# What meal would you make for a foreign visitor?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 9, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meal-would-you-make-for-a-foreign-visitor/1034740 "2026-11-09T18:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meal-would-you-make-for-a-foreign-visitor/1034740/61 "2026-11-12T06:50:07Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Have you seen _[Haute Cuisine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute_Cuisine_(film))_?

Found it on YouTube, albeit with ads. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meal-would-you-make-for-a-foreign-visitor/1034740/62 "2026-11-12T20:52:40Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I’m surprised that no one has mentioned biscuits & gravy.

You must have been reading my mind when you wrote this post, since it’s almost exactly what I was going to say. One of the best meals I’ve ever had was a heaping platter of hot biscuits and sausage gravy at a Wisconsin road stop deep in the winter of 1985. I loaded the biscuits with butter too, for maximum caloric intake. The dish was served with a bottomless cup of black coffee, and it came to $1.50, which was about all I had on me that day. A side of cheezy grits would have been the perfect accompaniment, but it wasn’t to be. 😔

I know from personal experience that Brits are also babes in the woods when it comes to PB&J sandwiches, so I think it would be fun to offer them a real treat from Elvis’s cookbook, like the one for which he flew from Memphis to Las Vegas one night.

As a gag, I might also offer them the American version of a Cheese and Pickle sandwich: a slice of Velveeta and a dill pickle between two pieces of Wonder bread, 🤢

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