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Um, are hot dots an American food? If so, then hot dogs.....Chicago style.

I'm a huge food lover and I also love homemade apple pie but that's more of a desert, not a main meal, not that I haven't had pie for breakfast before ;)

Basically anything with meat and potatoes is "All American" to me...

However, to list a few favorites I'd have to say a nice juicy steak, burgers with all the fixens, hot dogs and mac-n-cheese... yay!

What's a Chicago-style hot dog?

Chicago Style Hot Dog

Macaroni and Cheese. Or is that like, German, somehow? Or Italian, since it's pasta?

Oh dear, that sounds so good, JPhill. Now I'm hungry!

Happy cows come from California.

Dead cows come from Texas. Viva La BEEF!!!!

Mother f'n philly cheesesteak. god bless america

Eric, good call on the philly cheesesteak, I love those, although I'd like an authentic one from Philly.

Hamburgers over the grill. Medium rare, please, with a thick slice of tomatoe and another of onion on top.
Now I'm hungry. Thanks a lot :(

I'm from Philly and, my apologies to any of the imitators out there, but only we know how to make 'em!

None at all - take the cheese and bacon away from an american kitchen and what have you got left?

Soory guys but your dietry skills are so far behind 'us' Europeans.

IF pushed to name one 'American' food (bearing in mind that you have borrowed nearly all your foods from other countries) I guess I would go with ............. Hot Chicken Wings, you do them well I admit :-)

The Philly Cheesesteak place next door to my apartment puts beans in theirs. Is that normal??? (Or blasphemous?)

@CMarshall: I am aware that your response was laced with sarcasm, but I asked for favorite foods, not attacks on American culinary skills (or lack thereof). Also, bacon is not a staple of American cooking in any way whatsoever.

@estarla: Blasphemous!!! I'd cry if I weren't so incensed. ;-)

Oh man... chicago style hotdog looks delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I have to walk over to the university cantina and eat the grub they serve over there... how satisfying. LOL

Long live the Queen. :P

@ErinR - apologies. I did say Chicken Wings though :-)

I must disagree over the bacon though - I have actually lived in the US and still own a home there, and honestly I find it hard to agree that bacon isn't a staple of the American diet

@ErinR: I think CMarchall is still upset about the tea party :)

Long live bacon!

In closing, are we men or are we mice? I like cheese!

Bacon is definitely not apart of the normal American diet.

I am amazed!

- bacon & cheese on hamburgers
- bacon bits in salad
- bacon at breakfast
- bacon in a turkey sandwich

Just example - am not going to make an issue with you all but I just don't buy it I am afraid :-)

@ seanrox - that would be the tea party in the woods with alice and pooh bear right?

@CMarshall: No one is asking you to buy into what some American's consider our favorite food.

Nothing is being forced on you here, and I would hope you wouldn't force something like bread pudding on me :)

Today in the US we are celebrating our independence and freedom of choice, which does cover our choices on what we eat or don't eat.

Lets try to keep today light hearted and friendly...

As for a tea party with Alice and Pooh bear, you are getting your Disney movies mixed up.

I don't think that bacon is an American staple. Yes, some Americans eat it, but it is not "typical." Lot's of us also eat fruits and veggies at every meal... does that make them typical?

my last comment on this - I ran this subject through twitter and Pownce and I have to say that the responses on both supported my theory :-)

BUT I am off now - last thing I want to do is to be accused of forcing anybody to do anything - especially on your day of independence :-)

whatever you eat - enjoy it

My last comment, as well: Wikipedia's entry on bacon identifies it as a food common in several regions around the world, not just N. America.

Anyway, no harm done. It's interesting to know that people outside the country see bacon as an "American" food, even though we may not.

Hmmm - you tempted me.

I see it as a food eaten a LOT in america, and as such part of the 'typical' diet.

I would have said the same regards Spain and England (the other 2 countries I have extensive knowledge of) as well :-)

Oh and Denmark I guess as they are pretty famous for it :-)

Hamburgers grilled, medium, with a slice of tomato, cheddar cheese, and with mustard, served on a bun, mashed potatoes on the side, along with corn on the cob.

Blackberry pie for dessert.

I would say that Bacon is popular in both American and British (or rather, English) diets. The reason is because it tastes so delicious.

Soory guys but your dietry skills are so far behind 'us' Europeans.

Surely that depends on taste. Yes, I would prefer to eat Italian or Spanish than American or English, but that doesn't make American dietry/culinary skills bad. Just to their taste and maybe not yours.

I'm not American, but there are a few things that Americans do really well at.
The Hot Dog.
The Cheesecake.
The Pancakes with the Maple Syrup.
I have no idea if any of those were 'invented' by Americans, but they are all pretty darn tasty and best done in America.

Happy 4th guys.

My all-time favorite is the hot dog. I can take it New-York style with just mustard and relish (which is my favorite way to eat one), a Chicago style, minus the onions because I'm allergic, or any other way you can think of. Personally, my new favorite is how people in Venezuela I believe eat them. Mustard with some crushed up potato chips.

Apple pie is up there, but my love for apple pie doesn't equal my love for hot dogs. But I'm a fan of almost any pie. Pumpkin, chocolate pudding, apple, cherry...now I want pie and hot dogs. :(

Double Whopper with cheese, no veggies. King size fries and a Coke.
Best. Meal. Ever.

July 4th in Texas = bbq brisket

Enjoying some as I type this, matter of fact

Ollie: Yes, bacon is popular in English diets. I have been to England on several occasions, and have had breakfast at the B&Bs, I have stayed in, and bacon is a definite part of the huge, "whole mess". ;) I am drooling as I type this.

Yes, a lot of Americans like bacon, but with the focus on health, diet, cholesterol, etc., a lot of Americans don't eat it as frequently as in the past.

Yes, pancakes with syrup is a definite.

MC DONALDS

Chicago Style Hotdog or Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Those words are capitalized because as far as I'm concerned they're proper nouns.

Frotzed, you are my new best friend. :)

:) I feel special :)

Pancakes are definitely a must along with maple syrup. Good old fashioned meatloaf and mashed potatoes are up there with my favorrite meal.

There are a huge number of foods created in America, but we often don't get credit because they'll be chinese-american, or cuban-american, or itallian-american, etc. It doesn't seem to matter that they're created by people born here. The fact they were influenced by their ancestors out weighs it.

But, a few 100% american dishes:

Eggs Benedict
Clam Chowder
Buffalo Wings
Cornbread
Gumbo
Cream Cheese
Popcorn
Peanut Butter
Reuben

And a few very american, but otherwise influenced dishes:

Chop Suey
California Rolls
General Tso Chicken
Chilli
Barbecue
Fajitas

There's quite a lot more. But to be on topic, my favourite would have to be the good old fashioned hamburger. So simple, but so versatile.

Nice list, Ozone! I had to look up General Tso's Chicken.

Ah, bbq.....how could I forget.

And oddly, I just ate a bacon cheeseburger, though I still stick by my statement above.

BBQ anything - steak, burgers, dogs, fish, veggies - even when it's 10 degrees below zero F or snowing in the middle of January.

Favorite American food: Jambalaya (seriously, I can't believe no one's said this yet). Runners up include the Philly cheese steak, New England Clam Chowder, and since since Puerto Rico is an American satellite state, I'll go with Alcapurria and Ensalada de Bacalao.

@CMarshall: A very large percentage of the world's population isn't particularly impressed with European cooking. Hell, even Europeans aren't particularly impressed with European food. French wine is so bad that I, too, would put snails in my mouth to wash out the flavor; and in Spain, the cheese is so bad that bulls run through the streets in order to flee it; and let's not even start with the food with "blood" anywhere in its name. (Did you know: the Romans ate jellyfish. Yummo!!!)

Actually, European food pretty much disgusts me. No all, mind you: the Italians have a good thing going for them with that whole pasta thing (Chinese in origin, I know, but whatever) but as for the rest of the continent -- I'll go with a nice plate of coconut shrimp (wrapped in bacon and cheese, of course: unkosher trifecta in play).

@Gnorb - interesting. All personal choice of course but having eaten many many times in each of the countries you mention this would be my order of preference:

Spain
Italy
America
China
France

How about Pumpkin Pie?!

For me it's a plain old burger. I don't mean the MacDonalds type (yuk), but a home made beauty cooked medium rare in a massive bun spilling over with salad...

American baked cheese cake.

Mountain Dew!

Red beans and rice ++++++

Why knock bacon and cheese?? I cook a lot of different foods that don't contain bacon OR cheese. I like both bacon and cheese but I can't eat that at every meal.

My top 3 favorite American foods?

1) BBQ ribs. Cooked slow and low for HOURS. A thick, spicy hot, home-made sauce that gets on your fingers.

2) a hamburger from Red Mill.

3) New York style pizza. Is that American?

Runner up:

4) Deep fried Mac~n~Cheese. Yes, it DOES exist. Soft arteries are over-rated.

I can't argue with Red Beans and Rice OR Jumbalaya. Both are excellent but I'm sticking with my #1's.

Blueberry muffin!