What do you think is a national US food?

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I mean the food which first appeared in the USA.

As the culteral melting pot of the world, I don't think any particular food is 100% American. But my guess would have to be Hot Dogs & Hamburgers. Maybe that's why they're so popular on July 4th!

http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/...rgerHistory.htm

Chicken wings...or "Buffalo wings"

Twinkies. American "cheese."


OooH! Peanut-butter! Now there's one to be proud of

It has to be either fried chicker or BBQ ribs.

I know this is a long dead thread, but I'd like to point out that cajun food is American. Jumbo comes from America

What's a Jumbo?

The only thing I can think of is peanut butter and "jelly" sandwiches.

Everything else has been done before

(no idea what a Jumbo is. Only thing I can think of is "jumbo dog"... but maybe not)

Jumbo is short for Jumbalaya (i think)

Or perhaps she meant Gumbo?

What about Peach Cobbler? Or Baked Alaska? I freakin' LOVE peach cobbler...

Yeah, I think I did mean Gumbo. I've never tried Cajun food because I'm not a fan of hot food, but I do know that it was invented in America