Posted on 02/07/2022 8:19:44 AM PST by mylife
Last time I was in Berlin, American style steak houses and burgers were all the rage. This included American-style craft beers (especially IPAs), which I saw everywhere. A German explained to me that although Germany obviously has very good beer, there are actually only a few varieties, so they looked to the US for innovation in brewing.
Damned Prussians!
I lived in The Netherlands back in the 80s. It was very much like being home - English is the second language and I found the supermarkets much like ours. Just had to get used to mayonnaise on my French fries.
It’s the black section.
That’s exactly the sort of ‘food’ item selection you find in a Philly liquor store.
There’s a reason Dutch people are called ‘cheeseheads’ (kasekopfs in German).
I have used an OS from Germany that gave you the options of English or American for language LOL
I like mayo. :)
Oooh yeah! I would!
As expecting the lack of, I brought several half gallon containers of Pace Picante (Red Label) sauce with me.
I did make one trip back home to resupply for my require time there.
Ironically, you might be able to find a wide selection of Dutch products in Asian themed stored, since the Dutch used to have many Asian colonies. And over the years, the Dutch and those Asian nations exchanged tastes.
A good friend in the UK loves for me to send over Hersey’s Kisses as a gift..”””
That friend may simply like Kisses in particular but Britons on the whole seem to have contempt for the average American chocolate. I don’t think most would buy Hersheys based on the way I’ve many talk about it.
At KaDeWe for years there was an "American" section which my bride and I used to walk by and laugh aloud. Small, tiny compared to all else. I never knew an expat that bought the stuff, much like the pictured. Another shop had low-end Gallo red wine as "imported," which was technically true, but....
We favored the Belgian pâté, fresh baked baguette, and, in Spandau, the wonderful Brauhaus.
RIP
Macho Man
Cadbury’s has cornered the market there.
Aldi and Lidl are German companies. Ahold Delhaize, the company that owns Giant, Giant, Giant Eagle, Stop N Shop, Food Lion, Edwards, and other stores, is a merger of a Dutch company (Royal Ahold) with a Belgian company (Delhaize.)
Aldi and Lidl are German companies. Ahold Delhaize, the company that owns Giant, Giant, Giant Eagle, Stop N Shop, Food Lion, Edwards, and other stores, is a merger of a Dutch company (Royal Ahold) with a Belgian company (Delhaize.)
Hershey's chocolate uses condensed milk in the recipe, giving it a slightly bitter aftertaste. Millions of people love it, some do not.
Our Giant was a lot nicer when it was still a family business, before Ahold took over.
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