List of American foods
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This is a list of American foods and dishes. There are a few foods that predate colonization, and the European colonization of the Americas brought about the introduction of many new ingredients and cooking styles. This variety continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th proportional to the influx migrants from additional foreign nations. There is a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the United States.
This list is not exhaustive, nor does it cover every item consumed in the U.S., but it does include foods and dishes that are common in the U.S., or which originated there.
American foods
Breads
Cheeses
- American cheese (technically a processed cheese)
- Bergenost
- Colby (as well as the blend Colby-Jack)
- Cream cheese
- Monterey Jack (and used in pepper jack cheese)
- Mozzarella (commonly used as string cheese)
- Provel
- Swiss cheese
- Velveeta (brand name of a common processed cheese)
Desserts
Rice dishes
- Calas
- Charleston red rice
- Chicken bog
- Dirty rice
- Glorified rice
- Gumbo
- Hawaiian haystack
- Hoppin' John
- Jambalaya
- Rice and gravy
- Shrimp Creole
- Spanish rice
Sandwiches
Sausages
- Bologna sausage
- Breakfast sausage
- Chaudin
- Goetta
- Half-smoke
- Hot dog
- Italian hot dog
- Lebanon bologna
- Maxwell Street Polish
- Polish Boy
- Buffalo Wings
- Deep fried sausage
Miscellaneous
Gallery
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An opened fortune cookie, with the printed fortune that was inside it
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A sloppy joe sandwich with a side dish of coleslaw
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A traditional southern food dinner consisting of fried chicken with macaroni and cheese, collard greens, okra and cornbread
General items
This includes general areas of food interest relating to the United States.
- Barbecue in the United States
- Pizza in the United States
- History of the hamburger in the United States
- New American cuisine
- Roadkill cuisine
- Native American cuisine
- Tex-Mex
- Thanksgiving dinner
See also
References
External links
- Media related to Cuisine of the United States at Wikimedia Commons