What food is your country famous for ?
By Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (11488)
United Kingdom
February 18, 2026 4:27pm CST
So, you all know that I love eating and cooking ….it got me thinking about foods from around the world and I was wondering…..
What food is your country famous for ?
Here in the UK we are famous for …..
Fish and chips
Cheddar cheese ….made in Cheddar in Somerset
Pork pie ….made in Melton Mowbray…..Leicester
Locally to the Midlands we are known for
Orange battered chips
F*ggots.
Curry is hugely popular too.
What food or meal is your country famous for ?
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@toniganzon (77288)
• Philippines
18 Feb
Adobo. There's even a film made entitled American Adobo. It was about Filipinos living in America and of course preparing adobo.
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@toniganzon (77288)
• Philippines
18 Feb
@Traceyjayne Can't really describe it coz I don't cook. But heres' a link of a recipe with a photo. this might explain it better.
https://www.knorr.com/ph/tips-and-tricks/adobo-recipes.html?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=11374000521&gbraid=0AAAAADltN047OVboGsF5WUzwXs_Ns4Vql&gclid=Cj0KCQiA49XMBhDRARIsAOOKJHbwXS0iUbJnycAxCsVST2rUNBr3Tz6N_zEjHDC749hihGValbwclfcaAuyfEALw_wcB
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
@toniganzon thank you for the info ….id never heard of it ….
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
I don’t know what that is ….can you tell me more about it ?
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@DaddyEvil (174696)
• United States
18 Feb
I don't think the US is famous for any foods. We've borrowed all of our cuisine from other countries and then modified it to fit our own tastes.
Unless, of course, you consider "fat back", "sow belly" or "squirrel and dumplings" American "foods"? 
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
Never heard of them …..
I think of burgers, fries, meatloaf, and pot roast when I think of America
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@DaddyEvil (174696)
• United States
18 Feb
@Traceyjayne But aren't those all common foods in other countries, too?
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
@DaddyEvil not meat loaf …..im guessing pot roast is just meat roasted in a pot.
Although they may be in other countries we associate them with America
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@AmbiePam (121092)
• United States
18 Feb
I guess we made American cheese, which technically is only a cheese product, and not real cheese. Most people from other countries ask if I eat a lot of fried chicken. Apparently, our fried chicken in the United States is famous? Maybe deep dish Chicago style pizza…
I’d really like to think someone invented American cheese and just called it American to be spiteful. I don’t want to think we came up with it.
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@AmbiePam (121092)
• United States
18 Feb
@Traceyjayne There is nothing like homemade fried chicken. That’s something every American household knows how to make young. It with fried potatoes is my favorite.
By chance, do you have Church’s Chicken over there?
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
@AmbiePam no we don’t have Church’s chicken
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
Oh yes, KFC ….id forgotten about that.
I’ve heard of and seen being used the cheese than is not cheese !
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@LadyDuck (502738)
• Italy
19 Feb
@Traceyjayne - I know and we in the north of Italy do not appreciate pizza so much and we like more ravioli and fettuccine than spaghetti.
@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb
Yes, i would agree with that. That’s what most folk associate with your country.
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
Ah yes, deep fried mars bars …never tried it.
Haggis ….i like some but others are shocking.
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
18 Feb
@Ineeddentures ha ha yes, that’s what I heard !
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@Ineeddentures (35267)
•
18 Feb
@Traceyjayne
There is only one proper Haggis
But they only catch the buggers in October so the rest of the year it's fake
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@snowy22315 (209132)
• United States
19 Feb
I would say barbecue, as far as I know it originated in the US. It is mostly famous in the South and the Midwest, but different areas have different sauces. Also, chicken wings originated in the US in Buffalo New YorK. There are different states who have their own regional specialities.
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@RasmaSandra (98106)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Feb
in the US all 50 states have their own popular dishes. Some of the food Florida is known for is Key Lime Pie and Cuban sandwiches,
@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb
Key lime pie yes …never heard of Cuban sandwiches ….
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@Deepizzaguy (122305)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Feb
I think that rice is what Panama is famous for next to bananas.
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@sathviksouvik (23263)
•
20 Feb
in my state bengal the famous dish is sorshe ilish. It is a hilsa fish curry cooked with mustard paste and eaten with rice
@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
19 Feb
@Traceyjayne Yes but it is also common dish in Germany. Hungary was also occupied by the Germans before.
@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
19 Feb
I think in the US every state is famous for different food. In Texas it's Chili, our official state dish or steak.
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@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb
Yes, while states, areas etc have popular goods that are well known…….im thinking more of the country as a whole. So something that ‘ belongs ‘ to America …..but which is well known for such in other countries ….more of which foods are so well known the rest of the world associate them with your country.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
19 Feb
@Traceyj Fried chicken, hamburgers, apple pie, to name a few.
@Traceyjayne (11488)
• United Kingdom
19 Feb
@misunderstood_zombie yes, I think worldwide people associate those foods with your country.
@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
19 Feb
Burgers, pizza, BBQ, apple pie...we've borrowed a lot of favorites from other countries.
