I was just thinking the exact same thing! Strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream would have been a much better US flag. I love the other countries' flags though - what an awesome idea!
I was thinking the USA one was some kind of dig at the USA. All of the other countries were pretty, thoughtful, and really nice choices (maybe not exactly healthy with meat pie or a lot of cheese) byt really well represented. There are so many things that could have represented the USA, I think someone was calling us fat.
I was thinking the USA one was some kind of dig at the USA. All of the other countries were pretty, thoughtful, and really nice choices (maybe not exactly healthy with meat pie or a lot of cheese) byt really well represented. There are so many things that could have represented the USA, I think someone was calling us fat.
Well the other countries have foods that generally you think of when you think of that country, when I think of america I think fatty foods, hotdogs, pizzas, fries, fried chicken, twinkies. Thats your cultural food. its not a dig so much as reality :P I would not be offended if there was a canadian flag made of poutine and maple syrup nor would I be offended if they had a provincial newfoundland flag of fish and chips and vienna sausages and toutons or seal flipper pie or whatever.
Well the other countries have foods that generally you think of when you think of that country, when I think of america I think fatty foods, hotdogs, pizzas, fries, fried chicken, twinkies. Thats your cultural food.
I didn't think the hot dogs were so bad, at least in the sense that I do think that is a traditional American food - summer cookouts, baseball games. So maybe not the healthiest thing in the world, but still, I think it's not unrepresentative.
I actually have a kid with a July 4th birthday and I always make parfaits with strawberries, blueberries and whipped cream. I definitely think that is a fun thing to do, but I don't see those particular foods as representative of America, which was part of the design - not just the colors/symbols of the flag, but foods that were traditional for that country.
Well the other countries have foods that generally you think of when you think of that country, when I think of america I think fatty foods, hotdogs, pizzas, fries, fried chicken, twinkies. Thats your cultural food. its not a dig so much as reality :P I would not be offended if there was a canadian flag made of poutine and maple syrup nor would I be offended if they had a provincial newfoundland flag of fish and chips and vienna sausages and toutons or seal flipper pie or whatever.
I think what is going on here is that because the U.S. is a melting pot of so many other cultures, there is no ONE culture. Thus, there is not many cultural foods indigenous to the U.S. "Our" food is the food of our ancestors, which come from elsewhere. There's nothing wrong with that. Plus, the ancestors of our founding fathers were from England. England has been around for just as long as the other countries on the list and what do they have to show for cultural food? Fish and chips? Bangers and mash? So, we started off with a handicap!
Think about some of the food items you mentioned above. A hot dog is a "frankfurter", which is really of German origin (although placing it on a bun might be an American twist). Pizza is Italian. French Fries come from Europe. (Not sure if they are actually a French invention, but certainly from that region.) A Twinkie is not a cultural food. Is a named brand snack item. I'll give you that its a cultural icon, but that's it!
I think what is going on here is that because the U.S. is a melting pot of so many other cultures, there is no ONE culture. Thus, there is not many cultural foods indigenous to the U.S. "Our" food is the food of our ancestors, which come from elsewhere. There's nothing wrong with that. Plus, the ancestors of our founding fathers were from England. England has been around for just as long as the other countries on the list and what do they have to show for cultural food? Fish and chips? Bangers and mash? So, we started off with a handicap!
Think about some of the food items you mentioned above. A hot dog is a "frankfurter", which is really of German origin (although placing it on a bun might be an American twist). Pizza is Italian. French Fries come from Europe. (Not sure if they are actually a French invention, but certainly from that region.) A Twinkie is not a cultural food. Is a named brand snack item. I'll give you that its a cultural icon, but that's it!
Corn... The Native Americans ate it and shared it with settlers. And things you mention are Americanized because pizza in Italy certainly doesn't look anything like our pizza here. Thomas Jefferson popularized french fries by spreading his love of 'potatoes, cooked in the french style'. Even those have drastically changed since Thomas Jefferson's days and they are certainly unique to the US.
I think what is going on here is that because the U.S. is a melting pot of so many other cultures, there is no ONE culture. Thus, there is not many cultural foods indigenous to the U.S. "Our" food is the food of our ancestors, which come from elsewhere. There's nothing wrong with that. Plus, the ancestors of our founding fathers were from England. England has been around for just as long as the other countries on the list and what do they have to show for cultural food? Fish and chips? Bangers and mash? So, we started off with a handicap!
Think about some of the food items you mentioned above. A hot dog is a "frankfurter", which is really of German origin (although placing it on a bun might be an American twist). Pizza is Italian. French Fries come from Europe. (Not sure if they are actually a French invention, but certainly from that region.) A Twinkie is not a cultural food. Is a named brand snack item. I'll give you that its a cultural icon, but that's it!
lol I'm from Canada our foods are european too but over the last century certain foods especially hot dogs and pizza have become the american cultural food. I never said anything against those kind of foods its not like poutine is any better its worse. Also big diff between italian pizza and american, very big diff between german/austrian sausages and american hotdogs, big diff between european chips and american fries. they have been americanized, you guys put your own flavour on those items and now the american versions are yours and theres nothing wrong with that. I pointed out that they are your cultural foods because some ppl thought hotdogs were being used to call americans fat when theres nothing more american to non americans than a hotdog or like new york pizza.
Flags Made from Food
