Food What food is a must for someone visiting the U S of A?

Or.... you could go to a fair and do the deep fried versions.
There is nothing more American than that.

 

Tried those once upon a time. Not surprisingly thought they were repulsive...BUT.....cocoanut and marshmallow are two foods I thoroughly dislike so no shock there. Rice Krispie Treats are the only exception I can think of for marshmallows, those are delicious properly made.

 

What about that great American campfire food i hear so much about but have no ides what it actually is... S'mores?

 

Another +1

You don't even need a campfire. I make s'mores for Mrs. Levite on a regular basis, in our kitchen, using a butane blowtorch.

 

I'm British, what's a biscuit for an American?
I think biscuit to British people is what Americans call cookies. (a British cookie is a plain biscuit, sweet, and cam have chocolate chips, or treats in like toffee chunks, smarties, etc)

 

If i went to America, i would definitely do pulled prok and BBQmeats, I'd try lots of the cool breakfast cereals you have, the types of sweets/candies you have.

Ans I've heard about restaurants like oliva garden, and things which are American, so id like to go there.

Also, American krispy Kreme. We have it here in Britain, ofc, but i feel like it will be better in America.

 

Nobody wants to go to Olive Garden. Trust me. Even chain Italian places like Maggiano's are better than Olive Garden, and they suck. If you have to have a typical American chain restaurant experience, have breakfast at Denny's. Preferably, do so at around three in the morning after a long night of drinking and/or smoking weed: that's Denny's at its finest.

And as for donuts, Krispy Kreme is highly overrated, IMO. What you should try are Dunkin' Donuts. They are fearsomely good.

Also, if you're going to try candies and sweets, you can find some quintessential American treats of a nominally pastry nature that are worth a try, like Twinkies, and some candies like Mike and Ikes or Good and Plenty or Skittles that are worth a try. But the truth is, mass market American chocolate can't hold a candle to mass market British chocolate. Even Cadbury's isn't as good here as it is there. Mass market American chocolate is shit compared to British or European mass market chocolate. You can find great chocolate here, but you have to go to independent chocolatiers to get it.

Yeah, American biscuits are something else altogether. I'm not sure there's a true analogue in British food. They are a bit like a cross between a muffin, a bread roll, and a savory scone. A puff of tender baked dough-- some are breadier, some are flakier-- made from a very simple flour-water-shortening/butter base (some have more or less baking powder or baking soda, some have none at all, some add more or less salt, some add sugar, etc.), generally eaten warm.

They are eaten all over the US now, but they are really a Southern food, and the best ones are found in the South. Outside the South, they are chiefly found at breakfast, but in the South they may show up at any meal. The beaux ideal serving of them is biscuits and gravy, which feature the biscuits halved, and smothered in a rich cream gravy with plenty of pork sausage crumbled into it. But they are also often eaten with butter, or jam, or cheese, or made into breakfast sandwiches with sausage, fried egg, and cheese, and so forth.

 

All wonderful choices and I think we can cover them.

I like how there really isn't one cuisine for "Americans" as we claim to be a melting pot. We're actually a salad. We don't all melt that well together. I kind of want to take her to a "Japanese" restaurant so she can see what Americans think of Japanese food. Mostly I want any excuse to go to the new sushi restaurant where the food comes to you via conveyor belt. That shit just cracks me up.

The County Fair will be going on while she's here, so we are planning on taking her there. Her kids that she is chaperoning will be staying with 4-H so naturally going to the fair is a gimme.

We're definitely going to take her to get some "pub food" when we visit a brewery in town. Also, I think I'll take her to a winery so she can at least see one of our major industries in Oregon. If she's with a bunch of agricultural kids, this may be of interest to her. Maybe not. I really have no clue.

BabyDaddy and I have agreed to host a cookout where we invite our friends and neighbors to meet her. We'll ask our grill-loving friend to help us concoct the perfect "American" cookout. We'll probably have the usual of hamburgers and hot dogs, but we'll probably have some more interesting things like fancy meat and grilled vegetables. I'm hoping to fatten up this girl before she goes back to Japan.

Along with a backyard BBQ, we'll take her to one of my favorite joints near us. The place has tons of meat, but the sides, cornbread and sweet tea are the reasons I love the joint. Poor thing is going to have the meat sweats something awful.

GREAT idea. Mmmmm smores. @levite is correct. You don't need a campfire, but it's so much more fun to toast your own over a fire.

 

Well, she likes Pizza.

DaddySquirrel also made her a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich for her lunch today. I'll ask her what she thinks about that when I get home.

 

She likes Pesto and hamburgers. We haven't found anything she won't eat except the hardboiled egg. It's not so much that it's weird to her, she just has childhood trauma preventing her from enjoying it.

This weekend there will be biscuits and gravy.

 

Ahhh... this thread will be much of help to me when i come over the big apple... not much into high calorie burgers so i guess i have to look deeper into this thread for some suggestions...