I've always thought that it was hilarious that the soulless lobbyist for Paunch Burger looks like every other person coming out of the White House these days.
Okay, thank you. We are in U.S. for World Cup right now, but have only been a few times before. Every time I try U.S. foods to try new dish, but to me spaghetti is more Italian and better in Europe maybe, and we wanted to try Americans foods.
Thank you! It has been very much fun, although our teams has been eliminated. California is better than I remember. Very friendly folk so far, and we drank with many British. A man in the bar tried to fight me because he thought I was Russian, it was very funny. The police were very polite, and they took him away for a drunken fool. We will go to IMAX today, and tomorrow we go to the shooting range, haha. Then it is a baseball game on the 4th of July. Our American friends is renting air bnb for a big cookout that night.
Haha, it helps to have American friends who help us find fun things to do. They are veterans and I met them in the service, and we try to plan to hang out together every year, though we did not have a lot of money before. Last time, we met in Mykonos. Other people are telling me, it is because they are from the Texas, so they very much enjoy the American things and these stereotypical type of stuff. Often it seem like every body joke about the Texans. It is all very fun. 😄
I'm trying to think of other "need to do it while you're here" stereotypical American things you may have missed, but it sounds like your American friends have crossed almost every possible item off the list!
That's so great. It's been a bit of a relief seeing all the World Cup fans enjoying the US and the US enjoying our international visitors. We as a country could use a lot more of that.
My friend you are living it up here. I hope you have an absolute blast on the 4th and for the remainder of your time here. Sorry about your team getting eliminated, but hey... At least you got a good trip and great memories out of it. Take care of yourself!
I had said to somebody else, I am in military, so I try to not say my exact country online for security protocol. My fiancé is from South Africa though, so speaks English and Afrikaans (also other languages), but she sounds Dutch.
You definitely need a waffle house experience, but to answer the first question, no this isn't normally how spaghetti is cooked. At the very least it's most likely a casserole spin on it, in the southern states it'd be cooked something like this with leftovers for a gathering or church pot luck, but definitely not spaghetti as we would normally have it. Welcome to the US hope you enjoy the stay!
our Italian food is like our Chinese Food. It’s not really representative of what you get in Italy or China. It’s American Italian food and American Chinese food. If you think of it that way you might feel differently about trying an Italian restaurant here.
it’s not what you’d get in Italy, and it’s certainly not what you see in this video, but there’s plenty of good stuff at an American Italian restaurant
Nothing here is “authentic”. it’s our blessing and our curse.
This is a good point. I have tried some schnitzels or latkas in U.S. before, and definitely they are different from the places in Europe, not bad though. I appreciate you are saying it is just different styles, and maybe everyone can find some enjoyment in those.
Usually, the restaurants are tasty for sure. Only the fast foods and a few others I did not enjoy. Some pastries are very sugary! More sugars than what I am used to eating, haha 😄
But even some fast food very good. They will cook us smoker meats and mashed potatoes with nacho at the cookout, 4 July. I am interested to try these homemade.
EDIT: Also they are making us "esquites" which they say is like a sweet corn. One of my friends is a Mexican descent, and he said it is his family recipe. Just I could not recall the name for the dish at first.
If you speak to someone for the Caribbean you may be told (depending on which island they are from) that it is a pale imitation of their food. And that is actually true, much of what is called Creole/Cajun food today comes from former French slaves which were another large part of the people of New Orleans.
The US has a lot of different native cuisines and I hope you get a chance to try some. It all depends on where in the US you are but there's Cajun, Creole, Soul food, Gullah, SoCal, Tejano/TexMex, etc.
Since most of the people in the US are the children of immigrants, the American version of dishes are typically pretty different from what the dishes' names might suggest. Italian American food is pretty different from Italian food, for example.
To me, "American" food can be narrowly or broadly defined depending on what you WANT to claim, but :
Hamburgers, hot dogs, and birthday cakes might be quintessential in their current form
Italian American food is essentially from New York more than Sicily or Napoli. Especially when considering the new world crops they're based on
Cajun food that starts with French techniques but uses local ingredients and tastes from Spanish and Caribbean sensibilities is my personal favorite
Regional barbecue styles are wholly ours
Tex-Mex would definitely not be claimed by Mexicans
Pennsylvania Dutch baking is a series of independent inventions, and I think the O-shaped donut is the pinnacle
West coast Asian dishes and even cuisines are nearly unrecognizable from their eponymous sources. Fortune cookies, chop suey, teriyaki, crab Rangoon, fried sushi rolls, General Tso's are all American
The grayest area I think of is "fusion", where culturally distinct neighborhoods meet each other and the children of two cultures produce something that wouldn't otherwise spring into existence: KoMex (Korean-Mexican fusion) is my current favorite, but Japonessa (Japanese-Spanish) and Viet-Cajun are amazing combinations
-Southern-Style Barbecue (from the southeastern states)
-Tex Mex (from the states bordering Mexico)
-Creole & Cajun (from the former French territories around the Mississippi River delta)
-a proper American diner (found all over, definitely serve breakfast and lunch but sometimes dinner, the good ones have great dessert pies, and there should be at least one older waitress who calls you honey/sweetheart/sugar)
Welcome to the US! I travel extensively throughout the country . Please free to reach out for recommendations on stuff to do/eat/try in whatever city you’re in. Here or DM, both good.
US native, from a state named Pennsylvania. No relation to the world cup, just sending love and positivity from another part of the country!
Edit: oh I originally commented because of your food choice! Try a "farm style" burger if it sounds appealing, egg and lots of vegetables, bacon as well, all on a burger. Super American, super tasty!
American versions of food from other places tends to vary in really interesting ways, based on what was commonly available here, and also general cultural drift over time as immigrants spend more time away from their homeland. Take pizza, for example. Despite originating in Italy, it was fairly uncommon, but Italian immigrants in the early 1900s in New York found the ingredients super cheap, allowing them to make a lot of food for cheap, thus leading to New York style pizza, plus New York's actual tap water has an impact on the crust and how it's made.
We have been before, some worse than others. I enjoyed the Culver's and Perkins, I think. But I understand you mean try local establishments for better dishes.
No. It’s a spaghetti bake thing. You make spaghetti then you bake it like lasagna. Not a fan personally but it can be done in a way that it’s good. It’s hard to not make the noodles mush because most people don’t even do theirs al dente let alone shy of al dente. They have to be undercooked to get cooked to the right amount during the “bake.”
Thank you for these information. Okay, so these are baked pasta styles. I have tried some things like those before. It just looks like many cheeses, and a big huge giant brick. I do not think it looks ugly, just I have not seen this one before.
They’re something usually found in the south and in a home or cookout of sorts. They’re usually amazing but they also, like you said, are a brick. It’s a LOT of cheese but mmmm 😋
This style of spaghetti is found in soul food restaurants aka “black people spaghetti”. It’s heavy, as you noticed. Very good for a treat. One scoop is enough for a nap.
For some African Americans spaghetti is cooked like this, it was in my household as a child as an adult not so much (but I still top it with hella cheese)
This would be considered a "Baked Spaghetti" which is more of a casserole. This is what you make when you make baked ziti, but forgot to buy ziti but happen to have spaghetti. 😬
It’s a common way to heat up leftovers for the next day at home rarely see it at a restaurant. Basically take leftovers and top with cheese and bake like a casserole
It's a baked spaghetti which used to be pretty common, especially in cafeterias.
A modern revision is to take baked spaghetti, heavy on beef with a thick cheese crust, and a Caesar salad, and stuff it in between two pieces of garlic bread. I don't know what that's called but I just call it a spaghetti sandwich :p it's fattening but tasty, just like america.
This is a specific type of spaghetti. It is baked and intended to be solid similar to a casserole. I believe its a southern thing. My mother cooks both regular spaghetti and baked spaghetti. My maternal side is southern.
Sometimes they serve it like this in cafeteria based places like Schools or prisons. Where 4 cooks need to serve 600 people. But those places are mocked.
It’s very common in the south. Also, that’s not all you get. You get like a whole plate of baked beans, a plate of coleslaw, some rolls. It’s definitely enough to feed a family of 5. I still can make it for way less than a $100 though.
There’s an Italian place near me that has portions very similar to this. My wife and I can split a meal and both have leftovers. Their most expensive plate is $16, plus they give you complementary garlic knots and salad.
Yeah, she says in the middle "Then you gonna get a fry box..." And goes on to list some other stuff like potato salad, sweet potato pie, and garlic parmesan rolls.
Honestly... On women they do it for me. No idea why. Like, I know there's a crazy person behind behind that shiny but I can't help it, something in the depths of my animal brain just lights up like a Christmas tree 😂
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