What other countries are told is "American"

[@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

[@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)

[@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.

[@reydances]

@@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.

[@_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

[@isgodreal1337]

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

[@a-s-greig]

Turnabout is fair play.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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]

💀💀💀

[@Riiver_Styxx]

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.

[@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.

[@DW94576]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 ?

[@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.

[@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)

[@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.

[@kyebronwyn2980]

@@nonenone4461 Bro link me to like one study that says Americans are more fit on average than Asianas and Europeans 😭

[@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.

[@MidwestArtMan]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Zartu_3rd_Overlord_of_Blargon7]

And it was a flop

[@Zartu_3rd_Overlord_of_Blargon7]

@@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.

[@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

[@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😆

[@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.

[@thomasschoeck9080]

Certain stores like Target and Rite Aid sell plastic cups that are similar to these. Some of them are red, others are blue. They also sell clear plastic cups.

[@roberthunter479]

I was shocked that these ubiquitous things are exotic. People here buy them because they are better than Dixie cups and are nice for events.

[@benjaminr8229]

It almost 100% because of American movies

[@thegreypath1777]

Sometimes, the Solo cups also come in blue.

[@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?

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@VastDivide]

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.

[@jdools4744]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Silverpicker]

Hey JJ! When I was studying abroad in China, at our kickoff dinner we were served french fries with ketchup and sprinkles on top 😂 (yes, like for ice cream)

[@horuskebab]

what the fuck...

[@philagelio336]

wtf

[@bignastysimzz]

Heinz used to make ketchup with sparkles in canada... called sparkys I can't seem to find the ad thought

[@rainthedraconic402]

Ketchup and sprinkles are gross. Individually and together

[@Mammutidae]

That reminds me of a type of roti I had in Malaysia as a kid. I believe there were also sparklers involved.

[@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.

[@lexyheartsbeauty]

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

[@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.

[@Tommy-the-coffee-addict]

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.

[@Cthepro321]

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

[@same3328]

(As an American) We do actually have the "amerikaner" cookies here, at least where I'm from on the East coast. They're really common and can be found in most grocery stores and many bakeries (they're particularly common in American Jewish delis). They're called half-moons or black and whites.

[@haratofu]

Yeah! I think NYC is best known for them.

[@mikefromco]

Hilariously until I saw this I thought they were associated more with the Polish Jew community

[@same3328]

@@mikefromco idk maybe that's true. i just know theyre common here, and i associate them with jewish communities, but i dont know their origins.

[@Maxime_Grisé]

We have them in some grocery stores in Massachusetts too!

[@same3328]

@@Maxime_Grisé yes that's where I live lol

[@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?

[@tiannagraham5210]

i talked to a friend in the uk about lemonade. growing up in the us, lemonade is just lemon juice, water, and sugar. kids could make it themselves. but i learned that elsewhere, lemonade is carbonated. but not only that, it’s literally just sprite or 7up or whatever. like, lemonade is what they call lemon-lime sodas and that blew my mind

[@O-plaat]

jup, fanta is lemonade in Europe

[@Lilliathi]

Lemonade is originally French. Carbonated drinks were invented in the UK, and carbonated lemonade is mostly consumed in the UK.

[@gristen]

this one still drives me up the wall. the american food stereotype should be a nice cold glass of freshly squeezed lemonade

[@Lilliathi]

@@gristen Yeah, and an apple pie right? Neither are American in origin. You get cheeseburgers, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies.

[@Volundur9567]

Ramuné came from "Lemonade," meaning carbonated drink.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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😩😩

[@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?!?!”

[@ihavenoqualms]

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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@tw_judy]

The “Amerikaner” black and white cookies are actually just New York style bnw cookies. So they do exist in the states, just not every one. My New Yorker boyfriend was surprised when I’d never heard of them before!

[@AnimatorBlake]

In my part of New York State, we call them Half-Moon Cookies.

[@Averaage_Commenter]

@@AnimatorBlake half moon cookies sound delicious

[@tw_judy]

@@AnimatorBlake upstate? My bf calls em that too

[@flygirl6048]

The only correct thing in the whole lineup lol. I'm from MN and my NYC boyfriend introduced me too

[@AnimatorBlake]

@@tw_judy Yep, pretty far upstate.

[@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.

[@SuperSayinSolidSnek]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@CynicalHistorian]

Oddest thing while watching this: started off getting hungry for some fried chicken, but lost all apatite as the weirdo stuff kept coming

[@gigaswardblade7261]

ah yes, californian pizza... every californian's favorite... (ps i dont live in california but even i know that pizza is the work of satan)

[@Liggliluff]

I'd try any of those. Some are weird, but I'll try it.

[@BananaRadiation]

I'd never eat any of those. Even the American fry sauce sounded gross

[@bad_ideas289]

@@gigaswardblade7261 Born in California, and have lived here my entire life. I did not know that that "Californian pizza" existed prior to today, and I now I wish I could un-know about it.

[@YAPYAPTAP]

Fr, as soon as he started talking about the creamed corn on the pizza, I almost lost my creamed corn. If that’s how the rest of the planet sees us, then I’m not surprised that they all hate us lmao. We’re just a dude with a massive helicoptering dick flying around dropping creamed corn on pizzas. Very sick.

[@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.

[@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.

[@BillyReb]

If you can't duct it, f* it

[@HakuRules1133]

I am a Chinese but I grew up in America. I went on a tour or China about 6 years ago when I was 24. We were served a dish that was supposed to make us Americans comfortable. It was like a big chicken tender with a fruit catchup served on a bed of fries. It was good but also was fun to see what they thought of as American food.

[@jovetj]

LOL! That must have been a riot. It's kinda sad, though, because food is something all of us humans have to eat, and one of the easiest things to share across cultures. Everywhere has some fabulous food, let's get sharing!!

[@kendrafox6648]

@@jovetj yeah its really cute that other cultures try to emulate each other's foods to varying degrees of success I think it shows we're all more alike then some people want to think

[@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.

[@LeBongFairy]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@iw3892]

When I was in China, my group was told many times that they thought 'mazel tov' was cool American slang, and our tour guides would say it several times in place of words such as 'wow' and 'cool'.

[@a.dennis4835]

That's hilarious.

[@Lilithksheh7723]

*WHEEZE*

[@jamesdulak3108]

That's pretty cute honestly. Mazel Tov to those Chinese citizens haha.

[@camthesaxman3387]

I guess he lived in New York around Jewish populations.

[@chocolatechipslime]

And as an American I’ve only ever heard that word in a Black Eyed Peas song, in fact I’m not even sure what mazel tov is

[@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

[@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).

[@bluecoin3771]

Or unless it’s like Nathan’s.

[@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 😂🙌

[@enzoofelba]

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

[@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 🤣

[@Epck]

I grew up on oreo os and fluff is staple

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@mkyt2601]

Red solo cups aren't fauxthentic... they're just straight up authentic. I've never seen them outside the US. except as part of the idea of novelty American items. They're a staple of college house parties, amongst other parties in the US. Sure they're not high-brow, but they're certainly a part of American culture. Just ask Toby Keith.

[@fraserwilson249]

Red solo cups are a party standard in Canada, too, and are definitely not thought of as a novelty American item up here but are just the cups you usually buy for parties.

[@steverempel8584]

Yeah, I see them everywhere here in Ontario. Didn't know they weren't common in the USA. I've gotten those Red cups lots, just cause they were the best things to use, didn't know there was anything special about them.

[@kindlin]

@@steverempel8584 Who said they weren't common? MKYT said they were an authentic American item. I've personally bought, used, and drank from many a red solo cup at just about every party I ever went to. I have a bag in my cupboard, as we speak, for just-in-case moments. EDIT: I just realized how a "bag of cups" sounds very American, even to me, lol.

[@steverempel8584]

@@kindlin Maybe they aren't common in Europe? I think I may have misunderstood the comment I replied to, so they are common in the USA?

[@kindlin]

@@steverempel8584 They are quite common. A bit low brow (cheap) but very effective, and allllllllllllllll over colleges.

[@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

[@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.

[@JagoHazzard]

Here in the UK, there's a sushi chain called Yo Sushi, which at least as of last year was advertising Japanese-style fried chicken as a Christmas thing.

[@philthornton1382]

Korean fried chicken is actually a thing

[@eyzmin]

@@perforongo9078 its their valentines day, not kidding, its a romantic holiday, not a family one

[@Yamezzzz]

I hate Yo Sushi, tried it in both Belfast and southern England so it's definitely equally terrible UK-wide.

[@84rinne_moo]

@@eyzmin not really Valentine’s Day. Cause Valentine’s Day is also celebrated there (as well as “White Day” which is like Valentine’s Day but a little different). But yea it’s popular for couples to go out.

[@cbygelightbulb]

Ah man it's "guy who tells me about the underground"

[@nietzscha5056]

I would argue that the red solo cups aren't "faux" Americana. Informal parties such as kids' parties, drinking parties, BBQs, wedding/baby showers, etc are very popular here in the U.S. and the red solo cup is ubiquitous to these parties. They really are a part of our culture, so other parts of the world are getting that one right!

[@Onomatopoeia4u]

And the company that makes them is entirely American. I worked there for 10 years, they treat you like crap, give you a pittance for a raise every year, and make awful decisions about how their money is spent!

[@stuffbenlikes]

@@Onomatopoeia4u They aren't sober cups, they are party cups... No one makes good decisions around them.

[@lanefunai4714]

Toby Keith approves

[@mijoges6288]

@@Onomatopoeia4u wow the red cup really is all american

[@jameso6106]

Yeah, except we all just go get a Solo cup because they are the best party cups. We don't purposefully seek out red plastic cups. The British cups are probably some shitty plastic cups marketing themselves as better by pretending to be Solo cups. I wonder if British people think we like red plastic cups?

[@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

[@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 😀

[@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

[@therealJeXus]

I am an american, my grandmother was french, and she had 9 brothers and sisters. So I have a large extended family living in france. When I went to visit in 2011 one of my cousins I stayed with ordered "Pizza American", assuming that I'd like it being american. I was greeted with a slice of pizza, topped with cheddar cheese, american cheese slices, french fries, and ground beef. Brown gravy was used as the sauce instead of tomato sauce. It was delicious but I've never had a pizza quite like that in my 30 years of living in the US,

[@Dalenthas]

NGL that sounds amazing.

[@ggkproductions1632]

Sounds more like poutine than anything American

[@jep9092]

Sounds great tbh

[@Cr3zant]

Man that almost sounds like it'd be good if not for the horrific plastic monstrosities that are american cheese.

[@therealJeXus]

@@Cr3zant American cheese is great if you get it deli sliced. The ones like craft singles are the meh ones

[@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.

[@kaym1040]

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

[@kinghani]

A huge British pub chain runs a Canadian-themed pub in central London called The Maple Leaf. Canadian flags everywhere, it shows hockey matches and serves poutine and meatloaf. Kind of a weird enterprise for the company to do, since their other pubs are all very normal and boring soulless pubs.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

I wanna go!

[@Saphfire05]

I mean, it isn't exactly fauxthentic since that's exactly what my local pubs serve, maybe I'll visit if I go to London lol

[@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102]

There's a Tim Hortons in Shanghai that's very fauxthentic Canadiana too.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Poutine I understand, but meatloaf? I don’t think that’s a very Canadian dish or something you would normally have in a pub

[@generalamsel437]

Is the Poutine any good? That's the true question.

[@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.

[@Jovviial]

0:14 So here's the thing about these American sections, there's a very good reason why this is presented like this. Nobody thinks that those sections are the pinnacle of American food, rest assured lmao. The reason why these sections are so specific is because of EU laws. Because American processed food contains ingredients that aren't permitted by EU food laws, there are special exceptions made for imported food products, the catch is by law that this imported food must remain in a specific section, and it has to be clearly labelled as being from another country and clearly labelled as an imported item. So those American sections are not really saying "This is American food" and more saying "This is food FROM America". I hope this helps!

[@blacksesamecandies]

Ah that makes sense. Yes American laws for processing food isn't as good as other countries - it sucks. I would recommend to any forgeiner wanting to try our American style dishes to simply try cooking a recipe they found online - given they can find all the ingridents. That would probably be healthier!

[@totaldramagamer5521]

@@blacksesamecandies I recommend just not going to fast food places. Go to good (actually good) sit down restaurants and you'll be fine. I guess, don't settle for the first thing you see. Often what you really want might be harder to find.

[@JaelinBezel]

Well they certainly aren’t wrong. And Europe wonders why we have an obesity problem.

[@Zinetha]

For Finland, I'd say a thing that is often exoticized is our weird sports, mainly wife carrying and swamp football (but we also have ones like air guitar championships and phone throwing that are obviously newer, because electric guitars and mobile phones are relatively new inventions). They're not traditional things we're super serious about, we just have a unique sense of humor.

[@georgewilliamson5667]

I used to work with a guy who was born and raised in St Petersburg, and then came to the United States for work and just ended up staying here. While he was there, during his high school years, there were a couple of exchange students, one of whom was American and who my friend became friends with. So, in Russia, they have mandatory military service for all men, so when my friend graduated high school and had to go off to the army, they all had a big party, and the American kid came. Because he was coming, everyone decided it would be a fun time to make it an American themed party, complete with hotdogs, cheap beer and of course, red solo cups. However, because these aren't really something you can get anywhere outside of North America, they had to go to the internet after a lengthy search around St Petersburg, and finally were able to get a bunch of these (at no small cost either) sent over to them in Russia. So, my Russian friend is at this party, drinking from his red solo cup, and having helped to organize this whole thing red solo cups and all, he is very excited to show them to his American friend. He keeps trying to drop hints, like, "doesnt this make you feel right at home?" while shaking the cup. But the American didnt know what was going on, he had never thought to look for these red solo cups because this was the first party he had gone to in Russia, and would likely be his last, and sadly never got what my friend was talking about. In this kids mind, red solo cups are just such an ubiquitous thing at parties, that he had never in a million years imagined they wouldn't be present. So while his Russian friends were trying to show off by getting red solo cups, it didnt even register to him until later when someone had to explain why everyone was being so weird about the cups.

[@paul_warner]

Worth reading lol

[@paddington1670]

great story

[@alrenard3845]

God damn. Actually, here on mexico right now we're getting them more more often but until like 10 years ago it was very weird to see those cups.

[@RusticRonnie]

@@alrenard3845 makes sense they are just a cheap cup.

[@gargeluy3035]

There isn't cheap beer and hotdogs outside of North america???

[@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

[@mikeandersonwa]

Living in Germany, and I absolutely LOVE "America Week", very often our grocery stores will feature "American" items, and most of the time they're hilariously not even close... although there were a few products I tried (Chicken Balls for example) that, while not even remotely authentic, were delicious and I was ashamed to like them as much as I did.

[@3u-n3ma_r1-c0]

lmfao chicken balls naaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[@v06261]

Chicken balls 😭😭 were they like chicken nuggets?

[@kjburson4515]

Was it popcorn chicken?

[@mikeandersonwa]

@@kjburson4515 noooo not quite.

[@mikeandersonwa]

@@v06261 basically like stuffed chicken nuggets... they were actually amazing and I was really disappointed in myself because of how much I unironically loved them 😂

[@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

[@MythicalPhoebe]

the red solo cups are a real thing though. as an american i can confirm we use lots of red solo cups at cookouts and get-togethers.

[@danieljensen2626]

Just because they are the cheapest disposable cups though. There is no other logic to it.

[@Ursaross]

@@danieljensen2626 exactly

[@paddington1670]

Still expensive, $12 for 75 cups is stupid, they are supposed to be the cheap alternative for small pots for plants, they are way too expensive now for starting plants. Good though, garbage dumps dont need the plastic.

[@NadoKahn]

i mean...are they not a thing in other parts of the world? I would've thought that's just around in other places

[@Jolene8]

They're used in cookouts, beach parties, weddings and so forth all across the western hemisphere. Probably the reason why they're so problematic. Lol

[@robjenkins494]

Sorry but the French actually nailed it. That Pain Americain looks genuinely authentic. That is 100% a "Fat Sandwhich" or Cheesesteak style sandwhich with crazy toppings (think; fries, mozzarella sticks, chicken tenders). Usually found in pizza/sub shops around University Campuses in the North East.

[@possumprince]

slop some coleslaw in with the fries and you have a classic pittsburgh primanti's sandwich

[@BobSmith-ql7fb]

Lol you’re right, they called them “fat” sandwiches in NJ when I was there. Shoutout Hoagie Haven.

[@princessaria]

That’s so interesting! I’ve lived on the west coast of the US my whole life and had never seen a sandwich quite like that! I assumed it was a somewhat bastardized Philly cheesesteak or something.

[@otikrakosnik]

I ate it like everyday when I was in France. And I am not even American 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@otikrakosnik]

@@possumprince french put in bouchon. Which is meat in pasta boiled in water. It's just amazing

[@Nick_Lewis]

When I lived in Amsterdam my coworkers would all have lunch together in the lunchroom and I always got a kick out of the filet americain in the cafeteria. I told my coworkers that Americans wouldn't even know what it is, but I don't think they believed me. It reminded me of pate blended with flaming hot Cheetos. It's just... unnaturally orange. 🤢

[@michaeldalton1874]

Just how we like our president 😂 Had to be done!

[@anonymousbloke1]

@@michaeldalton1874 kek'd outrageously

[@juliuspayne5805]

We eat it with onions

[@shadowxthevampiressofficial]

What kind of gourmet meals do you eat? That filet sounds very accurate.

[@juulm2309]

I always asumed everyone knows filet american is dutch/belgian since you can only get it in the netherlands/belgium. Its name has several origins non of them mean: 'from america'

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@Zooasaurus]

@@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.

[@Timeward76]

Love the idea that half of these things are essentially local things in the US that many other americans even havent heard of, but because of soldiers, its a hodge podge mix of american regional foods turned into flanderized foreign recreations. Which is probably what happens to basically all foods brought over through immigration.

[@chere100]

8:17 In all fairness to Spain, carrot salad is a real thing in America. It's just one of those regional foods (South) that's usually eaten at specific times/events. Like a BBQ or a cookout.

[@Gslideee55]

I love how he says he feels bad for lying to the people about Christmas traditions but is probably rolling around in that greasy kfc money.

[@Delita45]

To be fair if it were an American doing the same thing- oh right... *Money!*

[@Gslideee55]

@@Delita45 found it! Lmao kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2arhZdqitJko5Y

[@Delita45]

@@Gslideee55 perfect

[@KairuHakubi]

I'm told that tradition came about from american soldiers stationed over there and wanting to get the closest thing to turkey. Of course the irony is lots of us just eat chinese food on christmas. it's open!

[@BohoStitcher]

When he said “I regret that” I looked at my husband and said “you think he does tho? Cause I’m pretty sure it made him and KFC obscene amounts of money.” 🤣🤣

[@bilcarter]

When I was in Poland, in several cities I saw people buying street food from push carts, but when the vendor would hand it to them, it was wrapped in foil, so I didn't know what it was. The carts all said "amerykańskie złoto" on them. I don't speak Polish, but I do speak Russian, and I could easily figure out that it meant "American Gold". I finally waited long enough to watch someone open it and start eating. It was corn on the cob.

[@Dracosfire14]

You built to what it was and I was engaged. Well writ, Bill

[@Pr0fessorScience]

Actually kinda clever when you consider the early European colonizers of what would become the eastern coast of the U.S. were looking for gold and found corn instead.

[@ninjireal]

@@Pr0fessorScience yeah, also corn is yellow lol

[@Pr0fessorScience]

@@ninjireal yeah, but that's not so much clever as it is proof they can see colors.

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

As soon as you said pushcarts I knew it was corn. Mexican ELOTE vendors are missing a golden opportunity in Poland. Wait till the Polish get a taste of WHITTE CORN with Mayo , Parmesan and Chile.

[@mfratus2001]

"Spaghetti Westerns" were called that because they were filmed by Italian directors with local Italian actors, most often dubbed, and with "American" names that sound like someone famous (think "Burt Russell"). They were so poorly done and campy that they were fun to watch. It's amazing to see what a foreign moviemaker thinks the old West was like. Everybody was so dirty.

[@Poodleinacan]

That's why cultural interpretations are so great. They're often wrong, but in being wrong they become something new.

[@soulextracter]

Yeah about that. Here in Sweden we already have Hellmann's mayo on the shelves, which I know is a popular brand in the U.S. But our biggest brand of mayo, which is Kavli, recently released their American Style mayo which is nothing like Hellmann's. I find that kind of funny. It is however one of my new favorites, since it is quite mild and have undertones of horse radish. Otherwise Swedish mayo tend to be more seasoned compared to Hellmann's at least.

[@Poodleinacan]

@@soulextracter oh wow, that sounds really intriguing. In Québec (in Canada), the styles of mayo we have are regular (like the Hellman's), variations of it (with olive oil, reduced fat/topping style (or whatever... It's bad. It's too sweet and lacks fattiness) and since a few years spicy Japanese style.

[@minetruly]

The Japanese tradition of eating "American food" for Christmas makes me think of how my family has always eaten an "Irish meal" of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes for St. Patrick's Day. We also have no concept of what St. Patrick's Day is actually about, focusing on superficial shamrocks, leprechauns, and green decorations and green-dyed foods.

[@kaleibigelow7611]

Capitalism strips away the true meaning of holidays and culture. Corporations crowd your brain with misinterpretations of what holidays should be with their products that everyone buys.

[@urbanurchin5930]

Personally, I love corned beef and cabbage and cook it regularly in the crock pot - but almost never in conjunction with St. Patrick's Day. Additionally, the idiotic practice of eating green-dyed foods or beer is something that I have not done since maybe my early 20's (I'm in my 60's now). One step further - the practice of wearing green to celebrate the day is too dumb to mention......if someone questions me about it - they get a sarcastic eye roll.

[@xPidgexSmithx]

Corned beef? My family are Irish and have never eaten corned beef with cabbage, they eat boiled bacon. Corned beef and cabbage is some Irish American dish.

[@RichTapestry]

@@xPidgexSmithx Tasting History with Max Miller has done a video that touched on this recently. It turns out Irish Americans eat corned beef with cabbage as that was the tradition in Ireland when they emigrated. After those generations left, the tradition in Ireland moved to bacon and cabbage, hence the difference! I'll link it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXjJkGOVZ6-ca6s

[@christiantodd1296]

@@xPidgexSmithx 100% Irish American. It used to be (and to some extent still is) poor people's food. It was one of the few types of meat many early Irish Americans could afford. Now that being said... I'm Irish American (my grandfather is from northern Donegal) and we have never eaten it, haha so it must've been established in Irish American culture before the 1930's

[@soruwindx6419]

"It was lie." *Deceptive chuckle* Don't know why but that made me laugh hard.

[@mythicalism1468]

it was so wholesome lol

[@Necro_Hexual]

A very memeable soundbyte.

[@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

[@Ravy73]

I did a lot of traveling overseas, and I was always amazed at the "American sized" stuff that they had available that I have never seen here in the US. In Singapore, I saw a McDonalds "American -sized" filet 'o fish that had THREE regular filet 'o fish patties on it. I have never even seen a double advertised in the US, but they seem to think we get triples all the time. Another time, in Japan, I saw an "American-sized" breakfast sandwich called the Mega Muffin or something, which was like TWO egg mc'muffins and a sausage mc'muffin put together all in one sandwich. They were huge, but never saw anything like that in the US. It was all I could do to eat two of them for breakfast....

[@handlesarecringe957]

There was some video where a Japanese KZbinr went through a Wendy's menu, and so many things that are absolutely not sold in American Wendy's were labeled "USA" or something

[@henghistbluetooth7882]

I think it may be because if the whole ‘big gulp’ and ‘supersize me’ phenomena from a few years back. Combined with the fact that if you buy a bag of something - marshmallows say - in the US they are genuinely always 5-10 times larger than their UK counterpart. Also - the US puts sugar into pretty much everything in staggering quantities. I can’t eat American bread- it’s like eating dessert…and that may make you feel bloated as if you’d eaten more…Finally - I’ve eaten eaten many, many breakfasts in the US and you guys not only eat twice as much as we do but I’ve heard people complain in NYC that they didn’t get the volume they paid for…toast in particular for some reason. But you do get unlimited coffee refills which is cool - always have to pay for second cups in the UK which is annoying as hell…

[@sphions]

the american size thing is just because portion sizes in the US are stupidly big. and the "american-size" items you would find refers to this. it's not trying to imply that food in that shape and form specifically exists in the US.

[@themyofmy]

@ユジン American McDonald's served their food too hot and got sued to be fair

[@harryh8222]

Rally's or checker's (same place depending on state, not sure why) has a double fillet o' fish style sandwich, never saw a triple. On a sidenote, why do some states call it rally's and others checker's? Same with some states call it frisch's, others big boy.

[@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.

[@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

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

I'm currently living in the UK, and there's a lot of stuff in supermarkets and restaurants that's branded as American. There's American-style mustard (The plain yellow mustard you put on hot dogs and burgers), American milkshakes (Just regular milkshakes), and American-style chicken tenders. Unfortunately, it's very hard to find American-style bacon outside of a few specialty stores.