¿Que comen los gringos?

watts · Posted: 07 May 2004 10:16 PM Post subject:

Trying to define what is gringo food is like trying to define what is an American. This melting pot of a society has gathered flavors from all over the globe and made them its own. During World War II certain foods that were from German origin were called different, patriotic-sounding names. Exactly like what happened with French(Freedom) Fries. One thing that can definitely be said about gringo/US food is that regardless of where it originated you know it is going to be bigger here. Giant pizzas, 7 pound burritos, foie gras in a bucket are tell tale signs that you should let you know that you are about to eat real gringo food.

elchrist · Posted: 08 May 2004 08:00 AM Post subject:

blackmountain74 · Gots My GED Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

This guy who put this gringo food shit on is full of it. What a reverse rascist asshole. Anyways, if you think about it there is no white food just like there are hardly white people left. What is white anyway? This country is so intermixed, cultural and ethnic lines get blurrier by the day. Even from back in the day, though, there has never really been a white food, since what people think of as white folk cover a whole lot of space. Example, white people (by some definitions) include Germans, Irish, English, French, Swiss, northern Spanish (Basque), Italians, Balkan states, and all sorts of light- and medium-toned skinned groups that emigrated to the United States, each bring their own kind of food and culture and almost all of which have been assimilated into an "American" way of life. Any dish someone could label as white, from hot dogs, bologna and mac and cheese, has some root from somewhere else. Mac and Cheese was introduced in the U.S. by Thomas Jefferson after a trip to a foreign country. I think it may have been France. However, pasta, while famous in Italy, was invented in China. Bologna is named after a state in Italy, but is basically a giant hot dog sliced. And hot dogs, wel they're just fuckin' sausages, and sausages have been made in almost every single country in the world as a way of preserving meat and using every possible part of the animal. They come from Mexico, Germany, Italy, France, England, Ireland, you name it.
But I digress ...

blackmountain74 · Gots My GED Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

Pato wrote: In my opinion, I feel that the true american food is a sandwich, it doesn't get any whiter than that. Ohh, and please take out the edge of the bread.

Pato, a sandwich isn't American, it's English. Invented by the Earl of Sandwich (an area in England). Legend has it that he was up all night playing cards with buddies and asked his maid or something to bring him sliced meats between two slices of break and the "sandwich" was born.

The only foods indigenous to the Americas, I think, are turkey and corn.

watts · Posted: 08 May 2004 09:02 AM Post subject:

revramrod · Posted: 08 May 2004 09:14 AM Post subject:

watts · Posted: 08 May 2004 03:17 PM Post subject:

blackmountain74 · Gots My GED Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

Deep fried Snickers and Mars, now that's funny and downright disgusting. Thanks to those who set me straight on indigenous foods. Now these are discussions, not bashing. Thanks again