Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who does not like ranch flavoring. To a lesser degree, I don’t like apple pie either. Like, if I was served a slice of apple pie and courtesy required me to at least eat a few bites, I would. But I would absolutely not if it was a dish, say, covered in ranch dressing.
Literally anything from McDonald’s. I have no nostalgia for it as we couldn’t afford to eat out when I was growing up. The chopped onions on the burgers are such a particular flavor and texture that I now refuse to prepare onions this way when cooking. The breading on the chicken nuggets are some kind of sweet tempura batter that is revolting.
I have no nostalgia for it as we couldn’t afford to eat out when I was growing up.
We were new immigrants so we were broke af, but still, me and my (older) brother, occasionaly went to a nearby McDonalds. Around 2010s. Stuff was good. Big Mac, McChicken, and I think the most memorable were McNuggets and Fries. Big Mac was like $4/$5 so its rare to have those. Like maybe once in a while, there’s a promotion buy 1 get 1 free or half off and me and my brother would each have one.
You know the 20 piece McNuggets that is in one box, well that was so much trouble, we had to split it, and literally had to count each one, and there’s always a fight about like fairness, like which pieces are bigger or something, and its its odd numbered, that’s gonna be even more problems, so we’d just let mom have it. Thanks bro, appreciate it lol. Buy hey, at least we both have less lmao, so smart of you…
Nowadays, their stuff taste so bad.
Yup, I can’t stand the taste of their beef patties on their own. The buns do some serious heavy lifting with their burgers. I imagine it’s part of their tricks to keep the costs down while tricking your brain into thinking you’re eating something good.
How has American vomit chocolate not been mentioned yet?
It’s a complete mystery
Pork roll! I’d rather get sausage.
I’ve never even heard of that. A web search shows it’s mainly just a new jersey thing rather than a national American thing
Indeed it is a nj thing. And I hate it, lol. I’m bad at being jerseyian. What is our nickname. Dinguses maybe?
More for me!
Seriously if it weren’t so unhealthy I’d have pork roll every single day.
*Taylor ham
So I don’t like seafood. Shrimp and stuff is pretty popular in the us and now sushi in recent decades. Honestly though it means there is food popular in almost all countries that I don’t like. EDITED - totally forgot. I don’t like popcorn unless slathered in something I do like like cheese or carmel or chocalate. Plain buttered popcorn like in a theater. nuh uh.
Turkey
Lol this so much. Chicken just taste better lol, why even have turkey.
I hate cheese on sandwiches lol. Or hotdogs.
Like… On Pizza, its good, Burgers, fine, sandwich, nah.
Also wtf apparantly a stick of cheese is “food”, I never understood that lol.
other way round, I think most American food is in general bad. (don’t fight me on personal tastes). however, buiscuits and gravy are absolutely amazing.
Bacon 🫣
Peanut butter jelly sandwiches
(It is so funny because all the non Americans I know seem to hate it)
BBQ. It’s a dessert!
Wait, I need to hear more about this theory! Are you referring to barbeque styles that are heavily sauced and sticky?
Because I can kind of see how a sweet, sticky, glazed pork rib could be considered a dessert, but I can’t for the life of me imagine how you get dessert fron Texas style barbecue, for example.
Oh, I’ll have to admit I’m biased on this one. I don’t know about Texas BBQ, and I’m sure they have different styles that are mild and delicious. But the ones my family bought from the store growing up were a thick, syrupy, gooey mess that always left me feeling like I had eaten a bag of candy. They loved it, but I kept thinking to myself, how is this a meal?? My mom’s cooking is excellent and balanced, so the stark contrast always stuck with me.
Yeah I totally get that then! Cheap or store bought BBQ leans very heavily on the sauce, and its usually a sweet sticky sauce. A lot of what is traditionally considered BBQ in the Midwest is just meat slow cooked in sweet sauce (I say this as a born and raised midwesterner!)
“Real” BBQ tends to emphasize the meat flavor more, with the wood smoke and rub/seasoning (often contains sugar, but is applied before cooking) coming second, and the sauce being very style-dependent and usually as a finishing touch.
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Hamburgers. Sure, with the right toppings they’re OK but the fundamentals of bread and ground beef are just not very interesting. I don’t get the obsession.
They don’t excite me that much today, but I remember really liking them as a kid, so might be familiarity breeding contempt.
I think that one selling point is in the “fast food” role. They’re the one of the few foods that at least vaguely approximates a meal — like, meat, carbs, some vegetable — that you can get at pretty much any hour in a lot of the US. Always some sort of burger joint pretty much anywhere there are more than a few people living together.
Compact, easy to eat without utensils or plate, fast to eat.
Hash browns
There are a million better way to make potatoes
You people are traitors!
I don’t know if this is strictly American (90%) but mine is ketchup. I think it’s sweetly disgusting. If it’s on a burger I can deal but dipping fries into it? Barf
I agree, I can only eat it on hot dogs and that’s because I don’t like hot dogs either.
I’m the opposite, love it on fries with malt vinegar. I won’t let it come within arms length of my burgers though.
Granted I’m Canadian so kraft mac & cheese /w ketchup was instilled into me from birth
I’ve always been curious about malt vinegar on fries! I need to try it sometime.
Oh, macaroni & cheese is a good one for my “dislike but popular in the US” list.
I don’t absolutely hate it, and there are some types that are more-palatable. But the texture is disappointing, just feels slimy. I don’t like the amount of liquid left behind. The flavor isn’t something I like. Not a good use for pasta, in my book.
I didn’t eat it growing up — not on my comfort food list, though it is for many — and maybe that’s what causes that. I’d probably do spaghetti with meat sauce or tuna noodle casserole as my “inexpensive comfort food” instead.
We call it kraft dinner up here because that’s what it says on the box, and no one actually considers it “mac & cheese”, but we eat more of it than any other country in the world none-the-less
But the texture is disappointing, just feels slimy. I don’t like the amount of liquid left behind
This may be a regional thing but I’ve literally never experienced liquid left behind unless I intentionally quadruple the milk to make it soupy on purpose (yes, that is also a thing we do). Also the Canadian generic store brand is like a million times better than the name-brand kraft stuff
Yeah i have no idea what he’s talking about and I’m from America.
AGREED!! Home-made ketchup is great though. But Americans basically like red, liquid sugar, and that’s just dis-fucking-gusting!
Primal Kitchen has some good ketchup, both “Unsweetened” and “A Tad Sweet” are normal levels of sweet. To the point where I’ve seen little kids that are used to the liquid sugar style exclaim “This ketchup tastes sour!” and refuse to eat it
You’re not alone. I also don’t care for ketchup on anything. Though I have dipped fries in BBQ sauce, so maybe that’s equally gross.
dipped fries in BBQ sauce, so maybe that’s equally gross.
I think you meant to say “delicious” there 😉
Only if it’s the “no sugar added” BBQ sauce lol. Otherwise it’s just spicy ketchup.
Same. I won’t ask for someone to not put it on in the burger, but I’m not going near the any fries that have seen ketchup.
As a kid I definitely liked it. As an adult, it’s way too sweet.
I think most people would refuse apple pie covered in ranch dressing, too.
For me, it’s steak. It’s… okay, but not all that exciting. But I don’t get the reverent devotion to it that a lot of Americans have. If I’m going to eat plain animal muscle all by itself, I prefer chicken. (Both are better as an ingredient in a dish.)
Steak is one of those things that can go from meh to heavenly depending on the cut and how you cook it.
Cheap sirloin grilled without seasoning… eh…
For my birthday this year I splurged on some thick, prime ribeye cap steaks, took the time to season them and let them dry in the fridge for about 24h, and then cooked them to a nice rare in a cast iron pan with a silly amount of butter, some garlic, and a few sprigs of rosemary, and it was easily one of the best things I’ve eaten all year.
I think most people would refuse apple pie covered in ranch dressing, too.
I did phrase that poorly, lol, but I know people who probably would consider that a delicacy 🤮
