That’s funny, she’s always complaining about the things she can’t get here that she used in the states! Her biggest gripes that I can think of off the top of my head are butterscotch chips and crescent rolls. But she loves that you can buy pouring custard ready made here.
I’ve lived off and on outside the US for a good.paet of my adult life and I used to gripe about what I couldn’t find but now embrace the differences.
Nothing open on Sunday? I’ll plan better or go without.
Fruits and vegetables taste amazing? Fantastic, when they are out of season, I’ll wait for their return instead of settling for beautiful but tasteless out of season bullshit.
No buttermilk? ok…gotta find an alternative.
One of the most interesting things I have found here is that premade foods (think chicken nuggets, pot stickers etc.) are absolutely terrible and I think it’s because they’re not allowed to fill them with so many chemicals, flavor additives, etc. So in that regard the US food has an advantage…but that’s one they can have.
Funny that you mentioned nuggets. The missus has a source for factory seconds mcnuggets at $20 for a 3kg (6.6 pound) box. Done in the air fryer they’re better than any nugget I’ve had from actual mcdonalds, and we’ve yet to figure out why they were rejected from the factory. But yeah, every now and again I really wish I could get a hot pocket!
That’s funny, she’s always complaining about the things she can’t get here that she used in the states! Her biggest gripes that I can think of off the top of my head are butterscotch chips and crescent rolls. But she loves that you can buy pouring custard ready made here.
I’ve lived off and on outside the US for a good.paet of my adult life and I used to gripe about what I couldn’t find but now embrace the differences.
Nothing open on Sunday? I’ll plan better or go without.
Fruits and vegetables taste amazing? Fantastic, when they are out of season, I’ll wait for their return instead of settling for beautiful but tasteless out of season bullshit.
No buttermilk? ok…gotta find an alternative.
One of the most interesting things I have found here is that premade foods (think chicken nuggets, pot stickers etc.) are absolutely terrible and I think it’s because they’re not allowed to fill them with so many chemicals, flavor additives, etc. So in that regard the US food has an advantage…but that’s one they can have.
Funny that you mentioned nuggets. The missus has a source for factory seconds mcnuggets at $20 for a 3kg (6.6 pound) box. Done in the air fryer they’re better than any nugget I’ve had from actual mcdonalds, and we’ve yet to figure out why they were rejected from the factory. But yeah, every now and again I really wish I could get a hot pocket!