What Classic American Comfort Food Do You Wish Was Easier to Find Here?

On my arrival in America my grandson ran up to me, gave me a big hug and asked if I could make golden syrup suet pudding for him. When he was last visiting me in England he loved it. My daughter couldn't find the main ingredients in the local supermarkets and to buy online was extortionate. Each country has its special dishes.

My mother used to make that, Jaycee, light and delicious!

Now I fancy those American pancakes 😀

My American friend tells me that the gravy that they always had with biscuits was made with the fat from cooked bacon, thickened with flour and then they added milk. Never tried it, but I might have a go now, just to see what it tastes like!

So it's what we might call white sauce, but made with bacon fat instead of butter.

CrazyH
The steak is cooked leftover barbecued steak from the night before and sliced thinly like bacon then fried with a fried egg
I went on a horseback trek in the rockies.
Myself and a friend we had a wrangler who looked after our horses and the pack horses and erecting the tents etc.
We also had a cook and the first morning he asked if we wanted the leftover steak or did we want the wrangler to have it, being 2 women we just thought no thanks we don’t want steak for breakfast.
Anyway when it was cooked it was lovely like beef bacon!
We envisaged 2 steaks on a plate!

We went to a diner, biscuits and gravy were labelled as that but were scones and soup. Quite disappointing, as I’d often wondered what they were.

In San Francisco last year we did find a traditional Diner that did serve decent food, they do exist, a big improvement on the trash disguised as fast food.

Very hard to find in the U.K.

Well we don't eat biscuits with sauce so you'll never find the right ingredients I doubt. There's no Chicago either so there's no pizzas. And any slow cooker can make pulled pork that's nothing special lol

I lived in US for 2 years. Still miss Sloppy Joes,not same making them here...still miss DQ and my chocolate fudge sundae

Deep fried breadcrumbed green beans. Pecan pancakes. The best tuna I’ve ever tasted, hash brown casserole.

It's a drink rather than food, root beer. McDonalds used to sell it a long time ago. It tastes like fizzy cough linctus - delicious.

Cajun food ,I would love to eat in New Orleans.

I have nothing to add but haven't had Key Lime Pie for ages and I miss it...could really eat a slice right now!

Magenta8 this is pretty good.
Bought at Sainsbury's

I remember being served a sort of semi savory thick biscuit, with my meat dish.
Don’t forget the Americans have marshmallows with their turkey. Each country to their own traditions.

NotSpaghetti

Magenta8 this is pretty good.
Bought at Sainsbury's

Thst's Australian gold, my friend!
There's Bundaberg rum, too, if you want something stronger.

And let's not forget Bundaberg Ginger Beer too - it's beaut !

Yes. My grandson likes the ginger beer in particular. 👍

Re barbecues ( which might have originated in South Africa?): my Floridian friends were firm on the difference between a barbecue and a cook out .
No, I never understood it.

I make pulled pork every Christmas, it’s the easiest thing to make.

Some of the steakhouses have amazing steak, and cheesecake from the cheesecake factory if I’m being unhealthy, but I can get that from Costco anyway.

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Some of the steakhouses have amazing steak, and cheesecake from the cheesecake factory if I’m being unhealthy, but I can get that from Costco anyway.

Steak is very expensive often $40+ tax+tip. If you pay by card the tip options are 15, 20, 25%.
Maybe it’s the value of sterling but it seemed so much more affordable 20 yrs ago.

Here is the scoop on American BBQ. Sorry. It isn't the same as English BBQ.

www.munchery.com/blog/american-bbq-a-history-regional-styles-12-recipes/

Quite different!

Here is the very simple sausage gravy recipe for biscuits and gravy.

I think I saw she had a homemade biscuit recipe linked.

Use butter rather than bacon fat. I also drain off some of the pork fat when making the roux.

The gravy is best, IMO, with black pepper and salt as seasoning. A good pork breakfast sausage has enough seasoning in it.

sugarspunrun.com/sausage-gravy/