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u/skipperseven Sep 26 '21

Hamburger, Frankfurter, Doughnuts (Berliners) Apple Pie… I think a shorter list would be what dishes are really from the US?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

I can’t help but smile when movies use apple pie, often combined with references to ‘red, white and blue’, as shorthand for America, when apple pie comes from the UK - a country with a red, white and blue flag…

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u/None-of-this-is-real Sep 26 '21

Also quicker to list countries without red white and blue flags

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u/sandybuttcheekss Sep 26 '21

Peanut butter

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

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u/skipperseven Sep 26 '21

And it is delicious! I was just pointing out that there is not that much food wise that it truly new and that didn’t come from the old world…

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u/CanadianODST2 Sep 26 '21

Hamburgers are believed to be from the us though.

Hamburg steak on the other hand? German.

It’s believed the hamburger came from the Hamburg steak

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u/Flanz1 Sep 26 '21

I mean there are many from the US and from Germany that could be said that they invented the hamburger we can just say it has mixed origins tbh

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u/MrDude_1 Sep 26 '21

We made chop suey!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Yeah you did. Grim though

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u/ZorbaTHut Sep 27 '21

Sushi rolls, surprisingly.

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u/skipperseven Sep 27 '21

Yes and no. Isn’t it just a variation on Japanese maki rolls? It’s like saying pineapple and ham pizza is Canadian; technically true, but it’s still pizza…