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0x457yesterday at 8:12 PM1 replyview on HN

Pretty much, but not exactly. There is also a cooking technique (so American will be deep-fried).

Most national dishes are nothing more than adaptation of dishes from another country. Sometimes tweaks to ingredients, sometimes tweaks to techniques.


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ChrisMarshallNYyesterday at 8:28 PM

A popular carnival dish in the American South, is deep-fried Twinkies.

A popular incendiary device in the US, is a turkey fryer; traditionally ignited in November.