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Thursday, July 8, 2010

You Capture - America

Not living in America right now, this was a bit of a challenge. These are the nutritional labels on the back of some American foods. When you're living in America you don't think twice about this label on food. However, nutritional information on EU foods looks different. So as an expat, when you see the US label you immediately grab the object off the shelf and seriously consider buying it no matter what it is (i.e. the pack of Jell-O vanilla pudding currently in my cupboard). This means the food is imported from the Motherland! Huzzah!!! Pictured here are Raspberry PopTarts, Aunt Jemima pancake mix (my husband's fav), and probably (how Irish of me that I'm not willing to commit) the most sought after food product by American expats: Jif Peanut Butter. And to just make some of you expats even more jealous, I get creamy, but they also sell crunchy. Don't hate! Oh, and don't judge my food selections. You would be surprised what you buy when you don't have instant access to something.



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11 comments:

  1. I couldn't even imagine. I don't know how my hubby would handle that. all he will eat since he is a picky eater is pb&j's he has that 3 or 4 times a day.

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  2. I also am an expat (in England) so found this to be a tough one to do...and I totally get the food thing!

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  3. I love it.

    And peanut butter is one of the best foods ever. Ever.

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  4. Haha- I remember how funny it was to find candy bars that were the same name, but definitely tasted different! I totally miss British Kit Kats- way better than US.

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  5. ha ha ha - this totally made me laugh! Do you know I have never given my children peanut butter! my son is 8 now too!

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  6. How funny! My grandparents had friends in Sweden a long time ago, and when ever they went to visit they brought lots of peanut butter. They couldn't get it there and missed it so much!

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  7. :D what a great point, just to show how spoiled we are over here.

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  8. Peanut butter is definitely an American thing!

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  9. Way to think outside of the box. : ) Or jar rather : ). I am glad you can still get some American foods. I imagine it would be hard to go cold turkey!

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  10. One of my best friends lives in Japan and every few months I send her a jar of PB.

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  11. Thanks for the comments everyone! Laura, you're a VERY good friend! :)

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