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Anyone got any good, traditional American food recipes?

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Seriously though guys, thanks for the ideas.

As soon as I get some time I shall start.

Slightly disappointed no one offered to post me some possums.
 
Hoppin' John
Southern-style biscuits
Key lime pie
cheesesteak
eggs benedict
Frito pie
crab cakes
General Tso's chicken
sausage & peppers
chili dog
Spam musubi
succotash
chicken fried steak
chicken and waffles
burgoo
peach Melba
Waldorf salad
reuben sandwich
baked Alaska

Those all came from various "famous American food" lists and some of them may be worth trying.
 
Buttermilk Pie

All measures are U.S.

1/2 cup butter
1-1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
3 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk*
9" pie shell

* To make buttermilk, put 1 tablespoon of vinegar in measuring cup and fill to 1 cup with whole milk (don't use skim or 2&#37😉

Beat softened butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla. Add flour and buttermilk. Bake at 400F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350F for 20-30 minutes. Should be golden brown on top with wiggly center. Pie will setup while cooling. Best served while still warm. Very short refrigerator life.
 
is there really American food? Other than something that native indians would make?

Since we're all pretty much from somewhere else, isn't it kind of just the same stuff that people make in other countries?
 
pontifex said:
is there really American food? Other than something that native indians would make?

Since we're all pretty much from somewhere else, isn't it kind of just the same stuff that people make in other countries?
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It's a two way street. Corn, chile peppers, chocolate, potatos,and tomatos are all New World foods that have been adopted all over the Old World.
 
pontifex said:
is there really American food? Other than something that native indians would make?

Since we're all pretty much from somewhere else, isn't it kind of just the same stuff that people make in other countries?
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Cajun food, creole food, the hot dog, a lot of southern-style food, among many others. Maybe you can point to European variations but there are no direct clones or predecessors.
 
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WelshBloke said:
I think thats why I'm finding the Cajun (if thats the specific term for that area) cooking so interesting. Its fairly unique. I can see influences of other cultures but its melded them into something different to anything you'd find elsewhere.

And I'm a bit Meh about TexMex as again its something that seems to crop up everywhere. (although a good chilli is a thing of joy)
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i've been to the UK. you don't have texmex.


some of it's cajun, a lot of it's creole.
http://southernfood.about.com/od/cajuncuisine/a/Creole-And-Cajun-Cookery.htm
 
Something of a midwestern thing, but what we call a coney dog here in the Detroit area.

It's basically a hot dog with natural casing, a steamed hot dog bun, all meat chili, yellow mustard, and sweet white onions.

Also good delicious if applied to french fries.

Fried cheddar cheese curds. Yum.
 
America hit its peak with the release of Haagen Dasz's Vanilla Penaut Butter Swirl (sadly no longer in production).

but for something almost as awesome, try Ben&Jerry's Phish Food
 
Taejin said:
oh and.. i could be wrong but i think american food is mostly shitty. A lot of it is bastardized european food with little to no connection to the land and the ingredients. Not bashing on nouveau American cuisine, but the legacy from the 1950s with frozen dinners and canned food definitely did no service to American cuisine. native American cuisine ofc is pretty much nonexistent, and everything after that is imported cultural food.
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not true in the slightest.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/31/111031fa_fact_bilger


though, you are correct that much of that history and plant variety has disappeared, but long before it was replaced by frozen dinners. regardless, it still survives in pockets.
 
IronWing said:
It's a two way street. Corn, chile peppers, chocolate, potatos,and tomatos are all New World foods that have been adopted all over the Old World.
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exactly. Try to consider Italian cuisine without the tomato--you'd just have to call it "American."

or Indian without the chili pepper. Again, it would then be "adapted from American food."
 
zinfamous said:
exactly. Try to consider Italian cuisine without the tomato--you'd just have to call it "American."

or Indian without the chili pepper. Again, it would then be "adapted from American food."
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Many Italian dishes don't have tomato.. its more like Italian dishes with tomato are American.
 
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