Residents of the North American United States are known in the world as a people who feed exclusively on fast food. This, however, is not so, although there is a share of justice here - Americans do not only like inexpensive and fast food: we owe them barbecue, grill and a huge number of meat dishes, as well as desserts.
And, if we talk about junk food - they have them! Some European recipes will seem quite wild, and others are still back and forth. We present to your attention the top 5 gastronomic oddities that discourage a resident of one sixth of the land desire to dine.
Non-standard potatoes
In European culinary tradition as a whole, potatoes are peeled, chopped, sometimes soaked and only then cooked before cooking. In the end, a dish comes out, the components of which fit together, creating a whole taste and aroma.
In the USA, it's a little different. Potatoes are cooked there with numerous additives, and the components are often not peeled at all. Americans are convinced that potato peel contains many benefits, so in their diet there is even a special dish consisting of peels. And this is not from a bad life or for reasons of economy - they seriously believe that it tastes better.
Weirdness with coffee
The inhabitants of the overseas superpower are crazy about coffee, but not at odds with its real taste. To deal with this "trouble", they use numerous additives - aromatic and taste. In addition to the usual vanilla or cinnamon powder, we can talk about the tastes of pumpkin, mint, caramel. All this is usually poured into a cardboard glass and drunk during the play, when you go somewhere.
Another scourge of American coffee comes from the habit of pouring ice abundantly. In a glass of cola or any other soda there is more ice than the main component. So is coffee - much more often it is drunk in a cold form, but even this does not save from a portion of caramel or strawberry mousse inside.
Combination of incongruous
The most striking feature of the local table is that it is able to combine products that are not suitable for each other and things that in theory have nothing to do together.
Southerners have popular chickens in honey sauce, in New England and the Midwest – chicken with waffles or pancakes stuffed with ham or bacon. And in other catering organizations, they even serve bacon or other fried meat in chocolate. You might think that this is the fantasy of an enraged cook, but the fact is a fact, moreover, the dish is very popular.
Amazing pizzas
In the context of this ancient Italian dish, Americans are just as accustomed to relying on their own measure of madness: ham and pineapples, the meat of the unfortunate chick combined with outlandish seafood and many other seemingly incompatible things settled on pizza thanks to the Americans. From there came the cheese or sausage boards. And the top of gluttony should be considered pizza, surrounded by a "edge" of hot dog (with filling!).
Deep-fried food
Well, so that life does not seem like honey, we recall: the Yankees are crazy about everything that is fried to crunch. Then all this needs to be dipped in batter, coated with sauce and ketchup. In boiling oil, chicken legs, meat, cookies, marshmallows or even butter or cheese in batter can be cooked - everything.
