I was just listening to a podcast today that was pointing out that the need to talk about things like ranch dressing and insist that the US has good food is another sign of American decline and trying to fight the loss of any cultural influence/soft power.
the need to talk about things like ranch dressing and insist that the US has good food
Anyone who can only come up with ranch as the only/main example of American cuisine is a racist. Chicano and tex-mex food are American, Louisiana food is American, all black American cuisine is American, indigenous nations food is American. In their mind America = white, so non-white foods couldn’t possibly be American. They’re telling on themselves so hard.
Chicano and tex-mex food are American
This gives of the same vibes as “falafel and hommus is israeli food”
Falafels and hummus were created far before israel existed, and theres nothing culturally “israeli” abt either. Chicano and tex-mex food developed in the US, and are recognizably different than just mexican food, tho theres ofc a lot of influence going in both directions. That is why its ridiculous to call the former “israeli” food while the latter is american food
I knew the food existed before israel, but i dont know much about chicano and tex mex, seems like mexican food made more palatable for white americans, like the dim sims made for white australians by Chinese immigrants
That can still be it’s own cuisine/dish though. For example, Japanese curry is based on Indian cuisine but is quite different. Or in India there is Indo-Chinese food which is not actually Chinese food.
Admittedly idk much abt chicano cuisine either, but reducing a whole culinary tradition to just “another tradition but made palatable to white ppl” seems stupid
i noticed one of the south korean slop channels suddenly doing “the unimaginable TRUE power of the US military” videos just as the US was publicly eating shit from iran and yemen
I’m not going to take culinary criticism from a country where everyone is talking about regularly shitting their pants.
they’re crying because they can’t afford the incoming hospital bill
Crying because a single US fry instantly gave me 3 heart attacks and diabetes
mfw eating a gas station hot dog
Hey wait a minute that is clearly not a hot dog bun.
Translators Note: it’s a metaphor you sussy baka
“hot dog bun” but in the sense of “diced hot dogs in a steamed dumpling”
Real jelly donut moment here
Mechanically separated hot dog filling
NGL ive had gas station hot dogs like that (mostly when I’m incredibly drunk)
hungerintoxication is the best spice
americans go 🥺 when they try real raw tomato in europe, so i have severe doubts
*i assume normal tomatoes must exist in usa, but seems like average vegetable is a bit on watery side, to grow faster or store better
Agreed, the U.S. does not sell decent tomatoes in any of its regular stores, but good tomatoes can be found in speciality places, farm stands, and back yards. Same goes for strawberries, raspberries, and lots of other produce.
Most of the Spanish glasshouse tomatoes that are grown to supply supermarkets across Europe suck too.
Some stores carry heirloom varieties, but for the most part, you’re limited to mealy tomato-flavored water balloons, questionable romas, and an unspecified on-the-vine species that probably spent two weeks on the back of a truck.
It’s worse the further you get from logistics hubs or actual growing areas, and even worse when they’re out of season. Italian Hell is being force-fed “beefsteak” tomatoes in rural North Dakota in November.
Which is fuckin’ wild because tomatoes are a new world plant.
Thinking that ranch dressing and French fries is the height of culinary excellence really shows how unadventurous one is with food. American cuisine is so fucking boring that I almost never cook it at home.
I just want food that won’t kill me
Sure whatever I’ll eat ranch dressing as long as there isn’t glass or salmonella in it.That would cause all the crying
Try Thai food and come back to me when you’ve wept with joy AND pain, you fucking scrub
I saw someone eating beanis and they literally were shidding and farding at how much flavour it had
They spent the next week laughing at how they managed to fleece an American out of 45 euros in return for the lunch menu leftovers
And would sir like the house wine?
And where is this Japanese girl? Is she in the room with us now?
He confused
with a Japanese woman because the poster is also racist.
His only other idea is Italian food? Jfc
And his idea of Italian food is macaroni and gravy like in sopranos
it takes a real horse’s ass to talk about texas bbq as a evidence of the US’ sophisticated food culture, when Carolina bbq is the true heir of west african foodways’ collision post-Columbian Exchange.
texas bbq is for baby mouths who won’t eat their dinner unless mommy dumps a heap of sugar on the plate.
oh yea? well i once saw an amerikkkan man eat mämmi and he started weeping and praising how good it tasted even before i said you should add some vanilla custard.
see? i can also go on the internet and tell liesWho would lie on the internet?!
Mämmi could make someone weep with relief, because they look at it and fear they’re going to be eating poop, but then it’s actually ok
the first time I had american potato product and flavoured mayo I literally shit and cried
