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"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Sweet potato and marshmallow casserole. What the actual f**k?

98thRedBalloon , Kevin Lim Report

Final score:

157points

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Clay S. 1 year ago

American here. I agree, that stuff is bad

44points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand A friend visited me from Italy and wanted to try Krispy Kreme donuts. He took one bite and said, 'Now I understand why Americans are fat!' He made me take him back twice for more.

rekoja3189 , Scott Ableman Report

Final score:

138points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

You have been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

108points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Aerosol Cheese. Seriously America, what the f**k?

nicklo2k , Ming Xia Report

Final score:

135points

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Robin Roper 1 year ago

I am an American and have never, ever eaten this stuff in any form.

55points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Hersheys chocolate. Honestly tastes like the smell of vomit.

Cottonmustard , mjimages Report

Final score:

127points

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Dave Van Beurden 1 year ago

Well, it does. it has Butyric acid in it (it was added to make the milk last longer in the olden days), and vomit also has butyric acid. Dairy farms in Europe were closer to the chocolate factories, so there it was not needed. And now they just keep it in as Americans are used to the taste.

70points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Processed cheese. There are so many lovely actual cheese, why eat s***ty fake stuff?

Magic_Fred , Famartin Report

Final score:

116points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

Plastic cheese. Even many Americans don't like it.

74points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand American bread. I lived in the states for six months. At one point shortly after moving, I bought a loaf of bread and made a sandwich. To my surprise, the bread was so sweet. I told my housemates that I accidentally bought dessert bread, but nope — it was just regular bread in America.

goldboldsold Report

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111points

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Clay S. 1 year ago

The standard bread in America is legally cake in Ireland

86points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand The fact that I ordered one pound of corned beef hash, three eight-inch pancakes with butter and maple syrup, four scrambled eggs with ketchup, six strips of bacon, four sausage links, three pieces of toast, and endless coffee for $12 at a diner. That was my breakfast while visiting the states. I love America.

Robxxx , karlos346 Report

Final score:

107points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

If you're not planning to eat lunch, sounds like a plan

29points

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Lobster is not odd in itself, but seeing “lobster mac’n’cheese” was wierd. Where I’m from, lobster is expensive, exclusive, and considered fine dining, and mac’n’cheese does not exist as a dish you can order anywhere. I love pasta, I love cheese, so pasta with cheese is common in my own kitchen, but that is far away from that “fine dining” lobster.

My first time in the states was a trip to NYC. I was pregnant at the time, and that’s probably why I allowed myself to order lobster mac’n’cheese for lunch at a restaurant, against my husbands comments on how it was a shame for the lobster to be served like that ... it was bloody delicious. I still dream about it.

urgh_eightyeight , Sarah Stierch Report

Final score:

98points

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Tahar Taggle 1 year ago

Lobster is a bit less fancy in north America than in Europe. Until last century, it was deemed a poor man's meal, because it was abundant along the east coast and not very healthy (due to poor understanding on how to preserve and cook it). That's why it has been kept in informal recipes like lobster sandwich or the above.

38points

#10

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand The way they eat apple sauce.

Over here in the UK you would have a very small portion of it with some pork. It's just a condiment.

In the US they would pretty much have an entire bowl of the stuff and would just put spoonful after spoonful of it into their mouthes. It's like a snack or a meal itself.

Mac4491 , Amy Ross Report

Final score:

96points

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Phobrek 1 year ago

OP doesn't speak for the UK. It's apples. Apples are great for lots of things. I use apple sauce in my pancake batter.

76points

#11

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand I'm American but no one can pay me to try/eat Spam.

janford Report

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89points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

Spam, spam, spam, spam.......

42points

#12

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Boxed macaroni and cheese. My partner is Swiss, and he is appalled by Kraft Mac & Cheese. He could not believe I was looking forward to ingesting orange powder mixed with noodles.

jamonjem , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

87points

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Fora Nakit 1 year ago

Mac & Cheese is so easy to make from scratch, I could never understand why to buy it as a premade meal made with dubious powder that you need to cook the same amount of time as the original dish.

32points

J. Maxx 1 year ago

Um, poor folks. Not everyone can afford to buy all the ingredients to make mac & cheese from scratch.

10points

Janos Schumacher 1 year ago

It's almost free. If you're poor, it's food. Load it up with hot sauce, throw in some frozen peas, you have a meal fit for a king.

5points

Shannon McGill 1 year ago

Macaroni and cheese from scratch, baked in an oven, cannot be made in 5 minutes. Just getting the cheese out and shredding it would take more time than that.

4points

Fennecfoxcat 1 year ago

Because it's got spongebob noodles! Also some people get really bad anxiety over eating foods that may expire (cibophobia, me and my friend have it) and it's easier to eat the box kind

3points

Brad Rogers 1 year ago

Because it’s 50 cents. We’re all broke.

2points

Sandra Givens 1 year ago

At about a dollar a box, it is a cheap and filling way to feed lots of hungry kids, particularly if they are still picky eaters. My son loves it, but I do modify how I make it, cutting the amount of butter/margarine in half, adding more low-fat milk, and stirring in a small amount of shredded cheese as well as the powder. Toss some peas into the pot while the mac cooks for some color and vegetable nutrition.

2points

Anne K 1 year ago

It was also a war time product like spam... So no it is in no way good for you but when dealing with war time you eat what you can that is shelf stable... people get used to it and it becomes a part of the culture.

1point

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

They're 2 totally different things. That's like saying why would you get Taco Bell when you can get real Mexican? Nobody thinks Taco Bell is actually Mexican food. You eat it bc it tastes good. Blue box Mac and Cheese tastes good. It is not the same substance as homemade Mac and Cheese. When I want blue box I don't want that homemade flavor.

1point

Terry Reaux 8 months ago (edited)

Because most people are lazy and don't want to do the extra work to make it from scratch. Plus most people are busy trying to pay bills to bother with cooking a full meal every time. But even I buy Velveeta Mac and cheese because it comes with a pouch of actual cheese sauce instead of that crappy powder like Kraft comes with.

0points

Aaron Parker 1 year ago

No, boxed Kraft Mac n Cheese is fantastic! P**s off with that nonsense. I know 95% of people love the stuff secretly if not openly.

4points

J MacDonald (macdonaldja) 1 year ago

KD is a Canadian creation.............not USA

4points

JuJu 1 year ago

I'm more interested in how they get that bright orange. And why! It looks weird and Ruins the clothes.

4points

Shannon McGill 1 year ago

It's cheap and shelf stable. Some of these things, you are overthinking too much on.

3points

Got Myself 4 Pandas 1 year ago

Not gonna lie, I love a bit of cheesy pasta from the red box - when I was a teenager I used to work in Safeway (showing my age there!) and I used to buy a box of it and a chunk of fillet steak when I finished my shift and have that for dinner, my dad was appalled that I would dare have something so cheap and nasty with a beautiful but of steak but I still stand by my decision - it was awesome

3points

R Dennis 1 year ago

I tried it twice as a kid and it made me physically ill.

3points

DesertMama 1 year ago

My friend's German husband brings an extra suitcase to take home boxes of the stuff...

3points

Lucas 1 year ago

Well, there is always one...

5points

Moo 1 year ago

Kraft is a guilty pleasure. I like the way it tastes lol

2points

George Claxton 1 year ago

The horror. The HORROR!

2points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

This is popular because it's dirt cheap and you can live off it for a long time if you're poor. I remember my poor days and this c**p was the reason I ate at all.

2points

Aisling Raye 1 year ago

There is one argument between my brother and I that will never be fully won, and that's about this stuff. He thinks it's amazing, I'd rather starve than subject myself to it. I think most people that love it, love it because they grew up eating it and there is some nostalgia driving their attachment to it. We never had it as kids, so I can't understand when or how he started liking it. He hit his head pretty hard in a sport related accident years ago, so I'm blaming that.

1point

Ruth Meszaros 1 year ago

Icky. Thin and tasteless.

1point

BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

You're making it wrong. I always cut down the butter and milk because I like it thicc!

0points

Mariele Scherzinger 1 year ago

I tried this once when I was in America. Never again. The chemical flavours are vile.

1point

Kerri 1 year ago

Finally, something for me to rant about on BP! Mac n' cheese is so good. And I'm not talking about the homemade stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love homemade macaroni and cheese. It's amazing stuff. However, there's just something special about the boxed kind. It is an absolute staple for me and I probably go through about 2-4 boxes a week. It tastes like and has the color of the sun. I don't know what sort of chemicals they put it in it (there is absolutely no way it's real), but it's amazing

1point

Jared Robinson 1 year ago

Kraft mac n cheese is amazing. That orange powder ya'll are so scared of is ambrosia. I buy kraft mac n cheese just to get the powder out to use on seasoning on other things.

1point

Sonia Ward 1 year ago

I may well be wrong but I thought " mac n cheese" originated from the UK and is called macaroni cheese. I have an irrational rage hearing and reading 'mac n cheese', especially in British restaurants.

1point

Ourania Walker 1 year ago

From scratch is easy, and you can add all kinds of cheese. I uselly make Mac & cheese to use up all my odds and ends of my cheese, so it never taste the same twice ...lol

0points

Lady Lava 1 year ago

Well, I love it! Two years ago I discovered an aisle with American food in a supermarket not far from where I live (in the Netherlands), and I knew I just had to try it! And it's indeed the ultimate comfort food! Unfortunately, that supermarket got a new owner recently, and they don't sell the American products anymore... :-(

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

I'm not a fan but had no problem letting my kids eat it. Usually with cut up hot dogs. It's quick, cheap & I've never met a kid who didn't love it.

0points

Virginia Umberger 1 year ago

This stuff is just nasty.

0points

POLITIMICOST 1 year ago

Mom used to make this when we were little. Now I rarely have mac and cheese but when I do, it's more like mac in a cheesy sauce. I don't like the baked crusty version

0points

Ginny Crouse 1 year ago

I couldn't agree more and I'm basically a lazy cook. Cutting up some real cheese to add to macaroni isn't exactly slaving over a hot stove.

0points

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago (edited)

Canadians eat more than Americans do...KD is a great snack or light Lunch.

0points

Mark Rose 1 year ago (edited)

This raises a whole other question. If the SpongeBob SquarePants blurb says “oh buoy!” as a pun to rhyme with “oh boy”, why the hell do Americans pronounce the word ‘booyay” when referring to an actual buoy?

0points

Someone Important 1 year ago

I've seen what people eat in Europe, and Asia....you folks have no business criticizing anyone else.

0points

Matt Hooper 1 year ago

Btw the company Kraft is Canadian

0points

P.L. Packer 1 year ago

I just put the orange powder on buttered popcorn.

0points

simfan all day every day 1 year ago

Price of it speaks much more volumes as those that could afford real Mac and cheese would never eat Kraft. I'm sure tons of things other nations eat is based off the price as well

0points

Chantal Guyatt 1 year ago

Kraft Dinner is known as the "national fish" of Canada; it makes me ashamed to be Canadian. It's just so awful.

0points

Burnt Bagel 1 year ago

Kraft. With. Ketchup. It will change your life…….

0points

EarthGrowl 1 year ago

Because we grew up with kraft M&C. You think our young mothers could cook? HA! My mom was a hippy in the 60's if she couldn't make it quick or microwave it she didn't cook. Y'all seem to forget the femininists movement turned the American household upside down. That's one of the ways we ended up with garbage food.

0points

Deery Lou 1 year ago

kraft dinner is amazing!

0points

Moya Satterwhite 1 year ago

When you leave any cheese in the freezer for a year, it looks exactly like this and it doesn’t matter how the quality was, it’s just like it. They’ve just removed the liquid..

0points

Mary Kelly 1 year ago

it's like this: there is good pizza and bad pizza, but it all tastes pretty good...same with mac'n'cheese...and, fora nakit, you cannot make homemade mac-n-cheese in the same amount of time as the mix...homemade starts with a roux...rouxs take time

0points

Pickles, Pennies, & Ponies 1 year ago

At least get the the mac-n-cheese with the creamy cheese packet if you have to have it. I personally never cared for either. To bland. Home made with the crust on top is the only way to go.

0points

Rachel Smith 1 year ago

I'm 99% sure Kraft is from Canada it's not really a U.S. invention

0points

Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

I loooooove Kraft Dinner, and I'm not American. But it's so expensive and the quantity is so small. So i do it myself. But it's not the same 😭

0points

J MacDonald (macdonaldja) 1 year ago

KD is Canadian....

0points

Inella‍ 1 year ago

Let me first state that I LOVE cheese. Sliced off of a block, in little squares on a charcuterie board, bitten straight off of a Parmesan wedge, etc. But I struggle to take a few bites of scratch Mac & cheese. Powder all the way! I can eat a whole prepared box in one sitting.

0points

whatever 1 year ago

Meanwhile in England this is a very sought after item.

-1point

#13

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand High fructose corn syrup.

whitcliffe Report

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85points

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Phobrek 1 year ago

Many Americans, self included, detest this.

81points

#14

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Not the food but the sheer size of the soft drinks is off putting and I'm from Canada.

farside604 Report

Final score:

79points

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Debby Keir 1 year ago

and the grotesque colours....

30points

#15

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand The felt obsession with anything deep-fried is unnerving to me. There's a good few things that are excellent deep-fried, don't get me wrong, but putting literally anything in batter and frying it seems...wrong.

MonolGaming Report

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77points

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KJ 1 year ago

Yup deep frying everything is totally nuts, laughs sheepishly as a Scotsman.

80points

#16

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Grits. What the f**k even is grits? It sounds like the most unappetising thing ever. "I had grits for breakfast" WHY ARE YOU EATING TINY ROCKS?

anon , sashafatcat Report

Final score:

74points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

It's like porridge but made with cornmeal. Very cheap and was a staple food fed to African slaves.

61points

#17

Taco Bell.

They tried to open one over here and it lasted about a week. Don't try to sell Taco Bell to Mexicans. Just don't.

cirquedanslarue Report

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70points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

No wonder. Mexican tacos are great. Taco Bell is not Mexican food it's American food.

9points

tigersmadeofpaper , publicdomainpictures Report

#18

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Ranch dressing. Why don't you people want to taste the actual salad you're eating?

Final score:

69points

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Mia G 1 year ago

I'm not American but I love ranch

39points

#19

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Mayonnaise on everything but French fries — use butter you savages.

Celeries , Marco Verch Report

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69points

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ambiguous Fox 1 year ago

THANK YOU!! OMG, I HATE MAYO

3points

#20

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Not exactly *a* food, but breakfasts in general.

When I was there they looked at me like I was a starving child from the woods with my coffee and toast. MY BODY CAN'T DIGEST CHILI CON CARNE IN THE MORNING, I'M SORRY I'M NOT THAT MAGICAL.

BrownieBawse , Rene Schwietzke Report

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67points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago

The breakfast in the picture looks delicious

56points

#21

For me, it's not so much a particular 'American' food that I find bizarre, but rather the portion sizes. I'm Australian, and I was raised to eat everything on my plate. I brought that mentality to the US, and I put on 5 kg in over a month. The portion sizes are obscene. I could hardly finish a meal there without feeling ill from eating to much.

mrphasedance Report

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67points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

Many foreign visitors aren't aware of the doggy bag. It is completely common place to not finish your meal and ask the restaurant to box the leftovers for you to take home. When I visit family in the states one restaurant meal is really 2-3 meals.

62points

#22

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand I had a friend who would get physically sick at any mention of Hamburger Helper.

As an American, I think he's nuts.

SleeplessStposter , LWYang Report

Final score:

60points

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Heather Resatz 1 year ago

This stuff looks exactly the same going in as coming out! Pure grossness

9points

#23

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand A friend of mine brought back loads of American sweets from holiday. The Hershey's chocolate kisses were one of the worst things I've ever eaten. I thought I was going to be sick.

CiaranBAC Report

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58points

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morticia_b85 1 year ago

Yeah, American chocolate has an acid added to it that is also found in vomit. Not even joking.

24points

ChickenInASuit , Олександр Дячук Report

#24

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Chicago style deep-dish pizza. Great for the first two bites, but any more than that and I start to feel like my arteries are about to detonate.

Final score:

57points

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karl briggs 1 year ago

"Mmmmmm... arteries" - Homer Simpson.

38points

#25

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Pop tarts, or God forbid microwaving your water when you have a cup of tea

Wild_Hunt , Mike Mozart Report

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56points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

If the water is hot who cares?

54points

#26

Anything sandwiched between donuts or assembled and then fried to finish.

BanapplePinana Report

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56points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

Luckily, Fair/Boardwalk Food isn’t a staple of anyone’s diet. It’s just a treat you have when you go to the State Fair or the beach.

20points

#27

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand My German brother-in-law lost his mind at the concept of American 'all you can eat' buffets. He was like, 'All of this...all one price? ALL of it?' He was amazed by it.

deleted , Rusty Clark Report

Final score:

55points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

I don't know a country that doesn't have all you can eat buffets. Including Germany

59points

#28

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Casseroles made with "cream of" anything soup. Green bean casserole, tuna casserole, mushroom casserole. I know what those Campbells soups are like, we get them over here, and the idea of using them as a constituent ingredient in a main meal makes me shudder just from the idea of the sodium bomb. Especially those casseroles that are suggested to be topped with crushed chips.

Peanut butter and jam (jelly) sandwiches I can get behind. Pumpkin pie was a revelation of awesomeness for a new dimension on what to me is normally a savoury veg. Chicken-fried steak and sausage gravy? Genius.

But the idea of those casseroles make my stomach turn every time.

InquisitorVawn , Phil King Report

Final score:

51points

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Emily Ward 1 year ago

Try the green bean casserole. You will change your mind. The others can be iffy

21points

#29

American desserts. I lived in the states for three years, and the amount of sugar Americans dump into their desserts is mind-blowing. They were beautiful to look at, but they were sweet as hell.

Ililea Report

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50points

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Greenmantle 1 year ago

I have an American friend who complains that Australian's don't add sugar to whipped cream.

26points

#30

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Pumpkin Spice Latte. It was just like REALLY sweet coffee, I didn't get the craze.

TheDoorDoesntWork Report

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48points

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Rocco MZ 1 year ago

There are a TON of Americans who despise this c**p.

36points

#31

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Granola as a "healthy" breakfast option. It's basically a dessert.

tigersmadeofpaper Report

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47points

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Fembot 1 year ago

Depends entirely on the granola. I get it without sugar/honey or make it myself. Also: a few spoonfuls is enough if you mix it with fruit and good low fat (non sweetened) yoghurt

37points

#32

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Those coated hot dogs on sticks. I've seen them in movies, they look really weird.

VeryThoughtfulName , Willis Lam Report

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44points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

Corn dog. A hot dog covered in batter made with cornmeal, but thick so it's almost like corn bread. The UK batters sausages in greasy chip shop batter, the US batters hot dogs in a savoury/sweet corn batter and puts it on a stick.

50points

#33

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Multiple Europeans I've met have been baffled by the popularity of root beer in America. As they say, it tastes like medicine.

PacSan300 , Steven Miller Report

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42points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

They've clearly never tried the British Dandelion and Burdock soda. Tastes like some poisonous potion concocted in the 1800's by a group of hedge witches. Vile.

37points

#34

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand I have a British friend who nearly vomited at the smell of Smartfood White Cheddar popcorn.... you know, the kind that comes in the black bag? He said it smells like baby s**t.

sunshine_orchids , Mike Mozart Report

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40points

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Moomin from Denmark 1 year ago

Cheddar or parmesan on popcorn - smells like baby-sh1t and dirty feet - but tastes absolutely won-der-ful!!!

54points

#35

My japanese roommate screamed when she saw me eating carrots & celery dipped in peanut butter

Calicomonster Report

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39points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

The ancient Incas and Aztecs ground peanuts into a paste. Peanut butter as we now know it was created as a source of protein for people who couldn’t chew meat. That was around 1895. The rest is just peanut butter becoming more popular, and used in more innovative ways. TBH, giving your kids peanut butter and jelly (jam, not Jell-O) sandwiches can be a way to give them some protein (yes, sugar too, depending on the quality of the other ingredients). I’m 62 now, and grew up eating PB&J sandwiches. I turned out alright, normal weight, normal physical, mental, emotional, and intellectual development, so I can say with authority that it’s not detrimental to health and development in children.

27points

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#36

Canadian here... American soda. You can taste the corn syrup. All of my American friends drink Mexican Coke or that 'throwback' pop with sugar instead of corn syrup.

applecored83 Report

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24points

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Barbara Kayton 1 year ago

As an American, I agree. I always try to source non-corn syrup soda when i have it. It tastes so much better.

4points

#37

Marshmallows somehow being a spreadable substance.

TheaABrown Report

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23points

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Carl Roberts 1 year ago (edited)

Just wait until find out about Fluffer Nutters. Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich.

14points

#38

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand Met some Swiss guys at a house party after a mutual friends wedding. They couldn't believe that we were all actually drinking out of red Solo cups, it blew their minds. They kept on taking pictures and saying "It's just like the movies!

united-king , cottonbro studio Report

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22points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

What's wrong with that? We also use single use cups in Greece, only they're white. It saves a lot of washing up after parties!

7points

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#39

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand As an Australian, I would like to know what in the flying firetruck a "Bloomin' Onion" has to do with anything, let alone the rest of Outback Steakhouse's menu.

upvoter760 , Charlie Anzman Report

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22points

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Mark Mendenhall 1 year ago

You left out the horseradish based dipping sauce

9points

#40

Waffles with chicken. It just seems so wrong.

iammrsbug Report

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22points

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karl briggs 1 year ago

I went to the Red Dog Saloon in Liverpool recently and tried "chicken tenders, fried toast and syrup"... It was amaaaaaazzzzzzzziiiinnnggggggg!

8points

#41

That super-sweet iced Tea. Maybe that's just a southern thing though.

iceeee Report

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21points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

Sweet tea is southern, but usually they ask if you want normal iced tea or sweet iced tea.

8points

#42

The cereal selection. It's my favorite dessert in America.

mydogcharliebear Report

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21points

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Moomin from Denmark 1 year ago

Cereal is candy disguised as food

10points

#43

An overwhelming percentage of espresso-based beverages I have been served in the US have tasted like bitter, burnt a*****e. Commonly at Starbucks but also at smaller coffee houses. I love that Americans are big on drip coffee, I feel like it's underrated and not widely available here.. but you guys need to work on the espresso thing.

Also, last time this thread came up, I listed pumpkin pie and had literally hundreds of angry Americans in my inbox with everything from death threats to their grandmother's secret pie recipe. As an Australian, where we use pumpkin as a vegetable, I've since tried it but it's just weird to me.

deathcabforkatie_ Report

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20points

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karl briggs 1 year ago

So, were all going to just ignore the OP saying they know what "bitter, burnt a*****e" tastes like?

18points

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#44

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand My European family and friends are horrified by Southern grits. I can't even get anyone to try it.

AsLittleThingsGo , Kevin Chan Report

Final score:

19points

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Natalie Cilla 1 year ago

Maybe stupid but honest question: What is the difference between grits and polenta? Isn’t it cooked ground corn? I’ve never eaten grits but I like polenta - why is grits disgusting?

16points

#45

Even the basic foods like bread, fruits, spreadable butter and cream taste so.. blargh. So artificial and unfresh.

Da_Panda Report

Final score:

18points

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Barbara Kayton 1 year ago

I’ve heard this time and again from non-Americans, and have tasted the difference myself. The complaint is that the fruits and veggies and meat are all huge in size, but are tasteless. I discovered the difference abroad when I ate pork chops, and asked my husband if they were off, I was so suprised by the unusual flavor. No, they weren’t off, he replied, that is literally how pork tastes. In America, your pork has no flavor.

7points

#46

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand When I first moved here a few years back, biscuits and gravy weirded me out the most, but I have grown to enjoy it. Still looks like vomit, though.

tigersmadeofpaper Report

Final score:

17points

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Kat O. 1 year ago

I don't know what's in the photo but that's not biscuits and gravy.

45points

#47

rocky mountain oysters

royal911 Report

Final score:

17points

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Mr Old School Cool 1 year ago

Round the Bend Steakhouse in Nebraska has a t___ festival every year during fathers day weekend. They used to have bull, pig, and lamb ballz but now just bull. Lamb were the best. The souvenir T-shirts are not safe for work, lol

7points

#48

Twinkies.

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16points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

They aren't as good as they were many years ago when the used better ingredients

8points

#49

Not only the unusual combination of peanut butter and jelly, but also the sheer amount of peanut butter that Americans eat.

alext4e3fc38a7 Report

Final score:

16points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

More peanut butter please. Don't be skimpy.

15points

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#50

At an old job, a German exchange intern asked me "why I drank beer during lunch", told me root beer tasted like cough medicine after I bought him his first one, and then I didn't talk to him ever again because I realized we would never truly understand one another.

Die_Hippie_Scum Report

Final score:

15points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago

Root beer isn’t beer, it’s a soda made from the root of the sassafras tree. Sarsaparilla is too, and tastes similar, but not the same. I remember when we were kids, my friends and I would cut off the more tender twigs of sassafras trees (which I remember as being more like large bushes than trees), strip the bark off, and chew on the pith of the twig. Because it’s the source of the soft drinks, of course it tasted like something between root beer and sarsaparilla.

12points

#51

Any kind of cheese in a can

ixtlu Report

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14points

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L.A. Trefry 1 year ago

Agreed. Gross -- and for the price per ounce of cheese, you could have much, much better quality cheese.

1point

#52

Mint-flavored candies, like York Peppermint Patties. I live in Japan now, and most people I've met here hate mint-flavored things. I gave one to a friend, and he said it was the grossest thing he's ever had...tasted like eating toothpaste.

tophmcmasterson Report

Final score:

14points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

Don't come to UK then

14points

#53

"Make My Stomach Turn Every Time": 35 Non-Americans Roast American Foods They Can't Understand I can't get over all those weird fusion foods that are so popular in America, like burgers topped with deep-fried mac and cheese for buns, sushi burritos, taco pizza, etc.

hcheesegrater Report

Final score:

13points

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Emily Ward 1 year ago

I have never heard of any of these

9points

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#54

The amount of sugar in American cereal. I could never tell if it was a layer of mold or solid sugar on those Froot Loops.

GnomeNipple Report

Final score:

12points

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Kathy Lonergan 1 year ago

That’s not all cereals, there are healthier choices.

1point

#55

Cupcakes. I love the idea of having a cute little muffin-like cake, but then you slap ridiculous amounts of sweet cream on top, that is sticky, way too sweet and is of wierd texture. And on top of that, there is often more cream then cake. That's not a good ratio and it starts sticking to your gums. Very difficult to eat and overall not a pleasent experiance.

EyebrowScar Report

Final score:

11points

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Libstak 1 year ago (edited)

I love the frosting. I cut my cupcake in half horizontally and the flip the bottom half on top of the frosting. It creates a sandwich with perfect cake to frosting ratio.

15points

#56

Cornflakes — I'm not a farm animal, damn it. Quit feeding me corn and sugar mulch.

Celeries Report

Final score:

11points

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

OP I agree with, but cornflakes are not confined to the US

13points

#57

I don't understand PB&J.

Meeks87 Report

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10points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

What's to understand? Tastes great. Just eat it!

9points

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#58

Tootsie rolls!

dodontwillwont Report

Final score:

10points

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Emily Ward 1 year ago

Eh they are okay. I wouldnt specifically go buy them though

6points

#59

Coke as breakfast drink

LordMarcel Report

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10points

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Frances Pitchounetta 1 year ago

No. No no no.

7points

#60

My Japanese teacher in high school always has her Japanese exchange students try root beer and they always hate it. Made one cry once because of how awful she thought it was

Lexamus Report

Final score:

9points

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

Must be how people are brought up. As little kids everyone I knew loved root beer.

7points

#61

I'm convinced that the KFC Double-down is the biggest reason people hate America

Party_Magician Report

Final score:

8points

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Petra Schaap 1 year ago

one time in NYC we couldnt agree on where to eat, we got more and more hungry and eventually ended up at KFC. We forgot we were in the States and accidentally ordered SO MUCH FOOD but the chicken was so nice and crispy! Though we've seen them all over Europe, they now came to our small town and we went twice, but it was not nice at all. :-(

2points

#62

Not me but we have very good family friends in/from Botswana. My mom tells me that the idea of eating lobster, to them, is disgusting and scary, because they look like scorpions.

dontrain1111 Report

Final score:

8points

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A girl 1 year ago

American here. I don't eat sea insects. They are a sensory nightmare.

9points

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#63

Deep dish pizza. This creation is not pizza. It is disrespectful to the Italian culture, especially Neapolitans. Deep-dish completely ruins what pizza is meant to be.

emb2019 Report

Final score:

8points

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Mani 1 year ago

I don't like it but don't see how a dish can be considered as an insult to an entire nation, dude needs to chill

9points

#64

The way Americans take coffee to-go. My partner's Italian mother absolutely can't get over the idea of seeing people walk around holding coffees. Americans are the only ones who don't enjoy their coffee while seated at a café.

flamants Report

Final score:

8points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

No they're not the only ones. Us Greeks do it too.

18points

#65

Beef jerky is too chewy and gives me rotten indigestion.

ChickenInASuit Report

Final score:

6points

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Jared Robinson 1 year ago

uuuuuhhhhh jerky is just how food used to be preserved everywhere before refrigeration it is not an american thing at all or even close or even kind of. Jerky has been around since the start of history. probably before.

4points

#66

Mixing sweet and salty foods, like honey-baked ham, pineapple on pizza, frosty fries, corn bread, and then pouring super-sweet soda over all your meals as you eat them... Even after 17 years in the states I still can't do it, f***ers drink some kind of flavored soda with everything, but when I order club soda (soda without flavoring) with my meals they all look at me like I just took a p**s in my cup before drinking it....

just_dots Report

Final score:

6points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

The combination of sweet and salty foods is great, depending on which kind of food you're combining. Honey and fruits with meat is around for centuries - there are plenty of ancient recipes.

28points

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#67

American jam (jelly) doughnuts are filled with strawberry, Aussie ones are filled with Raspberry.

Every thing there is sort of the same, but slightly wrong, like uncanny valley.

CacatuaCacatua Report

Final score:

5points

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Emily Ward 1 year ago

? All the ones i get are raspberry or custard. Never seen a strawberry one.

8points

#68

Your Yellow f**ken cheese, that's not cheese!!! you f*****s put it on everything. Im sure i have seen it offered on top of ice cream. of and your coffee sucks as well.... but i love America, its real diverse and a great place for travelling.

Slowestgreyhound Report

Final score:

2points

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karl briggs 1 year ago

Kinda feel this person has bipolar.

7points

#69

California cheese ist awful. Visconsin cheese is very good, though.

Adolf_Hitler__ Report

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-2points

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Timbob 1 year ago

Oiy vey!

4points

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What do you think ?

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Christos Arvanitis 1 year ago

Here we go again. There are a lot of ridiculous foods in the US. There are a lot of amazing foods in the US. If you feed yourself here only by going to gas stations, fast food joints, country fairs, Walmart and Aunt Millie's for dinner, this is what you'll see FFS. The generalizations are just dumb.

29points

Jo March's Red Fox 1 year ago

Ah yes. The BP "how to bash Americans today" post. Can we at least get something NEW?

23points

Eastendbird 1 year ago

Agree. Not an American but I am a bit fed up of all the "Look, Americans are weird and awful" lists on BP.

24points

PeridotPlatypus377 1 year ago

Does anyone else wish bored panda would just tell everyone why they want to bash America so much? Is anyone else curious why they would spend so much time and effort every single day doing the same thing over and over and over with no noticeable lasting accomplishment ? They’ve got to have some kind of reason for it. It would be interesting to find out their motivation here.

9points

Talitha Jansen 1 year ago

I'm all for a list of crazy food we eat in the Netherlands. I'm sure Americans will think we're crazy too. It's a shame BP is so USA focused when there's a whole world out there

4points

Genesis Angel 1 year ago (edited)

American here and I hate nearly all of the foods listed. Too much sugar. Too much grease. Too many artificial colors and so forth. The three things I am guilty about are the applesauce, mint flavored things, and rootbeer.

18points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

I miss real root beer. Can't stand the stuff they make today

5points

Renee H. 1 year ago

Just bc these things are considered American, doesn't mean we eat it or like it. That being said, there are things that non Americans eat that are totally gross. So you eat what you like and we will do the same.

12points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

I'm so tired of these anti American lists. Most fellow Americans I know don't indulge in most of this c**p. It's just a bunch of snobbish people trying to make themselves look better than us. You just sound stupid. And way to buy into stereotypes. I'm sure ever country has it's fair share of s****y food. I would just never think to post a list of everything I hate about another country. Get over yourselves and find something else to talk about. And I bet the people on this list are the shittiest tourists ever.

6points

Beruthiel45 1 year ago (edited)

And Brits are evil colonising slavers with appalling cuisine and terrible teeth. Welcome to the "this country sucks" club.☹️

0points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

What a bummer. At first I thought it was something about Non USA for a change

5points

Zedrapazia 1 year ago

A friend of mine went to the US for business reasons like two years ago, and she said the servings you'd get in a restaurant were so big that she could split one plate with her assistant and they'd both be full.

5points

Genesis Angel 1 year ago (edited)

The original idea was to get your money's worth and have enough for a meal there and then one to take home to eat later. However, in this day and age people just eat it all. Part of the reason why most americans (me included) are all shaped like spheres.

2points

Sponge Blob 1 year ago

De gustibus non est disputandum.

5points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

Cute, but that’s not meant to cover and justify junk food.

0points

Tugg Ster 1 year ago

I can definitely appreciate that some American foods seem strange to visitors from other countries.... but that definitely goes both ways... I have traveled abroad quite a bit and can say with earnest people are eating some weird and nasty sh** in other regions of the globe! I guess it's all just what your used to. Italy is the best though. Can never go wrong with Italian food :-)

4points

PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

But never forget that tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas

0points

Upstaged75 1 year ago

This topic is SOOOOOOOOO old and been done ad nauseum. Can we make fun of English and Irish food now?

4points

Blue Chambers 1 year ago

This is just lazy

4points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

There are ridiculous foods everywhere. Also gross ones. Humans, y'know? So how about "ridiculous foods of the world"? I'll start: Kinder Surprise/Eggs. Plsatic inside chocolate.... And I can't recall where, but in one country you can get a sheep head (or is it a goat?) as a take-out food. Soooo.... what's ridiculous to one is normal to another.

4points

Gianna B D 1 year ago

Sardinia has maggot cheese.

7points

Mani 1 year ago (edited)

I love Kinder Surprise, especially the big massive one for Easter

7points

Hayhaypaula 1 year ago

Monkey brains - yum! /s

0points

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

I love root beer. My sister wants to puke at the smell of it. Hard root beer was a disappointment, as it really did taste like NiteQuil.

3points

Kenny Kulbiski 1 year ago

I like just about everything on this post , except maybe granola. If you don't like it don't eat it. And shut the f**k up.

3points

tabithapaquette98 1 year ago

Please stop picking on the US. I have only been on bored panda for about a month. And in that time, I have seen at 5-7 post about us that are far from flattering. And I've never seen any other country besides US! Wtf?

2points

Mimi M 1 year ago

Ha - welcome to BP. It's frustrating and we try to ignore it, but it def seems they don't care. But the other posts are nice enough that we come back anyway. I wish there was another site that had nice posts without all the bashing.

1point

Molly Whuppie 1 year ago

The one that I never understand is Cool Whip, which seems to be in a lot of US recipes that I come across. What even is that? The main ingredients seem to be water, oil and corn syrup. Doesn't sound tasty.

2points

tabithapaquette98 1 year ago

Oh, it's good. On ice cream, pies, cake even cookies.

1point

Mimi M 1 year ago

Tiresome anti-American post.

1point

Hanna 1 year ago (edited)

The thing with this "food" is that's not even food for me. But I'd like to belive it's just things you may get in shops and when you hungry, you simply cooking/buying healthy meal. Deep fried food is good, but maybe once a month? Same with pizza/hamburger. Or anything that contains unhealthy amounts of salt, sugar or fat. But... I live in the middle of Europe and my national cuisine is also gross. I barely ever eat anything of that. It's full of fat and carbs. Also chocolate in my country is bad, too. I buy german chocolate, waaaay better.

0points

Courtney 1 year ago

A few of these are valid like the portion sizes and high sugar content. But most of the others exist because they are cheap and filling and there is a real poverty problem in America. Anything Kraft, hamburger helper etc keep people from being hungry.

0points

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Christos Arvanitis 1 year ago

29points

Jo March's Red Fox 1 year ago

Ah yes. The BP "how to bash Americans today" post. Can we at least get something NEW?

23points

Eastendbird 1 year ago

Agree. Not an American but I am a bit fed up of all the "Look, Americans are weird and awful" lists on BP.

24points

PeridotPlatypus377 1 year ago

9points

Talitha Jansen 1 year ago

I'm all for a list of crazy food we eat in the Netherlands. I'm sure Americans will think we're crazy too. It's a shame BP is so USA focused when there's a whole world out there

4points

Genesis Angel 1 year ago (edited)

18points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

I miss real root beer. Can't stand the stuff they make today

5points

Renee H. 1 year ago

12points

Rocco MZ 1 year ago

6points

Beruthiel45 1 year ago (edited)

And Brits are evil colonising slavers with appalling cuisine and terrible teeth. Welcome to the "this country sucks" club.☹️

0points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

What a bummer. At first I thought it was something about Non USA for a change

5points

Zedrapazia 1 year ago

5points

Genesis Angel 1 year ago (edited)

2points

Sponge Blob 1 year ago

De gustibus non est disputandum.

5points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

Cute, but that’s not meant to cover and justify junk food.

0points

Tugg Ster 1 year ago

4points

PolymathNecromancer 1 year ago

But never forget that tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas

0points

Upstaged75 1 year ago

This topic is SOOOOOOOOO old and been done ad nauseum. Can we make fun of English and Irish food now?

4points

Blue Chambers 1 year ago

This is just lazy

4points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

4points

Gianna B D 1 year ago

Sardinia has maggot cheese.

7points

Mani 1 year ago (edited)

I love Kinder Surprise, especially the big massive one for Easter

7points

Hayhaypaula 1 year ago

Monkey brains - yum! /s

0points

Rick Seiden 1 year ago

I love root beer. My sister wants to puke at the smell of it. Hard root beer was a disappointment, as it really did taste like NiteQuil.

3points

Kenny Kulbiski 1 year ago

I like just about everything on this post , except maybe granola. If you don't like it don't eat it. And shut the f**k up.

3points

tabithapaquette98 1 year ago

2points

Mimi M 1 year ago

1point

Molly Whuppie 1 year ago

2points

tabithapaquette98 1 year ago

Oh, it's good. On ice cream, pies, cake even cookies.

1point