They might have been lofting a mocking revolutionary middle finger at the mother country by making a sloppy American version of the refined British steamed fruit and dough pudding.

Now they are back and going strong. ", While its past remains a bit of a mystery, a recipe for the dessert first appeared in a 1927 book published by the Girl Scouts titled ", Tramping and Trailing with the Girl Scouts. This is my all time favorite food, and I love just about the vast majority of all types of Mac and Cheese. Made of "frizzled beef," chopped while being grilled in grease, the Philly cheese steak sandwich gets the rest of its greasy goodness from onions and cheese (American, provolone, or Cheese Whiz), all of which is laid into a long locally made Amoroso bun. For some foods, it's pretty self-explanatory. Another origin story claims a restaurant group vice chairman asked the chefs at Tokyo Kaikan to make "sushi for the Caucasians" and the California roll is what Mashita produced. The sodium level gives the health-minded pause, but the BLT tastes like summer -- and who can resist that? Surprise: the wafer-thin fried potatoes are a hit. '", Enjoy the beloved everyman sandwich in its seemingly infinite variety (the traditional fried oyster and shrimp can't be beat) and fight the encroachment of chain sub shops at the annual.

Gooey marshmallow sandwiched between two crunchy graham cracker cookies, a s’more just screams outdoor memories. Fabulous finger-licking lobster time in Maine is during shack season, May to October, and every August, when Rockland puts on its. Cobblers become doubly American when made with blueberries, which are native to North America (Maine practically has a monopoly on them). But we will admit we're partial to pork ribs. The avocado-crab-cucumber roll became a hit, and from that SoCal beachhead, sushi conquered the country. He then served the improvised dinner to the groups, aptly naming it after himself — Ignacio, or rather the nickname Nacho. Hidekazu Tojo also claims to have invented the dish to try and appeal to a Western palette. No joke: He got the idea, he said, from tidily packaged airplane food. Despite the name, no rabbits are harmed in the making of one of South Africa's best-loved street foods. Wondering what your future holds? The bane of diets and the boon of happy hours -- could there be a more perfect calorie-dense accompaniment to a pitcher of margaritas? Immortalized in "Pulp Fiction" and "Swingers," the L.A. institution got the soul-food seal of approval when Obama himself related to Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" that he'd popped in for some wings and waffles and downed them in the presidential limo.

A Northern Mexican snack which has become a firm favorite North of the border. So what's the deal with the star-spangled association? The most humble of comfort food. According to The Kitchn, the origins of the sandwich's name are somehow more simple and more complicated than that. His wife loved it, so he decided to add it to the restaurant’s menu. But you might also thank Florida sponge fisherman for likely originating the concoction of key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks, which could be "cooked" (by a thickening chemical reaction of the ingredients) at sea. Our favorite rendition might be the way they do cheeseburgers in New Mexico: with green chilis, natch. No such copy of the cartoon appears to exist, but people claimed to see it in 1901. Whatever the color and secret ingredients, you can be sure of one thing when you sit down with friends to a big bowlful: son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.