Journal #10 American Food

Wow, it's the most interesting one among topics Sean gave us!!! :-) I'm happy to talk about food :) I thought there would be a lot of so-called American foods, but I found out only a few original American foods. I just called food like pizza, spaghetti American food, but they actually came from Italy. That's what I didn't recognize that before. America is a big country, and it is called a melting pot, which means a place or situation in which varying beliefs, ideas, cultures, etc come together. Therefore, American food must be mixed with many other cultures and foods. That's why I'm confused what American food is.
One of the undoubted American foods is a sandwich. There are many sandwich stores in America more than in any other countries. Sandwich is from America, so there are various types of sandwich. It's the regular dish of parties. I have been eating many sandwiches since I came here. 'Subway,' which is the common sandwich store, was a big hit in Korea a couple of years ago. It was the brand-new store which Koreans had never seen before. Sandwiches taste good (Actually, Subways in Korea are better than here in some aspects like interior decoration and the taste of sandwich.), and it's convenient to eat. It is kind of fast food like a hamburger.
A hamburger is also one of the unquestionable American foods. I'm proud of In-n-out and McDonald's. McDonalds is a very popular fast food restaurant on earth. There are many branches all over the world. It is also popular in Korea. In-n-out is my favorite restaurant. Specially, a cheese burger tastes AWESOME! I always oder like this. "Can I get No.2 with grilled onion?" wow, that makes me feel hurgry.
As fall is coming, I look forward to the holiday, Thanksgiving. It's a custom to eat foods like turkey and cranberry on Thanksgiving. According to the Wikipedia, they are also from native American groups. I heard a craberry pie is great. I expect to eat them on my first Thanksgiving in America.
It is obvious that America is a powerful country. Though Korea has many kinds of traditional foods, it will take forever to globalize them. However, sandwiches and hamburgers are already international foods, and they gain many people's attractions. I also love them. But still, I'm a little bit confused that what I should eat except for the above foods when someone says, "Let's go eat American."

Jamie and Saud