American Ethnic Food

Really Matt? Mayonnaise isn't American? Its fattening, is used in other delicious and fattening foods. That seems to be all out American to me.

I really expected some Jiffy.

Mayonnaise? Strange. Certainly not American.

I'm guessing that's KaDeWe in Berlin that she's at. When I lived there a few years ago, it was nice to go there and get a couple American groceries once in a while. They had canned softdrinks in 12oz sizes instead of the usual European .33 liter size. My buddy and I also got to try samples of some super-high-end variety of Jack Daniels whiskey - nothing I'd ever had in America before. The last time I went was around Thanksgiving, and they stocked boxed stuffing and jars of whipped marshmallow.

Saw someone mention peanut butter earlier. That's a regular grocery store item in Germany nowadays, so you wouldn't have to go anywhere special for it. There's a European precedent for PB - it's an old Dutch food, but it's savory. Germans typically eat the American-style sweetened PB.

"They have Head Country BBQ sauce. Now I know I could survive living in Germany."

Word. That's all I need.