British Couple Reacts to 25 Foods Americans Love That Non Americans Think Are Disgusting

British Couple Reacts to 25 Foods Americans Love That Non Americans Think Are Disgusting
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[@TheBeesleys99]

Shoutout to Archie playing in the background :D

[@IsaacDDuke]

Makes the video so much more enjoyable hearing the sound of LIFE in the background.

[@Mr_Dopey]

Do Brits have Stromboli?

[@QWERTY-ov9tm]

Hello, Archie. 👋

[@JoeSchwartz-yx3jg]

I live in Wisconsin. Heavy German area. Sauerkraut is one I cannot stomach. This steams from my grandmother Ethel she made this for the family I happened to be slightly sick that day in my youth. I ended up vomiting the sauerkraut up. Ended up pulling that junk from my nose. To this day I cannot even think smell sauerkraut without gagging. Nasty stuff

[@douglascampbell9809]

You have to watch out for ice everywhere. Ice machines need to be cleaned regularly because moulds and slimes can grow in the ice making mechanism. I used to manage a pizza place and we had a schedule for cleaning the ice machine because of this fact. If you can get you water and ice separately so you can look for bits of junk on your ice before adding your drink.

[@Deadcntr]

We have all beef hotdogs. We even have Kosher hotdogs. Not all hotdogs are alike.

[@ghostsade3]

I'll probably get flak for this but my favorite are turkey hot dogs. Probably because I grew up on them. Beef ones are good too though! The uncured turkey ones from ALDI are the best ones I've found so far.

[@Atlazuko]

Yeah! I cannot stand standard hotdogs! they taste to much like bolonga and I don't like that either. I normally buy the kosher beef ones cause I like them best! and even then it's not often. my mom grew up on the bogstandard hotdogs and likes them but we never get them cause she likes the beef ones better. she'll eat the other ones though. I can't get past the texture.

[@judykeith584]

@@ghostsade3we used to raise turkeys. So turkey hot dogs smell like burning feathers to me. But Aldi’s uncurled beef hotdogs are my favorite

[@jongrho602]

Ah yes, I grew up in an Italian/Jewish neighborhood in NYC so Hebrew National was my favorite brand. Had a much nicer snap to it and far better than Oscar Mayer although more expensive.

[@cmay7429]

I've always heard that kosher hotdogs are better than normal ones because they have to follow a higher standard for the neat scraps they use.

[@robertkoons1154]

No American hot dog comes from a tin(can) or jar. They are from the refrigerated meat case.

[@nowhereman725_]

I have never eaten a hot dog that was packaged in a can or jar.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

Have you ever had those little Vienna sausages? Maybe wrapped in a Pillsbury crescent roll? Yum.

[@tjr8730]

@@nowhereman725_ Those Vienna Sausage look like little hot dogs and come in a can is all I can think of.

[@boba9253]

If you think "grits" sounds unappealing, just change the name to "polenta" and suddenly it sounds exotic! Basically the same thing. 😂

[@firstjohn3123]

Yep, white corn polenta....

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Exactly: grits be polenta.

[@marieneu264]

I agree with you. Some words just make certain food sounds disgusting. I love cheese, for example, and love fried cheese cubes and fried mozzarella sticks, but wouldn’t try cheese curds because that just sounds disgusting! What the hell is a curd? 🤣

[@kszatmary]

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," as a famous bard once wrote. I'm a native born American, but in my book, no matter what you call it, grits equals tasteless bulk.

[@rcrawford42]

Cheese grits, tasteless?

[@cee8mee]

Fruit salad? I think he meant Ambrosia. Fruit salad is something in its own right, and no marshmallows

[@cee8mee]

@@2010mtaylor1 As long as there's no coconut and it's made with sour cream (not cool whip) I agree, but that's not the same as fruit salad

[@cee8mee]

@@2010mtaylor1 The sour cream version is much less sweet, has a depth of flavor from the dairy you don't get with Cool whip. The marshmallows lose a bit of their stiffness, too. Mouth feel is amazing.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

YERK. You guys can have my share of ambrosia

[@Dusk1962]

@@cee8meeno there is a fruit salad and all Southerners no this.

[@Dusk1962]

@@2010mtaylor1there is a such thing as fruit salad.

[@zschade27]

I’ve seen so many videos of foreigners trying biscuits and gravy for the first time and 99% of them loved it.

[@tjr8730]

I've seen so many I'm tired of them. People need to come up with new videos. Not everyone in the US eats biscuit and gravy either.

[@nullakjg767]

@@tjr8730 brits are drawn to it because they think they love gravy but they only have one type of flavorless piss gravy.

[@zschade27]

@@tjr8730 ya I don’t like it at all.

[@ReadR00ster1]

They are good, but they aren't some kind of huge tradition that we have like other countries make it out to be. It's just an option we sometimes have for breakfast in certain parts of the country.

[@blackcatmom2996]

Only thing better is pork green chili but I’m from Colorado and we eat it on everything! Lol

[@lindae2524]

Twinkies were ruined years ago when Hostess was sold. Never a good thing for peoples favorites. During the war they stopped using a banana filling. I would have loved those.

[@erniejones5008]

I got some Hostess Christmas cupcakes because they were only a dollar a box at the store boy where they horrible

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello, last month I bought a box of Twinkies to honor the movie " Zombieland ". Unfortunately, the recipe or production technique has change. They do not taste as good as the original Twinkie release.

[@steveneardley7541]

We were not allowed to have Hostess cupcakes or Twinkies or any of that stuff growing up. In college I finally tried a Hostess cupcake and the filling tasted like paint. The only thing I've ever tasted that was worse was McDonald's "creamy shake." After having one of those about 35 years ago I have never eaten at McDonalds again.

[@Jinty92]

I bought a box of Hostess Twinkies at an American Candy Shop in the town I work in. It was a box of 6. I ate one and it was sickly sweet and dry sponge so I threw the rest in the bin. I cannot cope with the sweet, sour sickly taste of American Chocolate so I already knew I didn't like it. They were really dear for what you got so don't know if the store is still there. It's a weird shop to open up in a medium sized Scottish town.

[@lindawick455]

They made banana flips, that looked like omelets

[@jakemoeller7850]

If y'all can find an A & W drive-in, root beer just might become a favorite. Try a root beer float 😋

[@jongrho602]

My first root beer was a float which is why I like it. But I prefer Birch Beer which has become very hard to find.

[@cmac3530]

While I love root beer myself it seems most Europeans find the taste a bit odd. Apparently one of the ingredients used in root beer is also typically used in things like mouthwash and medicinal products so they tend to find the taste medicinal in nature.

[@pamelakilponen3682]

As an American who lives abroad A&W is expensive so it is a treat to have a rootbeer float. I converted my husband to them as well.

[@pamelakilponen3682]

@@cmac3530 that is what my sister-in-law who is a dental tech says.

[@Amonaug]

There are many different brands of root beer. The authentic root beers to me taste like pepto bismol. I prefer Mug or Barques

[@morbiouslenoir]

Here it has nothing to do with the water. Poor restaurants don't clean the ice makers often enough.

[@Carfan678]

Just about to say this!

[@TheGorignak]

Rust and mold, just adds flavor. yuck.

[@jamesplymire5342]

I have well water and it's delicious.

[@CringePeddler]

yeah a blooming onion is an onion that has been cut around the edge (with the root left intact to keep it from falling apart) and then battered and deep fried, you can than peel off the individual fried strands of the onion. it's essentially a big onion ring but w/ the entire onion instead of rings

[@umaiar]

With over 3000 calories of deliciousness, these guys are a serious love/hate thing for me. 😂

[@user-yn1xs8qw6z]

Delicious

[@Merlinherk]

Ok the hot dog depends on type. Kosher dogs (like Hebrew National) will be 100% beef. Pure pork and pork beef mix. Heard of turkey, chicken, or even tofu. Now to blow minds a 'Breakfast Corndog" that has no hot dog or cornmeal batter, it is a breakfast sausage dipped in pancake batter and cooked.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I've seen the Turkey Franks too. Some wrap bacon around it.

[@BeboRulz]

Ooooooooo! I want a breakfast sausage wrapped in pancake 😋 lol

[@nullakjg767]

they dont have kosher things in the EU. they got rid of all their jewish people in the 40s.

[@barryfletcher7136]

I do > not < have the "middle stays frozen" problem with Hot Pockets. The microwaves I have had (lots of them over time) always heated them completely.

[@quantumleaper]

800-watt microwaves have a problem with just everything having the middle still frozen, but if you have a 1200-watt microwave you will not have that problem.

[@jamesplymire5342]

💯 Just have to find out the sweet spot for cook time.

[@maingate7672]

There are several brands of kosher corn dogs available, they hold to an explicitly high standard as far as the meat used in the recipe.

[@firstjohn3123]

When it comes to 'hot dogs', there a HUGE variety in quality. And meat types. Beef 👍, pork👍, chicken 😒, turkey😒, even 'non-meat' 🤢 (please, just don't, even the dog knows better).... 'Kosher' hot dogs are usually the ones with the fewest bizarre ingredients. The fried corn batter adds a sweetness- started out as 'fair food'. Very good. Worth a try if you're from another country.

[@dynamodan8216]

There's nothing worse about hotdog ingredients than other sausages, it's just a running joke. And they never come packed in liquid like the weird jars you have.

[@rama30]

True story - I used to manage a theater and when we added Twizzlers we did not sell a single one for ten months. Not one. We found a buyer and got rid of them all at once. That weekend a customer walked up, looked around and asks You don't sell Twizzlers?" I looked right at him and asked "Where the Hell were you for the last ten months?!"

[@hatleyhoward7193]

I would have bought all the Twizzlers! And Mike Ike’s. I’ll cut a bitch for Mike Ike’s. 😂

[@libertywolf93]

Root Beer: It's the same with us. It's either you love or hate it. Myself I can only do a Root Beer Float. It's been 20yrs.

[@michelehenne2477]

I loved going to A&W when I was a kid. Those frosty mugs full of root beer goodness, yum. Root beer floats are always a good option. 💜

[@80081355318008]

Also, in my experience most people in the northern US don’t think sweet tea is gross

[@fridaylong2812]

I'm a few hours from the Canadian border. I know very few Americans that like the overly sweet tea. I love iced tea, but if it needs sweetening I use a little honey. White sugar doesn't appeal to me at all.

[@aaronburdon221]

Frosty mug is the only way to drink a root beer. I own a mug that I keep in my freezer for this specific drink. It's very similar to Dr. Pepper in that it has to be ICE cold to be really good. Literally needs to have little ice crystals floating in it (or ice cream if you like root beer floats). Blooming onions are pretty tasty, but the dipping sauce helps a lot

[@suem433]

Love root beer floats, but not so much straight root beer.

[@ghostsade3]

@@suem433 Agreed, root beer floats are fucking amazing and actually one of my favorite desserts. Root beer alone is OK but IMO Barq's makes the best, the addition of caffeine helps so much with the flavor and it's not quite as sickly HFCS-sweet as Mug.

[@lindacarroll6896]

Grits are made from hominy, which is brinded corn [preserved in a salt bath], so to start it depends on how well the hominy has been made. Then it is sort of like eating white rice, it mostly depends on how much you like what you put on it.

[@paulamcdonald6568]

Love grits with butter, salt, pepper, cheddar cheese, sausage crumbled in (cooked) and an egg on top is divine.

[@lindae2524]

They show a nice fruit salad which I love without marshmallows in it. I think he's referring to Ambrosia or Watergate salad. Those have marshmallows & other sweet stuff. Watergate is our fav & that has instant pistachio pudding, pineapple, nuts & marshmallows. Some other variations. You mix it up with the powdered pudding mix and let it set up in the fridge overnight. Very rich though. Ambrosia is not a favorite of mine but it is ok. I think it's has orange slices, coconut, marshmallows & no idea what else.

[@dg8708]

We serve Watergate salad at every holiday meal, and everyone takes at least a little scoop of it. We only have 2 salad recipes in our family cookbook, and neither of them have any vegetables 😁. We call Ambrosia "Easter Salad" for some reason.

[@user-yn1xs8qw6z]

Either way … gross!!

[@milkbone69]

Ambrosia = orange slices, fruit cocktail, shredded coconut, sliced bananas, mini marshmellows and whipped cream. Variations also have nuts, typically pecans or walnuts.

[@lindae2524]

@@milkbone69 that sounds better than the one I ate years ago. I will give it a try. Thanks

[@milkbone69]

That's canned mandarin orange slices. Drain the juice from the cans, slice the fresh banana, mix ingredients, fold in the whipped cream. Good stuff.

[@travelingsweatpantsproduct9851]

I just returned from a 23 day trip to the UK, France, Spain, & Portugal. One of the first things I did when I got home was to fill a glass with ice and pour some Coke into it. Don't get me wrong. I understand the cultural difference regarding ice (or lack thereof) in most European countries. I just missed a full glass of ice so much, I had to have it to feel at home.

[@abigailjohnson4270]

I hate warm drinks. I love my ice in my drinks. And I’m in the UK. It’s not about the ice per se over here, it’s that people dislike paying for a cup of drink of which half is ice - we don’t get free refills and I think that makes a huge difference. But I loathe warm drinks without ice

[@laurabailey1054]

When I was in the hospital in Canada I asked for a glass of ice with a bit of ginger ale in it. I got a bit of ice and a glass of ginger ale

[@mickyo7171]

It all depends on how sweet the ‘sweet’ is

[@fridaylong2812]

Who wants room temperature, carbonated beverages. That is just gross.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Ice machines should be emptied, cleaned and disinfected once a week but many are never cleaned out. Mold and a mucous type of slime can build up in the freezing area that makes the cubes. Be careful where you get your ice.

[@Persephonetoo]

This is also true for ice machines at hotels or motels. I've never gotten sick from ice, but an improperly cleaned ice machine can get icky.

[@BoneHead1776]

most people have never even cleaned the ice maker in their own homes.

[@fridaylong2812]

Yes, because dirty ones can make you VERY sick. Yes, even though it dispenses only water. Mold spores travel through the air.

[@jhamptonjr]

My pro tip on Hot pockets; cook them for a minute in the microwave and then put them in a toaster oven for about 10 minutes to brown the outside properly.

[@Gantzz321]

pop tarts are 100% a hot or cold option, they are good both ways

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Personally, I prefer unfrosted ones.

[@paulamcdonald6568]

Only blueberry unfrosted and cold is best. The frosting is just too sweet and artificial tasting.

[@ladiuneeq9789]

Cold? Yuck!

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

Just for the record, I'm a 70 year old American from the south and I've NEVER eaten Chicken and Waffles .... at least not together! Grits are fantastic but they must be cooked correctly and seasoned correctly! If you ever have them done right, you couldn't help but love them!!! For me, I want lots of bacon with my grits .... or shrimp!

[@warrendavis9262]

First time I "did" chicken and waffles, I was working at Comcast, and management did that for us. I put the chicken off to the side and ate that first...

[@happygolucky7112]

Born and lived in USA for 64 years and the thought of waffles and chicken together makes me cringe. Alone each is good, but not together.

[@MannyBrum]

Sweet and savory dishes aren't just an American thing. In the Middle Ages, there were quite a few sweet and savory dishes in Europe. I made one such dish a couple years ago, it's called biancomangiare, there's a modern version that's just a regular dessert but the medieval version is almost like a bowl of oatmeal or porridge but it's made with bread and chicken and almond milk, and it is sweetened. It actually doesn't taste savory at all but it's very filling. These days sweet foods are just empty calories.

[@tomhalla426]

Hot dogs can be like pizza, ranging from really good to really bad.

[@robertwall1419]

Having spent 2 years in West Europe on Active Duty,I was always willing to try the local food were ever I went. I’ve also seen most non-Americans absolutely Hate most American cuisine without even trying the food in the first place!😂

[@fridaylong2812]

Sadly True.

[@mikepaulus4766]

When I was little I lived next to a girl who wouldn't eat burgers because she had see raw ground beef and thought it looked like worms. So she and her cousin would only eat hot dogs.

[@fridaylong2812]

And hot dogs are far less healthy than lean ground beef.

[@AlterMann57]

I'm a New Jersey native, and when I make grits, I add some sautéed onions, especially if they are vidalia onions (they're naturally sweetened tasty). I serve the grits with scrambled eggs and crispy bacon, and toasted oatmeal bread.

[@maingate7672]

Southern style Biscuits and sausage gravy is hard to beat! Be sure, if you come here you get 'em from some in the South, but not FL.

[@documentarygirl8]

Grits are so good. Creamy with butter and sugar. Biscuits and gravy are soooo delicious omg. Its my fav breakfast food

[@tjg813]

My favorite Pop Tart is Blueberry. If you get the chance to try them they’re best hot with a cold glass of milk. But if you don’t drink milk I think they would be good with tea as well.

[@craignickum6551]

A&W rootbeer in a frosted cold glass mug after it's been in the freezer awhile. Grits with garlic, cheddar cheese, and butter.

[@Cashcrop54]

I still have 2 old mugs that I keep in the freezer for Root beer for special occasions.

[@Everydayheresy]

Ahhh, my people.

[@bigal2876]

I like root beer floats!

[@toodlescae]

Not all of our cereals are sweet. I'm a Cheerios person myself.

[@tjr8730]

We have a lot of unsweetened cereals. I like Corn Flakes and Cheerios.

[@cloudsn]

Right? Although they do have a little sugar, there's lots of cereal that's not heavily sweetened. Original Cheerios (not honey bunches), rice krispies, Chex, corn flakes. Or more healthy cereal like shredded wheat has no sugar. The days of kids getting boxes of crazy sweet cereal every morning are pretty much over, at least for the parents that I know.

[@nyneeveanya8861]

I like brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts. But not the frosted ones. The unfrosted ones are harder to find but I like to add butter to it after I toast them.

[@chris...9497]

Allow me to speak up for grits. They're called 'grits' because they are made from dried corn kernels; the kernels are broken off the cob and roughly ground, leaving a gritty pile of pure corn. They get cooked up until they end up like a bland porridge. From there, they are seasoned just like rice. You can eat grits (or rice) like a savory (salt, pepper, then a choice of butter, gravy, or cheese; some add cheese and shrimp) or you can eat grits (or rice) like a sweet (usually sugared, but may be honey or a syrup). Mostly, grits are served savory, with breakfast, alongside fried eggs and either sausage or bacon. Sweetened grits (or rice) are eaten like hot cereal, with milk poured on it and maybe some berries. While savory grits can be a side dish at other mealtimes, sweetened grits are always eaten at breakfast time. Love corndogs, although I eat turkey or chicken corndogs; I don't eat pork or beef. They're quite good. I currently have about 20 of them in my freezer. It turns out Sweet Potato Casserole was an invention of a marshmallow manufacturer in 1917. The industries of wide-circulation magazines and advertising were established in America in the first decades of the 20th century, and one way food companies enticed people to buy their products was to include original recipes using their products. This is where Heinz introduced their original recipe of Beans on Toast! Not sure why Hot Pockets are supposed to be 'disgusting' or weird; not a lot of difference between them and pasties. I rather like the Chicken and Broccoli Hot Pockets. I couldn't live without ice, and I've tried! My freezer's too small to accommodate frozen food and an ice tray, so I now have an ice maker that sits on my kitchen countertop making ice all day. I need ice to regulate my body temperature from the inside. Without ice, I overheat, even in winter. Sweet corn is a foundational agricultural staple in the US. Its growth is even regulated by Congress, which gives tax credits to some farmers to grow it and tax credits to others NOT to grow it. Corn is sold as human food and livestock food, especially to cattle, pigs, and poultry. It's used to make fuel for vehicles and it's refined to make various grades of syrup. Corn is artificially kept cheap by Congressional regulation, so there is a lot of it and we use it in everything. At no point in any corn product is there any nutritional value beyond empty calories and there is science that proves it tricks the brain into not recognizing the body's own satiety levels; this means anything sweetened by corn syrup makes you keep eating past fullness, which is great for sales for manufacturers of corn-sweetened products. I prefer whole wheat bread, not white bread. Better fiber, nutrition, and flavor. Yes; Americans love their battered deep-fried foods. But it took the Scots to go from Scots Eggs to battered deep-fried Mars bars. The jury's still out on whether it was Americans or the Japanese who invented battered deep-fried ice cream.

[@skyydancer67]

I had no idea about the origins of sweet potato casserole. I still will peel off the marshmallow because I'm a monster. Thanks for sharing the food info. 😊

[@chris...9497]

Being a Southern gal, I firmly believe no proper Southerner would disrespect the noble sweet potato or yam by burying it under marshmallows, but I do think it's fine to add butter and maybe a sweetener like brown sugar, maple syrup, or honey. Some pecans, cinnamon, or orange zest is also nice. Yes, even the 'traditional' Green Bean Casserole dates back to that same time period; Campbell's couldn't sell their Cream of Mushroom soup, so they created this recipe to create a market for it.@@skyydancer67

[@jeanjohnson8492]

As someone from the southeastern part of North Carolina, I have never heard of sweet grits with fruit in it. You have to know how to cook them, not use instant grits or

[@chris...9497]

Regional differences. I'm from Virginia, but sweetened rice and grits were taught me by a coalminer's son from West Virginia (stepfather). Makes sense; any grain can be eaten sweet or savory. @@jeanjohnson8492

[@rockshot100]

In the South, always tell them "half and half", with the sweet tea.

[@sportslife5129]

Lou Malnati's in Chicago makes great deep dish pizza. They also freeze it and ship it to you for you to bake yourself!

[@renee176]

Sweet potat 8:04 o casserole is delicious (I just leave off the marshmallow)!😊 Grits are good they just have to be cooked right (with salt, pepper, butter and sometimes cheese, tasty. They're great savory for breakfast, lunch or dinner.🙂

[@jeanjohnson8492]

In the south, we call it sweet potato souffle. Sweet potatoes are served in restaurants with butter and cinnamon as an alternative to baked potatoes.

[@djriddleandgmoney5930]

Just get a good beef hotdog and it will work great with the corn dog.

[@rockshot100]

Restaurants NEVER clean out ice machines, that is the problem.

[@Siouxsi-Sioux]

Three words: beans on toast. Nothing exists that's more disgusting.

[@larryk731]

New york has great thin crust pizza - Chicago has awful deep dish tomato soaked bread.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

So what would that make Detroit style pizza?

[@larryk731]

@runrafarunthebestintheworld Detroit has pizza? lol Truthfully I'm unfamiliar with Detroit style pizza.

[@michelehenne2477]

Then you didn't get it at the right place. It is deep for the cheese, not for the sauce.

[@heatherhitchens3212]

I’m with James… disgusting is strong. I always say that is not my taste. I think it’s disrespectful to say disgusting when you are blessed enough to have food when so many people in the world don’t.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

I think disgusting is "It triggers my had reflex like a plate of maggots." "I hate it" means I recognize it as a food but I'll avoid it even if I'm hungry. And "It's not to my taste." is a polite way to say that you don't want to eat something, whether you find it disgusting, you hate it, or you just would prefer something else.

[@tjr8730]

I agree. These videos seem to have negative titles anymore. I think it's disrespectful. Plus many of them have wrong information.

[@lizmarch4000]

agree. the word disgusting is disrespectful

[@stevep2380]

Take MS Beasley to Michigan for a corn dog or hotdog. It's Michigan state law that all hotdogs produced in the state has to be made from Prime cuts of meat. So no lips, hooves and.........other things. 😂

[@sixslinger9951]

Root beer and ice cream is the bomb. Root Beer Float

[@chazf883]

We do have premium hot dogs that are just made out of choice cuts of meat

[@michelehenne2477]

Yep, Hebrew National and Funeral Dogs.

[@cee8mee]

All hot dogs, and by extention, corn dogs are not created equal.

[@amanacatandhisdog8836]

I worked in the food industry. The ugly fact is most ice machines are not cleaned and are dirty and have mildew. A feature in Houston where I grew up on every Friday was Marvin Zinder slime in the ice machine list of all the restaurants that were cited by health inspectors each week.

[@bradjenkins1475]

This is for millie. Your mental issue with hot dogs can be solved quite easily and positively. What you want to do is get the brand Hebrew National hot dogs. They are hugely popular in America. What separates them from all the other Hot dogs is the fact that they are required by Jewish law to be kosher. This ensures that there is nothing funky going on! They are delicious and I might even say more delicious than almost any other brand hot dog on the market. Add that to the purity of the product. Because it's kosher and you have a winner. Delicious and pure.

[@kimberlys8422]

TBH I'm 33 and from the American south east and just recently learned of chicken and waffles and shrimp and grits; the only southern dish I grew up with was "biscuits and gravy" which is basically a savory muffin doused in white gravy with sausage.👍👍

[@t4squared]

Chicken and waffles isn’t southern. It’s really an NYC thing that got popularized in the west coast by Roscoe’s chicken and waffles

[@dalemoore8582]

A biscuit is not a muffin, they are a quick bread.

[@kristic4472]

it makes sense that he said he's from Florida, as several of these are from the South. Waffles n Fried Chicken, Grits, Sweet Potato Casserole, sweet tea, cracklin's. As for the root beer, there are Tons of brands who make it. People have their favorite brands, usually "Dad's", "A&W", and "Barq's" are the main ones. At any rate, UK has blood sausage and hagis. France has snails.

[@tjr8730]

Don't forget the mushy peas from the UK. I love peas but mushy?

[@rcrawford42]

We used to have a dog we'd give leftover beef stew, and she'd carefully pick peas out and set them to the side. I hate to think what she would have done if confronted with mushy peas.

[@cindyr9790]

I grew up on biscuits and sausage gravy, fried potatoes, cornbread & beans, black-eyed peas and various other southern leaning dishes. My grandparents grew up in the southern states and those recipes were handed down. We love red beans and rice with andouille sausage. Chocolate gravy is a treat with biscuits and butter.

[@lindacarroll6896]

There was a broadcaster here in Houston many years ago who made his name by finding restaurants with "slime in the ice machine,"

[@nowhereman725_]

Southerner here. Grits are not gritty. They are delicious when topped with butter and cheese. Here in SC, we prefer shrimp added to our grits. Again, absolutely delicious!

[@donaldwatson7698]

Another from SC here, and I agree, though I'd point out that "shrimp and grits" is more than just two ingredients. There's usually a flavorful sauce pulling it all together, and everyone has their own take on what that sauce should be. There's also the possibility of different grits: a coarser or smoother grind (perhaps a mix for a more sophisticated texture), and maybe golden hominy is used instead of white. I've had a lot of great interpretations of the dish, and admittedly a few bad ones. Biscuits and Gravy is another dish with a wide range of interpretations. Most are delicious, though you're probably not going to get a winner if you buy it in the frozen food section of the grocery.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

I've had grits once and only once, at Cracker Barrel. I was not a fan. I don't care for salt or butter in oatmeal or cream of wheat and grits seemed like on of those with savoriness where it didn't belong. And it was gritty. Where on the spectrum of grits are the ones from.Cracker Barrel? What would you recommend if I try again?

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

Grits are like cream of wheat, gritty before they’re cooked creamy after.

[@tjr8730]

So many people making these videos think we all eat grits. I'm from the northeast have had grits once in my life when I was a child.

[@nowhereman725_]

@@jenniferpearce1052 Cracker Barrel is literally the "bottom of the barrel" so don't use its food as the standard of southern cooking. My suggestion is you try Waffle House.

[@tamienglish6828]

Grits...if you prefer savory, try cheesy grits or shrimp and grits. I prefer brown sugar and butter grits. I like the sweet with the corn flavor. If you like cream of wheat, you'll probably like grits. If not, then you probably won't like them

[@michelehenne2477]

Same. I prefer brown sugar on mine.

[@ewanwild]

We had corn dogs for school lunch in rural Japan back in 2000. So it isn't just those in the United States. There was an A&W restaurant in Malaysia when I was there, too.

[@rebeccaharden3892]

As I understand it some band members were working to about 3am or 4am. When they asked for the restaurant for something they were unsure to fix supper or breakfast, so the restaurant combined the two meals serving chicken and waffles

[@BIGJOHN866]

Millie once you try a corndog in America your mind will change, I'm from Chicago I love deep dish pizza it's not the only style of pizza we have in Chicago we've stuffed pizza, pan pizza, tavern pizza, and pizza pot pie.

[@michelehenne2477]

St. Louis Style? Asking for a friend. ( as Fred bird patiently waits to see where he will eat next year when the Cards and Cubbies play in Chicago) 🤣🤣🤣

[@michelehenne2477]

Kosher hot dogs are the way to go if you want none of the icky ingredients.

[@teganwoods4184]

There are different kinds of hotdogs. The cheapest are the ones that are pork and chicken together, but there are turkey dogs, chicken, and my favorite are the 100% beef ones.

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

rootbeer has so many variations. Some are very sweet, some are more savory.

[@tjr8730]

Very true. I'm not a fan of the sweet. I used to love Hires root beer but can't find it anymore.

[@erniejones5008]

@@tjr8730 forgot about that brand best I can tell it was discontinued in 2008

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

6:04 in Minnesota, "Fruit Salad" can either be a bowl of fresh fruit or a "salad" with Jello, canned/fresh fruit, whipped cream or "Dream Whip" or "Cool Whip", coconut, pie filling, condensed milk, mini marshmallows, nuts, candy bars, etc. My mom frequently made Orange Pop Salad - it's Orange pop, orange jello, Dream Whip & canned mandarin orange segments. She also made Classy Strawberry Salad - Strawberry-Banana Jello, frozen strawberries, fresh bananas & water (it's my favorite this way, but the actual recipe also includes crushed canned pineapple & sour cream). Her Snickers Salad is an extended family favorite too.

[@tjr8730]

The US reactions videos are getting to the point, in my opinion, where they've run their course. Every single channel I follow reacts to the same ones. Everyone who comes to the US comes to US does food videos. How about reacting to our attractions or at least going to a local diner instead of chain restaurant. Some of the videos have become disrespectful to our country and our culture. Using words like disgusting are unnecessary. I see many channels now are reacting to our old TV shows like I Love Lucy, Seinfeld, All in the Family...there are very interesting because the reactors really discuss them.

[@LMmccallL57]

@tjr8730 I know what you mean. I've started suggesting and asking reactors who plan to visit the US, to try more than food. Our country is very diverse with culture, but I never see any reactors saying they want to visit and learn about the history or the people. I've suggested visiting a Civil Rights Museum, Native American festivals, getting to know something about Mexican, Creole and other cultures, but everyone I've watched, only want to visit for the burgers, barbeque, Walmart and Disney.

[@yugioht42]

The problem is most hot dogs outside the US tend to be pork only and don’t really have the right spice nor fat content. America leans heavily into the beef hotdog always spicing correctly and it’s made with trimmings from normal cuts just chopped into paste and stuffed into a casing. Pork sausages don’t do that and have to use a lot of random filler bits that you don’t want to eat. We also use nitrate salt out of pure tradition but it’s being phased out for a different salt although some butcher still use it. Beef is also our best choice to get around the Kosher diet restriction as the very large Jewish population do not eat pork or certain people can’t handle pork at all hence the beef is the meat of choice. I actually prefer the all beef hotdog myself.

[@dawnsoger6729]

When I am ordering a drink, I always tell them “No ice!”😊

[@janfitzgerald3615]

My daughter-in-law’s Mom prefers Mug over all other root beers. For some weird reason the grocery stores where she lives don’t carry it, but if she goes to a more major metropolitan area she can find it at the same grocery chains. So when I’m going to visit my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, I find a store with a good sale and buy numerous twelve packs and take it over, as she lives quite near them and can come pick it up.

[@user-kl7qe1zu5v]

Since you two are Family Guy fans: "Have you ever put butter on a Pop-Tart? Its so frickin' good. If you've never put butter on a Pop-Tart then I think you really should". 😁

[@michelehenne2477]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

If you already tried Mug or A&W root beer, try Barq's. Barq's and Boylan are the only brands I like. It has a bite to it, and seems not as overly sweet.

[@skyydancer67]

I haven't had Barq's root beer in a minute. I'll buy a can next year.

[@michelehenne2477]

I prefer A&W for floats. Sometimes I want a sweet root beer, sometimes I don't.

[@davidfilicietti7168]

That fluorescent orange rubbish they call cheese and the ridiculously sweet brown cardboard they call chocolate.

[@LemonThyme1933]

I WISH fresh southern biscuits could be imported here to Europe. That's the one food that I miss the most from the US. It's usually difficult to replicate recipes while living abroad without all of the necessary ingredients.

[@stellaz2595]

Try beef kosher hot dogs. They are readily available in the U.S.

[@Wellch]

I I like the Hebrew Nation hotdogs, and I am not Jewish.

[@Wellch]

I drink AW root beer.

[@chazf883]

Grits are awesome they are so versatile you can put salt and pepper and butter in them and you can also put jelly and butter in them I like to mix mine in with my eggs over easy. But it's true by themselves they are very bland

[@stevenrpagano]

Grits: cornmeal is just crushed corn broken down into bits so small that they'll go through a very fine sieve; grits are the tiny pieces of corn that are just barely too large to fit through that sieve. They are bland as is, but they take on other flavors really well, especially savory flavors like cheese. They're an integral part of my favorite Southern dish, shrimp and grits. :)

[@paulayala4816]

I love root beer, but I love root beer floats even more, they are the perfect drink on a hot day. If you cannot find an A&W Restaurant, try In-N-Out, you won't find it on their menu as it is part of their "secret menu".

[@joyannwesson]

We make fruit salad with whipped cream, canned mixed fruit, mini marshmallows,shaved coconut, and walnuts. I just had chicken fried chicken with gravy and biscuits & gravy for dinner.

[@jenniferpearce1052]

To me fruit salad is a bunch of kinds of fruit, mixed. No other additions. What you're describing sounds like ambrosia.

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

​@@jenniferpearce1052it's going to depend on where you are & your age as far as what you consider a fruit salad! I am in Northeastern Minnesota & my mom grew up in central Wisconsin - she was a home economics major in college & worked as a county extension agent before she had kids. Very few of her "fruit salad" recipes only had fruit. I have my mom's recipe box & cookbooks that date back to the 1950s & there's lots of the creative Fruit Salad recipes in them - gelatin was quite popular back in the day. Our local church & community cookbooks have whole sections of "salads" & few stick with fruits & veggies themselves. None of them are titled ambrosia salad - even if they are similar. My mom made "Salads" with fruit (canned or fresh), pop, jello, Snickers, Dream Whip, Cool Whip, Whipped Cream, nuts, mini marshmallows, etc. Heck, even the actual Salads my mom liked when eating out still had unhealthy ingredients along with the veggies. Younger generations won't carry on making the older generation's non-healthy salads!

[@jrafel1707]

Chicago style deep dish Pizza is heaven for cheese lovers. Imagine so much cheese that you can't put it on the top or it would burn. So instead you put the cheese and "toppings" in the middle nice and THICK and put the sauce over the top instead of under the cheese to keep the thick layer of cheese so "gooey" so that when you take a bite, the cheese stretches on forever. It's an art!!

[@davidherzog58]

The trick with Pop-Tarts, they HAVE to be toasted to warm them up. and then, flip them frosting side down, and spread a coating of butter on the crust, like you would butter toast. it adds a satisfying layer of fatty moisture to an otherwise very dry crust.

[@Mycroftsbrother]

Non-Americans: Chicken and waffles? Have you eaten waffles with sausage, ham, or bacon on the side? Corndogs/hotdogs? Do you know what goes into the sausage you enjoy? Cereal? There's lots of US cereal that isn't sweet. Most sweet cereal is marketed towards kids. Ice? It's not the water; it's the lazy people who don't clean the ice-making machines. Twinkies? If you put icing on the OUTSIDE of a sponge cake, would you still hate it? Grits? Ground corn..... depends on how you make it. Cheese grits, shrimp grits, or with just butter and black pepper as a side dish for your bacon and eggs... yum! You can put some sausage gravy on grits as well as biscuits. Chicago pizza? Personally, I don't consider it as "pizza", but it's DELICIOUS all the same. Root beer? Yeah, you either love it or hate it. If you hate it, put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it and try it again. Like many foods, it depends on how it is prepared and not having pre-conceived notions of what it will taste like. Try it!

[@theozarkduke]

whats so funny is they think chicken a waffles are strange. and these people think beans on toast are good LMAO we put butter on toast not beans lol.

[@tjr8730]

Very true plus they like mushy peas. I

[@Incaseyouhaventheard]

After watching this, I kinda want to send y'all a basket of different American foods to try for a video.

[@BeboRulz]

They've tried alot already. So if you want to send them stuff check out their prior videos that include American snacks. That way you can get them stuff they haven't had yet. 😊

[@davidyemm7910]

Many Americans when traveling, will understand to avoid a possibility suspect water supply, but then forget and ask for ice in their drinks. Now, even water bottled in plastic is suspect.

[@coleensakamoto6844]

Grits are made from corn. Lots of youtube videos showing how it's made. I love them. Rootbeer is, I think, an aquired taste. I strongly suggest you also try a "Rootbeer Float". 1st put a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream in a large drinking glass. Then s l o w l y pour some rootbeer over it. The rootbeer will very quickly bubble up & expand, so pour just a little at a time. Repeat until filled to the top. Use a long handle teaspoon (we originally used them for iced tea) and a straw to enjoy it. So, so good.

[@mwanush]

Quickly stir the root beer before adding the ice cream so the bubbles don't expand.

[@johnpearson5616]

But ketchup and mayonnaise mixed together in certain proportions. Makes what we in Utah and Idaho call frysauce.

[@lindae2524]

My son's friend used to work somewhere that mixed mayo & katsup/catsup and used it as Russian salad dressing. Put sweet pickle relish in it... Wala! Thousand Island dressing. 😁

[@andrewjackson8421]

A must for y’all to do when you come is go to a Waffle House. They are mostly found in the south, hence they have great Grits, and Biscuits & Gravy. Not the best, but very much like grandma would make at home growin’ up. For Root Beer, you must try that at an A&W restaurant, in a frosty mug. Unfortunately, there’s not many A&W Drive In Restaurants around anymore. But if you can find one, their foot long coney dog and an order of onion rings are classic favorites. To get deep fried anything you really need to go to a fair. They always have tons of deep fried everything down the midway in every fair I’ve ever been to. Lastly, yes Millie, when you think of what goes into hot dogs, they are disgusting even though they taste delicious and because of all the carcinogens in them they are worse for you than smoking cigarettes, HOWEVER, speaking as a Vegan, Aldi has a delicious Vegan Hot Dog that actually tastes like a hot dog but just doesn’t leave your mouth with that greasy coating that you get with regular hot dogs. Don’t know how they do it, but you can eat them without thinking of all the gross things that go into normal hotdogs.

[@michelehenne2477]

My mom loved Waffle House.

[@barbaraannroach6033]

Root beer floats, Yes!

[@sandraleigh4023]

A favorite childhood treat was a root beer float - a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream with root beer poured over it! Delicious!!

[@Jinty92]

I was the same but it was cola floats as we don't have root beer. Only heard of it my whole life on US tv shows. Cola floats and Knickerbockerglories.

[@Imme_begin]

Y’all should try making the Chicago pizza (Atlanta from Your Nee Zealand Family made it and I tried the same recipe. It’s now my go to pizza to make. Sooooo goooooood!) I actually made homemade peppermint patties for Christmas. 😂 Root Beer 🤢 I’m 68 and didn’t taste grits until my early 60s. I like shrimp and grits. They are delicious that way! Not a fan of most cold cereals.

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

6:04 you definitely have to try Barq's Root Beer! It's the only root beer with caffeine. I am in Northeastern Minnesota & it took quite a while for Barq's to become available up here. I remember staying at the 4-H Building for different summer camps & the MN State Fair in the mid1980s -(it's in the state fairgrounds in the Twin Cities Metro Area) the building is 3 floors & no elevator (at that time). The ground floor was the public access display space during the fair, the 2nd floor was the cafeteria & the stage/auditorium (most of the camp activities were there) & the 3rd floor was the dorms. They had 5 pop machines (pop is Minnesotan for soda) on the 2nd floor - 1 had Coke, Sprite, etc & the others were all Barq's. I kinda felt bad that the Coke delivery guy had to haul all of the cases upstairs! He was there every day (sometimes multiple times a day) whenever I was there. I remember stopping at the store & stocking before the 3+ hour drive home so I could have it at home for a while 😂. A&W, Dad's, Mug & the other brands of root beer taste a bit different than Barq's does. Trying Diet versions are even more different in taste - I hate the after taste the sugar substitutes leave & they have given me an instant migraine ever since I tried them back in the 1970s already. If you are someplace that has an A&W restaurant, you can actually buy a gallon jug of root beer to take home - my aunt in Wisconsin always had a jug in her fridge since the town has an A&W. I used to like the other brands of root beer at a drive-in restaurant because they used to all serve it in a frosty mug (lots have switched to disposable cups). They basically just freeze the thick glass mugs right after washing to get a layer of ice in it.

[@cindyr9790]

American here, born and raised. My family loves strawberry twizzlers. Not a fan of candy corn though. I think it really depends on each individual person's taste. Sweet potato casserole is a staple at Thanksgiving in our house. I think the guy you are watching is picky. 😂 lol

[@Nogimmik]

When I was a kid- about 20 years ago- my parents went to the UK from the US and we asked for ice in drinks a lot. And every restaurant we went to in London at the time- the person would go "What do you want ice in your drinks for" or give us weird looks. I remember it so vividly because in the US we always have ice in drinks

[@REOGURU]

@TheBeesleys99 - I had never had nor heard of Chicago style pizza, until I traveled there many years ago. Thankfully, I was with locals who knew the best place to go. I really liked it and I haven't had any that came near to that one experience since. The thick breading did not overpower the condiments, nor was it greasy. It was a perfect balance of everything.

[@axlFoleyBeverlyHillsPo]

Biscuits and Gravy is on every breakfast menu in the usa…. Texas doesn’t count as “southern” state in USA FYI

[@brendaenglish2477]

Most fruit salad doesn’t have marshmallow. It’s simply fruit chopped up and mixed together. It’s refreshing and delicious

[@karenlobosco9646]

The first time I tasted grits, it was like cream of wheat, but cornmeal. Not bad, I was pleasantly surprised.

[@kathygreer2097]

I was born and raised in PA, considered a northern state. Until I moved to NW PA I never heard of anyone drinking unsweetened iced tea. My mother always made tea, added sugar and lots of ice cubes. I was shocked when I heard it was considered a southern thing.

[@randalmayeux8880]

Biscuits and gravy is great if you substitute butter and syrup for the gravy. Especially cane syrup.

[@Wafflesaurus40]

There are definitely parts of Florida that are super southern. The thing about Florida is that it's made up of so many different cultures but my family is southern as hell. I'm talking entire smoked alligator on the grill southern.

[@russellkeeling4387]

It's not the quality of the water that makes ice dangerous it's the cleanliness of the equipment in which the ice is made.