"jake" > wrote in message
. nl...
>>>>
>>>Hamburgers, meat loaf, bagels, corn on the cob and various versions of
>>>corn dishes (bread, grtis, hominy etc). Chocolate chip cookies, muffins.
>>>Waldorf and Ceasr salads. Eggs for breakdfast, as well as other hot foods
>>>for breakfast. Cereal. Rice Krispies. Jello. And jello salads (weird
>>>stuff). Chocolate syrup. Combinations of many flavours in one food (such
>>>as in ice cream variations). The number of decisions to make before you
>>>have ordered your coffee at Starbucks. Cajun cooking, African American
>>>cooking in general. Quick breads. Carrot cake. Zucchine bread. Large,
>>>soft cookies. Twinkies. Pumpkin Pie, Key lime pie leomon meringue pie,
>>>pecan pie, cheesecakes. Cream cheese. Processed Chesse. Mozzzarella
>>>sticks. Cinnamon sticks. Tex Mex. Jalapenos (even though I knwo they're
>>>probably Mexican). BBQ sauce. Sweet ptoatoes served with marhsmallows or
>>>sweetish spices. Marshmallows. marshomallows on hot chocolate. Smars
>>>(sp?). Hot dogs. Popcorn. Wheatgrass juice. Mac and cheese. Mac and
>>>cheese with tuna and canned mushroom soup. Noodle soups. Chicken pot pie.
>>>The extensive use of blueberreies (I envy you). Cookie dough in ice
>>>cream. Fudge. The availbility of liquid smoke. Using baking poweder and
>>>baking soda to a much larger extent. Devil's and Angel Food Cake. Turkey.
>>>Subway-types sandwiches. Hoagies.
>>>
>>
It is from my Dutch perspective. Almost all
> foods I mentioned are either unavailable, unknown or new, here. They are
> things that stood out to me when I was in the US and Canada. And that
> stand out to me when I read US recipes.
>
> Within the last
>> five years, I've not had narly a thang here on this danged list except
>> perhaps a jalapeno quite often (I'm not Mexican) and just the other day,
>> some cream cheese in a cheesecake. Oh, I forgot, I do use blueberries
>> every day, but then, that is an enviable thing. I do like hot chocolate,
>> but I'm looking into making it with goat milk -- whoa!
>> The above may be distinctive to most Americans, but not this household.
>
> I am not sure how to interpret what you are saying, Is there something
> unpleasant about it?

About the goat milk? :-))? Perhaps. But certainly not what you are saying;
that is not unpleasant.


>>And/or do you think it is inaccurate?

You say,
"It is from my Dutch perspective."

No, I don't think a person's 'perspective' could ever be inaccurate.

America is a big place and what you saw is your perspective. We all don't
eat and do things the same way. But, of course, you know that.
This year we're eating oatmeal, juice and tea. In years past, we've eaten
Mexican food for breakfast; In other years, we've eaten a year's worth of
Indian food, including at breakfast time.

I agree with you that what you saw is what you saw.
Thanks for sharing more of your prospective. I've only been in the
Netherlands a week in the 70's. I can't recall what I was served for
breakfast at the various pensions and one night at a home on Volendam, I
believe. The lady in a pointed hat, kept asking us while we were eating her
home-made breakfast: Is smack? We'll never forget that. We still use that
term occasionally.

Oh, I forgot to add; I've never had a hoagie and don't even know what it is.
Don't recall eating sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Can't stand hot
dogs - yuk! Haven't fixed a hamburger for years. The thought of cookie
dough is repulsive to me -- do you see what I mean? You'd have to look a
little further into people's homes, too, to see what they really eat.
Perhaps we all do eat what you say -- :-)) who am I to say.
Take care,
Dee Dee