I think my husband would divorce me if I stopped by American ways of cooking. whether it be Mexican from Texas or the Big Ol BBQ Brisket with proper Rudy's BBQ sauce. Oh and pumpkin pie!
The kids? Oh man if they didn't get Willy wonka candy bar for holidays (they didnt even know it was a real type of candy till me) they would be so upset.
I don't give up all my comforts of the US but I do integrate where ever I go and that means rolling with the punches. Creating new foods from old and new products.
I know CB created a queso from ingredients here and she is British and the recipe was fabulous!
So no, I am not giving anything completely up or I feel I would never be true to who I am. I am not on vacation - I am living.
Yeah, so I'm British, and not even THAT British, I'm half asian, half Irish and I miss foods from America, I also miss foods from Indonesia and I even miss something from Japan (Melon Fanta, how I love thee). Part of living my life and travelling as much as possible has meant that I've experienced a lot of food on different continents, and I have really strong associated memories with those foods, for instance, white rice balled up really reminds me of my childhood, so if I'm feeling really far away from my mother I make dinner of the following - a really thin scallion omlette and balls of rice, my boy had adjusted to life here REALLY well, in fact he's the one dragging his heels as I push to move over, but I do end up cooking a lot of tex mex, I also do ribs, brisket, I even made home made corned beef. If things taste good, then they taste good regardless of where you are.
I think that maybe LW is judging others by her own standards, not everyone has the same junk food baggage that you might have. For my DB who is normal weight, a butterfinger is just a treat, it reminds him of home, it tastes good. It doesn't represent a 100lb weight gain or loss, it's not tied into an unhealthy lifestyle that he's fought hard to get past.
For him, sometimes a candy bar is just a candy bar. I don't really like this food elitism, at all. It smacks of condescention. There's nothing wrong with having boxed mac and cheese or marshmallow fluff as part of your diet if you want to and it's not detrimental to your health. It also doesn't mean you can't appreciate finer cuisine and dining.
There is good food in the UK, and shed loads of awful food, just like in every country in the world, and yes if I moved to America there would be a lot I would miss, Sofa Farls, Black/white pudding, proper cadburys chocolate..all teh things I take for granted right now.
