What food do you wish was available where you live?

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  • volleygirl1980
    volleygirl1980 Posts: 121 Member
    I lived in Norway for a year and they had a delicious marzipanakake (marzipan cake)...there was also a restaurant on the corner of my street there that had one of the best pastas I've ever tasted - (it had a spicy curried sauce).

    I agree with the other poster from Montreal - we have great food here. I do however miss the variety they have in U.S. grocery stores sometimes (my sister lives in Boston and I love to grocery shop when I visit her!)
  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    shai74 wrote: »
    We don't have any of those sugar free syrups or alot of the other "diet" products Americans have. Not sure if it's a good or bad thing. Some times I think it would be nice to have a sugar free syrup for my coffee but I'm just as happy to have NO artificial sweetners. Too many chemicals.

    What I do wish was available here is spaghette squash. Used to be able to get it when I was a kid, but now I can't find it anywhere.

    My local Coles has it now! Have you tried the markets? I don't know where you are, but I have also seen it at Foodland Pasedena (used to be Big Crow)

    I'm in eastern suburbs of Adelaide.
  • Fruitylicious03
    Fruitylicious03 Posts: 301
    Raspberries, greek yoghurt. And ostrich meat. It's actually eaten in my country... but not available in my province because we don't have ostrich farms here.
  • AMRROL
    AMRROL Posts: 168 Member
    edited November 2014
    I can buy almost anything American/British at a specialty store here in Geneva, but the prices are out of this world and out of my budget. I miss sugar free jello/pudding mixes, fat free/low sodium chicken broth in the brick carton, graham crackers, Motts apple butter, clam chowder, and Hostess ho-ho's. And oh, a piece of fried chicken from Publix or Wynn Dixie garlic parmesan chicken wings.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    AMRROL wrote: »
    I can buy almost anything American/British at a specialty store here in Geneva, but the prices are out of this world and out of my budget.

    Aren't the prices of everything in Geneva out of this world and out of everyone's budget?

  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    edited November 2014
    Spaghetti squash. Don't think it's sold anywhere in either of the countries I've lived in. I'd like to just try it.

    I'm living in Norway right now so a lot of things are simply out of my budget. I haven't had a chicken breast (or red meat) since July. And cheese. Obviously chicken and cheese are sold here but too expensive for me to justify when there's other things I could have much cheaper. I mostly have ground pork and occasionally ground chicken but yeah, I miss simple chicken breast dinners!
  • buket1819
    buket1819 Posts: 73 Member
    Greek yogurt :(
  • stjanki
    stjanki Posts: 44
    Organic fresh salsa. Add it to anything. boom! instant yum yums XD
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    I live in Italy and I miss---peanut butter, milwaukee dill pickles, ceasar salad, and western salad dressing.
  • BernadetteChurch
    BernadetteChurch Posts: 2,210 Member
    I'm an Australian living in England and I wish I had easy access to Twisties, Chocolate Teddy Bear Biscuits, Caramello Koalas, Nutri Grain cereal , Chicken in a Biskit, Vita-Weat and Promite.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    AMRROL wrote: »
    I can buy almost anything American/British at a specialty store here in Geneva, but the prices are out of this world and out of my budget. I miss sugar free jello/pudding mixes, fat free/low sodium chicken broth in the brick carton, graham crackers, Motts apple butter, clam chowder, and Hostess ho-ho's. And oh, a piece of fried chicken from Publix or Wynn Dixie garlic parmesan chicken wings.

    I've been to Geneva, I had the nicest hot chocolate I've ever tasted when I was there.

    I'm English, but lived in France for a bit. I'm embarrassed to say I bought Heinz baked beans, salad cream and marmite while I was there for a small fortune. I do miss French food though.

    We do have a pretty good choice in England. I would like to try spaghetti squash though, I've never seen that here.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    edited November 2014
    Indian food, Greek food, more fruit than just apples/oranges/grapes/bananas in the winter, bubble tea, fresh seafood, and decent BBQ...i'm not overseas; i'm just inland and rural, day's drive any direction to a bigger city
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited November 2014
    I'd have to say... French Vietnamese food. At least I can find summer rolls now, but I haven't been able to find 'nems' or those steamed dessert bun things anywhere.

    Already said fromage blanc, but 'petit suisses' also. And choucroute. Gosh I've been craving a good choucroute, but I don't think my cooking skills are up to par yet.

    Mostly 'cramique/craquelin' from Belgium, but I only had that a few times in my life. Wegmans makes some occasionally but they use brioche instead of sweet bread and it's just not the same.

    There are a lot of things I'd miss if I left the US too though, to be fair.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Living in Canada, I really wish they would sell my absolute fave cereal of all time... Cocoa Krispies :(
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    In & Out Burger.
  • feralkitten1010
    feralkitten1010 Posts: 219 Member
    In-N-Out Burger -- I would rearrange my day to fit some of their menu in!
  • LazyCatPame
    LazyCatPame Posts: 112 Member
    Kit kats
    Nestle chocolate (we do have it here, but it's a cheap and disgusting version. When I visit my aunt in Spain I get a whole bar for 1 euro, but here I need to pay about 5 euros -converted from Argentine pesos- and the thing won't taste any good)
    More Halloween candy
    Monster energy
  • andielyn
    andielyn Posts: 233 Member
    I would give anything to eat fresh Hawaiian pink guava!!
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    lorib642 wrote: »
    I have seen these in Mexico and Los Angeles but not in my city. I haven't really looked.

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    omigod, I haven't had these in years. Now I want some!
  • charmarbobar
    charmarbobar Posts: 251 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    I don't usually get jealous of the foods that Americans have. I feel lucky to live in Montreal, one of the world's best cities for foodies.

    ...I do get jealous of all the *information* they have about their food, mind you. Here, a restaurant that provides nutritional information on meals is rarer than a Jewish pope.

    Pretty much this.....including the Montreal part :smiley:
  • rivka_m
    rivka_m Posts: 1,007 Member
    Caffarel gianduia from Italy. It's chocolate/hazenut but so incredibly delicious... I've found it online but it's crazy expensive. Probably just as well.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    rivka_m wrote: »
    Caffarel gianduia from Italy. It's chocolate/hazenut but so incredibly delicious... I've found it online but it's crazy expensive. Probably just as well.

    Gianduja is fantastic. I think Godiva makes some too... I grew up eating Leonidas gianduja.

  • rivka_m
    rivka_m Posts: 1,007 Member
    Oh my. There's a Godiva store on my way home from work, I may have to check... Never seen Leonidas but if I run across it I'll be sure to pick some up.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    rivka_m wrote: »
    Oh my. There's a Godiva store on my way home from work, I may have to check... Never seen Leonidas but if I run across it I'll be sure to pick some up.

    If you ever come across those hazelnut-filled chocolate seashells from Leonidas or Corné, don't send me some because I will eat them all. Seriously, I have zero willpower with those things.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    rivka_m wrote: »
    Oh my. There's a Godiva store on my way home from work, I may have to check... Never seen Leonidas but if I run across it I'll be sure to pick some up.

    If you ever come across those hazelnut-filled chocolate seashells from Leonidas or Corné, don't send me some because I will eat them all. Seriously, I have zero willpower with those things.

    Yup, same here. Gertrude Hawk had hazelnut filled chocolates on sale at $3 a bag a few months back.. couldn't resist at that price... ended up eating the whole thing that day. Just can't resist.

    Leonidas is from Belgium, I know they have a couple stores in the US, it's very expensive here though...
  • TossaBeanBag
    TossaBeanBag Posts: 458 Member
    edited November 2014
    Clean air. Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    I am born and raised in NJ and now live in FL. I wish we had good pizza, good cheesesteaks, and panzarottis.

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