/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Where's the cheese?

>>6350771
I don't know

>>6350770
Because you aren't eating food from the south, europleb.

>>6350808
Yeah BBQ is good and all but what else is there?

>>6350821
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_the_Southern_United_States

>>6350770
It's not, stupid.

We probably have more food variety than almost any other country.

>>6350770
Because you're just paying attention to the nationalized, made to be inoffensive to as many people as possible products.

Local and regional is where its at (Unless you're talking about most of the Midwest). Then you have a fuck awesome variety of local specials, worldwide cuisine, fusions of various cuisines, and a fairly rapid rotation cycle of trends.

Yeah, it's different from Europe/Asia's "we've made it this way since the 1200s", but if you look hard enough you can find the traditions of many places being upheld in surprising locations (traditional German sausage in Texas, what? )

American food isn't really about a great history of always having done stuff one way, but about change and getting to pick and choose from extant cuisines around the world, both ingredient wise and technique wise.

>>6350821
and the best BBQ is from the plains anyways

>>6350770

Simply put it isn't.

To say so would be like asking why is European cuisine so lackluster because of pic related

>>6350841
>but about change and getting to pick and choose from extant cuisines around the world, both ingredient wise and technique wise.

So America has few of its own unique dishes?

>>6350846
No. No it's not.

What puts southern styles on the top of the heap and relegates Midwest and Texas (more properly KC and Texas) to the back burner: blacks.

>>6350863
In the same way that all modern European cuisine is English, yes, but for a fairly easy example, look at pizza.

American varieties cannot deny the European origin, but there is enough differences to consider, especially wildly divergent styles like Chicago, an entirely different dish.

>>6350770
Because it mostly derives from earlier British Cuisine.

That is why.

>>6350850
UK isn't Europe though.

As if

Food of the gods right here boy

>>6350906
>asparagus with country fried steak
no. Just no.

>>6350896

The UK is part of the European union, that would be like saying Hawaii isn't the US

And even if it weren't, it's not as though the selection for bad European food is small.

For you foreigners, burgers in the US is a national favorite yes but it's more akin to say...Fish n Chips than it is something most people eat every day or consider a real "meal"

...because it has a combination of everything europoor, mixed with the best of most other places.

>>6350770
Dude it took europe and asia millenia to build the culinary cultures that they have today, give us some time. Most of our "cuisine" is just bastardized german, italian and irish food. Hamburgers, frankfurters, all of our cured meats, and most of our sandwhiches are like that (except peanut butter and jelly, you guys can thank us for that),

>>6350931
dont get more american than this

>>6350770
I dunno, I don't eat it much. Its just comfort food I guess. Least its not British food.

>>6350770
Yeah it's so lackluster that our shittiest chains are all over the world making billions. It's so lackluster that some of the best restaurants in the world are in the US. Man it feels bad being so lackluster.

>mfw people who know nothing about America food talk about American food

>>6350931
Agreed. Murrican cuisine has the potential to be kickass, because it has food from quite literally every culture on earth converged into one place.
...which has always confused me because all I ever grew up with was grilled cheese and bologna sandwiches.
For a land so culturally diverse, its wierd as fuck how bland and shitty the majority of the country is.
If you don't live on a coast, or one of the crowded, minority filled, overpriced tourist holes,you're pretty much fucked and doomed to casseroles and shitty, watered down chili

>>6350881

>>6350977
yeah but the food in the coastal cities is AMAZING. And chicago isn't coastal and has great food (inb4 deep dish debate) I'm talking about fine dining and "ethnic" food.

>>6350911
Perhaps you have a problem with reading comprehension. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and explain to you what I meant when I said "UK isn't Europe". And what I meant when I said that was: UK isn't Europe. Because whatever stupid bullshit that goes on in the UK... does not represent, or even begin to scratch any surface of what begins to represent what goes on in Europe. Especially since UK is America Jr. If you actually need me to elaborate more, please do beg, sorry, ask for it, and I will get back to your request for dick some time in the next day or so. In the meantime, You should probably die.

>>6350987
I think thats always been an issue in flyoverland.
If you want the great ethnic food.. you gotta deal with the people that make it, and 'middle america' is filled with xenophobic old racists who make sure everything is as fucking bland and whitebread as possible
Its frustrating.

>>6350955
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>>6350998
yeah in my city i can just order tons of ethnic food for delivery or carryout. pretty simple.

You want the real answer? It's because America has always had ample food. There hasn't been enough pressure to make humble ingredients shine and to make sure expensive ingredients make a dish fit for a king. BBQ is testament to this fact, it's a very rudimentary preparation of meat because meat is abundant and there's no need to stretch it.

>>6350982
What's it like being a slave anyway?

>>6350942
dude that looks.... fucking delicious.

>>6350770
/facepalm.jpg

usa cuisine does exist.

the usa is literally a melting pot of cultures, as the saying goes.

a lot of food in the usa is just food brought over from other places and shared in the usa.

there is plenty of unique food out of usa, other than bbq you stupid fucks, even though the country is not as old as antiquity.

i would expect this out of /b/, but /ck/? really?

>>6350942
Disgusting

>>6351020
So America needs another Great Depression to turn into a GOAT food nation?

>>6350770
Why do europeans feel the need to constantly make these threads?

>>6351074
Can't happen now. Technology's too advanced. We'll end up with more canned food.

>>6351088
Canned lasagna and canned shepards pie doesn't sound appetizing.

>>6351062
Should I know? I saw roots once when I was kid, doesn't look very fun.

>>6350998
It's not just that. It's also that flyover land was originally populated by the likes of Germans and Scandinavians who for whatever reason forgot about the interesting aspects of their homeland cuisines and just uphold the godawful/bland aspects (like how lutefisk is still a thing somehow in the northern plains).

When you add in the historical sparse and relatively unchanging population levels, you lose out on cultural intermingling and on different familial takes within a given culture. Now add into these areas a relative lack of ingredient choice (most herbs and spices do better in hotter climates, and remember we're talking historically so transporting such to poor people wasn't exactly a goal), you end up with bland, uninspired tastes. reinforce this with the idea that being plain is somehow noble, and you end up with an area that are often as not won't even put salt and pepper on a steak.

Over time, flavor has almost been rediscovered in the middle of America, but only through national brands and chains which are diluted to the point of being inoffensive to the most number of people, so you're left with a great, wide open space where people only know flavor designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator and crappy versions of other region's specialties.

>>6350808

The only truly bad food is in the midwest.

>not being an ameriburger

I gained 50 kilos scrolling through this thread.

Don't mind me, I'm just eating my ho-hum, uninspired, lackluster, non-impressive south Louisiana food....

>>6351208
Post what you're eating

>>6350770
High Fructose Corn Syrup

>>6351208
i really hope you are being sarcastic...a lot of my family is from there and that is honestly one of the greatest bastions of food culture for america.

>inb4 cajun/creole is from acadians and not a part of america.

fuck off. they started it, HERE. it is a part of us now.

>>6350770
Asians love burger so much that they wanna smell like burger.

>>6351277
Of course he's being sarcastic....

>>6351277
Of course I am being sarcastic.
The food in Acadiana is fucking sublime

>>6351260
I had Redfish Courtboullion for dinner this evening (redfish I caught myself down in Shell Beach over the weekend) and homemade fried Boudin balls with creole mustard dip.

>>6351390
You never posted what dish you were eating, faggot

>>6351401
>>6351398

>grew up on a farm
>GOAT food my entire life

It wasn't fancy, but you can't beat having beef, chicken, dairy, fruits, and vegetables all within our 27 acres of land with deer, rabbits, quail, and fish in the miles of woods behind it.

Also, fuck store bought milk. White water is all it is, "whole" be damned

>>6351386
i guess he was. you are very optimistic though; kudos on 4chan not killing that part of you yet.

>>6351390
happy to hear that, really. i am bitter and expect the worst on here.

>>6351487
I moved to Louisiana 5 years ago... New Orlean originally, then to Lafayette this past summer.

The food is rad - and I really dig the contrast of the food in the two cities. I tend to lean towards the Cajun, but New Orleans Creole is fantastic too.

>>6351020
This kinda makes sense.

your mom lusts my lacker

>>6351903
All smugness aside, regions of the US that have historically been poor have developed interesting cuisines (thus the whole "HERP DERP I GUESS YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE SOUTH" attitude prevalent in the thread).

When you're poor, you gotta use what you got and get creative.

>>6351001
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>>6350996
lol
so bitch-mad

>>6350770
>why is American cuisine so lackluster
because "American Cuisine" to the rest of the world is the stuff that sells best and gets shipped out

and here, that is the stuff that is sold for the cheapest and made the cheapest
that's bud light and McDonalds, it's the same thing as saying "Japanese cuisine is terrible, it's all Maruchan ramen!"

Here's some of my favorite things/places to eat, in America

>Pig pickin'
>that-day slaughtered pig, gutted in someone's bathtub by the chef, and put on a smoker at 2AM, left to smoke all day. Meat is picked off person by person, sauces can be vinegar-based (North Carolina) mustard-based (South Carolina) Molasses based, honey based, you name it.
>Fish Fry
Typically flounder filets, fresh-caught, shelled, butterfly-cut shrimp, all deep-fried in a beer batter, served with cheap beer, fries, and hushpuppies (seasoned beer batter deep fried in balls, with a name given to make the dogs shut up when people were frying fish).

>Texan/Mexican food
The kebab of the US. US is riddled with shitty mexican food and tex-mex food, but the really excellent places will blow your mind with lime/salt/garlic guacamole, fresh salsas and pico de gallo.

>the Burder
OP's pic is so far from what a good burger looks like that it makes me weep. I place near my home sells 5$ burgers on Tuesdays. Inch and a quarter thick, that-day freshly ground beef in-store, chuck sold by a local butcher, pickles brewed by a local pickle company, and buns baked by a nearby bakery. My personal favorite is the Palmetto burger- GOOD pimento cheese (sharp cheddar, none of that Ruth's garbage), fried green tomatoes, and two strips of bacon.

>Buffalo
Buffalo is fucking amazing. Has one of the rare traits of being carb-neutral (like celery, where the energy required to process it is greater/equal to the amount of carbs it provides). It's a dry, but tasty, gassy meat, sometimes ground with smoked, ripened jalapenos.

>>6350770
the cheesesteak sub is all american and absolutely delicious

>>6350770
nothing more american than this

>>6350770
Americans make everyone else's food. We have the best variety available of groceries.

>>6351180

Midwest food is delicious, but it's not the sharp flavours that work here, it's rich and savoury shit we got.

>>6350821
I like your ignorance but southern cuisine encompasses many great genres of food. Yes there is BBQ but there is also, southern comfort food, creole food, soul food, and if you're from Texas theres also Tex-Mex. So as you can see there is much more to southern food than merely "bbq". If you're gonna be ignorant at least take that shit back to /pol/

>>6350909
I agree asparagus with country fried steak is a little weird but it tastes good so who cares? Though yes, something like green beans or even mac n cheese would be more fitting.

>>6350821
Say what you want about Cajun/creole food, but it's definitely not lackluster.

>not getting the usual murikan breakfast

All jokes aside foreign media always zeros in on our fat people and their fast food addictions. They never look at country folk like me or our more level headed citizens who arent sucking the HFCS cock of Coke and lapping lustily between the buns of McPricks. No one mentions the beef or steaks, roast chickens, fresh boar, the local farm raised veggies or even our rustic breads or stews. Nope. Just fucking mcDonalds

>>6350996

So basically you are autistic is what you are saying

>It represents Europe if its good but if its not it doesn't and never did

>>6355080

I love me an American breakfast but

>No pancakes
>Eggs overcooked
>no toast

>>6355080
>usual murikan breakfast
that would be cereal, milk, toast, glass of orange juice, piece of fruit.
>better murikan breakfast
I remember trying to explain to germans the concept of Mac and Cheese, or the idea of gravy. They wanted to vomit

Oh look it's this thread again.jpg


Let's face it. Your idea of american food is some Midwestern shit inducing tuna casserole or some shitty meat and potato dish. Or the big Micky d.

you are missing out on
>southern food
>New England food
>bbq
>dank Wisconsin/cAli cheeses
>texmex
>cAli-mexican
>Cajun
>southwestern (NM, AZ)
>ethnic food available in any major city.

If you want shitty food look at Brit food.
Inb4
>MUH FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST M8
Because other than that, enjoy your toast sandwich

Pic related: xi'an cumin lamb jia mo I bought in America.

>>6355101
>>6355097
>Toast pancakes orange juice cereal

Suger carbs carbs carbs carbs suger suger suger. THIS WHY YOU FUCKERS ARE GETTING FAT

>>6355163
I've liter never had both toast and pancake in same meal unless it was an ihop platter.


Or I was high

>>6351074
food from the great depression was shitty

>>6355163
>lelz litterelly ever emaricen is fate lel

>>6355141

>mfw you're trying to claim foreign food made by foreigners living in America as "American cuisine"

By your logic, the British get to claim all kinds of Indian and Middle Eastern foods as "British cuisine".

>>6355224
the national dish of britbongistan is curry, you twat waffle

>>6355224
Did you read the rest of the post?

Cajun southern bbq etc is foreign right

>>6355141
you're forgetting the most important part
Eurobeef is pathetic

implying food fucking matters

>>6350770
shut the fuck up you piece of shit america is the best country in the world we have the best and are the best of/in everything. while you faggots in britain were busy developing advanced techniques of how to cook fries and fish, we created mc donalds, burger king, pizza hut, outback franchise, taco bell, KFC, literally everything. whatever the whole world does, america does it better and america does it more. deal with it, third world country faggot

>>6350770
OP is a butthurt faggot, i bet he spends every single cent of his third world country income to come visit florida or new york or los angeles in his vacations. fucking cunt, america is the best. butthurt faggot.

>>6355392
>we have the best and are the best of/in everything.
We have lots of good stuff.
>mc donalds, burger king, pizza hut, outback franchise, taco bell, KFC
That shit ain't it.

>>6355224
Cajun, southern creole, barbeque, and some others are all American. Also our beef is miles better than almost any countries, so steak should be part of American cuisine.

>>6350996
>tfw you will never be this autistic

>>6355163
>implying carbs are the devil

if it fits your macros, faggot

>>6351020
Implying that quantity is a substitute for quality
I guess this explains why american consumers have grocery stores filled with flavourless giant sized vegetables

Try some garlic salami in France then try the same thing in the US, way more flavour in Europe

Same with olives. In my local store in North America olives are the size of golf balls yet barely taste of anything

>>6350840
>We probably have more food variety than almost any other country.

You wish, buttercheeks.

>tfw live in the midwest
send help

>>6350770
Because they just add that yellow cheese to everything and make it 2x the size

swecuck here, so want to try a philly cheese steak sandwhich the correct way, but poor as shit

how do i shoot food?

>>6350863
Threadly reminder that the US has not even reached its tricentennial yet has still managed to establish a unique culture consisting of, but not limited to:

-Creole Food
-The Hudson River Valley School of art
-the beat poets and writers
-BBQ
-The US Constitution and the ideals it embodies
-the bulk of art film from the 60s to 00s
-Disney
-fast food
-variations of dishes so removed from their ethnic origins that they become distinct dishes

>>6350942
I've had it. It's quite good actually.

>>6356971
>The Hudson River Valley School of art

The fukkin wat m8

>>6355101
>the idea of gravy
>vomit
You fucking wut mate? Do they not have gravy where you come from?

>>6356977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School

>>6356991

the fukkin wat m8

The greatest thing about American cuisine is that it literally is adaptations of other cuisines from immigrants and tweaked.

If you honestly think American cuisine is pigeon-holed to burgers and fries, then you probably are the same type of person who'd visit America and stop at a McDonalds like most of the retards who visit America do.

So then you can go back to your inferior shit country and come on /ck/ or your blog and say "I WANT TO MURICA AND UM, E-EVERYONE WAS FAT AND THE FOOD IS SO BLAND. HANG ON ME MUM IS CALLING ME, MY BEANS ON TOAST WITH CHEESE IS DONE".

Seriously, how autistic can you niggas be?

>>6357131
/ck/ is a christian sfw board, please don't go and post pics of rapists in here, anon

>>6357131

To be fair, Kraft Cheese is fucking shit tier and everyone I know loves that shit like jesus

>>6357133
China sue did nothing wrong, anon-kun.

>>6357134
American cheese isn't the greatest, but the thing about it is, you don't eat it like other cheeses.

It's made for melting, mainly on sandwiches. I agree, I'd rather have cheddar, but it has it's place.

>>6357131
>The greatest thing about American cuisine is that it literally is adaptations of other cuisines from immigrants and tweaked.
That's a part of it, but there's quite a bit that is not an adaptation, too. Granted, those dishes that aren't adaptations will usually at least use techniques from something else, but that's most cuisine everywhere.

>>6357141
Exactly, my point is, that's America's biggest asset though, in culinary terms.

Not implying that all food in America didn't originate here. I dare the OP to try a bowl of authentic gumbo and tell me that it's bland.

He couldn't.

>>6350996

Ausfag here, is mac and cheese considered American or do pedants link it back to some Yuro dish?

I'm a big fan, cooking it tonight and shall be eating it all weekend.

>>6355608

>Crowning achievement of France: makes some pretty mean garlic salami

>>6357326

Nevada looking pretty grey there

>>6357326
#History
You thick cunt

>>6357326
salami isn't French you fucking mong child.

>le why do americans do X
>being this desperate for replies
yikes

>>6350863
Much like most of the world post spice trade era.

>>6350911
I guess Norway isn't in Europe since it's not part of the EU

>>6358867
It's still part of the EEC, though.

>>6357291
American, you'll here stories about Thomas Jefferson or someone like that requesting cheese with macaroni to

> live in nawlins

I got okra and sausage gumbo today from the hot lunch bar at my supermarket.

Most food, that was posted here as good American food doesn't really impress me. Just some simple meat with some simple sauce. Some of you seem to be lucky and live on farms, so at least it's fresh, but the recipes are nothing special.

Murrica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq2kmbI_1EA

>>6359308
Disgusting city
Best food in the country

>>6359376
proud to be murrican right here. I really digged the dudes grunting yummy sounds too not even homo.

>>6354940
>at Cracker Barrel
>country fried steak and 3 sides
>fried okra and double turnip greens
Aww yiss