Egyptian food? What is the difference between Egyptian food and the U.S.'s?

Question

ok so i am doing a erport and dont understand this part so i want to see what the people no about this. It said they wanted me to compare egypts food to the food of the u.s.? So please lets compare.

Answer 1

Egyptian Cuisine:

Egyptian cuisine consists of local culinary traditions such as Ful Medames, Kushari and Molokhia, while sharing similarities with food found throughout the eastern Mediterranean like kebab and falafel.

Most Egyptians perhaps consider Ful Medames, or mashed fava beans, to be the national dish. Ful is also used in making Ta'miyya or Falafel (Arabic: طعمية – فلافل). Bread accompanies most Egyptian meals; local bread is called Eish Masri or Eish Baladi (Egyptian Arabic: عيش), a word which also means life.

Ancient Egyptians are known to have used a lot of garlic and onion in their everyday dishes. Fresh mashed garlic with other herbs is used in spicy tomato salad and is also stuffed in boiled or baked aubergines (eggplant). Garlic fried with coriander is added to Mulukhiyya (Arabic: ملوخية), a popular green soup made from finely chopped leaves. Fried onions are added to Kushari (Arabic: كشري), a dish consisting of brown lentils, macaroni, rice, chickpeas and a spicy tomato sauce.

Other popular dishes include Kebab and Kofta (Arabic: كباب وكفتة), usually of lamb meat, chops & minced meat on skewers grilled on charcoal. Egyptians are famous for stuffing spicy rice in vegetables like green pepper, aubergines, courgettes and tomatoes to make Mahshi (Arabic: محشي). Mahshi is generally rolled in grapevine leaves, Mahshi Warraq Enab (Arabic: محشي ورق عنب), or in cabbage leaves, Mahshi Koronb (Arabic: محشي كرنب).

Shawerma (Arabic: شاورمة) is a popular sandwich of shreded meat or chicken, usually rolled in pita bread with Tahina sauce.

Dukkah is a dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices and flavors.

Although Ramadan is a month of fasting in Egypt, it is usually when Egyptians pay a lot of attention to food in variety and richness, since the whole family would gather on the breakfast table just after sunset. There are several special desserts almost exclusive to Ramadan such as Konafa and Atayef (Arabic: كنافة وقطايف). In this month, many Egyptians will make a special table for the poor or passers-by, usually in a tent in the street, called Ma'edat Al Rahman (Arabic: مائدة الرحمن) which translates literally as Table of (God) the Gracious (Merciful).

Christians of Egypt, mainly Copts, observe fasting periods according to the Liturgical Calendar that practically extend to more than two-thirds of the year. The diet is mainly vegan. During this fasting, Copts will usually eat vegetables fried in oil as they avoid meat, chicken, dairy products including butter.

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USA Cuisine

The cuisine of the United States is a style of cooking derived from the United States. The cuisine has a history dating back before the colonial period when the Native Americans had a rich and diverse cooking style for an equally diverse amount of ingredients. With European colonization, the style of cookery changed vastly, with numerous ingredients introduced from Europe, as well as cooking styles and modern cookbooks. The style of cookery continued to expand into the 19th and 20th centuries with the influx of immigrants from various nations across the world. This influx has created a rich diversity in the country that has also created a unique regional character throughout the country. In addition to cookery, cheese and wine play an important role in the cuisine.

The cuisine of the United States of America (USA) is characterized by diversity and regional delicacies. Each region of the country has been affected by several cultures as well as evolved on its own. Some people say that there are so many influences that the term “American cuisine” is inappropriate, but it has become a beast all its own at this point in history.

The main factors that determine the variations of American cuisine are climate, ingredient availability, immigrants and neighboring countries. Weather conditions affected the styles of cooking all over the world and the United States isn't an exception. Some plants can be grown only in certain areas; some animals need specific conditions for living and so on. The settlers and immigrants brought cooking concepts from their home countries and adapted them to the local environment. The best example would be Mexico, which affected the recipes of the Southwestern states. Many dishes have very old roots but are vastly different from the original much as the roots of a flower do not resemble the blossom, but one is inherently related to the other.

Answer 2

Basic differences are ingredients used and preperation methods.

Answer 3

Egyptian food is prepared from scratch and with a lot of fresh ingredients. American food is fast food and even when cooked from scratch, does not have all the ingredients fresh (canned, dry, boxed etc)

Answer 4

Egyptian food as other Middle Easter cuisines might be more healthy and use a diversity of food groups, fresh vegetables , meat, fish, chicken, duck, rabbit...grains...olive oil , herbs...etc. Also mostly is locally grown , you cook seasonal vegies...so you dont eat water mellon when its freezing -27 outside.

US food, is mainly plain, a couple of dishes mostly from meat and potatoes , and some dishes taken from European first immigrants .