So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[GHT]

Oeufs Benedicte ? Sauce Hollandaise ? Muffins ? doesn't sound very American to me

What is so American about it, is the clever marketing ploy. Make it sound foreign, exotic and tempting.

 

[Harp]

Grits!!!!!!!!!! An acquired taste.
One recipe that I brought back with me from the US, was Eggs Benedict, now you guys really did come up trumps with that.

US Army grits n' s..t-on-shingle from Ft Polk, Louisiana. Breakfast of Champions.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Many years ago, the boys from marketing changed the "water-repellent"-effect into the "lotus-effect".

 

[ChiTownScion]

I do believe the majority of 'Euro-Americans' today i.e. Americans with Eurorpean ancestry, are indeed of German descent. There was a massive immigration wave from Germany in the middle of the 19th century.....yet it still remains the most highly populated country of Europe.

There was a failed revolution in 1848 that provided the impetus for many idealists and progressives to set sail for the US: Franz Sigel, Carl Schurz, Max Weber, to name but three. The German American population was essential to Lincoln winning the Civil War: 250,000 served in the Union Army. They were arguably the one white ethnic group that enlisted in the Union cause primarily to abolish chattel slavery, motivated by a philosophical commitment to the equality of all.

It was the Iron Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, who did the most to stem emigration from Germany: setting up the first social security system and pushing other reforms that made Germany the most advanced nation in western Europe as far as industrial working conditions.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs and I like to dip fried potatoes and onions in the yolk of my over easy eggs. I also eat pancakes or French toast last as dessert.

I have completely lost my taste for ketchup. The sight of it now nauseates me.

 

[Zombie_61]

All 'Americans ' are, apart from the Native Americans.

I have a Birth Certificate somewhere around here that states I was born in West Covina, California, in 1961. That makes me a native American.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Smombie-kids on the boardwalk, walking fast like an apple-snail in serpentine-lines like a drunken sailor, not looking, if an old 30+ men likes to pass .

 

[Stearmen]

What is so American about it, is the clever marketing ploy. Make it sound foreign, exotic and tempting.

I remember back in the 80s I think, the TV adds for FAUX diamonds. They apparently sold a lot of them!

 

[LizzieMaine]

*Genuine* cubic zirconia!

And if you want a really 100 Percent American meal, have Eggs Benedict for an appetizer, followed by General Tso's Chicken as the main course and Neapolitan ice cream for dessert.

 

[Trenchfriend]

*Genuine* cubic zirconia!

And if you want a really 100 Percent American meal, have Eggs Benedict for an appetizer, followed by General Tso's Chicken as the main course and Neapolitan ice cream for dessert.

Aaah, like "Fürst Pückler-icecram"!
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fürst-Pückler-Eis

 

[Zombie_61]

...And if you want a really 100 Percent American meal, have Eggs Benedict for an appetizer, followed by General Tso's Chicken as the main course and Neapolitan ice cream for dessert.

Years ago my wife and I were taking an after dinner stroll through the "uptown" area of our fair city with some friends, and we came across a few young men converting one of the shops into whatever business it was going to be. One of them noticed us watching, and approached us to promote the new business. "It's going to be sort of a traditional 'old school' American diner...", then proceeded to tell us the menu would include burgers, sandwiches, pasta, pizza, tacos, burritos, and so on. When it finally opened, it was a candy store.

 

[Trenchfriend]

The first time, I heared about Body-Mass-Index's successor "Body-Shape-Index":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Shape_Index

I calculated it:
My risk of mortalilty amounts "0,8x", hooray.

 

[Trenchfriend]

A joke. I translated it to here:

A men comes into a bank and says to the counter-servant: "Fill out this cheque, you as.....e."

The counter-servant is stunned, says "Please???", goes to his department-manager and tells him: "There's a man on my counter, saying to me: "Fill out this cheque, you as....e."

The department-manager doesn't believe it and says: "WHAAAT?? Jesus, what a good start of the week!! Boot him out! The man's off his chump, or what!"

Department-manager: "Got He an account at our house, anyway??"

Counter-servant: "Yep."

Department-manager: "How much?"

Counter-servant: "500.000."

Department-manager: So, fill out the cheque, you as....e.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Are the boys from marketing kidding me?

To me, the "modern-fit" looks the same as the old "tapered fit" (between regular-fit and slim-fit).

Isn't it??

 

[Trenchfriend]

Damn. Better, I didn't have done this research, before going to bed:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=French+Canadian+chicken&FORM=HDRSC2

This all will probably not going out of my mind, this night.

 

[Zombie_61]

Damn. Better, I didn't have done this research, before going to bed:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=French+Canadian+chicken&FORM=HDRSC2

This all will probably not going out of my mind, this night.

You're making me hungry.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Always remember:
If you got a great wetshave in the afternoon, be carefully on eating your greybread with nut-nougatcream in the evening, otherwise, you will have this interesting taste of herbal Nutella...

 

[MisterCairo]

Cilantro.

I hate you. You taste like soap.

Stay out of my food.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Cilantro.

I hate you. You taste like soap.

Stay out of my food.

Aaaah, "stinkweed"!!

 

[LizzieMaine]

Along the same lines I could do without the whole trend of putting "upscale" cheffy stuff into ordinary greasy-spoon food. All I want is a dish of scrambled eggs, doused in salt and pepper, a side of pork sausage and two pieces of buttered white toast. I don't need a demonstration of culinary bravado in every bite.