"Simone Kerby" > wrote in message news:<4046C770.6723.1DCF0FD@localhost>...
> AMERICAN FOOD vs EUROPEAN FOOD
>
> In general, which offers a more healthy diet?
>
> Americans tend toward fast foods, either take-out
> or home cooking that does not take too much time
> to prepare.
>
> In Europe, people still spend hours over a hot stove.
> People still stop at the market on the way home from
> work instead of weekly or monthly shopping as in
> North America.
>
> What are your favorite American dishes?
>
> What are your favorite European dishes?
>
> What are your thoughts on the difference in these 2
> styles of cuisine?

I think you are making sweeping generalizations. It's true that
Americans eat way too much fast food, many Americans don't really
cook, and our lifestyle isn't all that healthy. However, plenty of
Americans still purchase fresh ingredients (maybe not on a daily
basis, but more than once a week or month) and make good food at home.

Also, Europe has its own fast-food/convenience food traditions.
Americans didn't invent fish and chips or pizza, the British and the
Italians did. We may have put the hot dog in the bun and turned it
into fast food, but frankfurters come from Germany, and they're no
healthier over there than they are over here. And French fries may
not be French, but they are Belgian.