In the US we have “German Chocolate Cake.” It is not called that because it comes from Germany, it was actually invented in the US; but instead the name refers to the cake’s English-American inventor, Samuel German. EDIT: Apparently German was the inventor of the chocolate used in the cake, not the cake itself. Thank you to those who corrected me. :)
That's correct. I use German's Baking Chocolate when I make this cake. It has absolutely no German origin, but instead, was first made by a lady in Texas in 1957. Real German chocolate cake looks and tastes just like the cake made in the USA.
I thought it was because its made with 'German chocolate', which is a way of processing cocoa powder which produces a distinct flavor. The process is also called 'Dutch Cocoa' as I belive they actually developed it. Needless to say conflating the Dutch and Germans is a far older issue.
Jarred hot dogs are probably easier to transport and be safe to eat for longer periods than the way they are packaged and sold in the US. It was most likely an economic decision.
I didn't know, I feel like single wrapped pickled sausages are something I see at every convenience store right next to Slim-Jim's, usually called something obnoxious like Firecrackers. Never eaten them, but obviously somebody is if they've been in 7-11 since the 80s and continue to be stocked. Can't imagine it's too much different buying several in a jar, and they'd be preserved pantry items with a huge shelf life, which is good for stores.
Yes, I would be screaming no at the waiter. I'm just fine with the plain pizza(cheese only) you brought me. Please find me some red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese to top it with. Cheese pizza is so boring
Fried chicken on Christmas actually made my eyebrow raise, because I've never heard of that here in America. I can't speak for other families, but growing up in the cold Midwest, our family had the traditional honey glazed ham, with all the fixin's like mashed potatoes, sweet baked yams, green bean casserole, stuffing, and of course, an assortment of pies, like cherry pie, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. We might also have some cranberry sauce on the side, and perhaps some buttermilk biscuits (flakey bread rolls, not cookies). Oh, but yeah, we would also bake gingerbread men, and Christmas tree shaped sugar cookies decorated with icing and those little red cinnamon candies (as the ornaments). The ham could be replaced with a turkey. I know some people have goose, but I don't know where the hell you buy a goose; never seen one for sale in the meat section). But we never had fried chicken for Christmas... Ever.
Really i feel Chrismas is more of different family different meal. It's more the snacks and some drinks the screams the holiday. My family does goose but that's just something we started since we had kids.
I buy my geese from the local Amish... 😂 But yes, goose, duck, turkey, or ham would all be traditional. I find it much easier to smoke a prime rib though, so that's been our go to for years now.
@@erinwojcik4771 I had fried carp in Prague on the 24th once. And we had to go to one of the large pools of live carp that appeared in the city and ask a man to get one out and kill it for us. Fried carp and potato salad for Xmas Dinner. I knew a Californian who was once served lovingly prepared turkey for Thanksgiving in Japan. Turkey Sashimi. He ate it and did not become ill, but he didn't have it ever again. Once I was homesick in The Far East and I had Heinz Tomato Soup and bread rolls for Christmas dinner. And I loved it. 🙂 The locals very kindly invited me to have dinner with them, but I just wanted a taste of home.
I grew up on the US/Mex border and our big holiday meals there versus where I live now in the Deep South are drastically different. We still stick with tacos for pretty much every holiday in our family but that is just us. My husband’s father is Muslim and I never have liked pork so the bit of crossover with pork products between those two areas skips us.
@@CidsaDragoonHe is from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We don't talk that way. We have never talked that way. He's faking it for attention and likes and and hes a doofuss
I will likely never get to travel and see other places and experience new things, so videos like this never fail to entertain. One small point, you saying "Hawai'ian" in your accent is 100% more accurate than how most Americans say it. I've got a friend who lives in Deutschland (I can't recall what part) and we exchange boxes every christmas of just random crap that each other's countries don't have or don't regularly sell. Last time we did this, I got a German newspaper and a book on travel (entirely in German) and a cool little coin. I sent Kraft mac 'n cheese and a bunch of other foodstuffs not very common there. I believe his words were "no food on earth should be this virulent shade of orange, but it wasn't bad".
Ok, as an American I think the idea of KFC for Christmas sounds like a cool change of pace. I like it. It is a bit ironic, nonetheless as deep fried turkeys are common in the USA for major holidays.
@@danrhinehart1134 plus people just had thanksgiving a month prior. So, change it up a bit if you like. I’d be okay if I showed up to someone’s house and they had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and biscuits! I’m down with this!
It's not the worst creation I think, and sort of still gets a bit of the message across, big feast with family and friends. Just usually it's homecooked meals and stuff, well I guess it depends on the family and all. The christianity stuff is only for the hyper religious, most just take it as a general holiday since many get the time off work and school. And of course there's the spending money on gifts and stuff, big economic holiday really, so a brand like KFC almost monopolizing it is kind of ironically in line, though I think they got it by lucky accident.
“Chinese fortune cookies” were created in San Francisco, by a Japanese American commercial baker serving mostly ethnic restaurants. He came up with the idea of folding a traditional Japanese sesame cookie around a fortune, and discovered there was a market for it. One could get the unfolded sesame cookies in San Jose’s Japantown.
Huh, I always heard that it was a Chinese American who invented them, but that fact makes me wonder, are fauxthentic traditions often created by people from geographically adjacent cultures? It makes sense, because they would know enough about the culture to get it mostly right, but wouldn't care about authenticity when using it to sell something to an audience which doesn't know better.
Fried Rice also came from the USA, sweet and sour pork is also an American dish which "immigrated" back to China. There are several more which we think of Chinese food which is not. In fact majority of food in a Chinese resteraunt is NOT Chinese food.
Funnily enough the black and white cookies that you call Amerikaners ARE actually American and are believed to be created in New York at Glaser’s Bakery or Hemstrought's Bakery around 1902. Though they are just called Black and white cookies here is the US.
I've seen them in Ohio but associate them with with NYC. Seinfeld had an episode with them where he said they represented racial harmony but then got sick
The "American sauce" is close to what we call "tartar sauce" (mayonaisse and diced pickles) but missing lemon juice or other ingredients. Tartar sauce is almost exclusively eaten with fish, especially breaded and fried fish.
The only thing he talked about that actually is authentic is the red solo cups. Couple of things, though: 1. They’re very common in America, not because they’re considered glamorous or cool or even American, but because they’re dirt cheap; so they’re great for parties, picnics and barbecues where you have a lot of people. Less widely known around the world are paper Dixie cups, which are also very common at large gatherings in America, but they’re smaller. 2. Solo cups don’t just come in red; I’ve seen them in blue, green and yellow too. But for some reason it’s always the red ones that appear in Hollywood movies. Oh, and I’ll add this: “Americana” is a word used to describe media or materials, typically old or historical stuff, that are considered emblematic of America or American history or culture. At the university library I work for, we have a section of our special collections and rare materials collections called “Americana”, which can include anything from old postage stamps or early 20th century post cards from Yellowstone, to old diaries written by 19th century Americans, old photographs, early film reels, or early American publications.
There are a couple good reasons for the plastic, rather than paper, cups being used in movies. They're more durable, so they can be used for more takes, and their greater opacity makes continuity far easier, as you don't have to worry about obvious changes in the level of liquid in a cup between shots.
@@rachelmaxwell5936 It could just be that they pop on camera better? I mean, I never really thought about if set designers would care about the color of the cups they're using in a scene, but now that I AM thinking about it, I could honestly see that being a reason, lol.
One of the reasons red Solo cups are used could be because of Toby Keith's hit song "Red Solo Cup". The song got to #9 on the Billboard charts and has over 600,000 views on RUclips.
@@rachelmaxwell5936they contrast on camera better than other colors, but i also wouldn't be surprised if solo paid a bunch of money for product placement
or that they're mad cheap to buy xD my Icelandic friends bought solo cups as souvenirs when they visited me in DC. I was done, these were people I had went to university with in Japan for 3 years. They saw my apartment had solo cups and they could never find them.... cuz I always got em at the Costco in Fukuoka.
@@lordblazer Love it. Had friends from UK over and they said a 12 pack of "American cups" cost them £26 when they could find them. I just gave them a pack of 80 I got at target for $4 and they were in awe.
Not even mad about the guy convincing Japan to eat fried chicken on Christmas. The man started a legit cultural tradition because of that. It's absolutely genius.
literally up there with macy's in the early 1900s coming up with santa claus 😂 i can't wait until japanese people start hearing about that bit of history bc their reactions will be utter gold
@@dead-claudia I think the legend of Santa Clause came before Macy's. Many cultures have a variation of the tale and I'm fairly certain the Americanized version is based on St. Nicholas. Although, the history of Christmas and traditions have many origins from the winter solstice, to being outlawed from the church, to later being associated with the birth of Christ, and finally acceptance as a national holiday, etc.
pretty sure Santa Clause and Macy is talking about during the Christmas season to have a Santa Clause in the store for kids to see and sit on his lap and not that Macy’s came up with Santa Clause entirely
Also the Japanese do not typically have the type of ovens we have in the West. Cooking a whole turkey is not really an option there. I'm not even sure you heat up a ham. Pretty much all the traditional Western feast foods aren't much of an option. Besides, chicken's way better than Turkey anyway. The only good thing about a turkey is it's a bigger bird.
"yeah- I could see that. With the Santa and KFC" as American Christmas - I actually spit my water laughing :) that is adorable that seems so American. Those kids were so happy - don't take that from them LOL
Funny part is, the Japanese don't actually believe KFC is a traditional American Christmas food. The whole thing became a thing because people wanted Christmas turkeys, but turkey is a very rare food to find at all in Japan (at least, whole turkey is), so KFC decided to do a Christmas KFC marketing campaign. Ever since, KFC has been a popular Christmas dinner treat.
@@MrMontanaNights Thank you. Makes sense. Christmas is definitely one of the days that we don't get fast food! Those little kids with their buckets of fried chicken are so cute though. Definitely not an American tradition.
I've had it a couple times growing up in Ohio. It's a quick add-on to cheap take-and-bake pizzas with skimpy toppings when trying to use up food in the fridge. It's not exactly good, moreso bland. But there's worse toppings.
While never on a pizza, i’ve seen pizzas that had pretzel dough with Pigs-In-A-Blanket crusts. I think it was a Pizza Hut thing. Also saw a hotdog rolled in with the crust. Also think it was Pizza Hut.
Absolute college food.....Cheap totinos frozen pizza, add some sliced hotdogs and extra cheese to up the calories and protein. I eventually moved on to better pizza and better toppings, but that remains a strong memory.
When I visted Germany several years ago, I stayed at a hostel in Dresden and the elevator was advertising the "Amerikanisch Pizza" which was topped with tuna, peas, and mac and cheese. Frankly, as an American, sounded rather disgusting.
If the crust was thin with no sauce, that would be similar to a tuna casserole that my mom used to make with saltine crackers. It wasn't bad for an occasional change of pace.
It's always fun seeing your part of the world through the eyes of someone elsewhere. My favorite story is that of an American Steak House in Japan that has a rather interesting breakfast buffet, serving hotdogs (frank is another term as they derive from the German frankfurter) and hamburger patties as sausage and french fries as hashbrowns, etc... This is on top of the KFC thing which never ceases to amuse me as that is the furthest from American traditions as one can get. Also, I am in a rather German part of the U.S, relatively speaking, Kansas to be precise, we kinda pride our German heritage (me less so as I am Welsh) one of our state dishes is the Volga classic Bierrocks, and there is a city here that has an entire dutch/German heritage festival (I know the Netherlands and Gemrany are not the same, but its a combination festival). German also is the 3rd most spoken language in the state, behind Espanol and English. Also BTW, Hawi'ian pizza is actually Canadian, the name comes from the brand of pineapple used. Also so you can get a good metric: A typical American breakfast: Bacon (thinly sliced pork belly style, often extra crispy but never burnt), eggs, sometimes sunny side up, sometimes over easy, toast with butter, and hashbrowns. If you want extra points, add pancakes or waffles (chicken and waffles is another one that is done). This is served with a side of maple syrup, jam of your preference, OJ and/or coffee. However personally, i am weird and prefer sushi as all that jazz up there tends to upset my stomach, Im also not a huge breakfast eater also. Some true American foods (U.S Originals): - Corndogs (obviously) - Biscuits and Gravy (don't knock it til you try it) - Cob Salad - Lobster Roll - Po' Boy (especially if its made with oysters) - Jumbalya - Hamburgers (origins derive from the style of sandwich from Hamburg Germany, however its popularity with people in the U.S make its as American as anything else and preparation has changed over the years from how it was originally concieved.) - Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich - German Chocolate Cake (named after the creator Samuel German). - The Cuban Sandwich (originalted from Cuban immigrants adapting old recipes with new ingredients.) and finally but not the last: New England Clam Chowder.
More notes about what a typical American breakfast breakfast looks like: The bacon may be replaced with breakfast sausage (sometimes called country sausage) usually in small link or patty form, or more rarely a slice of ham. Eggs are often fried, yes, but scrambled eggs are just as common. When fried, in addition to sunny side up and over easy are over medium and over hard (though over hard is less popular), and cheese may sometimes be added when scrambled. The toast may be replaced with a buttermilk biscuit (referring to the American style of biscuit of course, not the British), an English muffin, or an American muffin. The maple syrup is for the pancakes or waffles, and would not be served in their absence, and likewise the jam for the toast/biscuit/English muffin (you wouldn't typically add jam to an American muffin). Chicken and waffles is fried chicken on top of a waffle (or two), and would typically be served on it's own (without the bacon, toast, etc). In addition to orange juice and coffee, milk is a common breakfast beverage. Also, contrary to popular belief we don't actually eat everything in sight every day lol While the described breakfast is very typical, one might even say traditional, that total amount of food at every breakfast very much is not. Pancakes and waffles especially are generally not a daily thing; at most you might eat them once a week on saturday or sunday. And when you do eat them, you may forgo other items depending on your appetite (especially the toast and hashbrowns). As for non-breakfast American food, similar to the Cuban sandwich that was mentioned we actually have quite a lot of cuisine that is thought of as being from other cultures but was more or less invented in America by immigrants adapting their own recipes either to fit American ingredients or tastes. Chicken Parmesean is most likely an adaptation of Eggplant Parmesean after eggplant proved extremely difficult (or extremely expensive) for poor Italian immigrant workers to procure. Tex-Mex food like fajitas, the modern burrito, hardshell tacos, chili con queso, and nachos is named for Texas and Mexico; it's right in the name lol The vast majority of Chinese cuisine in American restaurants is unrecognizable to Chinese nationals, having been adapted for American tastes in the mid - late 1800s. And I'm not just talking about stuff like General Tso, most things you see on a menu in a typical Chinese restaurant in Chinatown were either invented here or have been modified in some way from their original versions (hint: actual Chinese people don't order from the menu lol). Xiran Jay Zhao has an excellent twitter essay/youtube video about this!
@@ValkyrieTiara Yep, the term "American Cuizine" is a hard definition because the U.S is a melting pot of cultures, and anything we have that is created here is often rehashes of other cultural foods. The Cheeses are one I see this most prominent outside of ethnic dishes. Chesses like Colby Jack, Montery Jack, Baby Swiss, and plain Colby are all cheeses created here in the states, however they all derive from cultural processes that originate in other countries. Such as Colby being a form of Cheddar, Baby Swiss needs no explanation. Montery Jack, and really all Jack cheeses are the outlier, as they are completely derived in the U.S by Franciscan Friars in California, primarily Monterey. The name Jack coming from David Jacks that sold the cheese commercially.
I was living in Japan in the early 2000s and found it funny to see T-Shirts sold with English words and phrases that were all non-sense. It reminded me of Americans who got tattoos with Japanese symbols that were pretty random. I have a pair of Japanese house slippers that read, "Toilet. Always a pleasant surprise." They made me laugh so hard when I saw them.
I watch a lot of Thai dramas and they frequently wear shirts with English text on them, I think because it looks cool in Thailand. However sometimes the shirts are really random and hilarious, like a young male college student wearing a shirt that said "Baseball Mom" or another character wearing a Christmas shirt in the summer.
As an American, I am proud of the balls of the guy who convinced an entire country that we eat fried chicken on Christmas 😂 Any true American can appreciate that entrepreneurial spirit 😂
JJ explained in the past that he speaks in terms of American Culture including Canada because not only are we all apart of "North America", but the culture of the United States is what kind of bled up to create the culture of Canada (with some regional differences.) For example, while Canada remained under the crown and was slowly populated by fur traders and lumberjacks to send resources back to England, it didn't have much global cultural influence, so a lot of what defines them today is simply adopted from the US. (I may be mis-remembering the finer details of the history, so please forgive me, but I believe that was the gist of what he said. I saw it a while ago. 😅)
@@Kipicus I don't even know what poutine is but this Canuckistani is larping big. No fried okra, grits, barbecue, or red snapper? Not American at all.
@@SecuR0M (with some regional differences.) Fried Okra, grits, and red snapper is southern, you won't find these things in the north. You're saying people who don't have these things are larping as American? Wait... Jefferson Davis is that you???? 👀 If you think having Tim Hortons makes you fake American in North America, then you're minds going to get blown when you find out there's a Central and South America, and they are a LOT less friendly when you tell them they're not American. 😂
whats funny about the "christmas fried chicken" is, as an American- when we dont want to deal with cooking turkey and everything that goes with it, we go out to a chinese buffet for christmas lmfao
Chinese places where I am don't close for anything. We've had roughly 2 tornado warnings in my entire lifetime in the area I live in and during the more recent of them, the couple running a chinese food truck in the area just walked into a nearby bar to wait out the storm itself and got right back to cooking once it was done.
Evidently, Chinese on Christmas is traditional for Jewish folks, because they don't celebrate Xmas. We went out for Chinese on Christmas Eve, because my mom refused to cook that day.
The black and white cookie supposedly was first made by Bavarian immigrants, who opened Glaser's Bake Shop in 1902 in a Manhattan neighborhood. By the 1950's, the cookie was a key part of NYC's Ashkenazi Jewish culinary identity and can still be found in bakeries, corner stores and delis throughout the metropolitan area. I've always found them in Jewish deli's where I live in Ohio.
@@samanthac.349 and being that I've lived in rural Georgia since 08 I'm very happy to have seen them finally. I used to have to make my own Black and White cookies until I saw them at Publix a few years ago 😊
Another thing about the US. We do not, in general, think of hot dogs as sausages. They exist as a separate category. Brats are sausages, but hot dogs are hot dogs or sometimes called franks, short for frankfurters. The best hot dog I ever ate was on the Staten Island ferry-no ketchup, no mustard, no relish, just plain in a bun. Amazing!
Yeah, I would second this. Sausage is a completely different thing. It's usually bigger and made of better quality meat. And it can be made of any kind of meat. There's really good chicken and apple sausages that taste amazing when cooked on the grill or over a camp fire. You can get "Vienna sausages" which are tiny and come in a can. Also vegan sausages and/or hot dogs, which are made of plant proteins and only marginally edible. 😅😂 And then there's breakfast sausage, which is usually made of pork with specific seasonings. It can be hot dog shaped (but smaller), or formed into a patty. Sometimes even just scrambled. Not even going down the summer sausage / salami rabbit hole... Maybe we deserve the "America = hot dogs" reputation.
Interestingly, it seems to be a thing among Mexican immigrants. My wife and her family do in fact use hot dogs as a replacement for almost any type of sausage which isn't chorizo.
I'd like to point out that there are some things labeled "sausages" that really look like slightly bigger (and maybe tastier) hot dogs. Otherwise, sausages are generally composed of coarser bits of meat and seasonings, i.e.; less processed.
@@KellAnderson Probably because we don't really eat sausage. I never saw any in Mexico. We have "longaniza" and "chorizo", but those are different. We do have "salchicha", which is kind of like a hot dog whiner, that are just now being more popular due to tourist influence. Granted, Mexico has so many indigenous populations and dialects that food from one state can vary a lot from another, but I've never met someone from there that knew what sausage was.
13:29 Fun fact about these types of store. A lot of sport leagues will make the first run of merch ahead of playoff games for both teams. This way, they can immediately start selling merch when a team wins. The merch made for the losing team then gets sold off to various countries, particularly poor countries. My dad lived in Chile for a while in the 80s, and he has pictures of people wearing Super Bowl XVII championship merch for the raiders. Most of the rest of the stuff that ends up there is the factory seconds, rejects, or discontinued products that you’d find at Ross
Scott Pilgrim was written by a Canadian, takes place in Canada, and is directed by a Brit. It's so weird that a film where Toronto is at the center of everything is thought of as American.
So, America’s is the continent, isn’t it? So technically Canada is American, no? The only actual issue that people have is think only about the US when they hear “America”, even though American is the continent and the US is the country. Like Canada and some small Latin countries too.
Canada is on the American continent and I've heard plenty of Canadians refer to themselves culturally as being American. It's easy to make everything about us when we're from the USA
@@xxmathiasnofacexx No. NORTH America, which stops at Ecuador, is the continent. The continent is split by the isthmus, much like Africa is separated from Eurasia by an Isthmus. And I've known perfectly kind, nice, polite Canadians who would fight you for calling them American.
@@xxmathiasnofacexx No. Everyone knows "American" refers to people/things from the United States of America. No one from Canada or Mexico (or any other country in the Americas) refers to themselves as "American." This would cause an unbelievable amount of confusion. And Canadians definitely don't want to be associated with America. They're easily confused as Americans by the rest of the world due to having a similar accent. Why do you think they're so quick to point out to everyone that they're Canadian and to always wear/display the Canadian flag when they're traveling. Similarly, I've never heard of a Brit who didn't object to being called "European." While Great Britain is technically in Europe, they're not part of the mainland continent of Europe and tend to consider themselves British (or English, Welsh, etc) not European. Even though Canadians inhabit the continent of North America, they don't consider themselves (and Americans would never refer to anyone outside of the U.S. as) American.
When I lived in Belgium for 8 years, I was shocked to see raw ground beef with green spices labeled American Pate. I don't know any American who would ever eat raw ground beef.
I now live in the northern part of South Dakota and there is a tradition here of serving what is locally called Tiger Meat which is a special mixture of richly seasoned, freshly ground locally raised beef which is served raw on crackers particularly at the holidays. It is actually quite good. I think this was a tradition brought over by the German Russians who settled in the area.
In the USA, there's a cake that only dates back to the 1950s called German Chocolate Cake (Originally German's Chocolate Cake). It was named for a brand of chocolate that was named after an English-American man named Samuel German. The cake was made with German's Chocolate. Over time, Americans just dropped the possessive and just started calling it German Chocolate Cake.
It's like graham crackers. They were invented by a man named Thomas Graham. So they were Graham's crackers. When he sold his company the new owners dropped the possessive too.
The lederhosen stereotype came about in the US because after WW2 the American occupation zone was mostly confined to Bavaria so American soldiers would see Bavarians in these clothes and see Bavarian culture and thought the rest of Germany was like that.
Another factor is that the traditional Bavarian clothing is pretty distinctive and recognizable, whereas Germans in other areas dressed pretty much like anyone else, so it was only the odd-looking Bavarian garb that stuck in people's minds as being representative of Germany. Although truthfully, it's doubtful that any educated US person today thinks that Germans dress any diffeently than Americans do. We've seen too many documentaries and modern shows not to realize that it's just a silly stereotype. Just as I'm pretty sure most Germans don't think that all Americans dress like cowboys.
As 1st generation American from a Mexican background, I see this all the time from both ends. Like my Mexican friends ask me what it with Americans and guns, it's just deeply rooted in American history and culture. Back when America was untamed and scattered you have to fend for yourself where there's little help. The stand offish attitude and the what's mine is mine mentality is rooted heavily in the culture and history. Conversely my American friends can't understand why romance, love, sadness and happiness are the main thing people in Mexico loves. Mexican history is full of full of sadness, helplessness, tragedy, and enduring it all with a loving heart, crying and dancing. It builds a sense of community, strength and love you rarely see in the US. And I love both. I often feel like the bridge to two worlds. I love the cultures of both, the food, the people and the music.
You still do have to fend for yourself. There are many places where you are 50 miles, 100 miles or more from a gas station. Even if you are in NYC, it can take Police - once called - a half hour or more to get to you because of the congestion.
I agree the stemmed glass screams French. As an American of Slavic and Germanic descent, I would argue that every state within the United States has something of a unique culture. While most of the products we consume are fairly standardized across the country, our ethnic heritage, current location, and when our families first settled where they did all play a huge role in how we interact with the goods available to us. An example of this is Spanish being offered almost exclusively as the second language option in urban American schools. Where as German was offered in my rural hometown due to both a large percentage of the population being either Pole or German in origin and the proximity of a large and rapidly growing Amish community where they speak an unusual dialect of the Dutch/Deutsch language referred to as Pennsylvanian Dutch, but that they still commonly use more proper/formal/modern German for their church services and can easily interact in English as well.
I screamed out loud in horror at the Polish "American" pizza. Taking a perfectly normal cheese pizza and pouring a can of creamed corn on it would get you shot in 49 states. (In California they'd just sic the LAPD on you.)
I seem to recall a pizza place in France having the idea that putting hamburger and cheddar cheese on a pizza made it New York style. Because hamburgers and America, right? I don't think there's a pizza place in America that would dare to attempt that particular culinary blend, no matter how good it might actually taste.
@@Keldor314maybe Michigan lol a place here puts all kinds of stuff on there pizza the philli stake pizza sells well it looks like hamburger with the peppers/flavors of the philli stake sandwich
I was in Europe somewhere cant remember EXACTLY but I do remember them putting Corn on my pizza and being like "Oh... This must be a xxxxx Thing" Amazing they think its American. 😂😂
Most of our "American" traditions actually originated in other, mostly European, countries. When we migrated here, we brought the traditions from our home countries 😊
Yeah traditions brought over and then marketed to other tastes. American hamburgers, hot dogs and beer were largely German but designed to appease British, Italians, etc. Same with Italian-American food, Chinese-American, etc. appealing to others and whatever ingredients were cheap and in abundance.
@@jarvindriftwoodThe German invented Hamburg steak which was the Germans cheap alternative to actual steak. It more resembles American Salisbury steaks cooked in a gravy. The hamburger was invented in Connecticut.
Also little tidbit about rare meat. Rare steak is usually very safe to eat as long it was stored properly because all the bacteria is on the outside. So when it's seared all that bacteria is killed, while trapping all the moisture and flavor inside. Ground beef on the other hand... gotta cook that stuff thoroughly because the bacteria gets mixed around inside patty.
Heh. That raw beef thing reminded me of a supposedly Wisconsin-specific tradition called the cannibal sandwich. Interesting to hear that the raw ground beef on bread thing is authentically German, as there is a large German community, especially in the Milwaukee area.
In the U.S. "Americana" (not the same spelling) is a word that refers to stereotypical American things. If you go to a store like Walmart or Target than they will often have Americana sections selling products with American Flag designs, although the term would also cover American cultural artifacts not sold as retail products as well. An alternate meaning is a genre of music called Americana, which is kind of a hybrid of folk, country and early rock music.
Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant who moved to Canada in 1954 invented that "Hawaiian Pizza." He created the first Hawaiian pizza at his restaurant, Satellite, located in Chatham, Canada.
11:05 As a 65-year-old lifelong New Yorker, I've always been told that "black and white cookies" originated in Brooklyn , NY. I rarely see them outside of New York and New Jersey, but within that area they're very common, and a lot of New Yorkers are quite proud of them. I'll have to investigate now, to find out if we've all been mislead. Another treat that's common in NY but almost unknown everywhere else is the "egg cream," a beverage that contains no egg and no cream. It's made from chocolate syrup dissolved in a little bit of milk, then a lot of seltzer is added to give it a foamy white head. It's basically an ice cream soda without the ice cream, and it originated in Brooklyn during the Depression. It's traditionally served with a crunchy pretzel rod, but when I was a kid I liked to have one with a grilled cheese sandwich.
I'm 75. Grew up on the northern coast of Massachusetts. Black & Whites were a weekly treat from the local bakery when I was a kid. Still are in most bakeries. Although we had egg creams when on vacation in Rhode Island, there were a few dairy bars in Mass. that sold them too.
I once traveled to Germany and ordered a pepperoni pizza. It came not with pepperoni, but with pepperoncini peppers. I didn't mind because I like the peppers, but when I described when I'd expected, I was told, "Oh, that's Italian sausage!" Here, Italian sausage looks more like ground beef.
Well, to the German host of this RUclips channel, in 1960 it was not only in Bayern that Lederhosen were worn regularly! I’m an American who as a 5 year old lived in a village, Angelmode, outside of Muenster, Westfalen, for a year from August 1960 to July 1961. There was a two room school house, Volkschule, in the village for grades 1-6. My older brother attended the Volkschule for the whole academic year. I attended the first grad there starting in the spring after Easter, when the German school year used to start. I was actually too young, but my parents wanted me to learn German, which I did. ALL of the German boys in Angelmode wore Lederhosen to school! ALL of them. As a result, both my brother and I wore Lederhosen to the Volkschule, otherwise we would have stood out. This was only 15 years after the end of WWII. A different era. Interestingly, I believe that Germans outside of Bayern have amnesia regarding the wearing of Lederhosen by kids. I also lived in Goettingen, West Germany, from August 1977 through March 1979, on exchange from UC Berkeley. The German students I got to know in Goettingen were shocked that the kids in a village in Westfalen had worn Lederhosen to school. Most of the people I met in Goettingen must not have grown up in a village….
Yeah, 69 year old Army Brat here. We lived in Germany in the early 60s. Post WWII things changed really quickly with the imprint of the American 50s and then the cultural "British Invasion." The post war Germans were eager to put it all behind and join the post war future. I'm not surprised the following generations grew up with their older traditions largely "dissappeared." G
Americans actually don't really believe most of the stereotypical things we hear about especially food like we know Mexican and Chinese food isn't all that authentic in America we just love the taste of it.
Yup this is it. I don't know why people insist on thinking we believe it's authentic. Perhaps it's to feel that they're smarter and correcting somebody?
Yes, exactly! We often call it Americanized because we recognize that it is our own version of it, and when trying to differentiate what we want to eat we say "I want some AUTHENTIC *insert place here* food"
And yes, I agree with you on the glass cup. Nothing about it said American and yes French comes to mind when I first saw it. This whole video I loved! That was a lot of fun watching with you! I loved when there was something you recognized. Thanks for another great video!
This is exactly what I was thinking! Our nearest KFC was closed on Christmas, and the only restaurant I can think of that was open was the Chinese takeout.
As an American, keep in mind that a lot of these American foods aren't very health in any means! In fact, healthy food costs a lot here in America and only the non-healthy food are cheap enough. And a lot of people in America are too broke to pay for these healthy meals and have to get these unhealthy foods and even fast food which is also incredibly unhealthy. Im not sure what it's like in other countries, but thats what it is like in America. Also, Americans DO have pancakes for breakfast or we have eggs, toast, and bacon, or you eat cereal or a sausage biscuit. Although, I kind of just eat whatever I feel like 😂 And also, no, we do not make these cheese hotdogs with eggs on it or whatever that thing was at 10:00 Although, a lot of Americans do use ketchup and sauce, but we don't use it on everything. Sauces like ketchup is mostly used for chicken, fries, hotdogs, and burgers! If your really crazy enough and like flavors mushed together, you can also get pizza with ketchup on it. I personally don't eat ketchup or sauces cause I like my foods plain and simple, but thats another fact! Also, I have never seen those Amerykanki cookies IN MY LIFE but they look so tasty and now Im kind of disappointed we don't have them 😂 Oh! And about fashion in America, it kind of depends where you live in America but American style is very casual or preppy.
My second trip to the UK, my entire family was appalled to discover Pizza Huts selling Chicago style Pizza which consisted of cheese pizza topped with whole kernal corn. And the kicker was, when we questioned this, they had the nerve to argue with us, native born Americans, and insist this was actually authentic. I have worked in Chicago, stayed in Chicago, visited Chicago... you get the idea. But no, I couldn't possibly know what I am talking about!
@@yossarian6799There are two types of Chicago-Style. Deep Dish, which everyone thinks of. There is also Chicago Thin-Crust, which anyone who ever went to a Bowling Alley or had a frozen pizza is likely more accustomed to. Yeah, that right there is Chicagoan.
@@hiddendesire3076 If it's from Chicago, it's sus. Oh and I can thank the Windy City for that stoopit, douchebaggy "pub cut" trend. I've sent countless pizzas back for not being cut properly
Here is the southeast US: Christmas meal is typically the same thing we eat for Thanksgiving. Roast turkey or ham. In my city we usually have mashed potatoes with turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and roasted vegetables. Breakfast: Where I live it typically consists of fried or scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, waffles, patty or link sausage, seasonal available fruit, biscuits and gravy, and hashbrowns. American section in the store: Despite what he said, most of that American section is correct. I think the issue there is that he's from Canada and not the US. I can tell by his accent. Hot dogs: Ok, these are very simple. They are basically the left over trimming from when cows and pigs are processed in factories. You can get hotdogs that are actual decent cuts of meat ground up, but those are VERY expensive. Around here the typical hotdog is simply the hotdog in a hotdog bun with mustard or ketchup on it. Some people put diced onion or relish on there. That's the typical hotdog. Chicago is definitely one exception. They have the Chicago Dog which at it's simplest for has a chunk of tomato, lettuce, and a pickle spear. Then we have the simple chili dog. That's just a hotdog with chili on it. Other than the ChicagoDog, that's pretty much the typical way of hotdogs where I live. Creamed Corn: It's a real thing here. However most people hate it because of its texture and people prefer whole kernel corn. It does not in any circumstance touch pizza. That would start a fight here. Ok, hotdogs do not belong on anything here except a hotdog bun. The only exception that is typically given is hotdog pieces on some types of baked beans. There's a brand for that called Beenie Weenie. Fries do not go on anything.
@@timmy334 I was just commenting this. I also live in the southeast and I've only heard of ham or turkey for Christmas and Thanksgiving, the home cooked meal being essential for that day. I've never heard of people eating Chinese, pizza, or fast food. I assumed all the US did this because I wasn't born in the US, but I guess not 🤷♀️
Well, cut up hotdogs on pizza isn't really unheard of. But it's more of a budget/emptying the fridge sort of meal. I'd even call it a college broke meal. Throw it on a cheap home bake pizza.
As an American I can honestly say that hotdogs aren't nearly as popular here as it's obviously made out to be. American Breakfast: Hashbrowns, Eggs (Scrambled or over easy), Pancakes or Waffles with syrup, and a cup of coffee, or orange juice (that's orange). American Lunch: Peanut Butter and Jelly is a classic, but more often than not it's left overs or fast food (like McDonalds, Taco bell, etc) American Dinner: Varies so much you can't really put a label on it. Christmas Dinner: Usually involves Ham or Turkey with stuffing, Cranberry Jelly, Sweet Potato Pie or Candied Sweet Potatoes (Baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmellows on top), Green Been Casserole and more. It's practically the same menu as on Thanksgiving except a Christmas Ham is more popular whereas on Thanksgiving it has to be a Turkey.
Hot dogs are a particular food that we eat in particular contexts, sometimes. But they're a uniquely American style of sausage so overseas they're treated like something we eat all the time. In fairness there are some contexts which an American would absolutely eat hot dogs- A fourth of July outdoor picnic with grilled hot dogs and hamburgers is almost like _America's_ stereotype of America.
You obviously are not a Chicagoan. The Chicago style hot dog ( see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog ), italian beef, polish sausage, and Chicago style pizza are the cullinary tastes unique to Chicago and popular for casual dining, along with hamburgers. If you are a Sam's Club or Costco member. hotdogs are their #1 sellers in their cafes.
Depends on where you're from. Here in LA, Bacon wrapped hot dogs are a huge thing from street vendors and people who go to baseball games eat a lot of hot dogs and fry them on their grills
Those breakfasts are true to a degree, but I know way more people just eating cereal or something quick like that for breakfast on work/school days. People are tired and in a hurry.
Here in Texas, chili dogs are quite popular. Or just ketchup, mustard or mayo, and relish. Sauerkraut goes hard, too. Hot dogs should be burned on a charcoal grill.
As an American I'm happy to say I've never seen anything close to those foods they attribute to us. Most of them looked truly awful, except for the black and white cookie. I think a lot of Americans have the lederhosen image of Germans due to October Fest. Everyone has seen pictures of pretty blonde women in traditional clothes serving gigantic mugs of beer and some of the men wearing lederhosen as part of the celebration. It's a great image, so don't tell me it's not true Chris!
American breakfast: Buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs, and bacon or round sausage pieces. - pancakes, eggs, bacon - eggs, bacon, or sausage - quiche - fruit bowel, and eggs - cereal - etc. Something to keep in mind about America, is that it is a melting pot of people from all over the world, so many countries influence what is eaten in America. America is a very large country that has numerous varieties of cultures spread throughout each state. There are also different accents in each state and cultural etiquette. Example: In some places of America you call people Mam or Sir. In some places of America you yield to someone older than you when in a grocery line. In some places of America men take their hats off when entering a building... Every state has it's own unique style. People can also be found wearing different styles of clothing in each state. Much of the different styles of clothing is because many states have different climates and culture.
He is an American pop culture fan, so his perspective is always interesting, since he is himself violently Canadian but he studies US culture extensively.
Literally doing my daily German grammar review (use it or lose it) while watching a German react to a Canadian video about not American American things. That oddly summarizes the flow of my day perfectly 👌
Funny thing is, this guy with the Mullet is Canadian. ** Marshmallow Fluff is big in the New England states, with the Fluffer Nutter sandwich. Yes, PB and fluff. I'm from Pennsylvania, but my Mom comes from South Shore Boston. So I was exposed to Fluffer Nutters and I like them. ** Pickled Sausages I have seen in big jars, usually your neighborhood bar will have a jar of them for sale. Then there are small cans of Viennies, (Vienna Sausage) the sportsman's go to snack (best with some hot sauce). But jarred or canned Hot Dogs? That ain't right. ** Because of this reason, the last time my relatives from Germany were visiting, I bought BLUE Solo Cups. You're correct, looks French. I have NEVER seen a cup, NO - Goblet like that for sale.
Yeah we had marshmallow fluff in my house at all times when I was growing up. The exact one he showed a picture of. The photo of the “American” grocery store shelf looked a bit like my childhood pantry tbh 😂
8:56 As an American in Europe who gets so tired of smug Europeans making fun of the US for inventing travesties like Pizza Hawaii, it absolutely delights me to inform them that Pizza Hawaii was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant. Another thing that hints at it not being of American origin is that for the most part, we don’t name our pizzas in USA! With a handful of exceptions (like “supreme”), we just list what’s on it. (E.g. a “pizza margherita” is just a “cheese pizza”. A “pizza caprese” is just “pepperoni and olives”, etc.) Naming each combination is a very, very European thing. Here in Switzerland, there’s a god-awful “American” pizza chain called Sam’s Pizza Land, festooned in all manner of fake Americana, where every pizza is named after a US state or city. So already quite non-American. But even worse, whoever did the original naming clearly had ZERO clue about the US and its states, because the names don’t make any sense. (For example, why is a pizza with curried chicken and pineapple the “Oklahoma”? I reckon the average Oklahoman would throw it in the trash.) And this is an improvement over years ago, where they had a pizza with some kind of ocean seafood on it, and named it after some landlocked inland state like Kansas. 🤦 And many of their pizzas use ingredients that you never, ever put on pizza in USA (like corn, Swiss mountain cheese, leeks, or the aforementioned curried chicken.).
This is broadly accurate. Certain pizza chains here may have a small handful of named topping combos just for fun or ease of ordering, but it's not the norm. That said, my old gaming group ordered a pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and ham at one point and nicknamed it the Triple Pig. I think that one's pretty good. lol
Some places do name their pizzas other things, like papa murphey's cowboy pizza which has sausage, olives, and mushrooms, but generally most places will stick with something generic like "meat lovers pizza" for a pizza with lots of meat on it
As an American of German descent, I've always been fond of 'German' things like bratwurst with sauerkraut, Hefeweizen and Kölsch beer. There is a stereotype that Germans build higher quality automobiles and drink lots of beer. One thing I suspect few Europeans realize is that from the Rocky Mountains to the west coast was first concurred by the Spanish back in the 1500's and what we call 'Mexican' food is about as common as hamburgers and hotdogs in the southwest. It's mostly Tex-mex, New Mexican and northern Mexican foods where the specific varieties of chili peppers are used in different ways to bring enormous variety of intense flavors various types of meats and cheeses. It's really funny how 'watered down' and bland poorly imitated Mexican food is. What we also have is both regional offerings, like New York Deli's, Texas BBQ, Southern fried chicken, midwestern burgers, California pizzas, Cajun gumbo, along with highbred Americanized versions of Chinese, Italian, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Greek, and Sushi. There is so much variety of different ethnic and regional restaurants these days.
I'm 56 years old, born & raised in the USA. I have never eaten KFC on Christmas. One year my father made hasenpfeffer, aka rabbit stew. Normally it would be ham. Occasionally we had a turkey. But we never had KFC. WOW! to be honest some of those food "item's" I have NEVER seen or heard of let alone eaten, as an American. For instance, the hot dog pizza or hot dog anything, EW! I will eat a hot dog. But usually as a Chicago Dog or a chili dog. One thing, here in Milwaukee, we have what is called the FRIDAY FISH FRY. It's fish, normally cod dipped in a beer batter & fried in a fryer. It usually has some choices for "side" items, like Potatoe Pancakes or French fries. You usually have a side of coleslaw as well. As for the relish & mayonnaise mix, we do that, it's called tartar sauce & it's used/ eaten with the fried fish.
The hotdog thing is because the food aid that the USA sent to war torn areas after WW2 and Korea, and the army rations for US soldiers, had a lot of processed meats that could survive the shipping. Fish on Friday is a global catholic thing, not a Milwaukee thing. Tartar sauce is quite a bit more than relish in mayonnaise, but I can see the simplification.
Duct take was created for the US army as a take that would hold up well in water. I believe the official name was a number, as most military products are, but nicknamed Duck tape by the men. Later it became synonymous with craftsmen work such as air ducts which how it gained the current name. Red solo cups are popular because they are cheap and disposable. They are also more durable than other plastic or Styrofoam cups. Like many foods, the way it is prepared or cooked depends on what region or city you are in. A New York style Pizza is very different than a Chicago Style Pizza. You can get a hot dog with a lot of fixings (toppings) depending on where you are. In Philly (Philadelphia) you can easily get a chili cheese dog. That is A hot dog with bean & meat chili and melted cheese. Most common is mustard, ketchup, and maybe sauerkraut and/or relish. There is also the Philly cheese steak but that is whole other video. I also immediately thought of fancy French cup. I think most Americans consider ethnic food to be "Americanized." Nobody thinks American Chinese food is how a Chinese citizen actually eats.
It's correctly called _duct_ tape. As in, it is used on ventilation ducts and such. The military developed their own formula for the tape that has a stronger adhesive and rubberized backing that is used for high-stress applications. This type of tape is commonly referred to as _100 mph_ tape. In the TV and film industry it is called _gaffer's_ tape, as the gaffers are the ones who use the tape to secure items on set.
@@TestUser-cf4wj Duck tape actually came first. The name comes from cotton duck (also known as or duck canvas), a type of cloth that was originally used in electrical applications and for wrapping steel cables. Revolite (then a division of Johnson & Johnson) developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing coated in waterproof polyethylene. This tape resisted water and was used to seal ammunition cases during that period. Most commercial duct tape is actually poor for use on HVAC ducts, as the adhesive on standard duct tape fails and the synthetic fabric reinforcement mesh deteriorates when used on heating ducts. You want foil tape for that.
in germany Duct Tape is called "Panzer Tape" bc it is very strong and you can seal "everything", you could even build a cannon with a cardboardtube and a few panzer tape layers around it
@@TestUser-cf4wj Gaffer's Tape is not the same as duct tape. Gaffer's tape is not waterproof and has a black paper backing similar to masking tape and it is easy to tear by hand. It's also very useful for creating and adjusting soft boxes and flaps and such to adjust the shame and intensity of film lights.
@@VladamireD Correct. No one who knows anything would use "duct tape" on an actual duct. We must campaign for it to be called duck tape. For taping up ducks.
Red Solo Cup-the lines on it are also handy measurements. From the bottom, the 1st line- is about an ounce/ 1/4 cup. So it’s a shot of hard liquor. The 2nd Line- is about 5 ounces/ 1/2 cup: a decent portion of wine. The 3rd Line- is about 12 ounces/ 1 1/4 cups: a Serving of Beer. The 4th Line-Is about 14 ounces/ 1 3/4 Cup. The 5th Line is about 16 ounces/ 2 cups and completely full is about 18 ounces/ 2 1/4 of a cup. So if you were at an impromptu gathering or say a picnic and had to throw together a mixed drink or a quick recipe you could basically get it all done with one silly party cup. I’m not saying it’d be as good as using the proper tools, but it ‘could’ be done.
The reason a lot of American stereotypes about Germany are Bavarian is because that’s where we were stationed after WW2. So the things soldiers picked up while in Germany were there
Also, a significant number of the German immigrants in the late 1800s/early 1900s were from Bavaria. I grew up in southwestern Minnesota, and the German population there is very Bavarian. Our German teacher in high school also focused heavily on Bavarian words, culture and holidays.
You do realize this is false and the actual reason we have a lot of German stereo types in the US is because of the large amount of German immigrants from around 1860s when Bismark decided to unite the Prussian states into a unified Germany to the 1990's when the wall fell.
Um, no, I was stationed in Germany. Bavaria is where a lot of the vacation areas are. But the American Army and Air Force are/were in Darmstadt, Ramstein, Heidelberg, Weissburg, Berlin, etc.
In Britain, hot dogs canned in brine are branded as "American Sausages"; in America, (usually half-length) hot dogs canned in brine are branded as "Vienna Sausages". But if you want to try a 'Real American Hot Dog', it's basically just a slender chicken-and-pork bologna - so much so that, as a kid, I saw a whole bologna sausage at a butcher's shop and thought it was a giant hot dog. An 'American-style' breakfast originated as part of our (older) work ethic, when we worked long hours of strenuous labor and needed to bolster up with protein and carbs. As most of America was rural back then, eggs and 'pig parts' were plentiful and formed the foundation of breakfasts - fry up some bacon or sausage, fry some diced potatoes and eggs in the grease, and add some flour and cracked pepper to turn the remaining grease into gravy to pour over some biscuits. If you had some hamburger meat (ground beef), you could do chicken-fried steak instead of pig (bacon, sausage, ham, chorizo, etc). Plenty of variety, but it basically boils down to; eggs, meat, potatoes, and bread. That glass makes me instantly think of 'fine crystal', leading me to think Austria or Bavaria. When it comes to spaghetti westerns, what many claim to have become the most iconic exemplar is an American homage to the spaghetti western, itself an Italian homage to the American 'wild west' - Rango (2011).
You realize that Canada does share part of the North American continent, which would also make them Americans even though it is not in the country’s name.
In the US we have something called "German chocolate cake" which is a dry-ish chocolate cake topped with coconut-pecan frosting. Its called "German " because that was the last name of the guy that created it.
the red solo cup is only used because we want one or more of these 1. easy clean-up, just through it in the trash 2. cheep disposable cups that we do not care if you brake 3. an easy way to label whose cup it is, just right there name on it with a sharpy marker also we use paper plates for the same reason
J.J. is the most Canadian person I've ever seen. His videos are good. My only complaint is that he believes unique Canadian cultural things exist, but tends to lump American things in with an overall North American culture. He never really gives credit to American culture on its own. I don't know if that's from a lack of knowledge or interest but I've found it frustrating sometimes.
As someone from NY we call Amerikaners “black and white cookies”. They are very popular and often advertised as an exotic German cookie. “The origins of the black-and-white cookie are debated, but many believe it was created by Glaser's Bake Shop in Manhattan, New York, around 1902. Bavarian immigrants John and Justine Glaser reportedly brought the recipe with them from Bavaria. The cookies were among the bakery's original recipes and became popular, spreading to other bakeries, including Jewish bakeries by the mid-1900s.”
I always assumed that the bones of your tale was more or less the origin of the black and white cookie in NYC, but despite living mere blocks from the establishment for virtually my entire life, had no idea that Glaser's played such an important role.
@@oliviawolcott8351extra funny because they’re in every German bakery and are only recently trending in the U.S. outside of places where there are Jewish bakeries.
@@oliviawolcott8351 no "Germany" doesn't think of them as American. I've nerver met anyone who thought that or claimed that they were. The name of those cookies most likely derives from "ammonium bicarbonate" which is used in making those cookies maybe intentionally bastardized after WWI.
Yeah, as an American, I think of black and white cookies as "New York City cookies" not "American cookies". I grew up in Massachusetts, not too far away, and had no idea they were a thing until I was a full adult and stayed in NYC for a week. But it makes sense that super local NYC city things would get global attention due to shows like Friends and Seinfeld being so ubiquitous.
5:25 I live in the USA and I would frown on having KFC for Christmas because I don't patronize businesses on family holidays like that. I want the workers to be allowed to stay home. Also, I'm pretty sure fried chicken is a summer food. Specifically, it feels like picnics and sunshine. I don't crave it in winter.
Lots of non-Christians partake of some or many Christmas traditions in the US, such as decorations, or putting up a tree. :) I personally had a Jewish family as a neighbor who put up a Christmas tree because it was fun.
I have been to Germany several times. The idea of what is American always struck me. I find it interesting. The Taste of America is nowhere near close, but it makes sense. Snacks that have a long shelf life. I was at a mall in Iraq and went to the food court and that was way worse. I have a bud that lives there and he mentioned it. I sent him a care package. 120 worth of stuff and it cost me 180 to ship it. It brightened up his year. He told me he made some cornbread and offered some to his family. They tried a bite and decided it wasnt for them. I sent him some Velvetta too to make some Mac and Cheese. Spices, just things I know you can't get there. Something I know you can't get there but the Germanics here make and could be made there - Scrapple. That is a taste of America. I know families that will stock up for the year with one days worth of work. The mini grill sets in Germany really got to me. Like...why? And the Pulled Pork Crazy, i wasnt even going to bother. -Edit, that same bud, his daughter made him an American breakfast. Scrambled eggs, toast and baked beans. An A for effort but very much wrong.
Scrapple is HIGHLY regional, so I can't imagine most Americans knowing what it is, let alone eating it regularly and considering it "American food". I ate it a few times as a kid (mostly when visiting my grandparents), but stopped when I learned the ingredients!
The pickle/mayo/hotsauce is actually close. I make a similar sauce for fish and other things with Relish, Miracle Whip(salad dressing), and Asian chili sauce. Its really good. A spicy tartar sauce basically.
6:09 The Dutch "American Style Sauce" described here actually IS popular in the US, but in the NorthEast and Midwest, where it's usually called Tartar Sauce (typically made of mayonaise, relish, lemonjuice, and pepper.) It's commonly served with fish dishes and on fish sandwiches, and is also a popular to dip french fries in. JJ is a west-coast Canadian from what I understand, so it's no surprise he may not know of the sauce's popularity on the other side of the continent.
When my family and friends come to the U.S. from overseas, they're always shocked and almost disappointed that we don't eat hot dogs anywhere near as much as they think. Most are truly stunned when I say that I really only encounter them at summer cookouts, and when they can't find them on restaurant menus. I've gotten in the habit of offering to fire up the grill if the weather is nice enough, because it truly does delight a lot of people to experience a real American delicacy! And yes, they do get SO EXCITED about the red Solo cups...I've had guests ask if they can take some home. 😂 And of course I always give them some!
So, if we aren't "native American", then we all came here from "somewhere else" at "some time in the distant or not too distant past". So, all of the hoopla about "American" things boils down to this... As Americans, we live next to each other in (more or less) peace and we all practice our own cultural things. We cook, we party, we invite our new friends to gather. We like each other's food, clothes, furnishings, traditions so we go back to our own place with new tastes, smells, etc. swimming in our little brains. We APPRECIATE other folks culture, cooking, etc but when we try it we don't always get it right. But we are polite people, so instead of blowing a gasket when we see our non-(fill in the country/culture) friend not doing it right, we TYPICALLY don't blow a gasket and MAKE them do it right. We just laugh, clap them on the back and say the equivalent of "nice try". Things over time get assimilated into the greater American culture. We all KNOW that they aren't tacos like you'd find IN MEXICO, or bratwurst like you'd eat them in Germany, or Chinese that any actual resident of Chine would appreciate. But, hey, we LIKE them and they are OUR TAKE on that food/etc. So it's all good! It seems everything here is a mish-mash of different cultures, which is FINE, that's WHO WE ARE! Sometimes I feel like people are so hung up on "not authentic" that they lose sight of the fact that it doesn't HAVE to be authentic to be enjoyed!
I don’t know about you but I’m a Native American. My family has been here longer than most countries have existed, including longer than the US itself.
@@lookoutforchris And I'm mexican. Mexico is made up of many indigenous groups and mestizos, which are a mix of Indigenous and European colonizers; dozens of dialects are still spoken there throughout the whole country. We have also been in the American continent way longer than Canadians and US, but we still do not call ourselves Americans or have issues with non-authentic Mexican food like tacos. Maybe 30 years ago when people in US thought actual Mexican tacos were the same, bc the traditional kind are usually so much better, but as the world has become more internationally aware people know the difference. I kinda smile when I see the hard taco shells in the boxes at the store and find it nice they like something from my culture enough to try to imitate it. The United States was made up of immigrants and continues to mix more by the day, so it's kind of expected that they have a mix of cultures and made it their own.
Fauxthentic American on the topic, good one. As was already mentioned, he is Canadian....as is obvious to us Americans with his accent. Also, I have to mention that "hot dogs" are not American and, sad to say, are not made of dog like many in Asia and Africa belive.
Americans typically eat roast beef, turkey, or ham with potatoes and vegetables and apple pie, cherry pie, and Christmas cookies for dessert. Virtually all stores and restaurants are closed on Christmas.
In the US we have “German Chocolate Cake.” It is not called that because it comes from Germany, it was actually invented in the US; but instead the name refers to the cake’s English-American inventor, Samuel German.
EDIT: Apparently German was the inventor of the chocolate used in the cake, not the cake itself. Thank you to those who corrected me. :)
That's my favorite cake!
That s my favorite cake.
That's correct. I use German's Baking Chocolate when I make this cake. It has absolutely no German origin, but instead, was first made by a lady in Texas in 1957. Real German chocolate cake looks and tastes just like the cake made in the USA.
I thought it was because its made with 'German chocolate', which is a way of processing cocoa powder which produces a distinct flavor. The process is also called 'Dutch Cocoa' as I belive they actually developed it. Needless to say conflating the Dutch and Germans is a far older issue.
@@kennethferland5579 German's chocolate is named after Samual German as well
As an American, I'm BAFFLED by the jarred hotdogs. Also, creamed corn on pizza is borderline sacrilege 😂
as much as i love creamed corn i would NEVER put it on a pizza, i barely tolerate my moms love of having pineapple on her pizza
Yeah, but I have had them in a jar.
I was in scotland not long ago and didn't see that anywhere lol
Jarred hot dogs are probably easier to transport and be safe to eat for longer periods than the way they are packaged and sold in the US. It was most likely an economic decision.
I didn't know, I feel like single wrapped pickled sausages are something I see at every convenience store right next to Slim-Jim's, usually called something obnoxious like Firecrackers. Never eaten them, but obviously somebody is if they've been in 7-11 since the 80s and continue to be stocked. Can't imagine it's too much different buying several in a jar, and they'd be preserved pantry items with a huge shelf life, which is good for stores.
If you pour creamed corn on my pizza, we're about to fight.
@aaronburdon221 Right? I'm with you! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, I would be screaming no at the waiter. I'm just fine with the plain pizza(cheese only) you brought me. Please find me some red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese to top it with. Cheese pizza is so boring
I think I would be too dumbstruck to fight. I think I'd honestly just cry.
@@ryanewald9740 SAME i would be like- mourning
I’d just get up and leave. I’m not touching that.
Fried chicken on Christmas actually made my eyebrow raise, because I've never heard of that here in America.
I can't speak for other families, but growing up in the cold Midwest, our family had the traditional honey glazed ham, with all the fixin's like mashed potatoes, sweet baked yams, green bean casserole, stuffing, and of course, an assortment of pies, like cherry pie, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. We might also have some cranberry sauce on the side, and perhaps some buttermilk biscuits (flakey bread rolls, not cookies). Oh, but yeah, we would also bake gingerbread men, and Christmas tree shaped sugar cookies decorated with icing and those little red cinnamon candies (as the ornaments). The ham could be replaced with a turkey. I know some people have goose, but I don't know where the hell you buy a goose; never seen one for sale in the meat section).
But we never had fried chicken for Christmas... Ever.
I'm fourth generation Polish-American. My family has fish for Christmas.
Really i feel Chrismas is more of different family different meal. It's more the snacks and some drinks the screams the holiday. My family does goose but that's just something we started since we had kids.
I buy my geese from the local Amish... 😂
But yes, goose, duck, turkey, or ham would all be traditional.
I find it much easier to smoke a prime rib though, so that's been our go to for years now.
@@erinwojcik4771 I had fried carp in Prague on the 24th once. And we had to go to one of the large pools of live carp that appeared in the city and ask a man to get one out and kill it for us. Fried carp and potato salad for Xmas Dinner.
I knew a Californian who was once served lovingly prepared turkey for Thanksgiving in Japan. Turkey Sashimi. He ate it and did not become ill, but he didn't have it ever again.
Once I was homesick in The Far East and I had Heinz Tomato Soup and bread rolls for Christmas dinner. And I loved it. 🙂 The locals very kindly invited me to have dinner with them, but I just wanted a taste of home.
I grew up on the US/Mex border and our big holiday meals there versus where I live now in the Deep South are drastically different. We still stick with tacos for pretty much every holiday in our family but that is just us. My husband’s father is Muslim and I never have liked pork so the bit of crossover with pork products between those two areas skips us.
Duct tape being called "American tape" fills me with nationalistic pride. Please continue doing that.
😂😂😂
I'm also now calling roller coasters American Slides
@@UODZU-Plmfaoooo
agreed
It makes me think of Mythbusters.
funny thing is, this guy is Canadian. i laugh everytime he says aboot.
Me too!!! It was killing me!!😅
He has the most stereotypical Ontario accent ever, it's great.
@@CidsaDragoonHe is from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We don't talk that way. We have never talked that way. He's faking it for attention and likes and and hes a doofuss
Me, too
Still north americs
Watching a German watch a Canadian talk about what's not actually American in other countries. This is why the internet exists.
LOL The first time he said "about," I said, "Hey! He's Canadian!"
Yep, 'aboot'. Seems a good guy though. I'd be OK with him as a neighbor, and not just a neighboring country.
Scrolled down here for this very reason. What does this dude know if he doesn't live here?
@@roberthunter479 Maybe has has lived in the USA for a period of time. He seemed to know enough that his assessments were accurate lol.
Did the "Aboot" give it away.
I will likely never get to travel and see other places and experience new things, so videos like this never fail to entertain. One small point, you saying "Hawai'ian" in your accent is 100% more accurate than how most Americans say it. I've got a friend who lives in Deutschland (I can't recall what part) and we exchange boxes every christmas of just random crap that each other's countries don't have or don't regularly sell. Last time we did this, I got a German newspaper and a book on travel (entirely in German) and a cool little coin. I sent Kraft mac 'n cheese and a bunch of other foodstuffs not very common there. I believe his words were "no food on earth should be this virulent shade of orange, but it wasn't bad".
Fun fact, the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada.
The guy that convinced Japanese people to have fried chicken on Christmas is a genius. Not even mad lol
Ok, as an American I think the idea of KFC for Christmas sounds like a cool change of pace. I like it. It is a bit ironic, nonetheless as deep fried turkeys are common in the USA for major holidays.
@@danrhinehart1134 plus people just had thanksgiving a month prior. So, change it up a bit if you like. I’d be okay if I showed up to someone’s house and they had fried chicken, mashed potatoes and biscuits! I’m down with this!
It's not the worst creation I think, and sort of still gets a bit of the message across, big feast with family and friends. Just usually it's homecooked meals and stuff, well I guess it depends on the family and all. The christianity stuff is only for the hyper religious, most just take it as a general holiday since many get the time off work and school.
And of course there's the spending money on gifts and stuff, big economic holiday really, so a brand like KFC almost monopolizing it is kind of ironically in line, though I think they got it by lucky accident.
Wish KFC tasted as good as it did 20 years ago!
Those eating the fried chicken aren't mad either.
“Chinese fortune cookies” were created in San Francisco, by a Japanese American commercial baker serving mostly ethnic restaurants. He came up with the idea of folding a traditional Japanese sesame cookie around a fortune, and discovered there was a market for it. One could get the unfolded sesame cookies in San Jose’s Japantown.
Huh, I always heard that it was a Chinese American who invented them, but that fact makes me wonder, are fauxthentic traditions often created by people from geographically adjacent cultures? It makes sense, because they would know enough about the culture to get it mostly right, but wouldn't care about authenticity when using it to sell something to an audience which doesn't know better.
Fried Rice also came from the USA, sweet and sour pork is also an American dish which "immigrated" back to China. There are several more which we think of Chinese food which is not. In fact majority of food in a Chinese resteraunt is NOT Chinese food.
I remember going to the fortune cookie factory in the 70s on a field trip🙂
@@w8stral Yeah, it was Chinese or ethnic Chinese cooking for Anglo customers, using available food items.
I'm getting queasy and just hearing about these
An American,watching a charming german, laugh at a funny Canadian. Sometimes I love the Internet 😊
I relate! I’m also American, and this video has been such a fun experience.
I giggled every time he said aboot, my grandmother was Canadian, we have family there so we went there occasionally (mainly Nova Scotia)
As a Mainer who can see the Canadian border from my front yard....I agree :)
One minute in I felt like I was in a Salvador Dali movie, but I am deff having fried chicken for Christmas next year.
He doesn't have kids: gold fish are ubiquitous
Funnily enough the black and white cookies that you call Amerikaners ARE actually American and are believed to be created in New York at Glaser’s Bakery or Hemstrought's Bakery around 1902. Though they are just called Black and white cookies here is the US.
This is the first I've ever even seen these cookies. They must be a New York thing and not an American thing. Sincerely, the Midwest.
Yes, mostly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_white_cookie
very popular in new england as well
i'm guessing the midwest doesn't have too many family owned italian or jewish bakeries
I've seen them in Ohio but associate them with with NYC. Seinfeld had an episode with them where he said they represented racial harmony but then got sick
@@flerbusDepends on which part of the Midwest
The "American sauce" is close to what we call "tartar sauce" (mayonaisse and diced pickles) but missing lemon juice or other ingredients. Tartar sauce is almost exclusively eaten with fish, especially breaded and fried fish.
They have tartar sauce in Germany. It’s like the bedrock of their one fast food restaurant, a surprisingly fresh seafood chain called Nordsee.
It sounds pretty similar to thousand island, just tobasco instead of ketchup.
@@Furluge I'd rather the tobasco. Mmm
It might be similar to Big Mac sauce which is a topping on one of McDonald's burgers.
Tartar sauce is much older than America though, the debate is over the origin deriving from the Roman Empire or France.
The only thing he talked about that actually is authentic is the red solo cups. Couple of things, though: 1. They’re very common in America, not because they’re considered glamorous or cool or even American, but because they’re dirt cheap; so they’re great for parties, picnics and barbecues where you have a lot of people. Less widely known around the world are paper Dixie cups, which are also very common at large gatherings in America, but they’re smaller. 2. Solo cups don’t just come in red; I’ve seen them in blue, green and yellow too. But for some reason it’s always the red ones that appear in Hollywood movies.
Oh, and I’ll add this: “Americana” is a word used to describe media or materials, typically old or historical stuff, that are considered emblematic of America or American history or culture. At the university library I work for, we have a section of our special collections and rare materials collections called “Americana”, which can include anything from old postage stamps or early 20th century post cards from Yellowstone, to old diaries written by 19th century Americans, old photographs, early film reels, or early American publications.
There are a couple good reasons for the plastic, rather than paper, cups being used in movies. They're more durable, so they can be used for more takes, and their greater opacity makes continuity far easier, as you don't have to worry about obvious changes in the level of liquid in a cup between shots.
@@mpf1947 Do you know why they always specifically use the red solo cups, though, when they come in multiple colors?
@@rachelmaxwell5936 It could just be that they pop on camera better? I mean, I never really thought about if set designers would care about the color of the cups they're using in a scene, but now that I AM thinking about it, I could honestly see that being a reason, lol.
One of the reasons red Solo cups are used could be because of Toby Keith's hit song "Red Solo Cup". The song got to #9 on the Billboard charts and has over 600,000 views on RUclips.
@@rachelmaxwell5936they contrast on camera better than other colors, but i also wouldn't be surprised if solo paid a bunch of money for product placement
I host a lot of foreign visitors to the US. The look on their face when they realize that solo cups come in every color you can imagine is hilarious.
or that they're mad cheap to buy xD my Icelandic friends bought solo cups as souvenirs when they visited me in DC. I was done, these were people I had went to university with in Japan for 3 years. They saw my apartment had solo cups and they could never find them.... cuz I always got em at the Costco in Fukuoka.
@@lordblazer Love it. Had friends from UK over and they said a 12 pack of "American cups" cost them £26 when they could find them. I just gave them a pack of 80 I got at target for $4 and they were in awe.
They didn't use to.
Other colors have to be a fad. Nothing says "kegger" like the red solo cup.
It's so weird learning just today that anyone cares about solo cups at all.
Thanks for the video! Keep at it! I hope you find ways past the depression! We’re all rooting for you to succeed in life.
Not even mad about the guy convincing Japan to eat fried chicken on Christmas. The man started a legit cultural tradition because of that. It's absolutely genius.
literally up there with macy's in the early 1900s coming up with santa claus 😂
i can't wait until japanese people start hearing about that bit of history bc their reactions will be utter gold
@@dead-claudia I think the legend of Santa Clause came before Macy's. Many cultures have a variation of the tale and I'm fairly certain the Americanized version is based on St. Nicholas. Although, the history of Christmas and traditions have many origins from the winter solstice, to being outlawed from the church, to later being associated with the birth of Christ, and finally acceptance as a national holiday, etc.
pretty sure Santa Clause and Macy is talking about during the Christmas season to have a Santa Clause in the store for kids to see and sit on his lap and not that Macy’s came up with Santa Clause entirely
@@amyyamasaki8529 Oh, that makes sense, haha
Also the Japanese do not typically have the type of ovens we have in the West. Cooking a whole turkey is not really an option there. I'm not even sure you heat up a ham. Pretty much all the traditional Western feast foods aren't much of an option.
Besides, chicken's way better than Turkey anyway. The only good thing about a turkey is it's a bigger bird.
"yeah- I could see that. With the Santa and KFC" as American Christmas - I actually spit my water laughing :) that is adorable that seems so American. Those kids were so happy - don't take that from them LOL
Funny part is, the Japanese don't actually believe KFC is a traditional American Christmas food. The whole thing became a thing because people wanted Christmas turkeys, but turkey is a very rare food to find at all in Japan (at least, whole turkey is), so KFC decided to do a Christmas KFC marketing campaign. Ever since, KFC has been a popular Christmas dinner treat.
@@MrMontanaNights Thank you. Makes sense. Christmas is definitely one of the days that we don't get fast food! Those little kids with their buckets of fried chicken are so cute though. Definitely not an American tradition.
I'm a 41 year old American, and I have never heard or even ever seen a hotdog on a pizza in my life!!!!
Same, I learned something new today. That combination is wild.
I've had it a couple times growing up in Ohio. It's a quick add-on to cheap take-and-bake pizzas with skimpy toppings when trying to use up food in the fridge.
It's not exactly good, moreso bland. But there's worse toppings.
While never on a pizza, i’ve seen pizzas that had pretzel dough with Pigs-In-A-Blanket crusts. I think it was a Pizza Hut thing. Also saw a hotdog rolled in with the crust. Also think it was Pizza Hut.
Saw it on a pizza in Mexico. They called it sausage pizza
Absolute college food.....Cheap totinos frozen pizza, add some sliced hotdogs and extra cheese to up the calories and protein. I eventually moved on to better pizza and better toppings, but that remains a strong memory.
My understanding is that Hawaiin Pizza was "invented" in Canada.
hence the Canadian bacon...
Yes…by a Greek immigrant
Yeah, it got the "hawaiin" name from the can of Pineapples the chef used.
@@amaegith9871 I had a feeling it was because of the pineapples.
LOLOLOL, a fusion thing! Way better with fresh pineapple.
Never in my life have I eaten a hot dog from a jar 😂
Or put hot dog on a pizza. Gag!
Hot dogs in a jar are from Germany and some areas in England.
We do have pork and beans though. 😅 Cut up hot dogs in BBQ beans. I haven't had it since I was a kid, but it's still out there. 😆
@@briansmith48 the pork and beans in the can, are pieces of pork, not hotdogs.
never a hot dog but sausages. Bar sausages to be exact
When I visted Germany several years ago, I stayed at a hostel in Dresden and the elevator was advertising the "Amerikanisch Pizza" which was topped with tuna, peas, and mac and cheese. Frankly, as an American, sounded rather disgusting.
If the crust was thin with no sauce, that would be similar to a tuna casserole that my mom used to make with saltine crackers. It wasn't bad for an occasional change of pace.
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Someone dumped a casserole on a pizza. 😳
@@martaledbetter2911 yeah, that was my first thought as well, but still less than appetizing.
It's always fun seeing your part of the world through the eyes of someone elsewhere. My favorite story is that of an American Steak House in Japan that has a rather interesting breakfast buffet, serving hotdogs (frank is another term as they derive from the German frankfurter) and hamburger patties as sausage and french fries as hashbrowns, etc... This is on top of the KFC thing which never ceases to amuse me as that is the furthest from American traditions as one can get.
Also, I am in a rather German part of the U.S, relatively speaking, Kansas to be precise, we kinda pride our German heritage (me less so as I am Welsh) one of our state dishes is the Volga classic Bierrocks, and there is a city here that has an entire dutch/German heritage festival (I know the Netherlands and Gemrany are not the same, but its a combination festival). German also is the 3rd most spoken language in the state, behind Espanol and English.
Also BTW, Hawi'ian pizza is actually Canadian, the name comes from the brand of pineapple used. Also so you can get a good metric:
A typical American breakfast: Bacon (thinly sliced pork belly style, often extra crispy but never burnt), eggs, sometimes sunny side up, sometimes over easy, toast with butter, and hashbrowns. If you want extra points, add pancakes or waffles (chicken and waffles is another one that is done). This is served with a side of maple syrup, jam of your preference, OJ and/or coffee. However personally, i am weird and prefer sushi as all that jazz up there tends to upset my stomach, Im also not a huge breakfast eater also.
Some true American foods (U.S Originals):
- Corndogs (obviously)
- Biscuits and Gravy (don't knock it til you try it)
- Cob Salad
- Lobster Roll
- Po' Boy (especially if its made with oysters)
- Jumbalya
- Hamburgers (origins derive from the style of sandwich from Hamburg Germany, however its popularity with people in the U.S make its as American as anything else and preparation has changed over the years from how it was originally concieved.)
- Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich
- German Chocolate Cake (named after the creator Samuel German).
- The Cuban Sandwich (originalted from Cuban immigrants adapting old recipes with new ingredients.)
and finally but not the last: New England Clam Chowder.
More notes about what a typical American breakfast breakfast looks like:
The bacon may be replaced with breakfast sausage (sometimes called country sausage) usually in small link or patty form, or more rarely a slice of ham. Eggs are often fried, yes, but scrambled eggs are just as common. When fried, in addition to sunny side up and over easy are over medium and over hard (though over hard is less popular), and cheese may sometimes be added when scrambled. The toast may be replaced with a buttermilk biscuit (referring to the American style of biscuit of course, not the British), an English muffin, or an American muffin. The maple syrup is for the pancakes or waffles, and would not be served in their absence, and likewise the jam for the toast/biscuit/English muffin (you wouldn't typically add jam to an American muffin). Chicken and waffles is fried chicken on top of a waffle (or two), and would typically be served on it's own (without the bacon, toast, etc). In addition to orange juice and coffee, milk is a common breakfast beverage.
Also, contrary to popular belief we don't actually eat everything in sight every day lol While the described breakfast is very typical, one might even say traditional, that total amount of food at every breakfast very much is not. Pancakes and waffles especially are generally not a daily thing; at most you might eat them once a week on saturday or sunday. And when you do eat them, you may forgo other items depending on your appetite (especially the toast and hashbrowns).
As for non-breakfast American food, similar to the Cuban sandwich that was mentioned we actually have quite a lot of cuisine that is thought of as being from other cultures but was more or less invented in America by immigrants adapting their own recipes either to fit American ingredients or tastes. Chicken Parmesean is most likely an adaptation of Eggplant Parmesean after eggplant proved extremely difficult (or extremely expensive) for poor Italian immigrant workers to procure. Tex-Mex food like fajitas, the modern burrito, hardshell tacos, chili con queso, and nachos is named for Texas and Mexico; it's right in the name lol The vast majority of Chinese cuisine in American restaurants is unrecognizable to Chinese nationals, having been adapted for American tastes in the mid - late 1800s. And I'm not just talking about stuff like General Tso, most things you see on a menu in a typical Chinese restaurant in Chinatown were either invented here or have been modified in some way from their original versions (hint: actual Chinese people don't order from the menu lol). Xiran Jay Zhao has an excellent twitter essay/youtube video about this!
@@ValkyrieTiara Yep, the term "American Cuizine" is a hard definition because the U.S is a melting pot of cultures, and anything we have that is created here is often rehashes of other cultural foods.
The Cheeses are one I see this most prominent outside of ethnic dishes. Chesses like Colby Jack, Montery Jack, Baby Swiss, and plain Colby are all cheeses created here in the states, however they all derive from cultural processes that originate in other countries. Such as Colby being a form of Cheddar, Baby Swiss needs no explanation. Montery Jack, and really all Jack cheeses are the outlier, as they are completely derived in the U.S by Franciscan Friars in California, primarily Monterey. The name Jack coming from David Jacks that sold the cheese commercially.
I was living in Japan in the early 2000s and found it funny to see T-Shirts sold with English words and phrases that were all non-sense. It reminded me of Americans who got tattoos with Japanese symbols that were pretty random. I have a pair of Japanese house slippers that read, "Toilet. Always a pleasant surprise." They made me laugh so hard when I saw them.
My favorite was “I Feel Coke.” I love Japanese nonsense tees!
I watch a lot of Thai dramas and they frequently wear shirts with English text on them, I think because it looks cool in Thailand. However sometimes the shirts are really random and hilarious, like a young male college student wearing a shirt that said "Baseball Mom" or another character wearing a Christmas shirt in the summer.
Some Japanese homes have special slippers worn for using the toilet.
@@LorenIpsum75but I hope it isn’t _always_ a surprise, even a pleasant one
Figure it's only fair. Lol
As an American, I am proud of the balls of the guy who convinced an entire country that we eat fried chicken on Christmas 😂
Any true American can appreciate that entrepreneurial spirit 😂
Helll no I am absolutely offended 😂
Absolutely. Props to him. That's hilarious.
100% the second most American thing I have seen on this video next to "Now in Bacon Flavored".
@@TheLoreLabs I honestly wanted to try that...
It's a very clever ploy
Gotta love a video of a Canadian telling a German about what's American and what isn't
I know, right! 😁
I was thinking the same thing, but hey, Canada is America’s fraternal twin, he basically knows American culture
JJ explained in the past that he speaks in terms of American Culture including Canada because not only are we all apart of "North America", but the culture of the United States is what kind of bled up to create the culture of Canada (with some regional differences.) For example, while Canada remained under the crown and was slowly populated by fur traders and lumberjacks to send resources back to England, it didn't have much global cultural influence, so a lot of what defines them today is simply adopted from the US. (I may be mis-remembering the finer details of the history, so please forgive me, but I believe that was the gist of what he said. I saw it a while ago. 😅)
@@Kipicus I don't even know what poutine is but this Canuckistani is larping big.
No fried okra, grits, barbecue, or red snapper? Not American at all.
@@SecuR0M (with some regional differences.) Fried Okra, grits, and red snapper is southern, you won't find these things in the north. You're saying people who don't have these things are larping as American? Wait... Jefferson Davis is that you???? 👀 If you think having Tim Hortons makes you fake American in North America, then you're minds going to get blown when you find out there's a Central and South America, and they are a LOT less friendly when you tell them they're not American. 😂
The cut to you saying "Please hit like and subscribe" so nicely and not dramatic or being some long rant convinced me to do so. 👍
whats funny about the "christmas fried chicken" is, as an American- when we dont want to deal with cooking turkey and everything that goes with it, we go out to a chinese buffet for christmas lmfao
Chinese places where I am don't close for anything. We've had roughly 2 tornado warnings in my entire lifetime in the area I live in and during the more recent of them, the couple running a chinese food truck in the area just walked into a nearby bar to wait out the storm itself and got right back to cooking once it was done.
that is a jewish tradition! movies and chinese food.
christmas in new zealand is a barbeque and lots of beer
@@mikekilkelly2138isn’t it summertime in December over there I know the seasons there are slightly different from the us
Evidently, Chinese on Christmas is traditional for Jewish folks, because they don't celebrate Xmas. We went out for Chinese on Christmas Eve, because my mom refused to cook that day.
The black and white cookie supposedly was first made by Bavarian immigrants, who opened Glaser's Bake Shop in 1902 in a Manhattan neighborhood. By the 1950's, the cookie was a key part of NYC's Ashkenazi Jewish culinary identity and can still be found in bakeries, corner stores and delis throughout the metropolitan area. I've always found them in Jewish deli's where I live in Ohio.
I’ve seen the black and white cookies in bakeries here in the Southern States.
@@samanthac.349 and being that I've lived in rural Georgia since 08 I'm very happy to have seen them finally. I used to have to make my own Black and White cookies until I saw them at Publix a few years ago 😊
They’re common at any bakery in the N.Y. capital region.
The black and white cookies are a pretty common bakery item throughout the midwest, though sometimes they're smaller.
@@JoHennyes! And in central NY we call them half moon cookies.
Another thing about the US. We do not, in general, think of hot dogs as sausages. They exist as a separate category. Brats are sausages, but hot dogs are hot dogs or sometimes called franks, short for frankfurters. The best hot dog I ever ate was on the Staten Island ferry-no ketchup, no mustard, no relish, just plain in a bun. Amazing!
Yeah, I would second this. Sausage is a completely different thing. It's usually bigger and made of better quality meat. And it can be made of any kind of meat. There's really good chicken and apple sausages that taste amazing when cooked on the grill or over a camp fire.
You can get "Vienna sausages" which are tiny and come in a can. Also vegan sausages and/or hot dogs, which are made of plant proteins and only marginally edible. 😅😂
And then there's breakfast sausage, which is usually made of pork with specific seasonings. It can be hot dog shaped (but smaller), or formed into a patty. Sometimes even just scrambled.
Not even going down the summer sausage / salami rabbit hole...
Maybe we deserve the "America = hot dogs" reputation.
Correct. Sausage and hotdogs are different things.
Interestingly, it seems to be a thing among Mexican immigrants. My wife and her family do in fact use hot dogs as a replacement for almost any type of sausage which isn't chorizo.
I'd like to point out that there are some things labeled "sausages" that really look like slightly bigger (and maybe tastier) hot dogs. Otherwise, sausages are generally composed of coarser bits of meat and seasonings, i.e.; less processed.
@@KellAnderson Probably because we don't really eat sausage. I never saw any in Mexico. We have "longaniza" and "chorizo", but those are different. We do have "salchicha", which is kind of like a hot dog whiner, that are just now being more popular due to tourist influence. Granted, Mexico has so many indigenous populations and dialects that food from one state can vary a lot from another, but I've never met someone from there that knew what sausage was.
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Fun fact about these types of store. A lot of sport leagues will make the first run of merch ahead of playoff games for both teams. This way, they can immediately start selling merch when a team wins. The merch made for the losing team then gets sold off to various countries, particularly poor countries. My dad lived in Chile for a while in the 80s, and he has pictures of people wearing Super Bowl XVII championship merch for the raiders.
Most of the rest of the stuff that ends up there is the factory seconds, rejects, or discontinued products that you’d find at Ross
Scott Pilgrim was written by a Canadian, takes place in Canada, and is directed by a Brit. It's so weird that a film where Toronto is at the center of everything is thought of as American.
So, America’s is the continent, isn’t it? So technically Canada is American, no? The only actual issue that people have is think only about the US when they hear “America”, even though American is the continent and the US is the country. Like Canada and some small Latin countries too.
Canada is on the American continent and I've heard plenty of Canadians refer to themselves culturally as being American. It's easy to make everything about us when we're from the USA
@@xxmathiasnofacexx No. NORTH America, which stops at Ecuador, is the continent. The continent is split by the isthmus, much like Africa is separated from Eurasia by an Isthmus.
And I've known perfectly kind, nice, polite Canadians who would fight you for calling them American.
@@xxmathiasnofacexx No. Everyone knows "American" refers to people/things from the United States of America. No one from Canada or Mexico (or any other country in the Americas) refers to themselves as "American." This would cause an unbelievable amount of confusion. And Canadians definitely don't want to be associated with America. They're easily confused as Americans by the rest of the world due to having a similar accent. Why do you think they're so quick to point out to everyone that they're Canadian and to always wear/display the Canadian flag when they're traveling.
Similarly, I've never heard of a Brit who didn't object to being called "European." While Great Britain is technically in Europe, they're not part of the mainland continent of Europe and tend to consider themselves British (or English, Welsh, etc) not European. Even though Canadians inhabit the continent of North America, they don't consider themselves (and Americans would never refer to anyone outside of the U.S. as) American.
@@bobtheduck but why America then, it’s just US what ppl mean, right? Ppl should say US
Geez!! This guy’s Canadian accent is killing Me!!!!
He's all Oot and Aboot, eh. Thick as maple syrup.
did he seriously say "aboot"?
Exactly ... the "about", "out", etc are dead giveaways that he's Canadian ... I was waiting for "eh" ... LOL 😊🇺🇸
@@Diesal3 Yes, Yes he did. No Doot, aboot it ,Eh!
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Not to mention the Vancouver license plate.
When I lived in Belgium for 8 years, I was shocked to see raw ground beef with green spices labeled American Pate. I don't know any American who would ever eat raw ground beef.
Me when making meatballs
I now live in the northern part of South Dakota and there is a tradition here of serving what is locally called Tiger Meat which is a special mixture of richly seasoned, freshly ground locally raised beef which is served raw on crackers particularly at the holidays. It is actually quite good. I think this was a tradition brought over by the German Russians who settled in the area.
@@juliamccolister9355 I grew up in South Eastern S. D. So glad it is your tradition up north. Thanks for the info.
Well hick, try going to a "fancy" high-end restaurant in s "big city", not common anymore, but you can still find it.
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2:00 - Ahh, yes, yes, yes. Yes, it is totally decadent nonsense that we Americans eat Goldfish on the regular. *slowly hides bag of Goldfish*
In the USA, there's a cake that only dates back to the 1950s called German Chocolate Cake (Originally German's Chocolate Cake). It was named for a brand of chocolate that was named after an English-American man named Samuel German. The cake was made with German's Chocolate. Over time, Americans just dropped the possessive and just started calling it German Chocolate Cake.
Unlike most of these faux American foods, German Chocolate Cake actually tastes good.
It's like graham crackers.
They were invented by a man named Thomas Graham. So they were Graham's crackers.
When he sold his company the new owners dropped the possessive too.
Thank you for sharing this! I have kinda taken everything named here in America with a grain of salt since I have grown up.
@@martha3445 Yep, it is really good.
I wonder if the man pronounced his name Grrr-man. I know someone whose name is spelled "German" but is pronounced Grrr-man.
The lederhosen stereotype came about in the US because after WW2 the American occupation zone was mostly confined to Bavaria so American soldiers would see Bavarians in these clothes and see Bavarian culture and thought the rest of Germany was like that.
My father was stationed around Nuremburg in the early 1960's. He had a set of Bierkrugs marked "Lowenbrau Munchen"
eh alot of americans were out of bavaria too but i believe it
The stereotype is way older than WW2. Many migrants moved from Bavaria to the USA in the 19th century.
@@TheDuckofDoom. True.
Another factor is that the traditional Bavarian clothing is pretty distinctive and recognizable, whereas Germans in other areas dressed pretty much like anyone else, so it was only the odd-looking Bavarian garb that stuck in people's minds as being representative of Germany. Although truthfully, it's doubtful that any educated US person today thinks that Germans dress any diffeently than Americans do. We've seen too many documentaries and modern shows not to realize that it's just a silly stereotype. Just as I'm pretty sure most Germans don't think that all Americans dress like cowboys.
As 1st generation American from a Mexican background, I see this all the time from both ends. Like my Mexican friends ask me what it with Americans and guns, it's just deeply rooted in American history and culture. Back when America was untamed and scattered you have to fend for yourself where there's little help. The stand offish attitude and the what's mine is mine mentality is rooted heavily in the culture and history.
Conversely my American friends can't understand why romance, love, sadness and happiness are the main thing people in Mexico loves. Mexican history is full of full of sadness, helplessness, tragedy, and enduring it all with a loving heart, crying and dancing. It builds a sense of community, strength and love you rarely see in the US.
And I love both. I often feel like the bridge to two worlds. I love the cultures of both, the food, the people and the music.
You still do have to fend for yourself. There are many places where you are 50 miles, 100 miles or more from a gas station. Even if you are in NYC, it can take Police - once called - a half hour or more to get to you because of the congestion.
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I agree the stemmed glass screams French. As an American of Slavic and Germanic descent, I would argue that every state within the United States has something of a unique culture. While most of the products we consume are fairly standardized across the country, our ethnic heritage, current location, and when our families first settled where they did all play a huge role in how we interact with the goods available to us. An example of this is Spanish being offered almost exclusively as the second language option in urban American schools. Where as German was offered in my rural hometown due to both a large percentage of the population being either Pole or German in origin and the proximity of a large and rapidly growing Amish community where they speak an unusual dialect of the Dutch/Deutsch language referred to as Pennsylvanian Dutch, but that they still commonly use more proper/formal/modern German for their church services and can easily interact in English as well.
I screamed out loud in horror at the Polish "American" pizza. Taking a perfectly normal cheese pizza and pouring a can of creamed corn on it would get you shot in 49 states. (In California they'd just sic the LAPD on you.)
🤣🤣🤣 100% truth
No no. Shot in 48 states. In CA they sic the LAPD and in MN they sic the Minneapolis PD on you!😂
I seem to recall a pizza place in France having the idea that putting hamburger and cheddar cheese on a pizza made it New York style. Because hamburgers and America, right? I don't think there's a pizza place in America that would dare to attempt that particular culinary blend, no matter how good it might actually taste.
@@Keldor314maybe Michigan lol a place here puts all kinds of stuff on there pizza the philli stake pizza sells well it looks like hamburger with the peppers/flavors of the philli stake sandwich
I was in Europe somewhere cant remember EXACTLY but I do remember them putting Corn on my pizza and being like "Oh... This must be a xxxxx Thing" Amazing they think its American. 😂😂
My grandmother was German. She took great pride in her placemats.
I haven't seen a placemat since some time in the 1970's
We still use place mats
Most of our "American" traditions actually originated in other, mostly European, countries. When we migrated here, we brought the traditions from our home countries 😊
America is a melting pot after all!
Yeah traditions brought over and then marketed to other tastes. American hamburgers, hot dogs and beer were largely German but designed to appease British, Italians, etc. Same with Italian-American food, Chinese-American, etc. appealing to others and whatever ingredients were cheap and in abundance.
@@jarvindriftwoodThe German invented Hamburg steak which was the Germans cheap alternative to actual steak. It more resembles American Salisbury steaks cooked in a gravy. The hamburger was invented in Connecticut.
@@jarvindriftwoodthe Germans did indeed invent hot dogs tho they did that over 500 years ago in Frankfurt Germany way before America was even a thing
@@schoon44 German hot dogs (frankfurters) are very different from American hot dogs.
2:41 Nope. They were invented in San Francisco.
By a Japanese immigrant
@@columbus8myhwI forgot about that part
Also little tidbit about rare meat. Rare steak is usually very safe to eat as long it was stored properly because all the bacteria is on the outside. So when it's seared all that bacteria is killed, while trapping all the moisture and flavor inside. Ground beef on the other hand... gotta cook that stuff thoroughly because the bacteria gets mixed around inside patty.
Unless it’s freshly ground, and if it’s tartare the salt and acid will kill the bacteria as well.
Heh. That raw beef thing reminded me of a supposedly Wisconsin-specific tradition called the cannibal sandwich. Interesting to hear that the raw ground beef on bread thing is authentically German, as there is a large German community, especially in the Milwaukee area.
In the U.S. "Americana" (not the same spelling) is a word that refers to stereotypical American things. If you go to a store like Walmart or Target than they will often have Americana sections selling products with American Flag designs, although the term would also cover American cultural artifacts not sold as retail products as well. An alternate meaning is a genre of music called Americana, which is kind of a hybrid of folk, country and early rock music.
The term started around the 1940's to describe antique furniture styles. Then later on it was used for describing American folk music.
We also borrowed that and came up with "Canadiana" here in Canada.
Exactly.
Idk why, but a German and Canadian react-conversing about american traditions is exactly what this american needed tonight 😂😂 iykyk
This might be the FIRST TIME I've actually Liked and subscribed when the person on camera asked me to, you are just so friendly how could I say no?
Fun fact, "Hawaiian" pizza was invented by a guy in Canada.
Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant who moved to Canada in 1954 invented that "Hawaiian Pizza." He created the first Hawaiian pizza at his restaurant, Satellite, located in Chatham, Canada.
Blame Canada! 😂 🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍🍕🍍
Yeah, pineapple and Canadian bacon. It was later appropriated by California.
11:05 As a 65-year-old lifelong New Yorker, I've always been told that "black and white cookies" originated in Brooklyn , NY. I rarely see them outside of New York and New Jersey, but within that area they're very common, and a lot of New Yorkers are quite proud of them. I'll have to investigate now, to find out if we've all been mislead.
Another treat that's common in NY but almost unknown everywhere else is the "egg cream," a beverage that contains no egg and no cream. It's made from chocolate syrup dissolved in a little bit of milk, then a lot of seltzer is added to give it a foamy white head. It's basically an ice cream soda without the ice cream, and it originated in Brooklyn during the Depression. It's traditionally served with a crunchy pretzel rod, but when I was a kid I liked to have one with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Oy vey.....
Gonna have to try the egg cream now
I'm 75. Grew up on the northern coast of Massachusetts. Black & Whites were a weekly treat from the local bakery when I was a kid. Still are in most bakeries. Although we had egg creams when on vacation in Rhode Island, there were a few dairy bars in Mass. that sold them too.
We have the same cookies in Philly and I’ve seen them in OH too as well as MA
Ive seen them here in Florida at most grocery stores my entire life
I once traveled to Germany and ordered a pepperoni pizza. It came not with pepperoni, but with pepperoncini peppers. I didn't mind because I like the peppers, but when I described when I'd expected, I was told, "Oh, that's Italian sausage!" Here, Italian sausage looks more like ground beef.
Pepperoni is from the US, you want a spicy salami in Italy often called pizza diavolo
Yeah, in my experience that is a common mistranslation in Germany
The way your face got stuck in ewww at the canned hotdogs was a direct reflection of mine 😂
As an American, that cup looks like some chalice Dracula would use.
very much, my first thought was 'the culture that looks like is... vampires'
Well, to the German host of this RUclips channel, in 1960 it was not only in Bayern that Lederhosen were worn regularly! I’m an American who as a 5 year old lived in a village, Angelmode, outside of Muenster, Westfalen, for a year from August 1960 to July 1961. There was a two room school house, Volkschule, in the village for grades 1-6. My older brother attended the Volkschule for the whole academic year. I attended the first grad there starting in the spring after Easter, when the German school year used to start. I was actually too young, but my parents wanted me to learn German, which I did. ALL of the German boys in Angelmode wore Lederhosen to school! ALL of them. As a result, both my brother and I wore Lederhosen to the Volkschule, otherwise we would have stood out. This was only 15 years after the end of WWII. A different era. Interestingly, I believe that Germans outside of Bayern have amnesia regarding the wearing of Lederhosen by kids. I also lived in Goettingen, West Germany, from August 1977 through March 1979, on exchange from UC Berkeley. The German students I got to know in Goettingen were shocked that the kids in a village in Westfalen had worn Lederhosen to school. Most of the people I met in Goettingen must not have grown up in a village….
Yeah, 69 year old Army Brat here. We lived in Germany in the early 60s. Post WWII things changed really quickly with the imprint of the American 50s and then the cultural "British Invasion." The post war Germans were eager to put it all behind and join the post war future. I'm not surprised the following generations grew up with their older traditions largely "dissappeared." G
This was a cool read thanks
@@bethannfeng5062I bet that was a wild time to experience
Americans actually don't really believe most of the stereotypical things we hear about especially food like we know Mexican and Chinese food isn't all that authentic in America we just love the taste of it.
Yup this is it. I don't know why people insist on thinking we believe it's authentic. Perhaps it's to feel that they're smarter and correcting somebody?
Yes, exactly! We often call it Americanized because we recognize that it is our own version of it, and when trying to differentiate what we want to eat we say "I want some AUTHENTIC *insert place here* food"
Wait!? Taco Bell is not REAL Mexican food!?!?
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Same with American Sushi, which is VERY American once you get into all the crazy versions of it.
This
10:30 You're exactly right. As a hungry American as I was thinking, "looks good to me."
And yes, I agree with you on the glass cup. Nothing about it said American and yes French comes to mind when I first saw it. This whole video I loved! That was a lot of fun watching with you! I loved when there was something you recognized. Thanks for another great video!
As an American, I can honestly say I had never seen anything similar to what he showed, nor would I want to eat any of it 😂
There is a restaurant here in Columbus Ohio that sells a hoagie with fries in it like he showed at 11:34.
The restaurant is called
Crazy Chicken. 🐔 😆
@@briansmith48 how is it?
@@bobdillashaw4360. It pretty good. It's been a while since I've had one though. It's not my go to sandwich. I would prefer a Philly cheesesteak.
Honestly, depending on the sauces I might would eat that Hot dog from Latin America, minus the quail eggs
Same, except for those black and white cookies, I've seen them quite a bit and they are pretty good.
5:29 Same in the USA. In fact, KFC and McDonalds are likely to be closed on Christmas Day (and closed early on Christmas Eve).
This is exactly what I was thinking! Our nearest KFC was closed on Christmas, and the only restaurant I can think of that was open was the Chinese takeout.
I have never seen a McDonalds closed on Christmas. Most have shortened hours, but they all stay open.
But the Chinese restaurants are open! My husband is Jewish, and he says Chinese on Christmas is their “tradition”
As an American, keep in mind that a lot of these American foods aren't very health in any means! In fact, healthy food costs a lot here in America and only the non-healthy food are cheap enough.
And a lot of people in America are too broke to pay for these healthy meals and have to get these unhealthy foods and even fast food which is also incredibly unhealthy.
Im not sure what it's like in other countries, but thats what it is like in America.
Also, Americans DO have pancakes for breakfast or we have eggs, toast, and bacon, or you eat cereal or a sausage biscuit.
Although, I kind of just eat whatever I feel like 😂
And also, no, we do not make these cheese hotdogs with eggs on it or whatever that thing was at 10:00
Although, a lot of Americans do use ketchup and sauce, but we don't use it on everything. Sauces like ketchup is mostly used for chicken, fries, hotdogs, and burgers! If your really crazy enough and like flavors mushed together, you can also get pizza with ketchup on it.
I personally don't eat ketchup or sauces cause I like my foods plain and simple, but thats another fact!
Also, I have never seen those Amerykanki cookies IN MY LIFE but they look so tasty and now Im kind of disappointed we don't have them 😂
Oh! And about fashion in America, it kind of depends where you live in America but American style is very casual or preppy.
My second trip to the UK, my entire family was appalled to discover Pizza Huts selling Chicago style Pizza which consisted of cheese pizza topped with whole kernal corn. And the kicker was, when we questioned this, they had the nerve to argue with us, native born Americans, and insist this was actually authentic. I have worked in Chicago, stayed in Chicago, visited Chicago... you get the idea. But no, I couldn't possibly know what I am talking about!
And a Chicago deep dish pizza is actually a culinary work of art, which should be served unchanged around the world!
as a native of the Eastern seabord I would be appalled to discover Chicago-style "pizza" being served in _any_ manner.
@@Sinjinator Chicago pizza a culinary work of art? _"this is an above-ground marinara swimming pool for rats."_ - Jon Stewart
@@yossarian6799There are two types of Chicago-Style. Deep Dish, which everyone thinks of. There is also Chicago Thin-Crust, which anyone who ever went to a Bowling Alley or had a frozen pizza is likely more accustomed to. Yeah, that right there is Chicagoan.
@@hiddendesire3076 If it's from Chicago, it's sus. Oh and I can thank the Windy City for that stoopit, douchebaggy "pub cut" trend. I've sent countless pizzas back for not being cut properly
Here is the southeast US:
Christmas meal is typically the same thing we eat for Thanksgiving. Roast turkey or ham. In my city we usually have mashed potatoes with turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and roasted vegetables.
Breakfast: Where I live it typically consists of fried or scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, waffles, patty or link sausage, seasonal available fruit, biscuits and gravy, and hashbrowns.
American section in the store: Despite what he said, most of that American section is correct. I think the issue there is that he's from Canada and not the US. I can tell by his accent.
Hot dogs: Ok, these are very simple. They are basically the left over trimming from when cows and pigs are processed in factories. You can get hotdogs that are actual decent cuts of meat ground up, but those are VERY expensive. Around here the typical hotdog is simply the hotdog in a hotdog bun with mustard or ketchup on it. Some people put diced onion or relish on there. That's the typical hotdog. Chicago is definitely one exception. They have the Chicago Dog which at it's simplest for has a chunk of tomato, lettuce, and a pickle spear. Then we have the simple chili dog. That's just a hotdog with chili on it. Other than the ChicagoDog, that's pretty much the typical way of hotdogs where I live.
Creamed Corn: It's a real thing here. However most people hate it because of its texture and people prefer whole kernel corn. It does not in any circumstance touch pizza. That would start a fight here.
Ok, hotdogs do not belong on anything here except a hotdog bun. The only exception that is typically given is hotdog pieces on some types of baked beans. There's a brand for that called Beenie Weenie.
Fries do not go on anything.
Good explanations! 👍 I have started putting sliced hotdogs and fries on other food dishes, but I’m weird/Swiss 😂
@@timmy334 I was just commenting this. I also live in the southeast and I've only heard of ham or turkey for Christmas and Thanksgiving, the home cooked meal being essential for that day. I've never heard of people eating Chinese, pizza, or fast food. I assumed all the US did this because I wasn't born in the US, but I guess not 🤷♀️
False.. fries are great in a Carne asada burrito(maybe it's a socal thing).. also poutine.
Hotdogs go in macaroni and cheese too.
Well, cut up hotdogs on pizza isn't really unheard of. But it's more of a budget/emptying the fridge sort of meal. I'd even call it a college broke meal. Throw it on a cheap home bake pizza.
As an American I can honestly say that hotdogs aren't nearly as popular here as it's obviously made out to be.
American Breakfast:
Hashbrowns, Eggs (Scrambled or over easy), Pancakes or Waffles with syrup, and a cup of coffee, or orange juice (that's orange).
American Lunch:
Peanut Butter and Jelly is a classic, but more often than not it's left overs or fast food (like McDonalds, Taco bell, etc)
American Dinner: Varies so much you can't really put a label on it.
Christmas Dinner: Usually involves Ham or Turkey with stuffing, Cranberry Jelly, Sweet Potato Pie or Candied Sweet Potatoes (Baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmellows on top), Green Been Casserole and more. It's practically the same menu as on Thanksgiving except a Christmas Ham is more popular whereas on Thanksgiving it has to be a Turkey.
Hot dogs are a particular food that we eat in particular contexts, sometimes. But they're a uniquely American style of sausage so overseas they're treated like something we eat all the time. In fairness there are some contexts which an American would absolutely eat hot dogs- A fourth of July outdoor picnic with grilled hot dogs and hamburgers is almost like _America's_ stereotype of America.
You obviously are not a Chicagoan. The Chicago style hot dog ( see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog ), italian beef, polish sausage, and Chicago style pizza are the cullinary tastes unique to Chicago and popular for casual dining, along with hamburgers. If you are a Sam's Club or Costco member. hotdogs are their #1 sellers in their cafes.
Depends on where you're from. Here in LA, Bacon wrapped hot dogs are a huge thing from street vendors and people who go to baseball games eat a lot of hot dogs and fry them on their grills
Those breakfasts are true to a degree, but I know way more people just eating cereal or something quick like that for breakfast on work/school days. People are tired and in a hurry.
Here in Texas, chili dogs are quite popular. Or just ketchup, mustard or mayo, and relish. Sauerkraut goes hard, too. Hot dogs should be burned on a charcoal grill.
That Japanese guy was too funny.
“It was lie!!” (devious chuckling)
As an American I'm happy to say I've never seen anything close to those foods they attribute to us. Most of them looked truly awful, except for the black and white cookie. I think a lot of Americans have the lederhosen image of Germans due to October Fest. Everyone has seen pictures of pretty blonde women in traditional clothes serving gigantic mugs of beer and some of the men wearing lederhosen as part of the celebration. It's a great image, so don't tell me it's not true Chris!
naja, ich stimme dir zu.
Lederhosen are basically lingerie. I am a fan. Quite sexy imo.
The Black and White cookie was invented in America by a Bavarian immigrant, which was then reintroduced to Germany after WW2.
The Oreo is America's eternal gift to the world.
Most US Soldiers were stationed in Bavaria, so it makes sense they brought that thought back to the mainland
American breakfast: Buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, eggs, and bacon or round sausage pieces. - pancakes, eggs, bacon - eggs, bacon, or sausage - quiche - fruit bowel, and eggs - cereal - etc. Something to keep in mind about America, is that it is a melting pot of people from all over the world, so many countries influence what is eaten in America. America is a very large country that has numerous varieties of cultures spread throughout each state. There are also different accents in each state and cultural etiquette. Example: In some places of America you call people Mam or Sir. In some places of America you yield to someone older than you when in a grocery line. In some places of America men take their hats off when entering a building... Every state has it's own unique style. People can also be found wearing different styles of clothing in each state. Much of the different styles of clothing is because many states have different climates and culture.
Huh, buttermilk biscuits are usually just a dinner thing where Im from
@@notimportant768 It's amazing how America is so diverse. Thank you for sharing.
You left out hashbrowns. I will NOT eat eggs without hashbrowns, ever!
Real men don’t eat quiche!!!
@@bigal2876 😁😆😅🤣😂
It's weird watching a Canadian correct the world about America...
Extremely weird. Wasn’t this man a magician in the 70’s?
He said America, not the United States. Canada is in North America
@@erikawilliams9558did he mention anything not pertaining to the US? Lets use logic here
He is an American pop culture fan, so his perspective is always interesting, since he is himself violently Canadian but he studies US culture extensively.
@@lordshamus “violently Canadian” is a good band name.
Literally doing my daily German grammar review (use it or lose it) while watching a German react to a Canadian video about not American American things. That oddly summarizes the flow of my day perfectly 👌
Funny thing is, this guy with the Mullet is Canadian. ** Marshmallow Fluff is big in the New England states, with the Fluffer Nutter sandwich. Yes, PB and fluff. I'm from Pennsylvania, but my Mom comes from South Shore Boston. So I was exposed to Fluffer Nutters and I like them. ** Pickled Sausages I have seen in big jars, usually your neighborhood bar will have a jar of them for sale. Then there are small cans of Viennies, (Vienna Sausage) the sportsman's go to snack (best with some hot sauce). But jarred or canned Hot Dogs? That ain't right. ** Because of this reason, the last time my relatives from Germany were visiting, I bought BLUE Solo Cups. You're correct, looks French. I have NEVER seen a cup, NO - Goblet like that for sale.
I grew up eating marshmallow fluff with peanut butter sandwiches and I grew up in San Diego.
Yeah we had marshmallow fluff in my house at all times when I was growing up. The exact one he showed a picture of. The photo of the “American” grocery store shelf looked a bit like my childhood pantry tbh 😂
@@JasonBowman121 parents from New England, maybe?
mmmmmm fluffernutters........
Fluff is def New England…also Canadians are American, they live in North America.
8:56 As an American in Europe who gets so tired of smug Europeans making fun of the US for inventing travesties like Pizza Hawaii, it absolutely delights me to inform them that Pizza Hawaii was invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant.
Another thing that hints at it not being of American origin is that for the most part, we don’t name our pizzas in USA! With a handful of exceptions (like “supreme”), we just list what’s on it. (E.g. a “pizza margherita” is just a “cheese pizza”. A “pizza caprese” is just “pepperoni and olives”, etc.) Naming each combination is a very, very European thing.
Here in Switzerland, there’s a god-awful “American” pizza chain called Sam’s Pizza Land, festooned in all manner of fake Americana, where every pizza is named after a US state or city. So already quite non-American. But even worse, whoever did the original naming clearly had ZERO clue about the US and its states, because the names don’t make any sense. (For example, why is a pizza with curried chicken and pineapple the “Oklahoma”? I reckon the average Oklahoman would throw it in the trash.) And this is an improvement over years ago, where they had a pizza with some kind of ocean seafood on it, and named it after some landlocked inland state like Kansas. 🤦 And many of their pizzas use ingredients that you never, ever put on pizza in USA (like corn, Swiss mountain cheese, leeks, or the aforementioned curried chicken.).
This is broadly accurate. Certain pizza chains here may have a small handful of named topping combos just for fun or ease of ordering, but it's not the norm. That said, my old gaming group ordered a pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and ham at one point and nicknamed it the Triple Pig. I think that one's pretty good. lol
@@zibbitybibbitybop Exactly! And yes, the Triple Pig is an awesome name! :D
Some places do name their pizzas other things, like papa murphey's cowboy pizza which has sausage, olives, and mushrooms, but generally most places will stick with something generic like "meat lovers pizza" for a pizza with lots of meat on it
@@josefstalin9678 Hence the “for the most part” qualifier in my original comment.
@@zibbitybibbitybopthat's a hell of a name 😂
When someone says "Abooot", he loses American street cred.
He's not American...he's Canadian...
he never had american street cred, he just wishes he was american =/
@@slossboss Have you looked at the comments? The Canadians aren't claiming him either 😂
It's only American phrasing if he's asking if you've seen his other boot. 🥾 NOT! 😂
You've never been to Minnesota?
1:05 I have every one of those products in my kitchen right now😅
Same!!!
As an American of German descent, I've always been fond of 'German' things like bratwurst with sauerkraut, Hefeweizen and Kölsch beer. There is a stereotype that Germans build higher quality automobiles and drink lots of beer. One thing I suspect few Europeans realize is that from the Rocky Mountains to the west coast was first concurred by the Spanish back in the 1500's and what we call 'Mexican' food is about as common as hamburgers and hotdogs in the southwest. It's mostly Tex-mex, New Mexican and northern Mexican foods where the specific varieties of chili peppers are used in different ways to bring enormous variety of intense flavors various types of meats and cheeses. It's really funny how 'watered down' and bland poorly imitated Mexican food is. What we also have is both regional offerings, like New York Deli's, Texas BBQ, Southern fried chicken, midwestern burgers, California pizzas, Cajun gumbo, along with highbred Americanized versions of Chinese, Italian, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Greek, and Sushi. There is so much variety of different ethnic and regional restaurants these days.
*conquered
*hybrid
I'm 56 years old, born & raised in the USA. I have never eaten KFC on Christmas. One year my father made hasenpfeffer, aka rabbit stew. Normally it would be ham. Occasionally we had a turkey. But we never had KFC. WOW! to be honest some of those food "item's" I have NEVER seen or heard of let alone eaten, as an American. For instance, the hot dog pizza or hot dog anything, EW! I will eat a hot dog. But usually as a Chicago Dog or a chili dog.
One thing, here in Milwaukee, we have what is called the FRIDAY FISH FRY. It's fish, normally cod dipped in a beer batter & fried in a fryer. It usually has some choices for "side" items, like Potatoe Pancakes or French fries. You usually have a side of coleslaw as well. As for the relish & mayonnaise mix, we do that, it's called tartar sauce & it's used/ eaten with the fried fish.
Hey, a fellow cheesehead! Nice!
The hotdog thing is because the food aid that the USA sent to war torn areas after WW2 and Korea, and the army rations for US soldiers, had a lot of processed meats that could survive the shipping.
Fish on Friday is a global catholic thing, not a Milwaukee thing. Tartar sauce is quite a bit more than relish in mayonnaise, but I can see the simplification.
My immigrant grandmother made hasenpfeffer out of the rabbits who raided her immense garden in Newark, NJ.
Nothing like a good supper club fish fry on a nice Summer Frida...
@@alhollywood6486 Shame most supper clubs are dying out.....
Duct take was created for the US army as a take that would hold up well in water. I believe the official name was a number, as most military products are, but nicknamed Duck tape by the men. Later it became synonymous with craftsmen work such as air ducts which how it gained the current name.
Red solo cups are popular because they are cheap and disposable. They are also more durable than other plastic or Styrofoam cups.
Like many foods, the way it is prepared or cooked depends on what region or city you are in. A New York style Pizza is very different than a Chicago Style Pizza. You can get a hot dog with a lot of fixings (toppings) depending on where you are. In Philly (Philadelphia) you can easily get a chili cheese dog. That is A hot dog with bean & meat chili and melted cheese. Most common is mustard, ketchup, and maybe sauerkraut and/or relish. There is also the Philly cheese steak but that is whole other video.
I also immediately thought of fancy French cup.
I think most Americans consider ethnic food to be "Americanized." Nobody thinks American Chinese food is how a Chinese citizen actually eats.
It's correctly called _duct_ tape. As in, it is used on ventilation ducts and such.
The military developed their own formula for the tape that has a stronger adhesive and rubberized backing that is used for high-stress applications. This type of tape is commonly referred to as _100 mph_ tape.
In the TV and film industry it is called _gaffer's_ tape, as the gaffers are the ones who use the tape to secure items on set.
@@TestUser-cf4wj Duck tape actually came first. The name comes from cotton duck (also known as or duck canvas), a type of cloth that was originally used in electrical applications and for wrapping steel cables. Revolite (then a division of Johnson & Johnson) developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing coated in waterproof polyethylene. This tape resisted water and was used to seal ammunition cases during that period. Most commercial duct tape is actually poor for use on HVAC ducts, as the adhesive on standard duct tape fails and the synthetic fabric reinforcement mesh deteriorates when used on heating ducts. You want foil tape for that.
in germany Duct Tape is called "Panzer Tape" bc it is very strong and you can seal "everything", you could even build a cannon with a cardboardtube and a few panzer tape layers around it
@@TestUser-cf4wj Gaffer's Tape is not the same as duct tape. Gaffer's tape is not waterproof and has a black paper backing similar to masking tape and it is easy to tear by hand. It's also very useful for creating and adjusting soft boxes and flaps and such to adjust the shame and intensity of film lights.
@@VladamireD Correct. No one who knows anything would use "duct tape" on an actual duct. We must campaign for it to be called duck tape. For taping up ducks.
Red Solo Cup-the lines on it are also handy measurements. From the bottom, the 1st line- is about an ounce/ 1/4 cup. So it’s a shot of hard liquor. The 2nd Line- is about 5 ounces/ 1/2 cup: a decent portion of wine. The 3rd Line- is about 12 ounces/ 1 1/4 cups: a Serving of Beer. The 4th Line-Is about 14 ounces/ 1 3/4 Cup. The 5th Line is about 16 ounces/ 2 cups and completely full is about 18 ounces/ 2 1/4 of a cup. So if you were at an impromptu gathering or say a picnic and had to throw together a mixed drink or a quick recipe you could basically get it all done with one silly party cup. I’m not saying it’d be as good as using the proper tools, but it ‘could’ be done.
The reason a lot of American stereotypes about Germany are Bavarian is because that’s where we were stationed after WW2. So the things soldiers picked up while in Germany were there
We still are.
Also, a significant number of the German immigrants in the late 1800s/early 1900s were from Bavaria. I grew up in southwestern Minnesota, and the German population there is very Bavarian. Our German teacher in high school also focused heavily on Bavarian words, culture and holidays.
@@chetombabeaver4829 I remember years ago visiting a brewery in New Ulm while in high school. (A German language class outing.)
You do realize this is false and the actual reason we have a lot of German stereo types in the US is because of the large amount of German immigrants from around 1860s when Bismark decided to unite the Prussian states into a unified Germany to the 1990's when the wall fell.
Um, no, I was stationed in Germany. Bavaria is where a lot of the vacation areas are. But the American Army and Air Force are/were in Darmstadt, Ramstein, Heidelberg, Weissburg, Berlin, etc.
In Britain, hot dogs canned in brine are branded as "American Sausages"; in America, (usually half-length) hot dogs canned in brine are branded as "Vienna Sausages". But if you want to try a 'Real American Hot Dog', it's basically just a slender chicken-and-pork bologna - so much so that, as a kid, I saw a whole bologna sausage at a butcher's shop and thought it was a giant hot dog.
An 'American-style' breakfast originated as part of our (older) work ethic, when we worked long hours of strenuous labor and needed to bolster up with protein and carbs. As most of America was rural back then, eggs and 'pig parts' were plentiful and formed the foundation of breakfasts - fry up some bacon or sausage, fry some diced potatoes and eggs in the grease, and add some flour and cracked pepper to turn the remaining grease into gravy to pour over some biscuits. If you had some hamburger meat (ground beef), you could do chicken-fried steak instead of pig (bacon, sausage, ham, chorizo, etc). Plenty of variety, but it basically boils down to; eggs, meat, potatoes, and bread.
That glass makes me instantly think of 'fine crystal', leading me to think Austria or Bavaria.
When it comes to spaghetti westerns, what many claim to have become the most iconic exemplar is an American homage to the spaghetti western, itself an Italian homage to the American 'wild west' - Rango (2011).
I love how excited and interested you seem to be :D it’s so great seeing people exploring their interests and enjoying learning 🩷🩷
ok the red solo cup is spot on, everything else I was like "whaaaaaat?!!!"
I don’t know if someone has said this but Hawaiian pizza actually originated in Canada but everyone attributes it to America
He's talking about American culture, but all I can notice is that his accent is very, very Canadian. :)
You realize that Canada does share part of the North American continent, which would also make them Americans even though it is not in the country’s name.
@@SteveSmith-os5bs Good point! I know that when people worldwide hear the name America, they think of Canada.
He could be a dirty southern Canadian (Vermont).
I couldn't stop thinking aboot that either LOL
North America covers the USA and Canada but yeah I think the things he talks about are more on the US side
Pepperidge Farm Parmesan Goldfish Crackers are a staple of my diet.
I like the pretzel ones. So does my toddler
"There's always bacon.." Yeeep, that checks out. XD
In the US we have something called "German chocolate cake" which is a dry-ish chocolate cake topped with coconut-pecan frosting.
Its called "German " because that was the last name of the guy that created it.
the red solo cup is only used because we want one or more of these
1. easy clean-up, just through it in the trash
2. cheep disposable cups that we do not care if you brake
3. an easy way to label whose cup it is, just right there name on it with a sharpy marker
also we use paper plates for the same reason
*Throw
*Cheap
*Break
*Write
*Sharpie
If you understood them enough to correct their spelling, then you understood them well enough.
J.J. is the most Canadian person I've ever seen.
His videos are good. My only complaint is that he believes unique Canadian cultural things exist, but tends to lump American things in with an overall North American culture. He never really gives credit to American culture on its own. I don't know if that's from a lack of knowledge or interest but I've found it frustrating sometimes.
hes 100% Canadian
idk why he bothers me a bit, can't place it
hes a good guy, but idk man lol
He's an entertaining guy, his "aboot"s always get a chuckle outta me though.
He see canadian culture as a sub culture of the broader American culture
@@seth9382 It's the head bobbing and tilting, plus the occasional upwards inflection of his accent that sounds "unsure."
@@cm-jr9vt I assume you mean "North American" culture?
As someone from NY we call Amerikaners “black and white cookies”. They are very popular and often advertised as an exotic German cookie. “The origins of the black-and-white cookie are debated, but many believe it was created by Glaser's Bake Shop in Manhattan, New York, around 1902. Bavarian immigrants John and Justine Glaser reportedly brought the recipe with them from Bavaria. The cookies were among the bakery's original recipes and became popular, spreading to other bakeries, including Jewish bakeries by the mid-1900s.”
I always assumed that the bones of your tale was more or less the origin of the black and white cookie in NYC, but despite living mere blocks from the establishment for virtually my entire life, had no idea that Glaser's played such an important role.
I love that germany thinks of them as American and Americans think of it as German.
@@oliviawolcott8351extra funny because they’re in every German bakery and are only recently trending in the U.S. outside of places where there are Jewish bakeries.
@@oliviawolcott8351 no "Germany" doesn't think of them as American. I've nerver met anyone who thought that or claimed that they were. The name of those cookies most likely derives from "ammonium bicarbonate" which is used in making those cookies maybe intentionally bastardized after WWI.
Yeah, as an American, I think of black and white cookies as "New York City cookies" not "American cookies". I grew up in Massachusetts, not too far away, and had no idea they were a thing until I was a full adult and stayed in NYC for a week. But it makes sense that super local NYC city things would get global attention due to shows like Friends and Seinfeld being so ubiquitous.
5:25 I live in the USA and I would frown on having KFC for Christmas because I don't patronize businesses on family holidays like that. I want the workers to be allowed to stay home. Also, I'm pretty sure fried chicken is a summer food. Specifically, it feels like picnics and sunshine. I don't crave it in winter.
Lots of non-Christians partake of some or many Christmas traditions in the US, such as decorations, or putting up a tree. :)
I personally had a Jewish family as a neighbor who put up a Christmas tree because it was fun.
My Jewish neighbor called hers a Hannukah bush.😊
I know many Christians who include a menorah in their Christmas decorations
And why shouldn't they since it is a pagan tradition
@@PatriceCortes Just replying to the video
Lol the only time my breakfast includes baked beans and potato salad is if I'm having Thanksgiving or 4th of July leftovers the next morning 😁
I admit I've done the same thing. Sorry.Not sorry.
Not even then.... Sorry. It has to be at least noon for me to eat potato salad.
@@anitahall2618 Noon is when I have breakfast XD I'm not a morning person
I’ve had baked beans on toast. I’ve also had saltines in milk. Both were served up by my Dad. He grew up poor in Kentucky.
@@Loliolla ooo I still like baked beans on toast^^
I have been to Germany several times. The idea of what is American always struck me. I find it interesting. The Taste of America is nowhere near close, but it makes sense. Snacks that have a long shelf life. I was at a mall in Iraq and went to the food court and that was way worse.
I have a bud that lives there and he mentioned it. I sent him a care package. 120 worth of stuff and it cost me 180 to ship it. It brightened up his year. He told me he made some cornbread and offered some to his family. They tried a bite and decided it wasnt for them. I sent him some Velvetta too to make some Mac and Cheese. Spices, just things I know you can't get there. Something I know you can't get there but the Germanics here make and could be made there - Scrapple. That is a taste of America. I know families that will stock up for the year with one days worth of work.
The mini grill sets in Germany really got to me. Like...why? And the Pulled Pork Crazy, i wasnt even going to bother.
-Edit, that same bud, his daughter made him an American breakfast. Scrambled eggs, toast and baked beans. An A for effort but very much wrong.
baked beans as breakfast is apparently an option in the northeast
@@SamGarcia I'm not doubting or throwing shade. I haven't seen it at local diners or local homes. I lived in that area but it is Angloland...
I think baked beans and toast is a British thing.
Scrapple is HIGHLY regional, so I can't imagine most Americans knowing what it is, let alone eating it regularly and considering it "American food". I ate it a few times as a kid (mostly when visiting my grandparents), but stopped when I learned the ingredients!
The pickle/mayo/hotsauce is actually close. I make a similar sauce for fish and other things with Relish, Miracle Whip(salad dressing), and Asian chili sauce. Its really good. A spicy tartar sauce basically.
6:09 The Dutch "American Style Sauce" described here actually IS popular in the US, but in the NorthEast and Midwest, where it's usually called Tartar Sauce (typically made of mayonaise, relish, lemonjuice, and pepper.) It's commonly served with fish dishes and on fish sandwiches, and is also a popular to dip french fries in. JJ is a west-coast Canadian from what I understand, so it's no surprise he may not know of the sauce's popularity on the other side of the continent.
Thousand island dressing sounds a lot closer, it's just ketchup instead of tobasco. There's a number of sauces that involve mayo and relish.
Hawaiian pizza is actually Canadian.
Introduced by a Greek immigrant.
So are California rolls.
It should be a crime
That would explain it being Canadian Bacon and not Spam on the pizza.
When my family and friends come to the U.S. from overseas, they're always shocked and almost disappointed that we don't eat hot dogs anywhere near as much as they think. Most are truly stunned when I say that I really only encounter them at summer cookouts, and when they can't find them on restaurant menus. I've gotten in the habit of offering to fire up the grill if the weather is nice enough, because it truly does delight a lot of people to experience a real American delicacy!
And yes, they do get SO EXCITED about the red Solo cups...I've had guests ask if they can take some home. 😂 And of course I always give them some!
The Roosevelts served hot dogs to the King and Queen during or before WWII outside at their house in Hyde Park NY.
6:03 there are so many fry sauce varients tbh close enough
9:46 American Breakfast obviously varies by region but the most basic is 2 eggs, bacon or breakfast sausage, hashed potatoes, and pancakes w/ syrup
Swap the flapjacks for buttered toast , and I'm there!
So, if we aren't "native American", then we all came here from "somewhere else" at "some time in the distant or not too distant past". So, all of the hoopla about "American" things boils down to this... As Americans, we live next to each other in (more or less) peace and we all practice our own cultural things. We cook, we party, we invite our new friends to gather. We like each other's food, clothes, furnishings, traditions so we go back to our own place with new tastes, smells, etc. swimming in our little brains. We APPRECIATE other folks culture, cooking, etc but when we try it we don't always get it right. But we are polite people, so instead of blowing a gasket when we see our non-(fill in the country/culture) friend not doing it right, we TYPICALLY don't blow a gasket and MAKE them do it right. We just laugh, clap them on the back and say the equivalent of "nice try". Things over time get assimilated into the greater American culture. We all KNOW that they aren't tacos like you'd find IN MEXICO, or bratwurst like you'd eat them in Germany, or Chinese that any actual resident of Chine would appreciate. But, hey, we LIKE them and they are OUR TAKE on that food/etc. So it's all good! It seems everything here is a mish-mash of different cultures, which is FINE, that's WHO WE ARE! Sometimes I feel like people are so hung up on "not authentic" that they lose sight of the fact that it doesn't HAVE to be authentic to be enjoyed!
I don’t know about you but I’m a Native American. My family has been here longer than most countries have existed, including longer than the US itself.
Keeping in mind that the majority of "native " Americans wandered over from Asia.
@@lookoutforchris And I'm mexican. Mexico is made up of many indigenous groups and mestizos, which are a mix of Indigenous and European colonizers; dozens of dialects are still spoken there throughout the whole country. We have also been in the American continent way longer than Canadians and US, but we still do not call ourselves Americans or have issues with non-authentic Mexican food like tacos. Maybe 30 years ago when people in US thought actual Mexican tacos were the same, bc the traditional kind are usually so much better, but as the world has become more internationally aware people know the difference. I kinda smile when I see the hard taco shells in the boxes at the store and find it nice they like something from my culture enough to try to imitate it. The United States was made up of immigrants and continues to mix more by the day, so it's kind of expected that they have a mix of cultures and made it their own.
Fauxthentic American on the topic, good one. As was already mentioned, he is Canadian....as is obvious to us Americans with his accent. Also, I have to mention that "hot dogs" are not American and, sad to say, are not made of dog like many in Asia and Africa belive.
Americans typically eat roast beef, turkey, or ham with potatoes and vegetables and apple pie, cherry pie, and Christmas cookies for dessert. Virtually all stores and restaurants are closed on Christmas.