Favorite North American cuisine [Archive]

cowboy

11-10-2003, 06:23 PM

I know most of you all are Asian, and that a lot of you weren't born in the US or Canada. I want to know what everyone's favorite American, Canadian, or Mexican dish is. No Chinese food here, just of all the NA foods, which is your favorite?

Mine.....is pretty much the whole spectrum of Mexican food. Tacos, Enchiladas, Nachos, pico de galllo, frijoles, Spanish rice. Oh and beer, I LOVE American Beer (my fav is Papbst Blue Ribbon.)

wrx'03

11-11-2003, 12:56 AM

When I'm in the mood for good food, I break out the bbq grill and cook either ribeye, fillet mignon, or a fat slab of porterhouse steak, rare of course.

vunsin

11-11-2003, 08:28 AM

One thing that I've learned from my Mexican friends is that most of those supposedly "Mexican food" aren't really Mexican. It's just like Pasta Alfredo doesn't exist in Italy. And California Roll doesn't exist in Japan. Just like Chinese didn't invent the fortune cookie.

Anyhow, not to go off topic, I'm not sure what exactly IS authentic American cuisine. What's uniquely American and not adopted from another country or culture? I'm not sure. So it's hard for me to say. Does fastfood count? Well, I love cheeseburgers, grilled cheese, fries, etc....

cowboy

11-11-2003, 04:31 PM

True, true, true vunsin, but is there really a genuinelly "authentic" anything. I mean everything is borrowed from somewhere else anyway, haha, especially in America. However, it is pretty close to "authentic" when the owners and cooks are recent imigrants from Latin America. Toco Bell isn't authentic, but it's still damn good.

pali731

11-11-2003, 04:35 PM

french fries and cheeseburgers all the way!!

aznboi08

11-11-2003, 05:09 PM

um.. I'll decide on clam showder.
I like the creaminess that goes down your throat
heh.

linny

11-11-2003, 09:12 PM

Isn't clam chowder an English cuisine? O.o

Honestly, the only food I can think of that's truly American is fast food. Fries, cheeseburgers, nuggets. *-*

Oh, and it's always funny how 'authentic' food in America's never really eaten in the place of origin. Greatest example - Panda Express. XD!

cowboy

11-11-2003, 10:45 PM

Isn't clam chowder an English cuisine? O.o

True, clam chowder did orginate in England, but it was brought to New England and was adapted to the new enviroment and became New England Clam Chowder. How itr is different I don't know, because I hate clam chowder. Many regional cuisines in America are immigrated from some other part of the world. As is true witrh most cuisines everywhere. For example, in Nebraska, where I'm from, we have Runzas. They are beef and cabbage cooked inside a bun. Came from Russia, but brought by Germans that lived in Russia. It has been changed and made more American over the years by adding American cheese and fries to it, and thus it is considered a part of the AMerican diet. Many other foods like that.

vunsin

11-12-2003, 03:42 AM

I think I love anything with cheese. :drool:

I don't mind seafood so much when I was back in Malaysia because the seafood back home were from the sea and fresh and they don't smell all fishy from miles away. No offense, but I think Americans (or at least those that I know) just don't know how to make really good seafood. :oops: I find the smell of seafood at my school's cafeteria disgusting. I won't force myself to even try them. I can't even go within 3 feet of them before I feel like throwing up. Red Lobster (I don't know if they have it elsewhere) is okay, but only with the lobsters. But when I go to Chinese restaurant I like to order fish, crabs, scallops, etc. :drool: I'd eat almost anything except for shrimp.

I think steak is okay, but I can't eat raw food at all (I'd get stomach cramps or even before I could swallow them I'd automatically spit them out!), so my steak has to be extra well-done. So whenever I go to American restaurants, the waitresses hate me because I make them take the steak back to recook it whenever I see the tiniest hint of pink. But of course I tip them generously after that. :wink2:

Smonkkey

11-12-2003, 03:51 AM

I think practically anything that is fatty is american food. Well in the US at least. I'm not sure if they have them anywhere else, but a fried twinky. Those things i heard are nothing but fat. Its suppose to be about the daily recommended amount of fat for a day. Just in one! What is really gross is a fried hamburger. I've only heard of those, but never actually seen one. Have you guys heard of them? ack* too much fat...

vunsin

11-12-2003, 04:09 AM

Um... I love lots of fatty food. I could put mayonaise in my sandwiches until the bread becomes soggy. :blush:

Smonkkey

11-12-2003, 04:13 AM

that sounds interesting..... :drool: yum, mayo. The only thing that i can't get enough of is peanut butter. I can eat it out of the jar, as long as its cold. Vunsin, is that a piece of candy on your sig.? I guess you do like fatty foods. hahaha..... that wasn't funny. sigh*

vunsin

11-12-2003, 04:21 AM

Smonkkey: This is off topic, but that piece of candy on my sig is actually representing my name. :) I couldn't use that name because somebody else had already used it, so I used my Chinese name.

Oh... Don't get me started on cream cheese and butter. You don't want to know HOW or how fast I eat them. I'd just scoop them with a spoon and start eating them like yogurt. :drool: I used to be crazy about chocolate too, until it started to give me migraine headaches because I think there was some hormonal changes in my body. I think I'm getting old...

Smonkkey

11-12-2003, 04:28 AM

Cream cheese hasn't really grown on me yet. But butter.... yummm... :drool: Its super good. Especially with garlic and olive oil in pasta. Or in cookies. :drool:

Hormonal changes?? I don't want to ask... thats too bad. You should eat as much chocolate as you can while you still can. When you get old... it will make you.... ummmm.... yeah....

vunsin

11-12-2003, 05:02 AM

Smonkkey: You're probably too young and you're a guy, so you wouldn't know how MY body would react to chocolate, would you? :wink2: Anyways, migraine headaches are so bad I can't even see anything at all. All I could do is lie down but even then it hurts so bad I can't hear or even think. It gets that bad. So no more chocolate for me now, at least not as much as before.

Well, let me see what else I love... What other food that are considered American? Maybe chips? I love chips, mostly cheese, ranch, or sour cream flavored. It's bad if I open a new big bag and then start to watch DVD or go online. I'd forget to stop eating and end up finishing everything! :oops:

cowboy

11-12-2003, 05:22 AM

vunsin

11-12-2003, 05:28 AM

Smonkkey: You're probably too young and you're a guy, so you wouldn't know how MY body would react to chocolate, would you? :wink2:

Haha, why don't you explain it to him, vunsin. ROTFLMA, so chocolate actually works for you, huh. If only that were true for all women.

And what do you know about female hormones? :rock: I'm assuming you think you know a lot? :wink2: But anyways, yeah... I don't enjoy chocolate anymore. I used to have it as a substitute for lunch and dinner too... :cry:

Another one of my all-time favs in AMerica is pizza, not aSian style pizza, but good, greasy, meaty, cheesy, US pizza. I'm so hungry now, haha.

Oh yeah, I forgot about pizza. :drool: I love pepperoni pizza with extra cheese. No sausages for me. I don't like the type that they use for pizza. But anyhow, the pizzas in Malaysia are different. They're thicker and has more stuffs on them. Hmm... The only kind of pizza I like here is the one I've mentioned.

sawmui13

11-13-2003, 12:34 AM

whats "asian style pizza" ? well sadly i've never been to asia, but i'm assuming you guys mean that they don't make pizza well there? hehe...well i'm really paranoid about grease and all my friends make fun of me for this...but i have a habit of "blotting" my pizza with napkins. it takes at least 3 sheets to soak up the bright orange grease until i'm willing to eat it. :blush:

have any of guys eaten at california pizza kitchen? i think they have chains throughout u.s. ...but thats fancy pizza haha and its sooo yummy!

jessica

11-14-2003, 10:40 PM

the only thing i know about american food is that it's the most fattening and over-sized... when i think about american food, fast food pops into my mind.
i used to love eating in fast food chains... i can't believe that ppl actually blame these restaurants for their obesity!

cowboy

11-14-2003, 11:16 PM

The key to embracing the American food is to look beyond the calories and savor the mouth-watering taste of it. All the fat, salt, sugar, spice, and meat makes it awsome.....so awesome it's deadly.

Oh, and as far as I'm concerned if smokers can sue the tobacco companies for their health problems then fat people should be able to sure McDOnald's for the same reason. It's the same principle and both kill, and both groups of people are equally weak when it comes to will power.

Jackie

11-19-2003, 04:20 AM

InNOut all the way! xD;; Cheeseburgers, fries, the classic. >B The oiliness gets annoying though. :)

babyxv

11-19-2003, 06:36 AM

My favorite fast food is In N Out. There's fries and burgers you can order that aren't on the menu. I forgot what they're called but they are SO GOOD.

sawmui, are the pizzas there expensive?

Oh yeah. I also really really really like baked potatoes. mmm

sawmui13

11-21-2003, 05:29 AM

vicky, the pizzas there can go over 10 bucks each. so..yeah, but its really good! and as yummy and cheap fast food is, i'm trying to refrain from eating stuff thats frozen and then dunked in boiling grease haha...but i'm addicted to cheese fries ....mmmm...cheeese friiies *homer drool*

jessica

11-24-2003, 10:48 PM

oooh, i love cheese fries/baked potato too!
the cheese fries from Nathans are good (if not a little burnt sometimes)... i love seasoned potato wedges also.

hamburgers are delicious too, but i don't like them with too much meat... do you know there's hamburgers that costs $40-$50 each?

Vant

11-25-2003, 06:29 AM

Omg... No one mentioned Red Robin or Chile's! Even T.J.R. Fridays! *Gasp*

MmmMmmM

If you havn't... You gotta try Chile's fish n' chips ;p Or TJR... Forgot :/

cowboy

11-26-2003, 01:01 AM

One word..............BBQ :drool:

Purely American, and more delicious (and fattening) then anything else on the menu.

Now i'm hungry.........

jayholic

11-26-2003, 07:58 AM

oo i love in n out burgers! one of the few fast food places i like going to. and california pizza kitchen! they have a nice variety of pizza, and their pasta and appetizers are really good too.

american food.. cereal? haha i like cereal :] and krispy kreme donuts! and cinnabons!

o i like cheese on a stick from the muscle beach lemonade place in the mall food courts. the pepper jack is gooood. but they don't make them like they used to.. they're all puny now. and more expensive. :[

cowboy

11-28-2003, 02:44 AM

Turkey Day, just brought to mind that Turkey and stuffing w/ mashed potatoes and gravy is about the greatest meal on the planet. God I love Thanksgiving.

I love turkey so much. Ummm.....turkey..... :drool:

God bless America and her wonderful native bird, the turkey.

crusty-applepie

12-03-2003, 02:13 AM

hahaha...you guys mentioning all that food...makes my mouth water. :laughing:

:blush: everytime i come visit the US, i always gain a lot of weight cuz im so bad with resisting all the tempting goodies i find there. :bleh: i got so addicted to granola bars last summer but even those are fattening cuz of all the chocolate and sweets they put on it. :oops:

oh...and taco bell? :wacko: gosh, so good. cant believe we dont have it in the philippines. my cousins eat so much of those tacos. once, we went there for lunch, my cousin ate 10 tacos and a burrito. hahah... :glug:

jessica

12-09-2003, 10:59 PM

Grilled Cheese is the best thing ever.

yes, they are good!
Philly Cheese Steak are the best too.

SugarTink

12-15-2003, 06:23 PM

I was born and raised here in the USA and I am in love with the famous Blue Box! MACARONNIE AND CHEESE baby!

rei-chan

12-18-2003, 02:03 AM

fries....thats all there is...fries. ooh---when you put fries in ur burger---i dont know why..but it just tastes BETTER!! fries extra crispy...i like crunchiness. thats makes me think of Crunch Bars! and Rice Crispies...:sealed:

SugarTink

12-19-2003, 04:35 PM

Mcdonalds fries are so awsome

But MCNUGGETS ARE THE BEST with sweet and sour sauce. :.:.my mouth is watering.:.:

jessica

12-26-2003, 11:26 PM

i love McChicken nuggets with sweet n' sour sauce too!
but chicken nuggets made from McD's are nasty... well, at least they claim to make it with white chicken meat now.

atyuu

12-27-2003, 12:38 AM

philly cheese steak..hmmmm... good...
it's because I'm from Philly :roll:

madison

02-10-2004, 02:18 AM

My favorite American dish would have to be New England clam chowder as well. Its just really good. I love the flavor mmm......... I love lots the tiny potatos in it and chuncks of clam. Whats not to like?? Lol. I love all the fat food too but you know i dont like gaining weight. I prefere not to eat them even tho theyre good. Just thinking about clam chowder just makes me ............... drool. Hahahha. You guys have to try it if you never have. Just very good.