/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>10303392
That would be Japanese.

>>10301672
Believe it or not, I actually studied the origins of American cuisine. It's a very long story, so I'm gonna boil it down for you guys:

>initial colonization begins
>settlers from different places flock to the shiny new continent
>huge variety of regional cuisine develops depending on available resources and dominant nationalities
Corn bread being so prevalent in the Southern US is a fine example for the former, as corn was cheaper than wheat down there for a long time. And old habits die hard.

>life on the frontier is rough, you gotta make do with what you have
>limited equipment, limited resources, dangerous environments, lots of travelling
Some speculate that this contributed to today's fast-food culture in the US, but I think that's far-fetched. Instead, these attitudes are what spawned so many variations of old-world food. American pizza probably started when some Luigi was lacking ingredients and had to experiment and substitute.
Native Americans probably had a big role to play as well, as the settlers could copy the natives and improve on that.

>things calm down, people truly settle down
>trade routes and communication channels are established
And here we have the reason why you can go to any US state and find a broad selection of foods from all over the world. Local cuisines mixed with each other and then went global.

But the regional cuisines stayed and are here to stay. So, what can we draw from that?

>While not the most creative of cuisines, the creativity is definitely there.
>American cuisine is a mix of old-world styles, but with drastic changes made, giving it its own identity.
>The simple dishes are a fine example of ingenuity and hardiness. Historically speaking, this simple-but-effective-and-delicious development is similar to German and Polish cuisine.
Hope you learned something!

>>10147167
Fucking amazing. Gf cooked for me:

>roast chestnut soup
>salmon with shrimp, mixed veggies and tomato sauce
>dessert of red berry pudding with cream and chocolate

Let the REEEEEE commence, faggots.