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Yay For American Food!

Switzerland is great, but honestly I missed American food so much:
corn tortilla, jiffy peanut butter, liquid vanilla,brown sugar,chocolate chips, cake mix, etc. So now that I'm back in the states I'm gobbling it all up.I'm definitely going to be stocking up before I come back.
Does anyone want anything?
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Old 13.09.2008, 02:51
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Switzerland is great, but honestly I missed American food so much:
corn tortilla, jiffy peanut butter, liquid vanilla,brown sugar,chocolate chips, cake mix, etc. So now that I'm back in the states I'm gobbling it all up.I'm definitely going to be stocking up before I come back.
Does anyone want anything?
Whenever I'm in the States I always bring back a case of Oberto beef jerky... can't get enough of the stuff. Its one of those love it or hate it foods
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Switzerland is great, but honestly I missed American food so much:
corn tortilla, jiffy peanut butter, liquid vanilla,brown sugar,chocolate chips, cake mix, etc. So now that I'm back in the states I'm gobbling it all up.I'm definitely going to be stocking up before I come back.
Does anyone want anything?
In case you suitcase is too small..

http://www.americanmarket.ch/
http://www.afoodave.ch/
http://www.tasteofamerica.ch/
http://www.usa-gourmet.com/
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Re: Yay For American Food!

Corn Tortilla=American food?
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Corn Tortilla=American food?
Yes.

Quote from Wikipedia, "This form of bread predates the arrival of Europeans to America, and was called "tortilla" by the Spanish from its resemblance to the traditional Spanish round unleavened cakes and omelettes (originally made without potatoes, which are native to South America)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla
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Re: Yay For American Food!

The OP was probably referring to special kind of crisps....and these in their packaged form are easy find in the US of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_chip
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The OP was probably referring to special kind of crisps....and these in their packaged form are easy find in the US of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_chip
These are easy to find in Switzerland as well. Plus, if the OP is American I doubt that he/she would call tortilla chips corn tortillas
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These are easy to find in Switzerland as well. Plus, if the OP is American I doubt that he/she would call tortilla chips corn tortillas

your right, we would probably call them nacho chips For some reason, I don't like the ones they sell here though.
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your right, we would probably call them nacho chips For some reason, I don't like the ones they sell here though.
The best I've found for dips like guacamole are the Coop house brand Tortilla Chips Nature. They come in a blue bag with yellow chips printed on it.
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your right, we would probably call them nacho chips For some reason, I don't like the ones they sell here though.
If you can find the plain ones, without all the spices, they are edible. The best ones I have had come from the small manufacturers scattered throughout California or from a decent Mexican restaurant.
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Re: Yay For American Food!

If you're serious and you still have room:

* Peanut butter (Wal*Mart house brand is fine), one big jar each crunchy and cremy

* Lucky Charms (> 10 Swissies for a small box at the Expat Expo was wayyy too much)

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Re: Yay For American Food!

There's stuff that everyone probably misses about their home cuisine (Marmite, Worcester sauce, proper bacon in my case) but I would NEVER want to swap Swiss food for British (or American for that matter)

Even the milk tastes nicer here
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Re: Yay For American Food!

I would not mind swapping for the diversity of good ethnic food, at least in big cities in the US (like NYC or San Fran)...but other than an occasional real American Hamburger and real fajitas, I probably would agree with you. But if I had a choice, preference would be for a more meditarranean diet with lots of seafood like in Spain.
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Corn Tortilla=American food?

The Native Americans had tortillas long before the Spanish arrived there.

The Spanish popularized the word tortilla.

Additionally, fajitas are not Mexican, they are Tex-Mex. If one orders
fajitas in Mexico, they would look at you funny.
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The Native Americans had tortillas long before the Spanish arrived there.

The Spanish popularized the word tortilla.
Partly correct. The Native Americans didn't call them tortillas before the Spaniards showed up. The Spanish already had tortillas but they were not (and are not) anything like corn tortillas.
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There's stuff that everyone probably misses about their home cuisine (Marmite, Worcester sauce, proper bacon in my case) but I would NEVER want to swap Swiss food for British (or American for that matter)

Even the milk tastes nicer here
I'll refrain from the groan. I would much rather have the choices in restaurants that one can find in America. I'm not talking about American food (whatever that is) but just food.
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I would much rather have the choices in restaurants that one can find in America.
Fer shure..

like a Swiss Burger with French Fries..!

(obvious European influences on American kitchens)
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Partly correct. The Native Americans didn't call them tortillas before the Spaniards showed up. The Spanish already had tortillas but they were not (and are not) anything like corn tortillas.
That is correct. The Native Americans called them whatever, and the Spanish
called this whatever tortilla.

The flour version is not really that much different than these Döner Kebap
breads.
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Does anyone want anything?
Could you please get me some Lindberg Snider Porterhouse & Roast Seasoning? I use to buy it at Pavillon's, Gelson's or Bristol Farms. I can't find it anywhere here. Also, Reese's Peanut Butter cups and Efie Marie's Rum cake. Seriously, we have the BEST of everything in the 'states, don't we? As evidenced by widespread obesity.
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Reese's Peanut Butter cups
Mmmmmmmmmm. I'm bringing back a few bags of these for Halloween here. We'll see if they last until the trick-or-treaters show up.
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