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[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago

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...

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago

I don't think there's any food product from Europe that I regularly consume.

Now, Mexico and South America, on the other hand...

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Probably just the swiss chocolate in the Holls chocolates I get for some holidays. The bonbons/truffles themselves are made in Vienna....West Virginia.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Barry's tea

cheese, all of them

wine and scotch

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I've infiltrated the European place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesey comestibles!

[–] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Proper pickled onions and Branston pickle.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

Prosecco…

…and Campari.

[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

I can find alternatives with enough effort, but I love me some heavy peated Scotch. The smokier the flavor the better

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I'm Canadian, but... Fruit, I guess. Some fruit we get from places like Greece, Spain or Italy, both canned and fresh. We could live without them, but surely there'd be moments in the year when we couldn't get fresh peaches, for example, at the supermarket, without European imports.

But it's not a majority. We get quite a bit from South America, North Africa, and, astonishingly, as far as South Africa, too.

Though there isn't much else. It's rarely worth it to import food from another rich country, all the way across the ocean, in today's world.

Though interestingly, I bought "canned" soup (actually packaged in a plastic bag) that came from Lithuania, of all places.

[–] Crampi@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

As a french reading the replies in this thread: Ew

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Banoffee pie.

Can't find bakeries nearby that make it. Silly.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Bob's Red Mill makes an adequate substitute. It's not as uniform as McCann, but it is good.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

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.

[–] NemoWuMing@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

I've moved and become Canadian... but I was born American and raised in it.

I love the shit out of quality marzipan.

[–] remon@ani.social 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not American ... but I carry an emergency ration of Aromat at all times when ever I leave Switzerland.

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

We have those in Belgium too! I always thought it was just MSG and bouillon combined.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 7 hours ago

Marmite. I enjoy it on toast, but I use it more often as a vegan beef bullion replacement and umami booster, of which I think it's unparalleled.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Jelly Babies.

Blackcurrant Jam.

I dunno if they count, but Swedish Fish.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The red Swedish fish are not from Sweden

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Apparently they were originally, just not in my lifetime. :)

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23125/brief-history-swedish-fish

And now I know more about Swedish Fish than I ever, really, necessarily needed to know!

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think I've ever seen Swedish fish outside of America

[–] kiterios@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Malaco Pastellfiskar is the parallel product. They're made by different companies now, the recipes have diverged over the past 70ish years, and the US version does not meet EU food safety standards. I can find Pastellfiskar in almost any grocery store.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I know they originated in Sweden, but I don't know how long that was maintained.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Quinces. I live on quince cider as my go-to non-water drink.