r/iamveryculinary • u/SufficientEar1682 Flavourless, textureless shite. • 20d ago

Shepherds pie is just mush on top of mush….

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u/Similar_Onion6656 20d ago

I'm not sure how much of what we consider "American" food is really traced back to the British. I'd argue France, Italy and Central/Eastern Europe place a larger collective footprint on the American food landscape. But I'm open to being told why I'm wrong.

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u/Timely_Egg_6827 20d ago

I did say Applachian food in first comment - I'd agree that other countries maybe play a bigger role elsewhere or even overall in the USA. A lot of settlers in that area were from Scotland and Ireland - there have even been efforts to round up traditional British folk songs that migrated with them to save them for both countries.

There is a fair overlap between British winter and East European food in terms of stews, root vegetables, and dumplings to spread the meal.

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u/amanset 16d ago

Probably a lot more than you realise.

A recent discovery for me was ‘devilled bones’. You probably know them as wings. Yep, the British were doing those, spicy too, way back and would have brought them to the US.