news Millennials and Gen Z prefer Mexican food over Italian in the US

[ariananext]

9 hours ago, 305 said:

There is authentic Alfredo pasta though, it's just vastly different to the one popular in the states

never heard of it in 24 years 

 

8 hours ago, Breathe On Moi said:

italian food is honesty so fattening and carb overloaded, there’s no way to edit.

 

mexican food is versatile af and you can edit to fit your diet if need be, it’s always giving 

that's so false, have you not heard how many americans lose weight when they come here and eat a lot of genuine italian food? 

[So.. what now]

12 hours ago, Helios said:

Joanne Trattoria LOST.  

No wonder mexican food won

[JoeAg]

both are iconic as f*ck

 

personally i think i prefer italian by just a HAIR! for mexican though i STAN molcajetes

 

my absolute fav has gotta be mediterranean food though  chicken shawarma, kafta and tahini, baba ghanoush and pita, dolmas, fattoush, zatar and cheese bread, HUMMUS!!! also the desserts i meannn baklava, basbousa, knafeh, grayba, lamya… you simply cannot go wrong 

[Komet]

Noah fence but seeing what counts as 'italian' food in US, no wonder. 

[ProudLBS]

Taco Bell vs Pizza Hut?

[Pop]

Because American Italian food has nothing to do with real italian food. 

[Jynx]

A good thing. Italian food is bland and boring. Gen Z having literal taste 

[Starkboy]

12 hours ago, Breathe On Moi said:

italian food is honesty so fattening and carb overloaded, there’s no way to edit.

 

mexican food is versatile af and you can edit to fit your diet if need be, it’s always giving 

yet italians are nowhere as fat as americans, lol.

 

 

 

[Starfish]

5 hours ago, JoeAg said:

both are iconic as f*ck

 

personally i think i prefer italian by just a HAIR! for mexican though i STAN molcajetes

 

my absolute fav has gotta be mediterranean food though  chicken shawarma, kafta and tahini, baba ghanoush and pita, dolmas, fattoush, zatar and cheese bread, HUMMUS!!! also the desserts i meannn baklava, basbousa, knafeh, grayba, lamya… you simply cannot go wrong 

Big BMI energy 

[Walk_Away21]

18 hours ago, Miracle said:

Both are great, but have most americans truly ever tasted something close to real italian? I 

Lmao I ran here to post this. Most Italian food in the US is garbo @Reverse Warholian especially so after I just went to Italy. Most Italian Americans will home make their own food. The majority of people will go to Olive Garden for "Italian" food which is absolutely horrible. Only big city residents have a shot at getting good Italian for the most part.

 

I do love Mexican food tho. It's usually cheaper and quick. And even smaller cities will have decent Mexican food.

Edited April 29, 2023 by Walk_Away21

[Breathe On Moi]

5 hours ago, ariananext said:

never heard of it in 24 years 

 

that's so false, have you not heard how many americans lose weight when they come here and eat a lot of genuine italian food? 

I actually can say that I have never heard that, I’m sorry. 
 

1 hour ago, Starkboy said:

yet italians are nowhere as fat as americans, lol.

 

 

 

Well yes, Americans are not only an italian diet, they’re also eating American food and other cultures, just piling it on. 
 

I was just making a comment about the carb/fattening aspects in comparison to Mexican food, idk why you guys are focusing on Americans 

[byzantium]

Well obviously.  Mexico has some of the best food in the world.  

[shyboi]

10 hours ago, ProudLBS said:

Taco Bell vs Pizza Hut?

Edited April 29, 2023 by shyboi

[JohnWayneHolland]

Authentic mexican food is out of this world, so not surprised i love Italian food but i haven't tried authentic Italian food so Idk if it's any different from the one I've had.

[Bussea]

mexican is god tier followed by asian @Smarticle and then greek

[SimpleKindofLife]

I’m one of those people although, Italian pastries are better

[AvadaKedavra]

There's nothing like a good burrito. Deliciosa comidita 

[Karla Cabello]

it is the superior food after all. latin american food >

[Riot]

14 hours ago, Breathe On Moi said:

italian food is honesty so fattening and carb overloaded, there’s no way to edit.

Is that way Italians are among the skinniest people in Europe?

 

The truth is that the ingredients that Italians use are super healthy and heavily controlled by the law, while in other countries there isn't much interest in the quality of the food you buy in the grocery stores 

Edited April 29, 2023 by Riot

[305]

6 hours ago, ariananext said:

never heard of it in 24 years 

https://italysegreta.com/the-truth-about-fettuccine-alfredo/#:~:text=Fettuccine Alfredo%2C it turns out,Alfredo for over a century…

 

[Gladiator]

I'm way more likely to get Mexican food and it is way more accessible than authentic Italian food.

[ariananext]

7 minutes ago, Riot said:

Is that way Italians are among the skinniest people in Europe?

 

The truth is that the ingredients that Italians use are super healthy and heavily controlled by the law, while in other countries there isn't much interest in the quality of the food you buy in the grocery stores 

Exactly, italian cuisine is extremely diversified, due to it being a "new" country with different cultures, you can't find a good carbonara outside of Rome or a good pizza outside of Naples, I don't know why anybody would think they're eating genuine italian food outside Italy 

 

4 minutes ago, 305 said:

https://italysegreta.com/the-truth-about-fettuccine-alfredo/#:~:text=Fettuccine Alfredo%2C it turns out,Alfredo for over a century…

 

I know, but it's not a thing, it's not even a recipe, it's like something you do when you have nothing to cook, but still not exactly a typical dish by any means, here it's actually known as an american thing.

 

 

[Poxy]

18 hours ago, Likingstars said:

Anything but the abomination that is american food

Oh here’s the tea 

[ProudLBS]

To taste REAL Italian food you have to go to Italy

 

But to the authentic places where the 'Ndrangheta shoots your nonna, not Venice or Galleria Vittorio Emanuele

[Smarticle]

1 hour ago, Bussea said:

mexican is god tier followed by asian @Smarticle and then greek

I was told I'm not Asian and I'm from Ohio by @smartalek22 and @cockatoo