As American as apple pie: Typical American food

As American as apple pie

Have you ever heard this expression? Is it really so prototypical? What is the equivalent in your language that compares a country to a food item?

Every once in a while Hofer here in Graz will sell what they think is American food. What do they sell? And does anyone ever actually buy those hamburger buns?!

After perusing the index of a book called American Dish : 100 Recipes from Ten Delicious Decades, by Merrill Shindler,  I typed up some of the food items on the list that I remember from my boyhood in the States. If any of you have been across the pond, please add a comment telling us what you actually bought and ate over there that you wish was sold here.

Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix

Barbeque

Birdseye Frozen Foods

Brownies

Buffalo Chicken Wings

Caesar Salad

Campbell’s Soup

Cheerios

Cheese Whiz

Chocolate Chip /Toll House Cookies

Chop Suey

Chow Mein

Club Sandwich

Coca-Cola

Cocktails

Corn dog

Dagwood sandwich

Decaffeinated coffee

Dressings  (Ranch, Russian, Thousand Islands, Blue Cheese)

English Muffins

Fish sticks

Fortune cookie

Fritos

Granola

Häagen-Dazs

Heinz  Ketchup

Hershey bar

Hot dog

Iced tea

Instant Coffee

Jell-O

Kellogg’s Cornflakes

Life Savers

M&Ms

Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese

Meatloaf

Miller Lite

Minute Rice

Oreo

Peanut Butter

Pop-Tarts

Pringles

Reddi-Whip

Reuben Sandwich

Rye bread

Spam

Tropicana

Tuna Noodle Casserole

TV Dinner

Velveeta

Weight Watchers

Source: adapted from "American Dish" : 100 Recipes from Ten Delicious Decades, by Merrill Shindler  You can read a few pages at amazon and get two recipes that will make your mouth water, especially if  you have a sweet tooth.  http://www.amazon.com/dp/1883318106/ref=rdr_ext_tmb