Apos dois meses sem postar nada aqui devido a correria, estou eu aqui novamente para falar sobre algumas especialidades americanas. Enjoy your read. Hamburgers. Applepie. Potato chips. Foods that helped shape our nation.American food gets an unfair rap these days. With the rise of ethnic cuisines whatever that means, in this great melting pot and supermarkets full of salad bars and microwave dinners, its easy to forget how many extraordinary homegrown delights are still served on tables across the land. Foods with a sense of place. Foods, I dont feel too bold saying, that helped make America great.Its time to celebrate a few.Our list isn't meant to be comprehensive. We didn't include barbecue because once we started our accounting from North Carolina pork to Texas Hill Country brisket it became clear wed need a long, separate list to give BBQ its due. And apple pie, while iconic, is a European import that spread everywhere in Johnny Appleseed's wake.All these 10 express their origin, though. And each is worth a trip to hunt in its native habitat, from sea to succulent sea 3) Shoofly pie (Pennsylvania) Americans are suckers for fruit pies, but this Pennsylvania Dutch treat strips pie-making to its essential, tasty core. Crust, with molasses and crumbs. Nothing more. (Though James Beard insisted raisins were part of the mix.)Bob Fila / Chicago Tribune via KRTAnother theory: Food historian William Woys Weaver contends in his book, "Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking," that shoofly pie actually is a breakfast cake that dates to 1876.Its origins are slightly gooey. Author John Mariani found a first reference in 1926, while Linda Stradley posits that its an update of treacle tart, which was made with refined cane syrup.In either case, the Amish who enjoy both wet (crumbs on top) and dry (crumbs mixed in) versions have claimed it as their own. Some might claim the dry is really more a crusted cake than a pie. We're not going to quibble, because either way, it tastes pretty good.Those crumbs add texture to a dense, rustic molasses taste. In Amish country, you might be told the name refers to the constant need to shoo flies away from these toothachingly sweet treats and the pools of molasses that formed atop them.Variations abound, incorporating chocolate or Steen's cane syrup. They're good too, though the original doesn't need much updating, save for a dollop of whipped cream on top.Shoofly pie is perfect baked-good simplicity. Its proof that sometimes basic ingredients are all you need. Ola!Voce gostaria de aperfeicoar seu ingles? Entao esta e a sua chance.Marcos Moreno, o dono deste blog, que leciona ingles ha mais de dez anos, esta lancando o "ONLINE IMPROVEMENT". Um curso voltado para quem estuda ingles (ou ja concluiu seu curso regular) e gostaria de praticar seu listening, reading, writing ou speaking.Informacoes: marcosmoreno_1984@hotmail.com Brazilian FoodBolinha de queijo (Cheese balls)Coxinha de galinha (Chicken drumstick)Pao de queijo (Cheese bread or cheese rolls)Pate de atum (Tuna spread)Ovo empanado (Coated egg)Batata Frita / Deep-fried potatoes = French friesQuibe (Bulgar wheat/meat balls)Salsicha empanada (Coated sausage) do site http://www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-coxinha-quibe-pao-de-queijo-etc-em-ingles-t1777.html 2) Pastrami (New York)