You sound as if you think the democrats are a progressive party

Unfortunately the colours in your photo are washed out, I’m sure it looks better than the photo. It looks like it would be nice with fresh spinach leaves tossed through it before it is served

It seems that adding sugar, maple syrup etc to any savoury food is quite American, obviously the trend has taken off in many countries, it may not be unique to the US now, but sugar in savoury foods, lack of vegetables, and frying everything seem to be hallmarks of a lot of US cuisine

Probably not a weirdo but almost certainly from USA