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Uhhh... As an American who's spend a huge amount of time abroad as well, I always baffles me how hard it is to eat healthy in the US. The healthy things cost more (fresh local produce, local meat, etc) and the cheapest shit is always the worse for you with ultra processed crap everywhere. Not that you can't find a plethora of ultra processed elsewhere, it is just more expensive in much of the world.
The fact that you have to work to eat healthy in the US and spend more to do it, is absolutely a fact.
And that's not even getting into the interesting quality of dishes you'll get in regional difference throughout Europe as well as the rest of the world. Whereas, the US seems to thrive on selling the same food everywhere. Burger, Pizza, Hot Wings, chicken strips, house salad (with tomato, carrots slivers, maybe cucumbers), etc, etc. I swear you go into any random restaurant in the US off a road trip, it's the same food and you have to work hard to find something interesting like steak tartare, or freshly made pasta, or a real greek salad without lettuce (like the Greeks do!), or impala steaks, or even a decent duck confit.
Even saying this is making me enjoy the fact I don't have to fight with avoiding a Kroger, Walmart, and even now the Whole Paycheck, to find a local chain and be horrified that even they are selling Chiquita Bananas and Hass Avacados. I do miss my local ethic shops for their flair, but I'd rather have my cafe Paella and a amazing glass of house wine that isn't totally $50.
/r/IamveryCulinary shit.ย
None of this has a basis in reality. You walk in, there are giant sections of veggies, cheap, some local, some of it season because strawberries don't grow in February. It'll be right next to the literally hundreds of pounds of local unprocessed meat.ย
Y'all have intervened fantasies about the food supply here.
It has a basis in reality, as I have physical visited 40+ countries in the world and lived in some crazy remote places. I've walked markets in 6 of the 7 continents of the world, and Antarctic doesn't have supermarket on the Ross side, just the station stores. And that's just what I've seen over 25 years of traveling for work and pleasure. I have my biases, as we all do, but I'm happy to admit how that changes my perspective. The US is the only northern hemisphere country other than Mexico itself that has a chance at being good Mexican, but it's still not the same as street food in DF or even Veracruz. That's one of the many biases, I'll absolutely admit.
You are an ignorant biased prick who clearly just wants to troll. I'd be happy to talk journals and other "hard data" but as is apparent in your other comments you don't have an open mind enough to admit you are ignorant, biased, and likely worse. Good luck on your sarcastic journey through life.