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American fast food is international. McDonalds, for example, have over 31.000 restaurants in more than 121 countries.
But is American fast food really American?
Coca Cola takes its name from the coca leaf from South America. But the secret recipe doesn't contain coca extract any more. Peru has its own version of the popular American drink: it's called Inka Cola!
Milkshakes and ice-cream flavors such as chocolate, vanilla and banana come from Latin America. The English word "chocolate" comes from a Mexican Indian word xocolatl. Vanilla comes from Spanish voinilla.
The names "hamburger and "Frankforter" come from the names of German cities, Hamburg and Frankfort. Sauerkraut, also German, accompanies a typical American hot dog.
French fries are fried potatoes. Potatoes come from South America. Potato in English comes from "patata" in Spanish.
Mayonnaise comes originally from Mahon in Menorca.
Piaza is Italian.
The words "cookie" and "waffle" come from Dutch.
Mexican American Or TexMex fast food is very popular in the U.S. It includes typical Mexican food such as tacos and enchiladas.
Interactive Exercises
Let's see what we know about international food.
Write down the names of the countries or of the people who live there, or the adjectives or languages. (It depends on the sentences.)
Be careful! Names are always Capitalized!.
0 You can find BAKED BEANS in many supermarkets here in Germany D.
1 But they are even more popular in . cowboys like them very much, too.
2 CHILI CON CARNE is a famous dish. Ever tried it?
3 Lots of people eat MUESLI because it's good for them. It was first made in .
4 PIZZA is known world-wide. But of course it comes from . And what about SPAGHETTI? The eat lots of it, but in fact they didn't make it first.
5 The famous , Marco Polo, brought this food home from hundreds of years ago.
6 Do you know SMØRREBRØD? You can eat it in or in .
7 Cookies and waffles are Dutch words; they were brought from Dutch immigrants from the .
8 With IRISH STEW it's easy. The name tells us that it comes from .
9 KHEBAB is a famous dish. You should try it. people like FISH very much. But the greatest fish-eaters are the .
Fries
One of the most famous vegetable is potato which originally came from South America. The call fried pieces of them just CHIPS, whereas call them fries. During the last Iraq war American patriots were angry about the French politicians and wanted to rename them as Freedom Fries but the name didn’t stuck because on one hand the Statue of Liberty itself is a present from . On the other hand it’s really funny because fries actually don’t come from but from .
