America's food culture

Many associate the United States with fast food. But in fact the U.S. is divided into 13 different areas where each has his kind of food.

The areas are:

California: California is the kitchen in the United States along with New York City that has the most varied cuisine. They tend to pull inspiration from many different countries. It started out as a mixture between Spanish and Indian cuisine. But later it went more into the European and Chinese cuisine.

Since then, the Californian cuisine also got inspiration from the vitenamesiske, Japanese and koreaske food culture.

Pacific religion (Alaska, Oregon and Washington): Agricultural thrive here. For example: berries, fruit, seafood and fish. These ingredients also play important roles in their own courts. Midnight Sun in Alaska makes it possible to grow giant vegetables here.

Mountain Religion (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Nevada): This area is known for eating much sauce, meat and potatoes. This area is probably the most similar to the Danish kitchen. It was originally shepherds who lived has so why sheep and lambs a major influence in their food.

Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico): This area is very fond of spicy food and draws inspiration from the Indian and Mexican cuisine.

Prairie (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota): This area has many immigrants from Russia, Ukraine and Norway. The area is also known as the "nation's breadbasket" because of the large amount of wheat produced. The dishes are being made ​​here is usually simple.

Texas: Texas is where you say cowboys come from. It is a blend of Mexican cuisine also called tex-mex, and slave’s food it is called "soul food".

 Midwest or the heartland (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio): This area is primarily where settlers from Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and England came to. They came to be farmers and it has left its mark on the food. Their food consists mainly of recipes with lots of cheese, ham, sausage and beer.

The South (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and Washington DC): Sun's food is a mix between Indian food, Europeans food and slave food. This means that many of southern cuisine are described as "soul food".

Louisiana: Louisiana is the place in the United States has the most unique cuisine. The food is a mix of French, Italian, Spanish, German, African, West Indian and Indian cuisine. Louisiana is known for its "Cajun food".

Atlantic Religion (New York, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Long Island): This area resident received many Dutchmen, Germans, English, Swedes and Frenchmen. It has had a major influence in the food. The country that has had the greatest influence is however, Netherlands.

New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut): The inspiration for the food came originally from England, but also had some inspiration from the Indian kitchen. Later immigrants, especially from Portugal, Ireland and Italy gave the food a little amount of spice

Hawaii: Hawaii's food is a mixture of Polynesian cuisine and the different kinds of food you get on the mainland. They eat a lot of seafood, but also some traditional farmer dishes on the menu.