Yank food

[Snoogins]

To be fair, I fed more oreos to pigeons than I personally ate, but still. Not bad. Like a custard cream or bourbon , which it's obviously an inferior copy of.

[legne]

I wrote a fucklong reply and managed to close the damn tab.

Oreos are eatable, they're not particularly good but they don't make me gag either.


Ryan, we had macaroni and cheese from a box the other day. I have some questions:

1. CheesePOWDER? The fuck. The box says it's made with real cheese, since when was there ever a powder-cheese?
2. How many percentages of that powder is actually cheese?
3. Why does your cheese tastes like ass?
4. Why does your macaroni taste like ass?
5. Is it supposed to taste like ass?
6. Why does the box say it's nutritious?
7. Why would someone (for other reasons than curiosity) pay triple the money it takes to make macaroni and cheese from scratch, for a product which tastes like ass? The product is still for sale so this must mean that someone out there is buying that junk -who are those people?! Pics pls.


PS. I'll trade my smoked moose meat for your jerky.
PPS. Jerky isn't american so it doesn't count as yank food.

[Suicide Boy]

Yes, take a picture of the condiments, instant meals and junk food in what looks like the shittiest store in America's shittiest ghetto. That's an unbiased way to portray American cuisine.

There's a grocery store five minutes' drive from my house that would blow you away if you saw it. It's got a twenty-five-foot high wooden ceiling, wooden wall paneling, burnished cherry floors, high-end shelving and displays (the wine section is all polished wood), is very spacious and not cramped in any way, has a separate refrigerated room for hundreds of different brands of beer and alcoholic beverages, and has a sort of amber mood lighting, still plenty bright enough to see but not that harsh, white incandescent nonsense.

There are dozens of varieties of artisan bread, fresh shrimp, lobster, shellfish, and fish of all kinds, an extensive meat section, a kosher foods section, an Asian foods section....

And this isn't even a particularly expensive store.

[legne]

Are you being sarcastic or stupid?

American cuisine can be summed up in my fathers description of the meal he had with american colleagues while on a business trip in america (norwegian on business trip abroad = the best restaurant in the area). Ahem, hem: "There were practically no vegetables on the plate, oh the plate! It was HUGE!".

There you go. American cuisine.

[Suicide Boy]

Originally Posted by legne

Are you being sarcastic or stupid?

No, I'm being serious.

Calling junk food "Yank food" is a load of shit. No one with any taste eats that kind of crap, I know I certainly don't.

If not going along with a load of horse shit is your idea of "being stupid," then sure, I guess I'm being stupid.

[SAF]

Originally Posted by legne

Are you being sarcastic or stupid?

American cuisine can be summed up in my fathers description of the meal he had with american colleagues while on a business trip in america (norwegian on business trip abroad = the best restaurant in the area). Ahem, hem: "There were practically no vegetables on the plate, oh the plate! It was HUGE!".

There you go. American cuisine.

Vegetables are for pussies anyway. A plate should be at least 75% covered by some sort of dead animal in order for it to be considered a meal.

[Eisblut]

Originally Posted by legne

The product is still for sale so this must mean that someone out there is buying that junk -who are those people?! Pics pls.

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

[legne]

Oh ok, well then you completely missed the point.

There are dozens of varieties of artisan bread, fresh shrimp, lobster, shellfish, and fish of all kinds, an extensive meat section, a kosher foods section, an Asian foods section....

Those things aren't exclusive american products or food. Fluff is american - asian, obviously, isn't.

The picture was taken in a large swedish supermarket, where they have an aisle dedicated to american products (there are few american products which are common in stores). Like it or not, the products on that aisle are american and exclusive to american cuisine - they wouldn't exist if people didn't eat them.

As a comparison; let's say you took a picture of an aisle in an american shop, which featured norwegian products. Then you ask me if I eat any of those things.
It doesn't matter what international products my favorite grocery store has to offer when I'm being asked about specific items.

The items ARE yank food, whether you like it or not. Just like brown cheese and gravlax is Norwegian, and haggis is scottish.

Yep it's junk food, but that has nothing to do with anything.
So. Have you ever eaten any of those things, and did you like it?

[Suicide Boy]

Originally Posted by legne

Those things aren't exclusive american products or food.

Well, most of the stuff in the picture isn't exclusively American by nature. A lot of it is just different brands or versions of fairly universal foods. There are exceptions, like barbecue sauce, peanut butter and soft drinks (soft drinks were invented by an American chemist), but for the most part, it's just the American version of junk food, condiments and whatnot.

The way you titled this thread ("Yank food" not "American junk food") and your approach ("Do any of you eat this garbage?!") seems insulting by design, so don't feign innocence and pretend I'm blowing things completely out of proportion.

So now that we have that out of the way, yes, I've tried many of those things, though I've never heard of that "Fluff" nonsense.

• Beef jerky is just cured beef; there are both good brands and bad brands.
  
• I despise all barbecue sauce as lowbrow garbage and never use it in cooking, though I'll eat it at, say, someone else's cookout. It has its place in cuisine, but rednecks and people with no taste will put it on anything, like in old cartoons where a French chef gets angry at an American who puts ketchup on a fine steak.
  
• I guess that's maple syrup in those brown bottles. It looks like a generic brand. There are excellent brands out there too, and yes, of course I've had it.
  
• Pancakes can be made from scratch or from a mix, and I've eaten those too. It's like waffles or French toast, what's not to like about them? Not all pre-made mixes are knockoff brands, and I've never seen that particular brand of pancake mix before.
  
• Peanut butter is good, there's nothing garbage about it. It's tasty, it's healthy, it's cheap, and kids love it.
  
• Stove Top is a brand of poultry stuffing, I think. Not sure if I've ever had it, but some pre-made stuffings can be quite tasty.
  
• Mac and cheese is nasty as fuck. However, you can make mac and cheese at home from ingredients that are actually good, like quality cheese, a good brand of macaroni, and I personally season mine with white wine.
  
• Chocolate syrup is nasty. I prefer Ovaltine mix, though I very rarely drink chocolate milk.
  
• Oreos are good.
  
• Nothing wrong with those cake and muffin mixes, they make perfectly serviceable cakes and muffins.
  
• Finally, everyone loves soft drinks. Some of those brands are good, some not so good, some unrecognizable.

[legne]

Originally Posted by Suicide Boy

Well, most of the stuff in the picture isn't exclusively American by nature. A lot of it is just different brands or versions of fairly universal foods. There are exceptions, like barbecue sauce, peanut butter and soft drinks (soft drinks were invented by an American chemist), but for the most part, it's just the American version of junk food, condiments and whatnot.

The way you titled this thread ("Yank food" not "American junk food") and your approach ("Do any of you eat this garbage?!") seems insulting by design, so don't feign innocence and pretend I'm blowing things completely out of proportion.

Oh lawd.

Is it an exclusive american product/brand (ie something you generally wouldn't find in stores in other countries)? Check.
Is it food? Check.
Do yanks consume it? Check.
Therefor, it is yank food.

Question is: why do yanks (generally) seem to enjoy this garbage?

American pancakes are a whole lot different from our pancakes, and even my brother - who loves maple syrup - couldn't stand those pancakes. Disgusting and nothing like ours.

PS. Gratinated macaroni and cheese is win.

[legne]

Originally Posted by Eisblut

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/

Ilu

[notawsome]

The best shit is the ones made by mama at home. I love mama's home cooking. It's too bad that being the dude I am, mama hangs a duck by the window and chops boiled chicken with a butcher block at the floor with a huge knife.

[legne]

Amazing.

[notawsome]

lol walmart. The worst of the worst. Always low prices!

[venusflytrap]

yeah, because norweigan food is so delicious

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