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you know you can just order something else

Spoken like someone who’s never had meatloaf, cornbread, and fried okra. (American food from the US South)

I'm sorry but a brit is calling any other food 'bland' is peak irony

A hamburger is based on European food, you dumbass. Ditto fries. Which are made of potatoes, which are not native to you wieners What counts as "American" to you is your favorite Indian food made in a curry shop, and is it Tikka masala

or Cajun people, or Creole people... i'm sure there are other traditions i'm not thinking of that you can't just write off as "immigrant so it doesn't count"

I’ve been to Santa Fe twice and the food was absolutely incredible

This is some ignorant shit right here, but I’m glad you got the attention you wanted.

This says so much more about the person skeeting it than about American cuisine.

Dave, maybe the yanks developed bland food with a little bit of help from Europe? Like… maybe England?

You all can’t even fry fish better than us

Europe and South America are big continents that I have not visited every corner of. My point is that it's very easy to find a great burger in the US, and in my experience that's not the case in other places

Tell me what food you are talking about

This recent World Cup-related trend of Americans being trolled about their less illustrious food, and reacting indignantly en masse in the same way the British react when Americans do their “beans on toast” schtick (ie “we have a diverse range of food options from around the world”… is pretty funny.

Don’t disrespect the cheeseburger. They’re fucking fantastic.

You smile with your teeth apart sit back down at the kid's table buckaroo banzai

are food is too bland fa ya guvnah?

Okay you are just ignorant. The range of “Mexican” dishes served in the US is vast. As is the quality. You can spend weeks in LA and eat a different Mexican meal every day and every one will be amazing. And of course any Brit lecturing Americans on food is ridiculous.

People from the US thinking they are the only multicultural country on earth are exhausting

Spotted dick 👆🏻

Sounds like you are bad at finding food

Two words: chip butty

you guys invented the toast sandwich

You’re gonna feel so silly the first time you have diner hash browns.

Disrespectfully, the UK doesn't even know the names for foods like fries and cookies so you might want to sit this one out

Get a load of this dipshit who’s never been to New Orleans

Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?

Pax Hamburgana

"American food is shit. The only thing they've ever come up with is [the most popular food item in the world].

this is like me saying that all the food in the uk is fish and chips. you don't even know what american food is

I mean anybody who thinks this is Mexican food is a minority or an East Coaster and should not be taken seriously

There’s a great bit from one of the Anthony Bourdain shows where he goes to the border town in Mexico where nachos were invented, and the nachos he gets there are just the saddest looking nachos.

Invented by Mexicans? Mexican food. Obviously.

Hamburgers are German my limey friend. Take your complaints to them if you are going to act like a bellend.

what the fuck are you talking about

I don't think that's how it works. bsky.app/profile/slee...

Brit being ignorant about other cultures, next you'll tell me water is wet

Yeah, a lot of "American food" is from immigrants. So what? America is pretty new and made of immigrants. But if you really want an American original, barbecue is the shit

Jesus. The entire American food culture, the one we see in restaurants everywhere, even the UK, is based on our diverse population. People taking dishes from every country and modifying them to create something new is at the heart of the US food culture.

lol. You clearly do not live in Texas or California.

Blew up? You've got less than 200 interactions. Calm down.

But if the sentiment is "Europeans don't have good Mexican food in Europe, so for them trying it for the first time in Mexico would be mindblowing", the fact that Americans *do* eat good Mexican food in America is relevant.

Your attempted dunking on bland white people food just invalidated the majority of the food traditions for the majority of Americans that are not white, AND their Americanness, good going!

Bro you’re gonna flip out when you find out what the “Tex” in “TexMex” refers to

In other words, immigrants can never be truly American or British. They will always be foreigners, interlopers. How progressive.

Also tex-mex is fairly distinct from 'mexican' and has been 'american food' for 170 years

Oh my lord this seems awesome

"True flavors" omit sugar and salt... The meat entrees were the best IMO.

Been meaning to go there for years. Problem is my wife is allergic to much of their seasonal menus.

That's because we Americans are just as big thieves as our colonial parents, but unlike Britain we have zero shame about it. Hippity hoppity Your flavor is now our property

Equanimitable response—I love it!

You can just admit you don't know what TexMex means

lol Indian food in India is arguably British

lol...Leave it to a British White guy to think "American" translates to "White person" and White person culture. Black slaves built our country in addition to their cultural impact, and of course how heavily immigrants have also contributed to what it is to be an American.

Lots of British people of Asian descent would tell you that you're an ignoramus 😀

There are also dishes that happily straddle both such as daal and Kormas. In South Africa, too, you find Indian and other Asian influences from the "Cape Malays" These fusion cuisines exist in their own right. See The Curry Guy: greatcurryrecipes.net

What we claim is that immigrants who come to this country to make it their own, are completely capable of making their own food and turning it into another American success story with their restaurants. Immigrants have always been part of America’s flavor & food. You really thought this was smart.

Typical colonizer mindset: we conquered them so now we own their culture.

Correct. We love our immigrants. We are our immigrants.

…and according to my sister, as a long time resident in various parts of the U.S, most Indian restaurant food in the U.S sucks and wouldn’t be recognised as authentically Indian.

I’ve only eaten Indian food in England once. I remember it tasted amazing but I was probably high. Indian food in America generally all tastes the same.

no I'm actually totally willing to give you guys credit for chicken tikka masala

Go home lobsterback

What about New Mexican food?

A third of America used to be Mexico. When the border moved, the people did not. When we refer to Mexican food in the States we refer to the food produced by Mexican Americans, not the people of Mexico. Just like how a guy who calls himself Irish here doesn’t mean he was born and raised in Dublin

Silence Fogbreather

So Indian food is British then?

Go eat a jellied eel you king-having rat bastard

As a first generation American of English and Scottish parents, I understand how it’s all good fun to knock us for being less than smart. After all, we did just kill our Department of Education But you are not looking so educated rn, sir Rather than muting notifications, u shld delete the post

I'll never understand German cuisine.

Oh look, blood and soil arguments about food. You’re a real peach, you know that?

So Indian immigrants to America are institutionally as a group unable to cook their own food. Because they landed in America and not Britain? Oof.

You must be fun at parties

Not to mention that potatoes came from the Americas.

Some of the most iconic British cuisine comes from immigrants. If we don’t get to claim Chinese American or Tex-Mex food (ignore the fact that that mostly comes from ppl the border crossed), they don’t get to claim chicken masala or fish and chips.

Maybe good food is good food. I like Greek, Mexican, Italian and a bit of Chinese and Japanese too. I am half Scottish, half Scandinavian, you know what i probably wouldnt eat? Haggis and Lutfisk. Let me enjoy what i want to enjoy, and you all do the same.

Do you... even know what Amrrica is?

Okay?

My hobby is annoying the yanks.

or possibly doing something wrong. I think those are the two options

I think the issue is OP is explicitly stating none of that transnational influence actually counts

Oh sure definitely, I would say there's a bit of a distinction though in that while certainly having multicultural influence most of those countries do have core indigenous culinary cultures

There's a difference between an established food culture being influenced by immigrants and/or colonizers and what we have in most parts of the US, especially the southwest, where Mexican food ways (already a fusion) were established before Anglos arrived.

Parts of America used to be parts of Mexico

We appreciate your sophistication

Wait till you find out that large parts of the US used to be Mexico.

I take the last part back. There is bad pulled pork out there, unfortunately. But as a dish it is good

Okay, Google "barbecue" the next time you scrape some cold beans across your plain white bread

Hell, Mexican food in Oaxaca is different than Mexican food in Quintana Roo is different than Mexican food in Chihuahua.

Doubling down on being a dumbshit, eh?

One reason I love English… and respect the f@@k out of our immigrant-Americans (and all people who learn English later in life). Immigrants—ALL immigrants—help make the US great.

Hamburgers, hotdogs, pizza, barbecue, Cajun, Hawaiian (including poke), and turkey are all American food. But go on.

Oh we're not taking anything seriously from somebody who comes from the land of overcooked peas and mystery gravy. The only thing grayer than a brit's complexion is their food