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[sir pball]

1. As a 30+ year chef, amateur food historian, and general food nerd, I concur.

I'm far from insular–the single best thing I've ever eaten were river shrimp fresh from the net at a tiny shack on the road to Kribi in Cameroon–but I also despise when chefs try to make a "high class" Big Mac or Mexican Pizza. Yeah, it is about as far from whole food, prepared with care and standards, as your local dive from the Bar Hemingway, but…sometimes you just want a goddamned Big Mac, and up till now only Americans (and Canadians ) truly understand.

As far as the ranch thing…omg that makes me happy. It doesn't even have to be ultraprocessed crap out of a bottle; the best ranch ever is the one I make with all real ingredients, at least according to everyone at every restaurant I've ever worked at, I do use granulated garlic and onion and dried dill and parsley because the flavor is WRONG with fresh herbs and that is a hill I will die on as a professional, but beyond that all I use is homemade mayo, sour cream, and buttermilk. Maybe I should share my recipe for Europeans…

And as I'm sitting here typing a stream of consciousness as I watch the video, the reason Americans open straws like that is because Americans expect straws in their drinks and opening it like that lets your server give you a ready-to-use straw in your drink without touching any unwrapped part of it.

[B.See]

5. Straws? I always remove them.

I happen to prefer the ice lightly kissing my lips as I sip my Pepsi, thank you very much.

[not fooled]

2. Well, Europe probably hasn't had an army of food chemists

delving into how to make food maximally addictive by titrating salt, sugar, and fat levels, as has been ongoing for decades in the U.S.

Maximizing a certain type of appeal has been elevated to an art and science in America.

Having said that, the worst Indian food I've ever had was in various cities in France. Bland, watery, practically tasteless vegetable curries and stews. France is notorious for having subpar ethnic food outside of Paris.

[sir pball]

3. I have formal French culinary training...

And if you think it's "an army of food chemists" making food addictive, you're just…Samin Nosrat revealed our formula, fat salt and acid. Yeah, a Big Mac is more processed, but the appeal is still the greasy, salty goodness, simple as that…that triggers responses in the brain far deeper than any drug could. It's got no more inherent appeal than any fatty, meaty recipe like a tartiflette, or a cervelle de canut, or quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua.

We've understood the appeal of a "hearty meal" for a lot longer than food science…I bet a medieval peasant would devour a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese without hesitation, and might die from pleasure from it.

All that said, the best "Indian" food I've ever had was in Glasgow…I mean, it's where Tikka Masala was invented

[pansypoo53219]

4. the jolly boys + uk teens love most of our food. i had swedish food(ok, their plane chicken was amazing)

british(plane), mostly danish.i also cooked for the danes. i had 1 hotdog, because everybody there is eating a hotdog or a popsicle. their pops looked sad to me. now. the bakery was awesome. best whole wheat italian bread. een gas stations had these sweet tart things. oh. e en the fancy coffee place had shitty coffee. all the coffee SUUUUUUUUUUUCKED. weak weak + the tea too. + i like week tea. except taxi flight. darjeeling + good danish cookie. licorice good. kitkats better. tho. the pork dinner we had in copenhagen was awesome. but not wowed by the rest. i made a eggless "german" potato salad. vinegar white sauce, not white cream. not german they said. but they loved it. pizza crust was good.
i have a vintage euro photo. warned me about the coffee.
the british plane food smelled good. WTF did you put in the sausage??? blegh. swedish chicken did i finally copied. tomato paste + green bell pepper. i added onion + celery.