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30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group French here so, a lot of our food. If there's one thing we know how to do, it's exporting our food as fancy delicacies.

The truth is, apart from pastries/desserts which can be pretty complicated to put together (the effort to make even just twelve croissants...), most French food is just peasant stuff spruced up for the modern times. The logic is almost always:

Take a cheap-ish cut of meat

Cook it either in wine or in broth for a few hours with a bunch of onions and whatever herbs grow nearby

Add carrots/potatoes, enjoy

That's the basis for bœuf bourguignon, coq au vin, gigot d'agneau, pot-au-feu, blanquette de veau, etc. If you want to get fancy you can wrap it in pastry, and that's another dozen French specialties right there.

There's not really a way to f**k it up, really. It's meat, cooked at low heat over several hours, with a bunch of aromatic herbs; as long as you've got a sturdy pot and you don't let it dry, you'll get something in the range from edible to delicious.

Calembreloque , Alan C. Report

Final score:

162points

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Id row 3 years ago

It's the wine sauce that makes it so good. I love savory dishes with wine sauce.

30points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Water, our tap water is perfect and no local ever buys bottled (iceland)

A lot of people are mentioning the sulfur smell of the hot water, and that depends on the area. For example where I live the hot water comes directly from a nearby hot spring area so naturally its gonna have a smell. Locals dont smell it though.

For drinking water you just need to run the tap for a bit, that will get any hot water outta the pipes and bring you spring water.

lastavailableuserr , Joe Cheng Report

Final score:

129points

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ThePracticalSarcastic 3 years ago

i lived in Alaska for awhile and the tap was better than anything bottled

42points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group We had some Japanese exchange students at our university in the US, and when they saw the cubed melon on the salad bar (the standard watermelon/cantaloupe/honeydew mix), they thought we were living like royalty. Apparently melon is a really expensive, special occasion food over there.

Fast_Moon , juantiagues Report

Final score:

128points

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Id row 3 years ago

In Japan, one of those square watermelons go for anywhere between $100 and $200.

37points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Hmm, forest berries perhaps.

I live in Finland. We have a lot of forests, so lot of berries such as blueberries and lingonberries. Everyman's Rights mean that you can just go and pick as much as you can find. It's kinda one of those things where if you live near any forested area, and are willing to spent time there come late summer, you'll probably have enough to last until next year in your freezer.

We have so much berries that people from poorer countries (Thailand is a common one for some reason) are hired to pick them up, because doing berrypicking enough to actually profit monetarily is heavy work, and apparently the pay isn't worth it for most Finns.

At the same time, forest berries are considered a superfood around the world, very healthy and trendy. Dunno about actual delicacy status, but definitely a difference in how we think about them.

MryyLeathert , Elaine Ashton Report

Final score:

121points

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Stacy s 3 years ago

It is a delicay because they aren't abundant and only in certain climates. I lived in the area around Lake Superior (only u.s. ares with majority Finnish heritage) and tourists are surprised they can just almost wherever they want, and pick berries and mushrooms while they do it. (Though locals don't tell them all the spots, lol) Sigh... miss it.

20points

Beth Hunt 3 years ago

My mom is a Yooper with Finnish heritage!

3points

Monika Rhodes 3 years ago

We always did that in poland when I was a kid. Mushroom picking and berries. Yummy- not the mushrooms- hate those ;)

6points

Whawhawhatsis 3 years ago

When I was a kid living in Seattle, there was a lot on my way to school that had blackberry bushes that were so dense nobody could get into them beyond the outer edge, but the berries were the single biggest and sweetest I have ever tasted. I still miss that lot, which was torn out many years ago -- a stupid house isn't worth half as much as those wonderful berries!

4points

just another bookish gay 3 years ago

Same!!! wild berries are always so much better, especially just when you sit down in the middle of a field of them on a sunny day and just eat your afternoon away. (or does everyone else save them and that's just me?)

4points

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

I loved picking blackberries when i was a kid

4points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

And whinberries. I found some cherry trees which were planted for landscaping, but they make the best cherry brandy

0points

Rae Reyn 3 years ago

the bike trail in my neighborhood is "no spray" and there are blackberry bushes along it. Best mid-run refuel ever.

3points

K Witmer 3 years ago

I have 100 yr old blueberry and blackberry bushes on my land the deer and birds love them. We only animal proof one bush of each. Planted a lot of other fruit trees and berry bushes too. This year we got peaches limes lemons gojis figs strawberries apples and pears. The pies have been so good.

2points

Patrick Matsi 3 years ago

Planted blueberries taste awful. Wild blueberries are fantastic.

0points

Kat 3 years ago

Same in Estonia. In summer, I usually spend much time in a nearby forest picking blueberries (about 5 min walk from home, old nice forest). And I eat them with milk or make raw jam and eat with pancakes.

1point

Lillukka79 3 years ago

Mustikkamaito is the best!

1point

Miss Cris 3 years ago

In my country all berrys are expensive. We cultivate strawberries but the season is only one month, in easter. Blackberries and otherberrythings are around €20 or €30 each kilo, and some of them difficult to find. However, we have great melons, watermelons and oranges.

1point

Nicki 3 years ago

I have a friend in the Czech Republic that goes mushroom picking every season. He sends me pictures of their haul and I am always jealous because I LOVE MUSHROOMS! I live in the US (SoCal) and I would never test my luck picking mushrooms, I might accidentally kill myself or get super high 🤣🤣🤣

1point

Lillukka79 3 years ago

Mushroom hunting is my favourite thing to do in the fall.

1point

Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

Love picking Saskatoons, and finding them! (watch for bears and wasps though)

1point

Placebo Domingo 3 years ago

And if You are from Saskatoon; watch out for Agnes, hide well.

0points

Diana Pahule 3 years ago

On the coast of British Columbia blackberries have acclimated and were spread by birds so there are blackberries growing wild all over the place.

0points

Mary Holden 3 years ago

I stayed near Kiruna in the Swedish Arctic Circle one December. So many wonderful things to eat like char and hare. One night I had stewed reindeer with lingonberries. It was so warming and the berries cut through the richness. The water was good and so was the vodka.

0points

Alessandra Ricotta 3 years ago

We do the same in italy with blackberries, blueberries and strawberries (on mountains), there's so plenty of them around you'll have enough to fill your house with jam. It's wonderful. I'm actually searching for people to go to picking them!

0points

Roxy Eastland 3 years ago

I had cloud berries in Finland, delicious. Not available in the UK.

0points

Placebo Domingo 3 years ago

Cloudberries — looks like gold, but tastes better. Mesimarja — aah.

0points

May 3 years ago

I miss wild blueberries so much! They're everywhere back home in Norway, but don't grow in Denmark, so here you only get the watery domesticated ones - not the same at all.

0points

Ingrid 3 years ago

While blueberry fruit pulp is light green in color, bilberry is red or purple. Bilberries are ten times better than blueberries indeed

0points

Ingrid 3 years ago

I miss bilberries so much :(

0points

Donkey boi 3 years ago

lingonberries are quite common in Canada as well. Had a lovely lingonberry jam when I stopped over.

0points

Altea 3 years ago

Super expensive here in Spain. Most of the country is too dry to have them in abundance.

0points

Martz Migraña 3 years ago

My cousin's wife is Finnish, and when she visited México for the first time, she was amazed at the amount of "tropical fruits" we had everywhere and for so cheap prices. She was particularly amazed by mangoes, that apparently are quite expensive there. I mean, I have to friggin' mango trees in my garden, but can't afford to buy fresh Forrest berries on a regular basis 😅

0points

F. H. 3 years ago

My granny was one of the last masters of the forbidden technique of the berry comb. That's a box with one open side that is lined with long spikes. You rake it through the berry brushes, the ripe berries are ripped off by the spikes and collected in the box. Using it has been banned in Germany for maybe a hundred years since it's considered commercial collection.

0points

... 3 years ago

Those are totally legal in Finland. Great for lingonberries but blueberries are a little too delicate in my opinion. Plus lingonberries are easier to clean afterwards.

2points

David carro 3 years ago

At the end of the summer in the bask country, you go for an early morning walk, and you come back stuffed with them and still enough in your bag for a pot or mermelade.

0points

Xandra 3 years ago

How are the berries in the picture called in English?

0points

Mere Cat 3 years ago

Lingonberries

1point

H Edwards 3 years ago

Yes, berries are quite expensive in UK supermarkets. I suppose because they have such a short shelf life and are difficult to transport because they are delicate.

0points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Have done this with raspberries in our area, things always seem to taste better if you do it yourself. I mean wild berries not the pick it yourself farms in our area.

0points

Linda HS 3 years ago

Loved picking up berries, cherries and mushrooms while growing up! Now things are different. Too much garbage all around

0points

wandering_spaceman , Stock Catalog Report

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Avocados here in Mexico, pretty common and cheap

Final score:

106points

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Derek Liu 3 years ago

Avocados from Mexico!

42points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group a good baguette. I've seen american tourist walk out of a bakery with like 12 of them. Slow down dude, they are made all day long, you don't need that many

chinchenping , ulricaloeb Report

Final score:

102points

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Hilary Mol 3 years ago

I have yet to find a local bakery that makes a good, crusty baguette. The last time I had truly good, crusty bread was in France almost 30 years ago.

29points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Hawaii has somehow turned spam into a sought after food, especially by visitors from Japan.

ebolajones , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

91points

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Id row 3 years ago

I was amazed at this fact when I first learned it many, many years ago. I guess it's still popular. I'm still amazed. That stuff is foul.

35points

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group I worked for a charity in Iraq for a year and we'd buy a dozen lamb chops for the equivalent of $5. That's like $60 to buy in the US and it's worse quality.

eodtec1985 , DrGarcia Report

Final score:

89points

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Steve Barnett 3 years ago

UK here. I used to love eating cheap cuts of meat, oxtail etc. However, because TV chefs championed these cuts, it drove the prices up.

45points

#10

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group (good) olive oil.

sonsistem , ajay_suresh Report

Final score:

88points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago (edited)

Extra virgin olive oil with the best quality being in the Mediterranean countries

19points

#11

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Good french pastries and stuff like croissant and "pain au chocolat", we call them "viennoiserie" in french, no idea if there is a specific word for it in english.

Obviously in France they are super easy to find in any bakery and they are cheaper. It's so common that honestly not a lot of people do go buy some croissants every day.

Macarons are also relatively easy to find, usually they are made in special shops but some bakery do make them.

Oh, and if you go to France or go to a (GOOD) french bakery in your country, try a Paris-Brest . You will not regret it.

Matrozi , Sarah Stierch Report

Final score:

78points

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Id row 3 years ago

I would love to try pastries and bread in France.

12points

#12

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Speculaas/Speculoos/Biscoff cookies. Delicacy might be a big word but people seem to loose their minds over these cookies.

They're originally from Belgium & the Netherlands.

JulieSnaps , Renee Report

Final score:

77points

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Karl Baxter 3 years ago

And Germany - no Xmas is complete without Spekulatius 🙂

27points

#13

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Jamón serrano, here in Spain is really common and you can find very good product for a very affordable price.

another_bored_man , tedesco57 Report

Final score:

75points

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Fred L. 3 years ago

Love it, it has such a rich taste. Here in German supermarkets it is easily available but in comparably small and pricy packs so I treat it as an occasional luxury.

6points

#14

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Halloumi cheese. It's a huge staple in Cyprus and we eat it all the times but in the US I only ever see it as Barbaques and sometimes at exotic cheese plates.

For the halloumi lovers out there try white bread, halloumi and strawberry jam. You are welcome

Try halloumi with watermelon. A groundbreaking combo that is the staple of many summer evenings

Deathowler , CTO Zurich Report

Final score:

70points

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Deborah B 3 years ago

Halloumi with humous and sliced tomato in a fresh baked pita is excellent. If you haven't made pita, it's extremely easy, and so delicious fresh baked. google the recipe.

17points

#15

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group It was supposed to be caviar, but now it's also unaffordable for us. cries in Russian

Alco_Warrior , Annie Roi Report

Final score:

66points

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Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

A friend of mine went to Russia probably 15 years ago--they stuffed themselves with caviar, and they said it was cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap. I'm sorry to hear this has changed.

23points

#16

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Fried Chicken, it's actually become a special holiday meal in countries like japan where you have to reserve your bucket weeks in advance! (mainly because of clever marketing)

But here, people would laugh so hard at that, cause it's just fried chicken!

StangAce , Tim Evanson Report

Final score:

65points

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

Not exactly true it isn't really a special occasion meal, you can get Karaage chicken or KFC at any time any place in Japan, but it is true that for some reason it has become a popular tradition to have Fried Chicken (often KFC) at christmas time, and yes, people do order and reserve their buckets well in advance. xP

21points

TheAmazingDuckOfDoom , Matt Johnson Report

#17

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group I'm from Russia and I had an acquaintance who was going to marry an Irish guy. They lived in Russia for some time the guy went completely bonkers for caviar of capelin fish. It's not really a delicacy, it's not rare or expensive at all (probably approx $2.5-3 a can) but he liked it so much he wanted to bring a crate of it for their wedding in Europe. Needless to say his soon to be wife wife was not amused (imagine wanting to bring a crate of peanut butter or something to your wedding).

Final score:

65points

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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Russians used to ask me to bring peanut butter from the states all the time before it was available in stores

14points

#18

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Prosciutto. Like, it's just ham, guys. No biggie.

eyekwah2 , amanda kelso Report

Final score:

64points

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

It's not just ham!!!! Don't tell me Italians consider it just ham!!

70points

#19

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Do maple syrup or poutine count? I know at the least, in university I had a friend who came up from the US and thought poutine was the greatest thing ever. Honestly, I'm kind of surprised more of the US hasn't adopted it. Fries, cheese curds, and gravy, sounds more like an American thing. Not sure what other country's opinions on it are.

iwumbo2 , Zbrazis Report

Final score:

58points

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Beth Hunt 3 years ago

REAL maple syrup is amazing

28points

#20

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Reindeer meat, wild blueberries and cloudberries.

ladywithrisku , Andrew Malone Report

Final score:

54points

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

Finland, I presume? I've had venison before, but not had reindeer meat/venison until visiting finland, oddly enough the first time I had it was on a pizza at Kotipizza in Helsinki, the first time I flew over there to meet my now-fiance.

11points

#21

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Barbecue.

I live in Texas and any time anyone comes from out of state we HAVE to go get barbecue.

standingdesk1107 , slgckgc Report

Final score:

53points

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

Most parts would call a regular grill a Barbecue, and don't even know what you are talking about.

17points

#22

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group I live in Japan but I’m from the US. Whenever I go back home I buy a few bags of Lindt chocolates from the drugstore as souvenirs. They’re dirt cheap in the US, but for whatever reason they’re a luxury chocolate in Japan, and the same bags would cost $30 here.

ITS_A_GUNDAAAM , slgckgc Report

Final score:

53points

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Stephanie IV 3 years ago

Lindt is Swiss.

42points

#23

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group As Italian living in Germany I can say that basically every food from my culture is considered fancy here.

A couple of days ago I saw an Arancino ( cheap fried rice cake ) sold for 5€

In Italy a good Arancino is 1€

epizefiri , Gastronomia Slow Report

Final score:

52points

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

Arancino/Arancini and Supplì are delicious!

15points

#24

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Butter Chicken.

As an Indian staying in Europe, I hate butter chicken because it has taken over Indian cuisine in Europe and noone wants to try the real stuff.

dswap123 , Mack Male Report

Final score:

49points

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Aliquid A 3 years ago

Depends on how you define "the real stuff". The version of Butter Chicken you are eating in Europe has existed almost as long as the ones in India. The dish has only existed since the 1950s. It isn't like it is some sort of traditional food that pre-dates European contact.

17points

#25

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Depending on where in the US you live, lobster, king crab, Dungeness crab, abalone, spotted prawns, geoduck, etc. can be pretty cheap, normal food but for foreigners they go nuts over these things because they are so expensive elsewhere.

MsKim , Malcolm Murdoch Report

Final score:

49points

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ThePracticalSarcastic 3 years ago

Right? When i lived in Alaska, things like crab/salmon were dirt cheap. we used to just go to the docks and buy it for literally nothing. but elsewhere....$$$$$

11points

#26

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Krainer wurst or carniolan sausage, protected by EU for being slovenian speciality that can only be made here but loved and eaten by milions of germans and austrians.
It's the name that can't be used if made outside of Slovenia and sold commercialy not the actual sausage.

pecovje , ModriDirkac Report

Final score:

44points

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Linda HS 3 years ago

Just like Cognac and Champagne…🙃

9points

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#27

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group An indian prepared bajji on master chef Australia

Bajji is available at every 5 blocks or so.

The whole recipe is cut onion/potato, coat it with gramflour and spice and fry. Indians who saw that surely laughed

(In south indian states bhaji is called bajji)

lonewolfman003 , Thamizhpparithi Maari Report

Final score:

42points

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Auntriarch 3 years ago

We used to do the same but with wheat flour. Called them scallops. Yes we were poor and inland. But bhaji and pakiras are good stuff. Though I usually grate the potatoes.

6points

#28

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Pheasant. I grew up in South Dakota and we hunted pheasants every day during the season. In college it was a cheap source of food and ate it all the time. In Central and South American countries it is a delicacy and people could not believe I ate it every day.

dexhan2000 , jans canon Report

Final score:

41points

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

Once upon a time, the same could be said for the UK - pheasants are still everywhere, but it seems like it's not exactly a popular dish unless you're one of those "uppity" rich country folk like that...

15points

#29

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Especially in my region its called "blutwurst" roughly translated as "blood sausage" or "black pudding" and i hate it

CalistoNTG , Silar Report

Final score:

39points

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RoseTheMad 3 years ago

Black Pudding or blood sausages are common in the UK too, I think it's common all over Europe and some asian countries, such as Korea with it's "Sundae" have equivalents, I personally love it!

33points

#30

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group are quail eggs delicacies? because I could just buy them at a grocery store here like normal eggs but I rarely ever hear of them anywhere else

Bobby_Mcschloppy , Ivan Radic Report

Final score:

37points

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Samantha Lomb 3 years ago

Can buy them cheap in grocery stores in Russia too. In the US I think they are expensive

10points

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#31

In my experience a lot of common everyday French foods are high-end specialty foods here in the US. In France, every corner store I went to sold the type of cheese, charcuterie, and pâté that you'd have to go to Whole Foods for here. And it isn't particularly expensive, it's just normal food. Like I went to a little grocer in Paris and got pieces of 4 different cheeses, and I thought, this is going to be like $28. No, it was like $6. I'm just used to what Whole Foods charges. I went to a big department store in the Paris suburbs and there was just an aisle that had all the dry-cured ham and such and tins of pâté, laid out as casually as Lunchables in the US. It's just regular food.

Historical-Author-49 Report

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29points

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#32

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Piña Coladas i guess. Here in PR you can get them absolutely everywhere with or without alcohol, its mostly just a refreshing drink.

MOA14 , weekendpower Report

Final score:

28points

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N G 3 years ago

I drink pineapple and coconut juice - same flavour, fewer calories (as there's no cream and no alcohol)

8points

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#33

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Any kind of sheep meat. Lamb, mutton, etc.

In non-sheep countries it can be quite expensive. Here it is the cheapest meat and commonly used instead of pork as the "filler meat" in grocery store products such as sausages.

Also, fresh fish - the fish processing time is pretty short here, with fish instantly getting unloaded and sent to factories after the boats arrive, and then quickly processed and sold to consumers - so that the fish is even fresher than in some other seaside countries.

Odin_Allfathir , Paulo O Report

Final score:

28points

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Moosy Girl 3 years ago

Not cheap in non-sheep countries, hehehehe.

11points

#34

I've had American friends ask me to send over Cadbury chocolate. IMO it's not as nice as it used to be since it was bought out by Kraft (the irony!) but people still go nuts for it.

GeordieGhoulette Report

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28points

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Karl Baxter 3 years ago

The US exchange students at the college I worked at would take boxes of Cadbury’s Flake bars home with them at the end of term - even though I advised them that Galaxy Ripples were far superior. Mind you, after trying Hershey’s “chocolate” even our crappiest chocolate is a step up from that soapy abomination.

26points

#35

Carnitas, literally something i see prepared on the side of the street everyday

Oskioso Report

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27points

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Jaguarundi 3 years ago

We have a lot of Mexicans and South Americans in my area. The food from the food trucks is FANTASTIC! Carnitas, Arepas and enchiladas are so good freshly made by someone's abuela.

5points

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#36

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Timtams

radiationvictom , Mary and Andrew Report

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26points

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Hilary Mol 3 years ago

Target has had them in US stores for a while now, but TimTams continue to fly under the cookie radar.

7points

#37

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Fried plantains, or mofongo, Wich is just more fried plantains mashed with garlic and some Bs toppings.

DOGEFLIEP , Valerie Hinojosa Report

Final score:

26points

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Melissa TO 3 years ago

Mofongo is wonderful! But you'd be surprised how it can be messed up. I had it at a restaurant once and it was dry and nasty. I think they used old left over tostones from days past. So disappointing, especially when you are craving it!

6points

#38

Kofta: it's so simple to make, you need ground beef and tons of spices and cook them in the grill or bbq.

iliasovich23 Report

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25points

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Awe Awesome 3 years ago

In Russian, kofta is the pronunciation of shirt😹

6points

#39

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Goji berries. We put that stuff in our soups and many people pick that out when they drink the soup.

eienblue , Antonio Tajuelo Report

Final score:

23points

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Kira Okah 3 years ago

Yep, same. Step mother gets the things in bulk at the nearest far eastern supermarket. I think they are gross though, and indeed eject them from soup.

3points

#40

Morel Mushrooms. I never had them though.

dmclone Report

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23points

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

Very, very, very, very, very, very good. I only eat it for christmas or on special occasions because they are expensive. I want to know where the OP live because i never saw cheap morels?

5points

#41

30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Durian. The number of durian farmers who have found overnight wealth are astonishing due to export demand

Due to land scarcity, the durian you have tasted are either from Malaysia (where I'm from) or Thailand. Singapore and China are our biggest exporters.

Also, during pre-covid times, hundreds of coaches ferrying Chinese tourists would visit these commercialised durian orchards on a daily basis for their durian fix. They are offered an all-you-can eat service for a fix price. In other words, it's a durian buffet !

My family owns about few hundred trees of durian on our land but it's only for own comsumption and we'll share it with our friends&family when the harvest is huge. We are far from commercial scale.

Durian is an acquired taste and very polarizing. You either love it or hate it. I'm the latter and the only one in my family, to the dismay of my family. Growing up around the scent, it doesn't bother me. Just dislike the taste. However, I still respect it as the King of the Fruit!

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago

It is polarizing where you hate it or love it but there's a genetic component to it as well. Different people taste/smell different things in a durian. Cilantro is like that as well. To most people near me, its the world's greatest herb and it is in everything. I'm part of the ~13% that anything with cilantro only tastes like dish soap. Best way to ruin a taco is make it taste like a punishment for profanity.

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Gulyás in Hungary is a common soup dish. But for other countries it is uncommon.

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F. H. 3 years ago

It's very common in Germany and Austria, though. But people here can't distinguish between gulyás and pörkölt. So what you get as goulash in Germany is pörkölt most of the time and gulyás is called goulash soup.

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#43

Not just my country but my locality... scallops.

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago (edited)

I live in a landlocked part of the world. Most of the scallops we get aren't even scallops, they're cookie cutter slices from fish or ground up and pressed into molds and called "medallions". Around here, if all of them are the same size and shape, good chance they aren't the real thing.

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Crawfish Etouffee

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Nicki 3 years ago

Sooooooooo GOOD!!

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30 Foods That Foreigners Consider To Be Delicacies But For Locals They’re Common, Shared In This Online Group Feijoada. In its core it's working class food, though usually a fancier version is considered a delicacy. And it's rarely as good as the real thing btw.

Also those are not as known but when I lived abroad I blew people's mind with pão de queijo and brigadeiro, which are incredibly common and easy to make.

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Giovanna 3 years ago

I came back from Brazil ADDICTED to pao de queijo, and it is something impossible to find here in Italy. A while after that a friend of mine went to Brazil and I asked him to bring me back 1kg of pao de queijo, which I froze :D

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Bier and Brezeln

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Stephanie IV 3 years ago

Brezeln! Yesss!

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Stella Artois, apparently. I've seen it being served on a tray with a little glass of nuts and whatnot abroad. You don't get that with a Stella or in fact any pils-style beer over here...

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Ria C. 3 years ago

My husband refers to it as "Still A Beer".

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#48

Poutine or maple syrup

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Magpie 3 years ago

Here maple syrup only comes in tiny bottles and although it says "real" on the label it just tastes like sugar syrup so I'm quite sure it is not real. We do have chips and gravy, cheap to buy or to make. Have been putting mild cheese on mine, but don't know if that really is the same.

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#49

KFC in China. They can't get enuff of that sh*t.

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

Tell people in China that anything is "American" and they go nuts about it. That is why there are now obese children and teenagers never before seen.

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HotDogs :D I'm a foreigner and I consider HotDogs and Taco Bell Delicacies.

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

I wouldn't think that hotdog is a delicacy anywhere... isn't it fast food?

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Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

I'm very hungry now.

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Sel Bonda 3 years ago

You got company. :-)

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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

I gave up reading this list. Why would you leave a comment about "here" without telling us where "here" is? It's not a guessing game. I'd be interested in your entry if you just told me which freaking country you're talking about. Basic writing 101. WHOOOSH!

11points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Every time I travel to North Europe I'm shocked how expensive are the tomatoes the cucumbers the potatoes and this staff... in Greece these are really cheap!! Same with feta cheese which I'm expecting it would be more expensive but in some countries is extreme i think...

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

Also fruit, fish, olives,...

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Giovanna 3 years ago (edited)

Among many other things, I think it would be wine for us. I live in a region in northern Italy where you can get a glass of wine for 1 euro. And it is very common and usual to have wine during dinner in normal households, it's just part of the culture and not a special treat.

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Katherine Morgan 3 years ago

Where is this magical place and how do I get there

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

Same in Portugal and Spain, I guess in South of Europe in general.

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Same here in Chile

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les 3 years ago

no mention of haggis? its banned in america but thats their loss. and vegetarian haggis just isn't haggis

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Seabeast 3 years ago

Really? It's not banned in Canada, I can't imagine why it would be.

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

I would love to try it. Its funny that some people are highly disgusted by the idea of eating it and sometimes they fancy pâté, pâtés are filled with a lot of offals, that's where the taste come from. It is the way to use cheap cuts, just some cheap meat, fat and different kinds of offals (head, throat, liver, lungs depending of the recipe) mixed and cooked together with salt, pepper, spices and herbs. Foie gras is not a pâté, it's just liver with salt, pepper, spices if you want and some wine or Cognac.

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Tim Haight 3 years ago

maybe becasue stuff in a sheeps stomach is gross

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Luna Moth 3 years ago

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Jihana 3 years ago

Sacher cake from Vienna, the real one from the Hotel Sacher. As far as I know, no one from Vienna eats it. It's dry, crumbly, and expensive. It's only the tourists that go nuts over it.

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Pervinca 3 years ago (edited)

Wow, I thought that local people liked it that way. I tasted the original one in Vienna years ago. But honestly I prefer the "false Sacher" they made in my usual supermarket in Italy because they use much more apricot jam. I love the version with extra jam

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allan dorfling 3 years ago

South African here, braai and billtong

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Luna Moth 3 years ago

In Maine it's Lobster. "Out of staters" come here and spend like $100 for two people when us "locals" get them for free because we all know someone with a lobster boat.

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just another bookish gay 3 years ago

exact same scenario here in alaska (except fish not lobster).

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Adam Belaire 3 years ago

My mother use to tell me that growing up in Prince Edward Island, Canada; if you went to school with lobster sandwiches you were considered poor and laughed at.

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Christopher Binks 3 years ago

I worked in Burundi a few times. One of the worlds poorest countries but super fertile. The local crew always found it hilarious how much the uk people paid for a pitifully small avocado while their huge ones grew with abundance.

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bonnyatlast 3 years ago

Salmon. It is expensive in Texas and a delicacy on the level of a beef steak. I think I just paid $10 a lb at the local grocery for it. When we went to Whistler, BC they had it on hamburger buns real cheap.

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Natassa Anagnostopoulou 3 years ago

Artichokes are in Germany delicatessen, but here in Greece its a common cheap meal..

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

I didn't know they were a delicatessen somewhere. I love them but they're almost considered a "poor" thing, because you left on the plate more than you eat.

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

Decent steak in China. Imported from the U.S., Australia and South America it can cost a fortune.

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Madbilby 3 years ago

The Australian Coat of Arms has two animals on it ... a Kangaroo and an Emu...We eat both of them.... and so can you. 96cib1_1-6...5ae0ad.jpg

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GFSTaylor 3 years ago

A bucket of Kentucky Fried Emu drumsticks must be something to behold.

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Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

Can I just say that the delicious bottle of Serah that I bought in Paris for $5 would be $30 here.

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Ana Ferreira 3 years ago

Tomato jam. Once in a while someone will make it in one of the American or British cooking shows and everyone will ooh and aah like it's ever so creative, but it's such a staple here in Portugal you'd be hard pressed to find a brand of jams that doesn't sell tomato jam.

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Nugget 3 years ago

I live in the uk,in a seaside tourist area, you can get toblerones in poundland. when the cruise ships would come in, tourists would literally buy boxes and boxes of them to take back home.

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Mz Phit 3 years ago

SALMIAKKI! A very special black licorice type of treat from Finland. Totally different than salted licorice- I'm obsessed with it- one of my Finnish friends and I do a snack exchange- I send hot sauce from Arizona, and he sends Salmiak! Winning!

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Peko 3 years ago (edited)

Throughout Scandinavia it's just known as bog-standard salt liquorice.

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SloeLoris 3 years ago

In the UK, "craft beers" have been a thing since forever. Tell me what bitter you drink and I can tell you where in the country you come from, sometimes which exact town. This is not a rare skill. Very ordinary pubs will usually stock a selection of local brews and at least one or two "guest ales". Then it got trendy in the rest of the world, and we were like...great, my grandad's a hipster now. Nobody tell him about flat caps and rimless glasses, ok?

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Elisabeth Clark 3 years ago

My neck of the woods is spoiled for choice : Abalone and Local Oysters... Award winning Fresh farmers and aged cheese, mead made from herbal honeys from local farms... Farmstand eggs where you can watch the Great Pyrenees act as chicken security guards as they graze freely, and line caught smoked fishes(trout and salmon) ... Dungeness crabs... My stomach loves Northern California...Best suggestion for the culinarily curious : Favorite Avocado's EVER :Reed, huge rock hard softballs in a gorgeous green that turn black and buttery when ripe... Only available a few months of the year and get very expensive but worth every penny!

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Sanne H. 3 years ago

Heineken and Grolsch.

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s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

Everything mentioned here is available in Toronto, except for the crayfish, and I could be wrong about that.

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Eslamala 3 years ago

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Henry Halliday 3 years ago

What's weird about that?

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Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago

I'm very hungry now.

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Sel Bonda 3 years ago

You got company. :-)

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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

Also fruit, fish, olives,...

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Giovanna 3 years ago (edited)

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Katherine Morgan 3 years ago

Where is this magical place and how do I get there

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

Same in Portugal and Spain, I guess in South of Europe in general.

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Eslamala 3 years ago

Same here in Chile

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les 3 years ago

no mention of haggis? its banned in america but thats their loss. and vegetarian haggis just isn't haggis

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Seabeast 3 years ago

Really? It's not banned in Canada, I can't imagine why it would be.

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cassiushumanmother 3 years ago

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Tim Haight 3 years ago

maybe becasue stuff in a sheeps stomach is gross

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Luna Moth 3 years ago

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Jihana 3 years ago

Sacher cake from Vienna, the real one from the Hotel Sacher. As far as I know, no one from Vienna eats it. It's dry, crumbly, and expensive. It's only the tourists that go nuts over it.

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Pervinca 3 years ago (edited)

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allan dorfling 3 years ago

South African here, braai and billtong

3points

Luna Moth 3 years ago

In Maine it's Lobster. "Out of staters" come here and spend like $100 for two people when us "locals" get them for free because we all know someone with a lobster boat.

3points

just another bookish gay 3 years ago

exact same scenario here in alaska (except fish not lobster).

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Adam Belaire 3 years ago

My mother use to tell me that growing up in Prince Edward Island, Canada; if you went to school with lobster sandwiches you were considered poor and laughed at.

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Christopher Binks 3 years ago

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bonnyatlast 3 years ago

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Natassa Anagnostopoulou 3 years ago

Artichokes are in Germany delicatessen, but here in Greece its a common cheap meal..

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Miss Cris 3 years ago

I didn't know they were a delicatessen somewhere. I love them but they're almost considered a "poor" thing, because you left on the plate more than you eat.

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

Decent steak in China. Imported from the U.S., Australia and South America it can cost a fortune.

1point

Madbilby 3 years ago

The Australian Coat of Arms has two animals on it ... a Kangaroo and an Emu...We eat both of them.... and so can you. 96cib1_1-6...5ae0ad.jpg

1point

GFSTaylor 3 years ago

A bucket of Kentucky Fried Emu drumsticks must be something to behold.

2points