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Lasagna soup anyone? American recipes that just never sound quite right...

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MaryIsA · 18/02/2021 13:53

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/lasagna-soup-2268968

Partly its all the low sodium chicken broth, half and half, sticks of butter - but very often its the actual recipes. Just a bit off?

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OldRailer · 18/02/2021 22:28

US dill pickles are better, that's so true.

SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 22:28

Hello to you all across the pond, miss visiting

Right back at you. Can't wait to be able to visit the UK again. And speaking of food, it's almost impossible to get British style back bacon in the US. My number one all time favorite British food is a bacon butty. Food of the gods.

OldRailer · 18/02/2021 22:30

We always ask for Canadian bacon in the US, seems most similar to UK.

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SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 22:33

Canadian bacon is similar. I had it in a sandwich for breakfast this morning. But it's not the same. Also I like mine on a Scottish morning roll, also impossible to find in the US.

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 18/02/2021 22:37

I prefer American bacon to British.

And I would kill for a breakfast burrito- curses on the poster who mentioned them up thread because that's now alll I can think about Wink

GalesThisMorning · 18/02/2021 22:37

@ComtesseDeSpair I forgot about cinnamon toothpaste! Havent tasted it in years!!

Thank you for your very kind offer. I can get my cinnamon gum fix online and sometimes from American sweet shops but I appreciate the offer. Now if you were offering to send me a pack of American hotdogs and some brown mustard in the post, that I wouldn't say no to... Wink

SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 22:41

Someone asked about the gravy that goes on biscuits in the US. This is something that I associate with the mountain regions of the South, and being a flatlander, I did not grow up eating it. But it is supposed to be made with the fat from frying bacon or sausage. You then add flour to the fat, make a light-colored roux, and add milk, then cook to the right consistency. Add some salt and even more pepper. So it is actually a gravy. Some people put crumbled up sausage in it. It's often a breakfast dish.

I don't care for it. Also for my family, biscuits were and are just as likely to be served with dinner, like a dinner roll, in which case you just use butter. When eaten for breakfast, we use butter and jam or honey.

MacDuffsMuff · 18/02/2021 22:46

I love random food. I would make THE best American. I'm obsessed with Ree Drummond, Ina Garten and that Nancy woman with the farm.

MacDuffsMuff · 18/02/2021 22:48

@SenecaFallsRedux I have a recipe for Scottish morning rolls I'll dig it out for you.

PickAChew · 18/02/2021 22:55

Didn't bazooka gum use to have a hot cinnamon flavour?

BoomBoomsCousin · 18/02/2021 22:58

That lasagna soup looks like a bit of a riff on Minestrone. If the Italian sausage is good it's probably a nice hearty soup.

There is some terrible food in the US, but there's plenty of awful food in the UK too.

SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 22:58

@MacDuffsMuff That would be great! I have a kitchen scale so if it's by weight, that will work for me.

longwayoff · 18/02/2021 22:59

I was surprised that the US style cupcakes became so popular here in the UK. Pretty as they are, I like the British version with about a tenth of the icing instead of a mountain of buttercream. But I'm probably alone in that,.

Bimblybomeyelash · 18/02/2021 23:01

It’s the ‘salads’ that get me - so
Much Mayo!!

SusannaSpider · 18/02/2021 23:01

We have loads of cinnamon gum (and cinnamon toothpaste) brought back from our last trip, would happily post you some.

I'm still upset at the demise of cinnamon Tic-Tacs. Although I can buy Big Red and Dentyne locally, I now feel the urge to track down cinnamon toothpaste...

polkadotpjs · 18/02/2021 23:02

I've never been to the US but so want to. I want to go to some of the diners, drive throughs and dives from the programme on Food Network. And I want to meet ina Garten. And buy myself a sheet pan

SusannaSpider · 18/02/2021 23:03

Pretty as they are, I like the British version with about a tenth of the icing instead of a mountain of buttercream. But I'm probably alone in that,.

You are not alone, I can't understand the love of mountains of buttercream.

SilentBob · 18/02/2021 23:05

I have loved reading this thread!

I have a question for those who have mentioned it- what is in an American breakfast burrito? I do my (northern English version) of them in my bistro and they're really popular- I am intrigued to see if they relate in any way to the US version! I do a meat, vegetarian and vegan version.

SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 23:07

Since the many years ago when I was a student in the UK, and going back through the years from time to time, I think one of the biggest cultural changes is in the food. It wasn't bad in those early years, but to me, it was very bland and not a lot of variety. The last several times we were there (mainly in Scotland), we never had a bad meal, no matter where we ate--from small inexpensive restaurants to expensive posh ones.

And my not being in love with the cuisine in the early years helped introduce me to Indian food, another favorite of mine.

SenecaFallsRedux · 18/02/2021 23:10

Also I should add, some of the meals we had on our last trip were some of the best in my life anywhere.

SusannaSpider · 18/02/2021 23:10

A question here too...
Collard Greens? I was researching the best veggie iron sources and Collard Greens came up, the pic looked like Spring Greens - Are they the same ?

OhWhyNot · 18/02/2021 23:11

They are similar SusannaSpider

OldRailer · 18/02/2021 23:14

Oh SilentBob I'd like to do a taste comparison if I'm ever let out of Scotland.

By best breakfast burrito was in fact in a diner in Canada run by a stressed out cook. There was sausage, avocado and a soft omelette or scramble with spicy sauce and some (good!) cheese. The details escape me really but I remember deciding it was probably perfectionism driving the guy crazy!

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 18/02/2021 23:20

@Drinkingallthewine

I remember seeing a blog where someone had wrote a MASSIVE post about all the requests she'd had for the recipe for a doughnut stack which she'd posted a picture of the week before. Fucking on and on it went about some unrelated bullshit until you got to the recipe: Ingredients: - Cake stand - 24 Krispy Kreme doughnuts (assorted flavours best) Then about 10 steps complete with more pictures explaining how to arrange them in a stack on the stand. Hmm

Or the ones for a cake where it's one box of yellow cake mix and one tub of frosting. THAT'S NOT A RECIPE!

Oh those irritate the shite out of me!! All I want is the ingredients and the recipe. Not 10,000 words on how it was discovered and half a life story to go with it
OhWhyNot · 18/02/2021 23:24

I love going for brunch in the states

Real hash browns with eggs, fresh soft tacos and refried beans

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