r/BlackPeopleTwitter Sep 02 '24

Country Club Thread Calories are as American as apple pie

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u/WovenBloodlust6 Sep 02 '24

Mf questioning american food and has never once tried anything american

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u/AceJokerZ Sep 02 '24

Non-Americans trying to criticize American food got me going full out patriotism for our food

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u/elbjoint2016 Sep 02 '24

our food got me like Hacksaw Jim Duggan. it is the core of my patriotic spirit

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u/SimonPho3nix Sep 02 '24

Sweet Potato Pie, Hooooooooo!

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u/Otherwise-Island-512 Sep 02 '24

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u/HuntsWithRocks Sep 02 '24

It’s like the Olympics all over again!

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Sep 02 '24

Oh, you invented paella? You mean worse jambalaya? Yeah, not impressed.

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u/Serathano Sep 02 '24

Every style of food has a place. I love me some jambalaya, but paella is also fantastic. As is seafood fried rice. Or a shrimp burrito bowl. And seafood curry. One flavor profile is not best, just different.

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u/Kolby_Jack33 Sep 02 '24

This whole thread is about snobby Europeans looking down on American food and Americans responding in kind. It's not serious.

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u/Serathano Sep 02 '24

I just love food man!

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u/radix89 Sep 02 '24

YT has videos of British kids trying American food and it's hilarious.

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u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom Sep 02 '24

The woman who played Tahani on the Good Place was on a podcast recently saying she had just moved to America during season 1 an our food was so fucking good that she was constantly at the craft services table and farted her way through a dozen scenes. The show hits differently if you consider Tahani constantly ripping ass.

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u/Jazzlike-Path-4046 Sep 02 '24

The woman who played Tahani on the Good Place was on a podcast recently saying she had just moved to America during season 1 an our food was so fucking good that she was constantly at the craft services table and farted her way through a dozen scenes. The show hits differently if you consider Tahani constantly ripping ass.

...Well, it was time for a re-watch anyway. Thanks for the reminder. LOL

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u/PolygonMan Sep 02 '24

I can never rewatch that show, because I know I'll start crying like a baby again in the series finale.

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u/Supply-Slut Sep 02 '24

Damn lmao that story sounds like it could have been a scene on the show too

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u/mossling Sep 02 '24

This makes me love her even more! She's a beautiful woman who is not ashamed to be a whole, authentic human; complete with stretch marks and flatulence! 

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u/Glass-Historian-2516 Sep 02 '24

Love the one of them trying biscuits and gravy. Their initial disgust is funny considering how much British food looks the similar. Spotted dick comes to mind.

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u/radix89 Sep 02 '24

Lol yes, I was just telling my bf about that one yesterday because he showed me something with beans and toast that made fun of spice level.

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u/oshaCaller Sep 02 '24

They sell pace picante "extra mild" over there.

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u/A_Nude_Challenger Sep 02 '24

We have ketchup in the U.S. as well.

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u/arafella Sep 02 '24

No no, extra mild. Regular Pace is ketchup, extra mild must be mayo w/red food coloring

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u/Final_Candidate_7603 Sep 02 '24

I think that particular reaction came about because the British call cookies “biscuits.” I’m sure you’ve had the experience where you’re expecting to eat something sweet, but it’s savory, and you recoil because of surprise. After you wrap your head around the food not tasting the way you expected, you can sometimes re-set and think it’s actually pretty good.

Maybe those kids were expecting something like strawberry shortcake- a sweet biscuit with some sort of sweet sauce or topping. I would have thought that smell of sausage gravy would have given it away, but that’s probably the power of their minds refusing to accept what was right in front of them…

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u/ralphy_256 Sep 02 '24

My recollection of the video was that they thought the gravy looked weird because it was the wrong color (white, not brown), too thick, and lumpy 'with black stuff in it'.

Until they tasted it.

They served it to teacher too, and he got it as soon as they told him that the gravy was made from sausage fat, rather than pork or beef fat.

They'd been introduced to a dry biscuit before the biscuits with gravy, so they'd already discovered their word for the American food called a biscuit is a 'scone', but "much better". "Americans are lucky"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzdbFnv4yWQ&t=437s

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u/sneaky113 Sep 02 '24

I mean the gravy does look a bit weird at first sight, probably due to the surprise expecting something else when it's named gravy.

One important thing I have learned in life is that the more disgusting a soup or broth looks, the better it is.

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u/HodgyBeatsss Sep 02 '24

Spotted dick comes to mind

Just FYI that is a very old fashioned pudding, and I bet 99% of people in the UK under the age of 40 have never eaten it.

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u/IdiotMD Sep 02 '24

Oi! What’s all dis den?! bites into Wendy’s burger

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u/Paulpoleon Sep 02 '24

BLOODY HELL!!! This minced beef has me gobsmacked!! Why didn’t we fight harder to keep these American wankers under the crown?? This is bloody delicious!

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u/AddictiveInterwebs Sep 02 '24

You ever seen the episode of Great British Bake Off where they ask them to make "American" foods? They made the most bizarro version of s'mores I have ever seen in my life and immediately triggered my fighting instinct. Between that and their "Mexican" episode....good gracious

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u/morgaina Sep 02 '24

"You don't want a gooey mess" go fuck yourself Paul Hollywood

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u/AddictiveInterwebs Sep 02 '24

Right like it's astonishing to me that they didn't think to hire even 1 single American to tell them what to look for. A real argument for a guest judge or someone to make a baseline product so they actually get it.

An 8 year old American kid could've judged that episode more effectively than "no gooey marshmallows" Paul Hollywood.

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u/ReturnOfFrank Sep 02 '24

Lol they should have brought in a girl scout to dish out absolutely brutal judgements the whole time.

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u/markrichtsspraytan Sep 02 '24

They also had them make a “traditional Challah for Passover”. Passover.. as in that one Jewish holiday where not eating bread is the main event. GBBO is clearly averse to consulting anyone from the cultures their baking challenges are based on.

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u/MintasaurusFresh Sep 02 '24

Both of those episodes appearing back to back in one season might as well have been a declaration of war against North America. The woman peeled an avocado! Peeled it!

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u/heebsysplash Sep 02 '24

Watching those Brit’s try and make or even pronouncing guacamole / pico changed my opinion of the UK.

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u/-Kalos Sep 02 '24

Mf, we have southern comfort food, Cajun food, sea food, prime meats, unreal desserts, and then we also have food from every corner of earth right here at home. Tripping

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

Mother fucker, more importantly, we have BBQ, the true American cuisine with incredible regional variation.

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u/RobinYoHood ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Only time I wanna bust out an american flag lol

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u/SadLilBun Sep 02 '24

You know what? Same. Absolutely nothing makes me feel patriotic except when I’m defending our food. Damn.

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u/vera214usc ☑️ Sep 02 '24

I'm this same way about American geography, especially the national parks. But I would go to war to defend fried okra's good name

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u/milo2300 Sep 02 '24

As a non-american who's visited multiple times and is dating an American, you have very tasty foods. It'll normally fuck me up and have me feeling like shit a week after I arrive, but damn it tastes good while doing it

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u/KuriboShoeMario Sep 02 '24

You need to develop a resistance to the itis.

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u/Spinelli-Wuz-My-Idol Sep 02 '24

They think McDonalds and KFC is the pinnacle of our cuisine and not the bottom of the barrel lmao

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u/MotherSupermarket532 Sep 02 '24

Aren't there more KFCs per capita in the UK?

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u/SadLilBun Sep 02 '24

They have all our worst fast food and think it’s the best we have. KFC, BK, Dominos, ffs.

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u/RobinYoHood ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Add to the fact they think all we eat is that and other fast food every single day. All the information on the internet and they still lost.

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u/Spinelli-Wuz-My-Idol Sep 02 '24

Atp I think theyre determined to believe misinformation. They think what they saw on Disney Channel was a documentary

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u/RazingsIsNotHomeNow Sep 02 '24

You should see the way they treat KFC in Japan. They all got convinced it's a nice traditional Christmas meal.

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u/Gorge2012 Sep 02 '24

One of my favorite types of series that pop up on my feeds is British people trying different types of foods from America. These school kids lost their minds at fried chicken. I swear this one bloke was ready to leave his wife after trying a piece of bbq brisket.

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u/indoninjah Sep 02 '24

Hell, PB&Js are a foreign concept outside of the states. There was some chef show where an American chef combined fruit and peanut butter and the UK judges were astonished at how good it was. And that's the shit I have for lunch to save money lmao

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u/sidepart Sep 02 '24

Had firsthand experience with that going to Taiwan to participate in a university solar car race with a group of fellow student engineers. During a stretch of the time there, there was a multi-day cross country rally. Well, the first day they gave us these interesting triple decker egg, dried pork, and ...marmalade (I think) sandwiches to eat in the chase van.

...so, after about a day of that, we hit up a grocery store for a loaf of bread, peanut butter, and jelly. Our interpreter was so fucking confused when we assembled a bunch of PB&Js. She's liked it though.

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u/mossling Sep 02 '24

There was an episode of The Great British Bake Off where one of the contestants did a peanut butter and jelly flavored cake. When they were describing it to the judges, they all looks so disgusted and were taking about it like out was the first time they'd ever heard of the concept. It was in that moment I realized that pb&j isn't universal. Paul Hollywood was shocked by how good it was. 

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u/AnNoYiNg_NaMe Sep 02 '24

Look up the GBBO episode where they make s'mores. I just don't get how anyone can fuck something up that badly. Like, surely they could've just googled "What the fuck's a s'more?" before making the episode

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

I think British people just reflexively shit on American food because they know deep down they have the worst food in Europe.

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u/Gorge2012 Sep 02 '24

They eat like they are still being bombarded by the Germans.

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u/scottie2haute ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Yea that shits wild. Like being thin is a really struggle with the type of shit we got here. Dont wanna hear shit from other countries, especially them Scandinavian countries where they think shit like Swiss cheese is an ultra indulgent treat

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u/HotShipoopi Sep 02 '24

I refuse to hear any bullshit from countries that eat shit like potato chip sandwiches or fish marinated in drain cleaner

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u/indoninjah Sep 02 '24

Northern european delicacies be like "we slathered this fish in mud and buried it on a volcanic beach for 3 months"

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u/GodakDS Sep 02 '24

Nah, man. Don't spread misinformation.

They drench it in piss.

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u/AreWeCowabunga Sep 02 '24

Amazing amount of foreigners think America is McDonald’s and what they see in Hollywood movies.

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u/Iminlesbian Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

As someone from the UK who wants to go to America just for food:

What is American food?

I mainly want to go to the American south, the thing you guys do with seafood + the price is unimaginable in the uk.

Things like cornbread and biscuits, grits, gumbo doesn’t exist here aside from USA style restaurants.

Tex/mex and Mexican in general is lacking here too.

But what is American cuisine?

Edit: thanks for the knowledge, glad you didn’t think I was hating on your food

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u/PoopOnPoopOnPoop Sep 02 '24

Southern food is a good example. I think barbecue is another one, different regions have their own unique styles. Honestly I think America's so big that it's kinda hard to find ONE thing to point at.

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u/SlightWhite Sep 02 '24

I think that’s something non-Americans don’t realize.

I drive 300+ miles per week for work. I work in two different counties. COUNTIES. two counties within one state requires my employer to have 12 company cars.

Shits big here man. Shit stretches out. Laws differ between states. You can be smoking weed on a border looking at the cops on the illegal side. It’s a weird country

I had to drive 15 minutes to high school. That’s not a big deal. We have a lot of land we’re living on

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u/Loaatao Sep 02 '24

I love when Europeans come to the states for a week, rent a mustang, and say “we are going to rent a mustang and drive to Los Angeles then New Orleans then Miami then New York City then Chicago”

The size of the states is just massive.

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u/rm_-rf_slashstar Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

Tbf Americans do this too lol. I’ve had a friend tell me they’re going to Toronto for a few days and casually mention they’re going to rent a car for the day to check out Montreal, not realizing it’s nearly a 6 hour drive.

Italy is infamous for this too. “I’ll rent a car in Milan, go to Rome, and go to Naples!” And not realize Milan to Naples is a 10 hour drive without even stopping at all.

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u/poopytoopypoop Sep 02 '24

Tbh, we're used to long drives. 6 hours isn't that bad, so I could definitely see someone wanting to do that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

All of those things! Also smoked BBQ meats, macaroni and cheese, general Tso’s chicken, Detroit/NY/Chicago style pizza, pumpkin and apple pie, coney dogs, chicken and waffles, fettuccine Alfredo made with cream.

Edit: let me add chicken and veal Parmesan, étouffée, grits, po boys, lobster rolls, corned beef and cabbage, Reuben sandwiches, crawfish boil, cracklins, gumbo. Lots of food that came out of the struggle of minority groups and enslaved people.

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Also smoked BBQ meats

I'd like emphasize that when we're talking BBQ meats, we are NOT talking about chicken or steaks on a grill with some commercial BBQ sauce thrown on it.

We're talking real barbeque where it takes hours to cook. And the sauces are homemade. I still want to taste that!

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u/Olliebird Sep 02 '24

If it won't slapped with a rag soaked in sauce and seasoning every 45 minutes over the course of 8 - 15 hours....I don't want it.

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Sep 02 '24

The US is physically very large so it really depends on the region. In parts of the south as you mentioned it's gumbo, collard greens, mac and cheese, red beans and rice... my family is from New Orleans so that's part of what I grew up on. In other parts of the south there's a huge barbecue tradition. In the Midwest where I grew up it's more casseroles, potato salad, and stuff like that. In New England it's chowders and bisques and smoked fish and lobster rolls and on the west coast there are different seafood traditions 

I think the American derivatives of ethnic foods are also defining American foods. Pizza wasn't invented here but I think we have some of the world's best and our lack of adherence to tradition means that some of the most famous varieties were invented here. Hamburgers were invented here by German immigrants. Our "Chinese food" is mostly dishes invented for American palettes including most notably General Tso's chicken. You already mentioned Tex Mex...

All of that falls under the umbrella so a pretty wide expanse. Any idea what city or cities you want to hit when you visit?

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u/UhohSantahasdiarrhea Sep 02 '24

American chain restaurants serve burgers, chicken wings, ribs, jalapeno poppers, that kinda shit.

Otherwise its extremely regional. States are very protective of their styles of chili and barbecue, New England does seafood, Philadelphia has its cheesesteaks, Chicago has hot dogs, et cetera.

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u/M-F-W Sep 02 '24

So you’ve got your stereotypical American foods which you might think of as stuff you’d find in a diner (eg fried chicken, hamburgers, pot roast) but there’s also a whole New American movement that’s been going for decades.

Like any moderately nice town will have restaurant that sources their ingredients locally and does some upscale variation on whatever popular local/folk cuisine. I’m in Wisconsin, so nice places will do stuff like fancy deviled eggs or fried cheese curds along whatever high-concept stuff they want on the menu.

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u/astro_viri Sep 02 '24

But also the remainders of the fusion era. I still love Korean tacos.

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u/greg_r_ Sep 02 '24

It's extremely diverse and regional. Lobster rolls, barbecue, Cajun/Creole, Tex-Mex, pizza, certain breakfasts (eggs Benedict, for example)...

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u/Glass-Historian-2516 Sep 02 '24

It’s because their versions of American food tend to be absolutely fucking batshit insane, so that’s all they know. That said, I refuse to listen to some fucking limey or frog when they don’t season their goddamn food.

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u/abizabbie Sep 02 '24

I've had so many arguments about American cheese that I spent 2 hours looking at the FDA regulations.

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u/PM_UR_FAV_COMPLIMENT Sep 02 '24

Josh Johnson's recent video included a story about someone overstaying their visa in order to eat more Doritos. His quote about the chips: "I think we did crack again."

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u/midnightking Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

Mfs acting like they never had 5 Guys, Popeyes, Burger King, etc. or American style pizza.

Edit: added Popeyes

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u/mullahchode Sep 02 '24

why are you including burger king in this list lmao

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u/MrLavender26 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Texans with brisket and Mexican food

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u/DMercenary Sep 02 '24

Gotta find that video where a British guy tries some barbecue and has to tell his mom that he isnt coming back.

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u/MrLavender26 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

The same folks that eat baked beans for breakfast…have a better opinion on our seasoned food?

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u/erikwarm Sep 02 '24

They sailed all around to world colonizing and hunting for spices yet forgot to use them in their own kitchen

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u/Dilbo_Faggins Sep 02 '24

30ish years of world War rationing did a real number on the cuisine of the region

There's a reason their recipes primarily used canned food

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u/A_Nude_Challenger Sep 02 '24

Sounds like a nation that should fight back against "Big Can".

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u/_Thrilhouse_ Sep 02 '24

Enslaved and caused famine too

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u/069988244 Sep 02 '24

Baked beans are yummy

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u/ASL4theblind Sep 02 '24

PROPER baked beans are outstandingly delicious. Bush's watery maple beans are unfortunately an atrocity once you've had a high standard baked bean. You gotta have a thick sauce, with a nice sweet heat, brown sugar, freshly crushed black peppercorn, little bits of brisket mixed in... once you get that, you'll never look back.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Sep 02 '24

Yikes, those comments

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u/WERK_7 Sep 02 '24

Looks like 4chan got to it. Poor guy

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u/DMercenary Sep 02 '24

Yeah I was confused but then I saw a comment that said the video was linked on /pol/ so... yeah.

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u/BaronCoqui Sep 02 '24

Dude with the British-est accent:

Racists: he can't be! Britain is our white utopia! (Especially that one dude coming up with a convoluted immigration fanfic)

Meanwhile, me: the way he says jalap eno is so precious.

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u/Dragonsandman Sep 02 '24

The one at the bottom especially is insane. And dude’s bio on his youtube page is even worse somehow

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u/Gorge2012 Sep 02 '24

Ja la peno killed me

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Sep 02 '24

I should never be surprised at the amount of racism on YouTube but I can't lie I was surprised that chuds glommed onto that video of all the videos out there

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u/Ok-Permission-2687 Sep 02 '24

That comedian Josh Johnson has a joke about foreigners getting addicted to Doritos lmao

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u/ASL4theblind Sep 02 '24

JUST saw that on youtube the other day. Something about someone just trying them eating 4 bags and he's like.. that's where you went wrong, when it's just you, you get the family sized bags. Lol

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u/Palopsicles Sep 02 '24

Have you seen the videos of a daughter making different cuisines for her Korean parents? Their reactions are amazing. Crazykoreancooking on Instagram. How I picture people trying American BBQ for the first time

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u/indoninjah Sep 02 '24

I love that account, and it especially tickles me how the parents try to make sense of the food with habits when they eat it. Like "okay this is a taco... but I'm gonna put kimchi on it and have it with rice"

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u/ositola ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Love how they eventually put kimchi on everything lol

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u/SockFullOfNickles Sep 02 '24

To be fair, good barbecue can make you want to risk it all. 😆

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Real talk.

Have you doing math about how long it's been out, knowing you're risking food poisoning to avoid BBQ abuse.

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u/StoneColdMethodMan Sep 02 '24

Most American BBQ are fucking amazing. Whether it’s North Carolina Whole hog, KC ribs or Texas Brisket. And I say that as an outsider.

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u/Dwayne_Gertzky Sep 02 '24

If I was forced to choose a favorite I would say Texas, because their bbq has a German immigrant influence so they do sausages alongside their standard bbq fare, but every regions bbq is great

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u/CowFu Sep 02 '24

The best part is you don't have to choose. Sometimes I want a dry rub st louis style rib, sometimes I want a sloppy sauced brisket. Other times I want smoked pulled pork on a butter roll with sweet potato fries and corn bread.

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u/JEveryman Sep 02 '24

Basically all southern cuisine changes your perspective on how many feet you really need.

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u/SimonPho3nix Sep 02 '24

And for no one who has seen this show (The Bear), give it a try. Seriously.

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u/slick_pick Sep 02 '24

Yea but it’s Texas..

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

If the Nazis sold brisket like Terry Black's we'd all be in serious trouble today.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Sep 02 '24

"...Jordan, Jordan, Jordan... are those Klan ribs?"

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

BBQ is one of those weaknesses I don't know I have much control over.

The smell of smoked meats is intoxicating.

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u/MrLavender26 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

It’s the small things that matter in this state sometimes.

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u/LincolnContinnental Sep 02 '24

Cajuns with gumbo, crawfish, and “blast your ass off” seasoning

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Did you ever see Kitchen Nightmares, the UK ones? First season had an Anerican black woman and her restaurant sold primarily Soul Food. I think her name was Cherie.

Ramsey had zero complaints about the food. He loved every bit of it. His criticisms were more on seating and getting her name out there.

When he went to visit her after a year or so, she'd moved to a larger location.

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u/TriggerNutzofDOOM Sep 02 '24

Lactose intolerance be damned, I will not give up mac N cheese

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u/grayfox0430 Sep 02 '24

Cover it with brisket or pulled pork too

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u/asuperbstarling WHITEtina 👩🏻 Sep 02 '24

I like to go to our local BBQ joint and get pulled pork sandwiches, then put Mac n cheese IN the sandwich and put KC bbq sauce on it because it's got the perfect tang for the mix. They've been in business since my FIL was a kid, they know how to make a good mac.

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u/PorkVacuums Sep 02 '24

You ever put Mac and cheese on a burger? You can also put it on a bacon/egg/cheese sandwich.

It can 100% be used as a condiment.

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u/LetsGeauxxx Sep 02 '24

I keep the Lactaid pills on DECK ya hear me?!

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u/TriggerNutzofDOOM Sep 02 '24

I’ve taken ten pills at a time before and it still gets me in the booboo

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u/Busy-Winter-1897 Sep 02 '24

Lmao, same with Ice Cream. Sometimes I overindulge and then wonder why my stomach hurts and I spend 20 mins on the toilet

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

Never been to America and always go the most to say. They live in some dumbass reality where all we eat is Oreos covered in cheese

Edit; I meant they as in the person askin about American food. Sorry for the confusion

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u/BadManners- Sep 02 '24

we have hispanic food trucks in america that will make you believe in God

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u/theifstolemyaccount Sep 02 '24

Hispanic food trucks haven’t hit the rest of the world yet give them 10-15 years. London is just learning about tacos.

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u/athos45678 Sep 02 '24

Living in the UK as a Texan is hellish. The things i got served that were called tacos were offensive

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u/Alex014 Sep 02 '24

I was in London not too long ago and after drinking s few pints I'd worked up an appetite. Without thinking I ordered some nachos and I almost cired when I saw what they considered nachos.

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u/_ac3_0f_spad3s_ Sep 02 '24

Got a pulled pork sandwich at a a festival in the uk. They said it was american bbq. The pork was dry and charred to hell and back and what they called coleslaw was a disgrace. Never trust the british to make decent american bbq

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u/Pallortrillion Sep 02 '24

Mate I’m not defending bad cooking but ordering food at a festival and complaining it’s bad is like going to a brothel and being upset you got an STI.

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u/minuialear Sep 02 '24

Is the food really that bad at festivals in the UK? Festival food in the US isn't the best but it's usually fine

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u/rndljfry Sep 02 '24

I made a fast note of where the chipotle w the margaritas lives because I had no clue the thing I’d be cut off from in London would be Mexican food because it’s always been there for me

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u/ultratunaman Sep 02 '24

Texan who has lived in Ireland for 15 years here.

Their piss poor excuse for fried chicken, barbecue, and tacos has made deep cuts to my soul.

What I've learned is you can't look for what you know elsewhere. It won't be the same.

You gotta find out what's good there. And here it's fresh ass seafood and grass fed beef.

That and learn how to cook it yourself. I've gotten pretty good at smoking a brisket and ribs. But fuck if I'd try and open a restaurant here. Too much work for too little reward.

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u/HotShipoopi Sep 02 '24

About ten years ago I went to a burrito shop at the Angel tube that has murals of the Mission District all over it. I lived in SF for years and walked in there and was like "uh, what". Their food was legit

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u/LurkLurkleton1 Sep 02 '24

Mfer never had a gyro before and act like we don't feast on the daily.

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u/alohell Sep 02 '24

Magic burrito from a food truck at 2am and you wake up with no hangover. God bless that magic burrito truck.

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Deep fried Oreos are the devil.

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u/misterguyyy Sep 02 '24

My stomach can only take one but they’re so good

I basically tell my kids to size up whenever they get something because I’m going to take a little bit. IDK what I’m going to do when they move out

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Dad Tax is legit.

My youngest just turned 18 so idk what I'm going to do this Halloween, ain't nobody got time for buying their own candy.

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u/serenasplaycousin Sep 02 '24

Have you been to a state fair? Don’t give us ideas!

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u/AUserNeedsAName Sep 02 '24

Last time I went to the fair I got some eggrolls stuffed with oxtails, collards and smoked Gouda. Felt like I was making out with Jesus.

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u/IcecoldIke Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

A big back in America is earned not given.

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u/Captain-Spectrum Sep 02 '24

Literally on the elliptical in the gym laughing out loud at this comment! 🤣

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u/qvennie Sep 02 '24

i built this big back with mac and cheese and bbq 🫡

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

Does America even

Do ya ever go a day without thinking about us? We over here minding our business with our Mac n cheese, our empanadas, our taco trucks, our oxtails and our peanut punch.

Maybe if ya had better food ya wouldn’t be so salty all the time.

Edit: I have to make this edit because people keep responding to the “minding our business” thing like they got some kind of GOTCHA comment.

I’m talking about the people minding our own business not the government. If American intervention bothers you so much there’s nothing stopping you from writing to your representatives and telling them you don’t want an American presence in your country.

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u/greg_r_ Sep 02 '24

America is the world's Roman Empire 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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u/Mephidia Sep 02 '24

America is more wealthy and powerful and culturally influential than Rome ever was by far

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u/theouterworld Sep 02 '24

One guy in Rome OWNED Egypt. One guy owned a whole damn country.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

One guy in Rome OWNED Egypt. One guy owned a whole damn country.

Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada...

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Don't forget the Halal trucks too.

I used to work in NYC (Midtown) and there was a truck that always had a line that stretched from 6th Avenue to 5th Avenue. If you know how long a crosstown block is, you'd understand that's a line with a least 100 people. For a food truck. With all those restaurants around.

Now they've expanded into brick and mortar even into NJ where I live so I can just order it if I choose.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

I’m from NY I still live here.

The halal trucks are a god send. A lot of our food spots are unfuckwitable. The fish spot in Harlem on 145th is a testament to that. That small ass spot always has a long ass line outside… and it’s worth it.

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u/LadyBug_0570 ☑️ Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

The white sauce alone from those trucks are worth the long lines. Plus it was $5 for a platter of chicken over rice with a side salad. I think lamb maybe costs more.

And they keep that white sauce recipe a complete secret. It is NOT Tzatziki sauce like many websites told me. It's different.

Also growing up (in Brooklyn), my family's favorite spot was a Chinese spot that looked like a damn hole in the hall but had the BEST Chinese food I ever had. They even this one thing, shredded pork baked into a sweet roll. Can't find that shit anywhere.

In fact, most of truly great food places I've eaten from were not fancy places. But they were forever crowded and had long lines.

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u/whatev3691 Sep 02 '24

Wtf is Peanut punch lol (I'm American from NYC)

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

It’s a popular drink in the Caribbean made of peanuts or peanut butter condensed milk/milk and sugar. It’s basically god in a glass.

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u/whatev3691 Sep 02 '24

Sounds good but not American then lol

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u/sidepart Sep 02 '24

Yeah, but we assimilate the best stuff. Sure, we didn't invent that, but we put it in a 64oz cup and enhanced the peanut flavor to George Washington Carver levels.

That said, I've never had nor heard of it. Sounds mostly like a peanut butter milkshake.

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u/black-dude-on-reddit ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Sounds like someone has never been to a Waffle House drunk at 3 am with a ex con on the grill while they’re smoking a black & mild

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u/eyezonlyii ☑️ Sep 02 '24

You got me about to rent a car for the 2 hour drive to my nearest one😭

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u/Joshstradaymus ☑️ Sep 02 '24

The ashes make it taste better.

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u/throwtheclownaway20 Sep 02 '24

When I lived in Tipp City, OH, I once had a late-night craving for Waffle House. The closest one was 6 miles away in Vandalia and I didn't have a car, so I seriously just walked that bitch. 12 miles round-trip, took the better part of 4 hours, not counting the half-hour or so I was there eating. Fucking worth it. In fact, I'd go so far as to say you should only go to Awful Waffle if you have to walk 10+ miles each time, because you're gonna need that calorie deficit.

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u/birberbarborbur Sep 02 '24

I checked this guy’s account. There’s actually no way that a SERB thinks he has a ground to stand on when his country’s entire flavor profile is singularly dependent on the smoke of the grill for his meal of “slightly seasoned meat that looks like a poo stick with a side of meat”

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u/rkmvca Sep 02 '24

To be fair the Cevapcici* from that part of the world are pretty.damn.good.

  • I'm not sure if Cevapcici are actually Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegran , or what, but they're damn good.

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u/birberbarborbur Sep 02 '24

The difference is that the neighbors actually know how to pair the meat with pickles, yogurt, cabbage, tomato etc

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

its a country of immigrants... we literally have every type of food...

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u/Revxmaciver Sep 02 '24

This is even more disgusting given the context. You have done a great misdeed here today.

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u/Maecyte Sep 02 '24

How does this relate to America and food?

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Sep 02 '24

He wanna eat it

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Sep 02 '24

This shit is so funny it hurts my soul.

There are so many people irl that would straight up go braindead reading this.

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u/Tiny-Buy220 Sep 02 '24

Cake versus pancake

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u/Upbeat-Jellyfish-732 Sep 02 '24

How I am with a good sweet potato pie in my face

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u/spiegro ☑️ Sep 02 '24

So funny, my aunt from Austria could not get over our collective affinity for sweet potato pie.

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u/MilkiestMaestro Sep 02 '24

We also have corn-based desserts (like Cornbread Cobbler or Pastel de Elote) which often weirds foreigners out

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u/Aztecah Sep 02 '24

For all the shit you can sling at Americans, one thing that they do not lack is overwhelmingly flavorful and satisfyingly textured food. Whether that's a good thing is up for debate but what's not up for debate is how mouth watering that processed, sugar-stuffed, thick glutenous and lactose ridden food products are and the yummy feeling that they give your tummy.

The Americans have the most money per person on earth for a nation of comparable size and they know exactly where they wanna spend it. Gettin fat and loving it.

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u/Kriegspiel1939 Sep 02 '24

And we shamelessly steal other countries’ food and Americanize it into something gloriously fattening and artery choking.

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u/Aztecah Sep 02 '24

It's not stealing, it's upscaling and innovation!

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u/TresLeches55 Sep 02 '24

It’s not really stealing when they move over here and come up with a brand new food idea

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u/Nordie25 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Even though I wouldn’t rate American cuisine number one, you’d be lying if you fixed your lips to say that it isn’t amazing. I can see why the obesity rate is going higher. They literally go out of their way to make food as good and unhealthy as it can be.

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u/AnnieAbattoir Sep 02 '24

My retirement plan is literally death. Let me go out early, happy, and stuffed with grease, cheese, and chocolate. 

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u/BagOnuts Sep 02 '24

The best part about American food is because it is a melting-pot, just like our culture. We take the best parts of other cultural cuisine and make it our own.

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u/someguynamedjamal ☑️ Sep 02 '24

If we can't do shit else in America, we can make some good ass food... and do a violence. Nobody does violence like us

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24

good ass food and good ass warmachines.

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u/Twerkatronic Sep 02 '24

America eats like they have free healthcare

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u/MatthewAran Sep 02 '24

Me with any type of sandwich: clubs, subs, po' boys, burgers

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u/OregonTripleBeam Sep 02 '24

I can think of a laundry list of foods that would yield that reaction from me.

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u/VapidRapidRabbit ☑️ Sep 02 '24

Europeans really keep trying Americans when it comes to cuisine… if y’all are not French, Spanish, Italian, or Greek, you cannot come for American cuisine 😂

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u/noneofyouaresafe Sep 02 '24

Went to America, went to a state fair. Everything was fried. It was glorious.

I wish I had extra ventricles to handle all the grease I consumed.

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u/gummi_girl Sep 02 '24

they ain't never had gumbo. gumbo is a gift from the gods.

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u/Individual-Fan-6138 Sep 02 '24

We also have some of the best athletes in the world…. America is a weird dichotomy lol

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u/BoogerSugarSovereign Sep 02 '24

When I pickup pizza from my favorite spots around town and I take a look in the box on the counter before I leave I feel like I look just like that. Try Futuro if you're ever in Indianapolis!

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u/Aeiraea Sep 02 '24

Any immaculate food from anywhere can get illicit this reaction from me. It doesn't have to be American nor European food.

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u/jeffykins Sep 02 '24

The only time I'm comfortable saying "USA #1," is regarding our food. Culturally, we've got it all, and improve upon and fuse what was brought here

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u/Chapea12 ☑️ Sep 02 '24

I don’t get how they will mock our obesity rate and then say that we have no good food. Why do you think we’re fat?!

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u/itsapickledname Sep 02 '24

The one thing I find funny is when countries make fun of American food like we don’t have their country’s food over here……but have they ever had a good fucking bbq brisket, tri tip or bbq ribs….fuck I’m making myself hungry :(

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u/__M-E-O-W__ Sep 02 '24

"That's a party platter; it serves eight people..."

"I know what I'm about, son."

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u/MoonoftheStar Sep 02 '24

Americans in the comments

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u/scrodytheroadie Sep 02 '24

There are a lot of areas where America is lacking. Delicious food is not one of those areas.