I just don't get it...please don't anyone get offended, but I just don't get it....
For the person that was homesick for the UK and this TD's place had crumpets...I used to buy crumpets at Publix in Orlando...
I just don't get missing the USA for the food? We are in Europe (well some could argue that...
), BUT...I have never had better paella as I did at a seafront cafe' in Barcelona, or a better pollo de ajo than the one at a cute little cabana cafe in Madrid - where a guy playing a guitar sang to me in Spanish and English.
Or a better yorkshire pudding than at my inlaws house...etc.etc... or a worse kebab with friends out for the night in Edinburgh...
(I thought it was fine - they said it was boak! LOL)
To me food is not about eating - it's about the experience while I am eating it. Most of the food I ate in the States was to stay alive...or in a crowded restaurant with a portion that was too large.
I have been informed that this Trader Joe's is a big international food shopping place. Why bother....we can INTERNATIONALLY SHOP in the actual COUNTRY it's from! (I take it TD's is similar to Harry's Farmers Market in Atlanta???)
You can eat healthy anywhere...heck go pick some apples from the tree out back (well in my case anyway) and dry them yourselves....or learn to can...learn to pickle...learn to bake....
I will never miss the USA for food...yeah I miss my family sometimes...but I don't miss my mother because she makes a mean lasagna or potato noodle! I miss her because we have shared LIFE together. Good and Bad.
I think missing a country for it's food is depriving you of an authentic international experience...where things are different...things are strange and wonderful. Grasp the experience and let go of the fondness of HUGE markets full of consumables.
Off my soap box now...