If you were an American living on the other side of the pond, these are the foods you might start to miss. Redditor AxleTheDog posted a picture of the American section in the ethnic food aisle at the Tesco store in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. I see an overabundance of peanut butter and chocolate. There are two flavors of Goober, marshmallow creme, Pop Tarts, mac and cheese, and of course plenty opt candy. Canned pumpkin? A commenter explained that they do have pumpkin pie in Europe, but to make it you have to cook a pumpkin yourself, so the canned version makes things easier -the American way. See the full-side picture at imgur.
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What, no aerosol cheese? Oh, the humanity!
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The British food section at my favorite grocery has a much larger variety in just one four foot section (and i think there are at least two sections. The picture above looks like it might be 6 feet total.).
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I had no idea that beef jerky was only an American thing.
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What about frozen foods? Can you get tater tots in England? Frozen Pizzas?
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You should see what passes for California wine in Tesco. The brands that are bottom shelf "value" wines out here cost triple in England and occasionally suffer from poor storage
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Opt candy is the best kind!
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I wish ours here in Hainan had half that much! Right now I'm particularly missing candy corn.
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Perfect! Now you can have A1 Steak Sauce on your Pop-Tarts, as nature intended.
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A friend of mine who's been living in France for the past couple years says she has a heckuva time finding peanut butter there. Apparently, the French think it smells awful and tastes worse. Her mom's good about sending her care packages from Louisiana, though.
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