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| rdfs:label | - American Cuisine
- American cuisine
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| rdfs:comment | - Foreign foods brought to America lose something in the translation. We all know that the signature dish of pizza is available nowhere in Italy — only at American chain restaurants with tacky plywood "leaning towers" — and it was only on arriving on American shores that Cambodian chefs acquired the freedom to invite their diners to try the Pol Pot Pie. Taco Bell is an example of Mexican food served everywhere in the U.S. — and nowhere in Mexico — except, lately, at Taco Bells. Mexican Taco Bells exclusively serve tourists from the U.S. who blame their first bout of Montezuma's Revenge on that charming hole-in-the-wall food stand with uncovered sauce bowls, and will want something safer for the rest of their week abroad.
- Before the Europeans settled Native Americans nourished themselves on what the land permitted them to grow as well as fish and other native wildlife. After the European discovery of North America the natives gave the settlers an idea about the three main elements of their cuisine: corn, beans and Squash. In exchange, the newcomers gave Eastern tribes European diseases that they were not ready to contend with. However, the three vegetables later defined American cuisine.
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| abstract | - Foreign foods brought to America lose something in the translation. We all know that the signature dish of pizza is available nowhere in Italy — only at American chain restaurants with tacky plywood "leaning towers" — and it was only on arriving on American shores that Cambodian chefs acquired the freedom to invite their diners to try the Pol Pot Pie. Taco Bell is an example of Mexican food served everywhere in the U.S. — and nowhere in Mexico — except, lately, at Taco Bells. Mexican Taco Bells exclusively serve tourists from the U.S. who blame their first bout of Montezuma's Revenge on that charming hole-in-the-wall food stand with uncovered sauce bowls, and will want something safer for the rest of their week abroad. Being all the countries, the United States has all the tastes in food. That is why all its really big food operators choose one style exactly in the middle. The Mexican brewers of Dos Equis and Bohemia enjoyed a faithful but minuscule following in the United States, until wisely groping for that big round thing hanging in the middle of the Bell Curve and getting rid of the odd, earthy taste. Their products are selling better now, among Americans who want to drink a Mexican beer because of what it means about them — and have no clue what it would mean about the beer. This is how American cuisine acquired its signature description: bland.
- Before the Europeans settled Native Americans nourished themselves on what the land permitted them to grow as well as fish and other native wildlife. After the European discovery of North America the natives gave the settlers an idea about the three main elements of their cuisine: corn, beans and Squash. In exchange, the newcomers gave Eastern tribes European diseases that they were not ready to contend with. However, the three vegetables later defined American cuisine. Another major turning point for American cuisine was the days of the melting pot in the early 20th century. Even now families who trace their lineage to Irish immigrants in New York who live in Ohio have their own blend of the old and new. Stories such as these repeat throughout the United States with the 'set' changing a bit (New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, etc.) and the immigrants being from any number of nations around the world. A good example of this would be salads. There are three major types of salads and what is in them and what they come out like, and what you put on them differ entirely. Presentation is rarely the same and so if you read something in our collection of recipes that makes your toenails curl because you'd never do it that way, keep this in mind. from north to south there are many diffrences in what people eat, from cheese cake to buffalo wings as all have had different influrences
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