This Is What “American Food” Looks Like According To The Rest Of The World

To me, "insert country here" sections are mostly about comfort food for tourists or ex-pats.

I live in a farming community, and for me, true "American" food is tomato sandwiches on homemade bread, pot roast with fresh veggies from the garden, chicken and dumplings (made by Mom) and fresh iced tea (unsweetened for me, though I know in the South it is all about sweet tea). Those items cannot be sold on a shelf in the UK or Amsterdam, but I'm sure people in other countries know what they are and also eat them. I am also sure that all Mexicans do not eat primarily Goya brand canned sodium, and Old El Paso tacos, but that is what the Mexican section of my local grocery store looks like. I do wonder though, why so much canned pumpkin in these pictures?

Whenever we are in the states, we find it funny that the British section is Cadbury chocolate, marmite, salad cream, pickle and HP sauce. We don't eat JUST that. It's mostly brand-specific, as the store must order them from the country of origin. Whereas other stuff, like previously said, is found everywhere. I think it's fun to try things from other country's food menus.

Because I take care of myself, I wouldn't eat 90% of what I just saw. I do however know people who could be very happy eating processed sugar. Just goes to show the vast difference in those of us who live in the U.S.

This is more "Sad but true" things. I can name every product in that picture without even trying, and so can most people, like it or not.

It is as already said the same for every other, if you go to Coles or Woolworths in Australia, the UK/Ireland section is Tayto crisps and Wine Gums, tins of mushy peas and usually gravy mix. It is the kind of things ex pats crave, because for the most part grocery stores cover everything else, poptarts are on regular shelves, cereal aisles have enough sugary goodness etc. It is nice that they started doing it in regular chains, because it used to be a boutique deli thing and five times more to buy. I will note for the bakers mention...I once got told by an "Adult Store" owner , that one of the most entertaining things was the amount of little old ladies that came in to buy Crisco for baking because they got to use it back during the war when Americans brought it over...and the Adult stores were cheaper than David Jones who at the time was about the only one importing it to their food court. It was not the adult stores intended use, but they liked being able to help good baking.

this is seriously not how we eat lol. this is the kind of junk you get a gas station, definitely not at a grocery store (I mean, yes they are there at the store but so is a giant produce, meant and dairy section)

I promise, guys, we don't eat *that* much pumpkin! We eat pumpkin pie once a year at Thanksgiving, or for people who really like it, also at Christmas. But that's it, I swear! I had to laugh though at the Mickey Mouse pasta. In all seriousness, there is nothing more American than cross-branded food.

keep in mind, these are just some of the popular items... i mean [country name] doesn't eat [popular stereotypical food] all the time.

I would say from what I see is those items are possibly the best selling items they have too choose from.

While they're not wrong, that is the most random selection of food products I've ever seen...and even in America I don't eat any of that.

Wait, so that's, actually what American food is like? Seems to me a lot of people in America have big fat butts because all they eat is that c**p, and since that how a lot of people it, that's how we're viewed