Bill Rising wrote: >On 11/21/2002 17:03, Henri Yandell wrote > >[snip...] > >>"What's the difference between America and a tub of Yoghurt?" >>"If you leave yoghurt long enough it'll grow a culture." >> > >Oh, I dunno, the US has a culture, though it is not a clone of any >European state. I figure that there's music which is American, like >blues, jazz, bluegrass. There's art (hyperrealism and such). The one >place which is lacking is 'typical' food, since the US has adopted plenty >of foods, though I suppose this lacking comes from the English heritage >;<) > >[snip...] > >Bill > It's kind of difficult to come up with a 'typical' food when you're the new kid on the block. Food has been around a lot longer than we have, and just about everything imaginable has already been done with it. But we did manage to sneak in the hot dog and our version of the hamburger. What we lack in authenticity, we more than make up for in innovation. That's what got us to be the country we are today. Hey! Look what we did with the pizza.
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