What other countries are told is "American"

The weird world of "American style" foods and products.
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[@Corwin256]

I always wondered what it must be like to find such absolutely bizarre tropes about one's homeland upon visiting The States. And now I know. It feels just like I imagined, actually. A mix of 'what the actual f---" and hilarity, whilst also seeing how many places have reduced us to one or two concepts and nothing more. Watching this video was a full blown experience for me, which is saying something given the copious amount of KZbin content I consume almost daily.

[@grzzltn]

I cannot imagine how Hungaian food and culture would be represented there. I would imagine goulash (or gulyás) would be the predominant thing since to me, from across the ocean, that seems to be a well-known thing, sometimes without people even knowing that it was originally Hungarian. One time I saw a "traditional goulash", "grandma's goulash" or something along those lines recipe reposted on a Hungarian site and it basically began with tomato sauce that would never be used in goulash.

[@bastiaan4129]

@@grzzltn The only Hungarian dish we have in the Netherlands is Goulash, which is actually more like Pörkölt. Its also made with disgusting bland paprika powder that in no way resembles the real stuff from Hungary.

[@grzzltn]

@@bastiaan4129 I'm not a big fan of goulash to be honest (nor pörkölt for that matter), but how can someone screw up paprika powder? that's such a basic thing and even if not part of a country's own cousine, it should be simple enough to make

[@bluwasabi7635]

@@grzzltn Well...you're not wrong.

[@zachneal5751]

@@grzzltn apparently it's pretty common, I used to live with a Hungarian that would specially import paprika from Hungary because the stuff here in NZ wasn't good enough

[@zrrion6the6insect6]

"Hot dogs and french fries on pizza" sounds like a food that an american gradeschooler would invent if you asked them to make the ultimate food.

[@markjohansen6582]

Well, they'd also add mac & cheese.

[@naqueeldiva7693]

@@markjohansen6582 Factual

[@hornedgoddess8191]

Isn't that just a version of a breakfast sandwich

[@pablocejas01]

It’s common in Italy and not sold as American style pizza lmao. That’s just bs .

[@iota-09]

not that far off considering it's sold as "the pizza for kids" in italy. admittedly, it used to not have tomato sauce in it but the last years have been... weird, i guess.

[@jeffersonsharp2292]

The greatest irony here is I want to try some of these “authentic” American foods but can’t get them in America.

[@pbaehr]

Ditto

[@praxedes2]

That American sandwich from France sounds and looks so good.

[@rachelmarie2917]

@@praxedes2 it looks like something you could probably get in pittsburgh tbh

[@BladeTheGabite]

The Colombian "American hot dog" sounds like a calorie nightmare and I want to experience it

[@XOmniverse]

@@BladeTheGabite Me too.

[@Zappy1210]

I lived in Germany from age 10 to 13 (Army Brat), we lived walking distance to a small German town where, to my surprise there was an ice cream shop named Rooty's that sold "American Style Spaghetti ice cream" It was vanilla ice cream run through something that made it come out like spaghetti noodles in a bowl topped with strawberry toppings. It was actually delicious! Have yet to find it in America.

[@rainbowwwkim]

I thought this was going on a much grosser direction 😅 that actually sounds great

[@camelthegamer7165]

Pretty sure a meat grinder, like the ones used for making hamburger meat funnily enough, is how he did it. Just buy one for yourself, because I know "Spaghetti style" ice cream isn't a thing here.

[@YukiMoonlight]

Potato Ricers work much better than a meat grinder in case anyone wants to try it themself. Just make sure to freeze it as well so the tool is cold and the ice cream doesn't melt. Spaghetti ice cream was invented by an Italian in Germany and is sold by most ice cream places in Germany nowadays but it's not very common outside of Germany, that's probably why you weren't able to find it in the states. What they meant by "American Style Spaghetti ice cream" was to specify that the ice cream itself is American style ice cream instead of Gelato which most ice cream parlors would sell in Germany.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Its German

[@OptimusPhillip]

Sounds like a weird attempt to approximate soft serve.

[@erinjean2695]

This is hilarious. I have a Dutch boyfriend and we laugh at all the time about “American sauce”. He was so excited to tell me he likes it and I was like wtf is American saus

[@robertdegroot8302]

Yes, we all grew up firmly believing this is what Americans ate with their french fries, along with ketchup of course. It turns out it was developed by McDonald's specifically for the Dutch market. It is actually good!

[@anonymoususer8895]

You’re Canadian. Not American. And you live in Canada.

[@anonymoususer8895]

@@robertdegroot8302wow you Dutch are really dumb then huh?

[@garywheeler7039]

In the USA we would call that white sauce tarter sauce and put it on fried fish .Or fish sticks.

[@dw1894]

Canada and America are essentially culturally identical.​@@anonymoususer8895

[@malachitehawk6337]

As an American, that Taste of America section is perfect replica of gas station shopping. All it’s missing is a Hostess product

[@landon3137]

And a crackhead or two.

[@johnhenrymills4517]

and knock off twinkies

[@elicokelet9113]

and a soda machine serving the weird bootleg version of pepsi or coke

[@davidallamericananarchist9220]

@@johnhenrymills4517 Don't talk shit about submarinos. :^)

[@johnhenrymills4517]

@@elicokelet9113 or that classic sprite copycat with a moutain dew-esque name; good ole Sierra Mist (Available from dominoes and bp)

[@garrieg3485]

Americans: “We don’t eat KFC on Christmas Day” Japanese: *surprised pikachu face*

[@paddington1670]

- . ^

[@KaidenJacob]

I've always been told it was Japanese people that ate KFC on Christmas...

[@zombinaagogo]

Somewhere in America there is a family shaking their deep fried chicken finger fist in the air at you saying, "how dare you insult our traditional family dinner, we've been eating KFC for Christmas since 1996." I'd put money down on it that there are people who do eat KFC on Christmas.. LOL. 😆😆

[@KaidenJacob]

@@zombinaagogo as an american I've been told this about Japanese people.

[@utamonk]

We don’t?

[@pustulioyo]

Fun fact, one of the greatest American traditions when it comes to Christmas was only possible thanks to Japan. The original stop motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer film, plus all the other stop motion Rankin-Bass holiday specials, we're animated entirely in Japan!

[@TheEldritchHyena]

Not really. If Japan didn't animate the Rankin-Bass holiday specials, they would've just subcontracted another studio in some other part of the world to make them. There was nothing exclusively Japanese about the making of those specials, any other country could have made them and it would've been largely the same.

[@pustulioyo]

@@TheEldritchHyena Even that's not true, the company that produced the puppets definitely had a proprietary and possibly trademarked way of doing it. What you are saying is largely discrediting the Japanese people who worked very, very hard on those puppets and those shorts. The fact of the matter is the animated shorts and characters were conceptualized in America, but were indeed 100% designed in Japan, created in Japan, and animated in Japan, so we have Japan to thank for them, what's so hard to get about that?

[@ironhell813]

Just about anything “American” was taken from the rest of the world. “American freedom” was stolen from the rest of the earth by Roman copiers naming themselves after an entire continent.

[@gokuformanvsfood]

​@@pustulioyodamn that, the fact I was a kid in the late 90s and early 2000s watching the Rankin Bass hobbit and LOTR animatied movies and ghibli films. Had a lot more influence than I realized lol

[@FigureFarter]

@@gokuformanvsfoodSame. I also didn't know that Nintendo consoles and PlayStations came from Japan either

[@ewantaylor2758]

The fascination people have with Red Solo Cups is one of the funnier things to me (Australian) because we have disposable plastic cups, and I would assume many if not most countries have them, but because the American ones are bright red they stand out more and get exoticized when they exactly the same lump of cheap plastic you can find anywhere else in plain white or transparent plastic. I guess Aesthetics matter, what a surprise.

[@_0______00__________0_______0]

One of my favorite "American" meals was in China. My hotel had a restaurant called "The American Cafe". The menu was traditional Chinese food, but the decor was little American flags everywhere, and big blown out portraits of shlubby middle aged white guys in polo shirts.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

omg I want to go there if just to see the pictures haha

[@jesseleeward2359]

Famous people?

[@UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos]

@@jesseleeward2359 I like to imagine it's just some photos of generic everyday americans possibly with Shutterstock watermarks lol

[@LiteralmenteUmaMulher]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Man I'm picturing this in my head but I have to see the real thing

[@a-s-greig]

Turnabout is fair play.

[@ramonasheldon8832]

When I went to Korea during a homestay program, the people were acting as my parents were unsure about what an American would eat. I told them that I was there to immerse myself and would just eat what they ate... they ended up giving me dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets for breakfast everyday.

[@goodmorningohio]

Donekdndk that's so funny for some reason

[@neonavarro918]

They did their research

[@shoyrushoyru]

@ramona sheldon lmao thats hilarious, sad, sweet, and unintentionally stereotyping all at the same time, especially when you told them youll eat whatever they eat; and from the sounds of it they didnt just roll with it? maybe they wanted to make sure you were fed at least once a day just in case you didnt eat any of their dinner for the evening. its a shame if you didnt get to experience as much home culture foods in korea as you wanted. i had a short homestay in japan during a two-week trip with a handful of other teenagers from my group, and our homestay mother was this lovely little old lady and she would always make rice with tons of different side dishes to take from on the dinner table. she lost her mind with joy when we ate or tried to eat different things she considered more cultural. she was ecstatic that we tried anything at all and even called somebody on the phone one evening to tell them "theyre eating theyre eating!" and how she was scared that we wouldnt eat. it was incredibly cute. she also loved to walk with this tiny pocket english dictionary and try really hard to talk to us with direct translations she looked up in her little book. the amount of effort she put in was so sweet. her husband on the other hand was stern and silent and i guess so super prideful or shy that he probably tried to talk to us once or twice only when he had to for the entire week and was otherwise silent. they had this low floor-cushion-seating table on tatami mats in their dining area and the husband sat at the head of the table and the rest of us teenagers (probably 5 of us) around the sides and the other end. our mother pulled up a backless stool and would put it in the corner right outside the kitchen and eat her food while holding the dishes in her hands while the rest of us sat at the table as per their instructions. i always felt bad that she sat away in the corner a couple feet away but i suppose she felt it would be inappropriate to squeeze in at the table with us even if we would have been entirely accommodating. our homestay mother was so sweet and i wished we could spend more time with her, but she spent so much of the day preparing breakfast lunch and dinner making the tons of side dishes and would shoo us away if we came to the kitchen to interact with her to help out. the only other time we usually got to see her was if we stayed up later than she expected, when she would quietly come to the big room we were boarding in after lights-out and go to sleep on a futon way in the back. most days our trip's coach bus would come by the farmhouse and pick us up along with all the other kids they picked up from nearby homestays to take us around local areas like town buildings and schools. i remember they gave us their contact information on a little piece of paper when we were leaving so we could write letters, and once i returned home from my trip, that paper was never to be found no matter how many times i turned over everything in the suitcase.

[@itzelramirez4801]

@@shoyrushoyru :( did you ask your other friends for their paper? And I didn’t know homestay programs were a common thing?

[@rollingslothmachine3431]

That's probably because at least more traditional Korean food would not only be quite strange for the average American, but also way to hot and spicy. They maybe were just worried you would get sick from or hate what they eat, especially as a kid/teen. Just a guess though.

[@9yrhunterjumper]

I lived in rural Germany for a summer when I was doing an internship. I was flabbergasted by the amount of things marketed as "American Style!" which almost always meant "extra large" in quantity or portion. I became very disappointed in the perception of my country over there. Also, because it was summer I regularly wore t-shirts and running shorts, and subsequently stood out like a sore thumb.

[@JuneBug_87]

How did they dress over there ?

[@augustday9483]

Just for giggles, my family decided to actually try having fried chicken on Christmas Eve (we had a proper turkey feast on Christmas), and it was fun. As far as fauxthentic traditions go, that one is pretty good.

[@kimberlypatton9634]

I like the idea too! I think it's rather cute and brings families together over a delicious bunch of food! I'm proud of Col.Sanders tho be so beloved and cherished! Because he truly is with me for the greatest fried chix on the planet! It is kind of pricey these days and a rare treat in our house ,so I can see the "traditional" aspect Ot has been a wonderful part of my 62 years as an American and Southerner ,and my local KFC is a 10 in every respect! Also the chicken pot pies are seriously brilliant! A lovely tradition that I find endearing! Love you Japan!

[@SpeedTiberius]

"As seen in classic American films such as... Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!" Ah yes, that highly American movie by a British director filmed in Canada, about Canadians being Canadian, when they're not fighting in a Japanese video game/anime/manga aesthetic. THAT'S the definition of America.

[@dadoctah]

The film I most associate with those red cups is Pitch Perfect, where Anna Kendrick first auditions for the Bellas by doing a sort of juggling act with them; no singing at all.

[@spencersegler]

I mean it is very American to take something that's not yours and claiming it as your own.😅

[@mikulashomolka1800]

It is tho

[@paulghignon4092]

I guess it's about as offensive as when people over here confuse japanese and chinese stuff, happens A LOT with the older generations.

[@jackdools4744]

Damn I couldn’t roll my eyes harder if I tried

[@Patterrz]

entire hot dogs on a pizza is hilarious

[@zk1018zt]

Sonds gross

[@prankmonkeyxs650]

As an American I'll try this weird foreign food.

[@vladiiidracula235]

I’d eat that. Sounds good.

[@DChatc]

Sausage is sausage, isn't it?

[@donjuan3182]

Replace the meatballs in spaghetti with hot dogs, trust me

[@dirkrider7748]

Actually fluff is more popular than you would think since it is actually specifically a New England thing, and is very popular for fluffernutter sandwiches, fluff and peanut butter. Source: I’m from maine and ate these my whole childhood😂❤ great video

[@Nesseight]

It makes a good dip for sweet potato wedges.

[@itsyogirlcrim1476]

My grandparents were from Maine and they actually introduced me to that treat. It is definitely a regional thing however, as I live in Ohio and have never heard of one till I visited my grandparents.

[@finlip_]

I remember having fluffernutters as one of the options for school lunch lmao, I lived in New England too

[@taylorpack1120]

I’m from Idaho, but my stepdad was from Boston and introduced us to fluffernutter sandwiches. So good!

[@rigbyshaun5580]

My girlfriend is from Massachusetts and explained why fluff is different from what we have here (Texas), from what I understand it's marshmallowier that regular marshmallow creme

[@mejsjalv]

"Ropa Americana" (American clothing) are used clothes shops in Costa Rica. It may still be the case that the huge packages with clothes still come from the US. I did find a sweater made in the USA once. Otherwise is of course stuff made mostly in Asian countries, much like most new clothes available. Every now and then you do find a lot of more unique stuff.

[@anonymoususer8895]

You found a sweater made in the US while in Costa Rica.

[@JohanCody]

When I was in the military we spent a month in Singapore attached to one of their units. The first day they served us food that was basically inedible to our western palates. Our CO told their CO that we needed different food because we couldn't eat what they were serving us (it was really that bad). The next day we woke up to hot dogs and chicken wings for breakfast, we all laughed...until it was lunch time and they served us hot dogs and chicken wings, and then proceeded to serve us hot dogs and chicken wings for every meal for the next week. Eventually we just decided to eat MREs and not eat their food. Funniest part? After talking with our Singaporean counterparts we learned they the food we originally served was a traditional Singaporean meal that literally no one likes, kind of like lutefisk or something, but their officers thought we would like to try it. So they basically served us a disgusting traditional meal that even they don't like, and when we complained instead of just serving us normal Singaporean food they went with hot dogs and chicken wings.

[@rodrigodeavilagomez5913]

why would it be a traditional dish in the first place if no one likes it? think!, mark, think!

[@Parasiteve]

lmao im dying, why wouldn't they just give you normal singapore food?? they first give you food that everyone there hates then think you hate all singapore food?

[@lewisedwardson7776]

@@rodrigodeavilagomez5913 It's traditionally made, no one said it's traditionally eaten! Like casserole!

[@4nyth1n94]

@@lewisedwardson7776 I mean, *some* casserole is good. But like 50% of the thanksgiving spread is ignored still ;P

[@lewisedwardson7776]

@@4nyth1n94 I like to make fun of casserole but it's usually good.

[@ryabow]

I'm an American that was stationed for a few years in Yokosuka, Japan. I loved going into clothing stores to check out the... just, random... collection of words they would put on shirts. some good ones that i remember were "Love is donut" and "big lightning noise"

[@uraccountcrashed8845]

"Love is donut" is kinda accurate though

[@bro..stop.]

lol the second one is because japan don’t actually have a word for thunder but ones similar too like sounds of gods and also reimei which is the noise it’s self :D

[@justsomeguy898]

i want both of those shirts

[@funnyjoke9225]

Best I saw in Okinawa was "live everything slide for nothing"

[@monopolizedopamine]

I think the Japanese just like the way the words look together lol

[@lexyheartsbeauty]

the hot dogs in brine really got me. it's like a pickle jar but for hot dogs. i can't stop laughing

[@lazarusblack9995]

True story: Was visiting Iceland with wife and friends and we decided to try a "The American Restaurant". Inside, it was a lot like a Culver's (a chain of restaurants in the US Midwest). Behind the counter, there was an enormous photo of a cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and special sauce. Looked great. I didn't trust it - however, preferring to order the fish & chips, which Iceland does extremely well. Anyway, everyone got their order and quickly discovered the hilarity. It was like they decided what was on the burger from the photographs. Bun and lettuce and cheese was okay. Burger was unseasoned. But instead of the pickle were raw cucumber chips. Instead of the tomato, was a red bell pepper. And instead of the Special Sauce (aka Fry Sauce aka Mayo&Ketchup) was Iceland's national condiment: unsalted mayo and paprika. But holding it up to the photo, it looked spot on! Just tasted awful. I was the only one who wasn't starving an hour later.

[@matthewhoke7088]

Is that the place with the 7-foot-tall statue of Uncle Sam out front?

[@Bearssuperfan]

Europeans told me “American food is disgusting” then when I asked what they tried, those were some of the things they listed…

[@Juliano_Jones]

Just force them to come here and have them eat a hotdog you'd find at a baseball game or literally any other type of American cuisine (that isn't junk food) then I'm sure they'll change their minds lol

[@wolfetteplays8894]

It’s because they’re brainwashed to hate America

[@gerganapanayotowa3339]

What would you recommend we try ?

[@ThermalTherapy]

@@gerganapanayotowa3339 American fentanyl is great

[@ash2xx]

@@ThermalTherapy oh yea i heard lots of people die to try it😩😩

[@richardcaraballo4947]

I remember when I was in Japan I was at this restaurant and the entire menu was in Japanese (obviously) but the server spoke English so I asked him if I could just get a popular item on the menu and he brought me back fried chicken and fries. When I looked at him he gave me a thumbs up with a smile on his face. I’ll never forget this experience lmao

[@Jo-ez6px]

that's so cute lolol

[@kee7374]

💀💀💀

[@Pleiades_Dolly]

Best thing I read all day!

[@skumpkin5191]

Oof, I'd be kinda mad. I can't imagine asking for the most popular thing just for the server to give me stereotypical food because he didn't understand me. That's like an indian guy going to a roadside diner and asking for the most popular breakfast only to be given a basic ass curry on rice!

[@richardcaraballo4947]

@@skumpkin5191 at first I was mad because I am black and my friends who were with me thought it was hilarious. But I was in another country I didn’t know the language nor could I read the language. The guy was just trying to look out.

[@lovehueclique]

I have to give you props. The way you explain things is so clear and crisp. It’s not exactly easy to state what’s in your mind in a way that’s digestible to a listener. You got good speech man.

[@ItsEliza5]

Fun fact! In America The cookies in 8:00 are called “Black and White cookies” or depending on where your from they can also be known as “Half-Moon” or “Harlequins” cookies :D never had one but I hear they are very good

[@WraxTV]

I can't help but find it funny they used "Scott Pilgrim vs The World" as evidence that the American Party Cup is just as American as it gets, considering that series takes place in Toronto and only has one American character out of the dozens in it.

[@Enceladeans]

And the director is British.

[@SpeedTiberius]

@@Enceladeans And the whole thing is an homage to Japanese video games and manga.

[@mauricioreyes430]

Canadians are American :P

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

And it was a flop

[@Zartoo_3rd_Overlord_ofBlargon7]

@@mauricioreyes430 If you're going to get that technical then so are Mexicans, Guatemalans, Panamanians, etc. But clearly when they are saying Americans they are specifically meaning the history and culture of the United States.

[@KhAnubis]

This video has successfully horrified me out of ever getting ‘American’ pizza in Poland

[@miliba]

Yoo KhAnubis I love your videos

[@gaetano_kojj]

Fortunately, the corn pizza has yet to catch on here in Poland as the staple American dish. I myself haven't seen anything like that. However, my local pizzeria used to sell a Nutella pizza (as well as Nutella sushi rolls) in their kids menu, so nothing can surprise me at this point. Yes, it was just dough covered in Nutella, and yes, it didn't stay in the menu for very long.

[@aveuch]

I thought corn on pizza was a strictly Korean phenomenon 🌽

[@WiseSnake]

Pouring creamed corn on a pizza sounds straight up heretical. Worse than pineapples, at least you can remove the slices.

[@ASMRDoodlez]

Creamed corn is my least favorite food. Regardless of what sense you use to investigate it, it’s still really gross.

[@ScottCalvinsClause]

As a teenager I worked in a butcher shop and there was a dutch guy who would come in about once a week and get a pound of ground beef. He would always ask us to run it through the grinder two or three more times and tell us about how he would eat it raw on bread with "thin white onion". He told me this every time he came in. Not sure if he just liked talking about it or just didn't ever recognize me from all previous weeks.

[@mattboggs6304]

In Australia we have those "American Food" sections too, and they look exactly the same, with mostly the exact same products. I figure Australia and Europe must use the same exporter. The items are in my opinion a good selection of various treats and things you don't normally get in Australia. Australia doesn't have many of the super sweet American breakfast cereals, so it's nice to see Lucky Charms or something show up there. Dr. Pepper and A&W Root Beer are two others that I like seeing in their selection. The one "faux" American food that instantly comes to mind for Australia, is "American style bacon." It's actually nothing like American bacon. Americans would think of it as "Canadian Bacon". It's basically the same ham-like bacon as the other ones for sale in Australia, but with a slightly different cut. It tastes, looks, and cooks absolutely nothing like the bacon Americans are used to. I assume Australian food standards likely won't allow the super fatty and processed actual American style bacon.

[@3Dant]

God I miss when you could get 2L Dr Pepper here, now I have to hope Woolies or Coles is stocking cans or go to one of those specialty shops. I've definitely seen American style bacon here (usually called tail or streaky bacon) but I haven't looked recently since I'm not a big meat eater. I doubt it's prohibited in some way though since the last time I had it was a couple of years ago when I wanted to make bacon lattice for sandwiches and I got it from Aldi of all places.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Wow I can smell the sheer Australian autism from this comment.

[@forbin1185]

what we Americans call bacon the rest of the world calls pork belly. we just cure smoke and trim it a certain way

[@elimanator]

Honestly for me, at least out in California. The red solo cup is 100% authentic Americana, I have never thrown a larger party or been to a larger "drinking" party without red solo cups in attendance. So, at least they got that right lol

[@carlos_herrera]

This has been a tradition in the Northeast also for at least 30 years.

[@O-plaat]

They sell them in Europe as a American novelty because we don't have single use cups. At party's/festivals/... you usually pay for a reusable cup and you get a new one if you turn it in for your next drink. Its better for the environment, less of a clean up and as a student I collected empty cups because usually you can trade 2 empty reusable cups for a free drink.

[@kateyare4708]

Country singer Toby Keith recorded a song in tribute to the red solo cup. Doesn't get much more American than that.

[@mountainmonk5874]

@@O-plaat teenagers use them because when you have the cops bust the party you don't lose expensive multi use cups.

[@wolfenstarnice4821]

YEAH MAN SAAME. Every party, BBQ, etc even my birthdays all had red solo cups, I've never been to one without.

[@jonathan0berg]

This was fascinating. The foods seemed to be in two categories, either "This isn't american, but it kindof should be" and "why would anyone make that in the first place, and why blame it on us?"

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

yeah... the ground beef pate... and it's not intended to be fried or grilled, just eaten tartare.

[@_Devil]

considering that some state fairs in america have deepfried butter and deepfried icecream, i would say that any weird food that extremely high on sugar, calories, and/or fat can be safely assumed to be american (a third of us are obese, afterall)

[@Rescinded_Rainman]

@@_Devil the thing about state fairs, they’re only once a year, and that kinda food is a novelty, not something you’d get on any given Tuesday. Although I agree with the large portions, it can get out of control if you’re not familiar with the place you’re eating

[@nonenone4461]

@@_Devil This is a borderline lie. Specifically, Americans are the same weight they were a hundred years ago. But the averages are going up, up and up due to third world immigration. This is, of course, not mentioned in our ultra controlled leftist media, except accidentally, when they talk about the need for 60 inch waistline clothing for all the "children" showing up at our borders. Fitness. Very important to understand this. Your average American is FAR more fit than the average European and is incredibly fit compared to Asians. It is downright bizarre when Americans show up for fit for life marathons and the like in South Korea and you see what looks like obese, elderly Americans zooming past teenagers with incredibly tiny waists at twice the speed. This is a reflection of diet and nutrition. The ultimate reflection of this is almost 20 years longer lifespan. Someone who can hoist you over their head and run up a ladder is not...fat.

[@ivansoto9723]

@@nonenone4461 How does 3rd world immigration inflate obesity statistics?? This sounds like bs. I lived here in the US my whole life. There's a lot of fat people and it's people born here not immigrants lmao.

[@royalidk2245]

I believe the “American tablecloth” came to exist because of the American-style Service which is a type of service that’s taught on Hospitality school and it’s the most used style of service in the entire world. Also I would like to mention the Americano coffee. It’s a espresso shot just watered down a lot just as the “maybe” fake believing (maybe because I’m not actually sure if thats a thing or not) that Americans drink their coffee super watered down and plain black

[@silentsmurf]

Americans do not drink their coffee black. Most people around me douse it with cream and an ungodly amount of sugar 😱

[@undeadmyth9977]

@@silentsmurf ngl i've met a fair few people who drink their coffee black, but yeah i feel like it's more of a stereotype set by shows like "Bones"

[@LordSluggo]

The story I've always heard is that it got its name from espresso that was was watered down by/for GIs during WWII

[@Thobeian]

@@undeadmyth9977 it has more to do with blue-collar or “working-class” stereotypes of tough guys not having any fancy cream or sugar added to coffee.

[@alan-sk7ky]

:-) I remember a Dutch acquaintance having almost that problem which turned into one of those obstinate Dutch interrogations about something being wrong, eventually after the coffee chain shop manager was called they agreed to disagree and my acquaintance reluctantly settled for two espressos with some hot water added as a ' just a cup of normal coffee please'. Gotta love the Dutch eh 😀

[@betsysingh-anand3228]

I've eaten at an "American" restaurant in Germany. Bless their hearts, they sure did try their best. To be fair, it wasn't horrible and they came fairly close. But it definitely wasn't the same.

[@tlingitsoldier]

This guy is aggressively Canadian, with the hipster mustache, mullet, "aboots", and "oots". Very fitting in a video about stereotypes!

[@FlanylShirtman]

There's no one better to know American culture than someone not American.

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

@@FlanylShirtman Canadians are basically Americans that smoke more weed

[@evannall9786]

There similar ish but there are a lot differences

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@evannall9786 , Canada is just Diet United States just like how New Jersey is Diet New York.

[@xxportalxx.]

@Mario Portillo or Maine, love how our country is properly capped on either end with clouds of dank ganja and pools of experimental craft beer 😂🙌

[@lunaraydue1340]

I went to a "vintage American" store in Tokyo, and they had a shelf full of pins and magnets with various random English phrases, featuring great hits like: "Jesus is the bridge over troubled water," "Please be patient, God isn't finished with me yet," "Iran Sucks," "Give 'Em El Camino," "Vote O'Reilly for Mayor," and my personal favorite, "BEWARE: I'm armed and have premenstrual tension"

[@ScottaHemi440]

I'll take an El Camino! preferably 68 or 69

[@connorwinton4343]

sounds like the ameyoko in ueno lol

[@thatoneguy2023]

"Iran Sucks" lmao

[@isaacpeachey8609]

This is the equivalent of an American getting a Chinese character tattooed on them without knowing what it means.

[@Taschip]

Those sound like old American 80s movies and I love it.

[@THGfan-vy8xc]

The other really funny thing about all of this is that hot dogs are not something you can typically get at an American restaurant. Buying a prepared hot dog is almost exclusively reserved for sporting events. Other than that, if we want a hot dog, we just make them during summer months for grill outs/barbecues and such. But you almost never can buy a hot dog at a true restaurant (unless you're ordering off the kids' menu).

[@submarineinthesky8946]

Actually, that 'californian pizza' in Brazil sounds genuinely neat, and I'd love to try it.

[@honkhonk8009]

Reminds me of how Hawaiian style pizza, was straight up made in Ontario lmfao

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

​@@honkhonk8009The brand of canned Pineapples that was used to make Pineapple Pizza is called "Hawaiian".

[@RandomCommenter-qu2oc]

It actually sounds like something you’d find in California

[@assassinblackop]

I love the idea of a bunch of weary American travelers going into a restaurant overseas and the chef sees them and thinks "those poor Americans must be home sick, I'll make them a pizza just like their moms would!" Proceeds to pour corn on top of cheese pizza.

[@stephnicole3078]

This made me snort 😂

[@Shenaldrac]

"Thank you, but please never try to make me feel better ever again."

[@divine9008]

😂😂😂

[@nora__]

Honestly, my American heart would be very warmed by this. It can’t be as bad as pineapple on pizza.

[@jep9092]

😂☠😂☠😂☠😂 At least heat it up, strain it, and give us spoons

[@xxportalxx.]

Love how most of these 'American foods' would straight up disgust an actual American hahahaha reminds me of my Chinese friends' opinions of the 'Chinese food' chains here haha

[@facetioustitan3900]

Right, lol, like pineapple on pizza is still a divisive topping, imagine the controversy cherry and hotdog pizza would cause! :P

[@ashurakusanaga5917]

Yeah... somewhere along the line, Americans set a bad example of what is authentic American...

[@coltonsupergame]

@not tyre I don’t find it that angering. It’s actually kind of neat to see how other countries try to change the foods to fit their markets. Besides the United States is very guilty of this kind of thing.

[@valentinewiggin7782]

To be fair, many foods American foods in America disgust me.

[@MoonlightInTheStars-]

@@facetioustitan3900 yesssss sameee i was like ahhh disgusing whyyyyyyy why😆

[@kaym1040]

3:42 “I said yes… it was lie” absolutely floored me, hilarious. At least he’s honest about his lies lmao!

[@poiipoii1311]

I am Polish and Italian but was born in the USA. My family eats polish and Italian foods on Christmas. I think Christmas meals are closer to the families comfort food more than anything

[@anonymoususer8895]

No. You were born in Canada. Not the US.

[@anonymoususer8895]

You can’t be born in the US due to being way too poor

[@bullbobby92]

As a Mexican, hearing you say “ooo puto” was both confusing and hilarious

[@zaimusic_150]

I came down here looking for this comment 😂

[@bins1]

It's Filipino rice cake but yeah i get what u meant xD

[@basicallystupid7080]

same

[@victoriap1649]

I laughed too 😂

[@amandarodriguez8769]

Seriously 😂

[@kackers3]

The wildest thing I had in Japan that was considered "American" was cornbread. Ngl I was so hyped for some cornbread but when I got it, it was bread....with corn in it. Bread was good, corn was good, and out of politeness I said nothing cause they seemed excited tk bring it out to me.

[@3u-n3ma_r1-c0]

lmfao corn bread thats so disappointing

[@HolySpitball]

Dude if I was in a country like Japan and they said they'd bring me cornbread but brought me corn-in-bread, I'd be crushed lol

[@FiddlebirdBlue]

Eating strange things because they're "American" and my relatives were so pleased to present them to me was about 12% of my time in Germany lol

[@Me-dr9dv]

Hey, it was literal cornbread!

[@Bustermachine]

But it was good bread and good corn? That I find particularly funny. It makes it much more believable that it was a sincere effort! XD Like somebody told a Japanese baker about corn bread, but not enough to know how to make corn bread, so after giving it a hard think they tried their best.

[@erenoz2910]

In Turkey, there's this idea that the average American family kicks out their children the minute they turn 18. Not sure where that idea came from, but so many people seem convinced that it's an American tradition to just give the kids the boot as soon as they're legal adults.

[@mooseboose656]

Idk anyone who has done that but I have heard parents do that sometimes. But I think that idea is an extension of going to university and moving to a dorm and by the time you graduate you might get your own place idk

[@gracieayers8706]

This video was very refreshing thank you!

[@WhatsBliss]

I saw a tiktok the other day where an American living in France did a tour of the "America" frozen food in her local market and it was baffling and bizarre. But all the French people in the comments were insisting that it was realistic and representative of American food, all the while complaining about Americanized versions of French-food. The cognitive dissonance was astounding.

[@zz7340]

If it isn’t to much of a bother, do you mind linking or writing the tiktoker?

[@PlatoonGoon]

@@zz7340 it's far far too much to bother

[@mikef55]

Makes me wonder why Americans say "French Fries" when they have literally nothing to do with France

[@Draknfyre]

@@mikef55 Because the name was originally Frenched Fries. Frenched or French-style means cut into thin slivers. Like French-style green beans.

[@trevorsignorini6809]

@@mikef55 Pretty sure it has to do with the cut which kinda looks like a thicker julienne ( or "french") cut of the potatoes. Wikipedia also says that "french fried" was also what things that were deep-fried were termed in the 20th century.

[@joshuakim5240]

Brass knuckles being referred to as "American Fists" is honestly kind of badass.

[@DzMM88]

Here in Brazil we call them "English Fists", which makes me confused if they were invented in America or the UK.

[@benjaminhuether3846]

As an American, I'm proud of that one.

[@JaelinBezel]

@@DzMM88 So what do you call punching someone with a roll of coins?

[@BootsWDaSpurs]

@@JaelinBezel hitting the bank

[@davidhowell1415]

@@DzMM88 historians agree they were originally created in Ancient Greece and Rome. They were popularized from world war 1 and 2. More so WW 1 because of the large amount of trench warfare. The allies United Kingdom, the French, the United States and so on are the ones who primarily used them according to history. This is also how the popularity of the three sided knives with knuckle guards came about. After WW 1 the triblade was outlawed because the wounds were almost certainly fatal because of the inability to close the wound effectively and the amount of internal damage to organs.

[@jaelguest348]

Excellent video! I just discovered your channel today and it's fascinating and enlightening. I laughed at the bit about the red party cups. So random! I recently lived in France for a year and I thoroughly enjoyed the curious questions I got verifying American stereotypes people had seen in movies. I remember one woman asking me if we really had lockers at school. I was confused and asked, "you don't have lockers?" They mentioned High School Musical as a reference point for their image of American schools. Of all things Europeans might find exotic in American movies, I wasn't expecting lockers to be a point of interest but I was asked about them more than once. I was an English assistant at a middle school and a common question was whether or not I owned guns. The kids were also surprised that I rarely ate fast food and preferred other cultural foods like Southern home cooking and Tex-Mex. One of my favorite exchanges was about that marshmallow Fluff paste. A friend asked me if we actually eat that in America and I said not really. He said he found it gross, and I explained I've only used it to make fudge or other recipes. He said, "Wait, I spread it on toast. It's sold next to the peanut butter and other spreads." I thought that was hilarious.

[@AceFuzzLord]

On the subject of Spaghetti Westerns, I always thought what originally happened was that a famous western movie film director got caught up in legal trouble and decided to move to Italy rather than Italy making westerns before the style became popular

[@MajorConnizzle]

As someone from Massachusetts.. the fact that "spreadable marshmallow fluff" is considered "exotic" to you hurts on a unexplainable level.

[@ashurakusanaga5917]

As a fellow New Englander from Maine, I feel ya...

[@selina7318]

True, I was about to say Fluff isn't a general American staple, but it sure is a regional staple in Mass. It feels like a really appropriate thing to have on the American shelf since at least it is an 'American' invention.

[@kennethjacobs3309]

To me, it's that thing I have to scour the earth for when I'm in the mood to start making desserts.

[@laurencethornblade8357]

Don't eat anything that is made in Lynn.

[@bektasbirben6077]

New Yorker here, and Fluff is a household staple

[@littleferrhis]

“In great films such as American Pie and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”. Ah yes Scott Pilgrim, the movie set in the wonderful American city of Toronto.

[@Corwin256]

This was a while ago, but I seem to recall that when IBM created a supercomputer to play Jeopardy! and even won the game, it still messed up at one point and responded with a question about Toronto when the answer mentioned the city being American.

[@jero37]

Too be fair, JJ has many times pointed out how Canada in the US are culturally more similar than they are different. But it IS an American production, with a British Director, set in Canada.

[@burnttoast26]

Based upon a Canadian graphic novel series, no less.

[@respectedgentleman4322]

It's a marketing strategy, did you think they were shooting for perfection?

[@ReasonableRadio]

@@respectedgentleman4322 I'm actually happy that people buying the cups might have even seen scott pilgrim or anything set in Canada

[@karaleetdrenduringdragon8961]

I just saw a reaction video to this episode on the L3WG Reacts channel. Oh my, this was funny so I had to come over and give this a like and a second watch. Thanks for a fun video.

[@hawyercruz3618]

"IT WAS LIE!" god damn that line is gold

[@calebprovencher7727]

The way he said "It was LIE!" so wholesomely excuses him for any false advertising for a Kentucky Fried Christmas

[@suedeel6194]

It was a RIE

[@peanut5404]

@@suedeel6194 bruh.

[@Lazlowinthehouse]

@@peanut5404 The word R is basically pronounced like the letter L in Japan. So, Ramen is pronounced LAH-men. So RIE is indeed pronounced LIE.

[@maddie9602]

I mean, at the end of the day, was he really hurting anyone? Maybe Japanese immigrants to the US are occasionally embarrassed when they find out KFC for Christmas isn't actually a thing in America, but as deceptive ad campaigns go, it's ultimately pretty harmless and actually kind of funny.

[@whatno5090]

@@Lazlowinthehouse no it varies mostly between a retroflex tap and an alveolar flap

[@Shaunks86]

I don't believe there's an American alive who wouldn't love to be associated with brass knuckles and duct tape.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

Right! And that French sandwich actually looked pretty good.

[@BingBongFairy]

You've found one 😂

[@Garvant_]

It just rings of power

[@subtopewdipie4159]

Damn right brother

[@KAMFP]

with the AMERICAN FIST, you too can feel like ALL MIGHT

[@noone1929]

When I was in Colombia our hosts served us "American" hamburgers topped with a slice of ham over the beef patty and a whole boiled quail egg in the middle with salsa rosa in packets on the side (it was premixed ketchup and mayo). But honestly I should have expected the quail egg they were in just about every dish I was served including fried rice. X]

[@spartan1010101]

the hotdog in brine is definitely some kind of play off the classic NYC dirty water dogs lmao

[@SirSplee]

It's amazing how most of the food countries are convinced that we Americans eat are mostly things we in the United States would think is absolutely repulsive.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

Well, “trashy” food is what the average Joe eats almost regularly.

[@sarcasticommentator]

@@bobbiusshadow6985 as an average Joe, I absolutely disagree. Yeah sure I might have hotdogs and pizza occasionally but I’m not gonna eat it with any of those gross toppings. I eat my hotdogs simple with ketchup and mustard lol.

[@mittromney6052]

@@sarcasticommentator it's just the rest of the world hating America and thinking the majority of them are gross pigs just because there's no law stopping these gross companies from dropping gallons of sugar and oil on to anything

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The stereotype of american food is basically gigantic portions with way too much fat and sugar and salt.

[@knightsky4438]

@@HappyBeezerStudios true but thats only the case in texas

[@roxacrocker9015]

When I studied in France, there was a restaurant called “Ethnic Food” that was all about sandwiches inspired by the world. It was essentially a fauxthentic tour of the world. There was one called “California” which was essentially a burger, but the real kicker was the “Taco Américain” which is already funny because in France they have something called tacos that are essentially burritos filled with meat, fries, cheese, and spicy sauce put in a panini press - which is another story for another time. This ‘taco’ was pretty much a crunch wrap supreme with fries in there as well. I mean, I guess it’s not too far off since Taco Bell is a very Americanized version of Mexican food. So basically we’re just playing a game of taco telephone at this point.

[@ATSaale]

Tacobellophone, you still have time to change it 🤫

[@jh8320]

I see traces of fact in a few of the things in this video. Fries on a sandwich/burger is “Pittsburgh style.” They say so truckers can eat the meal without stopping. Also the black and white cookies are very much a thing in New York.

[@EagleScoutmano]

The french "American sandwich" was about the most American thing on the list- I could go out to my local gas station chain and order a burger sub with fries on it very easily, and that is all it appears to be.

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

So it was basically a Cali Crunchwrap lol. A Cali Burrito is an asada burrito with fries in it lol.

[@florix7889]

French tacos are an insult to French cuisine lol. I'm ashmaned a French person come up with it

[@kms4money]

8:30 I KNOW WE DONT HAVE ANY FILTERS BUT I SWEAR THEY TASTE AMAZING

[@wolfchanel2879]

I love all of these. This is so cool to see

[@Zizumia]

When you're an American you can feel like your culture is bland and universal due to influence and presence the United States has. So it's always interesting to see other cultures find American culture just as exotic as we Americans find their culture exotic.

[@JJMcCullough]

One thing I’ve learned is that Americans overestimate how much the world knows about them and the world overestimates how much they know about America.

[@Gewehr_3]

@@JJMcCullough That's a good way of putting it

[@ramanarendra537]

@@JJMcCullough Spot on

[@Halo_Legend]

Mostly not exotic in a good way though. Food considered to be trash in america: any kind of bakery, pizza, hot dogs (and we don't call "hot dogs" just the sausage, that's stupid, we call the whole thing a "hot dog"), fast food (it's even fatter and more unhealthy than anywhere else) and so on Food considered to be good there: ughh... I might get back on it later

[@ashkitt7719]

@@Halo_Legend Fried Chicken and Waffles, Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Spaghetti and Meatballs, as examples.

[@enzoofelba]

"Obviously Americans don't eat things like Oreos cereal that much" Me sitting here with my favorite cereal, Oreo O's: Yeah totally

[@milkzealot1260]

That was a missed oprotunity to call them Ore O's.

[@intensivecareunitpee5838]

gotta say, if they added the marshmallows back itd be my favorite. chocolate krave has that spot until then

[@normanicusinvictus7416]

... *looks to his shelf filled with Oreo Os and Reeses* "Damn. Am I the stereotype?"

[@lang9686]

@@intensivecareunitpee5838 yeah but then they wouldn't be vegan

[@laylabranom5494]

He said that right as I read your comment, while eating a bowl of Captain Crunch 🤣

[@musicwiggle22]

Nice love this video This just came in my recommended lol I've been to Mexico recently and the Starbucks in the airports have sandwiches, burgers, and salads, etc Also my mom was confused that the grocery stores didn't carry Tapatio hot sauce (they had Valentina, Tajin and Tabasco)

[@Dobranican]

I am glad I watched this and had it randomly suggested while watching GMM... I learned a lot (a boot) American stereotypes lol

[@davidshaw9199]

I’m gonna start calling Brass Knuckles “American-Fists” now, sounds badass and it’s like our own country’s martial arts weapon.

[@AntonioZL]

They're called 'english punch' in Brazil.

[@shoyrushoyru]

@@AntonioZL ok now these are just starting to sound like special moves

[@AntonioZL]

@@shoyrushoyru i can definitely see a bri'ish doing a special move while shouting ENGLISH PUNCH

[@Darasilverdragon]

We should make them out of steel, and temper the opposite ends to be red and blue after hardening - with normally tempered steel in the middle

[@WraxTV]

Great accessory to go with your Chicago Typewriter.

[@Steadyaim101]

In Istanbul, I went to "America-burger" where every burger on the menu was named after a different state. I got the "Wisconsin-burger" and apparently that meant a normal hamburger, but with a shit load of melted cheese on it. Not American (Canadian) but that seems to check out from my understanding of Wisconsin.

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

Yeah Wisconsin loves it’s cheese only California makes near the same amount of cheese

[@ArtsyMagic239]

I'm really curious now! What did Georgia have?

[@esmereldapinchon1422]

Truth be told, the best of American cuisine is really from someplace else.

[@ananon5771]

seems the turks understand my home-state well lol.

[@Steadyaim101]

@@ArtsyMagic239 Sorry this was a few years ago now. I remember Texas had a legit prime rib instead of a burger, but its like Turkey beef so it was really low quality and that California was just a portobello instead of meat. Also apparently this was a super fancy restaurant few locals could afford but the vibe was middle of the road steakhouse and I was there in a t-shirt but the locals were all dressed up for it.

[@Smallfrye]

The Rewe down the road from me in Germany had an "American" section that had: hotdogs in glass jars, paper plates, microwave popcorn, and sweet baby rays BBQ sauce. My brother and I had a good laugh about it. Another funny similar situation happened when we had a German friend on our Lacrosse team ask my brother and I if we could bring him a case of Mountain Dew from the American Commissary on post. Apparently he tried he when it visited American and absolutely loved it, lol.

[@scrambyvision]

Loved this

[@AmunRa1]

One of my favorite examples of this comes from a streamer I watch, Joel “Vargskelethor”, who is Swedish. He was talking to his chat about “Rhode Island Dressing”, and his entire chat was like “wtf is that” and he got to find out that Rhode Island Dressing is entirely a Swedish invention and none of his American audience knew wtf it was.

[@Ingrid922]

There is something called Thousand Island Dressing which I'm guessing is what they may have mixed it up with.

[@Asa...S]

@@Ingrid922 I wouldn´t call it mixed it up with, more like perhaps an easier version of the Thousand Island dressing. The Rhode Island dressing is super simple sauce with just mayo, sour cream, chili sauce and salt (and perhaps some cognac). It doesn´t have any texture or pieces in it. The Thousand Island dressing often have mayo, no sour cream, and also some kind of chopped pickes and onions, an hard boiled egg (in the original recipe, but some people leave that out nowadays) etc, so it has pieces in it.

[@Karameleon]

oh god hello fellow vargskelethor fan

[@Chaos89P]

I remember him trying root beer, and found it was good. I think it was Mug.

[@Karameleon]

@@Chaos89P yes, it was a mug moment

[@ElCapitanDeLaNoche]

To be totally fair, they kinda got it right with the red Solo cups. They truly do represent college-style partying in America.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

They might, but they're sold at extremely inflated prices and marketed in that so very desperate and forced _"You've seen them in American movies!"_ kind of way. I don't think all that many people get suckered in by that nonsense, but there's fools looking to part with their money all over the world. Young people making payments on student loans and living on instant ramen typically aren't going to spend the equivalent of almost $10 on a a couple of dozen cups for a party when regular ones (which you can actually find in a convenience store) do the same thing for a fraction of the price.

[@Bellehiek]

It’s true, as a UCLA student most of us own some solo cups… we have some rainbow ones in our cupboard right now

[@turbo_marc]

It’s not an American party without the red solo cups!

[@DiviAugusti]

@@turbo_marc Did they ever use the solo cups to play beer pong at those American parties?

[@blimlimlimm]

​@@DiviAugusti that's the only way I've ever seen it played

[@BOABModels]

Most disposable cups in the UK are white or translucent plastic or white paper so those red ones are really recognisable from American movies. Scott Pilgrim is Canadian of course.

[@mariovidmar7]

You should definitely do more videos on faux American foods

[@louis5668]

As a kid I went to Italy to visit my grandparents. A pizza came out with hot dogs and French fries on it and I remember thinking this is the most American thing that Americans don’t actually eat

[@zeprulz1]

My first taste of pizza in a German pizzeria had corn and sliced hard boiled eggs on it. Was actually kind of good. At the same time, Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's are fairly well represented in most of Europe, so despite these exotic "American" concoctions, Europeans know exactly what American style pizza really is.

[@iota-09]

@@zeprulz1 funny enough, while that may be true on central and northern european countries(i think?) i have NEVER seen any of those in italy, in fact, mcdonald aside, the only other american fast food service i've seen was burger king and the first time was 10 years ago. apparently kfc was here for some time, but i dunno... either way, i'm not surprised, my brother tasted danish domino's and when asked how it tastes, his answer was "you know how there's these chips and stuff that advertise as being "pizza taste"? that, but an actual pizza with the consistency of cardboard." i think that explains quite well why domino's isn't a thing in italy.

[@zeprulz1]

@@iota-09 Fair enough. I was thinking north of the alps when I made that statement. I apologize. Come to think of it, I never saw the chain pizza places in Italy. (And honestly, trying to open one in Italy would be a very bad business decision.. lol) I've had pizza in Naples (good), and Rome (not really my thing), but the very best pizza I've had in my entire life was at a little restaurant in Vicenza. It was one of the most amazing food experiences I've ever had. I have no idea what the name of the place was but I've never forgotten it. I find it interesting that one thing that the U.S. and Italy share are regional differences in pizza. In the U.S., NY pizza is different from Chicago pizza, which is different from Detroit pizza, etc, and everyone has their favorite. Italy has many regional differences as well. I found the 3 styles I mentioned, while all had dough and toppings, were significantly different and I could definitely pick a favorite. If I ever get back to Italy, I'm going to make an effort to get to Vicenza, for no other reason than having that pizza again.

[@iota-09]

@@zeprulz1 hmm... afaik, vicenza doesn't have any particular style of pizza, the 3 main pizza styles are sicialian, roman and napolitan, then there's focaccia which people sometimes don't even consider pizza(but it honestly is) could you describe it? also i'd argue culinary difference in italy ar emore town-based than region-based outside of bigger things like pizza... and in fact, it's like wherever you go in naples you'll have a great pizza, there's bad places there too, it's just that elsewhere you'll be far more hard pressed to get a good pizza, ngl, you probably were quite lucky to get one that good in vicenza.

[@MasterGamer-zl7hq]

I wouldn’t mind eating a pizza with some hot dogs and fries, idk bout u

[@Kyy-Sokia]

“They put relish and mayo together.” My life just came crashing down that some people don’t know what Tartar sauce it.

[@ThePelagicLumberjack]

Right? Tartar sauce is 100% American sauce.

[@worldweaver2691]

that's what goes into Tartar sauce?

[@Kyy-Sokia]

@@worldweaver2691 mayonnaise, relish, lemon juice

[@katarh]

But.... we don't put tartar sauce in a blender to make it a solid neon green..... It's supposed to be white with green chunks.

[@ThePelagicLumberjack]

@@katarh I'd still use it

[@heylana5927]

Actually here in Brazil we don't have anything like "taça americana" but we do have "copo americano", which is just a smaller glass that literally translates to "American glass". In fact, at any bar you go to you will be served beer in one of those.

[@BirdMoose]

When I imagine "american food" my go to thoughts were brugers, BBQ, and common American styles of other nations foods, such as Americanized Chinese or Italian food. But more iconic in my opinion is regional specialties, like the southwest's distinct style of Mexican food, or Cajun food in the south, or the northeast's seafood flavors. Its really crazy seeing how different pther countries see us to how we see ourselves. Of course the same is true for all exoticized cultures.

[@tylerramos7633]

The funniest thing about the “American sausages” in a can is that here in the USA we call them “Vienna sausages” lol I guess nobody knows where they came from.

[@Artleycoul]

I just told my British friend that! 🤣

[@xyz39808]

vienna = wiener

[@galgamekthegreatlord4823]

In South Africa we call them Vienna's too

[@Artleycoul]

@@munchenonyou3774 When I was a kid, they did.

[@tundraart2693]

@@munchenonyou3774 no no they most definitely do

[@youreperfectstudio4789]

I remember when I lived In Germany they called cell phones “handies” and many thought people in America call them that. I didn’t have the heart to tell them what a handy is in America.

[@TheRealNinja5704]

Always wondered why they called them that, even still to this day while still learning German. Same thing in regards to phone number or "handinummer"

[@teaartist6455]

Most people know it's not the real English name, as, you know, most of us can speak English. it is, however, English enough (or, well, a English word (handy) turned into a noun (Handy) that isn't used in English speaking countries) to cause some occasional brainfarts.

[@smol_chilli_pepper]

Some countries call cellphones handphones. It probably comes from that term.

[@schnabeltiertv]

I remember a time when cellphones just became more common. The word wasn't taught in english class yet and the internet wasn't what it is now, so listening or speaking to native speakers was quite rare. I think most people thought it was an original english word. It would always show up on those "false friends" lists we got in english class years later and I know people who still get it mixed up.

[@0Heeroyuy01]

i would have just to see their faces

[@justintonne5669]

The black and white cookies are very popular in the US north east. Every bakery or bagel shop has them.

[@slyfox7452]

Its pretty nice seeing the American food sections in other countries as it is fun to see how our food is shown

[@wafelsen]

My favorite example of something being called "American" abroad is that in Israel, a multiple choice test is called an "American test".

[@estahbear]

😂

[@LitoMike]

but its true

[@bestaqua23]

It's not like this everywhere 0.0 ?

[@defski]

@@bestaqua23 Nope. In Britain for instance, our exam paper answers were usually written words. I've only done one multiple choice exam in my life, and that was the entrance exam of a prestigious school (which I failed, lol)

[@kyh148]

@@bestaqua23 Most things aren't multiple choice, no.

[@yeeyeeass]

The war regarding pineapple’s role on pizza has been a distraction from the main fight - hot dogs on pizza

[@Devid1910]

I'm italian, and I can tell you, "hot dogs" (also called wurstel there) are an extremely common and delicious topping in a pizza. Sure, not really in the original neapolitan pizza, but they are pretty good. Just like the "american" pizza, that has fried potatoes and wurstels, in it, and some also have onions. And yeah, absolutely FUCK pineapple on pizza.

[@zecorezecron]

It's just sausage on pizza. Like pepperoni, but more tasteless.

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@Devid1910 so you're a fan of the American Pie movie's approach to romancing foodstuffs?

[@jademonass2954]

ngl, i feel like people are also sleeping on cherries on pizza, like wth

[@joeees7790]

The weird bit is the pineapple on pizza thing was from a Greek immigrant. To Canada.

[@Hatsworthful]

Curiously both the 'russian mountain' is also part of brazilian portuguese, and our equivalent of the french name for brass knuckles is slightly more accurate, pretty much translated word for word: russian mountain -> montanha russa (which is the exact same thing) and poing americain -> soco inglês (which translates to 'english punch' or 'brittish punch' rather than 'american fist', as 'inglês' can mean both the language and the brittish nationality depending on context).

[@nutmegz9534]

I was really happy you mentioned the KFC on Christmas bit. I was taken aback when i experienced that in Japan. I learned it essentially caught on because Colonel Sanders looks like Santa as well.

[@hugiilopez2111]

But he didn't mention the Juggler slot machines... You'd only know about those if you were local, despite their popularity. American Las Vegas themed slots, but in Japan.

[@jackdunne6152]

I love the irony that the "pain american" in France has French fries on it, an American dish we falsely attributed to the French. Well played, France. Well played.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

I'm pretty sure the "French" part of French Fry is from how the potato is cut.

[@lowlsqwid]

@@SSBBPOKEFAN it's funny because it came from the Walloons of Belgium who speak french.

[@tomfrazier1103]

Les frites!

[@auggieeasteregg2150]

Bro French fries were invented in Belgium. They're called French fries because Belgium is very culturally French and for a long time was even part of France for a long time

[@jimeagle1155]

I think they're called french fries because they're potatoes that are French cut then deep-fried, I don't think it has anything to do with France.

[@CodaMission]

Duct tape being called "American tape" makes a lot of sense actually. We did invent it. It was a military invention, a waterproof tape that was green to blend in with their ammo cans. Its amphibious nature earned it the nickname "Duck Tape" among troops, but when it achieved civilian application, its common usage was for home repair like on HVACs, so the green was changed to metallic silver, and the name became "Duct tape".

[@highviewbarbell]

honestly of all the things we could be remembered for, Duct Tape is a pretty good one. It's a life-changing invention and has literally saved lives and saved space missions even

[@anigamer379]

@Highview Barbell Also saves money on car inspections. That's the real important one

[@pilsplease7561]

@@highviewbarbell its one of the top inventions ever.

[@BonelessPeanutbutter]

If you can't duct it, f* it

[@trentspears9118]

That French Sandwich is actually fairly realistic. It's not a *traditional* food but if you were looking for that kind of sandwich they can certainly be found, usually in "late night casual dining" sort of places.

[@barker8262]

Totally subscribed because of this vid

[@absalomdraconis]

You can tell that "California pizza" wasn't invented by someone that's done a lot of travelling in the US lately, because it has neither avocados nor guacamole.

[@bblvrable]

Yeah, when I saw "California Pizza" I was expecting shrimp & avocado.

[@daddyosink4413]

@@bblvrable gluten free crust, avocado, vegan bacon, and cashew "cheese"😂

[@paddyb5641]

@@daddyosink4413 f**k sake man. Just remembered i bought a bag of cashews. Clearly i left them in the pub!

[@antilogism]

@@bblvrable I was expecting Jalapeños---piled high!. I will say those little dried shrimp (hibi) would be great sprinkled on top.

[@antilogism]

@@daddyosink4413 As a Californian, it's gotta be organic, free-range, sea-salt cured, apple-wood smoked, thick-sliced bacon.

[@eggdude]

I got two stories. My family spent 4 years in Okinawa, Japan and for a few weeks I got to live with a Japanese family while on the island Yuron. Anyways, one morning they decided to surprise me with an “American breakfast” which consisted of A baguette, french fries, and soda. Couldn’t help but laugh but was thankful for the effort nevertheless. Second was my first time meeting my Canadian step-brothers for the first time. I live in North Dakota and am only a few hours away from where they live, yet they strangely seemed to get so much culture shock out of me despite me living closer to them than someone who lives in Minneapolis. This continued to the extent where when I was hanging out with them in their friends, I said “It’s only a few miles down the road.” and their friend said “Wooooaaahhhh you guys actually say MILES?!?!”

[@jerrey6841]

as an american i can proudly say i've probably had that "american breakfast" before

[@spiderdude2099]

Wait until someone tells them, we don’t just SAY “miles” but use them exclusively to describe distance as our measuring system….

[@Kyoukichi]

Yoronjima (Yoron Island), not Yuron It's also Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu island, not Okinawa.

[@eggdude]

@@Kyoukichi Yeah that’s what I was thinking, when I googled Yuron I wasn’t getting anything so I kinda went against my judgement

[@Gregornmy]

i hope the next morning you made them bacon, grits, scrambled eggs and biscuits!

[@Default78334]

In Japan, corn dogs are called "American dog[s]" Another fun one is the Italian fashion brand Franklin & Marshall, inspired by collegewear that the designers found in a thrift shop or such not realizing that it was an actual, active college in the US.

[@keeganharris186]

The "Taste of America" section at the beginning of the video is hilarious to me

[@hardcorehardo]

That's very normal to us

[@biggusdickus3936]

Taste of obesity

[@craydussy]

@@biggusdickus3936 taste of liberty yessir

[@sanmarino8605]

That image can trigger almost any American including me

[@dinamosflams]

@@suushwin aren't both cultures similar, except for the brittish Chips sandwiches

[@phantomteammate8271]

When my mother was teaching English in China, she, her American friends, and their Chinese T.A.s decided to go out for "American food" (pizza). My mother loves to tell about how they tried to find the most "American" toppings that they could (I think it ended up being some kind of meat and seaweed), then went and sat down. The Chinese people at the restaurant were trying to either eat the pizza with a knife and fork, or with chopsticks, because eating with your hands is not customary in China. The group's translator was really nervous because she "didn't know how to eat with a fork but really wanted to eat pizza like an American". My mom and her friends kept assuring her that she would be able to eat pizza like an American without a problem, and when the food came, the whole group had a good laugh when they learned that Americans eat pizza with their hands.

[@Luboman411]

I lived in Beijing, China. Chinese people know how to eat with forks and they eat pizza with their hands. You don't have to explain these things to them. Your mom must've gone when China was just opening up to the West in the 1980s or to some very remote interior Chinese town where pizza and fork etiquette was still very foreign to the town inhabitants.

[@phantomteammate8271]

@@Luboman411 You are correct on both accounts. Yes, she went to a very small town in eastern China back in the early 1990s. The inhabitants were still quite conservative with only a little western influence.

[@VGviciouskitten]

dude 2 seconds into the video I take one look at you and im like "yeah, this guy knows his stuff"

[@OptimusPhillip]

Another type of American food that is victim to exoticism is carnival food. You may have seen posts online about deep fried Twinkies, Oreos, and even butter, accompanied by comments about how "can you believe Americans actually eat this?" The thing is that, while those things do exist, they aren't a typical part of the American diet. You typically only see them at funfairs, where they're sold basically as novelty food items. We don't eat them regularly, and I doubt most Americans would eat them regularly given the chance to.

[@michaeldesanta977]

As a Mexican-American, *"Oooh, Puto!"* made me laugh for like 3 minutes straight, and then after rewinding, the fact that it's called _"White King Puto"_ made me laugh even harder.

[@tacomeme429]

As a filipino-american who grew up eating it without knowing the meaning, it's delicious

[@nictouris6054]

It's the homophobic f slur.

[@CandyJackalope]

Ya, I had this in the background and as a fellow Mexican-American hearing "ohh, puto" made me die of laughter

[@DoughBoy45]

@@nictouris6054 it’s the n word of gay people

[@justafellowstranger4327]

Puto what I understand is bitch Por example Que puto Translation What a bitch

[@xy-moron1779]

When I went to London there was a machine to exchange other types of money to pounds, there were different signature places flashing in the machine (like the Eiffel Tower for France, Christ the redeemer) and for the US they had a hotdog

[@Cr4z3d]

XD

[@hydrolito]

Hotdog also called Frankfurter named after Frankfurt, Germany.

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

I want to know who chose that instead of the statue of liberty. Isn't that at least a little recognizable?

[@Cr4z3d]

@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer Very good point

[@cullendwyer7441]

The Czechs eat way more hot dogs than Americans. Just just skip the bun and call them "parky". They eat them for breakfast.

[@l9uh519]

This guy talks like Jeff Spicolli from fast times at ridgemont high and i love it

[@Pvydrow]

Just searched a bit about that California Styled Pizza Brazil has, from what I've gathered it was named that because the colors on the pizza are flashy and bright and it resembles Hollywood??? Still if they were going for the aesthetic I think that it fits Vegas much better, but I ALSO found that Brazil has another, more savory, version of the California pizza, which features Avocado, Goat cheese and artichoke heart