22 'Merican Foods The World Just Doesn't Understand

America the beautiful.

Since the rest of the world seems to be a bit confused and misguided about fine American cuisine, we're here to set them straight.

1. Easy Cheese.

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It's fun to squirt. It's convenient. It has that decidedly American fake-cheese flavor. Goes great on a Ritz, a hot dog, or shot directly into your mouth. What's not to love?

2. String cheese.

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Johnny Appleseed walked this great nation planting string cheese seeds from sea to shining sea, and I'll be damned if anyone is going to disgrace his good work. Also, if you bite string cheese like a carrot, you're a monster.

3. American cheese.

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It comes as individual slices because America is all about independence. It's wrapped in plastic AND tastes like delicious plastic. But seriously, nothing melts better than American cheese. A cheeseburger or grilled cheese just isn't the same with anything else.

4. Reddi-Wip.

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It's whipped cream that comes out of can with the most satisfying sound imaginable.

5. Root beer floats.

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You take ice cream, and you put it in soda. I ask you, what could be more American than that?

6. Hot dog.

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No, hot dogs are not sandwiches, but they are delicious.

7. Corndog.

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It's a hot dog blanketed in warm cornbread. And it's on a stick. It's perfect.

8. Yellow mustard.

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Both of the above hot-dog items are made 60000% better by plain-ass American yellow mustard.

9. Chicken and waffles.

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People who think chicken and waffles is weird have obviously never had chicken and waffles. Fried chicken? Incredible. Waffles? Good. Butter and honey and hot sauce? Life changing.

10. Bacon on everything.

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Bacon is America's greatest export, and we'll find a way to insert it into any food.

11. Big Gulps.

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Americans are thirsty AF. We need our giant cups.

12. Ranch dressing.

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Because we needed a fat to dip our veggies in.

13. Deep-fried everything.

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Have a food? Might as well try it fried. It's the American way. And, yes, that is deep-fried butter.

14. Chicken-fried steak.

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It's neither chicken nor steak, but that's okay, because it's fried and covered in gravy.

15. Spam.

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Listen, I know Spam seems disgusting. It's meat in a can. But when it's fried and put on an English muffin with an egg, there's nothing better. Spam just tastes like really salty ham. Cube it up and put it in fried rice and you'll thank America later.

16. Cheesecake.

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Regular cake is just sweet bread. Cheesecake is sweet cheese, with graham cracker crust. Game. Set. Match.

17. Frito pie (aka walking taco).

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Anthony Bourdain pissed people off when he said Frito pie feels like "holding a warm crap in a bag." He was right, but that does nothing to change the fact that Frito pie tastes amazing.

18. Biscuits and gravy.

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If you learn one thing from this post, let it be this: Everything is better with gravy poured all over it.

19. Grits.

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In the South you're actually required to bathe in grits every morning. Fact-check me.

20. Meat loaf.

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Like a hamburger but the size of a loaf of bread. Everybody wins.

21. Tater Tots.

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Potatoes in a crispy, bite-sized form? Perfection. And, fam, have you tried tot-chos, aka, tot nachos? It will change your life.

22. And...fast food in general.

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Look, we know other countries like to criticize our fast-food choices. Do you think we don't know what we're doing to our bodies? We know, and we do it anyway. A chicken nugget is scientifically perfected food. Don't think about it too hard. Just dip it in some BBQ sauce and enjoy the experience.