Bubba wrote:
> Developing ethnic foodways and national specialties takes time...lots of
> it. Something the United States, still in it's infancy as a culture,
> has not had much of.
> I would, however, like to hear some opinions, by non-Americans, on
> United States cuisine as an ethnic food.
> Such as:
>
> Do you consider food American food to be ethnic?

I would have to say "no" to this question.

The most exposure I have had to "American food" is via this NG and find
it to be pretty much "universal" (and usually good). Let me put it this
way: you hear people saying "Should we have Chinese/Thai/Italian
(whatever) tonight?" I have yet to hear someone say "Lets have American
tonight".

Seriously, though, we have the same problem here in South Africa - we
have so many different cultures here (there are 11 official languages)
that it would be almost impossible to come up with one type of "ethnic
food".....


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>
> If you would, please tell me what country you are from.
> Also, to avoid the embarrassment of having a McDonaldsBurger becoming
> our national specialty, I'd like to restrict this to foods that are
> prepared at home.

I am afraid it already is (lol).

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Cathy(xyz)