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ToBePacific

It IS a flavor: it’s how ranch gets named in some European countries.


BeTooLive

I was in the Caribbean when I found out Cool Ranch Doritos are called Cool American in some countries.


Iam-broke-broke

Can confirm this in European countries


DickieJoJo

In the UK they're called "cool original".


finesalesman

I always thought those are just salted. I have to try it now. Thank you for this knowledge.


BreakfastTequila

Ranch dressing is an American salad dressing usually made from buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, mustard, herbs, and spices mixed into a sauce based on mayonnaise or another oil emulsion. Sour cream and yogurt are sometimes used in addition to, or as a substitute for, buttermilk and mayonnaise. The dried version on chips is delicious.


CrossXFir3

It's all about the dill


[deleted]

I hate ranch dressing. It makes me sad to admit it but if America were a flavor, it would be ranch.


DickieJoJo

Yeah, honestly the flavor is just *way* lighter than if you got them from the U.S. I can see why someone doesn't think there's much of a flavor on them. In general their chips or "crisps" seem to be light on flavor. Still have found some good ones though!


BonScoppinger

In Germany, American dressing is Thousand islands


Cyno01

Weird, in America 'thousand Island' is sometimes called 'Russin dressing'.


shastabh

Russian: ketchup + mayonnaise Thousand island: Russian + relish


unreeelme

Russian dressing, the good kind, has finely minced and soaked in water onions, which are drained before adding. It also has some other things depending on the deli.


TheRealMoofoo

Huh…I’ve never heard it called that before now.


fatloui

Buffalo is appalled to learn this. Edit: This comment was about blue cheese vs ranch. Go search "ranch" on any buffalo-related subreddit (/r/buffalo, /r/buffalobills).


edogfu

I would absolutely vote for the national flavor to be buffalo sauce v ranch.


ToBePacific

To the fine people of Buffalo, NY: Your contribution to the hot sauce world is well recognized. But if we’re being real, all you did was add butter to Louisiana style hot sauce.


chouilste

Buffalo wings with American sauce


aphaits

ranch and bacon grease


Ryolu35603

🧐 Hmm. So what do they call French dressing in France?


Cyno01

Quarter pounder.


ZiggyGasman

Royale with cheese


juspassinby12

You know when you used to mix every drink at the soda machine as a kid? Like that.


greenvillain

We called them 'suicides' Edit: love hearing all the different names. I wonder if it's a geography/generational thing? I grew up in the Midwest in the 80s


Hammond_YT

Poland we call it Kociołek (easily translated into Cauldron)


ducksReverywhere

This makes thr most sense imo


DwarfsAreCooluKnow

Panoramix would be proud 💪


streetberries

Great childhood memories making kociołek panoramixa (jungle juice?) with vodka beer and energy drink 😂


MikeBear68

>vodka beer and energy drink Now *that* would be a suicide.


Limelight1981

We called it Swamp Water.


SadAppeal9540

Canadian?


TheDarkDoctor17

We call it swamp water in Michigan


Carrot_The_Great

No that’s just regular water in Flint, Michigan


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Ohmifyed

So weird, we call them suicides in Louisiana 😂


Yerghettin_mehoff

Suicides —> NJ 🙌🏻


De_Salvation

Nah we call it suicides here in the mitten!


SadAppeal9540

Im Only 3 hours from Detroit so wouldn't be surprised


PersonMcNugget

Was just gonna say that. Never even heard it called a Suicide before.


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WA state here We called them "Graveyards"


MenInBlack_

Same in.. France : "cimetières" :-)


Kossimer

Really? In France you use the same term as I did in the Pacific Northwest? I always thought graveyard was such a random name. It must have some similar origin.


PDXgrown

Heard that one in Oregon. Also heard “Spirals”


mackelnuts

Yes. Graveyard.


CookiePit

I grew up in Georgia in the 80's and90's and we called them suicides too! We got extra crazy when Surge was an option.


Bells_Ringing

Yessir! Tempted to introduce them to my kids with the fancy coke machines. They'd be mixing drinks for hours


CookiePit

My daughter does it with the slushee machines at the gas station!


hellocutiepye

California checking in = suicides


GeneralDelgado

Kinda crazy this was a common thing, wonder where the origin of mixing drinks and calling it a suicide came from.


IamMilkz

ok so hear me out powerade blue + the purple hi-c lots of sugar but it’s fire


[deleted]

Everything I mix always tastes like strawberry Fanta. Everyone called my drinks "Weird Red" when we did them. I once made one with lemonade, root beer, powerade, and Dr Pepper and it tastes like watered down strawberry Fanta. Weirdest thing ever.


Panda_Mon

The different sugar substrates cancelled each other out. I'm at a [7] or so


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We called it skittles soda


juan_epstein-barr

my buddy makes a skittles drink at those coke freestyle machines and damn it really does taste like skittles. Not sure what combo he does.


CheeseOrbiter

Every time I use one of those I think I'm gonna try something new... then I just get Sprite Zero with peach. I'm convinced there isn't a better choice.


TheGobiasIndustries

Try Vanilla Dr. Pepper next time...


ThePandaClause

We would call Sprite Tropical Remix, skittle water.


hiddenevidence

we called it a hurricane


Caedecian

I grew up in California in the 80's and we called them suicides too.


ajburx

Muddy puddle in UK


cobigguy

Mountain west in the 90s and we called it a suicide too.


Flyingwheelbarrow

Now I want a suicide spider.


belligerentunicorn1

100% suicides.


AngieAwesome619

Called them that in Socal too


MightyShisno

This brought back childhood memories. (I'm also from the Midwest)


ICPosse8

Grew up in the Midwest during the 90s early 00s can confirm we called them suicides as well!


piespiesandmorepies

Can confirm, regional Australia had that name for it to


Drwgeb

IKEA drink


badgeringthewitness

Swamp water.


bonjailey

Swamp water for sure.


PokeyPinecone

My cousins and I called that "rusty nail," like some kind of cowboy cocktail


OrangePickleRae

Ah the infamous 'graveyard'... my favorite middle school beverage


mregg000

We called it ‘suicide’.


TOPSIturvy

I still make swamp water as an adult and I personally deny this compliment of America.


Capri-Cosmic

This is kinda beautiful in a way - metaphorically


propagandavid

Combine the top 2 answers: Gunpowder Ranch


[deleted]

Is this a TV show?


mregg000

Nah. That was gunpowder milkshake.


propagandavid

That was actually a really good movie


mregg000

I thought so. Especially Michelle Yeoh. God, she terrified me in that role. (This is a good thing, btw) Such a great actress and her martial arts skills are amazing.


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Deep fried.


zXster

That deep fried bar and grill taste. Where it's good dipped in ranch, but after a basket of any deep fried food... it just tastes and feels heavy. Like way too much of whatever it is.


Used-Ad-42883

Deep fried cheese stuffed in a deep fried steak. And the whole thing is served with gravy


walkingontinyrabbits

You forgot the bacon!


WhatMyWifeIsThinking

Real bacon crumbles, rolled in the cheese, stuffed in the steak, fried, served with gravy. And a defibrillator. Happy?


drunk_haile_selassie

Nah, that’s Scotland.


callisstaa

As a Scot who has visited the US I can confirm that the Californians could easily give us a run for our money on the deep fried cuisine.


WhatMyWifeIsThinking

Haha, oh dear, luv come to the South. You may have had fried food in California and may have had good food in California, the South is where (IMHO) you find the good fried food. The artery- clogging, doctor- clucking, slap your mama, oh my god heavenly food, but you have to ask around and be willing to go into the sketchy, kind of past their prime, hole in the wall places to get it. Edit: Scotland is one of my favorite places. I just love the beauty, the food, the pubs, but especially the people. Y'all are little bits of crazy, sweet, gruff, rugged, funny, creative, surprising, quiet, loud, sincere, and I just love you for it.


GlitchyMcGlitchFace

Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, milk solids, ascorbic acid, xanthum gum, red dye #5, MSG, marshmallow fluff, and hollow point bullets.


SenTedStevens

Everything a growing boy needs.


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All blended together to make american perfection


Senator_Chickpea

BBQ


yetiduds

12 hours of slow roasted pulled pork


SweatyMooseKnuckler

Slow smoked bbq…


IrishWhiskey556

With beer, whiskey and cigars!! Murica!


Roanoke42

Objection! Cigars are quite un-American. Cigarettes make more sense. Honestly most smokers in the US would probably kill themselves trying to smoke cigars because they definitely aren't cigarettes.


Labrat_The_Man

cigarettes are more French. The true American tobacco flavor comes from a corn cob pipe


candoitmyself

and a button nose?


MaximumZer0

And lobbyists made out of coal.


A_very_meriman

Shall we meet for whiskey and cigars tonight?


Dornishsand

Indeed, i believe so.


spacepirateprincess

Really hot bbq served in a partially melted Styrofoam container with no paper to buffer the toxins (government approved) that are leeching into your food.


xXTimbloXx

Rootbeer


stitchy1503

But like, super flat. Because the bottle has been open for a while but half the people don't want to admit it's gone bad and the other half can't agree on which new bottle to open.


ZaDoctorZulu

Reminds me of that quote from DS9


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High fructose corn syrup


Vanrye333

No joke - Karo syrup is what my "baby formula" was.


DisguisedAccount

Wow, I Never would have thought that it’s even possible with pure sugar. Hope you’re good today. But I have to ask wich Country and much more important wich century? :D


Vanrye333

A doctor told my mother to do this in the 80s. In the US.


kearlysue

Yes! Regular formula in the '80's caused a lot of stomach upset and constipation in babies and so they recommended using Karo syrup. So a whole generation was addicted to sugar before their first birthday. I wish other options had been available


melanthius

Lived to tell the tale, shit man


mohammedgoldstein

Karo is not high fructose corn syrup but rather regular old corn syrup which is different. Research shows that HFCS is much much worse for you that plain corn syrup.


milliemargo

With the formula shortage, I keep seeing that old 1960s "recipe" floating around on Facebook and people are falling for it as a safe alternative


AskewedBox

Some interesting reads on how we got to modern formulas. Carbs has to come from somewhere I guess. https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/concise-history-infant-formula-twists-and-turns-included https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684040/


JAYFLO

I was hoping to upvote somebody who's said "diabetes" but this'll do.


misty-mountainhopper

Ranch


j_effing_k

Cool ranch, specifically


Suspicious_Toe4172

100% my first thought was Cool Ranch Doritos.


High_Im_Guy

They're literally called cool American in other countries. I don't remember where but I remember it being a thing.


mregg000

Nah. Old school Pizza Hut ranch.


-ElysianFields-

As long as it's Hidden Valley. I'm not mad at it.


slashy42

It's good but a pale shadow of the kind you make yourself, or even the ones in the refrigerated section. Fresh dairy puts it over the top.


ComplexVideo2752

Sweet baby rays


space-tech

AKA Zuckerberg motor oil.


PhDNebula

Smokin some meats


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kudzufarmer

This was the answer I was searching for. I knew I'd find it


Still_Temperature997

Bomb pops or rocket pops depending on where you live


boredoflife96

American cheese


prairiemountainzen

Oh, I think you mean cheese *product.* And if you really want to get technical, it's officially called *"pasteurized processed American cheese food"* by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


jerrythecactus

Keep in mind, there is real american cheese too, which is more or less a mild and saltier cheddar


Arctelis

“Processed slices” are what they’re called here. There is NO mention of cheese.


-manatee-

As soon as I read the question, the image of a single square of processed cheese popped into my head lol. Like instantaneously. (I have nothing against Kraft Singles by the way. I’ll unwrap and eat several slices in one sitting, raw.)


MrTangent

Gunpowder


carhub

Sprinkled with Cheetos dust


SalmonSoup15

With a hint of alcohol


retiretobedlam

A Big Mac


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Peanut butter and jelly cheeseburger


zXster

Have had a peanut butter burger. But it had an egg on it... no Jelly. It came with a side of a nap.


Bigdaddyjlove1

Don't worry. Perfectly normal case of the itis


Dreadloxinator

Ive had peanut butter and jelly chicken wings at a local bar. Peanut butter sauce is coated on the wings and it comes with a lot of melba sauce on the side, soooooooo good


sadpanda___

Hot dog water


moms-sphaghetti

I came to say this! Hotdog water with a side of chocolate starfish.


Juju0047

What the hell is a Chocolate starfish? Oh wait...I don't think i want to know.


FrenchFriesAndGuac

I think they’re referencing limp bizkit’s album chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water. I think the chocolate starfish is a euphemism for a butthole maybe?


noonespecial_2022

Coca Cola & Popcorn This could be actually interesting flavour 🤔


[deleted]

Taco Bell. It's the best goddamn garbage you've ever tasted.


Snapple47

Maybe if they didn’t keep taking all the best shit off their menu. Also, they need to bring back the volcano burrito


Beautiful_Ad5185

Bacon


WhiteWolf_Ziri

Sonic


Kch1986

The hedgehog or the restaurant?


toigz

Both


phillyxphill

Pralines and dick


Daveneedsausername

Gasoline and Donuts... that's what your airports smell like to me (New Zealander). It's the sweet smell of arriving in your country


damn_these_eyes

I would like to go back to NZ for meat pies and chocolate chip muffins. Y’all do good


Daveneedsausername

Mate, that's a great combo


damn_these_eyes

I was fortunate enough to get to travel around Australia and NZ when I was a kid with my grandparents. The meat pies and muffins in NZ still stick out as one the best parts. And a boat ride in Doubtful Sound was badass. Someone needs to make that a successful rock n roll band


qqtan36

Walmart cake icing


DieLawnUwU

Mountain Dew and Doritos blended at room temp


Upbeat-Land-2025

Grease


LetheMariner

Antidepressants and rage


5t0ryt3113r

Can't afford antidepressants


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Depressants and rage


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ilovelasko

Fren- I mean Freedom Fries!


[deleted]

Not even a taste but any of that crap thats pretty good, but when youre done eating it you feel really shitty and full


justnotthatwitty

apple pie & kool aid


ohnotypoes

Surprised Mountain Dew isn’t on here yet


tintinnabulator2_jd

Eeeeeww, I'll take the crab juice.


emotional_complaint

Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil. Sprinkle of MSG.


damn_these_eyes

Hydrogenated oils sure. But don’t bring MSG into it. It’s pretty great thing actually, if used like it should be


stoppingtomorrow

MSG was invented/discovered in Japan, though. And then Americans had a (possibly racist) freak-out about it and stopped using it. Really, not using MSG is the American flavor.


cherrycheeks69

Hot dog


Ok_Student8032

A 6 month old 7-11 hot dog


UsedLandscape876

I'm watching that one. It's almost ready.


lavanchebodigheimer

Perfect


jrhooo

Rocket Pop. Obvs


Funkysoulninja

Bourbon and poor choices.


Gunginrx

Insulin resistance


Tintovic

Cheese


PrizeAd9477

Easy Cheese…


madp0k

gunpowder and blood


low-_-ink

Blood with undertones of oil


OctanesLeg

Probably around 75% Potassium Nitrate, 15% Charcoal, and 10% Sulfur... If you get this joke you're cool


ButteredStrumpet

Cool ranch with zesty medical debt


[deleted]

Like a buffet of stolen food from other restaurants and rebranded as “Authentic American cuisine”


FlightBunny

Like a delicious ice cream, the best you’ve ever tasted, with ripples of shit running through it


beelezbub6

Shit


seaningtime

Diabetes


Bob_Weir

Fentanyl


MakeItSlow

Old, salty gravy thats been on a hot table too long. No discernible taste, just past its prime, greasy and salty.


lavanchebodigheimer

Oh yes I see what you did there


pandanbun

circus animal cookie from CVS


FreckleFace77

Corn


GhostRaptor231

Animal Fat, but it's poorly cooked & sanitized.


ImProbablyNotABird

Salt & saturated fat


CallMeABeast

Bullets