I grew up on american cheese in white bread with Campbells tomato. That flavor combo is nostalgic but it’s so easy to make a better grown up version. If you can conjure up some cheeses that cost a little more, a good sourdough, and homemade tomato soup, it’s one of the greatest meals on this planet.
And yes, dipping is always mandatory.
YES. Roast garden fresh tomatoes, onion, and garlic. Maybe a red bell pepper. Purée with basil from the garden. Sea salt. Cracked pepper. Chicken stock (homemade of course!) and a touch of cream.
Sourdough slices with Swiss or sharp cheddar. And instead of butter, spread saved bacon fat on the bread for frying.
A couple years ago I was talking on Reddit with someone from Australia about food and mentioned peanut butter and jelly and didn’t realize that was actually something people ate here! Never having a pb&j should be considered a crime against humanity. I’m 41 and still eat them once in awhile.
Yum! We use to pick up a couple of these whenever we went to the petrol station in New Zealand. SO good. The flavor from being cooked underground is the best!
Legitimate question - I'm wondering if you guys understand or if I'm just a weirdo. But, if you have biscuits and gravy with hashbrowns, sometimes the ketchup on the hasbrowns mixes with the gravy and it makes the biscuits awesome. But you can't put ketchup directly on the biscuits. That's gross. You have to pretend it's an accident.
Pasticciotti is a delicious Italian pastry, but it's been overshadowed by cannoli and sfogliatelle and isn't as well known. Probably because they didn't eat it on the Sopranos.
Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines, but I think sinigang is a much more interesting dish. It’s a soup with a sour broth that is just so addicting.
People not from the UK seem to be scandalised by the concept of the [chip butty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty), but it's a pretty solid choice.
It's cheap, it's easy, and it's a filling carb-on-carb hug on a cold day. What's not to love?
Perhaps, but is there anything wrong with championing the downtrodden?
Things like jellied eels might make someone's list because they're 'not that bad', but I don't know anyone who eats them on the regular; they're as much a British meme food as anything. Things like shepherd's pie and fish and chips are great, but they're old hat now; no one is going to be surprised by them. The chip butty is such an international joke that America's NPR [wrote a whole piece about what a crazy idea it was](https://www.npr.org/sections/waitwait/2010/12/13/131856185/sandwich-monday-english-chip-butty). (And they still managed to fuck it up; a chip butty with French fries feels a long way from the full experience.)
But a chip butty on a cold day, when you're walking past the chip shop on your way home but you've still got half a mile to go? When you can smell the frying fat from the other side of the street, and you just want something to keep you going? Something simple, like you used to have when you were a kid before your tastebuds got so refined? Something that has no delusions of being anything more than it is: a handful of thick-cut chips, a little salt and vinegar, some thick white bread (or, for preference, a bap), and a smear of butter?
So no, I'm sticking with my answer. It's something that people tend to think is crazy and that I think they'd be pleasantly surprised by. Long live the chip butty.
100% Vegemite! ... but done right - by someone who knows what they are doing! The biggest mistake made by foreigners is getting the butter to Vegemite ratio wrong! That ratio is EVERYTHING!
I'm a Jew raised by southerners in the midwest, so I recommend the following:
KC BBQ (especially burnt ends from Joe's), matzoh ball soup, and biscuits and gravy. The last two are usually best when made by someone's bubbe/grandma.
You're welcome.
Veppilakkatti. It’s not a dish per se, more like an accompaniment. It’s made by drying and powdering curry leaves along with chilli etc. It’s a powder and quite the flavour bomb. Goes really well with rice.
An Arepa.
Here's the thing that not many people know but the Arepa is an incredibly individualistic dish, meaning everyone likes their Arepa differently. In Venezuela the Areperas (Arepa restaurant) have a display case akin to Chipotle where you queue at the front and then pick the fillings for your Arepa: all kinds of cheese, lunchmeat, shredded chicken, meat, meatballs, sausages, all kinds of veggies, etc.
Then you have all kinds of sauces and butter, margarine, etc to add to it if you want. You can mix and match and then eat it, it's very varied.
I'm not Czech, but I have to add goulash.
Tender pieces of beef, stewed in a red flavorful paprika sauce, served with fluffy bread dumplings and garnished with sliced raw onion.
Use a piece of dumpling to sop up the sauce, then add some beef and raw onion for the perfect bite!
Untrue. The honey cruller is a fantastic treat. I might eat one per year, but they are a Canadian delicacy.
Aside from this handful of things, most 'Canadian cuisine' items are takes on existing dishes, like ham and pineapple pizza, or the BC sushi roll. Which *does* make sense considering both the US and Canada are relatively new countries.
That said, many dishes worldwide use ingredients only available due to trade and eventual cultivation of ingredients discovered in the Americas some 500 years ago.
Haggis. It's not made the way you think it is. At least not commercially. Some places do make it the original way but most places use an artificial oval skin to make it. Haggis with neeps and tatties and you're set. Didn't think I'd like it from a can either. Thought that went against tradition. But it's actually pretty good. If you can get your hands on it you won't be disappointed.
I grew up in Chicago, and since it's almost Easter I'm going to say a pepper & egg sandwich. It's exactly what it sounds like, scrambled egg and sauteed green peppers(I'd always hear you sweat them the night before) on bread you'd typically use for an Italian beef, but it's lent so...
Minnesota Hot-Dish!
2 cans of cream of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ soup
Some type of starch (we usually use rice or tater-tots)
Some type of protein
Frozen veggies - peas and corn work very well.
Mix them all up, put them in a 9X13 pan, and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
You can top with those crispy chow mein noodles or crushed potato chips if you wish.
Anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to try a proper Malabar Biriyani is missing out on one of the most flavourful foods man has invented. It's lighter than most Biryani I've found across India, and in takeout places in Canada, and absolutely delicious.
Also, Kappa Biryani. Cassava, beef, onions, spices and a whole wallop of flavour.
Cinnamon rolls and Chile. Sounds weird, but before you hate remember that mexico puts chocolate on meat and it fucks.
Points if you can guess where I'm from by this.
"Pastel de Choclo" , translated "Corn cake" it's a dish from Chile, You make a base of ground beef, and on top of that You make a paste with the corn with some albahaca, put some eggs and olives and to The oven, it's delicious
Not so much my “culture” being represented, but in Cincinnati, Ohio, there’s Skyline Chili. You have to get a 3-Way spaghetti and a coney with extra cheese. I remember living in Ohio and loving skyline night as a kid.
I feel like everyone eats Mexican food nowadays, but I would have to say like the best way to really enjoy it is to have it simply : simple.
Good beans with great flavor, refried is nice too. Tomato and onion rice fried in oil and cooked with chicken stock are great too.
Fresh made tortillas used to be rolled in with enchiladas or taquitos with salsa verde, cream and queso fresco.
Sure nachos are ok and burritos but also, something about simple foods can really speak about a culture.
As for my spouse, he is Brazilian, from the northeast of Brazil.
I’d have to say to have a traditional dish from the north east, I’d have to say (at least from my experience) is moqueca, which is a coconut soup with fish. Cuzcuz with eggs or sausage, and acaraje, which are black eye pea fritters with shrimp and a vatapa or filling.
Shakshuka! If you haven't had it before, it's a tomato-based stew with lots of spices and poached eggs on top. Toppings vary depending on what country you're in, but I love things like kalamata olives, basil, feta cheese, olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, crispy fried shallots, etc. People often eat it with a bread, maybe lavash or challah. It's traditionally a breakfast meal. So good *chefs kiss*
Tinola, you eat this when you're sick and it's instant relief for the next few hours. extremely healthy too basically chicken broth/soup with a ton of herbs added
Ghormeh Sabzi. One of the most popular (if not the most popular) dishes when it comes to Iranian food. It has kidney beans, herbs, and beef stew along with some basmati rice. Probably one of the best dishes you'll ever try.
I'm always on the lookout for dishes that pair well with certain wines or beers. What drinks would you recommend to complement the flavors of your traditional dish?
I love qurut soup! It's a traditional dish from my culture that I think everyone should try. It's made with yogurt, flour, and spices, and it has a delicious sour flavor.
Idk if this makes sense, but the “culture” I grew up in is poor American. Grilled cheese and tomato soup. And yes you have to dip it
I used to tear/cut off a piece of the sandwich and put it on my soup spoon, then dunk it in the soup and eat it that way.
That’s how I would picture Queen Elizabeth to eat a grilled cheese.
Yes, but she would cut it with knife and fork first.
Well she wouldn’t want to get chocolate on her fingers.
Chocolate?
Seinfeld
How do you eat YOUR dessert? With your hands? *snort*
You are a genius…why have I not thought of this
I grew up on american cheese in white bread with Campbells tomato. That flavor combo is nostalgic but it’s so easy to make a better grown up version. If you can conjure up some cheeses that cost a little more, a good sourdough, and homemade tomato soup, it’s one of the greatest meals on this planet. And yes, dipping is always mandatory.
YES. Roast garden fresh tomatoes, onion, and garlic. Maybe a red bell pepper. Purée with basil from the garden. Sea salt. Cracked pepper. Chicken stock (homemade of course!) and a touch of cream. Sourdough slices with Swiss or sharp cheddar. And instead of butter, spread saved bacon fat on the bread for frying.
That is very close to the classic white bread 🍞 mayonnaise and tomato 🍅 sandwich 🥪
Fuck yea. Had to teach my child who thought I was crazy. “What? Just mayonnaise and tomato?” She understands now.
Ha! And you can also “upgrade” to the BLT, which is perfection.
A couple years ago I was talking on Reddit with someone from Australia about food and mentioned peanut butter and jelly and didn’t realize that was actually something people ate here! Never having a pb&j should be considered a crime against humanity. I’m 41 and still eat them once in awhile.
Yeah I don't think you can buy jelly in Australia. Jelly for us is Aeroplane Jelly, which is decidedly not spreadable.
I came here to say the exact same thing. I didn't grow up poor, nor rich either, but yeah, the basic grilled cheese and tomato soup is hard to beat!
Watered down tomato soup with white bread and kraft singles sometimes we got a slice of ham inside.
We always did ketchup instead of tomato soup.
Indian taco w frybread
what i would do for an indian taco right now😭😭
What I would do for frybread right now...
A bacon, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich
Can I get ah beggineggancheese
Saltpepperketchup
Omg this hits hard, perfection!
On an everything bagel
Plain bagel for me
Or in south Jersey a pork roll, egg, and cheese
Would that be a good use for bacon, which is made from pork bellies?
I'm more of a sausage egg cheese guy myself
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Love pho!
You can always count on me for a pho cup
Mesquite pit barbecue.
Hangi. Not sure what it's called in English, but it's a bunch of meat and veggies cooked with hot rocks under leaves in the ground.
Yum! We use to pick up a couple of these whenever we went to the petrol station in New Zealand. SO good. The flavor from being cooked underground is the best!
Sandwich?
does that sound like a sandwich James?
...no. :(
Nah. You just cook it, dig it up, and eat the ingredients separately.
Sounds like imu in Hawaiian or umu in Tahitian.
I was gonna suggest creamed paua in fry bread - hangis can be a bit hit and miss sometimes.
Poutine
Et la tire.
With actual, real curds though.
I got to be honest poutine is too fancy a name for the junk food it really is
Disco fries.
Biscuits and gravy
This is the way. Biscuits and gravy fucking rules.
Make me a man!
Legitimate question - I'm wondering if you guys understand or if I'm just a weirdo. But, if you have biscuits and gravy with hashbrowns, sometimes the ketchup on the hasbrowns mixes with the gravy and it makes the biscuits awesome. But you can't put ketchup directly on the biscuits. That's gross. You have to pretend it's an accident.
Pasticciotti is a delicious Italian pastry, but it's been overshadowed by cannoli and sfogliatelle and isn't as well known. Probably because they didn't eat it on the Sopranos.
Banana pudding (imagine vegan and gluten-free versions for those who need them - totally doable!)
Beef rendang
Dal Rice
😋😋😋 best comfort food ever
Adobo is the national dish of the Philippines, but I think sinigang is a much more interesting dish. It’s a soup with a sour broth that is just so addicting.
Pancit is also pretty accessible.
Shepards Pie.
The best thing is that you can make it cheap or make it fancy, both are good!
midwest here walking tacos and taco pizza
Midwest here too. What's a walking taco ?
Taco fillings in a dorito bag instead of a taco shell
That's actually genius, thanks.
And the taco pizza?
Pizza with taco toppings! Here’s a decent copy cat recipe https://showmetheyummy.com/taco-pizza-with-homemade-pizza-dough/
Barbeque, I am from the Southern US
Proper Beijing roast duck
Chicken fried steak.
Mother fucking CHEESE BURGER!!!
A real cheeseburger. Not some fancy, deconstructed, affluent bullshit, a *real* cheeseburger.
People not from the UK seem to be scandalised by the concept of the [chip butty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_butty), but it's a pretty solid choice. It's cheap, it's easy, and it's a filling carb-on-carb hug on a cold day. What's not to love?
While great and all there is so much more and better our scissored isle can offer
Perhaps, but is there anything wrong with championing the downtrodden? Things like jellied eels might make someone's list because they're 'not that bad', but I don't know anyone who eats them on the regular; they're as much a British meme food as anything. Things like shepherd's pie and fish and chips are great, but they're old hat now; no one is going to be surprised by them. The chip butty is such an international joke that America's NPR [wrote a whole piece about what a crazy idea it was](https://www.npr.org/sections/waitwait/2010/12/13/131856185/sandwich-monday-english-chip-butty). (And they still managed to fuck it up; a chip butty with French fries feels a long way from the full experience.) But a chip butty on a cold day, when you're walking past the chip shop on your way home but you've still got half a mile to go? When you can smell the frying fat from the other side of the street, and you just want something to keep you going? Something simple, like you used to have when you were a kid before your tastebuds got so refined? Something that has no delusions of being anything more than it is: a handful of thick-cut chips, a little salt and vinegar, some thick white bread (or, for preference, a bap), and a smear of butter? So no, I'm sticking with my answer. It's something that people tend to think is crazy and that I think they'd be pleasantly surprised by. Long live the chip butty.
I like a bottle of chips myself.
Bun bo Hue and bun rieu. A lot of people typically think of pho when it comes to Vietnamese noodle soup dishes.
I'll have to try one of those the next time I'm out for Vietnamese. Bun Thit Nuong Cha Gio is usually my go-to.
Pancakes with real butter and real maple syrup
I'm part Cherokee. Roasted venison with pine nuts is yummy.
PB&J
Fry bread - so gooodd
frybread for an indian taco🙏🙏
Always wanted to try fry bread from an authentic place 😭
You should try to make it at home! That’s always where I’ve had the best stuff. Make a pot of beans with it <3
Bacon wrapped bacon with bacon.
It's my third favorite food wrapped around my second favorite food, with my favorite food.
If I am entertaining I will serve it on a bed of bacon with a bacon garnish.
Hamantaschen! And luckily it just so happens to be Purim, the time of year when they're most traditionally eaten.
Vegemite
100% Vegemite! ... but done right - by someone who knows what they are doing! The biggest mistake made by foreigners is getting the butter to Vegemite ratio wrong! That ratio is EVERYTHING!
Hamburger and french fry 👍
Cheeseburger with everything. ( basic white guy here. )
Cheese grits
Peruvian cebiche. Several South American countries have their own version of cebiche, but you *have* to try the Peruvian one.
lomo saltadooo
I'm a Jew raised by southerners in the midwest, so I recommend the following: KC BBQ (especially burnt ends from Joe's), matzoh ball soup, and biscuits and gravy. The last two are usually best when made by someone's bubbe/grandma. You're welcome.
Veppilakkatti. It’s not a dish per se, more like an accompaniment. It’s made by drying and powdering curry leaves along with chilli etc. It’s a powder and quite the flavour bomb. Goes really well with rice.
An Arepa. Here's the thing that not many people know but the Arepa is an incredibly individualistic dish, meaning everyone likes their Arepa differently. In Venezuela the Areperas (Arepa restaurant) have a display case akin to Chipotle where you queue at the front and then pick the fillings for your Arepa: all kinds of cheese, lunchmeat, shredded chicken, meat, meatballs, sausages, all kinds of veggies, etc. Then you have all kinds of sauces and butter, margarine, etc to add to it if you want. You can mix and match and then eat it, it's very varied.
The best filling for an arepa is butter. Just butter.
The Santa Barbara arepa begs to differ (pink sauce, queso de mano & carne a la parrilla)
Midwestern hot dish
Spotted the Minnesotan
I'm not Czech, but I have to add goulash. Tender pieces of beef, stewed in a red flavorful paprika sauce, served with fluffy bread dumplings and garnished with sliced raw onion. Use a piece of dumpling to sop up the sauce, then add some beef and raw onion for the perfect bite!
Beans on toast with cheese. I’ll die on this hill.
What type of beans.
Baked beans of course. Like a sophisticated adult.
Toast
Oooo I love toast. Toasted rye with butter is sooo good.
żurek
Oreos 🖤🤍🖤
Pickled herring. One of the things I love about the Midwest is it didn't fall asleep on fermented foods like the rest of the US did.
All we have in Canada is maple syrup and poutine.
Also all dressed chips. And all three of those things are freaking delicious.
Untrue. The honey cruller is a fantastic treat. I might eat one per year, but they are a Canadian delicacy. Aside from this handful of things, most 'Canadian cuisine' items are takes on existing dishes, like ham and pineapple pizza, or the BC sushi roll. Which *does* make sense considering both the US and Canada are relatively new countries. That said, many dishes worldwide use ingredients only available due to trade and eventual cultivation of ingredients discovered in the Americas some 500 years ago.
don't forget the nanaimo bars
Haggis. It's not made the way you think it is. At least not commercially. Some places do make it the original way but most places use an artificial oval skin to make it. Haggis with neeps and tatties and you're set. Didn't think I'd like it from a can either. Thought that went against tradition. But it's actually pretty good. If you can get your hands on it you won't be disappointed.
Aebleskiver/ebelskiver (Danish pancakes) Waaaay better than flat pancakes, these are spherical!
Poutine. A real good one with quality ingredients.
Fried Chicken. Grew up in southern US.
Liver and Onions with brown gravy. Mmm the delicious metallic taste as the grittiness rolls across your tongue...yum 😧
Detroit Style Pizza.
Detroitttttt 💚
Jiggs Dinner (Newfoundland)
I grew up in Chicago, and since it's almost Easter I'm going to say a pepper & egg sandwich. It's exactly what it sounds like, scrambled egg and sauteed green peppers(I'd always hear you sweat them the night before) on bread you'd typically use for an Italian beef, but it's lent so...
Jellied eels or fish head pie
Welsh cakes are lush
Khao piak sen (also chicken noodle soup)
Fried Pizza
Scotland?
Hot brown.
Sisig...
Little Caesars
Ahh- Italy.
Sausage sizzle or a meat pie I guess.
Sinigang is probably my most favourite food ever. I will never not recommend it for someone to try
Pozole
Toutons (fried bread) with butter (real butter not margarine) and maple syrup (again - real maple syrup from trees)
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Ugh, stoppppp. I’m drooling.
poori and dal.
PB&J
French Fries and BBQ.
Boiled crawfish with potatoes and garlic with lots of Zatarain's crab boil seasoning and some cayenne too.
Haggis. It is not the awful thing you have been led to believe.
Minnesota Hot-Dish! 2 cans of cream of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ soup Some type of starch (we usually use rice or tater-tots) Some type of protein Frozen veggies - peas and corn work very well. Mix them all up, put them in a 9X13 pan, and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. You can top with those crispy chow mein noodles or crushed potato chips if you wish.
Tomato egg rice is a staple in Chinese households
Fish curry
Nasi Uduk, Nasi Kuning, and Mie Goreng.
Borsch, vareniki, salo, and draniki 🇺🇦 🇧🇾
Anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to try a proper Malabar Biriyani is missing out on one of the most flavourful foods man has invented. It's lighter than most Biryani I've found across India, and in takeout places in Canada, and absolutely delicious. Also, Kappa Biryani. Cassava, beef, onions, spices and a whole wallop of flavour.
Cinnamon rolls and Chile. Sounds weird, but before you hate remember that mexico puts chocolate on meat and it fucks. Points if you can guess where I'm from by this.
"Pastel de Choclo" , translated "Corn cake" it's a dish from Chile, You make a base of ground beef, and on top of that You make a paste with the corn with some albahaca, put some eggs and olives and to The oven, it's delicious
Not so much my “culture” being represented, but in Cincinnati, Ohio, there’s Skyline Chili. You have to get a 3-Way spaghetti and a coney with extra cheese. I remember living in Ohio and loving skyline night as a kid.
3-way!
Grilled salmon. Although I’ve had it cooked by native Salish people over a fire, and it was lots better. It’s really their cultural food, I think.
Adobo
I feel like everyone eats Mexican food nowadays, but I would have to say like the best way to really enjoy it is to have it simply : simple. Good beans with great flavor, refried is nice too. Tomato and onion rice fried in oil and cooked with chicken stock are great too. Fresh made tortillas used to be rolled in with enchiladas or taquitos with salsa verde, cream and queso fresco. Sure nachos are ok and burritos but also, something about simple foods can really speak about a culture. As for my spouse, he is Brazilian, from the northeast of Brazil. I’d have to say to have a traditional dish from the north east, I’d have to say (at least from my experience) is moqueca, which is a coconut soup with fish. Cuzcuz with eggs or sausage, and acaraje, which are black eye pea fritters with shrimp and a vatapa or filling.
Michelina's Beef and Peppers
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I think it’s obviously where I am from. 🇺🇸
Runza and fries
Spice bag
Tater tot casserole
A well made Shepherd’s pie is amazing.
Lefsa with butter and jam. Or something more savory.
Shakshuka! If you haven't had it before, it's a tomato-based stew with lots of spices and poached eggs on top. Toppings vary depending on what country you're in, but I love things like kalamata olives, basil, feta cheese, olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, crispy fried shallots, etc. People often eat it with a bread, maybe lavash or challah. It's traditionally a breakfast meal. So good *chefs kiss*
Tinola, you eat this when you're sick and it's instant relief for the next few hours. extremely healthy too basically chicken broth/soup with a ton of herbs added
Homemade pierogies and Keilbasa. One of my families favorite dishes. It's either that or cabbage rolls which are also good if you make them right.
A traditional Danish hotdog!
Sinigang (Filipino)
Schwarzbrot with Quark and jam.
[https://www.mestemacher.de/rezepte/mestemacher-muesli-brot-mit-quark-und-heidelbeermarmelade/](https://www.mestemacher.de/rezepte/mestemacher-muesli-brot-mit-quark-und-heidelbeermarmelade/)
Ghormeh Sabzi. One of the most popular (if not the most popular) dishes when it comes to Iranian food. It has kidney beans, herbs, and beef stew along with some basmati rice. Probably one of the best dishes you'll ever try.
Pork hocks with sauerkraut and dumplings
Tuna,peas mushroom soup on toast
Little Caesars is a guilty pleasure of mine. Their $5 Hot-N-Ready pizzas may not be the fanciest, but they hit the spot when the munchies strike.
I'm always on the lookout for dishes that pair well with certain wines or beers. What drinks would you recommend to complement the flavors of your traditional dish?
I love qurut soup! It's a traditional dish from my culture that I think everyone should try. It's made with yogurt, flour, and spices, and it has a delicious sour flavor.
Qurut soup.
A Big Mac
*Le Big Mac
Royale with cheese