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Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 One other thing that most Australians don't get about American food tastes - Starbucks. WTF makes you guys consume that c**p?

Schedulator , Kanesue Report

Final score:

109points

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Frando Bone 1 year ago

American here, and from Seattle...Starbucks is c**p. The worst coffee ever. There i said it.

95points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Hershey's chocolate. I ate a Hershey's kiss once and it was like literal vomit. Then I tried another one just in case it was an acquired taste. It. Was. Worse. I'm never one to pass up chocolate but damn those things were so foul I had to give them away.

spacemonkeypantz , Sheila Sund Report

Final score:

96points

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Charlie the Cat 1 year ago

Hershey's is not chocolate. But then I grew up with Lindt & Cadburys chocolate.

64points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 What America has done to cheese is a crime against nature. That liquid stuff in a can, just... Why?!

I'll also never understand the American fascination with making everything cherry flavour. For one thing, cherries don't taste like that. For another, why would you want a soft drink, a snow cone, or even a condom that tastes like cough syrup?

BelleSkywalker20 , Kai Hendry Report

Final score:

92points

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TeenieMeanie 1 year ago

Why do people assume this is every American househood? We have terrific dairies all over that make good cheese (Humboldt cheese anyone? I miss it) I’ve had canned cheese once - and I ate it to be polite.

44points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Seems like most of the things mentioned are packaged food and drinks that they only disliked so I’ll go the other route.

American barbecue, Buffalo wings, and the Cajun type of stews were my favorite.

MarvinTheMiner , Joe Goldberg Report

Final score:

82points

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TeenieMeanie 1 year ago

Thank you! Most of these posts seem aimed at American junk food. It’s a big country, we have lots of kinds of food, good and bad.

67points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Dr Pepper is nectar of the gods!

anon , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

75points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I like Dr Pepper as well! I'm one of those weirdos who likes both Coke and Pepsi with no preference between the two, though, so I tend to enjoy all of the dark/brown sodas XD

27points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 There's a store not far from me called USA Foods so I have had a fair bit of US snacks and your chocolate tastes not like chocolate. And I have read about why that is and it has to do with milk regulations and so on but it's just not pleasant to eat.

12ed11 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

68points

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Mabelbabel 1 year ago

It's like wax. It doesn't have the right mouth feel or melt properly, and Hersheys in particular has a slightly vomitous taste to it.

58points

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 candy corn is straight up terrible. I honestly don't get it's appeal at all.

I do like old bay. I know it's regional, but it's amazing.

viper9 , Willis Lam Report

Final score:

64points

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Frando Bone 1 year ago

most of us don't understand candy corn either. Yuck

50points

Sweets-Paradise-1234 , Jose and Roxanne Report

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 I've tried a few of your cereals, like cookie crisp and those lucky charms things. I used to think coco pops were sugary. You guys take sugary to a whole new level.
As for what I think tastes good, milk duds. Love milk duds.

Final score:

60points

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Salad. 1 year ago

I LOVE Milk Duds.

23points

#10

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Anytime I think of American food, I think, high sugar, high corn starch, hormone fed livestock and that weird orange plastic cheese thing.

Oh and excessively large portion sizes.

That said, nice to have occasionally, but certainly wouldn't want to be having that too often.

Schedulator , Jamie Report

Final score:

57points

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LH25 1 year ago

And that's how many of us eat those foods, once in a while and often for occasions.

27points

eniretakia , Jim, the Photographer Report

#11

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Good: Pumpkin pie. I thought it was a bizarre idea. My fiancé fell in love with it whilst he was eating from a USAF mess for a few months. I found a recipe online and talked it over with an American friend and made him one during a covid lockdown baking spree. It was amazing. We got a pre-made one from our local Costco a few months ago. That one was trash. I’ll stick to making my own.

Also good: everything I managed to try at the Cheesecake Factory.

Also good: Barbecue.

Disgusting: basically everything else. “Minnesota salads” spring to mind right now.

Final score:

51points

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darqemm 1 year ago

American here- no one liked Minnesota salads.

36points

#12

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Your chocolate is vile. It tastes like bile. Sorry for the rhyme haha

I’ve never understood the popularity of Oreos. Also Reese’s peanut butter cups. I was so excited to try them because id read about them but I think I almost had a vom, they were so BAD.

Chipotle flavoured things are starting to be popular here, sometimes that’s really nice. But hit and miss

iilinga , Mike Barry Report

Final score:

45points

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Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

Love me some double stuffed Oreos and Reese's peanut butter cups. I fully agree with the average hersey bar being completely c**p

21points

#13

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Oreos are overhyped. Arnott's Delta Cream any day

Luckywithtime , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

43points

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The Dark Sun 1 year ago

To me, Oreos taste like if they're burnt 🤷

26points

#14

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Biscuits and gravy. They served it to my Mum when she was in Texas on holiday. What the hell you guys.

Needmoresnakes , Michael Kmak Report

Final score:

36points

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Frando Bone 1 year ago

Beans on toast? WHAT THE HELL YOU GUYS? LOL

135points

#15

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Your soft drink (Soda) sizes are f*****g ridiculous, no one needs that much sugar.

Turducken should probably be a crime.

anon , supcece Report

Final score:

34points

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Donkey boi 1 year ago

That's twice I've seen Turducken. WTF is it? I'm not feeling the name... Turd- Uck- En

24points

#16

I love Laffy Taffy, Reese’s especially the holiday shapes, Cinnabon, Wendy’s, TGI Friday’s, Cheesecake Factory.. CORN DOGS I miss those so bad and we have nothing like them at all. I miss most the basic chain restaurants like Applebee’s, Denny’s, ihop. Miller’s ale house mountain melt 😍

Hated bread. Your regular bread is donuts. Impossible to find bread that wasn’t dessert.
Coca Cola is not as good either. The obsession with those post mix drink machines where you can mix and match flavours, the flavours are all gross and even normal coke comes out tasting disgusting from them.

Portion sizes are stupid, but so cheap! I would be huge if I lived there permanently.

_vanderlyle Report

Final score:

32points

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Rose the Cook 1 year ago

Regarding the extreme portions, friends who have been there quickly learned to order one meal between two.

14points

LH25 1 year ago

Or plan on it being a few meals.

5points

R Dennis 1 year ago

My wife and I split a breakfast at the local diner... if our daughter is with us, we just add a side of sausage and it is still plenty.

2points

TomCat 1 year ago

I'm American and my husband and I always share.

2points

rs_adahl1971 1 year ago

There's a reason the United States is considered the fattest nation in the world, with the UK following a close second. I live in the US

1point

Rinso the Red 1 year ago

You guys can afford to eat out?

1point

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

A friend of mine is a chef, and he makes the most delicious pulled pork mac & cheese. But one portion is HUGE. After I've eaten my fill, I take the rest home and get FOUR additional meals from the leftovers. The portions are extreme.

1point

Salad. 1 year ago

I don't get the bread thing. My grocery store has a bakery that makes all different types of bread.

5points

TeenieMeanie 1 year ago

I actually hate the freestyle Coke machines. They’re common in a lot of fast food chains.

4points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I love the cherry sprite but the coke tastes wrong to me

1point

Charlotte Slapar 1 year ago

Laffy Taffy is the most vile, disgusting candy on planet Earth.

3points

Zachary Gillette 1 year ago

That drastically depends on the flavor. Banana? Yes, terrible. Strawberry? Mmmmm.

0points

Mama Penguin 1 year ago

People don't generally finish those huge portions. We either take the leftover home or split it with someone.

3points

monwilson 1 year ago

Exactly! If I'm eating out, guaranteed half of that meal will be taken home for dinner or lunch the next day.

1point

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

We have dagwood dogs in Australia which are basically corn dogs, or at least I've seen them at the Melbourne show etc

2points

Janos Schumacher 1 year ago

Go to the bakery for bread. Don't go to the bread aisle. You can go to a stand alone bakery, or you can go to the bakery in the supermarket. Either way, you'll have better bread. . The bread aisle is for the terrible, overly sweet, overly salty bread. I haven't bought bread from there in 20 years. Even the in-store bakery is better than the bread aisle. Any bakery on it's own will be good generally. Just find the ethnicity you want and buy your bread.

1point

John L 1 year ago

Yeah, to get real bread, you need to actually go to the bakery section and not the bread isle, ironically enough.

1point

Blue_Mouse 1 year ago

Laffy taffy is nasty

0points

dollh h 1 year ago

We have plenty of bread that isn't sweet. Read the label before buying. Better yet, make your own.

0points

GamerChick5567 1 year ago

Applebees and chilis suck a*s

0points

Rougarou Cher 1 year ago

Reese's holiday shapes for the win! My theory is that those have less chocolate. Like the coating isn't as thick and it's softer so it's their super sweet sugary peanut butter that is good. When my wife found a recipe to make them at home I was appalled by the amount of sugar added. Doesn't stop me from indulging though so yeah there's a sugar thing.

0points

best turtle 1 year ago

try Dr.pepper its the drink of the gods

0points

Zachary Gillette 1 year ago

Any grocery store here worth its salt has a bakery, even Wal-Mart. It is one's own fault if they get sugar bread. Even some packaged breads are okay - that's what the label is for. Check the sugar count.

0points

Michael D Bresnahan 1 year ago

So you get a huge portion of food and you get a to go box. You get lunch for the next day. 2 meals for the price of one. And most grocery stores sell artisanal loaves of any kind of bread you want. Can be found by the deli counter. And most of the those are not sweet. Any dish from a chain restaurant can be made at home. We just made the Appleby's south western salad with taco flavored blackened chicken breast. yummy Just look it up online.

0points

R Dennis 1 year ago

Applebee's, Denny's, and Ihop... no...

0points

madbakes 1 year ago

Right?!

0points

the landlocked mermaid 1 year ago

I dunno. Every time I go out to eat, I always save half for left overs. I figure that's what you're supposed to do with the giant portion sizes

0points

Big Chungus 1 year ago

For me, the idea is not to eat the entire portion size in one sitting lol you take it home and save money on meals for days

0points

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

Did you check the bread aisle?? Or deli/bakery section of the grocery?? Bread is more common than donuts I'm pretty sure

0points

L hill 1 year ago

Theres nothing like finding left over retaurant food in the fridge after a long nite if drinking. Gold.

-1point

Cheap_Abbreviationz , Federica Gioia Report

#17

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 The Peanut butter chocolate things are tops. Oreo suck!
Turduckens are brilliant

Final score:

31points

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RagDollLali 1 year ago

Turduckens are actually more of a Frankenstein that make most people here uncomfortable lol

18points

#18

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 When I went to America I liked there food but there’s so much of it it overflows.

Also American bacon is kind of funny and awful coffee but I’m from Melbourne we are spoiled for coffee

Jack1715 , Mr.TinMD Report

Final score:

28points

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Killing_Time_At_Work 1 year ago

I'm from Melbourne too!! and yes, we are spoiled for everything :-)

15points

yabloodypelican , Under the same moon... Report

#19

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 American breakfast cereals are awful. I tried cinnamon toast crunch and lucky charms once and it was just bizarre. Why do you people eat candy for breakfast? Breakfast is supposed to be a slow release food to give you long-lasting energy to get through the day, not just sugar and marshmallows...

American coffee is awful. It's either stale, burnt drip coffee or a starbucks bucket-sized monstrosity with a ton of sugar. I always cringe when I see people talk about a frappuccino like it's a normal thing for a human to consume on the regular.

Final score:

27points

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LH25 1 year ago

"you people"? You realize we don't all eat the same things, right?

42points

#20

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Twinkies are f****d. I tried kool-aid (tasted like medicine) and capn crunch (wayyy too sickly sweet; high fructose corn syrup?). Butterfingers are weird, it's like a peppermint crisp texture, very strange experience. Hostess donettes were weirdly not sweet enough. I don't get the ranch obsession, and hersheys chocolate is vile.

I've never tried that white lumpy gravy, but I don't think I'd be able to eat it, its so off putting visually.

Enormous foldy pizza is great, pop tarts are really good (I think toast em pop ups are better). Chips ahoy bikkies are good. Takis are awesome, I've only had the fuego ones which were spicier than I expected, but really good. I love Krispy kreme.

iusedtobefamous1892 , sf-dvs Report

Final score:

21points

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ispeak catanese 1 year ago

My new band will be called Enormous Foldy Pizza. 🎤🎤🎵🎵🎶🎶

32points

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#21

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 I struggled with the butter and eggs, the colour and taste was a lot different from what I am used to.On our last day in America after holidaying for 4 weeks I was craving a home cooked meal and the meal I ordered had green beans in it. I was surprised to see they had battered & deep fried the beans, rather than just cook them.
The best food I had was some brisket nachos at the drags, absolutely delicious.
The free soft drink refillls (brought to table without me asking for more) were hard to get used to, I had to say no a few times and the servers weren't able to accept that I didn't want it just because it's free.

ventyourspleen , Rex Roof Report

Final score:

21points

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Marie Dahme 1 year ago

A lot of people from overseas don’t realize that our cattle & dairy cows are corn grain fed not grass fed. Makes a big difference in taste. Giving dairy cows a corn fed diet fattens them up…it’s like giving a human a high fructose corn syrup diet. So our cows are fattened up with “junk food for cows” so to speak. You can buy grass fed dairy butter, Kerrygold but it’s expensive.

7points

#22

I was on a recent thread where a homemade dessert was revealed to have mayonnaise in it. Many Americans on the thread were horrified by the idea of mayonnaise.

I was taken aback. Not only is mayonnaise simply beaten-up oil, egg yolk, and vinegar or lemon juice (common ingredients in many desserts and other things), but American cuisine is otherwise famed for pop-tarts, string cheese, eggo waffles, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Kool-Aid, ranch.

While acknowledged as being fast food / snacks for kids, these items aren't generally met with dozens of *ewww!* replies. But mayonnaise seemed to be really disliked.

ZanyDelaney Report

Final score:

16points

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Ace 1 year ago (edited)

It's sometimes suggested as an alternative to cream or butter in cooking, and that's where it could be a disaster. And mostly I associate mayonnaise with a slight vinegary and mustard flavour, which would certainly not go with sweet things.

14points

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#23

Deep fried butter and candy Bacon come to mind as being ewww, put geez I love a Philly Cheese steak and Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia

goater10 Report

Final score:

16points

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Amy Taylor 1 year ago

SO you went to a State Fair for "American Cuisine"?

42points

#24

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 I have lived in the US before, so I do have some inside knowledge (though I do understand some foods are pretty regional).

Genuinely never understood the love for PBJ sandwiches. The combination of the two is kinda something I never would try.

I don't think most things are disgusting per se. However the sizing of the products are pretty gross. As you mentioned the XL Big Gulp - it isn't what is in it, but the quantity that makes me a bit ill.

What I love?

I love A&W Root Beer. It is starting to become a bit more common here then it use to be, but one still have to go to specialist food stores or a Coles with an International Food and Beverage Aisle/Section, and on top of that it is still pretty damn expensive.

anon , Sarah C Report

Final score:

14points

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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago

PBJ entirely depends on the flavor for me. I don't want grape, ever, but give me a nice berry jam or orange marmalade and I love it.

14points

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#25

Big fan of Hershey's Kisses myself.

pixelboots Report

Final score:

14points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I grew up eating Hershey's, so I wouldn't know how apparently "disgusting" and "horrifying" it is. Yes, I've had other kinds of chocolate, some of them imported. Yes, I like those chocolate types too. I just don't have a problem with Hershey's overall. I wouldn't call it great, and I wouldn't give it to a significant other on Valentine's Day, but nor do I think it's "vomit-flavored" as some other posts on this list have called it XD It's all about perception and what we did or didn't grow up with! We shouldn't condemn others for liking - or not liking - certain foods or brands.

24points

#26

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 here's a list: those Philadelphia cheese things, that's it

boiger1 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

13points

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Margaret H 1 year ago

It (the original, not those spreadable tubs) makes a great cheesecake, to be fair. Also, a tablespoonful mixed with sauteed mushrooms makes a very good sauce.

25points

#27

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 I tried your "biscuits". As I suspected, really bad scones. Milk in gravy is tantamount to a war crime, too

PoglaTheGrate , switz1873 Report

Final score:

11points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

You couldn't possibly have tried biscuits made from scratch. They're light, fluffy, and utterly heavenly.

42points

#28

Been a long time since I have been but I still have no idea why you broil steak. Couldn't wait to get home to get a properly cooked steak!

MuddledMum09 Report

Final score:

11points

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Joel Hopkins 1 year ago (edited)

Whoever broiled this guy's steak just didn't like him, or he can't tell the difference between England and America, because nowhere in the USA have I seen broiled steak.

28points

#29

I’m a sugar fiend, so I had the culinary time of my life when I was in the states. Sweet tea, Kool Aid, Cinnabon, Count Chocula, Halloween candy from Walmart- all fantastic. However, I seriously don’t understand how people can eat biscuits and gravy.

funkyibis Report

Final score:

10points

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Benita Valdez 1 year ago

I love making biscuits and sausage gravy on a cold day

18points

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#30

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Jack Daniels.

Dangerman1967 , Tom Brogan Report

Final score:

8points

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Emma Kohn 1 year ago

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11points

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#31

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 What the hell are grits? New York pizza seems overrated. Cubanos are excellent. Some of the meat preparations I read about look yum.

Happy1327 , Andrew Report

Final score:

7points

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RagDollLali 1 year ago

Grits are delicious, like a ground corn porridge with a little butter and salt/pepper. They are also a key component in southern style or Cajun shrimp and grits, which are both amazing.

21points

boredhistorian94 , Coralie Ferreira Report

#32

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Your food is tasteless high in grease and sugar and horrible. I have been to America and was desperate to return to Australian food.

Final score:

6points

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Speedgoat 1 year ago

Well maybe OP should've stayed awhile and maybe not eaten at a gas station lol

46points

#33

Beans, or at least the canned varieties available here. Sickly sweet.

Agapanthus2020 Report

Final score:

5points

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darqemm 1 year ago

There are TONS of canned beans for sale here that don't have sugar.

8points

#34

Can’t stand Diet Dr Pepper, it’s absolutely tasteless. I like Dr Pepper but can’t deal with the amount of sugar it has.

Also don’t understand the obsession with sweet flavoured popcorn in Chicago.

I personally can’t stand KFC food.

AussieSheila1 Report

Final score:

2points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

Okay, this one I'll admit: I HATE kettle corn/sweet popcorn. I don't know why. I LOVE popcorn in general, and I like cheddar popcorn, but kettle corn? Gaaghhh. XD It's just a preference, though, I don't condemn an entire culture or cuisine just because I don't like something ;)

8points

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#35

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 That your mum got you a huge big gulp of sweet sickly soft drink and 7/11 brownies for a child in daycare no less is disgusting to me. I haven’t eaten sugar for two years and the idea of giving a child all that sugar to ruin their gut,teeth,body etc etc with when they are still growing, wow.

katiethebohemian , domjisch Report

Final score:

1point

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Alias-the-shade 1 year ago

Again the reason there’s so much sugar in American Food because during the during the 70s or 80s I really don’t remember there’s whole ad campaign against “fat” propagated by the sugar companies no less stating that fat was a source of fat in our bodies and so people went to alternatives and what replaced all that fat, it was sugar and because it will essentially propaganda was so good at being propaganda we really haven’t recovered also a lot of food companies America blatantly lie to us and most of us don’t even realize it

12points

CrankyLittleKitten , Balázs Benjamin Report

#36

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 I just can't fathom why there's so much sugar/corn syrup in things. Or the amount of fried fatty food.

I used to trade food pics with a group of friends who were all decent cooks and liked to discuss food/recipes etc, but the two Americans in the group would always post beige or brown pics of fried something with chips. There were no vegetables or colours. Made for boring pics. They could make interesting desserts, but I'd never eat the kind of stuff they posted as everyday food.

Final score:

1point

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darqemm 1 year ago

Corn syrup is our curse for what we did to the Native Americans.

15points

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#37

Aussies Are Roasting Gross American Foods And Sharing What They Like And Pointed Out These 30 Mac & cheese is disgusting. I can eat any other brand/flavour of instant pasta but mac & cheese tastes like vomit. Cherry cola also tastes like medicine to me.

Pop tarts are nice though, I love finding different flavours of pop tarts since most grocery stores only stock the frosted chocolate one

ihatethaifood , Elizabeth Report

Final score:

-6points

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Margaret H 1 year ago

I love mac and cheese, but I've only ever eaten homemade. What the packet/instant stuff tastes like could be a whole different thing.

18points

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LH25 1 year ago

People don't seem to realize we don't all eat the bad, over-sweetened stuff. The US is a big place with lots of differences.

22points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

It has nothing to do with being a big country. Every country has its regions with different cuisine, dialect and other differences. That‘s what most US Americans don‘t understand either. (No, Germany is NOT only Bavaria!). This is just about stereotypes and what we get as „American food“ in our own stores. Funnily enough your own movies spread those stereotypes too.

4points

Speedgoat 1 year ago

An exposé of personal opinions. Yay.

16points

BakedKahuna 1 year ago

I would love to make an American food tour one day. But only for cooked stuff. Reubens and cheese steak sandwich, brisket, chicken and waffles, clam chowder, gumbo and what not. Now I'm hungry.

16points

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

Agreed, if you go order regional favorites cooked fresh, much better.

2points

Anony Mouse 1 year ago

Now do other countries! Seriously though - thanks. You haven't crapped on America in almost a week. I can write one of these in my sleep now - none of these are original.

12points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Yes please! I want to see more of the world and not only the US!

5points

howdylee 1 year ago

Don't think I'll trust the opinions of a country that thinks Vegemite is normal!!!!!!

10points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

vegemite is an acquired taste. In SA and UK we have bovril which is very similar. Basically meaty plus so much salt you might die.

2points

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

What I was thinking.

1point

Rachel Ainsworth 1 year ago

At least vegemite is healthy, its a large dose of B vitamins.

1point

Brooke Weber 1 year ago

I'm absolutely agree that American food is skewed wayyyy too sweet and processed. It's easy to visit and only be exposed to the chain restaurants and touristy places (usually bad). But there is amazing cuisine here, if you know where to go!

9points

Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

I think it is absolutely hilarious how mad some people are getting about people making stereotypes or judgments off small things. Chill out, it's BP, they are supposed to be light hearted and fun. "Americans" do it all the time to other countries, turn around us fair play.

9points

happyhippie 1 year ago

Eh, I don’t usually see any articles on BP where Americans get to tell other countries whatever they’re doing is disgusting and wrong. It gets annoying having everything we do in the states boiled down to a few stereotypes though. No, not all the food here is overly processed garbage. Most people don’t start their day with 79 grams of sugar. Not everyone eats processed cheese from a can. And please don’t judge an entire country’s food based on the one gas station you stopped at when you needed a snack.

17points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

Cthulu, I have family from both the United Kingdom and the United States and have lived in both countries. I have yet to see a positive article about the United States on this website. It is alright for people from the United States to feel frustrated when BoredPanda CONSTANTLY shares negative articles about the U.S. We also have a lot of problems in the United Kingdom (Brexit anyone) yet BoredPanda portrays us as quirky, whimsical and fun! Perhaps I just truly dislike stereotypes. I find it a little disturbing that users from the United States are called bothersome or annoying if they speak up about BoredPanda constantly writing negative things about them. Even the title of the article is pretty nasty "gross American foods." So people from Australia and other countries are allowed to spread stereotypes about food in the U.S. but an user from the U.S. says anything bad about Australian food their are instantly downvoted. Hmmmm

11points

Flying Bacon 1 year ago

Yeah! I'm a United Statesian and I thought this was a fun post. The only one that I thought wasn't good was one where the poster had been in the US as a tourist, in a small area, and seemed to get unluckier still. Then judged based off of that. Still, I don't really care, every country has their own preferences and cultures, and to each their own!

7points

Mimi M 1 year ago

Totally disagree. It's always 'America/Americans are awful in some way'. it's very one-sided.

0points

Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 1 year ago

I remember older Norwegian-Americans in the Midwest serving dishes at potlucks they were adamant about being Norwegian... so many horrible combinations of ingredients and flavors. And then Norway isn't actually a culinary destination to begin with...

5points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Two thumbs down for Lutefisk!!! Lol

2points

Craftsman 64 1 year ago

OK. Two things Australian - Vegemite and musk flavored Life Savers. I'm not going to judge a countries food based on only two items but considering that you eat those 2 items, I am going to take any opinions on US food with a grain of salt.

4points

Astarael 1 year ago

Why so much Oreo hate? You can get them in a lot of places outside the us, they taste ok, and a lot of flavours are surprisingly either vegan or vegetarian

4points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

I don't think it's so much "hate" as just this kind of disappointment feeling. Oreos seem to be such a well known thing in the US that we imagine they must be some sort of food ambrosia, so to find out that they're really just a kinda boring sweet cracker with a vaguely creamy-ish filling is a real let down.

6points

Dddad 1 year ago

The sweetest substance I've ever tasted in my life was key lime pie I still don't know how one could achieve that level of sweetness and why someone would ever subject their tastebuds to that.

4points

happyhippie 1 year ago

It’s definitely not supposed to be like that all! Should be very tart with light sweetness. Give it another try if you can sometime!

11points

Xenon 1 year ago

Must have been a bad one. Supposed to be more tart than sweet.

5points

Green Tree 1 year ago

I like Key Lime Pie when I can find a good one but sadly most I’ve tried are not good. Any short cut on the ingredients is gonna be bad. A good key lime pie is from fresh limes and is not too sweet

4points

Mimi M 1 year ago

Another 'America is shiite' post from BP. Yawn - it's really getting old.

3points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 1 year ago (edited)

Do people in other countries realize A LOT of Americans do make wonderful food? These lists are so repetitive. It’s like they think we all live in a trailer park and only get food from 7-Eleven. Good grief.

3points

Gin 1 year ago

Because the question was skewed - it asked for “What American foods/drinks/snacks/etc. do you think are disgusting? Which do you think are good?” It asks people to say what they hate and what they love - pretty good really if most of the ones hated are the same junk foods on the whole.

0points

Glass Ghost 1 year ago

I kind of like Hersheys though. Lord the amount of hate in this post about it is wild.

3points

Kimba 1 year ago

Seems like went to all the worst restaurants, tried all the worst brands, and picked all the worst menu items.

3points

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

Visiting one small location in the US, then crapping on the entire country is like visiting Liverpool, then crapping on all of Europe. The US is not homogenous, ffs.

3points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

true, but once you've been to liverpool and seen layabouts in tracksuits on the side of the street, you kinda HAVE seen the most important thing about europe /jk.

1point

The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)

Is everybody here 12? I think of American food, I don't strictly think of Saturday-morning treats for kids. You realize that's all any of this stuff is? To me, foods I associate with America include Hamburgers, hot dogs, beef steak, french fries, mashed potatoes, fried chicken, meatloaf, brisket, BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, peanut butter, pork chops, fatty bacon, subs, grilled cheese sandwiches, casseroles, waffles, fair food (deep-fried anything), mac & cheese, and on the coasts, lobster or crab; plus various foods we blamed other countries for (even though most of the other food naturally has has overseas precedents): spaghetti and meatballs, tacos, chili, pizza,

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

IMO? People who eat vegemite are on shaky ground calling anyone else's food choices unpalatable. BTW, get over it. We don't all eat out of the one aisle int he store that is overprocessed junk, in any country. And every country *has* that aisle.

2points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

I love how BoredPanda makes sweeping gernalisations about the United States that just fuel more and more stereotypes on this site. Nobody is eating squeeze cheese and pop-tarts everyday. Australia also has pie floaters, chiko rolls, and musk sticks so they shouldn't be the ones to talk here.

2points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

I LOVE baking American recipes. Macadamia cookies, Rocky Road Cookies, Pumpkin pie, Apple pie. …..

1point

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

Bearing in mind if you grew up eating this stuff, it seems normal. That said, I do agree with the portion sizes being too big, and too much sugar/salt/fat in things. Folks like stuff that's highly seasoned, but rather than actually using spices we just salt the heck out of it. Breakfast cereals are mainly marketed to kids, so they have cartoon characters on the box and way too much sugar inside.

1point

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I see it as you get your money’s worth. You just don’t eat it all in one Sitting. Split the portions up so you have lunch and dinner for the next day as well.

-1point

Julie Snelling 1 year ago

I have a very sweet tooth so I would probably love American food and I quite fancy trying biscuits and gravy. The picture looked nice.

1point

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Look up on YouTube UK high schoolers try biscuits and gravy for the first Time ! They really liked it.

0points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

The very worst, number one most disgusting thing I ever put in my mouth was root beer! Holy c**p, it's absolutely horrendous! I looked forward to trying it for decades, seeing people drinking it in movies all my life so when I saw it in a local (UK) shop I bought it and couldn't wait so I open and had a big swig walking back home. I had to spit it out immediately, in the middle of the road. I can't even think about it without gagging.

1point

Green Tree 1 year ago

It’s a medicine like flavor which is definitely an acquired taste. Sassafras is the ‘root’ flavor of root beer

2points

Xenon 1 year ago

Thought this would be yet one more of the biweekly USA bashing articles but a lot of the posts I actually agreed with.

1point

Шостакович千葉 1 year ago (edited)

i’m reading these comment and people seem to be angry with the fact that it’s another US post- if you want i could do a “incredible snacks from singapore” if it would be interesting to you or smth? Edit: typo sorry

0points

Qia Munther 1 year ago

Love all the dessert pai, super great sallads and great sandwishes. And of course the ribs...

0points

Rachel Ainsworth 1 year ago

Americans could probably stop paying income tax if the federal government started taxing sugar in food.

0points

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Lisa T 1 year ago

You can have flavourful food without it being full of sugar or anything else that will k*ll you

7points

Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 1 year ago

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Brooke Weber 1 year ago

We LOVE sauces! It's like the dippin' capital of the world! BBQ, ketchup, mustard, ranch, yogurt dill, hummus, queso... Hmm maybe we like them too much...

5points

30_Helens_Agree 1 year ago

??? What on earth are you talking about?? I used to work with a chef from Italy who constantly complained that Americans loved sauce too much.

2points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

they do? They have ketchup, "mustard" (aka yellow stuff), cheese squares, "gravy" (as in biscuits), and they also have "ranch". Plus there's tabasco, and other chili sauces in the south. I think they do have some sauces.

0points

Jaaawn 1 year ago

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Anony Mouse 1 year ago

We can laugh at ourselves, but we're sick of these same articles getting copied and pasted. They do it at Buzzfeed too. It stopped being funny after years of the same content.

3points

SirPatTheCat 1 year ago

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K- THULU 1 year ago

Except Australia isn't in europe....

15points

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LH25 1 year ago

People don't seem to realize we don't all eat the bad, over-sweetened stuff. The US is a big place with lots of differences.

22points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

4points

Speedgoat 1 year ago

An exposé of personal opinions. Yay.

16points

BakedKahuna 1 year ago

I would love to make an American food tour one day. But only for cooked stuff. Reubens and cheese steak sandwich, brisket, chicken and waffles, clam chowder, gumbo and what not. Now I'm hungry.

16points

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

Agreed, if you go order regional favorites cooked fresh, much better.

2points

Anony Mouse 1 year ago

Now do other countries! Seriously though - thanks. You haven't crapped on America in almost a week. I can write one of these in my sleep now - none of these are original.

12points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Yes please! I want to see more of the world and not only the US!

5points

howdylee 1 year ago

Don't think I'll trust the opinions of a country that thinks Vegemite is normal!!!!!!

10points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

vegemite is an acquired taste. In SA and UK we have bovril which is very similar. Basically meaty plus so much salt you might die.

2points

Kevin J. Henning 1 year ago

What I was thinking.

1point

Rachel Ainsworth 1 year ago

At least vegemite is healthy, its a large dose of B vitamins.

1point

Brooke Weber 1 year ago

9points

Cthulhu Kitty 1 year ago

9points

happyhippie 1 year ago

17points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

11points

Flying Bacon 1 year ago

7points

Mimi M 1 year ago

Totally disagree. It's always 'America/Americans are awful in some way'. it's very one-sided.

0points

Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 1 year ago

5points

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Two thumbs down for Lutefisk!!! Lol

2points

Craftsman 64 1 year ago

4points

Astarael 1 year ago

Why so much Oreo hate? You can get them in a lot of places outside the us, they taste ok, and a lot of flavours are surprisingly either vegan or vegetarian

4points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

6points

Dddad 1 year ago

The sweetest substance I've ever tasted in my life was key lime pie I still don't know how one could achieve that level of sweetness and why someone would ever subject their tastebuds to that.

4points

happyhippie 1 year ago

It’s definitely not supposed to be like that all! Should be very tart with light sweetness. Give it another try if you can sometime!

11points

Xenon 1 year ago

Must have been a bad one. Supposed to be more tart than sweet.

5points

Green Tree 1 year ago

I like Key Lime Pie when I can find a good one but sadly most I’ve tried are not good. Any short cut on the ingredients is gonna be bad. A good key lime pie is from fresh limes and is not too sweet

4points

Mimi M 1 year ago

Another 'America is shiite' post from BP. Yawn - it's really getting old.

3points

Lady Miss Pie Premium 1 year ago (edited)

3points

Gin 1 year ago

0points

Glass Ghost 1 year ago

I kind of like Hersheys though. Lord the amount of hate in this post about it is wild.

3points

Kimba 1 year ago

Seems like went to all the worst restaurants, tried all the worst brands, and picked all the worst menu items.

3points

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

Visiting one small location in the US, then crapping on the entire country is like visiting Liverpool, then crapping on all of Europe. The US is not homogenous, ffs.

3points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

true, but once you've been to liverpool and seen layabouts in tracksuits on the side of the street, you kinda HAVE seen the most important thing about europe /jk.

1point

The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

2points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago

2points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

I LOVE baking American recipes. Macadamia cookies, Rocky Road Cookies, Pumpkin pie, Apple pie. …..

1point

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago

1point

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

I see it as you get your money’s worth. You just don’t eat it all in one Sitting. Split the portions up so you have lunch and dinner for the next day as well.

-1point

Julie Snelling 1 year ago

I have a very sweet tooth so I would probably love American food and I quite fancy trying biscuits and gravy. The picture looked nice.

1point

Marie Dahme 1 year ago

Look up on YouTube UK high schoolers try biscuits and gravy for the first Time ! They really liked it.

0points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

1point

Green Tree 1 year ago

It’s a medicine like flavor which is definitely an acquired taste. Sassafras is the ‘root’ flavor of root beer

2points

Xenon 1 year ago

Thought this would be yet one more of the biweekly USA bashing articles but a lot of the posts I actually agreed with.

1point

Шостакович千葉 1 year ago (edited)

0points

Qia Munther 1 year ago

Love all the dessert pai, super great sallads and great sandwishes. And of course the ribs...

0points

Rachel Ainsworth 1 year ago

Americans could probably stop paying income tax if the federal government started taxing sugar in food.

0points

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Lisa T 1 year ago

You can have flavourful food without it being full of sugar or anything else that will k*ll you

7points

Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 1 year ago

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Brooke Weber 1 year ago

We LOVE sauces! It's like the dippin' capital of the world! BBQ, ketchup, mustard, ranch, yogurt dill, hummus, queso... Hmm maybe we like them too much...

5points

30_Helens_Agree 1 year ago

??? What on earth are you talking about?? I used to work with a chef from Italy who constantly complained that Americans loved sauce too much.

2points

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

0points

Jaaawn 1 year ago

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Anony Mouse 1 year ago

We can laugh at ourselves, but we're sick of these same articles getting copied and pasted. They do it at Buzzfeed too. It stopped being funny after years of the same content.

3points

SirPatTheCat 1 year ago

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K- THULU 1 year ago

Except Australia isn't in europe....

15points