On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 2:24:25 PM UTC-4, Robert wrote:
> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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> >"Robert" > wrote in message
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> >> "Gary" wrote in message ...
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> >>>I will. As my subject line defines...I would say that the Hamburger
> >>>is the most traditional food of the USA. There are so many foods
> >>>but I think that's the most common.
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> >> With every one stretching their money. That hamburger has been stuffed
> >> with bread crumb to make meatloaf the most common.
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> >> Robert
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> >Where?
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> Where what? The question was what is the traditional American food. Every
> Sunday my mom served meatloaf mashed potatoes and a vegetable (either peas
> and carrots, green beans, spinach, or corn). So I said it was meatloaf.

Meatloaf was rarely served in our house. Every Sunday we had pot roast.
Your anecdotal data are no better than mine.

Perhaps Gary meant "quintessential American food", in which case I'd
have to go with the hamburger. There's no "The" traditional American
food. There are lots of them.

Cindy Hamilton