I love traveling in eastern Europe and the Balkans, but the damn Germans have poisoned hotel cuisine in those regions. Every hotel from Poland to Albania serves bread, cheese, cold cuts, yogurt and muesli for breakfast. You get pretty sick of it after a couple of weeks. I remember being told by a hotelier in Croatia that breakfast was unavailable and if we wanted to eat we could buy provisions and cook in his kitchen. I was so relieved! Eggs over easy, fried ham, toast and coffee! I didn't care that it cost me money or that I had to clean up the dishes. It was worth it!

Gecko Gingrich: Yeah, I as going to say, the liver (and most everything else besides the flesh), *will* kill you.


Poison... poison... tasty fish!

GGracie: Benevolent Misanthrope: GGracie: TheOmni: I dip my fries in mayonnaise. It's awesome.

I dip my fries in Ranch dressing. It's awesomer :-)

I dip my fries in 1,000 Island dressing. It's beyond farking awesome.

I'll have to try that. Thanks :-)

Zaxby's house sauce for chicken dipping is close to 1000 island.

Lionel Mandrake: Cheese is an American food? hmmm

Hey, at least we don't eat Spotted Dick or Blood Pudding

Both of which are utterly delicious, you're missing out!


TFA is not wrong about the bread though.

That is one of the dumber articles I've read lately.

Yes. No one in Europe has ever dipped french fries in mayonnaise.

GAT_00: Lionel Mandrake: I will never understand why people enjoy sushi, Indian food or Thai food.

I'm not much on Indian or Thai either, but sushi is delicious. And while I don't eat Indian or Thai, they have redeeming qualities. Sour cream can be argued. Ranch and mayo can only detract from what you're eating.

I will never understand why people don't enjoy food. I'll try anything that's prepared well.

But it's true that Europeans don't do bacon and eggs. About the only food that I really missed while living in France was the big, greasy, hangover breakfast.

First of all, France laughs at your pathetic attempts at cheese.

Second, real mayonnaise does not taste anything like the stuff you can buy at the store, be it Hellman's or whatever. This goes for Europe too.

Inchoate: Ewww, beondegi.

As featured on Steve, Don't Eat It! (new window)

"So when I just came to America when I was eight, we were invited to this nice host family's house for dinner. I didn't understand why they only served noodles (pasta) & green cauliflower (broccoli) for dinner. I thought they didn't like us since they only served two items for the entire dinner! Why was there not five or six dishes, like a Chinese meal? I was such an uninformed kid!" -- Miya, China

That actually is a pretty weakass dinner. Maybe they didn't like you.

You goddamned motherfarkers keep your foreign bastard hands off my biscuits and gravy.

/sounds fat
//is fat

Beerguy: [captainraoul.com image 500x344]

Also heard saying: "Y'know, I am going to have that third steak after all."

His character is my hero.

Food is awesome.

The only thing I still don't understand is Canadian bacon.

Baconnaise, because fark you living to 40.

People may be lactose intolerant, but I have yet to visit a place on Earth where ice-cream is not popular.

Cyno01: Rapmaster2000: "So when I just came to America when I was eight, we were invited to this nice host family's house for dinner. I didn't understand why they only served noodles (pasta) & green cauliflower (broccoli) for dinner. I thought they didn't like us since they only served two items for the entire dinner! Why was there not five or six dishes, like a Chinese meal? I was such an uninformed kid!" -- Miya, China

That actually is a pretty weakass dinner. Maybe they didn't like you.

Yeah, i had that for dinner the other night but there was onion, red pepper, chicken and pesto also... Still consider it a simple dinner and probably not something id prepare for guests.

Agreed. I've done it for myself when I'm feeling lazy and just want to whip something up in 15 minutes. I definitely wouldn't invite someone for dinner and feed it to them. Unless your guests are vegetarians, I'm a firm believer that you should serve meat to your guests.

"Bacon and eggs in the morning seemed weird to me. And then I realized that I could wake up really, really early to find myself a nice baguette or croissants for my breakfast!!!!!!" -- Genevieve, France

Bacon and eggs for breakfast? You can blame Edward Bernays (new window) for that one.

Mayo is an American/Western thing? Try Japan. I don't like mayo, and it is on EVERYTHING in Japan. Pizza, burgers, salad, I couldn't get away from it... But yeah, I was seriously missing cheese while I was there.

One time in Japan I was eating with a family who just kept worrying about my food intake, every meal they were so concerned and offering me more. I finally got a little tired of it and asked what the problem was, since I was eating the same amount they did! They were like "But you're American..." Asians I've known who visit America LOVE the bigger portions. I'm the opposite, I'll take theirs.

And I will never let another French person insult our food and eating habits. By far the biggest and most crowded McDonalds I have ever seen in my life was the one I tried to get into in Paris. I managed to get my Croque McDo, though. Because I like saying it.

Cyno01: Rapmaster2000: "So when I just came to America when I was eight, we were invited to this nice host family's house for dinner. I didn't understand why they only served noodles (pasta) & green cauliflower (broccoli) for dinner. I thought they didn't like us since they only served two items for the entire dinner! Why was there not five or six dishes, like a Chinese meal? I was such an uninformed kid!" -- Miya, China

That actually is a pretty weakass dinner. Maybe they didn't like you.

Yeah, i had that for dinner the other night but there was onion, red pepper, chicken and pesto also... Still consider it a simple dinner and probably not something id prepare for guests.

Well, in my part of China they serve like 15-20 dishes for a nice formal dinner.

Lived on Frito pies as a kid at the dirt track races with my father. I believe it was 1973 the first time I had it. Moved to NY for 20 years and forgot about them. Came back to the southwest and had them again. I'm back in my childhood. Best served with real chimayo red chili and pork, green onion and a bit of shredded pepper jack. The dish has been around a long time.

MisterLoki: Yes. No one in Europe has ever dipped french fries in mayonnaise.

We do try to have them rounded up and put down before they have a chance to breed, though.

GAT_00: I will never understand why people enjoy mayo, sour cream or Ranch dressing. I'd say I hate all white toppings, but Caesar dressing is delicious. But only on a salad with Parmesan.

It sounds like you're overcompensating, trying to hide your love for leche de hombre.

My issue with living in America is that all the courses seem to be on the same plate. They all look at me funny because I won't have jello salad (for a start, it's not a frickin salad) on the same plate as mashed potato and gravy. Call me picky, but strawberry gravy isn't by bag.

ThrnPhl: Now a Frito pie...that's just disgusting.

/never heard of such a thing

Crunchy corn chips, cheese and onions with chili. They're really good. If you get the chance, try one.

AbbeySomeone: These are all over New Mexico as well and they usually always top them with green chile as well. Yum.


FTFY

I thought we loved our green chili in TX, but New Mexico takes it to a whole 'nother level. It took me a while to figure out that even in national chain fast food restaurants, if you don't specifically say "no chili" when ordering, your burger will be covered in the stuff.

/not necessarily a bad thing

Frito pie is disgusting! I'd rather eat chicken feet and tendon.

aerojockey: All right, I draw the line at biscuits and gravy. I'm not saying you have to be familiar with it, but if you try it and don't like it then America should bomb your country to the Stone Age.

You can keep your gravy. Just give me some butter for the biscuits and I'll eat it along side some fried chicken.

aerojockey: All right, I draw the line at biscuits and gravy. I'm not saying you have to be familiar with it, but if you try it and don't like it then America should bomb your country to the Stone Age.

I clicked both funny and smart

Oh thank God. I thought I was going to go a whole week without reading something, somewhere about how bizarre, backward and just plane freakish we Americans are. I almost started to feel ok about my country. Thank you, Interwebs, for reminding me to be a good world-citizen and find new and interesting ways to look down on the U.S.A.

THIS JUST IN: Everything other people eat seems weird if you're an ignorant, close-minded moron.

MNguy: People may be lactose intolerant, but I have yet to visit a place on Earth where ice-cream is not popular.

I'd say it depends on your definition. Most places outside of America I've been there always seems to be some variation of yogurt, but usually not what we would call ice cream.

It's like how New Yorkers don't understand hot dogs and pizzas. (No, pizza does not fold; that's a pita with red sauce on it.)

I dip my fries in 1,000 Island dressing. It's beyond farking awesome.

1000 island dressing is a sandwich spread. Put it on a bun with pastrami and sharp cheddar!

ranch dressing is good on sweet potato fries, but not regular ones - BBQ or steak sauce for them.

I didn't understand why they only served noodles (pasta) & green cauliflower (broccoli) for dinner.

This IS bizarre. I've never seen anyone serve that as a meal.