My 10 All-Time Favorite All-American Meals

[Waffles731]

Lets get real here, we all love food. Food is such a basic need that I figure anyone who says they don't like eating is lying. So in honor of the upcoming Fourth of July here are four of my favorite meals from American Cuisine.

10: Chili

Ah, a good steaming bowl of Chili. You mix Spices, Beef, Chili peppers, Tomatoes, and Beans and some water (The first chili recipe known is from 1850 and while it did not include beans. It was only a little while after that they got added around the time of the civil war or a little after. So Beans have been included in Chili for well over a hundred years, so yeah, they can be officially included.) and you let it simmer and you get this marvelous spicy and delicious stew. A true classic of Southwestern and Tex-Mex Cuisine.

9: Breakfast Burrito

If you are notice a pattern with these first two recipes I'm just going to put this out there. My parents were stationed in San Antonio, then my dad got stationed in New Mexico after my mom got out. They really loved the food and took note of the recipes.

Now I love a good breakfast burrito. eggs, chorizo, potatoes then add salsa and roll it up. They are just so so good though if you don't like spicy food these aren't going to be your thing.

8. BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich

I love BBQ and Pulled Pork is just a great meal. My family has a smoker so we go to the butcher and buy a pork butt on occasion, we use a dry rub, smoke it till its ready to be pulled apart and then we put it on the sandwich with some BBQ sauce. Its to die for.

7. BBQ Ribs

Another classic BBQ food. I love these things. I can easily eat 12 of them in a sitting. They are truly American.

6. Jambalaya

I love Jambalaya it is actually one of my favorite foods. I like mine to be have just the right amount of spiciness. The best Jambalaya I ever made was just spicy enough but it didn't sacrifice flavor for heat and that is much harder to do than it sounds.

5. Gumbo

This is another dish from Louisiana that is one of my favorite foods. There really isn't much better than a steaming hot bowl of gumbo in the brutally cold winters we get up here.

4. Bison Burger

I don't know there is just something about a good bison burger that makes it even better than a regular hamburger. A bonus for this is the fact that they are generally healthier as well.

3. Apple Pie

Apple Pie is my favorite dessert. A good warm apple pie is just so incredibly good.

2. Soft Serve Ice Cream

On a hot summer day a good soft serve ice cream is just amazing. It was also invented right in New York.

1. The Grilled Cheese Sandwich

This is one of my own personal comfort foods. If I have had a really long and stressful day when I get home I usually make myself two of them and eat then just decompress. They are quick, easy, and taste good.

#AmericaFuckYeah

[AleDeEurope]

Those bbq ribs and pulled pork sandwich look delicious.

The Jambalaya looks really similar to the Paella we have in Spain. I haven't had Jambalaya, but Paella is one of my favorite dishes, so I'm pretty sure the Jambalaya is pretty delicious too.

[Waffles731]

I have to ask do they celebrate July fourth in spain seeing as how you guys were involved on our side?

[AleDeEurope]

No, we don't. It didn't really do too much for us xD France was more involved than us, and they don't celebrate either.
To Spain it was more about politics and commerce than anything to do with the American people.

[Waffles731]

But you did get to fuck over the brits

[Waffles731]

Yeah, france did more fighting though most of it was done by us

[AleDeEurope]

Yeah, cause it was more beneficial to deal with Americans than with the Brits and their Royalty.

[Waffles731]

Well you can celebrate it now

[AleDeEurope]

And I do! I love the 4th of July, I know it doesn't have the same meaning to me as it does to you, but I still love the US.

[AleDeEurope]

Thanks for the MHO

[SuccessfulHornDog]

I like the bison burger too. And who doesn't like grilled cheese

[Waffles731]

There are 2 types of people who don't like grilled cheese.
Liars and the lactose intolerant

[SuccessfulHornDog]

Exactly

[mooky06]

I'm hungry now 😓 I've heard pumpkin pie is an Amercian speciality during thanks giving. I like it! I LIKE IT A lot ☺️

*wipes drool off my phone*

[MrShinyPants]

Hate to burst your bubble buddy, but only American food is pb&j and maybe meatloaf, i can't remember, now if your talking about American favorite then yeah it fits but, truth be told only thing the US came up with is the pb&j and maybe meatloaf and waffle, i can't remember where those came from only other place to have the pb&j is australia, even then its rare, ask for it anywhere else, they won't have heard of it or dont have it, sucks really. As for hot dogs, those came from frankfurt germany, used to be called frankfurters, hamburgers came from hamgburg germany, french fries as far as i recall the UK as chips, which chips there are crisps, jambalaya if i remember right Jamaica, gumbo, several African and carrabean countries, burrito, mexico although im not sure if they put eggs and bacon and ham in theirs at any point so that may be an American twist on a mexican dish, as for the chili and others not sure where those originated, not starting a fight just a heads up, i was devestated when i learned that. Oh german chocolate cake is American, although why they call it german is beyond me. There might be a few others im forgetting that may be American but for the most part we dont have much to call our own. Which can make sense since America has been and still is a cultural melting pot of many different nations, even the first americans were English, scottish, french, german and others. So technically we can say all those dishes are American lol now i think of it, by the way sorry, was caught up in my thoughts while typing and too lazy to delete them, too tired too

[Waffles731]

"m hamgburg germany, french fries as far as i recall the UK as chips, which chips there are crisps, jambalaya if i remember right Jamaica, gumbo, "
en.wikipedia.org/.../History_of_the_hamburger
The hamburger was invented by a german immigrant to the U. S in the U. S
Gumbo and Jambalaya are both creole inventions by the french who immigrated to louisiana from Canada,
The breakfast burrito is a specific burrito invented in new mexico
So no, you actually are wrong

[MrShinyPants]

Good job, seeing if you knew your stuff, pulling your leg, except for the hamburger part, i probably am wrong about that, memory is sketchy on it, as for the jambalaya and Gumbo i lied about, as for the breakfast burrito i have no clue where that came from, now that you mention its from new mexico it does ring a bell, i think i heard that when i was a kid but have forgotten

[Fathoms77]

It's all very nostalgic and culturally accurate... but stepping back and looking at it objectively, it really is a big pile of crap. I mean, I know some of it can be excellent (especially apple pie) but we're talking about the lowest of the low when it comes to food quality in this country, aren't we? If a grilled cheese sandwich is #1 on any food list, it's just... kind of a joke.

At least the gumbo and jumbalaya has some vegetables, though.

[Waffles731]

It wasn't supposed to be in any order
Hey at least we aren't briitsh

[Waffles731]

the numbers were their so I wouldn't have to count

[Waffles731]

But its all very unpretentious

[Fathoms77]

The British have been coming up in the gourmet food scene over the past decade. Pretty much every first-world country out there makes the U. S. look extremely bad in the food department. Like, horrifically bad.

I forgot it wasn't in any order. I like grilled cheese sandwiches, anyway. :P

[Waffles731]

I've always found British food very lacking, stolid and kinda pretentious and don't even get me started on french food

[Fathoms77]

At least they all use real ingredients.

[Waffles731]

Frogs are not a real ingredient

[Fathoms77]

Uh... actually, they very much are. It's a real thing from nature, whether you like them or not. :)

We're the only idiots who eat absurd amounts of processed ingredients and chemicals that no human should ever touch.

[vishna]

mmmmm
my list of fav American meals
Chili
Grits
Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Ice cream and cake (a birthday staple)
Collard greens and dressing (something about the collard juice getting on the dressing, yum! and that little bit of egg in the dressing <3 )
Honorable Mention:
tater tot casserole, one of the most American things ever

[mutedaisy]

Chicken pot pie is really good. I know it's not on many people's radar, but it's very comforting. I'm not the biggest fan of American food, but I honestly could eat my weight in it.

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[DandelionGirl]

Too much meat! I love meat but thats too much. I dont like all that was mentioned, I LOVE grilled cheese sandwhiches, apple pie (mmmm yummy!), Bison Burger looks delectable :-D, and BBQ ribs... oh man, I've gone and myself hungry -_- damn your post!

[akadatank44]

Commenting on your opinion to make you hungry again 😛😈😂

[noisette91]

I'm like 90% vegetarian.. too much meat in most of these.

[Waffles731]

Well its a good thing you are french, though cajuns and creoles were originally refugees to louisiana from french Canada

[noisette91]

Hahaha, yeah, you guys are big meat eaters aren't you?

[Waffles731]

Yes we are

[madhatters4]

mmmm mouth is salivating... jambalaya is one of my absolute faves. the mix of spices with the sausage, chicken and shrimp is just crazy good

learned how to make it a few years ago... so happy i did

[Righttobeararms83]

When I emigrated here first I couldn't get over the food and every state it different culturally with different foods. Got to watch it though put on so much weight first few months was hard to loose. Portion control was key.

[Darkfairie17]

Heck yes! A food post! I love all of these foods! Especially gumbo, chili, and pulled pork. I would love to try Jambalaya someday. It looks so tasty!

[W31rd0]

Yep. Big on fat. Big on animal protein. Big on sweets. That's the standard American diet. No wonder why so many Americans are fat.

[CBryan]

That has been the diet for many decades, obesity started much recently and it has more to do with HFCS and sedentary lifestyle than fat.

[Maypai]

Good ole' America summed up in one take. Lol. I've never had bison burger though.

[Anna96]

Out of the list I'd also go wit the grilled cheese sandwich! Hell yeah.

[Zorax]

Well, I like The Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Soft Serve Ice Cream, and vegetarian versions of Chilli and Burrito.

[Khaleesi885]

I like how nostalgic and culturally accurate it is. Another good my take.

[BelleGirl21]

I only eat about 4 of those things and rarely at that.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

hush puppies
pizza
fried chicken
fried oreos
hotdogs
steak

how do you forget those?

[phil2]

I have never fried oreos

[lumos]

Since when is pizza American? Italy? Hello?

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

@lumos deep dish and new york style. The side included burritos and chili

@phil2 it's more delicious than it sounds, but just as unhealthy as you'd expect, but well worth it 😁

[lumos]

It's still not American, it's borrowed. Just because you make your own variations of it, it doesn't make it American. Unless you name it something else completely.

[Other_Tommy_Wiseau]

@lumos cool! It's still something a ton of Americans eat and made a huge variation on. And Italian vs American pizza is not even remotely similar. And yes, I lived in Italy. More specifically, Sorrento. Across from Naples, which is the birthplace of pizza. To me, it's like calling general tso chicken Chinese food (I forget if it's this fish or another, but iirc, it's American)

[blondfrog]

And only 3 of those are actually American soft served ice cream, grilled cheese, and apple pie though.

[Tomboy_Cool]

o hell yea chilli the shit that makes u fart like the @ihav2fart doode

[Tomboy_Cool]

hmm.. was it @Ihav2fart

[Tomboy_Cool]

no it was @ihavfarted

[ZenithDawn]

i eat all of those commonly especially gumbo my boyfriend makes it every Friday

[Thrifty]

From Ohio and haven't ever had a Buckeye as food in my life.