Prosecco…
…and Campari.
I’m not American … but I carry an emergency ration of Aromat at all times when ever I leave Switzerland.
That’s the most Swiss german thing ever. MSG galore.
Aromat is just MSG (mono-sodium-glutamate). If you need this stuff to “spice up” food, I feel sorry for you.
If you need to put others down for no reason to feel good, I feel sorry for you
Wrong. I can cook. I know about MSG and the damage it does.
Honestly you kinda just sound racist.
Like any other seasoning, MSG has its uses. I wouldn’t stock a spice cabinet without it.
What damage does it do?
They’re probably referencing this, but unironically.
MSG is found in all sorts of foods, from soy sauce to some nice aged cheeses. And the glutamic acid (which this is a salt of) is a non-essential amino-acid (meaning the human body makes it itself).
I’m confused. You feel sorry for me because I enjoy a seasoning?
And no I don’t need it, I just prefer having it. Do you only eat plain food without any seasoning or spices?
I eat it with herbs and spices. Just dunking it in SMG is horrible.
We have those in Belgium too! I always thought it was just MSG and bouillon combined.
It is
Good old Austrian Vegemite.
Jelly Babies.
Blackcurrant Jam.
I dunno if they count, but Swedish Fish.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Swedish fish outside of America
Yeah, I know they originated in Sweden, but I don’t know how long that was maintained.
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.
The red Swedish fish are not from Sweden
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!
Oh, interesting! I didn’t realize malaco made Swedish fish and was Swedish.
And they have a black liccorice flavor in Sweden(!)
McCann Oatmeal
Bob’s Red Mill makes an adequate substitute. It’s not as uniform as McCann, but it is good.
Probably just the swiss chocolate in the Holls chocolates I get for some holidays. The bonbons/truffles themselves are made in Vienna…West Virginia.
W SAUCE
German chocolate is like a whole other food than the wax that Hershey’s pretends is the real thing.
Soapy-tasting wax, at that.
As a swiss person “Hershey” is not choclate — it is a candy.
Try Belgian chocolate next
Preparing EU exit tariffs for the upcoming trade war with the US?
In that case, fancy wines that rich people buy.
Danish butter cookies are pretty awesome
Those tins never contain cookies when I see them.
They are sewing tins, the butter cookies are stowaways.
Salmiak licorice. It’s not a treat for everyday, but sometimes that weird bitter salty combo slaps.
Belgian ales, and German beers that follow the purity laws.
Cheese, cured and uncured dried meats, dairy…actual food standards that protect consumers and aren’t pumped full of antibiotics, they just taste so much better.
Banoffee pie.
Can’t find bakeries nearby that make it. Silly.
European sardines are VASTLY superior to most of the stuff you get in the US
Seitenbacher Museli is delicious too.
But you can make a kick ass veg broth with scraps, dried shitake, and a piece of kombu.
And the Museli I can also make at home.
