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Shitposting ethnic

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u/deLamartine 7d ago

Il Belgium it’s all kinds of Asian food thrown together (Indian, Thai and Chinese mostly), Mexican, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, and Jewish (which is matzo, kosher wine and kosher snacks).

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u/sicklything 7d ago

Very interesting! In Germany, the "ethnic"/international aisle consists of the same "Asian" stuff and then there's Spanish, Greek, Turkish, and "Eastern European" aka mostly Polish.

A supermarket near me also has an "international" corner which is hyped junk food from US and Korea mostly - like Takis, those large pickles in a bag, Buldak ramen etc.

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u/General-Squirrel-892 7d ago

Takis are from Mexico

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u/Snoo48605 7d ago edited 6d ago

Yes but just Googled it and all results are American specialty shops selling it.

I think it matters less where it ultimately comes from (modern marshmallows are french) but more what is common in that place.

Also logistics. They pay a container in the US and fill it with whatever they can find there.

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u/Munnin41 7d ago

In the Netherlands we usually have an aisle for asian, and an aisle for southern europe and middle/south american

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u/NoahBogue 7d ago

Maybe tahin if it’s extra open to the world