# How does American food manifest in other countries? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-american-food-manifest-in-other-countries/729397 "2015-08-30T15:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 86
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-american-food-manifest-in-other-countries/729397/86 "2015-09-06T03:35:29Z")
> [@Elemenopy](#): > > Heh. Not what I would look for in Istanbul, but a fun story, nonetheless. > > By the way, beef bacon is amazing and I actually prefer it to the piggy variety. Not the easiest to find, however. > [@Chronos](#): > > Eh, during Ramadan, a lot of folks eat big breakfasts (before the sun comes up) to tide them over until sunset. I don’t know if pancakes or something like them are a traditional breakfast food in Istanbul, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some folks have adopted them. And bacon would be no problem at all, if it’s from a clean animal. > > Plus, of course, the places catering to non-Muslims (or nonobservant ones). No, she reported finding authentic, American-style, dead-pig bacon. I’ve eaten beef bacon - bought some by mistake when we planned BLTs for dinner - and it was…meh. Not bad, really, but not _bacon_. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Continuing a tangent, when our German relatives came over in the 1980s they were surprised to find no horses in the neighborhood. On the other hand, we were able to take them to see Southfork Ranch, so it wasn’t a complete failure. When my sister spent a semester of high school as an exchange student in the UK, her classmates were surprised to find out that she lived in a house with indoor plumbing and running water. This was in the early '90s. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-american-food-manifest-in-other-countries/729397)._