There is a reason for fat American food;it's a country that fled from all it's cultures,and traditions,and left them all in Europe eventually.Our cooking quite frankly,went to Hell,i think India is having the same thing happen to THEIR FOOD.But yes,Americans got too isolated from their "roots"and so did their food.Its a sign of "industrialization".
My old relatives,Pennsylvania Dutch,use to be fabulous cooks,and bakers,and they made great food.Also,during the early years,a lot of the farmers had such hard work,they burned a lot of calories.They even had donut snacks,while they were working,to keep their strength up.Those people often worked into the night.So,during that time,high calories,very nutritious food was NEW to many Americans,cause many of them had been poor,and America had a huge bounty of food.Lots of good food,at weddings,parties,ect.,was A "mark of the successful American working,or middleclass."Only the wealthy felt secure enough,to just have a light,white cake,at a wedding,not food.
Yes,we Americans were exposed to BOUNTY,AND PLENTY.And we reacted by eating it all.FOOD was our mark of success.When the older generations died out,the good cooking went too,and in the 50's,and later,traditional cooking died out.People,women FORGOT HOW TO COOK AND BAKE!!(Yow.)Some of us who were more old fashioned,and had good family influence of cooking teaching,still do it,but we're the "baby boomers"who have gotten old.Now,younger people do not know how to cook,or eat.Hence,they get "convenience foods"cause both husband and wife were forced to work,leaving no one cooking at home.
"Convenience foods"that take little knowledge of cooking,are cheap enough,and fast,tend to be more fattening."Fast food"is the same thing,people do not have the money,or time,to cook,they eat it.Nor do young people know HOW to cook,much.
Cheap,fast,convenient meals,that take little time,turned into fat food.Also,since we are all poor now,we also need cheap food,and fast,fattening food,is cheaper.
I'm American and live almost exclusively off Traditional Russian soups. Most of which are rich and low fat with little or no salt.
They frugal two just made 2 quarts of chicken lapsha for around $3.25 (usd). I don't eat fast food or even restaurant food. The most fatty thing I consume are bagels. But I think americans in general are too lazy and impatient to do a lot of their own cooking and the only american food worth eating is southern (which is way high in fats and excess protein) I think this might be the typical american diet has large portion of meat with every meal. In summation we are typically raised into such eating habits are don't question it often enough.
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Anonymous2010-12-23 9:04
the majority of my friends are college or higher educated, and i guess u could call us culturally interested if not aware. We read, watch films, listen to music, appreciate art, etc. and food fits right in there with all of it. i suppose u could say that our interest in culture leads us to a kind of adoration of it - and one of the biggest cultural activities is food. and we more or less run the gammut economically; some of us are professionals who rake it in, some of us were born into money, some of us still live with the fam because we cant bring ourselves to make enough money to move out, etc.
the funny thing is that now more than ever i do have a clear view of "the other" so to speak. i understand who is and what constitutes an outsider to our little group - and the funny thing about that is that while the root attribute may be a general disinterest (in culture, or whatever), the outwardly identifiable DIFFERENCE is: THEY dont appreciate food. while WE do.
Like I have this friend who I grew up with. He's an interested guy - he reads and all that shit. He's a talented musician, has a lot of the same interests as the rest of us, but I realized that he just doesnt fit in when we were all eating a fantastic cassoulet dinner that one of us (a chef) made - u know kidneys and liver and all that. and my friend was totally disgusted by the food and just COULD NOT get past his narrow hamburger hotdog conception of what food is and enjoy it like everyone else.
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