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ELI5: Where did American Chinese food come from and why is it so drastically different from traditional Chinese food?

Every other type of food bares some similarities, Chinese food does not.
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it came from California.  where chinese immigrants sought to sell food to the American palate.   real chinese food didn't appeal to Americans.   so things like chop suey and egg foo young and beef brocolli and crab rangoons and fortune cookies were born.