20 greatest American food dishes

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Anonymous wrote:While we’re used to claiming apple pie as American (“as American as apple pie), I don’t think we invented apple pie, nor is our version especially unique. Pecan pie, on the other hand, seems more uniquely American.

Perhaps, but Americans perfected apple pie, and it is American now, so go away.

I would take key lime pie over apple pie anyway. Why isn’t that on the list?

[Anonymous]

PP, they should have defined "American foods" before listing the dishes. Very few dishes are truly "American"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicken wings is missing from all these lists.

They got eaten!

[Anonymous]

Brownies
Cherry pie
Chicken fingers
General Tso's chicken
Spam musubi

[Anonymous]

Americans need to stop trying to claim bbq is theirs. Cooking with fire and smoke has been done by human kind for millenia. It's not uniquely American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By CNN travel

Barbeque
Fried okra
Cobb salad
Peanut butter and jelly
Fry bread
Red beans and rice
Hamburger
Apple pie
Poke
Chili

Clam chowder
General Tso chicken
Reuben sandwich
Grits
Chocolate chip cookie
Gumbo
Mission burrito
Banana pudding
Spaghetti and meatballs
Eggs Benedict

Most surprising: Chocolate chip cookie. Is it "American?"


Where Mac n cheese?

[Anonymous]

Friend chicken, nah. They do it 100x better in Asia.

[Anonymous]

So, we have jello, and pie?
Is that really all? 😳

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure how you identify whether something is American or not.

There is spaghetti and meatballs but no pizza? Chicago deep dish or NYC slice should make the list.

How about sourdough bread?

We need to all get together and stop trying to make Chicago deep dish happen. It’s disgusting, doughy and flavorless and needs to go away.0

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I really don’t think we can claim spaghetti and meatballs. That’s Italian. Deep dish pizza we can probably claim and/or New York style pizza.

Agree lobster rolls would be a good ad. I would ditch fried okra.

[Anonymous]

Shrimp and grits
Peach cobbler
Corn bread
Chitlins and collard greens
Biscuits and gravy
Key lime pie
Hoppin’ John
Pumpkin pie
Shrimp etouffee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, they should have defined "American foods" before listing the dishes. Very few dishes are truly "American"

Indonesian restaurant is going broke and waiting for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don’t think we can claim spaghetti and meatballs. That’s Italian. Deep dish pizza we can probably claim and/or New York style pizza.

Agree lobster rolls would be a good ad. I would ditch fried okra.

Italian spaghetti and meatballs is a totally different dish. They are tiny, weird meatballs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No chicken salad?

Omg you are DISGUSTING!!!

Chicken salad is disgusting!!! OMG!!! Chicken salad!! And it had MAYO!

You are clearly lower class. Chicken salad is low class.

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Anonymous wrote:The only foods that are solely American not influenced by other cuisines that I can think of are Rice Crispy Treats, Jello Shots and those TV dinners from the 70s.


Desserts
Cheesecake
Milkshakes
Ice Cream Sundae
Hershey Chocolate
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal Raison
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
baked Alaska
Brownies

Beverages
Coke, Pepsi
Protein shakes
Tang, kool aid

Savory
Philly Cheesesteak
Salisbury Steak
Sloppy Joes
Tuna Casserole
Tuna Melt
Chicken Parmesan
Lobster Roll
NYC bagels, lox
Hotdog/chili dog
Steak and baked potato
Mac and Cheese
Turkey and stuffing
Fried Chicken
Fried Turkey
Cobb, Waldorf or southwestern salad
Tex Mex Nachos
French fries and onion rings
Fried chicken sandwich

Hot dogs are German.