History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / Food

* Chinese food is very popular in the U.S. Major cities have lots of them, and even the smallest, most provinicial town usually has one as well.

* Similar to Indian food in England, Mexican food is the go-to spicy cuisine in the U.S.

* Similar to Indian food England, Mexican food is the go-to spicy cuisine in the U.S.

* Kebab is quite popular in Austria and Germany, and you can buy it pretty much on every street corner. There's even an urban legend that Kebab as it is sold there (mainly in a sandwich) was invented in Germany, in order to adapt to the more hectic German culture.

* Cashews. The seed of this Northeast Brazilian tree is of course famous and popular everywhere as a delicious nut,[[note]]OK, botany nerds: not a true nut, but a seed. It's a culinary nut, though.[[/note]] but the places it is most widely grown and most creatively used are far, far away from the Amazon. The major ones are tropical Africa and South and Southeast Asia, which have an even better climate for growing cashews than Brazil--of the top ten producers of cashews today, Brazil comes in a rather distant ''sixth''. Beyond that, the Indians and Southeast Asians have been particularly creative with the crop: adding it to curries, using it to thicken desserts, putting interesting mixes of spices on the roasted nuts, and--most peculiarly--even making liquor out of the "cashew apple" (the sweet, fragrant, but delicate accessory fruit out of which the cashew "nut" grows).

* Cashews. The seed of this Northwest Brazilian tree is of course famous and popular everywhere as a delicious nut,[[note]]OK, botany nerds: not a true nut, but a seed. It's a culinary nut, though.[[/note]] but the places it is most widely grown and most creatively used are far, far away from the Amazon. The major ones are tropical Africa and South and Southeast Asia, which have an even better climate for growing cashews than Brazil--of the top ten producers of cashews today, Brazil comes in a rather distant ''sixth''. Beyond that, the Indians and Southeast Asians have been particularly creative with the crop: adding it to curries, using it to thicken desserts, putting interesting mixes of spices on the roasted nuts, and--most peculiarly--even making liquor out of the "cashew apple" (the sweet, fragrant, but delicate accessory fruit out of which the cashew "nut" grows).

* There exists a Philippine restaurant that serves nothing but different recipes heavily featuring Spam. (Spamgetti, Spamsteak, Spam soup, etc.)

* The Irish (or Europeans in general?) seem to really love Mountain Dew for some reason.

* In speaking of salt, A lot of europeans state that American food is overly-salty sometimes, because Americans just ''love'' salt.

** On a similar vein, Indian food is extremely popular in the U.K., perhaps due to significant British-Indian population and the influence on that has had on British culture--to say nothing of the British fascination with all things Indian beginning even before the days of TheRaj. Indian food has become one of the UK's most prolific, with restaurants available at any price point; "going for an Indian", late-night curry after a long night of drinking[[note]]Americans/Canadians: think of late-night Chinese[[/note]] has become a trope unto itself.[[note]]This was hilariously mocked by ''Radio/GoodnessGraciousMe'' in the famous [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdo79znnHl8 "Having an English" sketch]].[[/note]] The U.K's favorite dish is apprantly Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a British-Indian dish.

** On a similar vein, Indian food is extremely popular in the U.K., perhaps due to significant British-Indian population and the influence on that has had on British culture--to say nothing of the British fascination with all things Indian beginning even before the days of TheRaj. Indian food has become one of the UK's most prolific, with restaurants available at any price point; late-night curry in particular has become a trope unto itself.[[note]]This was hilariously mocked by ''Radio/GoodnessGraciousMe'' in the famous "Having an English" sketch.[[/note]] The U.K's favorite dish is apprantly Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a British-Indian dish.

** On a similar vein, Indian food is extremely popular in the U.K., perhaps due to significant British-Indian population and the influence on that has had on British culture--to say nothing of the British fascination with all things Indian beginning even before the days of TheRaj. Indian food has become one of the UK's most prolific, with restaurants available at any price point; late-night curry in particular has become a trope unto itself.[[note]]This was hilariously mocked by ''GoodnessGraciousMe'' in the famous "Having an English" sketch.[[/note]] The U.K's favorite dish is apprantly Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a British-Indian dish.

** On a similar vein, Indian food is extremely popular in the U.K.,perhaps due to significant British-Indian population and the influence on that has had on British culture. The U.K's favorite dish is apprantly Chicken Tikka Masala, which is a British-Indian dish.

* Inspeaking of salt, A lot of europeans state that American food is overly-salty sometimes, because Americans just ''love'' salt.
* [[ForeignQueasine Lutefisk]] seems to be more popular in the United States (particularly Minnesota) and Canada than its origin in the Nordic countries. Mainly for special occasions during the late month holidays.

* Venezuela loves it some Scotch. Even if the country makes one of the best rum in the Caribbeans, whiskey was first a luxury good, but now it's very popular specially for Christmas and New Year parties.

* The Irish (or Europeans in general?) declare their love for Mountain Dew once they discovered it during a trip to America.

** In-N-Out is simply one among many American regional hamburger chains with cult followings: White Castle in the northeast, Krystal in the southeast, Whataburger in the southwest, so on and so forth.

* In-N-Out Burger is a popular West Coast burger chain, however it is ''only'' on the West Coast, frustrating many around the country. There was even an AprilFoolsDay joke about In-N-Out opening a location in NewYorkCity.

* [[ForeignQueasine Lutefisk]] seems to be more popular in the United States (particularly Minnesota) and Canada than its origin in the Nordic countries. Mainly for special occasions during the late month holidays.

* Inspeaking of salt, A lot of europeans state that American food is overly-salty sometimes, because Americans just ''love'' salt.

** Not to mention, Jewish people traditionally eat Potato pancakes.

* Roast Beef. While beef is certainly not unknown to asians, roast beef is mostly a western idea, and Asians appear to love this idea - especially at ordering a roast beef sandwich at a Subway.

* Sushi seems to be specially prone to this. Mexicans love it, for instance, and it's seen as a elegant-ish food there. The fun part comes when the new culture localyzes the food. Guacamole california rolls and chipotle dressing for your oniri hmm-hmmm.

* Venezuela loves it some Scotch. Even if the country makes one of the best rum in the Caribbeans, whiskey was first a luxury good, but now it's very popular specially for Christmas and New Year parties.

* Before we go anywhere else with this, we might as well say that a good alternate title for this article would be Everybody Loves Pizza. Seriously. Pizza these days is an incredibly international dish, and has spread to the proverbial four corners of the Earth (if a round world had corners). And it's been popular in pretty much every country that it arrived in; the United States was really just the start. It seems that the combination of cheese, bread, tomato sauce, and toppings is just appealing to human beings, even if none of these things are traditional in the country (observe Japan).

** That's because the British navy introduced the Japanese to curry a long time ago. Japanese curry is different than authentic curry in India.