Your Countries Traditional Food

[Shanks 10,811]

The great thing about America is that its "traditional food" is actually a lot of different foods across many different cultures. Italian, Mexican and Chinese food are especially popular. The part of America I live in California as part of the American South West has a lot of Mexican food and sea food. There are 6,7 maybe 8 Mexican restaurants and markets (I am not kidding) within walking distance of where I work. I work at a grocery store and hot sauce, taco shells/mixes are both big sellers and not just among hispanics though among them Hominy (kind of like corn) and Menudo (Mexican soup made from cow intestines) are major sellers. My Dad once owned an Italian restaurant which while it is gone there is one near where I live which is actually just as good which is saying something.

 

 

Here in the United States.

Coca Cola was originally marketed as a hang over cure.  A counter clerk screwed up & hooked up CO2 instead of water & sales soared.

And Coke also had cocaine in it thus the name Coca Cola, it dosen't have that now but you wouldn't know that with how much of it people drink these days.

[Scrubbed user 3,415]

Did you know that burgers and hot dogs actually originated from Germany...

 

They look tasty =P

 

Never knew that before. 

 

America has actually contributed the corn dog, brownies, graham crackers, and fortune cookies if you can believe that.

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and fortune cookies if you can believe that.

I thought it was the Japanese that invented it.

[Scrubbed user 3,415]

The first ones were made in California. It may have been a Chinese person who made them, but they were still made in America.

[Simcity11100 770]

Yep modern day fortune cookies originated from Kyoto, Japan.

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It may have been a Chinese person who made them

Even if it was in America, it was done by Japanese. The Chinese had nothing to do with it.

[MsMegan91 117]

I guess the traditional Irish food would have to be the potato? 

[Castle_Cross 331]

The great thing about America is that its "traditional food" is actually a lot of different foods across many different cultures. Italian, Mexican and Chinese food are especially popular. The part of America I live in California as part of the American South West has a lot of Mexican food and sea food. There are 6,7 maybe 8 Mexican restaurants and markets (I am not kidding) within walking distance of where I work. I work at a grocery store and hot sauce, taco shells/mixes are both big sellers and not just among hispanics though among them Hominy (kind of like corn) and Menudo (Mexican soup made from cow intestines) are major sellers. My Dad once owned an Italian restaurant which while it is gone there is one near where I live which is actually just as good which is saying something.

The menudo is a good choice when you have a hangover :3

[DubWolf 16,617]

I'm in the US, but I'm Mexican.

 

My favorite breakfast meal: chorizo con huevo (and beans w/cheese) .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tacos! (do I need a pic :comeatus:?)

 

Agua de horchata is pretty good too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What else, what else.... oh, entomatadas! I had some yesterday, but the tomatoes were really... "acidic" :S.

 

 

 

 

 

[Draxon 214]

The Philly cheesesteak:

 

 

Just looking at it makes me want to go there now.  I've never been able to order a proper cheesesteak outside of the Philadelphia area.  That's why I always keep a box of Steak-umms in my freezer.

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

anything grilled and twice the normal size is America's traditional food

 

but I think our most significant food would have to be apple pie

Ok so I found something that seems appetizing, it's called apple crumb pie and looks like this:

yes those are almost better then apple pie

Edited December 12, 2014 by Snowflake Frostflame

[CT-1138 3,180]

Do giant bacon cheeseburgers count as "traditional"?

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but I think our most significant food would have to be apple pie

Nope. Apple pie comes from the Dutch.

[Rohinar 72]

Originating from Texas, USA, I figure I can represent Southern food!

 

Green bean casserole (yum!)

 

Pecan pie (extra yum!)

 

 

Fried oreos (so disturbed by this that I've never tried it!)

 

 

Collard greens (only good with significant added flavoring XD)

 

 

Rule of Southern food: All vegetables and healthy nutrients must be completely smothered in as much fat as possible.  ^^

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

Nope. Apple pie comes from the Dutch.

wonderful..... this is the 5th time this month I have made a mistake like that

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,298]

My country's most widely enjoyed traditional food is the chocolate chip corndog:

 

Don't fact check me.  Don't.

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Green bean casserole (yum!)

Again? It was invented by a corporation which is headquartered in New Jersey. And even then, it would make it a regional thing, not a national food, much less "traditional" by any sense of the word.

[Rohinar 72]

Again? It was invented by a corporation which is headquartered in New Jersey. And even then, it would make it a regional thing, not a national food, much less "traditional" by any sense of the word.

 

But, it's cherished by Southerners as a "Southern" food.  That's enough for me- I feel like things move away from where they were originally made and become popular somewhere else all the time.  If you want to be a stickler about how traditional something is, it gets hard to justify when our country is only a few hundred years old (as far as the dominant culture/people goes).

 

It still works for me though!  Because I currently live in NJ, lol, so it's still traditional in my state either way you look at it.

 

Oh, and Southerners tend to consider themselves a very distinct region, and I believe people have been posting regional food this entire thread anyway.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,204]

Canadian foods,eh?

 

Let's start off with some sweets. Eh.

 

We have Traditional Nanaimo bars

 

 

Sugar Pie

 

 

Maple Syrup

 

 

Now,for more "main course" stuff.

 

Peameal Bacon. (Aka Canadian Bacon to those out of country)

 

 

Regular bacon. We also have a Maple flavoured variant. (it is awesome)

 

 

 

Classic Poutine

 

[ghostfacekiller39 23,857]

I'd like to toss in a bit about all the deep frying we do in Texas.

 

Deep Fried Beer:

 

Deep Fried Butter on a Stick:

 

 

Deep Fried Snickers Wrapped in Bacon:

 

 

Deep Fried Cereal:

 

 

And last, but certainly not least, Deep Fried Donut Bacon Cheeseburgers:

 

 

[Cosmik Vek 764]

Here in Quebec we have:

 

• The Popular Poutine:

 

 

 

 

• The Smoked Meat, a Montreal's classic

 

 

 

 

 

• Pâté Chinois (Chinese Pie)

 

 

 

 

 

• Pouding-Chômeur (Chomeur's Pudding)

 

 

 

 

 

• Tourtière (Meat Pie)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Geek0zoid 1,467]

Pizza, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Ribs, French Fries...

Basically, lots of stuff that kills us upon massive intakes.

[Rohinar 72]

Pizza, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Ribs, French Fries...

Basically, lots of stuff that kills us upon massive intakes.

America:  Randomly Deadly Food

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But, it's cherished by Southerners as a "Southern" food

Why? I've seen it served in the west and it's likely just as popular in the northeast.

[Rohinar 72]

Why? I've seen it served in the west and it's likely just as popular in the northeast.

 

And... are you from the South?

 

I'd say it's difficult to say why different people latch onto any food.  ^^