Learn About… AMERICAN Food! :)
Tell us about the food from your culture/homeland/etc! Tell us about the ingredients, show us pictures, describe the taste and texture, tell us fond memories surrounding the food! Share anything about everything you want! <3
Biscuits and gravy
Mmmmm yummy <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 My go to comfort food 😋
Me too please hehe
@mytwistedsoul Omggggg yesss!!! Biscuits and sausage gravy is such a comfort food for me! I love my biscuits with some color on it but still fluffy and soft and slathered all the way with gravy on it. I mean, I want mine looking like pure slop and I'll eat every last bit. 😋 Ohhh my belly is craving this now! Delicious!
@YourCaringConfidant Those biscuits need a nice crust on the outside! The mix of soft inside and crusty outside is wonderful slathered under lots of gravy! There is no such thing as too much gravy that's for sure!
@mytwistedsoul Exactly this!!!! 💯
I like breakfast just about any time. A typical American breakfast consists of eggs I like scrambled, potato such as hash browns or home fries and a meat like bacon and a bread Biscuit or pancakes. Sometimes also fruit. I like eating omelettes on breakfast for dinner night sometimes. Correct me if I'm wrong America!
Really depends on the person. I mostly eat toast. Hehe
@reservedOwl321 Breakfast for dinner is always good! 😋
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NO ONE HAS TIME TO MAKE THIS. Fyi. XD
Yes. Especially in the morning...there always frosted flakes I guess...
I just eat toast XD
@reservedOwl321 You are soooo right! This is a great, hearty breakfast good any time of the day. I'm definitely more of a French toast person though in stead of pancakes, but waffles are always good too! 😋 And let's not forget the grits too! Ohhhh, now I'm hungry!
@YourCaringConfidant I’ve never really eaten grits. I have had cream of wheat. (I believe both are similar to oatmeal) It is interesting how many different types of foods are eaten in one country. I am thinking grits are more from the southern parts of the US. I am cleaning out the fridge this week and I might dig out the cream of wheat today. I haven’t had that in a while, but hot cereals are nice in the wintertime.
@reservedOwl321 I had no idea grits was a southern state kinda thing. 👀 The funny thing is I know cream of wheat is next to grits in stores, but I've never had that in any state I've ever lived. Lol. Google says its sweet. I hope you enjoy yours! I should definitely try it myself one day too! 😀
@YourCaringConfidant I have no idea where it came from. That is a good question for my mom. I add brown sugar to mine, but other than that I think it is healthy. It was good. Yum!
Fried green tomatoes are unripened tomatoes that are picked when they are hard and completely green. The tomatoes are then sliced into nice thick slices, breaded, and fried in hot oil until they are perfectly crispy. Next, a sprinkle of sea salt and a dipping sauce finishes these tomatoes off. They are addictive, delicious, and actually quite easy to make!
https://www.maebells.com/fried-green-tomatoes/
I've never had fried green tomatoes, but those look good! They remind me of tempura.
Tempura is a popular Japanese dish of seafood and vegetables coated in a light, airy batter and deep-fried, resulting in a crispy, non-greasy texture.
@jesusredeemedme2425 That's a pass for me. Can't stand these 😝
Never tried them, just heard of the movie XD
@jesusredeemedme2425 They might be better if someone else made them? 😅 I had to eat them when I was a kid and they were always soggy and gross 😝
Someone prolly made them wrong then XD
@jesusredeemedme2425 I love these so much. I decided to try them one year when I had no hope of some of my tomatoes ripening in time. I find it a bit bizarre these haven't become more popular here and other areas with fairly short growing seasons.
I have fried them, but typically make them in the airfryer now. I like them best when the tomatoes have the first signs of blush, so not 100% unripe, but close.
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An all-time favorite recipe that Americans love are homemade chocolate chip cookies. The recipe originated in 1938 in Massachusetts when a chef at a local restaurant created the recipe using Nestles Toll House semi-sweet chocolate chips. The recipe became known as Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies. The cookies are made with cookie dough consisting of flour, baking soda, baking powder, brown sugar, white granulated sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla and the semi-sweet chocolate chips are added at the end. Bake cookies on a cookie sheet in a hot oven until golden. Smelling the aroma of the cookies while baking you will anticipate tasting a delicious hot cookie shortly after it has baked.
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Apple Pie is a longtime favorite desert for Americans. The recipe originated in Europe in the 1340s. In the 1700's when Europeans came to America they brought the apple pie recipe with them. The recipe consists of pie pastry for the crust. The fruit filling consists of fresh sliced apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Other fruit fillings such as cherry and blueberry, etc. can also be used. The filling is placed in the pie pastry, then topped with a layer of pie pastry and baked. Apple pie as well as other fruit pies are super delicious when served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
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Last pic has apple pie with cheese. Crazy idea to me hehe! But people pair them for some reason lol
Is that cheese on top of the 5th apple pie picture?
@reservedOwl321 Omgggg good 👀! Wow. I've never seen or heard of 🧀 on 🍎 🥧! That's crazy! That's literally a block of cheese behind it! 🤔😶 I love cheese but this is different, for sure.
@YourCaringConfidant I looked it up. I think I have heard of this actually maybe when I was sightseeing like at George Washington’s historic property, but I cannot remember. I found this on the web:
While some Americans are quite familiar with this pairing, others proclaim their shock at defiling a pie with cheese instead of the typical vanilla ice cream scoop. Apparently, this combination was quite common in jolly old England and settlers brought the dessert tradition to the states.
Naturally, the cheese-topped pie become most common in dairy farming areas, most notably, New England. And if you really stop to think about it, salty and sweet has been a coveted combo forever. No cheese board is complete without a jam or hunk of grapes, after all. The same philosophy applies here. In New England, bakers tend to layer the cheese right on top of the pie crust, but other interpretations see the cheese being baked directly into the pie.
@reservedOwl321 Learn something new everyday, omg! I had no clue! Thank you for that piece of information, 🦉! 😁😄 Hope your day is going well, btw. 🤎
This is an insane idea to me lol. Pie and cheese??? Whaaaaa lol
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PIZZA
Americans are known for their love of burgers, hot dogs and of course, pizza. While pizza originate in Italy, American created their own version. You can find the New York Thin Crust Pizza as well as the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Pan pizzas have a thin or thick crust layer which is covered with an Italian sauce, layers of mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese cover the sauce. Preferred toppings such as pepperoni, chicken, sausage, meatballs, fresh veggies such as sliced onions, peppers, mushrooms, and/or broccoli are place on top. (any preferred topping can be used) Pizza is baked until cheese is melted and slightly golden brown. Enjoy
@sabeyesofblue3535 Which one do you prefer? I like pizza with Onion. I learned to make my own pizza several years ago and that is my go to, but my family likes Hawaiian pizza or pepperoni or sausage or hamburger pizza. I found pizza making an art all in itself and thick crust is difficult for me. i usually end up with a strange shape and/or a hole in the dough. I guess that’s why they sell premade pizza crusts here as well.
I wonder would Hawaiian pizza (Pizza usually with cheese, Ham, and Pineapple) be considered American or Hawaiian. We like our pizza night!
@reservedOwl321 Hawaiian pizza is Canadian.
Weird… I always thought we invented it. Lol
@jesusredeemedme2425 A Greek-Canadian man created it, taking inspiration from Chinese-Canadian food and some of the typical flavours combinations. The term was based on the canned pineapples.
@AffyAvo That is an interesting fact. I never would have known. Now I am wondering about “Canadian” bacon.
@reservedOwl321 US term, but Canadian food. Here we have both pea meal bacon and back bacon, we don't call it Canadian bacon.
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Thank you for creating this fun and exciting thread.
RED VELVET CAKE
The origin of Red Velvet Cake is unknown, but it is very popular in the southern part of the states. This recipe is a rich cake made with cocoa baking chocolate, flour, sugar, buttermilk, eggs and butter. The cake is covered with a favorite and popular frosting known as cream cheese frosting. This cake is served at many popular restaurants and it makes a perfect desert at Christmas. Enjoy!
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FRIED CHICKEN
Crispy fried chicken has been an American favorite and staple for many years. While checking into the history of fried chicken, I discovered that its roots began in Scotland and West African. After the Civil War in the U.S. fried chicken became a popular staple in the southern states.
The chicken is deep fried in oil. Americans love the crispy outside and the tender meat inside.
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TATOR TOT HOT DISH
Hot dish is a classic dish where I come from. It consists of a protein, a vegetable, a starch and a soup to bind it all together. They were usually made for big families, potlucks and church gatherings. The most famous is tater tot hotdish, and this recipe is very standard (although I use cream of celery soup instead)
https://andrewzimmern.com/recipes/tater-tot-hotdish/
@TovaCares76 This is delicious! I make this pretty often. I change the cream of mushroom for cream of celery instead.
@mytwistedsoul
Me too. I'm not a fan of the cream of mushroom anymore.
Americans dont have much of their origin food since of colonies so we can take what native Americans have as american food. Because even macaroni and cheese aren’t american.
Barbecue could be American 😭✌️ and barbecue is so good so yeah x
@lovelyAiko I think a lot of “American” food originated elsewhere and adapted it. I’m sure America has changed Chinese and Mexican foods to suit their tastes as there are so many restaurants from those areas. Japanese foods are becoming popular these days too. I know Mac and Cheese and a lot of pastas seem to be popular I think because they are easier to prepare quick. I agree it is hard to find “authentic” American foods though.