Just a paper bag now. At this point they’re gonna bring back the supersize but it’ll just be a large lol
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Mcdonalds these days suck ass.
The 2010s were great. Very nostalgic and McDonalds was one of my first and my best memories of America. Glad I got to enjoy them before they went to shit, cuz otherwise kid-me would've have the impression that "all western foods suck". (I mean it's hard to even know how to look for local non-chain "western" restaurants... since the reason I know what a McDonalds is because back in China, we also had them, but I think it tasted different... don't remember)
I mean seriously, is it just me or does like Papa Johns and Dominos and even Pizza Hut all went to shit?
P.S. I remember my mom telling about the Pizza we had in Pizza Hut in China... like she said it was expensive and it was only a very small pizza (like individual-size). I don't even remember having it in China
... This is like someone saying "Guys I thought American chocolate was awful, but have you tried this Hershey's stuff?!? It's so good!" Like I'm glad you had a good experience but... but I'm sorry that was your good experience.
For real. It's like when people think Kraft Singles are representative of American cheese
We did slip up a tiny bit by literally calling it "American cheese". Slight strategic error on that one.
They can't call it that anymore
Not sure I understand, I'm sorry.
Kraft is literally not legally allowed to call Singles "American cheese"
Oh, yeah. "American Cheese" (and other processed cheese) does technically have to be made from primarily cheese, which is a concerningly low bar for "cheese based consumable products" to fail to meet.
I mean, for context, I was like 8 years old when I first got here. I didn't really know the difference between fastfood vs "real" restaurants so I just categorically grouped them all together.
Honestly, I still don't really know what "real" western food is.
I remember going along with family to a cousin's sweet 16 birthday party and I think its was western cuisine or something... like I heard they spend a lot of money on it (the cousin's parents were kinda middle class rich) and I disliked most of the food they served, didn't eat much, don't even remember what they served. Ended up going home kinda hungry lol.
I think I just go so used to Chinese food, I didn't feel confident exploring other types of "western" food... other than like burgers, pizzas, cheesesteaks, subway sandwiches / hoagies. Which I know, living here for like over a decade, I still don't feel quite "American" because of my picky eating habits.
French cuisine is the most classically famous example, but pretty much every western country has hundreds of years of it's own extremely distinct culinary identity (ex: Germany, Spain, Italy, even the UK (despite the jokes)).
If you just mean the US though, it doesn't exactly have it's own unified thing going on beyond what you've listed (burgers, pizzas, etc) but there are plenty of foods, and even a few entire genres of food, that are very closely tied to the american identity (Texmex is the best one I can think of). The most "american" american food I can think of is probably hotdish which... I don't actually recommend seeking out (please don't hurt me, I just don't think the majority of casseroles are all that great)
Don't forget barbecue
Isn't that primarily a spanish invention? US has a culture built around it absolutely, but most places also incorporate it somehow, especially oceania and any former spanish colonies. It's not really an "american" food per se as far as I'm aware.
I'm specifically referring to American barbecue, which is absolutely it's own unique thing (or several things since it varies by region)
Ah, I was indeed specifically talking about the meats - I did forget there were all the other traditional accouterments that go along with American barbecue.
Well the West is know for their baked goods and pastries. Like croissants, donuts, churros, etc. Like in East Asia and South East Asia a lot of the pastry that is for sale is based on Western recipes and they are different from the local pastry recipes.
its mostly meat, and maybe some kind of bread, very high incidence of type 2 amongst western countries, after asians started incorporating alot of sugar in thier diet, type 2 was in the rise in them too. vegatables are lacking in thier cousins, much like with European ones.
they changed after renovating thier stores in '19 to have those kiosks, it was never the same.