>>211723187It feels great to conquer the world, not merely by military force but simply by sitting at the top of the economic foodchain. We may no longer be the manufacturing power of the world, but we are top dog when it comes to marketing our products. And when people aren't boycotting our goods, they're signing free trade contracts for more cheap goods or slop. Jack Daniels is considered a luxury item thanks to marketing, but its the equivalent of a Coors Light Budweiser here, cheap American whiskey thats expensive in other countries because its THE AMERICAN brand.
And yes we have food culture but France and Europe dont have the time or interest in writing a Michelin Guide or history books that explain how differing ethnic Apple Pie varieties coalesced to form the default latticed American Apple Pie or how flour shortages led to the creation of the Po Boy sandwich, which dough held a higher ratio of water to flour.