How Does American Cuisine Stack Up Against Other Countries?

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American food is such a cultural mismatch of other cuisines. Creole cooking would be the most closest to "American Cuisine" as you can get and that is heavily influenced by French cuisine. Fried Catfish, Hush Puppies, and BBQ are probably more of an American invention. Even our Thanksgiving traditions are heavily influenced by French Cuisine.
 
I think all american food.. originated originally from other countries, all we did was change the recipe a bit.. if someone were visiting from another country AND i was serving dinner... i think meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy..corn on the cob... and peach cobbler with icecream would be considered a american dish.. or pizza haha..
 
eh who cares who invented it, all that matters is it's delicious! i'd hook a foreign visitor up with some soul food
 
fobrinkle said:
BBQ is an American thing. Actually, I think, it started on slave plantations. The slave owners would give the tough cuts of meat to the slaves and they learned that slow cooking it made it fantastic.
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Could be but I would moreso think that chitlins and pigfeet had their beginnings this way.
 
SumoNinja said:
you made my mouth water with both those pics ^

i would eat the hell outta them meat while cruising in that ride
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Ha! Here's some I made a few weeks ago. But I don't have a Chevelle :(

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I think it would also depend what part of the country you are visiting as well...

I think down south, it would have to be Gumbo, or crawdads, jambalaya etc..

East Coast, I think Seafood. Oyster Stew, Clam Chowder.. and Pickles for some reason.. but not together. I also think Amish food. Apple butter, Pies, etc..
 
BBQ is American- at least North American. From Wikipedia:
"The origins of both the activity of barbecue cooking and the word itself are somewhat obscure. Most etymologists believe that barbecue derives ultimately from the word barabicu found in the language of both the Timucua of Florida and the Taíno people of the Caribbean, which then entered European languages in the form barbacoa. The word translates as "sacred fire pit."[2] The word describes a grill for cooking meat, consisting of a wooden platform resting on sticks."

So at least the word is totally (North) American. One food is originally from the Americas and is GREAT on the fire with the BBQ meat- corn on the cob. Corn is native to North America and was the basis of many Native American diets. And if you've never tried it, get a few ears, soak in water (husks on), then put them on the grill or directly on the coals. Turn occasionally to prevent burning. Takes about half hour depending on how hot your grill is.
 
sikoko said:
the gyro is what death pony is talking about so ya lol. i would say any food made by native americans would be american cuisine lol
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I think you missed the joke.

Gyros are actually not a traditional Greek food, they're a recent culinary invention.
 
I used to have employees from an International work program. They came from France, Kazakhstan, China, Thailand, England, Ireland, Poland, Russia, Turkey, etc. and all of them disliked the food here. All of them said it was fatty and greasy, lol! Even the Thai and Chinese students would say that the Thai and Chinese food here was greasier than home. There were a few places that was close to home, but most were "Americanized."
 
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