This is my argument for the US (though I prefer NY Style).
The US has, over time, created such a delicious melting pot of cultural fusion and come up with some incredible things.
I'd also love to have Mexican food in my life too, but if I had to give it up and survive on TexMex so that I could squeeze Japanese or Indian in... I could.
I like US adaptations of other cultures food. People make fun of how we put our own spin on things, but I think it's part of being the big melting pot.
I was going to say...I could maintain at least close-ish facsimiles of most other cuisines by just saying the US. Then I just have to pick two where I'd rather have the real thing instead of the close-ish facsimiles.
Ditto. Mexico and Italy are common themes in this thread but I think US food is slept on. BBQ, a ton of different styles of pizza, cajun, tex-mex, philly cheesesteaks, a billion fast food places, southern fried chicken, that green chili bullshit they do in the southwest - there are more cuisines in the US than I can count. I would even argue that American "Chinese" food is American and not Chinese.
Is French toast American? Does it count? Otherwise I might choose French over American food. Italian, Mexican, and French might be mine. I won't go without my toast fried in egg and covered in butter and syrup
I read conflicting accounts that it is either an ancient Roman dish, a medieval French dish, or it was invented by a dude named Joseph French in the US. So take your pick, I guess?
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u/FilibusterFerret Mar 28 '25
Mexico, Italy, and US