I'd heard about pancakes with syrup and bacon.

I'd heard about salted chocolate covered pretzels.

But I've only just found out about fried chicken and waffles (no not potato waffles) with syrup (watching a film called Tapeheads).

And there are chicken and waffle restaurants all over the country.

Take at look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_waffles

It's meant to be for breakfast, no wonder they are so fat.

I really don't know how Americans have the balls to take the mickey out of our food.

I went to a Thanksgiving dinner many years ago and they mixed their pudding with their turkey roast on the same plate, smothered in gravy too

I saw a reference to chicken and waffles on Mildred Pierce - very stodgy but a nice treat now and again.

Pumpkin Pie is another one.

http://gladysandron.net/index.html


There ya go.

I'd be obese if I lived in the States, no question.

I put on half a stone when I visit the States but I do eat loads of different fattening foods we can't get here in a short time.

I would probably pace myself if I was there for longer and save the fattening food for treats much like I do in this country.

I do love their diners. The ones in the UK are crap in comparison.

How about chocolate covered bacon? I don't think i'm brave enough...
http://www.mariniscandies.com/produc...eredBacon.aspx

Well for a start Americans are only slightly fatter than us in the UK. At current rates we're going to catch them up soon.

No different to carrot cake really.

The maple bacon Voodoo doughnut looks immense:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/megancohen/556704378/

Excuse me? Have you never eaten sweet and sour chicken or those sweet Indian dishes like korma, et al? I think you'd be surprised how many savoury foods contain sugar. And you're not all exactly waifs over here either.

eta: salad cream?

I really like all those combinations you've mentioned.

One of my favourite American recipes is the sweet potato they have at Thanksgiving - made with butter and brown sugar and caramelised nuts and so on, (some people add marshmallow too, but I prefer it without) and served alongside the meat and vegetables. I defy you to look at this recipe and not drool a bit:
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...y-step-recipe/

Can't you get Birds Eye potato waffles over there?

That would be much more suitable.

Or your own hash browns.

Eh? More suitable for whom? When you cook your next Thanksgiving meal you can cook whatever you want. Not everyone sweetens their sweet potatoes or candies their yams- every family has its own traditions, and just because some people in another country don't eat the same things you do doesn't make it strange.

Bacon and pancakes with maple syrup is yummy..

Peanut butter and jam sandwiches (it's actually very nice ).

American food is what you would get if you left a toddler in a kitchen.
Does anyone remember an advert ages ago where a little girl made her dad Arctic roll with baked beans on for breakfast?
that.

Some of these combinations do sound bizarre to us but it is what you are used to.
After all we have pork with apple sauce, turkey with cranberry sauce, ham with pineapple, etc. Not to forget a strange Kent habit from years ago of vinegar and sugar on salad!

It's all about balance. The four main flavours are sweet, sour, salty and bitter. The more of these you can get into a dish the better it normally tastes. This is the reason Thai food is such a taste explosion in the mouth.

Good point. In Mexico they have turkey with a chilli and chocolate sauce.

Yes, just wait until the Americans get a load of that!!!

OMG totally, what was that for again????

I was a kid and always thought it looked yummy.

Oh for christ's sake. Baked beans? You mean those legumes swimming in that sickly sweet tomato sauce?

I've eaten that, it's absolutely lovely.

I don't remember the advert, but I'd take a wild stab at "Arctic Roll", perhaps?

I like some sweet and savoury combinatons, from different parts of the world. American pancakes and bacon and maple syrup, Parmesan and honey from Italy, any sort of Arabic meat dish with apricots or prunes or pomegranates, lots of different Thai dishes, Peshwari naan bread with lamb dishes, from India, pate and cumberland sauce from this country, Duck a l'orange from France. Loads of stuff that is sweet and savoury is lovely.

But anyone who puts pineapple on my pizza will get very short shrift indeed!

It was from the À la carte (my sister called it the Allah cart) a kitchen toy to train young females to enjoy a life of servitude.
Wake up daddy, breakfast's ready!

You've obviously never tasted proper American BBQ.