6 Food Dishes I Only Discovered After Moving to America

That meatloaf looks nothing like the meatloaf I've eaten so far in my lifetime of living in the U.S.

can we talk about the fact a British person called country gravy "quite spicy"?

Please issue an apology for putting that meat product in the video as a (mis)representation of meatloaf. And if that resembles the meatloaf you’ve been given, you were betrayed and YOU are owed an apology.

Lawrence, that is a ham loaf. It’s a processed lunch meat. As others have stated meat loaf is ground beef mixed with spices and binders then shaped into a loaf and baked.

That “meat loaf” in the pic shown is blasphemous! Why did they torture it?

That is not meatloaf. Meatloaf is ground beef breadcrumbs eggs spices....

The term "chicken-fried" means "fried as if it were chicken". In other words, dipped in batter and fried. You can deep-fry, pan-fry or chicken-fry any meat. Basically, chicken-fried steak is weiner schnitzel, but use any meat you want. You can have chicken-fried steak, chicken-fried pork, even chicken-fried chicken.

You don't wrap the tortilla up to make a taco. If you wrap it up, it's a burrito. For a taco, you just fold the tortilla in half.

2:34 I'm not sure what this is but it's not meatloaf.

What was shown as a meatloaf was closer to a terrine. Which, while technically is a loaf of meat, is closer to a French paté than an American meatloaf.

Yes, we put gravy on biscuits, and when it's sausage gravy, it is GLORIOUS.

If you're wondering why corn is an obsession in the USA, you might check out the book, Midwest Maize -- a history of corn and how it pretty much built the nation, but especially the Midwest. In fact, it was so associated with the culture here in North America, the British often made fun of our "yellow bread" -- and there was even an article published in London that the reason the British could tax tea is that we had to have tea to wash down the nasty food made from corn. (Benjamin Franklin sent an emphatic reply about the delights of corn-based foods.) Corn is a major part of the history of the nation.

For those who don't know, it's called chicken fried because it is breaded and fried like chicken.

Someone show this man a picture of actual meatloaf.

New England clam chowder is probably one of the coziest meals you can eat on a cold winter's evening, feet up by the fire, sitting on a wing chair, and a nice wool blanket on your lap. No music, no TV, no phone, just the crackling of the fire and a hot bowl of soup. Absolute heaven!

Chicken Fried Steak comes out of the Texas German community, and is descended from Weiner Shnitzel. It is made from plain cuts of beef rather than veal, and is beaten to death with a tenderizing hammer for about half an hour, then flipped over and beaten on the other side for another half hour until (as my late Dad said) you could read a newspaper through it. The "chicken fried" moniker is from the dipping in flour and frying as you would do fried chicken.

Not sure where you got that meatloaf pic. That looked like spam, not meatloaf.

If the picture represents what you’ve eaten thinking it’s meatloaf, then you haven’t really had meatloaf. What you showed was a type of lunch meat like pickle loaf or olive loaf. Find yourself a truck stop and get some real meatloaf: ground beef, onions, ketchup, Worcestershire, peppers, eggs, bread. Should look like a loaf the color of a hamburger. Or watch “A Christmas Story”. Real meatloaf is a staple comfort food.

I am friends with a married couple , one is from Porta Rico - one is from Appalachia . The one from Porta Rico had a culture shock , when she discovered " bacon grease " on leftover green beans in the refrigerator . Bacon grease is used in a number of southern dishes . 😂

That... That was not a meatloaf...