Oh, sure. I guess what I should have said is that what we usually think of as a doughnut (the texture and the hole in the middle) originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch. Or so I’ve read. I’m not speaking from personal experience.

When I was in New Orleans in January, I had a New Orleans beignet and a French-style beignet (that’s what the lady who made it said it was anyway). They were really quite different—I was a bit surprised, though I’m not sure why.

I’d say a lot of southern food in America is “American”.

Plus, you gotta give us root beer floats! We invented root beer and harnessed electricity!

Also, I agree with Kathleen.

(And also, I was going to mention that if you think hotdog eating is uniquely American, I need to show you Japan.)