Misconceptions about American Food.

[Ted Striker]

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[Evan von Christoph]

How are you Evan? Convert to christianity yet?

Hiya EvC. What's your sexual orientation this time?

I shall answer these and many more question in a thread I am going to start tommorow.

For Dinner I had some Pork Roast with Corn and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Fine eaten! You Euro's are really missing out...

[Ted Striker]

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[monolith94]

Well, I've been on two vacations to Europe, and on the first one I gained a bunch of weight, as a young kid. I lost some of it when I got back home. The second time I lost ten pounds. However, I don't think this was at all dependent on portions. It was all based on level of activity. On my first trip to Europe I did nothing but be driven around in a car and do some walking. The only real excercise I did was not so coincidentally the only place where I didn't gain weight, Bad Dreicherchen. On my second trip, eight weeks in Finland,I was very active, going swimming, walking, and biking almost every day. I felt great. I also noticed that the Finns are very QUICK eaters. I'm usually the first to finish over here but man, I just couldn't beat 'em!

Portions? I don't think they're that much different, but then again, I live in the Northeast, which might have less sizable portions than the South.

As far as America's reputation as an obese nation, some of that reputation is deserving, but not all of it. There are plenty of healthy people over here, me included.

Myth: There is no such thing as an Italian deep-dish pizza.

Not true! When my family was staying with our relatives in Italy, the mother of the house cooked this incredible thick, THICK pizza! Perhaps it isn't as well known, but they exist. . .

Best American dish? New England clam/fish chowder.

[vlad]

Originally posted by Makeo
I'd kill for some real butter. You can't buy anything over here except sweet cream butter. Also the honey tastes funny. The chocolate isn't as good either. Nor is the bread, too artificial. As a generalisation I would say that american food is too processed.

I definately like the mexican influence here.
Thanksgiving is the greatest holiday ever. Pumpkin pie and Pecan pie are excellent and i'd never had them before.

Peanut butter seems to be in everything.

You are not in the real world if you are in Breckenridge Makeo. That's as far from normal American cuisine as France is LOL. Real butter is everywhere, I bet I could walk in any grocery and find 10 different brands. If your eating Mexican in America its not really Mexican, just American crap with some hot sauce
What are you eating with peanut butter in it? Honey, do people still eat real honey?
I do agree American food is way to processed and artificial. Americans want fast and ready to eat, no wonder we are such fat pigs!!

[Starchild]

Stop talking about food...I had dinner yet you're making me hungry!!

I would kill for a good Indian right now. And some curry too.

Mmmmm. Lamb vindaloo served on top of pilau rice. Somosas served with spicy lime pickle and mango chutney. Tandoori chicken kebabs wrapped in warm naan bread. Pappadoms, enough to crush an elephants back!

(For dinner, I had ribs marinated in bbq sauce that had been spiked with soy sauce and other chinese spices to give it an asian slant. Along side, I had steamed baby bok cho and a baked potato with sour cream, chives, and bacon bits. My sister, who is far more strongly influenced by her American/Canadian surroundings than I am, literally drowned the potatos in sour cream.)

[monolith94]

"For Dinner I had some Pork Roast with Corn and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Fine eaten! You Euro's are really missing out..."

Jesus Christ! For dinner tonight I had roast pork with corn and baked red potatoes!

Of course, mine was better cause my mom was cooking.

Jesum crow, you foreigners have never even had "Milky Chicken" have you? Then again, most Americans haven't either!

p.s. EvC I'll hold my breath to see what the latest chapter of your life is like.

[Alexander's Horse]

I couldn't eat food in that quantity Striker.

Typical for me on a work day is:

A cup of tea on waking.

Bacon and egg muffin or sausage roll when I get to work.

Morning coffee around 10am

No lunch until after 2pm when they discount the food Usually sandwiches and OJ, or that sort of thing.

Afternoon coffee around 3pm

Sometimes no dinner, just snacks of an evening (toast, whatever). If dinner, one course.

And I'm still a bit overweight. Must be the beer

[monolith94]

If you go to NE Jawharps house, however, prepare to eat macaroni and cheese. . .

[Roland]

"Yeah we are fat slobs, I'll definatley agree there. And our portions are gigantic."

Bah. The Americoms visiting here are usually pretty impressed with our food. And even more by us still lacking behind you a bit in obesity - from our cuisine's calory content, we should have overtaken you with the first postwar Fresswelle.

"Oh my God Eurocoms this pie is TO DIE FOR."

Death by apple pie ? Interesting concept. I prefer Apfelstrudel, btw... Ah, Strudel... Guglhupf....

[aaglo]

When I think about american food, this comes to my mind:

I don't think it is very "fatty" or otherwise high-calorized. The fact that americans are regarded as size XXL comes from the lack of excersize. A stereotype that is.

Foods: Pizza, Burgers, Tex-Mex, Turkey, Apple Pie, Fresh fruit, one pound steaks. Beef, pork and chiken in every imaginable way... and none of the bread of breads: rye bread, which is a shame. How on earth can one live without such a delicacy, yet nutritious and good for you in every possible way. Rye bread is the ultimate choise for healthy eating.. Rye bread RLZ!

Drinks: bad coffee, worse beer, great wines

[monolith94]

There are different types of rye bread. Depends on if you mean the tough as rock, hard and dark rye bread or the tasty, nutritious, seeded light rye bread.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Make that 4 glasses of milk.

*BELCH*

Damn you're a pig!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Best American dish? New England clam/fish chowder.

Ewww... Manhatten clam chowder is MUCH better!

I would kill for a good Indian right now.

So would India .

Of course, mine was better cause my mom was cooking.

But he had Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, so he wins .

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Evan von Christoph
For Dinner I had some Pork Roast with Corn and Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Fine eaten! You Euro's are really missing out...

Missing out? We're not in Africa!! That would be a perfectly normal meal here too.
For all the diversity of american food, in all its fattiness, it is really no more special than that of any nation, and debatably less so because of its shared cultural heritage with the rest of the world.