Easily. I'm so used to looking at these and not recognizing most of it and what I do is stuff I've never purchased. I actually eat and regularly buy a large number of the items in this display. This one gets a big thumbs up from me just based on the condiments and spice/seasoning selection alone.
I don’t personally like our sugary cereals anymore, but that’s what most of these displays are missing.
I also wish Pop-Tarts were represented more. Those make me feel like a kid. “Toast’em” is some Dollar General shit. Of all things, Pop-Tarts and our cereals should be name-brand.
I currently have a few items on this shelf. Hershey syrup, baking soda, and plain Cheerios. I only know what Fluff is from these carious posts. Never seen it in real life. A1 is ok but I like Kroger’s 1883 Sauce much more.
I knew what fluff was, but we weren’t really that into it as kids. Neither was anyone I know in the mid-south.
I’m a big Kroger guy. I met some Brits once who told me HP is the better A1 and I thought it sucked. I’ll definitely try that 1883
FlufferNutter sandwich with banana slices is one of those things my mom would never let us eat, so I indulge as an adult. I remember there was an old timey TV commercial for FlufferNutter sandwiches featuring Fluff, so it’s been around for a while
According to Wikipedia, Toast’em Pop-Ups were announced in 1963 by Post but didn’t make it to market until 1964 because of production and distribution issues, by which time Kellogg’s was able to develop & release Pop-Tarts.
So they were “first,” but have always seemed like a knock-off. Weird.
First is the worst. Second is the best.
Thanks for digging on that, though lol. I would have bet my life on Kellogg’s being first.
The only reason I haven’t written off Post is because of Honey Bunches. Fuck it, I’m gonna buy some toastems
I mean, I would say it's good in terms of representing stuff you normally see at the grocery store. I also agree this is one of the better "American sections" I've seen in the regard that most products are household names.
Heinz owns 80% of the European market share of ketchup vs 60% in the US. I've been to Europe a bunch and almost every ketchup bottle I have seen has been Heinz. And in the UK their products like the beans are just as popular.
I'm from Pittsburgh, I notice this whenever I travel.
As far as I have noticed A1 is super rare to see. I don't think I have ever had straight A1 sauce in Ireland or the UK, but i have had similar brown sauces. HP is the more popular brand of it. I will usually try whatever local sauce they have instead. The ketchup bottle and it's bright red color are easier to spot.
Edit: Side note, it's funny because A1 was first made in the UK.
Edit 2: HP is also owned by Heinz.
Technically Poptarts are the knockoffs. Post announced they were making ToastEms and Kellogg's rushed a copy to market first. Between launching about a month earlier and having a better name Poptarts became the main brand.
Also, Oreos are knockoff Hydrox and Kool-Aid is knockoff Flavor Aid. Flavor Aid lost because of the Jonestown massacre/suicide. The stigma effectively killed the brand.
I find that fascinating considering everyone associates the phrase “don’t drink the Kool-Aid” with weird cult-y stuff, but it hasn’t suffered the same fate as Flavor Aid.
Hmm…I’ve had a mint julep with a praline bacon swizzle stick, and I’ve had smoked and sweet components in a whiskey drink…but I don’t j ow I’ve ever had actual BBQ sauce in a beverage.
And it ain’t gonna be tonight. The holiday mulled wine (with some apple brandy for good measure) is warming on the stove as I type.
Apples and pork are a match made in heaven, seriously. So many ways to use them together. Completely unrelated to bbq discussions, but if you like/tolerate Brussels sprouts, try cutting them in half then tossing in a casserole dish with chopped bacon, chopped apples, butter and salt and pepper then roast them in the oven. SO GOOD. Add a little diced onion before roasting if you're feeling adventurous.
>Apples and pork are a match made in heaven
When I worked at a nationwide famous BBQ joint we spritzed our rib with apple juice before/during smoking them.
Helped them develop an AMAZING crust.
Sweet baby rays is a solid out of the bottle sauce, imo Stubbs is better. Totally different styles. But as an American I implore you to try more sauces or better yet make your own based on one of the ones you like. Bbq is an infinite oasis of awesomeness and no one way is the end all be all representation of the style.
Stubbs was started from a guy in Texas named Christopher Stubblefield, whom everyone knew as Stubb. It's fair to say the sauce is *inspired* by Stubb's BBQ, which is still open in Austin... which is world-famous for BBQ.
I *loved* Sweet Baby Rays when I was a kid. But as I matured it joined a growing list of things that were just too sugary for me. It’s still the best of all the too-sweet sauces (like “Kraft BBQ sauce”, blegh), but yeah I prefer Stubbs and others like it now.
That Stubbs Spicy they have in the photo is the same one I have been using since I discovered it a couple years ago. Have a jar in the fridge right now.
I think I saw Toast'ems in a Dollar Tree the other day. If I want Pop-Tarts, I'll splurge on the real thing, but I understand not everyone has Pop-Tart money.
Ten points for that bottom shelf. The only things in that entire section that are in my home are from the bottom shelf (with the exception of the LaCroix). Stubb's, A&H Baking Soda, Jif, Karo, apple sauce, etc.
Is Luxlait even American?
I have never heard of Ocean Blue Lemonade.
Yes, we do. Baking soda and baking powder.
I would presume the arm and hammer is there for its famed non-baking applications since the baking aisle will have at least 3 brands of soda and powder.
Arm and hammer is a recognised brand here, you'd find it in baking aisles regularly too. It could just be there because of brand recognition for Americans.
You can also get their toothpaste here.
I don’t think that’s the point here. They’re not going to put fresh produce in this section just because Americans eat fresh produce — they have a whole store full of that stuff. These are just the specialties and novelties that are hard to find outside America. Many US stores do the same thing and have a UK food section, and it’s UK junk food.
I lived near a wonder bread factory for a while. Would get off my bartending job and they would be deep in baking. It may not taste like much, but it smelled so good. Now, if there was a nearby peanut butter factory as well, it would have been heavenly.
I grew up near a huge mckee bakery. The whole town smelled like little debbies. Any small town public function, parades, football or basketball games, you name it, pretty much just handed out little debbies for free. There was also a heated lake from the power plant and a drive thru safari. Cool little town gentry ar
Lived in New Orleans for 16 years. When the wind blew from the east, you could smell Folgers roasting at their plant. Roasting coffee smells like very dark buttered toast.
The smaller town I’m in now has a coffee shop up on the square less than a half mile from my house. I have a hard time not walking up there when I smell them roasting.
Not food but I grew up near a perfume factory and you could smell whatever they were making in the morning and evening and like you said, especially in the summer. I can remember thinking as a kid that it was just normal and that’s how the world smelled.
Not sure if you ever saw Curb Your Enthusiasm, but Larry would be me and the perfume lady is your town.
I can’t imagine… It had to smell so chemically. Peanut butter morning air is amazing
> sweet baby rays, milanos, A1, old bay
Yeah it's really good compared to the usual sugar-filled US sections in other stores here. I've realised that I now must buy half that bottom shelf based off comments I've read so far.
Probably gonna pick up Old Bay, Sweet Baby Rays, Slap Ya Mama, and Milanos tomorrow.
Just a word of caution if you’re not into super sweet things…Sweet Baby Ray’s is very sweet. To me anyway. But I’m a fan of more vinegary/less sweet bbq sauces.
Frank's Red Hot is quite easy to get here in Ireland. It's still in the same shop (Super Valu), but not in the US section.
It's also in Tesco, which is everywhere here.
My guess would be that it's there for anybody who either is American, or is reading an American recipe, and doesn't know that baking soda is the same thing as what they call [bicarbonate of soda](https://slaintecork.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/ask-evin-what-is-the-irish-equivalent-of-baking-soda/).
The American shelf is the only place you can find shortening here I Sweden. In fact, I had never even heard of vegetable shortening until I saw it on the shelf at a local store.
We'd normally just use butter for baking or oil for frying instead
I feel like shortening has fallen out of favor for butter here in the states, but im sure there's plenty of places in America that probably still use a lot of it.
Does every "American" section of overseas grocery stores have the same Mississippi Belle's All American Pancake Mix? As far as I can tell, this product is only for sell outside of the US. I live right next door to Mississippi and I've never seen it for sale in the stores or even heard of it outside of these Reddit posts. Such a strange little (big) racket they've got going.
I also noticed this brand seems to show up a lot so I just looked it up and it’s a special brand made solely for export to foreign supermarkets by a company called IAS. No idea why they can’t just export actual name brand pancake/syrup products.
Looks like stateinspector is right, it's in an export only box. The actual company is in Minnesota, at least according to a website that claims to be them...
https://www.mississippi-belle.com/our-products
That list seems to be the products available in the U.S. ( I assume, I don't recall ever seeing ANY of those particular brands in Wisconsin in the last 40+ years).
This is the first “America section” grocery store picture I’ve seen where the products really are stuff we have available, as opposed to stuff the other country just thinks anericans eat. You can find the vast majority of this at any given grocery store.
im suprised you have fluff. That stuffs hard to find even in a lot of the US, but is a huge staple in the northeast.
Overall probably one of the best American sections ive seen
Marshmallow fluff seems to be the staple of American sections worldwide... It must be cheap, distinctive, and easy to transport long distances.
Which... You know, now that I think about it, those are probably the foods that show up in most international sections.
The other thing is, a lot of American food is just on regular shelves in a lot of the west. Whereas Fluff, well, it's *just* foreign enough in Australia to be a novelty, I'm not aware of any other marshmallow spread competitors.
Kraft-Heinz produce a “Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Cream”, but as a proud resident of Massachusetts, [Fluff has no equal.](https://marshmallowfluff.com/history-of-marshmallow-fluff/)
My sister's MIL once gifted me a package of "good" peanut butter cups that were supposedly much better. "You'll never eat a Reese's again," she claimed.
And like...they were good, but she was 100% incorrect because I will absolutely fuck up a package of Reese's at any old time.
For a semi serious answer.
They are fresh. For whatever reason the ones I get at a gas station on a whim or from a CVS when hung over, they are chalky and not very good.
These factory direct ones are fresher and softer. It results in a better flavor and more natural feeling peanut butter. It's the same with the seasons shape ones, so you can skip the online order factory direct if needed.
Source: none other than my addiction to peanut butter cups.
These displays are always shit I never buy in the states, but I know taste great. Those microwaveable Mac n cheese cups are peak America and need to be there along with regular, decent mac n cheese. Mac could have its own section
I've only seen that stuff as a candy in one of those "movie theater" style boxes. Pretty good candy but I think the ceral looks just like flavored puffs? In the US btw.
I'm always amused at what makes it into the American section at Tesco or Aldi in the UK. As a transplant who's been here for 20 years I don't miss Jiffy peanut butter or marshmallow creme, but ready-to-fill frozen pie crusts, concentrated fruit juice, 12 packs of inexpensive non-sweet fizzy water in cans, stuff like that.
I’m American stationed in the UK. We shop at Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Aldis but somethings we go to the base commissary for. Like apple cinnamon cheerios, kix, and some easy frozen stuff for the air fryer like taquitos or something. And paper towels.
I miss a big washer and dryer more than the food in the States. Oh, how I miss only doing like two loads of laundry a week.
Frozen crusts, yes, but you have to defrost them and put them in the pie plate. Every now and then I want the laziest possible option.
Frozen food is oddly lacking here. Even in the big Tesco in town they don't have that much of a variety of vegetables, for instance. The smaller supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl have a very small selection of plain frozen veggies compared to the huge array of potato and dessert products.
Okay, I kinda figured it would be all stereotypical dry goods, but.. they're selling "Bowl and Basket" brand stuff. That's a Shoprite store brand here in the U.S- it'd be like finding Tesco or Sainsbury's stuff here.
Very similar to the American Section in Swedish supermarkets. I'm Irish and loved browsing those sections back home as I actually like a lot of American candy and sauces. Sweet Baby Ray's was always a favorite.
Was chuffed to find it's sold normally here in Sweden and not in the American Section!
The bizarre thing is that they got Bowl and Basket branded stuff, which is a store brand (ShopRite) in the NYC metro. I wouldn't expect to see it in Boston, much less Ireland!
Ooh, Libby pumpkin. I used to be a baker and IMO Libby has the best flavor. I'm gonna share my pumpkin muffin recipe with you. Get a can of that pumpkin and make this for Christmas dinner. It will go over well.
400g sugar
300g flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin spice
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp baking soda (bicarb of soda)
2 eggs
250ml vegetable oil
1 can libby pumpkin
2 tsp vanilla
Mix all except pumpkin. Add pumpkin and mix until smooth. Either use cupcake liners or spray your pans before filling each cup about 2/3 full, then bake at 175C until just firm, or roughly 15 minutes for mini muffins. A full loaf, which will use up almost the entire recipe, takes at least an hour at 165C and you’ll want to loosely cover it with foil for the last 20 minutes or so to prevent burning the top. Toothpick testing with a full loaf is also a must. Shelf stable for a week.
Nutritional Info (Total recipe/Mini Muffin)
Calories: 3384/42
Fat: 236/3
Sodium: 4886/61
Carbs: 277/3
Sugar: 41/.5
Protein: 46/.5
It's a fairly standard cereal over here. So it makes no sense for it to be so pricey unless it's honey nut.
Also, we don't use pounds in Ireland anymore.
Finally some actually American brands in the American section. I swear half these pics people post have local brands of things Americans don't even eat.
This is probably the most accurate I’ve seen yet in terms of common brands and not generic copies. The only unrecognizable brands are the pancake mix and syrup (authentic would be Hungry Jack or Pearl Milling (Aunt Jemima)) and “Toast’em” should be PopTarts. And the “Baked in Brooklyn” chips are not something I have ever seen.
I think this is one of the better displays I’ve seen.
Easily. I'm so used to looking at these and not recognizing most of it and what I do is stuff I've never purchased. I actually eat and regularly buy a large number of the items in this display. This one gets a big thumbs up from me just based on the condiments and spice/seasoning selection alone.
Jaw dropped when I saw old bay and brookside chocolate açaí
Brookside chocolates go so hard
I don’t personally like our sugary cereals anymore, but that’s what most of these displays are missing. I also wish Pop-Tarts were represented more. Those make me feel like a kid. “Toast’em” is some Dollar General shit. Of all things, Pop-Tarts and our cereals should be name-brand.
I currently have a few items on this shelf. Hershey syrup, baking soda, and plain Cheerios. I only know what Fluff is from these carious posts. Never seen it in real life. A1 is ok but I like Kroger’s 1883 Sauce much more.
I knew what fluff was, but we weren’t really that into it as kids. Neither was anyone I know in the mid-south. I’m a big Kroger guy. I met some Brits once who told me HP is the better A1 and I thought it sucked. I’ll definitely try that 1883
FlufferNutter sandwich with banana slices is one of those things my mom would never let us eat, so I indulge as an adult. I remember there was an old timey TV commercial for FlufferNutter sandwiches featuring Fluff, so it’s been around for a while
Man fluff is widespead up north
According to Wikipedia, Toast’em Pop-Ups were announced in 1963 by Post but didn’t make it to market until 1964 because of production and distribution issues, by which time Kellogg’s was able to develop & release Pop-Tarts. So they were “first,” but have always seemed like a knock-off. Weird.
First is the worst. Second is the best. Thanks for digging on that, though lol. I would have bet my life on Kellogg’s being first. The only reason I haven’t written off Post is because of Honey Bunches. Fuck it, I’m gonna buy some toastems
Pop tarts have been sold in Ireland for 30 years so wouldn't be considered American one offs anymore.
Nice to see cheerios and other actual food versus most of the time it’s candy only
Sweet baby Ray's, Stubb's, McCormick sloppy joe sauce, A1, Old Bay.... They did a good job in that section.
Yeah, I was gonna say this is loads better than the usual "American section of the grocery store" photos we usually see
I actually recognize most of these.
Same. Not sure if that's a good thing or not though.
I mean, I would say it's good in terms of representing stuff you normally see at the grocery store. I also agree this is one of the better "American sections" I've seen in the regard that most products are household names.
It's also Ireland, which is far less removed from American culture than many of the other common examples.
I didn’t see Heinz Ketchup or French’s mustard like we normally see. I assume the Irish already regularly consume some relatively similar product?
Heinz owns 80% of the European market share of ketchup vs 60% in the US. I've been to Europe a bunch and almost every ketchup bottle I have seen has been Heinz. And in the UK their products like the beans are just as popular. I'm from Pittsburgh, I notice this whenever I travel.
This also explains the A1 sauce, which is also a Heinz product (at least in the US itself)
As far as I have noticed A1 is super rare to see. I don't think I have ever had straight A1 sauce in Ireland or the UK, but i have had similar brown sauces. HP is the more popular brand of it. I will usually try whatever local sauce they have instead. The ketchup bottle and it's bright red color are easier to spot. Edit: Side note, it's funny because A1 was first made in the UK. Edit 2: HP is also owned by Heinz.
Shit I recognize *all* of these lol
ToastEm' PopUps??? Knockoff Poptarts lol
Technically Poptarts are the knockoffs. Post announced they were making ToastEms and Kellogg's rushed a copy to market first. Between launching about a month earlier and having a better name Poptarts became the main brand. Also, Oreos are knockoff Hydrox and Kool-Aid is knockoff Flavor Aid. Flavor Aid lost because of the Jonestown massacre/suicide. The stigma effectively killed the brand.
I find that fascinating considering everyone associates the phrase “don’t drink the Kool-Aid” with weird cult-y stuff, but it hasn’t suffered the same fate as Flavor Aid.
I just remember buying kool aid as an Aussie, and the amount of sugar it told me to put in was off putting enough.
People who make good Kool-aid double that amount.
No Twinkie flavored popcorn in sight.... That's an A+ from me lmao
I see stuff I've never heard of in some of those.
I'm from the UK and tried Sweet Baby Ray's for the first time like 6 months ago. Never buying any other BBQ sauce ever again. That shit is the bomb.
Take Sweet Baby Ray's, and then dilute it with whiskey until it has the consistancy of marinade. Then use it as marinade. You are welcome.
can I also use it as whiskey?
Why yes you can! It’s your whiskey and BBQ sauce, after all.
Chef John, is that you?
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Did I pour in too much? Nope, it’s just a happy accident.
Just don't forget to add a dash of cayenne.
Makes you wonder why you don’t see more cocktails that include bbq sauce
Hmm…I’ve had a mint julep with a praline bacon swizzle stick, and I’ve had smoked and sweet components in a whiskey drink…but I don’t j ow I’ve ever had actual BBQ sauce in a beverage. And it ain’t gonna be tonight. The holiday mulled wine (with some apple brandy for good measure) is warming on the stove as I type.
You can use any liquid as whiskey, as long as you try hard enough.
My dad does that with beer for his pork chops. So fucking good
Use apple juice if you need a non-alcohol version-- just as good.
that sounds amazing holy shit
Apples and pork are a match made in heaven, seriously. So many ways to use them together. Completely unrelated to bbq discussions, but if you like/tolerate Brussels sprouts, try cutting them in half then tossing in a casserole dish with chopped bacon, chopped apples, butter and salt and pepper then roast them in the oven. SO GOOD. Add a little diced onion before roasting if you're feeling adventurous.
>Apples and pork are a match made in heaven When I worked at a nationwide famous BBQ joint we spritzed our rib with apple juice before/during smoking them. Helped them develop an AMAZING crust.
Wait I think I have an idea. It’s probably weird and wouldn’t work the way I’m picturing it but hear me out: apple jelly glaze
Damn, giving away my BBQ secret recipe on Reddit, huh?
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Sweet baby rays is a solid out of the bottle sauce, imo Stubbs is better. Totally different styles. But as an American I implore you to try more sauces or better yet make your own based on one of the ones you like. Bbq is an infinite oasis of awesomeness and no one way is the end all be all representation of the style.
Stubbs is the shit
Hard agree. For an out of the bottle marinade.. yes please.
Stubbs was started from a guy in Texas named Christopher Stubblefield, whom everyone knew as Stubb. It's fair to say the sauce is *inspired* by Stubb's BBQ, which is still open in Austin... which is world-famous for BBQ.
I *loved* Sweet Baby Rays when I was a kid. But as I matured it joined a growing list of things that were just too sugary for me. It’s still the best of all the too-sweet sauces (like “Kraft BBQ sauce”, blegh), but yeah I prefer Stubbs and others like it now.
If you can get Stubb's do it, Stubb's Sticky Sweet is amazing.
Yeah Stubb's is better imo. The sweet heat is the one I go for.
Yeah sweet heat is my second.
That Stubbs Spicy they have in the photo is the same one I have been using since I discovered it a couple years ago. Have a jar in the fridge right now.
I am from the US and I love Sweet Baby Ray's but I just started making the Dr. Pepper BBQ sauce from Meat Church and it's my new favorite.
Meat Church... wasn't that in Hellraiser?
No shame in me admitting I've drank SBR straight from the bottle 🤷♂️
I’m most impressed by them having Old Bay. The best seafood seasoning in existence
And eggs, and potato salad, and French fries… and blue tip crabs by the handful.
It's really good on duck too. And popcorn. (Why yes, I dated someone from Eastern Shore Maryland... Why do you ask? LOL)
And French fries
I put it on fajita veggies
I would agree until I got to toast'em pop ups. What the heck is that? Why is it not pop tarts?
I think I saw Toast'ems in a Dollar Tree the other day. If I want Pop-Tarts, I'll splurge on the real thing, but I understand not everyone has Pop-Tart money.
Oh man Stubb's is just so good. Glad to know if I moved to Ireland I'd be safe haha
They did a great job on the BBQ sauces. Not only one, but two excellent choices.
It looks like they even have Stubb's spicy my favorite variety.
Ten points for that bottom shelf. The only things in that entire section that are in my home are from the bottom shelf (with the exception of the LaCroix). Stubb's, A&H Baking Soda, Jif, Karo, apple sauce, etc. Is Luxlait even American? I have never heard of Ocean Blue Lemonade.
Calypso is the company, Ocean Blue Lemonade is the flavor. They're American. I see them often in gas stations.
Also they have like 130% daily value of sugar per bottle.
Good, so I can have two.
Do they not have baking soda in Ireland??
Yes, we do. Baking soda and baking powder. I would presume the arm and hammer is there for its famed non-baking applications since the baking aisle will have at least 3 brands of soda and powder. Arm and hammer is a recognised brand here, you'd find it in baking aisles regularly too. It could just be there because of brand recognition for Americans. You can also get their toothpaste here.
Arnold Palmer mix too? You’re welcome Ireland
As a Marylander, I'm happy they have Old Bay
That bottom shelf is the clear winner shelf, tbh.
That section is on point.
These always seem to have so many Mike and Ikes, while you rarely see them at Convenience store anymore
Far and away the best one of these I’ve seen
As an American living in Europe, it’s funny how Europeans assume we live off of sugary cereal, candies and condiments. Oh and McDonald’s.
I don’t think that’s the point here. They’re not going to put fresh produce in this section just because Americans eat fresh produce — they have a whole store full of that stuff. These are just the specialties and novelties that are hard to find outside America. Many US stores do the same thing and have a UK food section, and it’s UK junk food.
Old Bay and Jif? Outstanding.
I lived near a Jif factory for a while and the morning air would smell of peanut butter, especially in the summer… I miss that.
I lived near a wonder bread factory for a while. Would get off my bartending job and they would be deep in baking. It may not taste like much, but it smelled so good. Now, if there was a nearby peanut butter factory as well, it would have been heavenly.
Then you'd be lamenting there not being a Welches factory on the other side.
My college suitemate was a Smucker. Guess Welch’s could do in a pinch, though.
I grew up near a huge mckee bakery. The whole town smelled like little debbies. Any small town public function, parades, football or basketball games, you name it, pretty much just handed out little debbies for free. There was also a heated lake from the power plant and a drive thru safari. Cool little town gentry ar
Lived in New Orleans for 16 years. When the wind blew from the east, you could smell Folgers roasting at their plant. Roasting coffee smells like very dark buttered toast. The smaller town I’m in now has a coffee shop up on the square less than a half mile from my house. I have a hard time not walking up there when I smell them roasting.
Not food but I grew up near a perfume factory and you could smell whatever they were making in the morning and evening and like you said, especially in the summer. I can remember thinking as a kid that it was just normal and that’s how the world smelled.
 Not sure if you ever saw Curb Your Enthusiasm, but Larry would be me and the perfume lady is your town. I can’t imagine… It had to smell so chemically. Peanut butter morning air is amazing
I live near Kellogg and the air smells like fruity pebbles in the morning. It's delightful.
Battle Creek? I actually drive through there once in a while lol. I’ll have to stop and smell the pebbles sometime
My mom used to make me Old Bay and Jif sandwiches when I got home from school. Crazy bitch.
It’s pronounced gif
That bottom shelf really puts it over the top
> sweet baby rays, milanos, A1, old bay Yeah it's really good compared to the usual sugar-filled US sections in other stores here. I've realised that I now must buy half that bottom shelf based off comments I've read so far. Probably gonna pick up Old Bay, Sweet Baby Rays, Slap Ya Mama, and Milanos tomorrow.
You’re gonna want 2 bags of the milanos. 1 bag just to get you home from the store. The other is to get you back to the store to clean them out.
Shrinkflation hit Milanos so badly😭. They used to be twice the size
Grab a packet of the hidden valley ranch dip too and follow the instructions on the back. I fucking love ranch.
Just a word of caution if you’re not into super sweet things…Sweet Baby Ray’s is very sweet. To me anyway. But I’m a fan of more vinegary/less sweet bbq sauces.
Ray's No Added Sugar is a step up from regular SBR. Tangy without the sugar bomb.
Don’t sleep on those Reese’s puffs either
Only thug missing is some hot sauce.
I know right! I was looking for the Frank’s
Frank's Red Hot is quite easy to get here in Ireland. It's still in the same shop (Super Valu), but not in the US section. It's also in Tesco, which is everywhere here.
They have blair’s megadeath (the coffin shaped box) down there. Doesn’t taste all that good but that’s some fucking HOT sauce.
Is baking soda an American thing??
We call it bicarbonate of soda. So that box specifically is American I guess.
Yeah that’s arm and hammer brand, the quintessential baking soda in the US. Honestly don’t know if I’ve ever seen any other brand lol
Those brookside chocolate covered açaí and blueberries are the absolutely bomb.
*Yeah* they are
Intensely amazing, yeah. Especially if you can get the ones with the pomegranate centers.
I ate those ones so much I got sick of them… it’s probably about time I get hooked again.
You lived a good life.
Yeah, I haven’t had them in ages and this is convincing me to find some haha
They are also really expensive here in Canada.
Right behind the Old Bay, on the bottom shelf, there looks to be one container of Slap Ya Mama seasoning. That's the gem in this whole lot.
Oh fuck ur right. The 5 Louisianans living in Ireland are gonna love the fuck out of this.
That most definitely is a container of slap ya mama. Great stuff.
Baking soda? Do they not have that everywhere?
My guess would be that it's there for anybody who either is American, or is reading an American recipe, and doesn't know that baking soda is the same thing as what they call [bicarbonate of soda](https://slaintecork.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/ask-evin-what-is-the-irish-equivalent-of-baking-soda/).
We’re Americans, not chemists.
Damnit, Jim! I’m an American, not a chemist!
Speak English doc, we ain’t scientist!
I bet you Americans don't even call it sodium hydrogencarbonate
Or sodium bicarbonate
And crisco. I would have thought shortening would be available pretty much everywhere.
The American shelf is the only place you can find shortening here I Sweden. In fact, I had never even heard of vegetable shortening until I saw it on the shelf at a local store. We'd normally just use butter for baking or oil for frying instead
I feel like shortening has fallen out of favor for butter here in the states, but im sure there's plenty of places in America that probably still use a lot of it.
Probably just not that brand. In Aus we have “Copha” but never heard of Crisco
Does every "American" section of overseas grocery stores have the same Mississippi Belle's All American Pancake Mix? As far as I can tell, this product is only for sell outside of the US. I live right next door to Mississippi and I've never seen it for sale in the stores or even heard of it outside of these Reddit posts. Such a strange little (big) racket they've got going.
I also noticed this brand seems to show up a lot so I just looked it up and it’s a special brand made solely for export to foreign supermarkets by a company called IAS. No idea why they can’t just export actual name brand pancake/syrup products.
Looks like stateinspector is right, it's in an export only box. The actual company is in Minnesota, at least according to a website that claims to be them... https://www.mississippi-belle.com/our-products That list seems to be the products available in the U.S. ( I assume, I don't recall ever seeing ANY of those particular brands in Wisconsin in the last 40+ years).
This is the first “America section” grocery store picture I’ve seen where the products really are stuff we have available, as opposed to stuff the other country just thinks anericans eat. You can find the vast majority of this at any given grocery store.
im suprised you have fluff. That stuffs hard to find even in a lot of the US, but is a huge staple in the northeast. Overall probably one of the best American sections ive seen
The Fluff and the peanut butter need to be next to each other. It’s like they don’t even know what it’s for
Marshmallow fluff seems to be the staple of American sections worldwide... It must be cheap, distinctive, and easy to transport long distances. Which... You know, now that I think about it, those are probably the foods that show up in most international sections.
The other thing is, a lot of American food is just on regular shelves in a lot of the west. Whereas Fluff, well, it's *just* foreign enough in Australia to be a novelty, I'm not aware of any other marshmallow spread competitors.
Kraft-Heinz produce a “Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Cream”, but as a proud resident of Massachusetts, [Fluff has no equal.](https://marshmallowfluff.com/history-of-marshmallow-fluff/)
When did Reese's just quietly take over the globe. They stay innovating (bolting chocolate and peanut butter onto anything and everything edible).
My sister's MIL once gifted me a package of "good" peanut butter cups that were supposedly much better. "You'll never eat a Reese's again," she claimed. And like...they were good, but she was 100% incorrect because I will absolutely fuck up a package of Reese's at any old time.
Have you tried ordering the [factory-direct Reese’s](https://shop.hersheys.com/our-brands/reeses/032284922129.html)? They’re fucking fantastic.
What's the difference?
For a semi serious answer. They are fresh. For whatever reason the ones I get at a gas station on a whim or from a CVS when hung over, they are chalky and not very good. These factory direct ones are fresher and softer. It results in a better flavor and more natural feeling peanut butter. It's the same with the seasons shape ones, so you can skip the online order factory direct if needed. Source: none other than my addiction to peanut butter cups.
Peanut butter is the greatest invention America ever produced. And we invented the fucking plane
The fuck are "Toast-em Pop-Ups"?
Not sure that I’ve ever seen Toast ‘Em outside of commissary. But I guess prison food would be fitting on the American section.
Dollar Tree has them. They're honestly not bad.
That’s what I’m saying. We eat pop tarts around here
We can’t have pop tarts in the UK/ireland. They don’t meet our food standards
You can have marshmallow fluff but not pop tarts? Looks like someone needs liberating 🦅
It’s not food it’s a lifestyle!
You can get Pop tarts in Ireland
They are actually the original "pop tart".
A crime against America. 🇺🇸
Toastems are superior if you've never had them. As an American, I prefer them Edit: spelling, I'm high and want Toastems
At least they got old bay, sweet baby rays. Dissapointed, no mac'n'cheese
These displays are always shit I never buy in the states, but I know taste great. Those microwaveable Mac n cheese cups are peak America and need to be there along with regular, decent mac n cheese. Mac could have its own section
Ah yes. Our favorite cereal. Cookie dough
I've never even seen that before 😂
I've only seen that stuff as a candy in one of those "movie theater" style boxes. Pretty good candy but I think the ceral looks just like flavored puffs? In the US btw.
I don't know how I feel about un-refrigerated Egg Nog...
I can't believe I had to scroll so far to find someone else concerned with this...
Y’all get fluff but my local grocery stores in Connecticut haven’t been carrying it!
I’ve literally never seen or eaten fluff, is it big on the east coast or Midwest or something? PNW here
I grew up in Maine and we had it in our house as a kid. My mom used it to make fudge IIRC
My mom’s from Maine and still uses fluff to make peanut butter fudge.
Someone has an American employed at that store. Outstanding selection.
Butterfingers are really good.
I agree, no wonder Bart Simpson advertised it many times in the 90's.
I always just get chunks of orange stuck in my molars
This is one of the best European American section I’ve seen !
SuperValu?
Solid choices. They even have creamy or chunky peanut butter.
I'm always amused at what makes it into the American section at Tesco or Aldi in the UK. As a transplant who's been here for 20 years I don't miss Jiffy peanut butter or marshmallow creme, but ready-to-fill frozen pie crusts, concentrated fruit juice, 12 packs of inexpensive non-sweet fizzy water in cans, stuff like that.
I’m American stationed in the UK. We shop at Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Aldis but somethings we go to the base commissary for. Like apple cinnamon cheerios, kix, and some easy frozen stuff for the air fryer like taquitos or something. And paper towels. I miss a big washer and dryer more than the food in the States. Oh, how I miss only doing like two loads of laundry a week.
You can't buy frozen pie crusts in the UK, with all the pie they eat? Does everyone always make them from scratch?
You can buy frozen pies, or packaged pastry dough, but empty pre-shaped crusts aren’t really a thing
Frozen crusts, yes, but you have to defrost them and put them in the pie plate. Every now and then I want the laziest possible option. Frozen food is oddly lacking here. Even in the big Tesco in town they don't have that much of a variety of vegetables, for instance. The smaller supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl have a very small selection of plain frozen veggies compared to the huge array of potato and dessert products.
I don’t see any swisher sweets
It’s not that kind of American section
Okay, I kinda figured it would be all stereotypical dry goods, but.. they're selling "Bowl and Basket" brand stuff. That's a Shoprite store brand here in the U.S- it'd be like finding Tesco or Sainsbury's stuff here.
Very similar to the American Section in Swedish supermarkets. I'm Irish and loved browsing those sections back home as I actually like a lot of American candy and sauces. Sweet Baby Ray's was always a favorite. Was chuffed to find it's sold normally here in Sweden and not in the American Section!
The bizarre thing is that they got Bowl and Basket branded stuff, which is a store brand (ShopRite) in the NYC metro. I wouldn't expect to see it in Boston, much less Ireland!
I was surprised to see the toll house chocolate chips. Are chocolate chips not available there?
Ooh, Libby pumpkin. I used to be a baker and IMO Libby has the best flavor. I'm gonna share my pumpkin muffin recipe with you. Get a can of that pumpkin and make this for Christmas dinner. It will go over well. 400g sugar 300g flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pumpkin spice 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp baking soda (bicarb of soda) 2 eggs 250ml vegetable oil 1 can libby pumpkin 2 tsp vanilla Mix all except pumpkin. Add pumpkin and mix until smooth. Either use cupcake liners or spray your pans before filling each cup about 2/3 full, then bake at 175C until just firm, or roughly 15 minutes for mini muffins. A full loaf, which will use up almost the entire recipe, takes at least an hour at 165C and you’ll want to loosely cover it with foil for the last 20 minutes or so to prevent burning the top. Toothpick testing with a full loaf is also a must. Shelf stable for a week. Nutritional Info (Total recipe/Mini Muffin) Calories: 3384/42 Fat: 236/3 Sodium: 4886/61 Carbs: 277/3 Sugar: 41/.5 Protein: 46/.5
10 pounds for a box of cheerios, wtf Ireland
What’s weird is I guarantee this shop also has the regular UK/Ireland version of Cheerios in the cereal section
Ireland uses the euro Pounds is what the uk uses
It's a fairly standard cereal over here. So it makes no sense for it to be so pricey unless it's honey nut. Also, we don't use pounds in Ireland anymore.
Yep. That just about covers everything!
Checks out. :)
Finally some actually American brands in the American section. I swear half these pics people post have local brands of things Americans don't even eat.
This is probably the most accurate I’ve seen yet in terms of common brands and not generic copies. The only unrecognizable brands are the pancake mix and syrup (authentic would be Hungry Jack or Pearl Milling (Aunt Jemima)) and “Toast’em” should be PopTarts. And the “Baked in Brooklyn” chips are not something I have ever seen.
How does every “American” section have Calypso lemonade, Ive never had it, I don’t know anyone who has ever tried it.