QUOTE (katz @ Jun 16 2006, 8:00 pm)

Tell me why everyone must find a English shop
I thought about trolling the shit out of you but I'm in one of those weird moods I get occasionally and figured I'd give it to you straight.
Why? "
Comfort food". People are most comfortable with the foods they grew up with, plain and simple.
I miss Twiglets and pork pies and even though kidney
always tastes pissy to me, I miss a steak and kidney pudding now and again. I'm not British, but I lived there for a while.
I miss Macaroni and Cheeze, salt bagels with veggie cream cheese spread, good Chinese and pizza. You can find all but the Mac&Cheeze here but the German versions suck
and they're way overpriced.
German mayo sucks. Even Germans admit it. My ex-GF thought it was good but then I brought a few jars of Hellman's back with me from the US. She started eating that shit straight out of the jar.
On the other hand, after spending three months in the US last year, I was seriously jonesing for a
Weißwurst Frühstück, with
Butterbrezen and a Weizen, only the latter of which I could get while there. I cringed at the American idea of Spätzele.
A Jägerschnitzel with Butterspätzle in a Champignonrahmsauce is great, but I like lots of other foods too, and sometimes even Tuna Helper® is just the thing. Or a Fray Bentos pie. Or even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (which makes most Brits shudder). I still miss a nice Aussie brekkie of poached eggs Florentine with Turkish toast. I miss good Dim Sum. It's nice to be able to get the ingredients or drinks or snacks I love so much once in a while because, face it, Chio Chips suck, especially when you've had Walker's Salt & Vinegar or Grandma Utz' Handcooked. And there are no Fritos or Cheetos here; Doritos and Snyder's Honey, Mustard and Onion Pretzel Bits are available in limited locations and are terribly expensive.
It's not that German food is inedible; it's that there's other food people like, and we share the information on where to get it here. We do so with a mix of humour and ranting so common in both the UK and parts of the US (and maybe the Aussies but I didn't spend enough time there to be sure about this). I'd almost kill for some food Mexican pupusas and burritos.
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