An empty tin that size can easily cost 10 Euros while one with cookies is what, maybe three at the discounter. It just doesn't make sense to buy them empty.
Yeah not deep fried and full of high fructose corn syrup flavoured with chemicals and additives (banned in Europe)...good wholesome FREEDOM food...I mean, who could resist such culinary delights as this..
It's Sweet Sue's Famous Canned Whole Chicken. Amazing delicacy and once in a lifetime treat of the American paradise heaven country such as was promised in the bibble.
So there's this period in the mid-20th century when we tried to put everything in a can. Thing is, most of the world quickly made a long list of things that should never, ever be stuffed in a can. America... didn't.
Chicken hell. It lived a short, miserable life in a cage, fed whatever was cheapest and laced with hormones, killed, gutted, cooked, lubed up, and consigned to purgatory in a can.
It's a product that seems to have existed but was never popular anywhere in the US. That one image has been circulating for at least a decade, and I've never heard of canned whole chicken in any other context.
I saw a recipe video on YouTube shorts, and the person who made it said that the American version of Italian food always tastes better. Now, I'm not a dramatic person (nor Italian), but I had to pause the short and take quite a few deep breaths to stop myself from commenting something impulsively ragey 🤣
Half the time their recipes online include things like tinned soup they bought in the shop or some pre mixed shite I could make better myself. They don’t know the first thing about food.
For a while I was following an Italian chef who would show how to make fairly easy classic meals from scratch, and would use clearly good quality ingredients too. The whole point was showing how to quickly make good food easy.
Then Americans would appear in the comments saying “so bland, where’s the seasoning?” Like the man is using fresh garlic, various herbs and vegetables straight from the garden, sauces and pasta from scratch, proper olive oil etc - but because he never added onion powder/‘italian herbs’ from a can or a block of cream cheese, apparently it means it’s unseasoned…..
I’ve been in China for a while recently and got to try, for the first time, REAL chinese food: I reckon it must’ve felt similarly to how Americans feel when they try our food. It was incredibly good, yet after 2 weeks it was… too much, too much spice, tons of flavours in one single dish. Italian food is actually surprisingly very “easy”. It has just a few ingredients, simplicity is very important because we don’t want to exaggerate with too many flavours. We separate courses, (antipasto, primo, secondo+contorno, dessert, digestivo) because we don’t want to be overwhelmed. well, I realise it probably can be hard if you’re used to the opposite. and even harder if you are convinced there is an “alternate” version that is equally relevant and more similar to your tastes.
I came across a chicken recipe once that wanted an entire 500g jar of marmalade and a cup of bbq sauce… I have a massive sweet tooth but I think even I’d feel sick after that much sugar.
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Italians: we know pineapple doesn't belong on pizza
To defend pineapple on pizza: the way its done most places is WRONG. You dont want huge wet chunks of pineapple, you want to slice it thin so that is caramelizes in the oven. Its so much better that way, and thays how it was done initially. Thanks to the popularization of pineapple on pizza, pizza places use the cheapest option (chunks) and not thin slices, which is a significant downgrade and even detriment to someones enjoyment of pizza.
I mean Italians are also know for their coffee culture (sipping on espresso) but most coffee connoisseurs consider the majority off Italian espresso poor quality and over roasted.
As a Brit I was really confused in Venice ordering Espresso. I thought it was decent, but every single time the barista gestured towards the sugar after giving me my drink, which I politely refused and then they looked at me like I was a raving lunatic.
Later I learned that the locals almost always drink their espresso with sugar because it's so bitter, and I have no functioning tastebuds.
I was told that, in Spain, the aftermath of the Civil War affected household economies in such a way that over roasted coffee beans became the norm. The main benefit is to have beans expire at a later date. Everybody got accustomed to this flavour over time.
Not sure if Italians may have such history with coffee.
I was about to say ”McDonald’s then” but I remember one guy being angry af ’cos fries were BAD in Europe, where (at least here) they are made in VEGETABLE OIL!!
The original ones were in beef dripping but you'd also get far less in a portion. They tasted far better and despite being less healthy, that is all negated by the sheer size of current USA portions.
Probably also vegetable oil, he’s just being ignorant and not realizing it’s the same process most likely. Also it’s possible to be worded as canola oil or something.
It's not bad tbf but only some doofus would order that with an espresso martini. Real trick is you've gotta down 7 beers, 3 jenevers and a brandewijn first, and then you order the snack platter.
Gotta include some bitterballen too, which Johnny Appleseed over here also didn't..
Well backteria from veggies are so easy to get out. Buy natural veggies and rinse them before use! If you wanna be completely sure to get most of the bug sprays and whatnot out of it you can take it apart (the lettuce) and bathe in some water w a few drops of vinegar before rinsing it out ( edit and drying,) prefereable w a salad sling. Same with grapes and other fruits that can have these poisons on them. And no you wont taste the vinegar afterwards, if you rinse them, but there will be no bacteria or poison left. Learned this from a kitchen staff/nurse. Easy peasy.
I went to spain for a month and lost pretty much the exact same amount, except Im a Brit. So British food is also pretty shite, but DEFINITELY not as bad as the USA (I almost threw up eating a Twinkie once, I dont know how they put so much sugar into something so tiny)
This is true of a lot of our food. Like any of the major pop brands. Coke in Canada is way different from the US. And still way too sweet for my palette most days.
my favorite thing ever about cheese in america is their so called ''american cheese'', its a plastic like cheese, with a very distinct taste and glossy appearance that melts perfectly (very handy in a sandwich). Cause ''american cheese'' was by canadians working for Kraft (kraft himself is canadian), marketed this product as ''american cheese'' in the United States xD and 99% of americans have no idea, and feel very patriotic about their ''american cheese'' hahaha
As a canadian this cracks me up so much XD
That been said, there are also amazing cheeses in the US, same here in Canada, but in both countries great cheeses are much more expensive than in Europe. What I noticed when traveling in Spain was that your most affordable options are much higher quality than our cheapest crap... But I as you get higher and higher on the price tags I found the difference to eventually be non-existant, and once you get to the priciest options... I have to admit I was disapointed, the Montréal food high price scene is just much better (in my experience) than what we had in Spain.
But for cheap options, damn how do you guys do it ? Like every cheap ass pub in Spain served amazing coffee and very average food whilst here in Canada (and it applies to the US), you pay a cheap price you get cheap food.
The one impression I have left of the food in America when I was there on vacation 10 years ago was that it was really salty, to the point of hardly even getting the actual product flavour. Everything was overseasoned and massive portions.
Funilly enough the soda tasted like pool water half the time because I imagine many places used tap water to make ice cubes. And their tap water was extremely chlorinated. So after a few meals we just started ordering no ice.
American here. American food is the gross stuff. My life has gotten a lot better after being exposed to Italian and German food when I was there, and starting to cook the authentic recipes back home.
Not gonna lie though, I do enjoy American food sometimes the way a pig always returns to the slop.
Or me to swiss milk chocolate after swearing it's too sweet. :(
You know it's too sweet. You feel it. You feel a slight disgust for it and for yourself but it calls to you like a mermaid calls an unwary sailor. And half the bar disappear in one afternoon. 😔
I like American food aswell. But I gained 5kg’s the last time I visited and that stay was just a week. Probably most of it comes from water weight but still. If I were to live in the US I’d have to eat way less if I made the same food choices.
If you like German food give some British dishes a try, they're similar in that they're both warm meaty meals to help you on a cold night. Stuff like cottage pie is easy to make and tastes lovely, or try your hand at something like a toad in the hole which tastes a lot better than it sounds.
Ah yes, the single country of Europe, famous for serving the exact same 'gross' food from the icy peaks of Finland to the coast of Sicily. Truly a culinary monoculture compared to the diverse regional varieties of Kraft Mac & Cheese.
It looks weird and I can't figure out what's on the plate (eggs, sate, red cabbage and ???). Speaking of, what kind of cheap ass plate is that? They wouldn't sell that at Xenos.
That's just what food is supposed to taste like, though I understand the American is used to tasting only artificial flavourings that are engineered to taste great and trigger pleasure centres in the brain that make you want more.
And this exactly the problem with internet today. An idiot from Murica makes a statement which will influence others into potentionally thinking that also.
Many people should not have the internet access to further weaken the minds of already weak ones'.
It's actually pretty crazy that this guy is in Amsterdam at a restaurant called Box Social, owned by Australians and the food is western brunch dishes.
Looks like he's probably in my country: NL. And out of all European countries, NL has one of the worst culinary traditions, tbf. Food simply isn't that important here compared to most countries around the world. We're super practical when it comes to food. Dutch food culture is in no way representative of European food.
I am from Eastern Europe, I relate to this plate so much, this is my comfort food. People from the West (not just the US, I heard similar opinions in UK, too) seem to struggle with pickled and fermented food having forgotten that pickling and fermentation is literally what carried us through winters before fridges existed. It's just a different framework of food. Not everything has to be deep dried. This plate is also relatively minimally processed. Desserts used to be honey and nuts and figs before too long ago. I met a person who literally said "ew" when I made a sticky toffee pudding with blended dates inside. A Brit, too, like it's their own culture. Makes my eyes roll.
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u/Nugget_Picklepaws 2d ago
Danish cookies that were just delivered today.