What types of food do Americans eat that people from other parts of the world find disgusting?

in #food7 years ago

I might get burned for this, but even me that have been living in america for the last 17 years I cannot understand how can someone eat this stuff.

Based on the comments around social media the good old american corporate pizza.

Seriously guys, stop ordering from corporate american pizza. Learn how to make your own or support your local pizza restaurant ( even those sometimes are hard to support)

Other notable mentions

  • Gravy specially on thanksgiving day they put that on everything.
  • American cheese that clearly any intelligent person call tell this is not normal food
  • The infamous corn dog.

I dont want to get away from main question, but these types of foods are really good if you take the time and use natural ingredients to prepare them, sadly the majority of Americans dont have that luxury or maybe they don`t want to put in the time and effort, see some really good food below that we have here in america, those are made by my wife and I.

There is really good food here in America, you just need to find it. Most likely is going to be some authentic cuisine from X country.

To give you an example here some pictures of some of really good food I have found, the problem is that those places are usually hidden gems and the locals don't want you to know about them (Am guilty of this) so you don't ruin their experience when they go eat to such place.

Brick oven pizza in wood burning oven with real mozzarella cheese and prosciutto di parman. Most Americans will not wait 45+ for a pizza let alone eat it with forks and knifes over wine. In this case the place was so busy we had to do carry out and still this was amazing pizza crunchy on the sides and soft in the middle and the ham melted in your mouth. Just writing about it make me want to have it for dinner.


We also made our own at home with local ingredients this one below took about 4 hours to make since the dough needed to rest and the tomato sauce was made from scratch, this will be so much better than the corporate domino's pizza or pizza Hut that the American palate is used to.


This is what most american people call pizza and usually is order for delivery. To be fair not all of Americans eat this pizza style. It's usually made with chewy dough and lots of butter for flavor and very thin tomato sauce and always garlic or blue cheese sauce on side.


Other good cuisine is Spaniard with American twist, this place is a tapas tavern and they server amazing food also another gem in our area, we do see lots of American people come there to eat. So yes they do know how to eat but I suspect most only go to places like this on special occasions since there usually a birthday song or some sort of big gathering.
CHULETILLAS DE LECHAL Y ZANAHORIAS SALTEADAS (Baby veal chops and carrots braised w/ brandy and garlic)


Finally what about eating at home? Am lucky enough to have a wife that loves to cook, she very proud of her cooking and like most really good chefs she usually ask you how is the food but here the thing she already know that is good, I think the key is to take the time to prepare the ingredients and also making your own, most americans buy pre made ingredients that are stripped of their natural flavors but most don't care since convenience always win over quality and most watch lots of TV and those ads usually mess with your subconscious.
See some dishes done by my wife and me.

Niño envuelto with tostones.

Rice and ground meat cooked inside a cabbage pouch with home made tomato sauce with your favorite sides.

Home made tacos.

​Fresh ground meat 90% lean, home made pico de gallo with cilantro. Local crema from local taqueria. We since started using authentic tortillas locally produced in NJ.

​Burgers and cure meats and cheese, Mayo and ketchup sauce 85% costco lean ground beef




Fish kabobs with creamy potatoes.


Meat balls and mash potatoes.


Home made dessert, flan with strawberry.


So in conclusion we Americans know how to make good food, I suspect is because we are 1st generation Americans and our own parents showed us how to eat good and fresh and at home. Maybe 3 generations down the road we will either join the rest of the majority american palate or keep our own and mix it to what work out for us and future generations.
We have a 3 year old daughter and she does not know what fast food is and have never had it before either, she also does not know what TV commercials are we only do Netflix for her cartoons, do we feel bad that she can`t enjoy this convenient foods and relate to her little family and friends, YES we do but in the long run she will thank us.
There lots of Americans who know how to make great food, unfortunately the media owns the global minds and most people around the world think we eat crap everyday.

Share your own opinions in the comment, this are only my personal opinions and do not wish to disrespect any brand or company directly.

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Food looks delicious and healthy

I have to agree with you on processed cheese and American pizzas, they are awful. Also the portion sizes are gross. Steak houses with meals so massive they advertise that if you can finish it, it's free. Then they wonder why obesity is a problem. Upvoted.

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