American food!

I posted this over on the talk just to see if I could get a rise out of those people over there. It is a pretty good thread, most dishes I have heard of, most I have tried before, and a few I have never heard of ever. I am going to fix me something to eat now.


51 foods the world can thank America for

 

I luv cup cakes...doughnuts and hot dogs!

Some from Australia you may never have heard of:
Vegemite
Chicko Roll
Pavlova
Tim Tams
Damper

 

Only heard of and tried one....vegemite. Can't say that I enjoyed it very much. I'm convinced that it is an "acquired taste".

 

You make good soups like chowder that sticks to your ribs. Caesar salad is ace. Waffles or pancakes for breakfast. Would love to try grits or biscuits and gravy. Anyone eat succotash nowadays?

 

Hard to believe but Australians love the stuff...I even have it over jam! I think the Americans typically fall foul of vegemite because they are used to slathering a spread onto their food/bread...whereas vegemite needs a thin spread, one jar can last months!
Chicko rolls...my generation used to sing the old AC/DC song "Its a long way to the top if you wanna Rock and Roll" and sing instead, "Its a long way to the shop if you wanna Chicko Roll!!
Pavlova is a cake...created especially for Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballerina who visited Australia (Kiwis will tell you they invented it...what tripe!)
Tim Tans are the best chocolate biscuits you can buy...typically the two ends are bitten off...and you dip the Tim Tam in your coffee and use it as a straw...chocolate coffee!
Damper is good Aussie bread made on a camp fire...

 

Gumbo is classified as a soup, which makes it my favorite of that category. As for salads me, shrimp remoulade is the winner. Waffles and fried chicken is a good item not listed. Grits is easy to fix, just don't get lazy and go the "instant" route for the first time. Biscuits and gravy is very good, depending on the sausage you use but I prefer creamed beef instead. SOS was the best breakfast meal in Army chow halls! Succotash? I use it in stews.

 

Sounds like that you should start a Down Under food thread!

Yeah my mistake with the vegemite stuff is that I made it like a PB&J sammich. I spreaded the stuff on thick and heavy. Ewww! Could only choke down a few bites of the stuff before disposing of it. I kept the jar for a souvenir though.

 

Send that recipe to me too Jeff!

Shrimp and grits are pretty good, but to me they can't hold a candle to a good plate of grits and grillades.

That left-over dish with the cornbread cooked with butter milk sounds a lot like cush-cush here in South Louisiana. Cornmeal or left over cornbread, cooked down with oil and butter, with milk added in a skillet. I don't care for it but it is real popular with the older generations.

 

( Warning : Contains strong language....)

 

Well, we have 50 more items in that list to be remembered for!

And to take it a bit further, when someone from another country wants to point out that they want to be remembered for more than inventing the hotdog, all we have to say is...."well, how many times have y'all been to the moon then"....

 

And I'd reply...couldn't have done without Australia!

 

That was a good movie.

 

You've seen 'the Dish'?

 

"Good luck, Mr. Armstrong"

 

I'm guessing it was at the Shrimp Factory on River Street?

 

Have you ever tried grits with Indian lime pickle? One of my favorite combinations although mixed and/or mango pickle is very good as well.

 

OK - I asked the same question on the sister site -

Where do Buffalo wings come from - do you have special breeding programmes or are they natural/indigenous species to the USA.



If those buffalo were flying over I for one am certain I would not like to be under one when it - well you understand and get the picture

TD