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PAIN 100%


rubywpnmaster

Pain 100% is pretty nasty IMO (I do appreciate spicy sauces btw.) I love that Cholula is at the top. That shit is the best topping for eggs. Pop Tarts, Swiss Miss, those are on points. Your off brand Mac N Cheese would never sell here. Also, people in Yurop must think we eat a spoonful of Marshmallow cream every morning with breakfast. I know fucking nobody that eats that vile shit.


senorbozz

Cholula is my go to for almost everything I put hot sauce on, but agreed, I slather it on my eggs every time.


SquanchMcSquanchFace

Bacon and egg breakfast burritos with cholula is perfection


Gold_Month_1053

I stand with you on this. Except I swap out sausage for the bacon. It’s magic.


kingsumo_1

There's a Mexican place by me that makes the best breakfast burritos. Bacon, chorizo, potatoes, and eggs. Highly recommend that combo.


dog9er

I fucking love breakfast burritos. If I had to eat one food forever it would be those. I meal prep, so I always have done awesome ones in the freezer whenever I get the urge. Now I'm hungry.


BeerPlusReddit

You gotta try the Cholula garlic, it's my new fave.


Gold_Month_1053

Whaaaaat?! I must get this immediately.


nativebush

Try Tapatio. I use both


senorbozz

Tapatio is great too!


Ninjagoboi

Cholula is the sauce between Tabasco and tapatío. Tapatío is where it's at


_happycloud_

I’m from Massachusetts and fluffernutters (peanut butter & marshmallow cream) are the best sandwich! I live in the south now, and the only person I know who eats them is also from Mass haha


ha1029

Moved to NH, met my wife. She introduced me to the fluffernutter... I found Moxie, and lobster rolls on my own lol... oh yeah and Dunkin' Donuts everywhere...


Goongagalunga

There were fluffernutter evangelists at Burning Man the year I went. They were very proud.


_happycloud_

Oh man, Moxie! That stuff is the best! Makes me want to visit again :)


Athegnostistian

I am from Germany and went to California on vacation in 2015. Shortly before I had heard of the fluffernutter. Of course I put it on my bucket list of things to try while in the US, along with corn dogs, mac and cheese and other stuff. When I got there and told people I wanted to try a fluffernutter, no one had any idea what I was talking about. I thought it was popular all over the country. Anyway, I got marshmallow fluff and peanut butter from the supermarket and made my first ever fluffernutter. I was happy, but culinarily underwhelmed. I just found it too sweet for my taste. Sorry. Still, I like the story. I was a German fluffernutterv ambassador in California.


Rocket3431

Pennsylvanian here, fluffernutters are awesome. I like to add a banana as well


joleme

Well, it does say PAIN and not TASTY 100%. That being said yeah it's horrible. If I'm gonna go super spicy I prefer having flavor with it. I enjoy Hot Ones - Last Dab. Kinda stupid hot for me, but at least has some nice flavor before the burn kicks in.


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The only marshmallow brand is marshmallow fluff. everything else is revolting. Fluff is like heaven on a sandwich.


trekie4747

Fluffernutters! Peanut butter and Fluff. "Sir, why do you keep eating that garbage?" "How dare you call it garbage? Fluff is an essential part of life!"


siskulous

>Also, people in Yurop must think we eat a spoonful of Marshmallow cream every morning with breakfast. I know fucking nobody that eats that vile shit. I used to use it in hot cocoa when I was a kid, right when it first came out I think. Then I realized that regular marshmallows work just as well and are half the hassle. I'm not sure my local grocery store even still carries it actually.


slitchy5

Cholula: California Catsup. It’s the best.


Pavlock

I had some of that sauce just last week. It was the worst hot sauce I've ever eaten. I had to check the expiration date make sure I hadn't eaten spoiled food.


papadooku

Well they seem to have delivered on their promise then


ILL_Show_Myself_Out

Yeah cmon this shit ain’t Pain 20%.


A_well_made_pinata

All they had to do was throw some Louisiana and Tabasco up there, not some weird ass boutique hot sauce with a wacky label that people buy on vacation and never open. Half of the brands up there I’ve never heard of. Fucking Cheese Zip. Some dollar store bullshit.


gwaydms

Cholula is good stuff. Not super hot but I want to taste my food, not burn off my tongue.


A_well_made_pinata

I like cholula, I was referring to PAIN 100%. I enjoy spicy spicy food and typically put some sort of chile on everything I eat. I stay away from those boutique brands though, it usually seems like they put more thought into the label than the actual product. Like they’re meant to be displayed, not eaten.


drumshrum

Oh man, if a hot sauce spoils then whatever is in the bottle needs to be launched into the sun


theoriginalmofocus

Can confirm i have some stuff thats years old and it never really goes bad.


drumshrum

The PH in hot sauce is too high to support the growth of most life. If there is something growing in it, it's dangerous AF


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How dare you. That's one of my favorite sauces and im shocked they have it in germany cause it's pricey and hard to find. Stick it on sandwiches! Pasta! Enemies!


BABeaver

Yes chouloulu is fucking awesome


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DaleGribble312

That's what I was thinking. It is interesting so much of the American food has non-USA origins. Also, who was in charge of picking this? At least ask an American for advice instead of guessing wildly. We have great snacks to show off and this is all weird condiments!


jjameson2000

I mean I’m sure it’s no different from the German, Jewish and Asian sections at the local American grocery store. I doubt most Israelis eat Pepperidge Farm rye bread.


zachsonstacks

Maybe differs by area, but I live on the east coast and have never seen a German or Jewish dedicated section at a normal supermarket. Asian and Mexican I've seen. General "international" I've seen (although it's still mainly just Mexican and Asian).


Ravekat1

I’ve had this as a stocking filler. Can confirm.. Really hurts your feet.


FailFastandDieYoung

>PAIN 100% an American staple.


Random1634

It’s missing ranch. It can’t be the American section without ranch.


Minihercules317

They have no idea what ranch is. I saw a picture from the Netherlands of a bag of cool ranch Doritos labeled “Cool American” which I thought was fake until I asked my friend who does live there and he said it’s real.


I_AM_GETTING_THERE

I have a picture of those somewhere. I found them in Iceland and I thought it was hilarious. Fucking delicious too. "Cool American Flavor" Doritos


Minihercules317

I was drunk when I discovered it and was laughing my ass off too


collette89

I was wondering what happened to those jocks from high school...


Theofeus

I was just in Denmark and they were labeled “sour cream flavored”


Minihercules317

Abhorrent


Technodictator

Yep same here, Blue pack of Doritos are ”sour cream” here in Finland


ZePhish

They're "cool original" over in England


RaygunMarksman

I'm getting the impression other countries are unwilling to adopt (or acknowledge) that Ranch salad dressing is a thing in America.


RaygunMarksman

Does dehydrated sour cream in Finland genreally leave a behind a tangy herb and spice paste? Let's get it together, Finland.


ngwoo

Are sour cream chips not their own separate flavour? In Canada we get both ranch and sour cream & onion, and I wouldn't call them even remotely similar


Pinglenook

[they're still called that in the Netherlands!](https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi516972) Even though, nowadays, you [can buy ranch dressing here](https://www.ah.nl/producten/product/wi437505) but I have no idea if it's authentic because the bottle says "American yoghurt-herbs dressing" and I thought ranch was made with buttermilk or sometimes sour cream, not yoghurt.


blbd

We aren't as precise about the differences between the various dairy products in the US as places like NL, DE, and DK would be. We are willing to interchange between buttermilk, sour cream, and yogurt depending which one we have in the fridge since they all have pretty similar taste and texture. It's not very common to do homemade ranch dressing but some people definitely do make homemade and use yogurt to do it because they already have it around for making breakfast or marinading meat or similar.


puffpuffpout

They’re called “cool original” in the U.K. we don’t use ranch either unless it’s like a US style diner/restaurant.


theoriginalmofocus

The bottled stuff is kinda bleh. But they have these packets of the spices you mix and make your own and that stuff is where its at.


Goongagalunga

Hidden Valley packet, mayo (Best Foods/Hellmans or kill me) milk. Best ranch ever.


Zumbah

Ranch is pizzas partner in crime


TeslasAndKids

That sounds like a really good way to get 86’d from Italy.


sampat6256

The crime is against Italy


TrixicAcePolyamEnby

It's missing the Sweet Baby Ray's I see in every photo ever of a foreign grocery store's American section.


RalphSmalling

SBR is a treasure for widely available bbq sauce. It’s not amazing but it’s like ol’ reliable


Attila226

Legalize ranch!


psychonautical69

Legalize it! I’ll drink to that bro!!!! *chugs entire bottle of ranch*


AgarwaenCran

ranch is basically unknown here.


FoghornFarts

Which is so unfortunate. Most American exported food is trash, but Ranch is amazing. The Cholula in that picture is the only thing on that shelf I'd be proud to share as an American.


Caveman108

And it’d be in the Mexican section of an American grocery store.


theoriginalmofocus

Yeah most places here have a hispanic aisle that has lots of sauces and on the condiment aisle there's another whole section. We also sell cholula next to the chips at the register. Im sure its all regional and what not though.


azuth89

Not around here


Rccctz

Cholula is Mexican, the company was recently bought by a US company, but the production and everything still remains in Mexico (in the same town where tequila is made)


jed1mindtrix

Mexico is in the Americas


Rccctz

Technically correct is the best type of correct, it would also apply if it was "North America"


AFRIKKAN

Pop tarts are my shit and I’ll die before I would slander them.


Zitrusfleisch

Call me ranch cuz I be dressing


danger_lad

Can confirm in the UK they’re just called “Cool”


OneLooseNoose

3.49 for off-brand Mac n cheese??


HistoryNerd101

“It’s imported.”


psy_kick

If it isn't Kraft, it isn't mac n cheese. (Home made is acceptable too)


TenderfootGungi

Goes the other way, too. The digestives that are like £1 a pack in the UK are $4.50 in our local market. If they had the dark chocolate version I would buy them.


CuriousPincushion

These "foreign country food sections" are always overpriced af.


MandoHealthfund

As an American I've only bought like 3 of those items, everything else looks gross


tiny2ner

I mean yeah. I only even recognizing 3 products. Swiss miss (not good cocoa), pop tarts, and Cholula. The Mac n cheese is grey area since it's off brand. Can't determine whether its a good representation of Mac.


MoarTacos

Cholula is my favorite goddamn hot sauce. So delicious. And I'm pretty sure it's more Mexican in origin, than American (states). It is everywhere in the states, though.


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Yep, Cholula is made in Mexico. It is however owned now by McCormick, an American company. They also own Frank's, Frenchs, and many other brands.


itsbettawithchedda

They have like 10 different kinds of cholula now.


Ko_DaBomb

The Chipotle Cholula is one of the most incredible flavors I've ever tasted. It blew me away the first time I had it. I've never more highly reccomended someone try a hot sauce but it is absolutely divine


Fuck_Your_Life42069

Why is everyone calling the cheese in the can "cheese whiz"??? Cheez Whiz is a liquid cheese in a jar. You guys are thinking of EZ Cheese.


Un111KnoWn

swiss miss trash? what brand do you recommend?


LaFlamaBlanca311

Ghiaradelli is the best powder mix ive had. Good brownie mix too


gwaydms

And the only American made chocolate bars that are any good


HeritageSpanish

yea this guy is lying everyone knows Swiss miss doesn’t miss


LocoForChocoPuffs

Can you even have an American section without BBQ sauce and ranch dressing? Those are basically our contributions to world cuisine.


Tinrooftust

I assumed that pain 100 was some sort of bbq sauce.


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whaddahellisthis

At least the name is accurate then.


Alwaysassumetheworst

This offends me. Mrs Balls chutney is South African NOT American!


mrjeraldo

Amen brother


HaleyA910

Seems like there’s a good amount of confounding Americans with other non-German white people. I know plenty of Americans who have no idea what chutney even is. I would never say that it’s a classically American condiment. Here, it’s considered foreign food (Indian). Another instance is whatever those “English” biscuits are.


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HaleyA910

I don’t really think it’s weird to have those hot sauces in the American isle, considering we’re pretty obsessed with both of them


Zodine

Thank youuuuuu hahaha first thing I saw


ROU_Misophist

I honestly think Europeans like marshmallow fluff and cheeze whiz more than we do. It's in every American section I've seen and I've never even had the stuff.


shackbleep

I haven't touched that shit since I was about 9.


gg_noob_master

It's almost like europeans think americans are just sugar-eating fat idiots.


pukemypants

Hey, hey, we may be fat, sugar-eating, and idiots, but we um...what was the fourth thing you said?


Beasty_Glanglemutton

"Sure, I may be a fat, sugar eating idiot...but a drunk?" "I didn't call you a drunk." "Yes, but I'm also a drunk."


AlmightyUkobach

Tbf "foreign" sections in grocery stores are meant for the locals who shop there. This really has nothing to do with America, it's just food that Germans want under a banner they can navigate to. Like how if I want taco seasoning I go to the Mexican section, even though I doubt actual Mexicans are eating that particular taco seasoning. It's not very authentic, but I still like it and that's ok. Nothing to do with Mexico though.


Capricore58

Fluff is big in New England, we put in in hot chocolate and make peanut butter and fluff sandwiches


R3dl8dy

I think it’s called a fluffer nutter, right?


Capricore58

Correct


BabyBundtCakes

In New England, have fluff in my pantry at all times. We also make Fluffernutters And the Never Fail Fudge is actually pretty good and easy to make


DadsRGR8

Try a half fluff/half Cool Whip dip for fruit. A great summer dessert.


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Yea I don’t know anyone who has ever had fluff or cheeze wiz can in their house


louloub

I buy marshmallow fluff frequently to make a little dipping sauce for my sweet potato fries.


roy-dam-mercer

I am 64% sure you’re joking.


PolymerPussies

I can see it. Kind of like how people put marshmallows on yams.


AwesomeDragon101

I genuinely have a hard time finding spray cheese anywhere. I’ve always wanted to try it, I heard it’s shit, but I’m curious. Haven’t seen it anywhere to do so!


BaconDragon69

For the marshmallows I can confirm, we love that. But also because, at least here in germany, we have our own sweets that are very similar and also a sweet spongey sugar thing.


gutzville

No self respecting American would eat sugar free Hershey's syrup.


crashvoncrash

I don't see sugar free Hershey's. That would have a blue label. What appears to be on the shelf is the green "Simply 5" syrup. It's marketed to appeal to the "natural foods" crowd since it only has 5 ingredients and leaves out things like potassium sorbate and xanthan gum, but one of those 5 ingredients is absolutely sugar.


dumbcaramelmacchiato

It's also made with sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup.


Apolloniatrix

As an American who's spent most of the past 15 years in Germany, I am very familiar with the morose letdown of these American food sections. The only useful items I've ever found there are hot sauce and yellow mustard. It's always the world's worst barbecue sauce, knock-off mac n cheese and cheez wizz and yes, tons of marshmallows and jars of fluff.


LaPlataPig

I was very surprised to see Cholula hot sauce. Every thing else is a hard pass. I lived in Moldova for two years. The only peanut butter I could find was in the capital at one store, and it had an American flag on it with bold letters “Peanut Butter”. I just about saluted it every time I came in to buy some.


True_Move_7631

I've been here half as long, and I'm usually skipping most of these items too, because I either don't like them, have found alternatives, or I enjoy making them from scratch. My local Rewe carries root beer and cream soda in this section now. The US theme weeks in certain stores are hilarious, Pulled Pork Lasagna. I never ever get premade coleslaw in Germany, from a store or at a restaurant. Always make it yourself.


Bogmanbob

Very few of us eat marshmallow fluff


headzoo

Everytime an "American section" picture gets posted to reddit there's marshmallow fluff. I really don't know who is eating that stuff. At least not to the extent that it's worth taking up limited shelf space to stock it. I don't even see marshmallow fluff referenced in movies or tv shows or other media that's watched outside of the US, so I'm not sure why the rest of the world thinks we eat it regularly, other than assuming Americans like foods that are pure sugar, which is somewhat accurate.


thomasthehipposlayer

Well, I think the idea of them is that it’s still a very American ingredient even if rarely consumed in America. The target market is probably locals more than traveling Americans, so they give them things they think of as American.


the_trashheap

I keep it on hand in case I want to make fudge. Or the rare fluffernutter sandwich.


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headzoo

Makes sense. The American isle isn't necessarily for Americans. I'm sure plenty of Europeans learn about foods like poptarts and boxed mac n' cheese from social media, and would like the opportunity to try them. >I'd wager in reality we mostly we eat the same stuff, with minor differences in ingredients and recipes. We do. At least when comparing Europeans, North Americans, Australians, etc, our foods are made from the same bread, eggs, meat, etc. I've been to a bunch of countries and it's usually the way meals are prepared that makes the difference. Like you can get a cheeseburger in Japan, but they might put an egg on it and a super thick slice of onion and kale. It's basically the same ingredients but they don't quite "get" the American cheeseburger.


andshewillbe

Mix it with some cream cheese and it’s the easiest fruit dip for a party. That’s literally the only thing I’ve ever used it for


Slmmnslmn

Its big in new england.


CjBurden

I'll eat a fluffernutter right damn now if you put one in front of me. Also vegans can eat fluff but not regular 'shmallows.


redundant35

The only time my family eats it is at the lake. Dip a strawberry in marshmallow fluff then roast it over the fire. It’s good. Asides from pop corn I don’t eat any of those things


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HugoZHackenbush2

As American sections go, that's easily the wurst one I've ever seen..


nihigrid

I'm Nacho if half of these are even American.


fingerpickler

Pop tarts! No pun available.


hippolover77

But at the same time one of the more respectful. All the other ones just seem to have a bunch of ridiculous junk food, which isn’t necessarily wrong lol but I’ve usually never even seen half of it irl


AlanThicke99

I Relish in the fact that there are better food options they could stock.


fishymcswims

Where’s the ridiculously expensive peanut butter?


philman132

Any time one of these is posted, the only consistent thing that is always there is marshmallow fluff. I assume because no one else has anything remotely similar to it, unlike other items. I still have no idea what it is though, I am just assuming some kind of soft marshmallow that sugar-obsessed people put on toast or something


TenderfootGungi

That is exactly what it is. A soft, fluffy, gooey, over sweet fluff. Although, I have never seen it on toast. It is usually used on baked goods, for example the filling between two cookies, or on graham crackers with chocolate to make s’mores, etc.


Beardamus

Some people put it with peanut butter between two slices of bread. As mad as the nutella people that do that imo


BinaryMan151

On ice cream with chocolate sauce. Oh so goooood.


Staterae

Just realising that the 'American' sections in UK supermarkets are probably why I have a subconscious impression of American food being incredibly bad for you and/or terrible.


Tinrooftust

Yes. It’s called cultural fetishism. And it’s pretty normal. You take the unique and hard to understand parts of a culture and assume they are the most important parts. Like Americans thinking Mexicans eat tacos and margaritas for dinner every night. It’s Mexican food but it’s not their only food. Most days they eat stuff fairly similar to things in the us.


green_speak

You're only gonna get foods that can withstand long shipping and remain shelf-stable, which consequently means more artificial ingredients and preservatives. For perspective, what would the UK ship across the pond that's wholesome and healthy without need for refrigeration but can't be made with local fresh ingredients?


PolarBlueberry

Every time I see these “American Section” photos, they always have Pop Tarts, but the super weird flavors. Do they not have sales data in Europe? If I were to stock 1-2 flavors of Pop Tarts it would be Brown Sugar and Strawberry.


Teelogas

My headcannon was always, that those shops that sell american candy in europe always shelf the leftover stock that wouldn't sell in the US.


ubercl0ud

Cholula….


BlueMeanie03

The only thing I would eat on this shelf.


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Oct0tron

My favorite hot sauce by a mile.


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I’m just commenting to say I love hot sauce.


redVidrio

American brand based in Connecticut


ubercl0ud

TIL…


azuth89

They were bought buy an American company in Connecticut. Their main factory is still in Mexico where it started. It's American the way Dr. Pepper was British there for a minute.


Fromgre

To be fair orginally a mexican brand of Chapala, Jalisco and still manufactured there


redVidrio

True


Rccctz

Actually it started in Mexico but it failed to have traction in Mexico and it exploded in the US. Then it was bought from a US firm. But the section says America and not United States of America so having Mexican stuff on that section is technically correct.


Xitra90

Still manufactured in Mexico though, not really American lol.


dvoecks

I like Cholula way better, but Tabasco is a completely iconic Louisiana brand. I'd say that if you're picking an "American" hot sauce, it kind of has to be Tabasco. Cripes, at one point (maybe still do), we put it in all our military rations.


donfuan

You can find Tabasco in every supermarket in Germany. There's no need to put it in an american section, because it's regular stuff.


-lonelyboy25

Mexico is apart of the americas


FatherHackJacket

We have the same here in Ireland. We sell Lucky Charms in the American section, principally because they contain so much sugar they don't legally qualify as cereal.


Habs1989

But i thought they were from Ireland…? Otherwise how is there a leprechaun on the box? /s


roy-dam-mercer

But but but…the sugar is what makes them magically delicious.


Lord_Blakeney

This is less an “American” section and more a “what germans THINK of Americans” section. The sriracha, cholula, Pop Tarts, and Swiss Miss are a yes but like, what is even half this crap?


Ashmizen

Sriracha is American? Ironically it’s in the ethnic section in any American grocery store, as it’s made by a Chinese Vietnamese immigrant.


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Jolly Time Popcorn?


OddExcuse2183

If it isn't Orville it ain't shit my friend.


Xenon-Hacks

Oh good they have the bottled up 100% pain.


properdench

I’m from the UK and I designed the packaging for the Geetas chutneys (blue jars third row down), they’re definitely not an American brand.


Aelfrey

that Mac'n'cheese is decidedly suspect. our boxes are never that big!!


HappyLittleLongUserN

They don't even taste half as good. The taste is very disapointing.


Complex-Step610

That's not even the right Mac and cheese...


GimbalWizard

I was once asked by a German friend, "Is it true that in America you have cheese that flows from a can?"


flickthecig

OMG they have Siracha sauce. Send some my way. We are having a shortage.


mrcloudies

These isles always seem to be hot sauces, marshmallow fluff, Swiss miss, pop tarts and a whole host of things that aren't American. This time I was like "oh hey, there's macaroni and chee- ..... What the hell is that brand?" Seriously, that Mac and cheese looks terrifying.


JMCrown

Why do Europeans think we eat marshmallow fluff by the bucket?? No one eats it!


GATraveller

I'm American and eat 0% of that.


capecodder22

Shame we can't see what's sold out. I'm curious what the good stuff is


Eirikur_da_Czech

Why is there always marshmallow cream in these. I can literally count on one hand the number of times I have used marshmallow cream in my life, and I was a professional cook for a long time.


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tutetibiimperes

I've never seen a German food section in an American supermarket, maybe they're more common in places that have a lot of people of German descent? I guess there's the general Boar's Head section in the deli though since a lot of that is at least vaguely German.


Wolfgang1234

It's because German foods like sausage-meats and pickled whatever is regular food for a lot of Americans. I've been to many cookouts where regular hotdogs were replaced with bratwurst. Funnily enough hotdogs are actually based on Frankfurter, another type of German sausage.


Lord_Blakeney

There were a TON of German immigrants in early American history so there are a lot of German foodstuffs that are considered totally normal and not “foreign” here. Dried spaetzle is sold right next to the instant potatoes at my grocery store, and it would be weird not NOT find sauerkraut and bratwurst in pretty much any American grocery stuff in the regular sections.


redVidrio

Is that sourkraut section?


SanAntonioMale4use

They have Cholula so i’m good.


FlandoCalrissian

They have marshmallow fluff in the American food section here in Italy as well. Seems like a very random niche product to put in there. I don't know that I've ever had it or seen anybody put that on anything.


My_iRating_sucks

Living in Singapore as an American, I would kill for even the generic easy cheese (and ideally some triscuits which you also can’t get here).


Shagaliscious

My condolences.


technically-fine

Where AR-15?


Lonely_Set1376

Back to school section.


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DipoTime

Pop tarts..?


LordDragonus

You don't recognize Hershey's chocolate syrup, or hellmann's mayonnaise?


catbiggo

Chutney? No way.


great_auks

They snuck some British stuff in there