Do foreign countries and cultures have superior cuisine and food culture than the US?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:America is a very young country. Of course it's culinary history will be very truncated. Compare that to a lot of other cultures, like China, which has over 5,000 years of culinary development.

We have all their history too! American cuisine is the BSST!!! We import everyone else's and make modifications that are super delicious. I lived in several countries in Europe for 10 years. The Brits are quick to tell me that they invented the sandwich from "Earl of Sandwich". I'm quick to point out that their sandwiches suck and although they invented it, we perfected it. Same with hamburgers - Roman's invented them, we perfected them. Mexican food, same. I LOVE my healthy burritos from trendy places. I can go on and on. Immigration has been good to our culinary scene!!! Everything is American, because we have such a rich cultural fabric of people.

omg.. one of my favorite stories about the first time I went to work in the UK was when I went to their cafeteria and asked for a sandwich. When they brought it to me, it had one slice of ham, one slice of cheese, one lettuce, one slice of tomato. I am not a big eater, but still I was like 🫨. I told this story to my now spouse who is from the UK, and they laughed. They said, yea, it is kind of like that.

My spouse likes to say that the Brits are great at inventing something that other cultures seem to able to perfect so much better than the Brits do.

Agree with the US immigrant culture making our food choices one of the best in the world. My Brit spouse is a foodie so they also appreciate the diverse food cultures here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:America is a very young country. Of course it's culinary history will be very truncated. Compare that to a lot of other cultures, like China, which has over 5,000 years of culinary development.

We have all their history too! American cuisine is the BSST!!! We import everyone else's and make modifications that are super delicious. I lived in several countries in Europe for 10 years. The Brits are quick to tell me that they invented the sandwich from "Earl of Sandwich". I'm quick to point out that their sandwiches suck and although they invented it, we perfected it. Same with hamburgers - Roman's invented them, we perfected them. Mexican food, same. I LOVE my healthy burritos from trendy places. I can go on and on. Immigration has been good to our culinary scene!!! Everything is American, because we have such a rich cultural fabric of people.

omg.. one of my favorite stories about the first time I went to work in the UK was when I went to their cafeteria and asked for a sandwich. When they brought it to me, it had one slice of ham, one slice of cheese, one lettuce, one slice of tomato. I am not a big eater, but still I was like 🫨. I told this story to my now spouse who is from the UK, and they laughed. They said, yea, it is kind of like that.

My spouse likes to say that the Brits are great at inventing something that other cultures seem to able to perfect so much better than the Brits do.

Agree with the US immigrant culture making our food choices one of the best in the world. My Brit spouse is a foodie so they also appreciate the diverse food cultures here.

I mean to me that is a large sandwich. The sandwiches here are obscene. I used to eat one slice of bread, butter or mayo on it and one slice of lunch meat on top for breakfast all the way through school.
How did Romans invent hamburgers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted defending American cuisine, but looking at the thread about what are you making for Christmas, I now agree that Americans have no concept of a feast and food celebration.
Where is the whole roasted pig or lamb? Where are the tortes, where are under the pig potatoes and seven salads, where are the pies and anti-pasti plates? Where are the pickled veggies and simple tomatoes with feta cheese salads? Where is the starter soup?
Where are cookies?

We have small families and many people don’t live near relatives. There is no way to cool multi course meals without major waste.