So are Vegemite and Marmite the same thing, just different brands? It’s marketed as “Mexican” because that’s how you can tell it’s made with cane sugar. I have an old cookbook that is full of early American settler recipes and nothing is overly sweet in it. Your time in the U.S. is designed to be a great learning opportunity, so take advantage of it!You will discover new things about Americans every day, and as a result you may decide to change some of your behaviors in order to adapt. Even Cabot can be. I grew up on biscuits and gravy, Dr. Pepper. My parents had a Norwegian exchange student back in the 90's. R287 Mary Berry also uses 6 egg yolks for the lemon curd, the filling would set solid like an egg custard tart. I used to microwave them all the time, mostly in college for dinner. I'm American and I agree that our chocolate is bad- it's like wax. Stephanie Yang Mar 07, 2017 World. Not just desserts in the US are too sweet. So, r267, what are the foods that don't make you crave more food? When I came to the US for the first time, I felt everything was big in the US. Most British beers are musty and sour tasting, btw. By Lynn Segal - updated on Nov 2, 2020 . I liked some of the dishes from P.F.Chang's and found copy cat recipes and every single recipe had sugar in it. [quote]Liquorice and skittles must be an acquired taste. Yes. Artisanal breads are very popular and I don’t know anyone who eats Wonderbread. [quote]Can also be used on a grilled sandwich with cheese, or as a scroll. (Godiva and Ghirardelli are inedible, though, and Mast Brothers is a joke. When immigrants came to Ellis Island and were admitted to the States, many were insulted that they were fed such American dishes as corn on the cob, since traditionally in Europe that was fed to livestock. But people I’ve spoken to have realized this is a generalization of the American public. Basically, they hate processed foods, which is understandable. Or not. I love peanut butter by itself but not in chocolates, etc. 1 of 8 Benny Yun, owner of Yang Chow restaurant, left, delivers a take-out order in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. And then I realized that I could wake up really, really early to find myself a nice baguette or croissants for my breakfast!!!!!!" How are mugs cradled in the EU? How would it sound if I told a rude customer to “kiss my polenta”? They have plenty of ghastly stuff they like, because it's part of their culinary heritage. Root beer, I've hosted several exchange students and they are all repulsed by root beer. A lot of people prefer it. Whether it is KTV, clubbing or a dinner, Chinese natives love to party in large numbers. I'm American and I hate pumpkin pie. The owners claimed, when busted, that they named it “to honor Denmark for its treatment of Jews in WWII.” Funny thing is, it would’ve worked just as well to say it was from Brooklyn 30 years later. Also they virtually worship Pringles, and I remember how aghast we were as kids when these bizarre, scary, alien mutant potato chips in a canister were first released. The cost of things, for instance: foreigners eventually get used to the prices, but often find they need to budget differently, and adopt the Norwegian tradition of driving to Sweden or taking a ferry to Germany or Denmark to purchase cheaper goods. A frozen pizza jazzed up with a bit of fresh tomatoes and herbs is infinitely better than the heave-worthy crap that is Domino's. My roommate at college was Filipino and he cooked a lot. Now get out of here before I add you to "What Makes a Person Exhausting?". Really. Dr. Pepper is impossible to understand for us foreigners, tastes like cough syrup. I’ve seen chicken claws on some Chinese buffets and those terrify me. Grits are not intended to be full meal either, as a part of a traditional southern breakfast. They started to use artificial sugars and the taste just wasn't the same. Of course you can find fine US made cheeses but not easily and they cost a fortune. If a global food shortage was sharp enough and went on long enough, the price shocks would eventually turn into empty shelves and physical food shortages inside the United States. Head cheese. Actual cheese being is just too gross to consider consuming with its curdled milk base dusted by fungus and bacteria, mouse dropping and god knows what else. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox, Houston's 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Place Your Preorders for Hanukkah Delights, Houston's 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Try a Deshaun Watson-Approved Cheesesteak, 15 American Foods That Are as Weird to Foreigners as Poisonous Blowfish Is to Us. The prices are exorbitant but at Keat they're still making decent product. Their grandmothers could cook with a pinch of this and that, but they can’t. About Us. Not sure what you mean by "dumplings"? I was thinking the same. I much prefer H-D. Lift Up Local, I normally don't like American cheese, although there are a few exceptions (like Maytag blue). We rarely have grits for breakfast. They are the makings of a sandwich. European Cadbury is now made in Poland with added palm oil etc. Another day another thread featuring american vs. european dataloungers competing on who is more trashy. But I did manage to create a list of some that I feel is a good start. Hello. Hongdae and Itaewon are the two most popular areas with foreigners that like to party. [quote]Americans have a tendency to cook fruits (apple pies, pineapple pizza etc). I figure lutefisk has to make its obligatory appearance on this thread. To end on a positive note, Americans barbecue can be pretty great. It's amazing and perfect on a burger. For those of you who hate pumpkin pie, try a homemade one sometime. Like peanut butter in Europe, most Europeans I know find it disgusting on its own or in PB&J sandwiches. Europeans have been stuffing themselves with overly processed foods for quite some time and now they are getting fat, with the UK leading the way. Plenty of places tout 'veggieburgers' etc. We suffer more from reverse culture shock when we’re back home in Egypt than when we travel abroad or meet foreigners. R253, Mexican Coke. - mashed potatoes. In disagreement, I called her out. So I told him all about George Washington Carver, who did so much to promote peanut farming and consumption. Corn syrup and HFCS are not the same thing. R286 Mine, Southern American, is somewhere in the middle, around 2/3 a cup of sugar. No. He told me that it's the manner of eating corn on the cob (biting it off the cob like an animal) that's objectionable. In fact, most are shocked, once they get to this country, to see people walking around in public places like grocery stores in their pajamas! Nor is cinnamon in the flavor base of that beverage. Most Americans are always on the go. We literally just did this, and it ended in tears. Desserts are supposed to be sweet, but one also expects some flavor. Vegemite is saltier, texture is slightly grittier and waxy/ more solid than Marmite. IMO, Emmental cheese is not super pungent. There's no such tendency; those are specific dishes (of which apple pie and its variants are found in many countries, and pineapple pizza is a disgusting aberration that most Americans don't eat). If you can't find the email you can resend it here. and just about everywhere else we congregate,” said Steven Muzik, an American expat now living in Asia, on Quora. R238 Monterey Jack Cheese pretty much destroyed it's UK reputation with this brand (Bradburys). Mustard being too vinegary—yes. absolutely nothing. poisonous pufferfish liver -- which, to be fair, can kill you) beondegi. I'm a Nutella (hazelnut spread) all the way. Yup R224 - like I said - there’s only two or three big corporations that pretty much own everything as far as confectionary goes - and it’s all been cheapened and screwed over. I used to work for a company that was bought by a Swiss company. Corn on the cob is good when you can buy it from a farm stand in the middle of the summer. I’d expect that to be a patty formed from ground chicken, similar to a turkey burger, but no, it was a chicken breast sandwich like Chik Fil A sells. ), Why is Mast Brothers a joke, r217? And squash. [quote]while most of the Coca-Cola labeled "Mexican" in the United States is made with cane sugar, this is not true of all Coca-Cola sold in Mexico. The British version has 50 grams of sugar in the lemon filling. click ACCEPT In fact, according to a study, the average American wastes at least a pound of food every day. She found a corner … I was such an uninformed kid!" We're not talking about obvious things like currency, taxes, health care, and politics; it's the everyday stuff that we Brits barely bat an eyelid at that seems to shock folk from the United States. [quote] if you go to a real Italian bakery, you'll notice that their cookies and some cakes are not sweet/overly sweet. And yes, no one with taste buds should eat lutefisk. The US Better Crocker version has one and a half cups (about 300 grams) in the lemon filling of same size pie. Things like Spotted Dick which isn't seen anywhere apart from old school dinner menus. Background Being from Mexico, the topic of immigration can be a sensitive one. [quote]And yes, no one with taste buds should eat lutefisk. R290 Store brands do, mine does not. That one doesn’t have salt or sugar or anything else, so you have to do a lot more with it to make it fit for a pie. Felicity explains and works through it for the non-Americans amongst us (I love her ‘The perfect... column! (My dad is from NC, and my mom is from DC and I don’t think she ever understood why anyone ate grits but she made them because my dad liked them.). Their desserts are mediocre, IMO, and it's not from any lack of sweetness. Corn on the cob is delicious. Polenta can be white, and grits can be yellow. ©2020 Houston Press, LP. [quote]For those of you who hate pumpkin pie, try a homemade one sometime. But I definitely, definitely want to because I want some funnel cake. I’m American and I’ve never eaten pineapple on a pizza in my life. I’m American & I don’t eat yellow mustard, corn dogs, breakfast sausages, grits, grilled cheese, liquid cheese, aerosolized cheese, chain pizza, Mexican food, sushi, deep fried anything, Dr Pepper, root beer, Mountain Dew, Fanta, escargot, caviar, salmon, clams, tomatoes, cooked fruit, fruit pies, fruit in any pastry and beer, among other things. "Boiled animal bones and hide, colored with garish chemicals, served with fruit," wrote food blogger Dr. Ricky on Twitter yesterday. Look at you whiny bitches getting all defensive about your favourite dishes or doing the „but but the others have bad stuff too“ , pointing to the British of all people whose food pretty much everybody else laughs at. Otherwise, what's the point? They also made applesauce and a lot of apple dishes. I'm sure someone will find a recipe that proves me wrong, because that's part of what we do here, but in general, brownies contain much more sugar than chocolate. 10. 2. Not sure how widely available Tillamook cheese is, but they make Monterey Jack cheese. The Kiwi version is the best. Also, I tried "American" cheese once. I made the comparison with Emmental & Gruyère because they are cheap, widely available in Europe and also have a low melting point, but with more flavour (they taste like cheese). Soft drink companies' PR people appear on debates with the message of "balance." [quote] I’m British & have never visited the US. All pumpkin pie. Bacon not so much. I travel a lot and people are always interested in the American diner concept. We found 24 foods that are banned in the United States. I’m pretty sure Americans would turn their noses up at Marmite despite being a kiwi favourite. At home I drink Poland Spring Gallon jug of spring water or heaven forbid-TAP WATER. As a savoury thing. It was really pretty nice though - clearly better ingredients than in most mass produced ice cream here - for which you paid through the nose. Garlicky Wurst for breakfast. Agnes Gooch loved her Dr. Pepper, and Auntie Mame said she was one of THE De Gooches! This got me thinking while most westerners would probably turn their nose up at such unusual items, what foods do we eat that make you go WTF why would you eat that. She thought it was the biggest thing she ever saw. Construction workers like sodas. Culture shock is common with international students. See occasionally people adapt American-style pumpkin pie here - but pretty rarely. While the younger generation will probably be keen to test out their English skills on expats with a friendly greeting, most of the older people in the country speak very little to no English. Here in Oz, a few much loved childhood treats have survived - but they’re not the same. I would like for my opinion today to go beyond the normal political talking points. Cornmeal porridge is popular in many different forms worldwide. For US consumers, Mexican Coke is made with sugar. French people that I know find most American foods to be offensive, especially the aforementioned peanut butter and also pancake. Our love of disgusting foods is…well, disgusting. Dr. Pepper tastes like an unpalatable chemical, some sort of cleaning product. I love the plain, honest saltiness of vegemite. In the early years it included a map of Denmark on the product. Pay them no mind. It looks highly unpractical to me with stuff falling all over the place. I saw it being eaten on Bates Motel, googled what it was and.....yuuuuuuuuuummmmmm. Grits are great if cooked correctly, I loved corn dogs as a kid but it's not something I eat as an adult. I don't know why foreigners say American bread is sweet. Is that considered crap too? Best traditional USA dishes: Top 10 must-try American foods ... See also: 20 things that will shock first time visitors to the USA. (I don't know if it is still like that) My father lived in France for 45 years and when he came to visit at Christmas he would bring the most wonderful chocolates. Never seen anyone I know order or eat it. It's not like all we have here are Soviet-era GUM type grocery stores with half bare shelves and only French's mustard, Wonderbread, Kraft singles and Hershey's chocolate available. Haha, r244. So those who dislike peanut butter particularly Europeans well they're beneath mice and rats. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: California Privacy Policy | California Collection Notice | Do Not Sell My Info. Don't you just LOVE clicking on these things on Although I guess not everyone read about their scam - and they’re kinda hot and have good marketing. Like everything else, they’re subject to a confusing maze of rules, regulations, and prohibitions from the FDA, USDA, and the US Congress. R93, American cheese adds interesting mouth feel and a light cheese flavoring without adding the (IMO too strong flavor of something like cheddar or blue cheese. Haagen Dazs was fake “foreign” ice cream made in Brooklyn. Actually that's not entirely correct imho. R299, desserts are supposed to be sweet. Not the delicious KFC chicken I know and love. Boiled pumpkin gets mashed - and served alongside - or instead of! It tasted like mildly carbonated, very mildly alcoholic, warm, meaty milk. I find it super weird how you only call a burger a burger when it contains beef other wise it’s a sandwich. I had grits in Charleston, South Carolina years ago on a business trip, and it was an ENTIRELY different (and better tasting) food than what I grew up eating. It consisted of a pre-bought pie shell, filled with some imported pumpkin pie filling in a tin - and I think she added a couple of eggs? Monterey Jack is very mild and easy to like. As a kiwi I agree with that Americans have the worst food ever. Oh, and that taste good, too. They even ate that dominos with hot dogs as crust, I mean what in the actual FUCK? Also, what's racist about saying Mexicans like Fanta and Coke? R160, it’s Coke bottled in Mexico for export into the United States that is a different formula than the usual Coke you get at the store. But it’s a thin scraping on buttery toast - you don’t lash it on like peanut butter! (I didn't care for it - hardly remember it though, this was 20 years ago - very salty?). Instead of imagining it, I went out and asked my foreign-born friends which American and/or Western foods seemed the strangest to them either from afar or once they arrived in the U.S. Their answers were predictably awesome -- and some of them even surprising. Poland Spring is nothing but a marketing scam and they're being sued for it.. [quote] Although it's true that many, many American desserts are much too sweet, comments here about the sweetness of American desserts are just a subtle form of anti-Americanism. I'm from Philadelphia and took the whole thing for granted. In Finland, there are certain things you just don't do—subtle differences that you as a traveler should be aware of to avoid those dreaded moments of awkwardness. Pumpkin soup is a cafe lunchtime or home on a weekend staple. My Jamaican friend eats this a lot. It was bottled water only, usually carbonated, which has a bitter aftertaste I can't stand. Chocolate has never been good in the US because they allow so many additives in it. -- Miya, China, "Iris was also really surprised the first time she saw one of those giant Iced teas in the red cups (like at Pizza Hut or something). Most GMO crops are saturated in neurotoxic herbicides and it’s just a dire situation that many other countries have rejected and refused to subject their people to. R155 thinks the very idea that Mexican construction workers could possibly want sugary drinks to keep their energy up on the job is impossible and racist. In Belgium and the Netherlands, they had meat, cheese and bread set out at breakfast, but we're rather baffled when I asked where I might find mustard? Keep in mind, there are already tens of millions of Americans that cannot feed themselves. It was a big scam, R218. No matter what day, what time, what occasion it is, it … [quote] Fanta has been around and in the mainstream for several decades. Why was there not five or six dishes, like a Chinese meal? I stayed at a rather posh hotel in London, where at the breakfast buffet they served what I considered medium rare scrambled eggs and bacon. If you're heating Pop Tarts in the microwave you're doing it wrong. American "cheese" is the worst. It's congealed hideousness! have gone up in flames. American Foods That Foreigners Find Unpalatable/ Foreign Foods that Americans Find Unpalatable Some American foods do not translate well to the rest of the world, and vice versa. Plenty of Americans don't like American cheese either. Don't remember the name but he said it was an American tradition. Millions of Americans Could Be in for a Tax Shock. I worship Mary Berry and would eat anything she makes, also I don't like a runny lemon curd, I prefer an egg custard consistency. Coke from Mexico or do you have to read the label on the can? R230 I'm surprised that Funnel Cakes haven't made it over there, especially Scotland, knowing their love of all things deep fried. European deserts are sweet as well but there is nice flavour beyond the sweetness. As an amusing aside, my ex for some reason was absolutely horrified once when the mustard at a restaurant in Germany was served in little tubes like toothpaste. 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