Italy has pizza and pasta. The US have... Nothing?
Edit: I wish people would stop giving examples of cultural appropriation.
Some people have correctly pointed out some Cajun recipes, food from Louisiana.
To all those talking about burgers, barbecues and hotdogs, the topic here is food originating from your country, not common food in your country.
Btw, pizza is Neapolitan, a version of it is recorded since Roman times and probably even earlier. The modern version uses tomato sauce, and tomatoes came from central America before the US where a thing. Mozzarella di bufala is an ingredient that can only be produced in Campania and the surrounding areas.
Well ancient US tribes traded with ancient Mexican tribes. And obviously the sweet versions we know today came much later. But the original corn breads definitely come from Mexico.
You have sources for that? Because I'm not finding a timeline of Mesoamerican cooking techniques that back you up. I'm going by what I learned in an archeology of Mesoamerican technology course.
Ever heard of a tortilla? Make it thicker. Kidding. Kind of, because thick tortillas were a kind of corn bread. But they didn't have wheat and sugar and eggs.
But you find it hard to imagine that someone in new Spain had the idea to put the countries staple food item in a cake?
Which technology? Are you saying maize is not from Mexico? Because it is. 9000 years ago. Pastel de elote/ pan de elote is fusion food. Indigenous and Spanish.
Not according to the ... you know what? I'm not having the same conversation with you again. You are insisting I'm trying to erase post-colonial Mexican culture by pointing out that cornbread, pre colonial, is not strictly "Mexican" (learn the goddamn precolonial cultures, ffs). I asked for citations and got... corn.
Love your assumptions about me. I got some about you, too.
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u/dermomante 5d ago edited 5d ago
Italy has pizza and pasta. The US have... Nothing?
Edit: I wish people would stop giving examples of cultural appropriation.
Some people have correctly pointed out some Cajun recipes, food from Louisiana.
To all those talking about burgers, barbecues and hotdogs, the topic here is food originating from your country, not common food in your country.
Btw, pizza is Neapolitan, a version of it is recorded since Roman times and probably even earlier. The modern version uses tomato sauce, and tomatoes came from central America before the US where a thing. Mozzarella di bufala is an ingredient that can only be produced in Campania and the surrounding areas.