Why are white American food so....?!


Question: Why are so many white American foods basically a disguise of mayonnaise or other cream products? For example:
? Crab dip -- its mostly mayonnaise with a bit of fake crab meat
? Spinach dip -- it's mostly sour cream disguised with spinach
? Deviled eggs -- again, mostly mayonnaise with the yolk disguising it


Answers: Why are so many white American foods basically a disguise of mayonnaise or other cream products? For example:
? Crab dip -- its mostly mayonnaise with a bit of fake crab meat
? Spinach dip -- it's mostly sour cream disguised with spinach
? Deviled eggs -- again, mostly mayonnaise with the yolk disguising it

I think i might understand the question. Why do so many recipies have dairy products in it? Why are so many recipies "bland"?
I used to date a vegan from India so i got asked this question before.
1st - everything is culturally relevant. If you are not used to eating food with a lot of spices - you don't really miss it (honestly - food w/ lots of spices make you feel like your stomach's on fire if you're not used to them).
2nd - Historically, a lot of the cultural groups whose recipies i'm assuming you are referring to lived on a farm - with diary cows and chickens. Cream, eggs, milk, butter were readily available and needed to be used. Vegetables, fruit, etc. were more expensive and scarce except for a small time of the year. For goodness sake last time I looked at the price of fresh pineapple in the store it was $5.00 for 1!!!! So instead of eating stir fry they ate knephla soup - which taste good btw.

edit: I live in the middle of nowhere......... and i know pineapple is off season. but when there is 3' of snow on the ground and it's -20 below, everything is out of season.... and the price of shipping - wow.

I don't think deviled eggs are just white american foods :) However, we like yummy stuff with yummy mayo and yummy cheese products!

I don't even understand the question. What is "white American food?" Crab dip might be white but spinach dip might be described more as green even though it has white in it. What exactly are you asking?

Mayonnaise is delicious, and it makes terrific dips & such.
What ELSE would you use?
And don't say cream cheese or sour cream, because we us plenty of those, too.

And I don't know who makes the dips YOU'VE been eating, but MY crab dip is warm, and there is a lot of REAL crab in it. You must hang out with some lousy cooks.

please phrase the question so we can understand what it is your needing an answer to.

you named three foods out of thousands. Mayo is good but it is not in every food recipe! If you dont like it dont eat it!

You can find examples of foods in every culture thats a disguise of other products.

the things you are talking about are "dips" the base of most "dips" would be mayo, sour cream, miracle whip, whatever- do you want to put peices of spinach in tomatoe sauce? Just for the record there are plenty of dips and foods that are not "white" duh....

mayonnaise is very popular

LACK OF INOVATION? OR FASCINATION WITH CREAMY WHITE STUFF? OR HIDDEN SIGNS OF SELF ABSORPTION? LOL....I REALLY DON'T GET THIS QUESTION!

So, spinach dip is 'disguised' with spinach? What else are you supposed to disguise SPINACH dip with, mango?

What are your dips made of, magic?

If you don't like american food don't fricking eat it DUH.

well go home>>!!!
You are just ONE we are ??? 6.5 billion - - OK maybe 4 billion..
And so what,,, you have focused on what,,, a few salads and some deserts
Yes go away...

Where are u from??? Mayonnaise and cream are delish! It wouldnt be american food with out it! Who puts mayonnaise in deviled eggs??? Dont dis the american food!!!

Not all Americans use mayo in their food. I don't. In fact, I like tomato salsa better than any other dip. If you don't like the "white" american foods, don't eat them. I know plenty of other cultures that make delicious foods. I think your bias is based on mayo and sour cream being the mainstays of our diet. Many 'white' americans maintain very healthy diets, and to lump us all togther is pretty racist as I am sure that any other nationality would tell you if you were lumping everyone together and judging them all by one or two recipe ingredients.





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