food

Outside of the US, the general impression you get of American food is always deranged. I've lived in the US for my entire life and have never been subjected to marshmallow butter, or a mixed mustard and mayonnaise. Smoke essence, occasionally, since it's usually an ingredient of BBQ potato chips. The reality is that in the US, when you go for Mexican food you are usually getting american food with mexican roots. Same goes for any other ethnicity. American food, like american culture, is a mixture of whatever people brought with them and what was already here when they arrived. The best of it is great, the worst of it is really bad. You can't claim it lacks variety, though. But you can bet when you try to get American food outside of North America, you're far more likely to find an overcooked burger with sweet relish on it than a steaming pile of crawdads. Eric