Kayelle
Chef Extraordinaire
Brrrrrrr........hope you're staying warm today!
What, they don't do a "Christmas Goose"? I'm just now recovering from a Brit's recent thread about a Christmas brussel sprout quiche.
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I am the poster of the infamous Brussels Sprout Quiche Kayelle.
I apologise unreservedly for causing you such discomfort with my unconventional (but really rather tasty) recipe.
I was born and raised my entire life in California and I have no explanation for it either, except that I like it and it's all great, especially the wines.
I got quite a kick out of the whole thread Katy, and gladly joined in the fun. I'm glad your recipe turned into a hit!
I think the same as CarolPa said----- the U.S. is a very large country and made up of many different cultures who immigrated here from long ago, or even recently, bringing their food with them.
I was born and raised in Missouri. Because of that I would have never been exposed to most of the food that others have said was an example of U.S. food ----- until I moved to near San Francisco when I was about 20.
San Francisco is a culinary melting pot within the larger culinary melting pot of the U.S. so I got exposed to a lot of different cuisines in one fairly small city but that's not what everyone can or wants to do.
I think it would be hard to list dishes that are common to the entire U.S.
Thought this was interesting.
'The Turkish name for the bird is hindi, which literally means “Indian.” This name likely derived from the common misconception by the English that India and the New World were one and the same.
The turkey’s acceptance into the Old World happened quickly. By 1575, the English were enjoying the North American bird at Christmas dinner.'
I think that might be the Roman Empire, then again, maybe not.
Lisa Mmac----- Does South Africa (or is it the Republic of South Africa, forgive my ignorance) have as many diverse cuisines as the U.S.?
I'm as curious about those as you are about ours.
Oh, and as soon as you pick the seven dishes from the U.S. get ready to hear howls of (gentle outrage) from many members here. I'll try not to join in.
@Lisa Mac----- I'd love to read some of the recipes you've collected from SA.
BTW---- I tried clicking on your blogspot link but Chrome browser couldn't find it. Any way I can read it? Perhaps you have recipes there?
The link has been fixed.
Thank you! Now I'll start reading.
That's so interesting. I was wondering how long the rest of the world had been eating Turkey.
As I mentioned before, there's nothing more American than a Thanksgiving feast, and for the most part, it's the same all over the country.
What I find interesting as that what you call biscuits, we call scones. And what we call biscuits you call cookies. We talk about chocolate chip biscuits.
The scones that I've had are sweeter than biscuits, but the texture is similar. I love biscuits.....and cookies.....