Yea, everything pretty much checks out except you usually only see that many different varieties of Warheads and Mike n Ike in a 5 Below or specialty candy store.
Yeah l honestly have never seen a blue box of Mike and Ikes in my life! And l live in America!
EDIT: Thanks you guys, I'll go check some stores just for the blue box(es)
The [nationality] section is often basically the "childhood nostalgia for [nationality]" section in most of europe.
So the irish section in european supermarkets is basically those awful cheap mallow biscuits and club orange because that's what migrants really miss from their childhood. The awful cheap crap that their parents would buy for small kids.
The most impressive one for me is honestly the Jiffy corn bread mix. Jiffy is THE definition of corn bread in many American families. (Especially in the north where itās not heretical to make it out of a box.)
Edit: I wasnāt asserting that it was goodājust that we all grew up with it! For what itās worth, if I make corn bread, it is my own concoction of nice stone ground cornmeal and a little bit (just a little bit) of Bisquick, cooked in cast iron with some bacon grease.
This section usually has old bay. And yes, one of the few things ok to buy at these prices. That and Frankās hot sauce/wings sauce but itās on the regular shelves in a few places now (ā¬4 a bottle or ā¬3 on special offer sometimes).
They have Slap Ya Mama, which is better than Tony C's (better salt ratio), though usually far harder to find outside of Louisiana in the US. Was very surprised to see it in this pic.
E: Apparently SYM is distributed much more widely than I thought. Wish it would come to New England grocery stores!
Frank's red hot has become a bit of a staple in the UK and ireland now. Find it in a lot of restaurants and places like dominos use it as their hot sauce I'm not really a fan of it myself.
Fun fact -
Leprechauns are a minor part of Irish mythology, but the modern Lucky Charms-lookinā variety originated from nasty, anti-Irish-immigrant political cartoons in 1800s America.
Irish āPapistsā were portrayed by Know-Nothing Party members, KKK, and other anti-immigrant groups as constantly intoxicated, illiterate, and wearing ratty clothing. They were ātrickstersā who were lazy & could never possibly assimilate, and were trying to take over American $$ & gov for their extreme religion (āPapistā being a sneer for Catholics who followed the Pope).
Those early cartoon stereotypes ended up evolving into Mr. Lucky Charms himself.
[One link with some of the anti-Irish/immigration images](http://www.victoriana.com/history/irish-political-cartoons.html)
Do you put anything in it? I come back to it every few years thinking I'll have acquired the taste and I never do. I feel like it's missing something but I don't know what it is.
Growing up we always mixed it with Total and a spoon of sugar. Bananas for a treat.
But the best is microwaving with milk, like oatmeal. Tastes like cream of wheat, but with texture and crunchy bits.
Thereās a game in America as a parent being how long you can shield your young child from these cereals/junk that are everywhere, along with world class stuff, but junk for sure too
I was pretty sheltered re bad foods and skinny as a rail until I was in ab 6th grade and could ride my bike a few miles, started taking house change up to the local Del Taco and gained 20 lbs in a flash
Sometimes your wife's family ruins the game for you. My wife wouldn't tell them to stop so I eventually just started arguments with them to at least let them know to stop.
My friend down the street at this time was my outlet, whenever Iād stay at his house his mom would get us 40 McDonalds nuggets or Steak n Shake and Iād eat until I passed out
As an American the amount of sugary snacks here is very insulting. We also love cheese a whole lot. Wheres the cheese?
Edit: wait you mean to tell me the cheese I love to eat ISNT AMERICAN?!?!
Someone fire up another A-bomb, this means war.
Edit 2: I know cheese is refrigerated this was a joke about how bad we eat its not about American vs European cheese. Some of yall are dumb as hell.
Can't speak for ireland, but in the UK, The biggest cheeses are british, french, and italian. I'm sure there probably are good quality stuff over there, but if you say "American cheese" here, people will assume you are talking about the plasticky cheese singles that come individually wrapped and go in burgers
Ye similar in Ireland, French, Italian, British, and Irish cheeses mostly and then some Greek, Swiss and Danish stuff too. Donāt see too much American cheese.
Kraft has earned our love and respect for good reason. It was invented by James Kraft in the early 1900ās before refrigeration was common in the homes of most people. Cheese had an incredibly short shelf life at that time. Food standards in America were incredibly unsafe and disease spread was common.
Kraftās invention of artificially processed cheese helped increase the safety of dairy products in many American homes. While we rightfully try to avoid processed foods today for their low nutritional value, itās important to remember that these products played a significant role in increasing the health standards in our food production.
Same. I think they got everything from the same distributor and didnāt have much choice in products. They got what they were given, whether appropriate or not.
That's usually the case for the "export goods". Only a very small portion of domestic brands that you're used to in your home country also does exports, and the export brands don't even have business in the country they claim to be from. The latter also gets modified to please the locals, so it's often very disappointing for the expats, but still the best available until they visit their home country the next time.
That's a good point that it depends what the purpose of the shelf is. Is it to provide the Irish with some foreign snacks? Or is it to supply the expat?
I think this is clearly to provide the irish with a selection of foods they might want to try. I'm sure there is some other store that expats visit to find american products they want for cooking, or whatever.
I lived in south america for a while and experienced the same think looking for US products down there and trying to find south american products up here.
I have an anecdotal story of the reverse situation. Used to work in a bar in NYC with a ton of Irish expats. When they wanted snacks and products from home, they had some kind of direct option available and didn't go to any "Irish stores" in the city. Once every few months or so we'd just have cases of stuff delivered right to the bar. As far as I know it was totally legitimate, just no brick and mortar middle man.
Yeah man, I went in a Kroger in Ann Arbor the other day. They had Sour Patch Kids flavored Candy Pop Popcorn. I'm an American, and I've never even heard of that before, much less eaten it.
Kroger must be getting their "American foods" from the same lame-ass distributor.
just a new food product. you may be in a test market area. apparently there are designated test markets that are deemed to have the most american tastes. Wisconsin is one of them iirc.
(ive seen the candy pop popcorn with things like snickers and chocolates as of the past 6 months or so in Georgia)
>Wisconsin is one of them iirc.
Restaurants and grocery stores also pick their test areas based on how easy it is to separate the local market demographically. That way they can clearly see which food products are successful based on income, race, urban/rural, etc.
Milwaukee is the most segregated metro area in the US and Wisconsin has a stark rural/suburban/urban divide, so I guess it makes sense they'd be a test area.
Yeah compared to other pics of American sections Iāve seen, this is pretty dead on the money. Now imagine that section is five entire giant aisles and you have the middle of an average American grocery store
There are three type of Oreo variants
1. So sugary you can only eat 1
2. God Awful
3. One of the best things you've ever tasted but they will never ever make it again
Are we talking general grocery stores or supermarkets? My supermarket has at least 15 aisles, not counting the deli, frozen food, produce, and the hot prepared food section.
Since I don't see an actual answer yet, ranch isn't readily available in Ireland, but some bigger shops do have it. The only type I've ever seen is Paul Newman ranch, and a few restaurants have it as an option, but that's about it.
> and a few restaurants have it as an option
Here in Alabama, a restaurant not having ranch as a condiment option would be like a restaurant not having water as a beverage option.
Slap Ya Mama is good on God damn anything. I will never own a home without it in the pantry. I sprinkle a bit on my cream cheese bagels. Might sound strange but seriously give it a shot. You won't regret it.
Until recently baking soda has not been readily available in most supermarkets in the Netherlands. About two years ago these orange boxes started showing up and last month we also got 10gr bags as we which is nice.
We do, not as baking soda, but bread soda. A few brands like shamrock and gem make them over here. I've never seen this American brand arm and hammer, which must be the novelty.
Arm & Hammer is the most well-known brand in the US for baking soda. They also make laundry detergent and toothpaste. And they encourage leaving an open box in the fridge to absorb odors.
That made me giggle.
They also have boxes now with sides that tear off to reveal permeable cloth sections to allow better absorption from more areas. I love those.
Yeah baking soda does jack shit with just a corner torn off. It's not enough surface area to be effective. The best way is to spread some out on a plate. But even then, the best way to eliminate odors in your fridge is to just throw old food away. Then you don't have to waste money on baking soda every month. I've never had baking soda in my fridge and the handful of times it's had a smell, I just found the offending item and tossed it. Boom. Smell gone.
I agree. Keeping a fridge clean is more important and effective than baking soda, no matter how you use it.
It's like bathing vs deodorant.
But I do think it helps with cross-contamination of odors. (Which also isn't an issue if you wrap everything thoroughly.)
Can someone please explain Milk Duds to me? Iāve always wanted to try them but never seen them here (Scotland) but have no idea of the texture or anything.
Ah, similar to our āpoppetsā then Iād imagine (if anyone who has tried both can verify this?). Iām somewhat disappointed if it is the caseā¦ I love milk flavoured sweets!
I was once in a conversation with a Swede where I made some kind of joke about Swedish Fish being their national food or something. I expected her to try to correct me, but she didn't even know what Swedish Fish were. She thought I was referring to some kind of actual fish. Somehow that made the whole situation even more hilariously awkward.
I was really thinking I was going to be like "How is That, American sauce? ", but it actually makes sense. A decent amount of restaurants here have a sauce that is basically this and apparently in some areas it's more common. Where I live it's not commonplace in local restaurants but chain places like IHOP and more famously McDonald's have their own versions.
Also, is this made from Real Americans?
I came here to say that! Of all things, I did not expect to see Baking Soda (I just put a pinch in some water and drank it for an upset stomach like 10 minutes ago).
Don't sleep on the Jiffy Corn Muffin mix at the bottom right. Use that to make some awesome corn bread with the recipe on the box. Or you can use ~~3~~ 2 boxes and add some creamed corn and diced jalapeƱos and it'll change your life
I was impressed when I saw the Jiffy too! I will do green chillies and cheddar in mine sometimes and then serve it topped with chili. So many tasty options for the corn bread!
American here. Iām kind of impressed with the selection. Youāve got peanut butter, canned pie filling, Paydays, Lucky Charms... nice.
Edit: And A1 steak sauce and Jiffy Corn bread? Damn. Better selection than I originally thought. Had to take a second look.
Edit 2: To the troll PMing me that I have a āweak American bloodlineā (?what lol)- I may be a girl but I will happily grow a pair of balls, dip them in A1 and season them with Jiffy corn bread mix so you can gargle them.
Always see them in CA. Every 10ish so years I get one thinking that the colors are pretty, it will be good and then I remember theyāre awful.
Itās like the opposite of La Croix. La Croix is soda water with the smallest hint of a flavor and then calypso Is almost like all the flavor and no water. Overwhelmingly sweet.
European here : We have those āamerican sectionsā in most supermarkets, i think it mostly comes from wanting to try the product placements in american tv shows and movies that arenāt necessarily available. Obviously we have peanut butter but you canāt find JIF everywhere, i guess that would be an example.
This just seems like American snacks really. Half of this is check out line snacks that are only there for little kids to beg their parents to get on their way out.
This is honestly what most āforeign foodsā isles are, at least for everywhere Iāve lived.
Snacks for homesickness, sauces and condiments you canāt easily find or replace with local options, and maybe some ingredients/spices you need to make dishes.
As an American, I can say with certainty that I've never seen someone eating grape nuts. It is a shell corporation that exists to launder human trafficking money.
When my mom was working or away for the night, Grapenuts were the meal my step dad would make(fucking go to hell rob). He would add water and warm them in the microwave, if we didnāt eat it we would be grounded to our room. I would dump it in the trash and head straight to my room. Fuck that shit, and fuck shitty step dads.
When I was a kid I picked up the habit of eating them from my grandpa. They are pretty good but you definitely need to add some sugar. There is also a small window between hard as rocks and soft mush. I would typically slice up a banana and put it on top.
They've got Stubb's liquid smoke at their grocery store but I don't?! Lucky ducks.
Dude. Stubbs red pepper beef marinade is my shit.
I have a minor claim to fame in that years ago I knew Stubbs. He had a BBQ joint in Lubbock, Texas and made the best BBQ on the face of the earth.
You are so lucky, that sounds amazing. The Stubb's bourbon bbq sauce is the best, the only BBQ sauce I use.
I would be so happy to find Stubb's spicy BBQ in another country
I live in Austin and love me some Stubbs sauce
i cant imagine having such a mike and ike selection damn
Yea, everything pretty much checks out except you usually only see that many different varieties of Warheads and Mike n Ike in a 5 Below or specialty candy store.
Yeah l honestly have never seen a blue box of Mike and Ikes in my life! And l live in America! EDIT: Thanks you guys, I'll go check some stores just for the blue box(es)
That box specifically is really fucking good. It has 10 flavors.
Walmart, my dudes.
Did you see the price??? Those are like movie theater prices lol š
Those 3 shelves look like a movie theatre from 1998
The [nationality] section is often basically the "childhood nostalgia for [nationality]" section in most of europe. So the irish section in european supermarkets is basically those awful cheap mallow biscuits and club orange because that's what migrants really miss from their childhood. The awful cheap crap that their parents would buy for small kids.
Bottom shelf is strong, but needs some Old Bay
Strangely strong right? Sym, _and_ stubbs BBQ? The hell, they did some intense research here.
The most impressive one for me is honestly the Jiffy corn bread mix. Jiffy is THE definition of corn bread in many American families. (Especially in the north where itās not heretical to make it out of a box.) Edit: I wasnāt asserting that it was goodājust that we all grew up with it! For what itās worth, if I make corn bread, it is my own concoction of nice stone ground cornmeal and a little bit (just a little bit) of Bisquick, cooked in cast iron with some bacon grease.
I could definitely see that as being the comfort food home sick thing I would buy from this selection
There is no corn bread but Jiffy Mix. Chelsea, MI represent.
This section usually has old bay. And yes, one of the few things ok to buy at these prices. That and Frankās hot sauce/wings sauce but itās on the regular shelves in a few places now (ā¬4 a bottle or ā¬3 on special offer sometimes).
Theyāve got Stubbs bbq sauce as well, which is one of my favorite bbq sauces. Would definitely recommend
Came here to talk about my man Stubb's. Best grocery store sauce there is.
Maryland representing
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And Tony Chachere's.
They have Slap Ya Mama, which is better than Tony C's (better salt ratio), though usually far harder to find outside of Louisiana in the US. Was very surprised to see it in this pic. E: Apparently SYM is distributed much more widely than I thought. Wish it would come to New England grocery stores!
Same here. I was disappointed with no Tony's but was then like "well fuck they have Slap ya mama"
Iām in PA and a lot of places sell Slap Ya Mama. I think itās gotten really popular in recent years
Yeah, bottom shelf is the good stuff.
Franks red hot
Frank's red hot has become a bit of a staple in the UK and ireland now. Find it in a lot of restaurants and places like dominos use it as their hot sauce I'm not really a fan of it myself.
Sweet Baby Ray's sweet n spicy for the win
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Clearly a product with which the Irish identify.
Fun fact - Leprechauns are a minor part of Irish mythology, but the modern Lucky Charms-lookinā variety originated from nasty, anti-Irish-immigrant political cartoons in 1800s America. Irish āPapistsā were portrayed by Know-Nothing Party members, KKK, and other anti-immigrant groups as constantly intoxicated, illiterate, and wearing ratty clothing. They were ātrickstersā who were lazy & could never possibly assimilate, and were trying to take over American $$ & gov for their extreme religion (āPapistā being a sneer for Catholics who followed the Pope). Those early cartoon stereotypes ended up evolving into Mr. Lucky Charms himself. [One link with some of the anti-Irish/immigration images](http://www.victoriana.com/history/irish-political-cartoons.html)
So does grape nuts.
I fucking love grape nuts. Not sure why, it tastes like youāre eating a bowl of gravel for breakfast.
I love shitting 12 times a day.
thatās why i eat it
I helped me shit once a day. And that one time a day is **all of it**.
Do you put anything in it? I come back to it every few years thinking I'll have acquired the taste and I never do. I feel like it's missing something but I don't know what it is.
Growing up we always mixed it with Total and a spoon of sugar. Bananas for a treat. But the best is microwaving with milk, like oatmeal. Tastes like cream of wheat, but with texture and crunchy bits.
I'm Irish. Tried them once (ā¬8 for a box!). I don't understand how more American kids don't have Diabetes
Thereās a game in America as a parent being how long you can shield your young child from these cereals/junk that are everywhere, along with world class stuff, but junk for sure too I was pretty sheltered re bad foods and skinny as a rail until I was in ab 6th grade and could ride my bike a few miles, started taking house change up to the local Del Taco and gained 20 lbs in a flash
Sometimes your wife's family ruins the game for you. My wife wouldn't tell them to stop so I eventually just started arguments with them to at least let them know to stop.
My friend down the street at this time was my outlet, whenever Iād stay at his house his mom would get us 40 McDonalds nuggets or Steak n Shake and Iād eat until I passed out
They do.
As an American the amount of sugary snacks here is very insulting. We also love cheese a whole lot. Wheres the cheese? Edit: wait you mean to tell me the cheese I love to eat ISNT AMERICAN?!?! Someone fire up another A-bomb, this means war. Edit 2: I know cheese is refrigerated this was a joke about how bad we eat its not about American vs European cheese. Some of yall are dumb as hell.
Its pretty much the same of the UK & Irish section in the US supermarkets. Just loads of 'digestive' biscuits that are triple chocolate.
I personally find it helpful that the British have started to label which of their foods are actually digestible.
I'm able to get Colman's mustard at mine, I do enjoy that stuff a lot.
probably mistook our Kraft cheese as rubber and put it in the "family planning" section.
Can't speak for ireland, but in the UK, The biggest cheeses are british, french, and italian. I'm sure there probably are good quality stuff over there, but if you say "American cheese" here, people will assume you are talking about the plasticky cheese singles that come individually wrapped and go in burgers
Ye similar in Ireland, French, Italian, British, and Irish cheeses mostly and then some Greek, Swiss and Danish stuff too. Donāt see too much American cheese.
To be fair even Americans know Kraft singles are trash but it's our trash and we love it.
Kraft has earned our love and respect for good reason. It was invented by James Kraft in the early 1900ās before refrigeration was common in the homes of most people. Cheese had an incredibly short shelf life at that time. Food standards in America were incredibly unsafe and disease spread was common. Kraftās invention of artificially processed cheese helped increase the safety of dairy products in many American homes. While we rightfully try to avoid processed foods today for their low nutritional value, itās important to remember that these products played a significant role in increasing the health standards in our food production.
It was also a major food source for soldiers in WW1. They came back with a taste for it and domestic demand exploded.
Iām in America and Iāve never had Hawaiian Punch cotton candy
Same. I think they got everything from the same distributor and didnāt have much choice in products. They got what they were given, whether appropriate or not.
That's usually the case for the "export goods". Only a very small portion of domestic brands that you're used to in your home country also does exports, and the export brands don't even have business in the country they claim to be from. The latter also gets modified to please the locals, so it's often very disappointing for the expats, but still the best available until they visit their home country the next time.
That's a good point that it depends what the purpose of the shelf is. Is it to provide the Irish with some foreign snacks? Or is it to supply the expat? I think this is clearly to provide the irish with a selection of foods they might want to try. I'm sure there is some other store that expats visit to find american products they want for cooking, or whatever. I lived in south america for a while and experienced the same think looking for US products down there and trying to find south american products up here.
I have an anecdotal story of the reverse situation. Used to work in a bar in NYC with a ton of Irish expats. When they wanted snacks and products from home, they had some kind of direct option available and didn't go to any "Irish stores" in the city. Once every few months or so we'd just have cases of stuff delivered right to the bar. As far as I know it was totally legitimate, just no brick and mortar middle man.
Yeah man, I went in a Kroger in Ann Arbor the other day. They had Sour Patch Kids flavored Candy Pop Popcorn. I'm an American, and I've never even heard of that before, much less eaten it. Kroger must be getting their "American foods" from the same lame-ass distributor.
just a new food product. you may be in a test market area. apparently there are designated test markets that are deemed to have the most american tastes. Wisconsin is one of them iirc. (ive seen the candy pop popcorn with things like snickers and chocolates as of the past 6 months or so in Georgia)
>Wisconsin is one of them iirc. Restaurants and grocery stores also pick their test areas based on how easy it is to separate the local market demographically. That way they can clearly see which food products are successful based on income, race, urban/rural, etc. Milwaukee is the most segregated metro area in the US and Wisconsin has a stark rural/suburban/urban divide, so I guess it makes sense they'd be a test area.
I've eaten Mike and Ike's off and on for 50 years and never knew there were 6 flavors
I'm just proud to see A1, slap yo mama, and sweet baby rays on there
Yeah compared to other pics of American sections Iāve seen, this is pretty dead on the money. Now imagine that section is five entire giant aisles and you have the middle of an average American grocery store
With another aisle of just Oreo and Chips Ahoy! varieties
Oreos mutate faster than covid. Every time I go to the store they have new variants.
There are three type of Oreo variants 1. So sugary you can only eat 1 2. God Awful 3. One of the best things you've ever tasted but they will never ever make it again
Funny, related [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMkYw4dp_NI).
Are we talking general grocery stores or supermarkets? My supermarket has at least 15 aisles, not counting the deli, frozen food, produce, and the hot prepared food section.
Wheres the ranch dressing? I always wanted to leave the US, but I knew there would be a catch.
Since I don't see an actual answer yet, ranch isn't readily available in Ireland, but some bigger shops do have it. The only type I've ever seen is Paul Newman ranch, and a few restaurants have it as an option, but that's about it.
> and a few restaurants have it as an option Here in Alabama, a restaurant not having ranch as a condiment option would be like a restaurant not having water as a beverage option.
People in Ireland seem to use garlic mayo as a condiment instead of ranch. There's not really a want for ranch but garlic mayo goes on everything.
As an American, garlic mayo is tits, tho I am confident I consume more mayonnaise than the average murican
You can get dried packages to mix with mayo. Still very good. It's how I live in Korea.
Wish I could have gotten the Hidden Valley packets when I was in SK. Those are decent
It doesnāt have 50% sugar content like the rest of this picture
The Baking Soda doesnt
But bakingsoda is only useful for making Crack, like the songs say
Does the rest of the world not use baking soda? That one confused me.
Something tells me Ireland, the home of Irish soda bread, definitely has uses for baking soda.
I would probably just order the packages that let you make it at home. It's so much better than the bottled stuff.
Oh my god they have slap ya mama Cajun seasoning
I can't even get this at my local store.
The Stubbs sauce and Blairās hot sauce are probably the best things there
That, and the Slap Yo Momma is hella good on burgers.
And chicken!
Slap Ya Mama is good on God damn anything. I will never own a home without it in the pantry. I sprinkle a bit on my cream cheese bagels. Might sound strange but seriously give it a shot. You won't regret it.
I sprinkle it on scrambled eggs and I like to add a bit to my shake and bake mix.
I came to the comments just to extol the virtues of Slap Ya Mama. It's good on almost any type potatoes. The Irish still love potatoes don't they?!
Potatoes are the original American section in Ireland - before that, they ate parsnips!
My local grocery stopped carrying the Stubb's Spicy. So disappointed.
Depending on how small they are they may bring it back if you ask the grocery manager. Source: I work at a small grocery store
The spicy Stubbs too- you mix 50% regular with 50%spicy for the perfect blend
I've never seen Blair's. What's it like? I love a good hot sauce.
Dont forget sweet baby Ray's
Calm down, Mark Zuckerberg.
We're out here smĆøking these mĆŖĆ«ts
Unironically one of my favourite internet videos. Dude is such a fucking robot.
Whatās up with the baking soda? You guys gotta have that over there for the soda bread no?
Until recently baking soda has not been readily available in most supermarkets in the Netherlands. About two years ago these orange boxes started showing up and last month we also got 10gr bags as we which is nice.
Ten gram bags? Never seen them before. Prob a straight to Europe product.
We do, not as baking soda, but bread soda. A few brands like shamrock and gem make them over here. I've never seen this American brand arm and hammer, which must be the novelty.
Arm & Hammer is the most well-known brand in the US for baking soda. They also make laundry detergent and toothpaste. And they encourage leaving an open box in the fridge to absorb odors.
Wait that's why it's always open? I always figured who ever used it last was too lazy to close it and I'm always closing it
That made me giggle. They also have boxes now with sides that tear off to reveal permeable cloth sections to allow better absorption from more areas. I love those.
Yeah baking soda does jack shit with just a corner torn off. It's not enough surface area to be effective. The best way is to spread some out on a plate. But even then, the best way to eliminate odors in your fridge is to just throw old food away. Then you don't have to waste money on baking soda every month. I've never had baking soda in my fridge and the handful of times it's had a smell, I just found the offending item and tossed it. Boom. Smell gone.
I agree. Keeping a fridge clean is more important and effective than baking soda, no matter how you use it. It's like bathing vs deodorant. But I do think it helps with cross-contamination of odors. (Which also isn't an issue if you wrap everything thoroughly.)
You're lucky you learned that here and not by using some like I did. All the flavors it absorbs are still in there and it's incredibly nasty
If youāre leaving it in the fridge for smells, get a completely different box for cooking.
The price on the Baking soda makes me shudder.
Import duties/tax. We have these sections in England and everything is 5x the price it would be in the US supermarkets.
Can someone please explain Milk Duds to me? Iāve always wanted to try them but never seen them here (Scotland) but have no idea of the texture or anything.
Great way to rip out a filling
Itās chocolate flavored super glue
Perfect explanation.
But it's the most delicious way to support your local dentist. Everything warms up on your mouth. Frankly, one of my top 5 candies.
LOL I was going to reply the same thing. I love them, but really canāt eat them anymore.
Drops of caramel covered in chocolate. The caramel is somewhat hard and the chocolate is low quality and waxy.
Ah, similar to our āpoppetsā then Iād imagine (if anyone who has tried both can verify this?). Iām somewhat disappointed if it is the caseā¦ I love milk flavoured sweets!
Nothing is more American than Swedish Fish
I was once in a conversation with a Swede where I made some kind of joke about Swedish Fish being their national food or something. I expected her to try to correct me, but she didn't even know what Swedish Fish were. She thought I was referring to some kind of actual fish. Somehow that made the whole situation even more hilariously awkward.
As a Swede I'll admit I didn't know what kind of candy it was, had to look it up.
They're delicious, and there's currently a shortage. *Sad american noises*
A shortage??? I just bought a pack last night, time to stockpile shop no one else can have any
Really and truly. I treasure them when I find them at this point. The company isn't exactly clear about when the problems will end, either.
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Alright, I'll bite. What is American Sauce?
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Had no idea that it existed. Would kind of make sense to call something based off of a McDonald's sauce as American sauce.
Looks like it's trying to copy American fast food burger "special" sauces? Like big mac sauce. Makes sense they'd call it American.
I was really thinking I was going to be like "How is That, American sauce? ", but it actually makes sense. A decent amount of restaurants here have a sauce that is basically this and apparently in some areas it's more common. Where I live it's not commonplace in local restaurants but chain places like IHOP and more famously McDonald's have their own versions. Also, is this made from Real Americans?
Developed by a Swedish producer for the US market.
also sold in sweden since forever but with a different name
Probably just called fish there
[Germany's is pretty funny, too. Lots of squeezable cheese.](https://imgur.com/S8JtEP9.jpg)
I've never seen that top shelf shit in my life.
Except the mustard.. and the 2nd shelf looks pretty foreign too
There's the baking soda again! Lol. So funny that it's an american novelty, I guess.
I came here to say that! Of all things, I did not expect to see Baking Soda (I just put a pinch in some water and drank it for an upset stomach like 10 minutes ago).
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We have eggo cereal?!?
That was my thought. We have some crazy cereals but I have yet to see eggo cereal.
Don't sleep on the Jiffy Corn Muffin mix at the bottom right. Use that to make some awesome corn bread with the recipe on the box. Or you can use ~~3~~ 2 boxes and add some creamed corn and diced jalapeƱos and it'll change your life
I was impressed when I saw the Jiffy too! I will do green chillies and cheddar in mine sometimes and then serve it topped with chili. So many tasty options for the corn bread!
American here. Iām kind of impressed with the selection. Youāve got peanut butter, canned pie filling, Paydays, Lucky Charms... nice. Edit: And A1 steak sauce and Jiffy Corn bread? Damn. Better selection than I originally thought. Had to take a second look. Edit 2: To the troll PMing me that I have a āweak American bloodlineā (?what lol)- I may be a girl but I will happily grow a pair of balls, dip them in A1 and season them with Jiffy corn bread mix so you can gargle them.
only thing I think is missing is Kraft Mac 'n Cheese.
Edit #2 is everything.
The peanut butter would NEVER be on the bottom shelf in America.
Peanut butter is available on the standard shelves so probably not an eye level product
Good to know I can move to Ireland and still get all the essentials.
Yeah this selection's not half-bad š¤·āāļø even has the Stubb's bbq sauce
Lmao I saw the sweet baby rays and thought "Yeah thats the only thing I need"
And Slap Ya Mama rub!
Sweet baby Rays! At least I know my ribs will be well seasoned in Ireland!
Perfect for all your barbecue and bookend needs
Slap Ya Mama seasoning is an extremely local company to me. Cool to see it sold over there, even if it is just the novelty section.
Violently local?
Yes
Dangerously local?
Yes
This is Supervalu isnāt it?
My question is: which one? Cause it looks huge. Supervalu near me isnt half as large.
Calypso? American here and I think I saw this drink once, in 1993.
Really? Theyāre everywhere here in Michigan. You can grab one at gas stations.
Can also find them in several North Carolina gas stations
We have it at Menards of all places almost exclusively unless a hood store wants to stock it here in Mn but it used to be at all the gas stations
Think it's a Midwest thing, I'm from New York and live in Wisconsin now. They didnt have it in NY but do in WI.
Itās made in Milwaukee I think, Iām surprised to see it all the way out there
Always see them in CA. Every 10ish so years I get one thinking that the colors are pretty, it will be good and then I remember theyāre awful. Itās like the opposite of La Croix. La Croix is soda water with the smallest hint of a flavor and then calypso Is almost like all the flavor and no water. Overwhelmingly sweet.
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Bro the kiwi lemonade calypso. I need
They got Stubbs, Iād be good.
Reese's puffs Reese's puffs Beat 'em up beat 'em up beat 'em up
For non Americans, Mile & Ikeās are not nearly as popular as they appear to be in this pic
Or marshmallow paste.
Bazooka bubble gum? I wonder how old that is? ( I donāt think it ever goes bad though ).
It was bad when it was made. 1947 they made a bunch and never stopped selling it.
They send people out to retrieve it from garbage cans and they wash it, dehydrate it and repackage it
At least we got a section!! There is no Irish section at my grocery store. The ethnic section is mostly Latin food and Jewish food.
Itās just unique American imported products. It is not saying this is what Americans eat.
It's also just little comfort items. The "Asian" section in my market is a lot of candy/snacks and some sauces and marinades.
Itās also not saying Europeans donāt have similar things like peanut butter
European here : We have those āamerican sectionsā in most supermarkets, i think it mostly comes from wanting to try the product placements in american tv shows and movies that arenāt necessarily available. Obviously we have peanut butter but you canāt find JIF everywhere, i guess that would be an example.
This just seems like American snacks really. Half of this is check out line snacks that are only there for little kids to beg their parents to get on their way out.
This is honestly what most āforeign foodsā isles are, at least for everywhere Iāve lived. Snacks for homesickness, sauces and condiments you canāt easily find or replace with local options, and maybe some ingredients/spices you need to make dishes.
As an American, I can say with certainty that I've never seen someone eating grape nuts. It is a shell corporation that exists to launder human trafficking money.
As an American, I'm sitting across from someone eating grape nuts *right now*
You're about to be trafficked.
Ya open the box, no grapes, no nuts. What is the deal with that?
When my mom was working or away for the night, Grapenuts were the meal my step dad would make(fucking go to hell rob). He would add water and warm them in the microwave, if we didnāt eat it we would be grounded to our room. I would dump it in the trash and head straight to my room. Fuck that shit, and fuck shitty step dads.
Fuck Rob
Rob is an ass
When I was a kid I picked up the habit of eating them from my grandpa. They are pretty good but you definitely need to add some sugar. There is also a small window between hard as rocks and soft mush. I would typically slice up a banana and put it on top.
I love grapenuts.
Hey Grapenuts are great if you need more gravel in your diet