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Originally Posted by Cohaagen

Of all people, Americans should be last to criticise any country's cuisine. I mean, without even going into the ruthless exporting of crap like McDonalds and KFC, who gave the world grits, chitterlings, processed cheese, hot dogs, Cheez Whizz, squirrel brains, chocolate that smells and tastes like sick, Spam, refried beans, meat-free strips of fat dubiously known as "bacon", corn syrup in everything, chipped beef, macaroni & cheese, I could go on...

Seriously? Grits are awesome.

And mac and cheese is hardly an American invention, at least according to Wikipedia...

Macaroni is mentioned in various medieval Italian sources, though it is not always clear whether it is a pasta shape or a prepared dish. However, pasta and cheese casseroles have been recorded in cookbooks as early as the Liber de Coquina, one of the oldest medieval cookbooks. A cheese and pasta casserole known as Makerouns was recorded in an English cookbook in the 14th century. It was made with fresh hand-cut pasta which was sandwiched between a mixture of melted butter and cheese. It was considered an upperclass dish even in Italy until around the 18th century.

Also "chitterlings" were apparently found in English cookbooks as far back as the mid 1700s and can be found in some form in most if not all pork-eating cultures throughout history. And (also according to Wikipedia) processed cheese was invented in Switzerland.