Apparently we've been hard at work converting the rest of the world.
<http://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-that-should-come-to-the-us-2013-10>
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/19/2013 10:55 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I don't know of any other people who use American spelling, nor do I
>> know of any usage of the old English (aka fractional) measurement system
>> outside America. But that does not hinder Americans from claiming that they
>> are first and foremost. That underscores the underlying barbaric nature of
>> American culture.
>
> Underlying barbaric nature of American culture? Nah, hardly. We gave
> the world Hollywood, Rock and Roll and Country music. Hmm....... I
> think you might be on to something.
>
>
>> If you were to judge American cuisine in Europe by way of the numerous
>> McDonald's and Burger King franchises, you would get the (somewhat correct)
>> impression that Americans are gastronimically impoverished to an extreme.
>
> American cuisine is, for the most part, a homogenized blend of global
> foods. La Choy makes Chinese food swing American. Since WW2, we've
> become a nation of pizza. There are still great differences in foods
> from one region to another. For a person, like me, who has travelled
> extensively (all but 4 states), seeing the familiar yellow "M" is a
> life saver when you aren't overly sure if you stomach is up to the
> task of eating the local fare. This was especially true for us in
> Ireland, which tends to not to be exactly gastronomically pleasing or
> exciting from one eatery to the next.
>
> However, in defence to our gastronimically impoverished nature, one
> must consider that we Americans tend to be open to eating a far
> greater range of ethnic foods than anywhere else in the world. Proof
> of this was just this Sunday evening at our church, were we almost
> always make it a point to have international foods. (We've got a stash
> of hot dogs in the freezer just in case the kids threaten a hunger
> strike). This past one saw foods from every continent. And they all
> were not only very good but authentic. (I did both Thailand and
> Italy--talk about fusion).
>
> AG
>
>
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