Good old Austrian Vegemite.
Salmiak licorice. It’s not a treat for everyday, but sometimes that weird bitter salty combo slaps.
Belgian ales, and German beers that follow the purity laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
Dutch chocolate which is very good, and uses a slavery-free supply chain.
But not a lead free chain
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/
Welp. That’s depressing
Damn. Pick your battles I guess, I’ll die of lead poisoning to keep people free
I think it’s more like “The chocolate supply chain is poisoning you in general” tbh, so go with Tony’s because it’s the ethical choice of delicious lead.
Chianti Classico from Italy. It’s just soooooo smooth.
German chocolate is like a whole other food than the wax that Hershey’s pretends is the real thing.
As a swiss person “Hershey” is not choclate — it is a candy.
Soapy-tasting wax, at that.
Try Belgian chocolate next
Preparing EU exit tariffs for the upcoming trade war with the US?
In that case, fancy wines that rich people buy.
Twinings (UK version) Extra Strong Breakfast Tea with Digestives dark chocolate biscuits.
I don’t think there’s any food product from Europe that I regularly consume.
Now, Mexico and South America, on the other hand…
Every time I go to Mexico, one of the first things I do is get tacos! I NEEEED EM!!!
Same. But I did enjoy some of it. There was some local spring water in Bosnia that was awesome, cevapcici is cool, and I enjoyed the Georgian wine I had in Ukraine. Also the Netherlands’ food surprised me. I loved everything I tried, especially bitterballen and mustard soup.
European sardines are VASTLY superior to most of the stuff you get in the US
Most of it… Last trip I took to Europe, I was staying in an airB&B in Iceland with a few friends, and it had a kitchen. I went to the Bonus (local grocer) and got bread, cheese, eggs, and butter and made a simple fried egg sandwich for breakfast every day. Best damn food ive ever made for myself.
We dont have good cheap bread state side, cheese product is most of whats on the shelves and Euro eggs were just better. It took about a week after coming home for random food items to stop tasting like plastic…
Cheese, cured and uncured dried meats, dairy…actual food standards that protect consumers and aren’t pumped full of antibiotics, they just taste so much better.
Off the top of my head the only European food product I consistently buy is Kerrygold butter. But I could use a domestic version. Other than that I’ll on rare occasion buy a wine that’ll be from Italy or France rather than a domestic.
The only international foods that really make up any significant part of my grocery list are fruits from the tropics.
The domestic versions of kerrygold are getting better! Not quite as good but very good!
I’m not American … but I carry an emergency ration of Aromat at all times when ever I leave Switzerland.
That’s the most Swiss german thing ever. MSG galore.
We have those in Belgium too! I always thought it was just MSG and bouillon combined.
It is
Aromat is just MSG (mono-sodium-glutamate). If you need this stuff to “spice up” food, I feel sorry for you.
I’m confused. You feel sorry for me because I enjoy a seasoning?
And no I don’t need it, I just prefer having it. Do you only eat plain food without any seasoning or spices?
I eat it with herbs and spices. Just dunking it in SMG is horrible.
If you need to put others down for no reason to feel good, I feel sorry for you
Wrong. I can cook. I know about MSG and the damage it does.
What damage does it do?
They’re probably referencing this, but unironically.
MSG is found in all sorts of foods, from soy sauce to some nice aged cheeses. And the glutamic acid (which this is a salt of) is a non-essential amino-acid (meaning the human body makes it itself).
Honestly you kinda just sound racist.
Like any other seasoning, MSG has its uses. I wouldn’t stock a spice cabinet without it.
Danish butter cookies are pretty awesome
Those tins never contain cookies when I see them.
They are sewing tins, the butter cookies are stowaways.
I’m trying to think of the last food item I’ve eaten that was made in Europe, without success.
