Foreigners Interested in American Food

[Anonymous No.19609921]

This is the thread for non Americans to inquire unto Murican slop. Anything from sloppa to fine dining, disgusting snacks to top tier bbq, and everything in between.
I'll even start. I've many friends from all over the globe, and far too many of them didnt even know what an avocado is. The best I can explain it is that it's a fruit, but every one of us dipshits call it a vegetable. It's sort of hard to explain, but an avocado tastes more or less like a lightly green flavored vegetable, but with butter. It's the "fattiest" fruit I've ever had, and has a "creamy" texture to boot. They go fantastically in most savory/salty dishes.
My favorite use for avocados is to cube them into small pieces to toss into my pico de Gallo, I which is a "salad" used as a condiment consisting mostly of onion and tomato. It's a Hispanic thing, and goes great with pretty much any meat, even fish.

Pray tell foreign Anons, what Murican slop have you been interested in? I myself as well as some other patriots would love to share our food with you.

[Anonymous No.19609933]

The last time I've seen a thread like this was when Anons were talking about breakfasts, and someone posted biscuits & gravy, an American classic. It was pretty cool seeing other Anons giving it a try and posting feedback, saying it's as tasty as it looks gross.
I think even that one Aussie poster tried it and liked it

[Anonymous No.19609935]

i wish i knew what twinkies tasted like
we have the turkish topkek here (a cupcake) and it looks similar in texture, like a moist spongecake but fuck if i know if it's the same.

i also wish i knew what scallops tasted like. are they fishy like fish? slightly less fishy like crab? chewy like calamari or octopus? flakey like fish?

[Anonymous No.19609939]

>>19609933
i'm>>19609935
and i often make the sausage gravy, it's so simple and good.

[Anonymous No.19609948]

>>19609935
Turkbro!
I've never had topkek, but from what I understand, it tastes like chemicals just as Twinkies do. You're really not missing out on them, I assume Twinkies taste more like cleaning chemicals than topkek. Twinkies have no shelf life, they last forever with how many artificial preservatives are in the damned things.

As for scallops,have you ever eaten clams? Scallops taste like a fattier clam, samilar texture too. My favorite shellfish has always been mussels. Absolutely delicious

[Anonymous No.19609954]

>>19609935
scallops are a lot like crab, but a bit firmer - not flaky like fish. twinkies are basically a very light, sweet yellow cake/sponge cake filled with cream-type sugary filling. delicious, spongy, and wholly unsatisfying.
>>19609933
i've explained B&G to a brit before, and it takes them a bit to understand how it would be good, because to them it sounds like sweet cookies with brown gravy on top.

[Anonymous No.19609959]

>>19609948
>>19609935
Oh, and when it comes to American snack cakes, I recommend pic related over hostess. My favorite is the peanut butter chocolate bars with the crispy wafers. They pair perfectly with tea or coffee.

[Anonymous No.19609960]

[Anonymous No.19609970]

>>19609954
I had a hell of a time explaining biscuits & gravy to my bongistani friends too. It helps if you explain it as a pork sausage gravy(with all the meat in) poured over scones or popovers even. THEN they get it.
>>19609960
Fugg, that kids probably as old as I am now I hope he's doing ok, been a decade since I've last seen him. Isn't he SE Asian?

[Anonymous No.19609974]

>>19609935
>i wish i knew what twinkies tasted like
mostly it tastes like preservatives. you could try making some spongecake at home to get an approximation but it would actually be too good to taste "right"

[Anonymous No.19609986]

>>19609974
But the preservatives are the best part.

[Anonymous No.19609989]

>>19609935
>>19609974
This
You could, as Anon said, make some sponge cake and fill it with super sugary whipped cream, but it won't taste like an actual Twinky unless you add a splash of bleach & punesol to it

[Anonymous No.19609992]

>>19609989
Oh, and pine-sol is an American cleaning product. It smells like pine needles and lemon, but it tastes nothing like how it smells.
Trust me, I used to be a very stupid child.

[Anonymous No.19609996]

>>19609935
>>19609974
Honestly theyre not good. Better off just eating spongecake.The cream is just pure sugar. The sugar throughout the whole Twinkie has a chemical taste.

[Anonymous No.19610004]

tell me about gumbo pls

[Anonymous No.19610016]

>>19610004
gumbo is what happens when you're down in new orleans catching a jazz festival. it's a thick, spicy stew with sausage/shrimp/chicken and veggies (normal soup/stock veggies, plus okra) with cajun-type seasoning. a good gumbo is really good, but it's the kind of thing you don't want to get at a chain restaurant, get it somewhere they'll put some effort into it (goes for cajun food in general)

[Anonymous No.19610045]

>>19610016
and the difference between gumbo and jambalaya?

[Anonymous No.19610064]

>>19610045
Gumbo is a thick soup poured over rice, jambalaya is a rice dish that came as a result of the spanish trying to recreate paella in america

[Anonymous No.19610067]

>>19609933
I'm American and I can't bring myself to make or eat this.

[Anonymous No.19610072]

>>19610016
I recently made gumbo, I could get all the ingredients in my country except Andouille sausage so I used a substitute. I want to make Jambalaya next.

[Anonymous No.19610171]

>>19610067
My kinsman, I've no idea how you've not already had biscuits & gravy. As far as I know, and as far as I've traveled across the states, I've never seen a fellow Murican that didn't like him some biscuits & gravy.
I'm born and raised from western Washington, but mhalf my senpai comes from Minnesota. Even here down south in SC, everyone loves biscuits & gravy.
Where are you from, where you've never had?
Not trying to shit on you, I'm just curious

[Anonymous No.19610177]

Shit, does F A M I L Y get filtered into senpai now? Reminds me of the old /b/ filters like candy-assgot and Newt Gingrich.

[Anonymous No.19610447]

>>19609921
chips and fries

[Anonymous No.19610496]

>>19610177
I'm banned from /b for something that I didn't do. Pathetic really looking back on it, all appeals exausted.

[Anonymous No.19610506]

>>19610171
I'm from north CA and been to a lot of diners around the state. I'm sure some places serve it, but I've never actually seen it in real life.
I'm not a picky eater and have eaten some gnarly shit in SF chinatown like live octopus. I will one day, but I'd rather the accident happen rather than seek it out... I have a difficult time overcoming the aesthetic of the vomit a dog makes after drinking a carton of curdled milk over toast. Also no offence.

[Anonymous No.19610509]

>>19610177
family always catches me off guard desu

[Anonymous No.19610528]

>>19610506
yeah it looks like barf but after the first bite you won’t care

[Anonymous No.19610658]

>>19610506
Ah, I gotchu. I've lived in the San Fran area myself, and noticed a lot of people weren't into biscuits and gravy.
It helps to understand what it actually is though. Just preseasoned breakfast sausage fried in a pan til it's cooked, then with some flour, cream and pepper.
I have a hard time understanding how anyone wouldn't like it, but I still respect your pov.
It's one of those things where once you suck it up and actually try it, you'll love it.
For me, I had a similar problem with sour cream.

[Anonymous No.19610680]

>>19610072
try it with andouille when you can, I promise you it isn't the same

[Anonymous No.19610720]

>>19609933
Looks like trash, but tastes delicious, if only I'd take the time to learn how to make sausage gravy.

[Anonymous No.19610724]

>>19609959
Snickerdoodle best one.

[Anonymous No.19610730]

3 more weeks and they're all back in school

[Anonymous No.19610739]

>>19610730
So whats your excuse?

[Anonymous No.19610806]

>>19609921
>it is that it's a fruit, but every one of us dipshits call it a vegetable
Wait, you're American? We don't call avocado a vegetable. Nobody does. And pico de gallo isn't a salad. What the fuck are you even talking about?

[Anonymous No.19610818]

>>19610806
I call it a vegetable just like a tomato.

[Anonymous No.19610819]

>>19610072
There isn't really a substitute for andouille.