American Foods that Overseas Visitors Miss When They Return Home

We've seen plenty of pictures of European supermarkets and their "American sections." They are filled with candy, marshmallows, Pop Tarts, and other junk foods that are not as available elsewhere. Yes, Americans are used to sweet foods, whereas the rest of the world isn't. But there are genuine American* crops that just aren't grown elsewhere. For example, cornbread and the corn meal to make it. Or corn tortillas or grits. It's hard to get maple syrup in Brazil. And even though canned pumpkin is made of butternut squash, it's not sold everywhere. And there's no celery seed in Finland.  

A list at Buzzfeed tells of foods that visitors liked but cannot get at home in other countries. Sure, there's some junk food items that you'd expect, but also a bunch of spice mixes that we Americans depend on, and foods we never think about as being particularly American*.  

*To be honest, in this post, "America" can also mean North America and South America.   

(Image credit: Douglas P Perkins)