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This isn't entirely true and it paints too negative of a picture. There are culinary traditions in the US just as there are anywhere else - traditional southern food is excellent: Shrimp and Grits, biscuits, tasso and country hams, corn breads, fried chicken, country-fried steaks, pimento cheese, collard greens, fried or fresh oysters, pig ears, catfish, pies (some of the best in the world), buckwheat pancakes, etc etc etc. Not to mention that American BBQ is revered pretty much around the world..oh and almost forgot, the regional cuisine in Louisiana is excellent, steamed shrimp, jambalaya, gumbo...I'll never forget my first bowl of real gumbo with it's strong punch of filé spice. And that's only traditional southern cuisine that I'm familiar with, I'm sure the rest of the country has it's own traditions as well. |