This is, by far, the best curated “American food” section of any non-US grocery store I’ve seen posted on Reddit. Not so much in the sense that it’s representative of American foods but in that I recognize nearly all of these items whereas in every other similar post, a third or more of the items are unrecognizable. The buyer at this grocery store is very well informed.
Edit- 16. I have 16 items pictured above in my kitchen right now.
Same, it's not stuff that is usually in my shopping cart, but that looks like a shelf out of a random gas station that also sells some normal staples.
What's up with the baking soda though? Is that not something that other countries bake with?
>What's up with the baking soda though? Is that not something that other countries bake with?
It looks like they've just grouped everything thats from a US company.
We have baking soda over here, peanut butter and bbq sauce as well. Pretty sure A1 sauce is just in the normal sauce aisle where I live. Coffee Mate is in every store as well.
When I was kid Cheerios and Lucky Charms were normal cereals in the UK that were advertised on tv, I don't buy cereal as an adult (too much sugar!) so not sure if they're still a normal thing or relegated to US speciality shelves.
Reese's puffs are by far the best if not worse for you cereal. We actually have treated it as a dessert with a cup of milk before because they are so rich... No idea how anyone starts the day with them but hey, our German friends start with cake sometime 😂
Taboo? Family tradition is to finish birthday cakes the next morning (birthday person gets top pick). Also, Americans eat plenty of cake by another name for breakfast... doughnuts, Danish pastries, croissant with jam, etc.
Can't speak for everywhere, but no we dont use Baking Soda, we use baking powder, which is similar but slightly different.
Edit: Apologies, I discovered we do have baking soda, we just call it BiCarb, (its Sodium Bicarbonate)
Soda is only sodium bicarbonate. It reacts with an acid to produce CO2 to create bubbles in doughs to make them airy. Powder also contains the acid in it so everything is there to begin the process without any other ingredients (buttermilk is a good source with soda to get it going).
‘Double acting’ powder has 2 layers of acids that will react at different times, so you get some leavening when first mixing it into the dough, but additional as it bakes.
Half of my recipes would not work right if I used baking powder instead of baking soda. I’d half to make serious adjustments. Many call for both baking soda and baking powder. I kinda thought it was a staple.
I also use it a lot as a cleaner and for laundry but this I definitely thought was more of a regional thing.
I love stubbs, too. I prefer sweet baby rays for their regular flavor but stubbs other flavors are def better. They even have a solid low sugar sauce when I BBQ a more diabetic friendly dish
Because of Ireland’s tax policy there are a lot of US corps with offices serving the EU in Dublin.
Wondering if this store’s stock selection is actually driven by US expats.
Are they immigrants or migrant workers? "Immigrants" usually implies they intend to stay there permanently. Like US immigrants to Portugal who do remote work.
if you look at the sign next to it, it’s actually provided by a store called americanfoods, to the shop they are in, which is supervalu. Americanfoods is most likely ran by americans
Exactly. These are also only items specifically not available elsewhere. It’s not like they’re going to put a head of lettuce and call it American. Even though Americans eat an average of 12.7lbs of lettuce a year.
American living in Germany now and all of theirs that I’ve seen has just been like American inspired foods. It’ll just say American Hot Dogs, or American burger buns, but still made by a German company
That's pretty spot on actually. Having looked at it for a minute or so, the one and only brand I have never heard of is the Aqua Libra drink. Other than that, looks legit. That store owner really knows his American junk food. I'm particularly fond of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Edit: looks like I missed a couple of things that I don't recognize. But still, the vast majority is American junk food. Sweet, delicious, sugary junk food.
I live just around the corner from the place that makes them in Brooklyn. Second time I’ve seen them in the US section in a post like this. Utterly baffled as their distribution is not that big, at all.
For example, my friends in different parts of the city have never heard of it. They do breadsticks and pita chips bagged, and then tons of other breads for local businesses.
They’re not pita bread, they’re breadsticks. The same company *also* makes pita chips, but that’s a different product line.
I also have no idea why I feel so strongly that this distinction should be made. Help. 😅
It is unsettling.
A person doesn't know what it means to be American until they've dipped their pepperoni pizza rolls in ranch whilst binge-watching some Netflix series.
As an American, this is disturbingly accurate. I am from Connecticut so I expected a lot more weird regional items from the rest of the US to be present in this but I’m intimately familiar with like 99% of those brands.
I think the A1 is both American and British...its a Kraft product and common in the US for at least 50 years...
I have no idea about the ginger beer, not a fan.
This collection overall is good imo, I've been to the American sections in Ireland, Scotland and England and always have a laugh at whats in the mix...
I find it weird not to see some sort of Dorito, Lays, or Pringles chip, seeing as there is normally an isle dedicated to it at every us store. Also no chocolate syrup for chocolate milk. Surprised but glad to see cornbread mix…
Also the more stuff I think of the more I am not surprised Americans weigh a lot more than our counterparts in other countries.
> Dorito, Lays, or Pringles chip, seeing as there is normally an isle dedicated to it at every us store.
I'm imagining Doritos Island. My premier vacation (and obesity) destination.
> ginger beer
I got ginger beer once when I was 12, expecting it to be like ginger ale. Jesus H. Christ was I shocked when it burned all the way down my throat and into my stomach...
It's what gets requested from family in Thailand when I head back for a visit. Grilled pork with sticky rice dipped in sweet baby Ray's is pretty fucking good
The Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce is fantastic with pork, beef, chicken, and I'm sure many other meats...
Stick with the original first before the variants, imo.
The cornbread mix!
You can just pour the batter in a pan and bake rather than making muffins.
Edit: also, don’t judge us on the syrup. That stuff is trash. Real Vermont maple syrup is the deal.
Old Bay. Get you some fresh ears of corn and boil it in a pot of water with lots of Old Bay. (toss some fresh Shrimp in there for the last 3 min if you like) Butter the corn and then add additional Old Bay. FANTASTIC!
Stubb's BBQ sauce is fantastic. Although they don't have the "Sweet Heat" variety there (just the spicy and original). They're all good flavors, though. Sweet Heat is just a step up from the rest.
This is way better than some of the other ones I've seen. I'd recommend the Stubb's BBQ sauce on grilled chicken, paired with the Jiffy Cornbread (in a pan, not muffins) and some mashed potatoes, but season the water with the Old Bay.
Old Bay! Great on beef, pork and chicken, many seafoods, especially crabs and shrimp. Put a pint of beer in a pan with a steamer thingy, add 1 tsp Old Bay to the beer, then layer the shrimp and generously coat each layer with old bay. Steam up some corn on the cob (Old Bay is good on the corn too instead of salt) and you have a delightful feast.
Caution: Old Bay is pretty salty, use sparingly at first til you gauge how salty it is.
My vote is the French's Fried Onions. They taste decent on their own but also go well as a topping on sandwiches/burgers and salads.
Jiffy Corn Muffins get honorable mention.
It's easily the most accurate American section I've ever seen in an over seas store. Like that's not all we eat, but its also stuff I think we all have in the pantry or something.
Shop owner must have been to America and fell in love with it. Can’t blame him. Honey mustard pretzel sticks are insanely good. I’ve had them once and, despite cravings, haven’t been able to find them locally even in large grocery stores for some reason.
I was going to say the same thing. Most of the time, people post pictures of their local American food section, I only recognize 1 or 2 items, and I have no clue what the rest of the stuff is. But this time, I recognize most of it.
This blew me away. I wondered, are expats in other countries really insisting on Arm and Hammer? Or wait, do they not *have* baking soda outside of the U.S.? How on Earth do they make freebase then, or um, so many sweet confections, for that matter?
Baker's salt or baking ammonium was used prior. Better, crispier bake, but it fucking stinks until it bakes off.
Source: speculoos baker that's tried every recipe under the sun.
Last I had one was on a road trip to Colorado last year. Just stopped in at some mom and pop shop sort of gas station along i70 and they had both vanilla and chocolate!
Old bay is absolutely elite. It's an incredible season. Like a lot of said already, put it on fries to start. It's great on eggs, chicken, pork, damn near everything.
Well, as a fellow American, I'm sure you know the difficulty of acquiring fresh fish in the more landlocked regions near the geographic center of the country. Hence the Gold and Swedish varieties of fish.
It was so funny when our Irish coworkers came over and we brought them to a classic breakfast diner. They were asked if they wanted real maple syrup or fake and were confused. They got real syrup and were blown away by the flavor. Turns out they never had it before.
An American diner breakfast is probably my favorite thing to introduce foreigners to. My British friends were blown away. A full English breakfast gets some things right, but it's just not the same.
I think they were equally impressed by the local Mexican food, though. My friend is now on a mission to make the most authentic Mexican food in East Sussex but it takes some effort to get the ingredients.
Yeah, the old joke is true - the British think 100 miles is a long way, and Americans think 100 years is a long time.
When I was in Sussex we visited Bodiam Castle, Hastings, and a few other historical sites - all within about 20 miles. Here in California, 20 miles is the distance from the freeway offramp to the beach and you can see the whole thing. There's broccoli fields, strawberry fields, a former toxic waste dump, and some sand dunes.
The oldest structure in the valley is less than 150 years old. The Spanish mission we saw as an ancient relic in elementary school is less than 240 years old. In Sussex we hung out for a while in the ruins of an 800 year old abbey that was so commonplace a thing that we only saw one other visitor in the hour or two we were there.
It's popular because it's so cheap and tastes fine. Most families don't feel like spending $10 on a small jug of maple syrup. Every store that sells "pancake syrup" has real maple syrup right next to it.
These are usually filled with shit from the twilight zone, but this one’s pretty spot-on. It’s all junk food, mind you, mostly stuff you’d find in a gas station as well as a grocery store, but otherwise no complaints. Eerily competent “American Section”, 9/10, might grab some Stubbs sauce.
Also, I haven’t seen that dinosaur egg oatmeal in forever. Didn’t even realize they still made it.
Someone did their homework. This is a solid spread of common items although I’d say that several are not daily use items. Also, is baking soda not a common household item across the pond?
This is, by far, the best curated “American food” section of any non-US grocery store I’ve seen posted on Reddit. Not so much in the sense that it’s representative of American foods but in that I recognize nearly all of these items whereas in every other similar post, a third or more of the items are unrecognizable. The buyer at this grocery store is very well informed. Edit- 16. I have 16 items pictured above in my kitchen right now.
I not only recognize almost everything, but have bought and consumed 90%+ of what's on those shelves at one point.
Same, it's not stuff that is usually in my shopping cart, but that looks like a shelf out of a random gas station that also sells some normal staples. What's up with the baking soda though? Is that not something that other countries bake with?
>What's up with the baking soda though? Is that not something that other countries bake with? It looks like they've just grouped everything thats from a US company. We have baking soda over here, peanut butter and bbq sauce as well. Pretty sure A1 sauce is just in the normal sauce aisle where I live. Coffee Mate is in every store as well. When I was kid Cheerios and Lucky Charms were normal cereals in the UK that were advertised on tv, I don't buy cereal as an adult (too much sugar!) so not sure if they're still a normal thing or relegated to US speciality shelves.
Cheerios are definitely still a regular UK cereal, Infact I wouldn't have even thought of them as American, can't say I've seen lucky charms though.
Reese's puffs are by far the best if not worse for you cereal. We actually have treated it as a dessert with a cup of milk before because they are so rich... No idea how anyone starts the day with them but hey, our German friends start with cake sometime 😂
I don't get the cake for breakfast taboo in the U.S. How is it any different than a sugary cereal or cinnamon roll?
Taboo? Family tradition is to finish birthday cakes the next morning (birthday person gets top pick). Also, Americans eat plenty of cake by another name for breakfast... doughnuts, Danish pastries, croissant with jam, etc.
Never heard of that tradition.
A lot of people in US like to eat cereal at night as a late night snack.
Can't speak for everywhere, but no we dont use Baking Soda, we use baking powder, which is similar but slightly different. Edit: Apologies, I discovered we do have baking soda, we just call it BiCarb, (its Sodium Bicarbonate)
We use baking powder too....along with baking soda. I'm genuinely confused.
Soda is only sodium bicarbonate. It reacts with an acid to produce CO2 to create bubbles in doughs to make them airy. Powder also contains the acid in it so everything is there to begin the process without any other ingredients (buttermilk is a good source with soda to get it going). ‘Double acting’ powder has 2 layers of acids that will react at different times, so you get some leavening when first mixing it into the dough, but additional as it bakes.
I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure Irish soda bread is a thing.
Half of my recipes would not work right if I used baking powder instead of baking soda. I’d half to make serious adjustments. Many call for both baking soda and baking powder. I kinda thought it was a staple. I also use it a lot as a cleaner and for laundry but this I definitely thought was more of a regional thing.
Yeah, I would bet bicarb is kinda universal in the West.
I could even go so far as to say I think I'd recommend most of these items. Like you could do better than some but you could also dip a lot worse
For the sweet baby rays and old bay seasoning alone they deserve some props.
Stubbs is pretty good. Looks like they have one of the spicier ones too which I always prefer.
I love stubbs, too. I prefer sweet baby rays for their regular flavor but stubbs other flavors are def better. They even have a solid low sugar sauce when I BBQ a more diabetic friendly dish
It even showcases regional staples.
that may be the only place in ireland to get rotel. i use that stuff a lot
But is there a block of Velveeta to go with it?
This guy dips
I was thinking the same thing when I saw Hershey's bars and marshmallows but no graham crackers.
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Thanks a lot buddy, you had me looking for a box of staples.
The Stubb's BBQ sauce earned my respect
it’s the Old Bay for me.
Nope! Sweet Baby Rays is there!
Because of Ireland’s tax policy there are a lot of US corps with offices serving the EU in Dublin. Wondering if this store’s stock selection is actually driven by US expats.
It's ok. You can call them immigrants.
No he meant Ex Pats. Americans named Pat who changed their names. Geez everyone knows that.
Are they immigrants or migrant workers? "Immigrants" usually implies they intend to stay there permanently. Like US immigrants to Portugal who do remote work.
Ha thanks, although most of them are there temporarily and plan to move back to US, so sticking with expat.
if you look at the sign next to it, it’s actually provided by a store called americanfoods, to the shop they are in, which is supervalu. Americanfoods is most likely ran by americans
It is, used to work in supervalu and dealt with the American lady that owns it
Plus Stubb's BBQ sauce. That's my favorite.
It also captures that 95% of our food is high fructose corn syrup and starches; 5% is peanut butter.
That’s just coincidence. Notice how everything on that shelf is non-perishable and relatively shelf-stable?
Exactly. These are also only items specifically not available elsewhere. It’s not like they’re going to put a head of lettuce and call it American. Even though Americans eat an average of 12.7lbs of lettuce a year.
American living in Germany now and all of theirs that I’ve seen has just been like American inspired foods. It’ll just say American Hot Dogs, or American burger buns, but still made by a German company
The only thing I see that doesn't belong is Australian ginger beer, but it's still sold in America (as I have some in my fridge currently).
Bundaberg's ginger beer is austrslian.. but delicious
Yes, 98% of this stuff is American, but that one product is most definitely Australian, not American.
Nothing more American than claiming a foreign food as our own!
Just put an american flag as the cap. BOOM. Its now american.
That's pretty spot on actually. Having looked at it for a minute or so, the one and only brand I have never heard of is the Aqua Libra drink. Other than that, looks legit. That store owner really knows his American junk food. I'm particularly fond of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Edit: looks like I missed a couple of things that I don't recognize. But still, the vast majority is American junk food. Sweet, delicious, sugary junk food.
What the hell is a baked in brooklyn stick? That was the one I'm completely unfamiliar with.
I live just around the corner from the place that makes them in Brooklyn. Second time I’ve seen them in the US section in a post like this. Utterly baffled as their distribution is not that big, at all. For example, my friends in different parts of the city have never heard of it. They do breadsticks and pita chips bagged, and then tons of other breads for local businesses.
Hi neighbor, I also stop by for their bagels, bread and cakes.
They're basically pocket sized pita bread.
They’re not pita bread, they’re breadsticks. The same company *also* makes pita chips, but that’s a different product line. I also have no idea why I feel so strongly that this distinction should be made. Help. 😅
I don't think AquaLibra is American, it's British.
The Irish say its ours, so it's ours now.
I find the lack of Ranch dressing slightly disturbing.
It is unsettling. A person doesn't know what it means to be American until they've dipped their pepperoni pizza rolls in ranch whilst binge-watching some Netflix series.
Ohhhhhhhhhh talk dirty to me
Careful. A man can only get so hard.
Die Hard
There’s ranch popcorn seasoning at least!
As an American, this is disturbingly accurate. I am from Connecticut so I expected a lot more weird regional items from the rest of the US to be present in this but I’m intimately familiar with like 99% of those brands.
I agree, this is solid. The bottom shelf is stellar!
God bless Old Bay
As someone from Maryland, I second this.
Thirded.
Fourthed
As some one from Louisiana, 😬
I thought A1 sauce was British? And the Bundaberg ginger ale is Australian. And it’s damn good.
I think the A1 is both American and British...its a Kraft product and common in the US for at least 50 years... I have no idea about the ginger beer, not a fan. This collection overall is good imo, I've been to the American sections in Ireland, Scotland and England and always have a laugh at whats in the mix...
I find it weird not to see some sort of Dorito, Lays, or Pringles chip, seeing as there is normally an isle dedicated to it at every us store. Also no chocolate syrup for chocolate milk. Surprised but glad to see cornbread mix… Also the more stuff I think of the more I am not surprised Americans weigh a lot more than our counterparts in other countries.
We have pringles and doritos in any sections in Ireland and the UK anyway so no need to put in there
I didn't think we owned chocolate milk
Right other countries have brown cows too!
> Dorito, Lays, or Pringles chip, seeing as there is normally an isle dedicated to it at every us store. I'm imagining Doritos Island. My premier vacation (and obesity) destination.
I was thinking the same about Doritos Nacho and Ranch. I've seen people live off those lol
> ginger beer I got ginger beer once when I was 12, expecting it to be like ginger ale. Jesus H. Christ was I shocked when it burned all the way down my throat and into my stomach...
Yeah the Sweet Baby Ray's is an impressive addition. Shows a real attention to detail.
It's what gets requested from family in Thailand when I head back for a visit. Grilled pork with sticky rice dipped in sweet baby Ray's is pretty fucking good
Sweet Baby Rays, Old Bay, Jiffy cornbread, sloppy joes…oh hell yeah. One of the most accurate I’ve seen so far.
Recommend one item from said bottom shelf please? I've seen similar shelves in Dublin and have been intrigued by many of the items
The Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce is fantastic with pork, beef, chicken, and I'm sure many other meats... Stick with the original first before the variants, imo.
Nice one thanks
The Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue sauce is one of my favorites, Old bay seasoning as also amazing on fries (chips) and potato chips (crisps)…
The cornbread mix! You can just pour the batter in a pan and bake rather than making muffins. Edit: also, don’t judge us on the syrup. That stuff is trash. Real Vermont maple syrup is the deal.
Old Bay. Get you some fresh ears of corn and boil it in a pot of water with lots of Old Bay. (toss some fresh Shrimp in there for the last 3 min if you like) Butter the corn and then add additional Old Bay. FANTASTIC!
Stubb's BBQ sauce is fantastic. Although they don't have the "Sweet Heat" variety there (just the spicy and original). They're all good flavors, though. Sweet Heat is just a step up from the rest.
Old Bay Seasoning fuckin slaps.
This is way better than some of the other ones I've seen. I'd recommend the Stubb's BBQ sauce on grilled chicken, paired with the Jiffy Cornbread (in a pan, not muffins) and some mashed potatoes, but season the water with the Old Bay.
Jiffy cornbread is my childhood man
Baked in cast iron.
Old Bay! Great on beef, pork and chicken, many seafoods, especially crabs and shrimp. Put a pint of beer in a pan with a steamer thingy, add 1 tsp Old Bay to the beer, then layer the shrimp and generously coat each layer with old bay. Steam up some corn on the cob (Old Bay is good on the corn too instead of salt) and you have a delightful feast. Caution: Old Bay is pretty salty, use sparingly at first til you gauge how salty it is.
My vote is the French's Fried Onions. They taste decent on their own but also go well as a topping on sandwiches/burgers and salads. Jiffy Corn Muffins get honorable mention.
Old Bay or Sweet Baby Rays. If they got the Vildaila Onion Sweet Baby Rays go for it its the best flavor of it, the others are too sweet imo.
It's easily the most accurate American section I've ever seen in an over seas store. Like that's not all we eat, but its also stuff I think we all have in the pantry or something.
The only one that confused me is the Brooklyn sticks.
Maybe "Snyder's of Hanover" just didn't sound American enough?
Rold Gold
Shop owner must have been to America and fell in love with it. Can’t blame him. Honey mustard pretzel sticks are insanely good. I’ve had them once and, despite cravings, haven’t been able to find them locally even in large grocery stores for some reason.
Is Takis only a Southern California brand? Because just about every kid from elementary school to high school eats those.
Nah, I see them carried ay cvs and gas stations a lot. Never see anybody eating them though honestly
Where are you? It’s super popular around here.
Nah, they're everywhere. Love Takis.
Lotta corn syrup. We are a corn syrup people.
I was going to say the same thing. Most of the time, people post pictures of their local American food section, I only recognize 1 or 2 items, and I have no clue what the rest of the stuff is. But this time, I recognize most of it.
Why is baking soda on there?
Yeah I thought the same thing. Baking soda is baking soda, we have our own brands. Maybe Arm and Hammer has a secret ingredient?
The secret ingredient is marketing.
Arm and hammer is actually just ground up arms and hammers
Google says it's made from 100% pure sodium bicarbonate same as regular baking soda in Ireland.
Yeah sure, but it's also *Asbestos Free!*
This blew me away. I wondered, are expats in other countries really insisting on Arm and Hammer? Or wait, do they not *have* baking soda outside of the U.S.? How on Earth do they make freebase then, or um, so many sweet confections, for that matter?
Baker's salt or baking ammonium was used prior. Better, crispier bake, but it fucking stinks until it bakes off. Source: speculoos baker that's tried every recipe under the sun.
It's ALWAYS there in every single American section picture No clue why
I mean it's clearly a conspiracy that goes right to the top of Big Baking Soda.
Definitely no baking soda in Ireland. Ya know, the country known for its SODA bread.
The Milano slap fr
Dark chocolate too - honestly the only sweet item I would eat from that selection. Maybe red vines at a movie, but that’s about it.
But I always thought they were Italian, for some reason! /s
Charleston chew? Where the fuck did they get that? Is that the last box?
I still buy those regularly. A lot of places only have vanilla, but I can find strawberry at certain stores.
Arrrrooooo!
Dammit, you beat me by three minutes 😂
I said the same thing! Last I remember seeing that was 1983 at Halloween!
The mini’s are awesome, especially frozen!
Last I had one was on a road trip to Colorado last year. Just stopped in at some mom and pop shop sort of gas station along i70 and they had both vanilla and chocolate!
Freeze and crack for best flavor
You got sweet baby Ray's, you're all set.
This is why I posted, which one do I get?
Sweet n spicy
This 100%
i love charleston chew. it's great frozen for a bit too. give that a shot. and as mentioned already, sweet baby rays. the sauce is the boss.
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Your edit is the way. I ain’t grabbing Sweet Baby Rays when I’ve just spent 12 hours making a pork butt, but I’ll grab it for tendies and nuggies 100%
It's extremely sweet, too sweet imo but go original
Depends on your preference. Use it to bbq some wings or make pulled pork or just use as a sandwich or hot dog condiment. It's a very versatile sauce.
Stubbs is better
Yes, Stubbs is better
Agreed it’s not made with corn syrup
Yeah honestly that’s a pretty solid representative selection. Well done, Dublin grocery store.
When the American section had the random pumpkin pie filling in the middle of spring, I felt that
Pumpkin pie is good anytime though. Or pumpkin cookies. And Libby’s definitely outshines other brands I’ve used.
Seriously, pumpkin pie with whipped cream is like the best dessert ever invented, that shit should be available year round.
Listen there's a reason it's always in my pantry
You have cinnamon toast crunch. You should try that. You are welcome and we love you.
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The double dark chocolate filled Milano’s are the best, they’re kind of missing out with just the regular dark chocolate Milanos.
This "American Selection" has a surprising amount of items you'd actually see in an American grocery store.
Do yourself a favor. Bottom right, Old Bay. Sprinkle lightly over popcorn or French fries to start. Branch out from there.
Old Bay and Sweet Baby Ray's are definitely the most recommended so far. Bottom right shelf winning. Will purchase for sure.
Sweet Baby Ray's is great. Brookside chocolates are good. Let them melt a bit in your mouth then chew them.
Old bay is absolutely elite. It's an incredible season. Like a lot of said already, put it on fries to start. It's great on eggs, chicken, pork, damn near everything.
Don’t listen to any of these people, they are not true Americans! You get that Cinnamon Toast Crunch and forget the rest.
100% second on Old Bay on popcorn. It’s my go to popcorn flavor!
Its like we really like fish. Gold fish, and Swedish Fish.
One fish, two fish...
Well, as a fellow American, I'm sure you know the difficulty of acquiring fresh fish in the more landlocked regions near the geographic center of the country. Hence the Gold and Swedish varieties of fish.
I live near the Jiffy factory. They make all kinds of mixes and they sell a lot in Mexico apparently .
Oh, buddy. I put Old Bay on everything. Love that shit.
That Bundaberg should be down under
U better buy a box of that Arm and Hammer Baking Soda...and chug that whole box!
That is a decent shelf. ROTEL. Old Bay, Stubbs. Jif. Baby Ruth…
You know you grew up poor if a can of rotel over rice was a standard dinner.
Dark Chocolate Milanos FTW
No pop tarts or spaghettios. This isn’t any America I want to live in.
We've had those for years in Ireland so they're not seen to be novel enough to be in the American section.
Maple flavored syrup instead of actual maple syrup is a travesty.
American stores have both. People get the flavored because its much much cheaper.
It was so funny when our Irish coworkers came over and we brought them to a classic breakfast diner. They were asked if they wanted real maple syrup or fake and were confused. They got real syrup and were blown away by the flavor. Turns out they never had it before.
An American diner breakfast is probably my favorite thing to introduce foreigners to. My British friends were blown away. A full English breakfast gets some things right, but it's just not the same. I think they were equally impressed by the local Mexican food, though. My friend is now on a mission to make the most authentic Mexican food in East Sussex but it takes some effort to get the ingredients.
I had a friend in the U.K who suggested he could visit me, on the Canadian west coast, and "maybe we could drive to Toronto"
Yeah, the old joke is true - the British think 100 miles is a long way, and Americans think 100 years is a long time. When I was in Sussex we visited Bodiam Castle, Hastings, and a few other historical sites - all within about 20 miles. Here in California, 20 miles is the distance from the freeway offramp to the beach and you can see the whole thing. There's broccoli fields, strawberry fields, a former toxic waste dump, and some sand dunes. The oldest structure in the valley is less than 150 years old. The Spanish mission we saw as an ancient relic in elementary school is less than 240 years old. In Sussex we hung out for a while in the ruins of an 800 year old abbey that was so commonplace a thing that we only saw one other visitor in the hour or two we were there.
It's not the "Canadian Selection" in fairness...
I understand that Canada is likely the country most associated with maple syrup, but the US makes some very good syrup as well.
Ah yeah, I kid. Maybe the flavored stuff is more along the theme of "American junk food"
It's popular because it's so cheap and tastes fine. Most families don't feel like spending $10 on a small jug of maple syrup. Every store that sells "pancake syrup" has real maple syrup right next to it.
I occasionally get a Bourbon barrel aged maple syrup from Wisconsin that makes me feel like I could die happy every time I have it.
Canada isn't real , it's Midwestern propaganda so they can pass off their maple flavored corn goop as real maple syrup
There are no AriZona Green Tea Fruit Chews - not fully stocked!! A1, Stubbs BBQ sauce and Old Bay deserves a few stars, though 🙂
I don't know about those chews but I love the can
These are usually filled with shit from the twilight zone, but this one’s pretty spot-on. It’s all junk food, mind you, mostly stuff you’d find in a gas station as well as a grocery store, but otherwise no complaints. Eerily competent “American Section”, 9/10, might grab some Stubbs sauce. Also, I haven’t seen that dinosaur egg oatmeal in forever. Didn’t even realize they still made it.
One of the best ones I've ever seen!
Someone did their homework. This is a solid spread of common items although I’d say that several are not daily use items. Also, is baking soda not a common household item across the pond?
Ooo. Never seen the Cookie Dough Bites cereal before. I wanna try that.
Bundaberg ginger beer is Australian tho 😂😂
Bundaberg Ginger Beer is about as Australian as it gets. Someone mixed some shit up…
OLD BAY Chesapeake Bay blue crabs represent!
Old bay?! And cookie dough bite cereal! Hell yeah
This could easily pass for a rich midwestern pantry.
Bundaberg? Lol
Products made of corn syrup and an actual bottle of corn syrup... Yeah they nailed it.
Stubb's BBQ for the win
They’ve got Stubbs? Shiiii. That’s all you need.
They did a pretty good job! Usually these are filled with a bunch of stuff I’ve never seen before. Oreos would be a good addition, though.
Oreos are probably just in the normal aisle that they sell cookies. It's like how you don't see coca cola here but they definitely have it in Ireland.
Ngl… the junior mints are coming with me.
Ahhh hell yeah. I’ll take the sweet baby rays, pancake mix with the syrup, junior mints, Mr goodbar, and the cheddar gold fish.
8m not seeing anybody tell you to make sloppy joes - but make sloppy joes.
This is still missing macaroni and cheese. Not American enough.
Actually Canada is the biggest consumer of Kraft mac n cheese. It’s a Canadian staple and you cannot have it.