What the hell is Cool "American??" Some in-brand knockoff version of the rightful Cool "Ranch" Doritos? Is this some kind of passive-aggressive response to "French fries?"Eh, these, I guess. They're my favorite chips, but only one chain carries this flavor in my country and that chain doesn't carry several products I use regularly. And Its closest store is a little out of the way, so I only occasionally shop there.
Sometimes, yeh. Usually because of trademarks or to avoid confusion with similarly named local products. Tho in this case it's because few people in Europe know what ranch dressing is (Not that Cool American is much more meaningful of a name). Tho sometimes shit gets renamed for no apparent reason. You know Mars candy bars? We have Mars too, but ours is not the same bar. Instead it's very similar to a Milky Way bar in the US. Meanwhile, our version of the Milky Way is the equivalent of a 3 Musketeers bar in the US. Why the different naming? Beats me.
You could fill an Olympic-size swimming pool with things I don't know, but Europeans not knowing what ranch dressing is mind-boggling. I guess if I were filled to the brim with rich culture, amazing art and architecture and thousands of years of history, I'd be skeptical of my 200-year-old hick cousin to the West if he came up with an ominous, white liquid and ask me to put it in my mouth. Anyway, it's probably for the best to clearly label anything you accept from us as "American," y'know, the stuff you serve to guests, but never eat yourself? (I'm masking my shame behind passive-aggressive-yet-self-deprecating humor so you'll think I'm hip and cool.) WHY DON'T YOU LIKE US?!? Is it Trump?? We're not with him!! Ok, SOME of us are, but give that lot a couple more generations of inbreeding, and they'll have lost the ability for [relative] complex thought and will be relegated to zoos for the rest of our amusement! Just sayin', we can do better!
I've only been to America once, and the things I noticed about food and drink were:
Yea, here it is normal and expected to ask them for "To Go" containers to take your food with you. There is no way in hell I can eat an entire restaurant meal in one sitting, so I take it home and usually turn it into 3 or 4 meals, depending on the portion size. This one Tex Mex place here we can order one order of Fajitas as takeout and we take it home and feed 3 people, twice. So yea, portion sizes in the US are a very good value. When I was in Europe, they actually serve portion sizes for one meal, and no one takes home their leftovers because there usually isn't any. Europeans have to get used to the idea when they come here that they take what they don't eat with them and heat it up at home or in their hotel when they get hungry again later. If you try to eat the entire meal while dining out, you likely will need a nap.. I wouldn't be able to do that even with a nap though. XD
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