Now that I live in the American South - which was pretty much a foreign country to me before I moved here! - I have learned a lot of foods that most people not from the US have probably never had. Shrimp and grits, barbecue (with its various regional styles - when I say barbecue I tend to mean Carolina style pulled pork in a vinegar based sauce), fried green tomatoes, fried pickles (which are good!), hoppin' john, hush puppies, greens. And that's just one region of the south - New Orleans, for example, has a whole different range of good, American dishes.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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flea - Feb 01, 2009 4:21:54 am PST #8721 of 9843
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Hil R. - Feb 01, 2009 4:32:03 am PST #8722 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oooh, fried green tomatoes. I had those once, at JazzFest, and loved them.
And you're right about New Orleans food -- a New Orleans-style restaurant opened in NYC a few years ago, and most of the reviews treated it as if it were a foreign cuisine.
evil jimi - Feb 01, 2009 6:16:11 am PST #8723 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Pizza.
Wait! No-one else noticed Fay's wee faux pas? I think Italians would be rather cross if America claimed creation of pizza. :)
In other news: GARY NUMAN IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH 2009! ahem
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2009 6:25:34 am PST #8724 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought US pizza wasn't like Italian pizza? And the pizza I had in the UK was definitely US pizza.
evil jimi - Feb 01, 2009 6:30:50 am PST #8725 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I thought US pizza wasn't like Italian pizza?
But at the end of the day, it's still "pizza", no? With it's origins way back in the renaissance, and brought to America by Italian immigrants, who would've made it the way they did backin Italy.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2009 6:36:21 am PST #8726 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But at the end of the day, it's still "pizza", no?
Not to me. Much like I consider a patty Jamaican food and a Cornish pasty English food despite their apparent similarity. By the time the execution is complete they're different enough.
Tom Scola - Feb 01, 2009 7:01:52 am PST #8727 of 9843
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Neopolitains would consider it an insult to have their pizza compared to American pizza.
A List of Regional Pizza Styles.
sumi - Feb 01, 2009 7:43:58 am PST #8728 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Fay said foods that originated somewhere else and were adapted including pizza, burgers and wieners.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2009 8:05:06 am PST #8729 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Anyway, didn't the Greeks invent pizza? You know, like how the Chinese invented pasta.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2009 8:06:14 am PST #8730 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
GARY NUMAN IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH 2009!
He's definitely worth seeing live, in case you wanted to know.
t /bragging