…and the fortune cookie.
…and the Hawaiian pizza.
Now I’m hungry.
And buffalo wings are not actually made from the wings of buffaloes…
And spaghetti is not an Italian original dish…
French fries aren’t from France, and freedom fries aren’t from Freedom.
Most of what we call “Mexican food” is TexMex. It gets better the farther up the Rio Grande you get, away from Texas. Spanish names for native food from the pueblos.
I want the name to identify the food so I know what I’m eating. I don’t care about its antecedents.
Wait! You mean that Hungarian goulash my mom use to make was neither goulash or Hungarian??
Fried rice.
There must be a web site or entry somewhere of ‘foreign’ foods that ain’t.
Good one, Darrin. Limited to one ‘like’ unfortunately.
In the USA we throw a bunch of stuff on a tortilla, and call it Mexican.
And rocky mountain oysters don’t come from the ocean…
New Orleans “Cajun Food”. Chicken and waffles for that matter.
BE THIS GUY 9 months ago
…and the fortune cookie.
blunebottle 9 months ago
…and the Hawaiian pizza.
blunebottle 9 months ago
Now I’m hungry.
LeftCoastKen Premium Member 9 months ago
And buffalo wings are not actually made from the wings of buffaloes…
carlosrivers 9 months ago
And spaghetti is not an Italian original dish…
Algolei I 9 months ago
French fries aren’t from France, and freedom fries aren’t from Freedom.
ChukLitl Premium Member 9 months ago
Most of what we call “Mexican food” is TexMex. It gets better the farther up the Rio Grande you get, away from Texas. Spanish names for native food from the pueblos.
Carl Premium Member 9 months ago
I want the name to identify the food so I know what I’m eating. I don’t care about its antecedents.
mokspr Premium Member 9 months ago
Wait! You mean that Hungarian goulash my mom use to make was neither goulash or Hungarian??
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member 9 months ago
Fried rice.
braindead Premium Member 9 months ago
There must be a web site or entry somewhere of ‘foreign’ foods that ain’t.
Good one, Darrin. Limited to one ‘like’ unfortunately.
christelisbetty 9 months ago
In the USA we throw a bunch of stuff on a tortilla, and call it Mexican.
mikendi 9 months ago
And rocky mountain oysters don’t come from the ocean…
Withan 9 months ago
New Orleans “Cajun Food”. Chicken and waffles for that matter.