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I know that almost all the Germans here will storm this thread yelling "Bread!!! Quark!!! And Erdnussflips!!!", but I'm also curious about all the other nationalities here. (And I never cared much for German bread, anyway.)

I've just been to Berlin, and finally had the chance, after almost a year, to get a real Doener Kebab again, it was heaven on earth, I tell you.
Another thing I didn't even know I missed untill the moment we were standing at the Pommesbude was Curry Sausage. Now, bear with me, it is in some respect a German speciality. It's normally grilled or fried Bockwurst (a form of large Wiener sausage) with hot ketchup and curry sprinkled on top.

So, what would you/do you miss?

Negerküsse!!! :D

I know that almost all the Germans here will storm this thread yelling "Bread!!! Quark!!! And Erdnussflips!!!", but I'm also curious about all the other nationalities here. (And I never cared much for German bread, anyway.)

I've just been to Berlin, and finally had the chance, after almost a year, to get a real Doener Kebab again, it was heaven on earth, I tell you.
Another thing I didn't even know I missed untill the moment we were standing at the Pommesbude was Curry Sausage. Now, bear with me, it is in some respect a German speciality. It's normally grilled or fried Bockwurst (a form of large Wiener sausage) with hot ketchup and curry sprinkled on top.

So, what would you/do you miss?

I am abroad... in the US, from the UK.

What do I miss about the mother country? Curry... you just can't get it in Georgia.... Black Pudding... Doner Kebabs. Decent Chinese food.

Probably Tayto Cheese and Onion. Or soda bread.

Not much else I don't think. You can probably get most things in other places.

edit: oh yea, veda. And barm brack.

Negerküsse!!! :D

Yay! Und Goldbaeren... und Hallorenkugeln.;)

i love going to germany for tasty things like weird bread, quark, and gelbwurst (a childhood favourite)... but when i'm abroad the real thing i miss from the UK is proper chips. real 'fish n chips' chips.

and when i'm in america, i miss having good cheese. and good chocolate (actually that applies to the continent too)

I miss bocoles and corundas.

I don’t think there is really any food that I care enough about that I would actually “miss” it. It just isn’t that important to me.

i love going to germany for tasty things like weird bread, quark, and gelbwurst (a childhood favourite)... but when i'm abroad the real thing i miss from the UK is proper chips. real 'fish n chips' chips.

and when i'm in america, i miss having good cheese. and good chocolate (actually that applies to the continent too)

Damn straight about the cheese and the chocolate. And the beer is crap, too. And things like "Yop" (the yogurt drink stuff).

i love going to germany for tasty things like weird bread, quark, and gelbwurst (a childhood favourite)... but when i'm abroad the real thing i miss from the UK is proper chips. real 'fish n chips' chips.

and when i'm in america, i miss having good cheese. and good chocolate (actually that applies to the continent too)

You're kidding, right? I'm dying for some real cheese here, but all I get is cheddar. If it had been possible, I would have left my clothes in Berlin to have enough room in my suitcase just for cheese.
And the only good chocolate you can't get on the continent is Galaxy. But I think Milka is a nice substitude any day.

Damn straight about the cheese and the chocolate. And the beer is crap, too. And things like "Yop" (the yogurt drink stuff).
oh hell yeah... oooh an idea: eating quark while drinking yop... mmmm :p

and i'm still not old enough to drink in the states so i wouldn't know about their beer :rolleyes: (roll on May!)
but for beer, i say you want to go to the netherlands anyway ;)

You're kidding, right? I'm dying for some real cheese here, but all I get is cheddar. If it had been possible, I would have left my clothes in Berlin to have enough room in my suitcase just for cheese.
And the only good chocolate you can't get on the continent is Galaxy. But I think Milka is a nice substitude any day.
Do yous get Veda down there?

You're kidding, right? I'm dying for some real cheese here, but all I get is cheddar. If it had been possible, I would have left my clothes in Berlin to have enough room in my suitcase just for cheese.
And the only good chocolate you can't get on the continent is Galaxy. But I think Milka is a nice substitude any day.
meh, true... milka is nice. and lindt does come from switzerland, right? (or is it italy? can't remember at all)
but in general i just don't like the 70% chocolate that seems to pervade everywhere over there

and you can get tons of good cheese here at least. not really a fan of cheese but at least i have variety - waitrose is good but even the shitty local sainsburys sells a decent selection, if predictable (and, ok, not as good as dutch cheese... ah hell... if you want anything just go to holland! :p)

Do yous get Veda down there?

Is that cheese or chocolate? :D
If we do, I haven't seen it yet...

Real barbecue and Cajun food.

Is that cheese or chocolate? :D
If we do, I haven't seen it yet...
Neither, bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veda_bread) :p

Just thought I'd ask while you were in this thread :)

meh, true... milka is nice. and lindt does come from switzerland, right? (or is it italy? can't remember at all)
but in general i just don't like the 70% chocolate that seems to pervade everywhere over there

and you can get tons of good cheese here at least. not really a fan of cheese but at least i have variety - waitrose is good but even the shitty local sainsburys sells a decent selection, if predictable (and, ok, not as good as dutch cheese... ah hell... if you want anything just go to holland! :p)
Bloody Dutch can't deliver anything to bloody Ireland and that's just right across the sea you'd think seafarer nation that they were they'd be capable of finding their way across the North sea but no they don't they send it to England first and by the time it comes here it's so bloody expensive you'd regard a lousy piece of Gouda a luxury...
*leaves thread muttering to herself

Neither, bread (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veda_bread) :p

Just thought I'd ask while you were in this thread :)

Hmm... haven't seen it before, but I'll keep an eye out for it. If I see some, I'll let you know

Bread! Quark! Erdnussflips!

Nah, actually just bread. Quark I can live without (though I never got why they don't have it everywhere - it's a basic dairy product, no special brand thing or anything), Erdnussflips too (never even noticed that they weren't universal). But bread, yeah, especially when "abroad" means the US or Ireland, where the bread is an abomination. :D (I'm guessing this extends beyond the two countries mentioned; I wouldn't know personally, though).

Hm, what else, besides bread?

Chocolate. Good chocolate. Not, say, Hersheys. *shudders*

Maggi, of course, because I use it in my extremely delicious salad dressing.

Pickles! Not yucky dill pickles, or sweet-sour-y pickles, or otherwise messed up pickles. Just - pickles. After much trial and error when living in the US, I actually managed to find a brand from my home region in the local Food Coop. That was a happy day. :p

There has to be more, but that's all I can remember for now.

But bread, yeah, especially when "abroad" means the US or Ireland, where the bread is an abomination. :D
Oh you couldn't be more wrong (well, in the north of Ireland, anyway).

If there's one thing we do well it's bread :p

Oh you couldn't be more wrong (well, in the north of Ireland, anyway).

If there's one thing we do well it's bread :p

Oh... oh, careful there. I've tried soda bread, and I like it. I haven't tried Veda yet, but judging from the description, it's nowhere even close to German bread.
German bread has enough taste to be a meal of it's own, it comes in about as many varieties as the beers, and it's about the only thing Germans ever get partiotic about. Don't say you haven't been warned ;)

Parrilla

As a Scot, when abroad, I miss square sausage (also called lorne sausage), and decend black pudding. When I'm in the Middle East (quite frequently), I miss seedless grapes, and when I'm outside the Middle East I lament the lack of those small courgettes (kusa), and aubergines with flavour.

Parrilla

What's that?

Oh... oh, careful there. I've tried soda bread, and I like it. I haven't tried Veda yet, but judging from the description, it's nowhere even close to German bread.
German bread has enough taste to be a meal of it's own, it comes in about as many varieties as the beers, and it's about the only thing Germans ever get partiotic about. Don't say you haven't been warned ;)
You need to try Veda. It's gorgeous. Soda bread is great, but you should try potato bread and barm brack as well. All very, very nice, and you don't really get them outside of Ireland, and possibly Scotland.

The nicest bread I ever had though was in Switzerland, do they do the same sort of stuff?

Oh you couldn't be more wrong (well, in the north of Ireland, anyway).

If there's one thing we do well it's bread :p

Oh yeah?

Well, I wasn't in the north, but unless you have a major bread quality fault line running right through the country, I'll remain sceptic.

The only bread I saw was either

1) the fluffy crap of the American variety, i.e. toast-like white bread, pre-sliced, and if you'd press it together (which would take no effort whatsoever because it's all soft and limp to begin with) you'd get a ball of dough about the size of a golfball, tops.

or
2) soda bread (? I think that's what is was called), which was worlds better than the fluffy crap, but started crumbling into tiny microscopic crumbs the moment you dared to even look at it. Also, it being the only alternative to Fluffy Crap, the taste got a little old after a while. And I was only there for four weeks...


But, apart from that, Ireland was a most lovely country :D.

Seriously. :)


ETA: Don't say you haven't been warned ;) Heh :D

The nicest bread I ever had though was in Switzerland, do they do the same sort of stuff?

More or less. You'll get the same categories of bread in Switzerland, Austria, Chezc Republic and Poland, as far as I know. Maybe some other countries as well...

The parents of a freind of mine own a bakery, I would say that's really the best German bread you'll ever get. And I just saw that you can even order some online : Baeckerei Schueller (http://www.baeckerei.de/schueller/)

I really don't know what I'd miss, since the longest I've ever been outside the country is just over two months.. so..

The closest thing I can think of is missing the bread I used to get in Illinois, after moving to California.. something just isn't right about it here. Maybe the moisture isn't right or something.. I'm used to it now, but at the time I definitely noticed something, being a baker and all.. former baker, at least.

I guess if I lived outside the country for long enough I might miss good chili, barbecue, hot dogs, burgers, etc. The traditional stuff.. they don't do any of that very well in Asia, from my experience.. It might be hard to find good Mexican food in Europe.. I guess that would be a concern..

Oh yeah?

Well, I wasn't in the north, but unless you have a major bread quality fault line running right through the country, I'll remain sceptic.

The only bread I saw was either

1) the fluffy crap of the American variety, i.e. toast-like white bread, pre-sliced, and if you'd press it together (which would take no effort whatsoever because it's all soft and limp to begin with) you'd get a ball of dough about the size of a golfball, tops.

or
2) soda bread (? I think that's what is was called), which was worlds better than the fluffy crap, but started crumbling into tiny microscopic crumbs the moment you dared to even look at it. Also, it being the only alternative to Fluffy Crap, the taste got a little old after a while. And I was only there for four weeks...


But, apart from that, Ireland was a most lovely country :D.

Seriously. :)

Yea, there's a bakery up here called Ormo which makes Veda (which you don't get in the south) and really great white bread.

You musn't have had good soda bread then. It's meant to be a bit crumbly, but not that crumbly. And barm brack...is like a fruity bread. Very nice. Has tea as an ingredient.

And potato bread...but you can get that in alot of places in Ireland I think.

You musn't have had good soda bread then. It's meant to be a bit crumbly, but not that crumbly.
Yeah, well, I may have exaggerated a little bit there.:D

But I'll make sure to look for that mystic other bread you keep mentioning next time I'm in Ireland. ;)

Foreigners always make bread wrong. Rye bread is what I really miss abroad, but that's not the point; the point is, that there's very little taste and too much softness in foreign bread.

Sausages with taste (smoked, spiced, etc.) appear to be limited to the "Protestant" food culture (Germany, Nordic countries, even Britain), except for pepperoni.

And the sweetness, yuck. Meat balls with sweet sauce was the ultimate horror in America.

American style pizza mainly. The Japanese just have very weird ideas about what should go on (and in) pizza. I admit that I'd kill for a proper BBQ'd steak, some actual cheese (Tilamook, I MISS you!), and sourdough bread. If I thought I could get away with it, I'd get a culture sent to me, but Japanese customs is picky about things like that.

Don't get me wrong though, I LOVE Japanese food and when I go home I start craving sukiyaki, taiyaki, tonkatsu, gyoza, nabe, fugu, yakitori, and the like.

Oh aye, and brown lemonade.

And the sweetness, yuck. Meat balls with sweet sauce was the ultimate horror in America.

Yeah.. we call them "Swedish meatballs." :p

Brown lemonade? o_O (yeah, go me! first post ever on this forum and it's been...like a year since I first joined)

Bloody Dutch can't deliver anything to bloody Ireland and that's just right across the sea you'd think seafarer nation that they were they'd be capable of finding their way across the North sea but no they don't they send it to England first and by the time it comes here it's so bloody expensive you'd regard a lousy piece of Gouda a luxury...
*leaves thread muttering to herself
:fluffle: (for your cheese-related anguish ;))

Brown lemonade? o_O (yeah, go me! first post ever on this forum and it's been...like a year since I first joined)
Yea, it seems to be another strictly Northern Irish thing.

Basically white lemonade with caramel or something in. Tastes a bit different and it's brown. Really, really nice.

I totally missed Tex-mex and cranberries.

I totally missed Tex-mex and cranberries.
Vegetarian Tex-Mex? Mexico has good vegetarian dishes, but I don't think any of them have made it into Tex-Mex.

Either Indian tacos or maybe just the frybread they're built on, I go nuts for either.

Yea, it seems to be another strictly Northern Irish thing.

Basically white lemonade with caramel or something in. Tastes a bit different and it's brown. Really, really nice.

I'll have to go to Ireland someday now. I already tell people I'm 110% Irish despite the fact I'm obviously not. Places I've been in Europe include Germany, Austria and Switzerland only, and when I was there, I probably missed being full. I ate mostly at bakeries except for mornings at the hotel. Fast food. That's kinda sad. I missed American, greasy, fat, fast food while I was abroad.

I am abroad... in the US, from the UK.

What do I miss about the mother country? Curry... you just can't get it in Georgia.... Black Pudding... Doner Kebabs. Decent Chinese food.
Have you been to Doraville?

When I'm abroad from the US, I find the first thing I like to get upon my return is a hamburger. I've had good meat in other countries, but they just don't put it all together in the right package.

One thing I will never need to eat again is yellow dahl. I would like some gulab jamun, though.

But bread, yeah, especially when "abroad" means the US or Ireland, where the bread is an abomination. :D (I'm guessing this extends beyond the two countries mentioned; I wouldn't know personally, though).
We (US) do good bread, but if you were stupid enough to eat white bread or some other mainstream tripe churned out enmasse for the general populace, then you deserved it.
(Same goes for beer, chocolate and cheese)

Good mexican food.

I'll have to go to Ireland someday now. I already tell people I'm 110% Irish despite the fact I'm obviously not.
Why? :confused:

Why? :confused:

So he can benefit from all those wonderfully flattering Irish stereotypes we have in this country, of course. :p

So he can benefit from all those wonderfully flattering Irish stereotypes we have in this country, of course. :p
Drunken terrorist?

I can handle that :cool:

Drunken terrorist?

I can handle that :cool:

Exactly.. and if anyone gives you grief, just remind them that all of your seven older brothers are police officers.. :)

Why? :confused:

I'm a girl. And I love to travel, so why not Ireland? I met some nice boys from Ireland when I was in Germany ;)

good europian nuttella:(

I miss good Italian pork sausage whenever I leave NY!

Seriously, though, food would not be a problem for me. I'm pretty adventurous and would try whatever the locals are eating, wherever I am.

I'm a girl. And I love to travel, so why not Ireland? I met some nice boys from Ireland when I was in Germany ;)
Don't really get your logic...but ok.

I know that almost all the Germans here will storm this thread yelling "Bread!!! Quark!!! And Erdnussflips!!!", but I'm also curious about all the other nationalities here. (And I never cared much for German bread, anyway.)

I've just been to Berlin, and finally had the chance, after almost a year, to get a real Doener Kebab again, it was heaven on earth, I tell you.
Another thing I didn't even know I missed untill the moment we were standing at the Pommesbude was Curry Sausage. Now, bear with me, it is in some respect a German speciality. It's normally grilled or fried Bockwurst (a form of large Wiener sausage) with hot ketchup and curry sprinkled on top.

So, what would you/do you miss?


Speaking as someone already abroad, I mikss two things about Irish food.

(A) rashers. Americans cannot do decent bacon. It's alwasy this shrivelled up, break your teeth crap which doesn't have any meat, just fat and grissle, and cooks to death in a grand total of 15 seconds, which is why the fry it for 5 minutes.

(B)Good old greasy bag of chips. There's a chippie in the town I'm from who do THE best chips, battered sausages and scollops (no, this one is spelled correctly, it's not the shellfish). And they still wrap their food in news print which dries them out to perfection - not too much, but takes all the excess grease off the outside

I miss good Italian pork sausage whenever I leave NY!

Seriously, though, food would not be a problem for me. I'm pretty adventurous and would try whatever the locals are eating, wherever I am.
You might want to rethink that if you're ever in Japan, Kat; the local fare can get... very interesting. ;)

You might want to rethink that if you're ever in Japan, Kat; the local fare can get... very interesting. ;)

If it swims (with the exception of fugu -- I like life) I'll try it.

I would probably miss biscuits & gravy. Hell I live in NY and that's a southern thing and unfortunately we don't get that here so I miss it now, in country...

Granted most of my experience with multinational cuisine is imported to the states (Ethiopian is the best, imo), but one thing I haven't been able to find a suitable equivalent for in the states is лимонад. Just remember the first time I had some, I shuffled through the databanks of taste and it came back as "no match".

What's the most interesting food you've ever tried in another country? Maybe swallow's nest soup for me...

If it swims (with the exception of fugu -- I like life) I'll try it.
Well, if you ever come, I'll get an order of squid guts and live sea snails for you. Of course my prefecture is famous for horse sashimi (yes, raw horse meat, it's actually pretty good).

And actually fugu tastes great! ;)

From South Africa I miss: Boerewors cooked over a charcoal barbecue, on a roll, with fruit chutney. Smoked haddock. Masala chips- potato chips covered in vinegar and chilli powder. Peach wine.

From Australia: Good Thai and Vietnamese food, especially Tom Yum and Pho. Doner Kebabs. Vegemite on muffins.

There's a reason I live right in the heart of downtown Toronto; location. And my location makes getting most of the foods mentioned in this thread a snap. There's truly very litle I'd miss abroad - 'cause chances are, wherever I go, I'll already have tried some of the local gnosh back home.

One of the things I like doing while abroad is trying to figure out what's the happening-est stuff on offer, and sampling it generously.

Well, if you ever come, I'll get an order of squid guts and live sea snails for you. Of course my prefecture is famous for horse sashimi (yes, raw horse meat, it's actually pretty good).

And actually fugu tastes great! ;)

Well, I like my food to have at least HEARD OF fire before. And I never said Fugu is not delicious -- something must cause people to risk their lives to eat it. ;)

Well, I like my food to have at least HEARD OF fire before. And I never said Fugu is not delicious -- something must cause people to risk their lives to eat it. ;)
Hey, on average, only 12 people a year die in Japan from eating improperly prepared fugu.

*lol* Actually I do understand what you mean. My fiancee's home prefecture is famous for fugu and when I first met her family, her father had a fugu feast in my honor. I personally thought that this was his way of sneakily trying to kill his daughter's boy friend. :D

I would probably miss biscuits & gravy. Hell I live in NY and that's a southern thing and unfortunately we don't get that here so I miss it now, in country...
Hell, I miss grits every time I leave Georgia for Yankee territory. Hash browns and eggs just aren't the same.

Hey, on average, only 12 people a year die in Japan from eating improperly prepared fugu.

*lol* Actually I do understand what you mean. My fiancee's home prefecture is famous for fugu and when I first met her family, her father had a fugu feast in my honor. I personally thought that this was his way of sneakily trying to kill his daughter's boy friend. :D

Now that's funny!

Especially if he asked you very direc questions as he prepared it;

"So..." *chop chop slice* "...what time do you plan on having my daughter home tonight?" *chop chop*

Hell, I miss grits every time I leave Georgia for Yankee territory. Hash browns and eggs just aren't the same.

Grits I can live without. Something about the thought of eating corn that's been soaked in lye that's just not that appealing. Still, it has to be better than lutefisk. If you want something warm and mushy for breakfast, I can recommend oatmeal, or if you really want the graininess of grits, go for couscous with lots of water in it.

Hey, on average, only 12 people a year die in Japan from eating improperly prepared fugu.

*lol* Actually I do understand what you mean. My fiancee's home prefecture is famous for fugu and when I first met her family, her father had a fugu feast in my honor. I personally thought that this was his way of sneakily trying to kill his daughter's boy friend. :D

Fortunately, this was not the case -- or you just happened not to be in the unlucky twelve. ;)

I already know what I'll miss, because it's already happened. The funny thing is that it's such a simple thing too: The grinder.

What's a grinder, you ask? It's a sandwich. A long, thin sandwich that is also sometimes known as subs, hoagies, etc.

But it's more complicated than that. There are subtle differences in the sandwiches. A true grinder is prepared a certain way with certain ingredients. I never really gave much thought to it until I was deprived of them. Subs, hoagies, poor boys, torpedoes, etc. Are just no substitute. I really ached for an honest to goodness grinder again.

Grits I can live without. Something about the thought of eating corn that's been soaked in lye that's just not that appealing. Still, it has to be better than lutefisk. If you want something warm and mushy for breakfast, I can recommend oatmeal, or if you really want the graininess of grits, go for couscous with lots of water in it.
Grits are just Southern polenta. In fact, grits precede polenta by a few thousand years. The lye just softens the hulls of the hominy. It used to be pretty common to use homemade lye for making grits on the farm, but I don't know if it's the main way to manufacture grits anymore.

Grits, oatmeal, mush, and cream of wheat all have their place at breakfast. Grits go pretty well with eggs. I don't know too many people that eat them by themselves.

Gotta be King Crisps- the cousin to Tatyo.

My brother wrapped two packets in bubble wrap and made them last (intact) on his round the world flight/journey until he got to Ko Tao. Impressive- and worth their weight in gold they're so hard to get. :)

Gotta be King Crisps- the cousin to Tatyo.


Ah, but are King Crisps actually made in Tayto Castle?

Side not with regard to Tayto: the bastards have recently started adding lactose to nearly all of their flavours and made them distinctly vegan unfriendly.

I'm not sure what I'd miss if I went abroad. I don't recall missing anything when I went to Italy.

Kentucky Fried Chicken, Tex-Mex Chili and Chicago-style Pizza

I already know what I'll miss, because it's already happened. The funny thing is that it's such a simple thing too: The grinder.

What's a grinder, you ask? It's a sandwich. A long, thin sandwich that is also sometimes known as subs, hoagies, etc.

But it's more complicated than that. There are subtle differences in the sandwiches. A true grinder is prepared a certain way with certain ingredients. I never really gave much thought to it until I was deprived of them. Subs, hoagies, poor boys, torpedoes, etc. Are just no substitute. I really ached for an honest to goodness grinder again.
THANK YOU! Even up in Boston, I'll say that I want a grinder, and they tell me there is a subway close by. Subway doesn't make grinders. They make subs. I want a damn grinder:mad:

but the food that I really miss is clam chowder and real new england seafood...lobster (not those overgrown shrimp all you other people eat...real, maine lobster), raw bar oysters, scallops, muscles.....mmmmmm

My mom's chili.




Other than that, all the cuisine in the rest of the world pretty much owns that of here.


Fricken melting pot, you get the shitty part of everything.



(Oh, I forgot chowda. *hits self*)

Hmm, only been abroad once, and I liked the rice and beans they served at every meal. Long-term, I guess I'd miss the kinds of meat that are served at typical American BBQ's; i.e. steak, burgers, brats, hot dogs. I just like meat too much, particularly the meat that's been grilled over hot coals and slathered with BBQ sauce. Add a cold beer and I am in gastronomic heaven. Thats the food I'd miss if I was abroad.

I miss the spread of life that works for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper:

Peanut Butter.

That, and sausage that tastes like something. I don't know what it is with the Nordic folk, but, I've never consumed a sausage that actually tasted like sausage. I want my mouth burning Polish sausage and potatoe-cheese filled perogies!

Reindeer and the various animals up here, though, are cheaper than back home and taste just as good! Mmm....

Some people here seem to be under the impression that food from home is something you miss while on a 2-weeks-vacation somewhere. No way. In that time, I'd still be to busy trying the local food to miss anything at all from home. Missing some food only sets in after about 6-9 month, normally after you woke up one morning thinking "God, I'd love a Doener Kebab today" and set out to find one... only to give up a few days later, defeated in the knowledge that it's no available here, and settling for something else for the next few month until you get back home and can have one.

Some people here seem to be under the impression that food from home is something you miss while on a 2-weeks-vacation somewhere. No way. In that time, I'd still be to busy trying the local food to miss anything at all from home. Missing some food only sets in after about 6-9 month, normally after you woke up one morning thinking "God, I'd love a Doener Kebab today" and set out to find one... only to give up a few days later, defeated in the knowledge that it's no available here, and settling for something else for the next few month until you get back home and can have one.
No, when it gets bad is when you have a vivid dream of going to Taco Bell of all places, and it's so real you can still taste it when you wake up.

No, when it gets bad is when you have a vivid dream of going to Taco Bell of all places, and it's so real you can still taste it when you wake up.

It also works the other way round, though. When I came back to Germany from Canada, I was sometimes dying for a glass of cranberry juice, or a cream cheese and salmon bagel....

Real barbecue and Cajun food.


The only two things an American cant get outside the US.

I dig ethnic food. The neat thing about this country, is that you dont have to go far to find good ethnic food.
Its everywhere.
Within easy driving distance, I can get Chinese, Thai, Korean, Indian,Greek, Polish, and Middle-Eastern food.

Outside the US, I wouldnt be bothered not being able to get "american food", if there is such a thing...
I suppose if you consider Southern Fried chicken and mashed potatoes "American Food"..then ya, but just about everything I grew up eating, came from somewhere else.

It also works the other way round, though. When I came back to Germany from Canada, I was sometimes dying for a glass of cranberry juice, or a cream cheese and salmon bagel....


You cant get Lox and a bagel in Germany?

You cant get Lox and a bagel in Germany?

You can get bagels now, but you couldn't back then. You can get salmon, but you can't get cream cheese....

Other than that, all the cuisine in the rest of the world pretty much owns that of here.


Fricken melting pot, you get the shitty part of everything.


Nonsense!

You just look for the small local, family-owned resturaunts.

The ones that serve homemade food, of whatever ethnic variety your in the mood for.....those are the good ones.

You can get bagels now, but you couldn't back then. You can get salmon, but you can't get cream cheese....


Germans dont eat cream cheese?!

No cheesecake??

MONSTERS!!

Germans dont eat cream cheese?!

No cheesecake??

MONSTERS!!

Jeez, no wonder they keep trying to get to France. :p

curry, the welsh sossage made from leaks and cheese (camarthen or carephilly...), ginger beer, drinkable tap water, ribena, pastys, ginger nuts, jammy dodgers, worcester sauce, daddies sauce, pikalilly, pickled eggs, welsh cakes, scones good scones, the simplicity of buying food (i'd like an egg sandwich please egg and cress, would you like it on rye, white, brown, wholemeal, sour dough..., no just an egg and cress sandwich white, brown or wholemeal don't care in a bap maybe, and that odd slice of tomato not complecated.) branston pickle.

marmite forgot it (doh)

It also works the other way round, though. When I came back to Germany from Canada, I was sometimes dying for a glass of cranberry juice, or a cream cheese and salmon bagel....
Oh I know. Two days back home for the holidays and I was craving yakitori and would have killed for tonkatsu.

Germans dont eat cream cheese?!

No cheesecake??

MONSTERS!!
You should see what the Japanese do to it. *shudders at the memory of 'rare cheesecake'*

Some people here seem to be under the impression that food from home is something you miss while on a 2-weeks-vacation somewhere. No way.
*looks at calender*

Umm...yeah...having dreams about my family's ethnic Polish dishes after six months in Finland yesterday. I fit the criteria. Yay!

Jeez, no wonder they keep trying to get to France. :p


You know...

I never thought about that.

Good Christ Man....thats brilliant!

Germans dont eat cream cheese?!

No cheesecake??

MONSTERS!!

German cheesecake is made with quark (a bit like mascarpone, only more solid), and it's rather different from the American version.
You do get "fresh cheese" (I've no idea what that is in English), but it's not cream cheese. I haven't seen cream cheese anywhere outside the US and Canada...

You know...

I never thought about that.

Good Christ Man....thats brilliant!

France doesn't have cream cheese, either. I checked...

Vegemite. Doesn't seem to be able to become financially successful anywhere except here. :D

I have all that i want except for Langos, i have tasted them in hungary and they are great

German cheesecake is made with quark (a bit like mascarpone, only more solid), and it's rather different from the American version.
You do get "fresh cheese" (I've no idea what that is in English), but it's not cream cheese. I haven't seen cream cheese anywhere outside the US and Canada...

:eek: I call bullshit!

Frischkäse ("fresh cheese") is cream cheese.

My head was already starting to spin merely considering the possibility that I'd eaten something else all these years, but once in my life I'm actually thankful to link to a soulless international food conglomerate: behold the world-unifying power of Kraft's Philadelphia cream cheese (http://www.kraft.com/foodfun_071304.html). Hell, we even have the same TV spot.

Philadelphia is actually what they use at all the bagel shops, it comes in large buckets, just like in the US.

And while Philadelphia is just one brand, all other Frischkäse tastes just like it. Well, for the purposes of this thread it does, i.e. of course there are slight differences in quality, saltiness, fat, etc., but it's still all cream cheese. Not at all like Quark, which, like Cabra said, is used in the classic German cheese cake. But there's tons of "New York Cheese Cake" recipes around here which all call for cream cheese.


Q. E. D. :p

:eek: I call bullshit!

Frischkäse ("fresh cheese") is cream cheese.

My head was already starting to spin merely considering the possibility that I'd eaten something else all these years, but once in my life I'm actually thankful to link to a soulless international food conglomerate: behold the world-unifying power of Kraft's Philadelphia cream cheese (http://www.kraft.com/foodfun_071304.html). Hell, we even have the same TV spot.

Philadelphia is actually what they use at all the bagel shops, it comes in large buckets, just like in the US.

And while Philadelphia is just one brand, all other Frischkäse tastes just like it. Well, for the purposes of this thread it does, i.e. of course there are slight differences in quality, saltiness, fat, etc., but it's still all cream cheese. Not at all like Quark, which, like Cabra said, is used in the classic German cheese cake. But there's tons of "New York Cheese Cake" recipes around here which all call for cream cheese.


Q. E. D. :p

I know the name is the same. Even the brand is the same. But if you've ever tried what they sell as cream cheese in Canada and USA, you know what I'm talking about. Apart from the colour, there's no resemblance.

I miss the beverage Rivella. And the bread. Chocolate.

But there are a lot of things I miss when Ii'm home in Switzerland. Tropical fruits. It's such a difference between a ripe, freshly picked, really sweet banana and the tasteless stuff you buy in the supermarket. Same goes for pineapple.

Bagels. Toasted, with cream cheese. Cheesecake. It's almost impossible to get a decent cheesecake here.
Lays Chips.
The footlong veggie delite at Subway.

*sigh*

German cheesecake is made with quark (a bit like mascarpone, only more solid), and it's rather different from the American version.
You do get "fresh cheese" (I've no idea what that is in English), but it's not cream cheese. I haven't seen cream cheese anywhere outside the US and Canada...
We just call it fromage frais. :p Sounds so much better than "fresh cheese."

And imo cream cheese isn't a huge loss, especially when you consider the mouthwatering array of real cheese in europe. And can't you use creme fraiche on your salmon?

So, what would you/do you miss?
Rye whiskey

I know the name is the same. Even the brand is the same. But if you've ever tried what they sell as cream cheese in Canada and USA, you know what I'm talking about. Apart from the colour, there's no resemblance.
I have. And yet, I have no idea what you're talking about. Unless you're talking about US Philadelphia vs. German "No-fat! Lo-cal! Now with yoghurt!" varieties, the result of which would be self-evident. But US Philadelphia vs. German Philadelphia (geez, you'd think they'd pay me by now) taste identical.

Just to be sure, however, and because it's just such an earth-shatteringly important dispute, I actually just fired off an email to Kraft Germany asking them who's right :D. I'll post their answer. And the world waits with baited breath... :p

oh hell yeah... oooh an idea: eating quark while drinking yop... mmmm :p

and i'm still not old enough to drink in the states so i wouldn't know about their beer :rolleyes: (roll on May!)
but for beer, i say you want to go to the netherlands anyway ;)

If I wanted a 'beer' type product, I'd be looking in the direction of Ireland, actually.... :)

Have you been to Doraville?

Not done Doraville... don't even recognise the name... which means it's either one of my (no doubt many) blindspots, or it's just not in the North East Georgia area... which is about the only bit I have much access to...?

When I'm abroad from the US, I find the first thing I like to get upon my return is a hamburger. I've had good meat in other countries, but they just don't put it all together in the right package.

One thing I will never need to eat again is yellow dahl. I would like some gulab jamun, though.

You want a good hamburger?

I can't vouch for it's continued existence... not having been in the mother country for a while...

But - should you ever find yourself in England... should you ever find yourself in or near Leicester... look up a local chain of burger bars called "TJ's".

Seriously... better than ANY burger I've had, anywhere.

(A) rashers. Americans cannot do decent bacon. It's alwasy this shrivelled up, break your teeth crap which doesn't have any meat, just fat and grissle, and cooks to death in a grand total of 15 seconds, which is why the fry it for 5 minutes.


Ah yes... I'd forgotten (mercifully) the abomination that the american 'food' industry peddles as 'bacon'....

Hell, I miss grits every time I leave Georgia for Yankee territory. Hash browns and eggs just aren't the same.

Sorry for my (obviously heathenistic) contribution, but - to anyone out there who has NEVER tried 'grits', they have two curious properties, which make them a very acquired taste:

1) They taste like what you put in them... so - if you add salt, they taste of salt... if you add butter, they taste of butter. That's about it, for flavour.

2) They have a texture kind of like having someone sneeze in your mouth.

Neither of which made a big contribution to my appreciation of them...

(On the other hand, G.R.I.T.S. can be delicious....)

Not done Doraville... don't even recognise the name... which means it's either one of my (no doubt many) blindspots, or it's just not in the North East Georgia area... which is about the only bit I have much access to...?
It's a suburb to the Northeast of Atlanta. It's on the left side of I-85 as you head out of downtown. There are any number of good restaurants there, ranging from Korean to Ethiopian.

Ah yes... I'd forgotten (mercifully) the abomination that the american 'food' industry peddles as 'bacon'....
I've never had bacon outside the U.S. What's the difference?

Grew up in the country, and I regularly miss:

Fresh foods (beef, cheeses, fruits, veggies)
Concord grapes (almost impossible to find in supermarkets)
Fresh clover honey, with the comb

When I travel abroad, in addition to the above, I always miss peanut butter. There are awesome foods in every country I've been to, but nobody does peanut butter like the US of A, and I'm a peanut butter fanatic!!! :D

Edit: Here in Cincinnati, if I want real chili, I make it myself. You should see the stuff they call "chili" here. It's sweet. It has cinnamon in it, for Pete's sake! I'd hate to see these Yankees ever get ahold of a real bowl. If it doesn't take the skin off the roof of your mouth, damn it, it ain't chili.

:p

I miss shoarma's... No, not the ones you get in holland because they're not real shoarma's ( how can you have shoarma's with pork?!?!?), I mean the Saudi ones. Uhmmm... well, polo's, but i still manage to have those sometimes when people take them along from other countries... I can't think of anything else at the moment but there's a lot more.
What I would miss from holland? Kruidnote, speculaas, drop (i know, most non-dutchies hate is), stroopwafels, and lots of other dutch stuff, oehh, the dutch peanut butter (not the ewwy american ones)

What was the number one thing I missed when I was in Europe...

I'm trying to remember. Oh yeah! Pepsi products! I didn't see a single Pepsi product the entire time I was in Germany. I did track down some Mountain Dew while I was in Austria, but Coke seemed to rule most of the continent, just like it's got an iron grip on my university.

Other than that, there was nothing I missed, although there are some things I miss from the trip now that I'm back in the states. I really miss the awesome breakfasts. The only way I can ever get a breakfast that compares to the ones I had on that trip is to sleep in until noon and go to a campus buffet place.

Meh.... I don't think I'd miss anything

It's a suburb to the Northeast of Atlanta. It's on the left side of I-85 as you head out of downtown. There are any number of good restaurants there, ranging from Korean to Ethiopian.

Okay - I know I-85 some, and that IS my side of Atlanta... kind of in the Air Port area? My knowledge of Atlanta is limited by the fact that I hate driving there so... I remember doing web research that suggested I might be able to get a decent curry in Atlanta... but all the way to Atlanta, from practically NC, for a POSSIBLY good curry?

I've never had bacon outside the U.S. What's the difference?

Basically, what we (Limeys) cut OFF of bacon, is what you sell AS bacon...

Makes me wonder what ya'll are doing with the actual bacon...?

fassbrause, wurst, gummibaeren, graubrot

Okay - I know I-85 some, and that IS my side of Atlanta... kind of in the Air Port area? My knowledge of Atlanta is limited by the fact that I hate driving there so... I remember doing web research that suggested I might be able to get a decent curry in Atlanta... but all the way to Atlanta, from practically NC, for a POSSIBLY good curry?
Not near the airport, but on the way if you're coming from the Northeast. What kind of curry are you looking for -- Indian, Thai, Pakistani -- there are a lot of little restaurants around, but they're neighborhood things. Probably not the kind that win the "Best of Gwinnett"-type awards. But if you're up around Dahlongega or Jasper, or Helen, you're in trouble. We go to a place near Toccoa for vacation every summer. If you don't like pork barbeque or low-country boils, you're out of luck.

Basically, what we (Limeys) cut OFF of bacon, is what you sell AS bacon...

Makes me wonder what ya'll are doing with the actual bacon...?
Damn good question. Probably not slicing it into strips and curing it. Maybe ham?

Found this cartoon. It's cute.
http://bacontarian.com/wp-content/bacon_wulffmorgenthaler.gif

McDonalds. There just aren't any that compare to the two we have in loughborough.

Not near the airport, but on the way if you're coming from the Northeast. What kind of curry are you looking for -- Indian, Thai, Pakistani -- there are a lot of little restaurants around, but they're neighborhood things. Probably not the kind that win the "Best of Gwinnett"-type awards. But if you're up around Dahlongega or Jasper, or Helen, you're in trouble. We go to a place near Toccoa for vacation every summer. If you don't like pork barbeque or low-country boils, you're out of luck.

Think Helen and Toccoa, and you are right on the money. Indeed - although I don't LIVE there, I do WORK in Toccoa...

Indian food is my preference. Thai is secondary.

What I can't stand, is this packaged buffet-chinese that is nothing like ANY Chinese food I've tasted anywhere else in the world...

Damn good question. Probably not slicing it into strips and curing it. Maybe ham?

Found this cartoon. It's cute.
http://bacontarian.com/wp-content/bacon_wulffmorgenthaler.gif

The picture is cute... me, I'm with them... pork > naked and sunny.

But, as bizarre as it seems, the only really good representation I can find of what WE call 'bacon'... is a dancing-person-made-of-breakfast.

No, really.


http://www.zeblong.com/breakfasttransformer/

So - follow the link, if you dare... and see what WE consider 'bacon'... and then reconcile it with the crispy, fatty crap I have to put up with in this heathen backwater... ;)

I am abroad... in the US, from the UK.

What do I miss about the mother country? Curry... you just can't get it in Georgia.... Black Pudding... Doner Kebabs. Decent Chinese food.

Take a trip to NYC. The indian here is pretty decent - though not as good as the UK. I can manage with it though.

The chinese food is better.

Edit: And you can get irish bacon too.

I'll have to mention Negerküsse again... just because they haven't been mentioned in a while. Also real bread and cheese, good chocolate and proper Müesli.
And my mom's homemade raspberry jam :)

edit: ooh! and and all the pre-christmas food: pastry, cookies, and other sweets!

Take a trip to NYC. The indian here is pretty decent - though not as good as the UK. I can manage with it though.

The chinese food is better.

Edit: And you can get irish bacon too.

I actually spent a few days in New York, and we did make a point of scoring Chinese, while we were there. :)

I guess, I just need to make friends with some Indians who don't mind cooking for me... :D... although THIS part of Georgia, at least, is a little 'ethnically pure' in that regard... :(