Why is European food bland?

[Rocky...]

American food is loaded with fat and salt because they eat garbage day in and day out. As soon as you feed them something that humans can eat they get pissy and demand one of their watery beers.

[dirkdigler]

In America even in smaller towns you can find mostly any cuisine like Chinese,Mexican,Japanese, italian, etc.... So we are used to tasting various foods. Europeans don't usually have an expanded taste pallet cause they eat the same thing every day. So anything new is weird to them. You find them drinking their tinny coffee and smoking their 10 packs of cigarettes a day.

[D-MiZe]

It's because Yanks don't know what real food tastes like so when they eat natural, organic meals - it doesn't compute. Where as back at home, the sugar content is so high that they crave it in all meals.

This obviously isn't just a Yank thing, many 1st world countries have too much sugar in most of their foods. But older countries who have national dishes tend to resort to natural ingredients, the national dish of Yankland is a burger.

[paulf]

Haven't experienced that. I've been to Germany, France, and the Czech Republic and found the food really flavorful.

Definitely more "natural" tasting, but nonetheless really good.

[Banderivets]

huh?

One thing that it isn't is bland.

Too many countries too many cuisines for any of it to be bland.

[Welsh Jon]

In America even in smaller towns you can find mostly any cuisine like Chinese,Mexican,Japanese, italian, etc.... So we are used to tasting various foods. Europeans don't usually have an expanded taste pallet cause they eat the same thing every day. So anything new is weird to them. You find them drinking their tinny coffee and smoking their 10 packs of cigarettes a day.

Yeah I'm so sick of eating lamb every day. I tried beef once but my pallet wasn't sophisticated enough.

[-jose-]

I live 15 minutes away from NYC, I live in North Jersey and I can get any type of food I want and it will be awesome.

Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Greek. You name it.

Oh and McDonalds

co-signed .

[-jose-]

Europeans need to be introduced to this container of magic

[Aztekkas]

Europeans need to be introduced to this container of magic

Best kept secret… there are things the World shouldn't learn about, that's one of them.

[racer59]

I live in California as well and have traveled extensively throughout Europe. If your using Italy as a baseline for some awesome food, then that's where you are going wrong. They have great food, don't get me wrong, but the food can be different depending on what city you are in. For example, in Rome you really need to get out of Central (ancient) Rome in order to find some great food. Maybe you're just stuck in tourist traps. Eating in or around Piazza Navona isnt the way to go.

But more importantly, maybe you should try France and better yet Spain for some of the very best food you'll find anywhere in the world. You'll have to try really hard to get a bad meal in Barcelona. In my opinion, best food city in the world. Beats Paris, NYC, San Francisco / Napa hands down.