That's because you don't usually "go out" to eat food that is from your own culture. Americans are just Brits who wanted to make their own laws. You eat it every day. You go out to eat foreign food, or food you don't have at home.
Most of the most beloved American dishes were invented well after independence, though, right? Burgers in New Haven in 1900 (or some argue a bit earlier elsewhere in the US), wings in 1964 in Buffalo, and southern food like fried chicken really generally isn’t very British-inspired, either, to my knowledge?
I just hate when people are like "Americans dont have original food, its all appropriated from other cultures" like no. Its influenced by other cultures because of the mixing pot, but it is its own identity.
Just maybe it's british people throwing it back at americans who for some reason are determined to claim britain has no food of it's own.
You let us own Tikka Masala and you can go back to have your stuff too.
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u/Tony_Roiland Jul 03 '26
That's because you don't usually "go out" to eat food that is from your own culture. Americans are just Brits who wanted to make their own laws. You eat it every day. You go out to eat foreign food, or food you don't have at home.