completely unaware of EVERYTHING.

Seriously, common Americans are the dumbest pieces of shit alive. They know NOTHING. They know nothing of history, not even our own. They know nothing of astronomy, biology, or any other relatable science. They know nothing of storytelling, and lose interest in anything that isn't 100% mindless action or mindless sex. They know nothing of food, seeking out the easiest and quickest source of calories to shove down their gullet no matter what. They know nothing of art or beauty, living in hovels that decay around them. They know nothing of investment or forward thinking, living paycheck to paycheck with not even a thought to saving or investing. They know nothing of philosophy or independent thinking, giving no thought to their thoughts, simply accepting what they're told. They know nothing of health either mental or physical, simply rotting in their own flesh as they do not exercise their minds or their muscles.

It's repulsive to see it all around me, but common Americans absolutely despise knowing anything at all. They rejoice in ignorance, and it's seen as a badge of pride to know absolutely nothing beyond what is purely necessary to survive until tomorrow. If any of them find out you know anything about anything, they HATE you. I'm simultaneously disgusted and terrified by them; it's like being surrounded by farm animals.

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>>4685177

>> No.4685180

>>4684122
What we've had is a period of time where chemicals were laced into our food to make us slow, passive, and lazy. It's almost impossible to escape the poisons today, and unless your parents saved you from them when you were young, as you age you'll never care to because they've already taken effect.

>> No.4685183

>>4685177
Americans don't even like americans anymore.
Most are content microwave the frozen pizza and fuck all, unfortunately.

>> No.4685189

>>4685183
^to microwave

>> No.4685211

>>4685177
It's sad but in every place I've lived in the US this has been true of maybe half the people I ran into. It's a bizarre fucking mystery to me. I think there's a slight exception though: they like it if you know something inane and uncontroversial when you're a child because its "cute", or if you know about something they are particularly interested in (almost always sports, so it barely counts.)
God forbid you read books or cite numbers from a study you think id interesting. prepare for a room full of crickets. It's like in places where the public schools are shitty (most) it's outlandish to attempt to educate yourself. I can't stand people who proudly say they don't read books. Fucking weird, I don't understand.

>> No.4685216

>>4684480
>Southern
Delicious. One of the best cuisines on Earth.
>Midwest
Chicago and St. Louis would carry it; the rest of the region has nothing in the way of food. A meal from those two cities, however, would be pretty good.
>East Coast
Cheese steak, clam chowder, New York pizza, etc
>West Coast
Would have to be Asian fusion. The only other foods overlap with...
>Southwest, because it's a lot more distinct than Midwest at least
Tex-Mex, basically. Chili, steak, enchiladas, etc.

>> No.4685220

>>4685133
>We Louisiana now
Fuck year, son.

>> No.4685245

>>4685183
>>4685211
I don't worry about them. Just live your life and enjoy being a patrician in your society. Yeah, you can make the argument that they vote and therefore shit up the country, but American politics is so hilariously corrupt that it's not like the votes actually matter.

In my experience, this is the American population:
>1%: Obscenely rich sociopaths who live like gods and eat like kings.
>10%: Intelligent/passionate individuals who live happily. They typically eat delicious, intricate food because they spend the time and money to create it.
>20%: Criminal scum who were born into violence and crime and will die in violence and crime. They eat fast food and microwave dinners for every meal.
>30%: Ignorant morons who know as little as possible and intend to keep it that way, who live dull, repetitive lives at wildly varying income levels. They eat fast food and microwave dinners for every meal.
>37%: Underachievers who wish for better lives but lack some combination of willpower, money, connections, or time that they need to make their dreams a reality. They are indistinguishable from the wilfully ignorant ones at first glance, and while occasionally may eat fast food or microwave dinners, sometimes gather together the willpower, time, and money to eat well. They wish they could do so more often.

>> No.4685285

>>4685133
Where's the red beans and rice?

But nice going. Fucking LOVE pecan pie.

>> No.4685305

>>4685285
Served alongside the gumbo, obviously.

I'm not going to lie, I had forgotten about cajun/creole. It's easily up there with the Southeast as far as internationally viable food goes.

>> No.4685329

>>4685305
Cajun and creole are so vastly different from the rest of the southeast, I'd put them in their own category. Let's call them the coastal south.

>> No.4685364

>>4684594
i made this one spanish dish before and told the person i served it to. you pick this up and eat each bite with tortilla otherwise you wont like it. 20 minutes later. that stuff sucked!! hmm thats odd. did you eat it with tortilla like i said? no! ohh i see. durr dee durr sped try it with tortilla like its supposed to be eaten...... 5 minutes later. that was good got anymore?

>> No.4685476

>>4685329
That's the point. I had forgotten to include Louisiana along with the other culinary regions.
>New England
>Deep South
>Southwest
>West Coast
>Midwest
>Cajun Country

>> No.4685497

>>4685364
>spanish
>tortilla
um... no.

>> No.4685515

>>4684052
analblasted american detected

>> No.4685533

>>4685497
spanish settler you fuckin mook!!! you should die in a fire for bad mouthing my spaniard tortillas you nigger

>> No.4685543

>>4685533
Spanish tortilla is a frittata with potatoes and onion. You mean to tell me that there is a Spanish dish that I am completely unaware of that is meant to be eaten with bites of a second, entirely different Spanish dish? I find this hard to believe.

>> No.4685566

>>4685543
i know right. its hard to beleive that spaniards that live on a different contenent then were spain is would eat different foods. its almost like how england people from england drink tea with bisquits but americans who came to america on them shops back in the day drink coffee with their bisquits and gravy

>> No.4685570

>>4685543
He could mean that his food only tasted good when you slugged back some delicious Carinena garnacha with each bite.

>> No.4685579

Ranch and barbecue muffin pie

Coke basted turkey with corn flake topping

Cheeze whiz icecream

>> No.4685594

>>4685570
Aragonian wines are amongst my favourites and make everything better. You have cancer? Have some calatayud! It won't cure your cancer, but after having good wine, you won't care!

>> No.4685601

>>4685570
why does everybody forget about the spaniards that calmed down the cannibals south of the united states and then went a bit more then half way up into the now united states and waited for americans to arrive

>> No.4685610

>>4685601
*waited for white americans to arrive

>> No.4685615

>>4685594
My fallback/safe place/comfort zone with wine is Calatayud and Carinena. They may not make stuff that can be cellared for 40 years or that will get 100 points from a famous magazine, but give me a mid-shelf, garnacha-heavy offering from there and I know I'm getting happiness in a bottle.

>> No.4685625

>>4685611
Exactly. It's a pretty underappreciated region and grape. Everyone's all about Burgundian, Tuscan and Venetian wines made with pinot, terret or chardonnay. Grenache is used in French wines, too, but even the French ones don't get the same oooohs and aaaaahs as wines made from pinot, terret or chardonnay.
Pity, that.

>> No.4685627

>>4685615
see >>4685625

>> No.4685641

brother's fried chicken
busch beer
NyQuil

>> No.4685652

>>4685625
>Pity, that
Great value, though, especially now that Spain's wine producers have modernized. And it's hard to call Rhone a value, but I really can't understand the love Bordeaux blends or Pinot seem to get over it mostly on name.

>> No.4685681

>>4685543
>tfw supposedly i dont exsist

>> No.4685694

>>4683953

Goddamn son, I made some C&B tonight and was on my way here to suggest just that.

>> No.4688078

>>4684134
Why would anyone consider pork chops american? It's not like everyone just left that cut to rot before America discovered it.