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Post by ρɦoeɳix on Mar 3, 2010 11:19:19 GMT -5
Actually... even M&M's, Twix and Snickers etc. taste better in Europe.. They make it with a different chocolate in Norway than in the U.S. at least. I've actually done tasting experiments on this... where I compared the ones from the U.S. with the Norwegian ones.. They don't taste the same !  |
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Post by Ouch on Mar 3, 2010 20:06:18 GMT -5
...well also, with a lot of candies, and products that are sweet - most countries can use sugar to sweeten such products; in the U.S., however, because of Sugar Cane protectionism (centred more or less here in Florida...), high fructose corn syrup dominates as a sweetener and principal component of various foods, due to a lack of sufficient sugar. Sugar is tariffed (or whatever the hell the trade barrier is called...), because of protectionism against cheap Brazilian sugar, whose market rate is much lower than what the U.S. can offer...and what provides much of the world's supply.
...thus, our stuff ends up tasting funky with the 'non-natural' sweetener substance, while a lot of the rest of the world can choose to utilise a more natural sweetener, thus making the product of a higher quality or at least influence perception to believe so.
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Post by Phil on Mar 3, 2010 20:28:50 GMT -5
Well, this thread turned educational. If you're not careful, you'll learn something every day. ;D
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Post by Ray T on Mar 3, 2010 23:01:35 GMT -5
ok here goes... Chocolate is well ok at best for me. my favorite chcolate is the german kinder egg chocolate, it is white chocolate covered with milk chocolate and in the middle there is a little toy prize... LOL i had abiut 3 or 4 hundred of the toys in a collection when i was living in Germany... now for food My favorite is Gyros.. and not just the sandwitch you get here in the states but also the sawsage that you can get sliced and served on rice with lettice and tomato and onion and cucumber and lets not forget that yougert souer cream dressing they put over it... YUMMY!
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Post by ρɦoeɳix on Mar 5, 2010 17:17:59 GMT -5
Ohh.. Those german Kinder Egg chocolate's are goood!! I used to have lots of those figures too, lol I remember every time I went to my aunt and uncle when I was younger they would always give me and my sister one of those packs with three eggs in them.. Aaah, sweet childhood memories <3 |
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Post by alexaheart on Mar 5, 2010 18:58:32 GMT -5
I too LUV Kinder Eggs!!!! They also make those wafer bars with the yummie hazelnut creme on the inside. Those make me melt lol  My biggest food weakness would have to be Cinnabon cinnamen buns LOL. Just the smell makes me weak in the knees lol |
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Post by roger888 on Mar 6, 2010 11:17:41 GMT -5
I received this food related text a few days ago,If you don't know much about chocolate & sweets sold in the UK, then this won't mean much to you. Mr Cadbury met Ms Roundtree on a Double Decker.It was just After Eight.They got off at Quality Street,in front of the Fisherman's Friend pub.He asked her name."Polo,I'm the one with the hole," she said with a quiet Wispa."I'm Marathon,the one with the nuts",he replied.Then he touched her Cream Eggs. Later they checked into a hotel.He slipped his hand into her Snickers & felt her Milky Way,then he fondled her Flapjacks & she responded by rubbing his TicTacs while letting out a scream of Turkish Delight. Sadly ,3 days later,his Sherbet Fountain started to drip.It turns out Ms Rowntree had been with Bertie Bassett who had Allsorts. |
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Post by unable to be able on Mar 9, 2010 7:54:05 GMT -5
I must admit I have NEVER had Kinder Eggs.. strange but true! I know about them and have seen them so many times, but never thought they would be worth trying... I guess you learn something new everyday  Well now Kinder Eggs are added to my to-do list I have to agree with most that chocolates from around Europe seems to be of higher taste quality then some... I am definitely no expert on the matter, but from the few experiences I have had, it seems the case... The other day I actually had one solitary chocolate from Belgium and it was incredible ;D Why only one? Because it was so rich I couldn't have another I love the taste of chocolate, but I very seldom have more then 2 pieces at a time... |
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Post by Ray T on Mar 9, 2010 9:14:02 GMT -5
I too LUV Kinder Eggs!!!! They also make those wafer bars with the yummie hazelnut creme on the inside. Those make me melt lol My biggest food weakness would have to be Cinnabon cinnamen buns LOL. Just the smell makes me weak in the knees lol Oh.... Will you Marry me?... LOL I love cinnabon.... also vanella Dr Pepper. |
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Mar 11, 2010 0:13:47 GMT -5
Actually... even M&M's, Twix and Snickers etc. taste better in Europe.. They make it with a different chocolate in Norway than in the U.S. at least. I've actually done tasting experiments on this... where I compared the ones from the U.S. with the Norwegian ones.. They don't taste the same ! rly? mmmm ;D |
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Well now Kinder Eggs are added to my to-do list 