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It's always interesting to see what other people think of your culture's eating habits and having a look at foreign store shelves is a great way to do it. This is exactly what happened when skiptonskipper posted an image of what the "American Food" section looks like in the UK and other people followed up as well.
The majority of them feature sugar. Lots and lots of it. Pop-Tarts, cookies, soft drinks, and various candies are among the most popular choices, however there is one product that seems to be everywhere - marshmallow fluff! According to findings in Ireland, Australia, Spain, Germany, the UK, and other countries this is one of the most American-like food there is. It would be interesting to hear what our American readers think of these "menus"!
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American Food Section In England
Mari Fletcher 7 years ago
That is either my local Tesco or Sainsbury's. Sorry cousins, but that's how you're percived thanks mostly to the TV.
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Elena Rogers 7 years ago
What's that Cadburys and porridge doing in there? Seems to be generic "foreign" section to me.
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By would you buy French's yellow mustard when Germany had such delicious mustard choices? 😱
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Polina Laskova 7 years ago
Wonder how many "Irish sections" you have in us stores, I am not from Ireland but your attitude is silly, do you really expect in the "us sections" to find all the goods you are buying in the USA !!!
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What do you think ?
.gas. 7 years ago
To me, "insert country here" sections are mostly about comfort food for tourists or ex-pats.
Violaine LB 7 years ago
Yes - and also, OF COURSE everyone knows American people don't eat just candy and cereal, but the other things are basic items you find everywhere... Typical American recipes use vegetables and meat etc and obviously it's not going to be to a section of its own.
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Lita Kaufman 7 years ago
And if you go to any American grocery story with a "European" or "Foreign" section, you'll see the exact same thing. Junk food and candy, jams and cookies. Tins of treacle pudding. Jars of Marmite.
Erin Zelnio 7 years ago
For us bakers, sometimes the UK section is the only place we can find golden syrup.
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Shari H 7 years ago
I live in a farming community, and for me, true "American" food is tomato sandwiches on homemade bread, pot roast with fresh veggies from the garden, chicken and dumplings (made by Mom) and fresh iced tea (unsweetened for me, though I know in the South it is all about sweet tea). Those items cannot be sold on a shelf in the UK or Amsterdam, but I'm sure people in other countries know what they are and also eat them. I am also sure that all Mexicans do not eat primarily Goya brand canned sodium, and Old El Paso tacos, but that is what the Mexican section of my local grocery store looks like. I do wonder though, why so much canned pumpkin in these pictures?
Erin Zelnio 7 years ago
For the same reason there are specific things you can only find in, say, the UK or Jewish food sections. There just isn't enough demand for the product for it to be stocked on the general shelves, but every once in awhile, a British person really needs to have pumpkin spice bread RIGHT NOW.
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.gas. 7 years ago
To me, "insert country here" sections are mostly about comfort food for tourists or ex-pats.
Violaine LB 7 years ago
Yes - and also, OF COURSE everyone knows American people don't eat just candy and cereal, but the other things are basic items you find everywhere... Typical American recipes use vegetables and meat etc and obviously it's not going to be to a section of its own.
Load More Replies... Lita Kaufman 7 years ago
And if you go to any American grocery story with a "European" or "Foreign" section, you'll see the exact same thing. Junk food and candy, jams and cookies. Tins of treacle pudding. Jars of Marmite.
Erin Zelnio 7 years ago
For us bakers, sometimes the UK section is the only place we can find golden syrup.
Load More Replies... Shari H 7 years ago
I live in a farming community, and for me, true "American" food is tomato sandwiches on homemade bread, pot roast with fresh veggies from the garden, chicken and dumplings (made by Mom) and fresh iced tea (unsweetened for me, though I know in the South it is all about sweet tea). Those items cannot be sold on a shelf in the UK or Amsterdam, but I'm sure people in other countries know what they are and also eat them. I am also sure that all Mexicans do not eat primarily Goya brand canned sodium, and Old El Paso tacos, but that is what the Mexican section of my local grocery store looks like. I do wonder though, why so much canned pumpkin in these pictures?
Erin Zelnio 7 years ago
For the same reason there are specific things you can only find in, say, the UK or Jewish food sections. There just isn't enough demand for the product for it to be stocked on the general shelves, but every once in awhile, a British person really needs to have pumpkin spice bread RIGHT NOW.
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