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America 's Eating Trends

Americans love food , they love eating but feel guilty about it later They are very conscious about health , but end up eating junk food , which leads to obesity . The first food that was brought to the continent was potato . Other foods like pizza , hot dog , hamburger were brought by the immigrants . What ever food the Americans eat , it defines the kind of life the American community lives today

The Hamong immigrants from Laos , Vietnam brought their own ingredients and traditions to the American table . Squash vine leaves , bitter

melon curvy kukuzi squash . Italians , who came in early 1900 , adapted their native cuisine to suit American palate , by adding lesser spices and more meat to pasta and pizzas . Even Chinese food , which was made popular in the West Coast in the mid 19th century , made adventurous dining for Americans in chopsuey , chowmein which hardly resembled original Chinese cuisine . American liking for Asian foods made way for Thai , Vietnamese Japanese , Korean and Indian cuisine to merge in mainstream American cuisine

Though Latin American food , like Nachos and Tacos are greatly popular Mexican food does not have as much demand . Krishnendu Ray , a professor of liberal arts in the Culinary Institute of America writes that the socio-economic background of the immigrant from a particular country plays a major role in the eagerness with which America embraces their foods

Travel has made the world a smaller place . Tourists having tasted the Asian foods in their visits to the countries want to recreate those cuisines , once they are back

home . With modern transport and international trade , availability of the ingredients is easy . Though `authentic ' food may have a limited fan following , the adapted versions are embraced almost by the entire nation

Around mid 18th century Anglo Americans emulated English Eating habits engaging English receipes , fancier dining and kitchen equipments . This way they asserted their status as British subjects . It is for this reason that changes in tariffs made it difficult for them to have access to the ingredients that go with English cuisine . It made them fight the American Revolution to protect their self interest

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