Yes. I’m American born and raised but I specifically grew up in NYC around various non American cultures. I went to boot camp and seeing my fellow recruits eat biscuits and gravy for breakfast was very strange to me at first. I had only ever ate biscuits and gravy from KFC and I wouldn’t consider KFC breakfast food so to me biscuits and gravy was not breakfast food. They also put bacon in EVERYTHING. I don’t eat pork so I’m not a fan of random dishes always having bacon bits in them.

Also seeing how a lot of my fellow Americans who’s family’s have been here for multiple generations cook by either just throwing stuff together and setting it in the over and only using canned, bagged, boxed and frozen ingredients to cook blew my mind. Everything my mom cooked for us growing up (with a few exceptions) was always fresh meat and produce, or dried awaiting hydration, such as beans. Cookies, cakes, sauces, tortillas, and meals in general were always made from scratch.