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Most american stereotypes I understand or even represent (fat white guy with too many guns here) but I’ve never understood the “american food is bland” thing - I can’t think of a region of the US known for bad food. Why the hell do you think we’re all so fat, if not because we have so much good food to tempt us into excess?

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
utah

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- DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Mormonville, as a theocracy, doesn’t count as America. It is categorized as a malignant internal growth.
  
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  - HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    yeah, but they’re known for jello. you eat that at the hospital
    
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- somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And the entire Midwest outside of big cities. Food has to white.
  
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gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The Midwest?

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- Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Depends on where in the Midwest. It’s a big place.
  
  My partner’s small hometown has a few local dishes. One is a Cream of Chicken soup Sandwich, which is awful IMHO, and seasonal fall apple spiced doughnuts, which are fucking amazing.
  
  My town is a foodie heaven, but an hour away in any direction, and you better like fries and burgers, because that’s all there is.
  
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socsa@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A lot of the boomer food trends are taken from depression recipes and are very bland by today's standard. Shit like steamed veg with no seasoning or six thousand types of casserole with no seasoning. It took me literally two decades after moving out to convince my father to salt steak before grilling, and I am still working on getting him to salt tomatoes for burgers.

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lengau@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
American food relies far too much on capsaicin for making things spicy. There are other spices too.

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- Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I guess? The alternatives to capsaicin (mustard, garlic, horseradish, etc) are all pretty overwhelming flavors, so if you want things even moderately pungent they’re the only thing you’re going to be tasting in a dish. I personally loathe the taste of most hot peppers (but love spicy food) so the trend of "spicy everything" is getting pretty tiresome.
  
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