Pretty ironic, considering that Turkey under Erdogan is just as close to dictatorship as the US under Trump...
Turkiye makes better quality food at a lower price.
Turks products:
80% sunflower seeds
as a trump-hating american i am just kinda happy that turkiye gets to be fully counted as european now
Weird, most Americans would not spell it that way.
One pseudo democracy or the other... Doesn't matter...
Wait until they hear about Erdogan.
- He is a million times better than Trump and has far far less blood on his hands than either Trump or Biden
- Turkiye isn't engaging in economic warfare against Europe
- Turkiye welcomed Syrian and Ukrainian refugees escaping the wars
- Turkiye supports Ukraine in various ways such as drones
Turkiye is a Muslim country as well as a European country, so it is in an odd place to be but also bridges both worlds.
Edit: I know about the Kurds, I am from the Middle East. Turkiye had a history of racist nationalism that Erdogan actually campaigns against. Turkiye and Erdogan are not angels or innocent but are a far lesser evil than many others.
He literally blocks all new NATO membership and you claim he has no blood on his hands?
Edit: and I assume he has finally taken action towards earthquake building safety? Or is that still just god’s will?
Edit2: funny that you have time to talk to me about cookie flavors but pretend these questions don’t exist
You didn't mention the Kurds. Turkey's action towards Kurds is one of the main reasons to dislike Turkey.
also, turkiye seems to be on the verge of working things out with ocalan and the kurds, which is impressive
Ha yeah 'American food' - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?
The marshmallows are there for the same reason as canned pumpkin and cranberry sauce: 🦃 Thanksgiving. There's no excuse for Poptarts.
Who eats marshmallows on thanksgiving?
Why did American stuff get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks!
What food from the USA would anyone in Europe actually want? Genuine question.
Well the fact that, no fewer than 3 times, the Great British Bake-off judges have said something to the effect of “Wow! Your combination of peanuts and jam is a brilliant and unique flavor!” has taught me that maybe we really do have something to share with the world.
Besides the stuff people already listed, I know sections like this here in Germany, and they often (not always) just have "American style" products - basically some weird hybrids of what a European imagines America to be like, but for European palates. So I bet - unless this was a section with true import stuff - any American would be confused why they never heard of any of these products.
We have Domino cookies from Finland that are better anyways
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_(cookie)?wprov=sfla1
Yeah, no. Those things are really an acquired taste.
I'm imagining peanut butter, BBQ sauce, pumpkin pie filling, and maybe a few breakfast foods like cream of wheat. Not all of our foods are terrible nightmares, they're just either available in different aisles or not super popular to justify being everywhere.
The intersection of "American", "novelty" and "popular enough to import but not enough to fully stock" is probably mostly candy, pop tarts and Lucky charms.
https://www.thetimes.com/article/us-trade-war-german-peanut-butter-lovers-feel-crunch-q55bs3r8t
The last time trump was around and pulled this type of shit peanut butter was one of the things people had issues with, since the US produces a lot of peanuts and peanut butter.
I'm German and I suspect it's a bit cringier than that. Out of the products you listed peanut butter is the only one that's available virtually everywhere. You can get all of the other stuff as well but mostly online or at dedicated candy shops. The only other item I can think of is Jack Daniel's and probably some other spirits. So what was sold in the US section? The answer is probably German made stuff that's stereotypically American. This may include spray cheese, creatively flavored bbq sauces, other condiments like relish, brioche burger and hot dog buns, cookies, brownies, muffins, donuts and my favorite because you guys don't even eat that: actual plastic buckets filled with sweet popcorn.
Lucky Charms and Nerds. I think it’s mostly for Americans in Europe actually. It’s all quite expensive and I’ve never seen anyone buy it.
Decent crunchy PB.
Aldi (Nord) here in Europe has some amazing ones.
There should be far more coffee and cigarettes, but a nice spread overall!
aisle
ile.
I agree, aisle is both correct and traditional.
I'm willing to grant, however, that in a grocery store the aisles could be interpreted as the areas where the shoppers and employees stroll, around a very organized archipelago of shelving islands/isles stacked with merchandise.
🎵bak-la-va🎵
To the tune of Bayraktar
angry Greek noises
From bad to worse.
Tbf, I always ignore the American isles and go wild on the Turkish ones. So much good stuff!
Nothing can beat baklava and halva.
helva is a bit on the sweet side (read: potentially heart attack inducing) as far as I'm concerned, but each to their own. The hearty foods however... <3
i mean, kebab?
This "buy european" campaign sound like nationalistic bullshit to me. Here you are replacing american products with products from a country ruled by a dictator.
- It's not american, it's divided states of american - there's actual countries in America, unlike the divided states ruled by a fascist silicon valley elite with a puppet in the white house
- Erdoğan is a totalitarian, but there's a higher chance for him to be defeated in elections (and him giving up power) than for the Republinazis.
- Turkish people - including those who voted for the totalitarian leader - are absolutely more likable than MAGA dipshits.
So doesn't make much of a difference then, except fewer emissions
Maybe a bit but Europe is not a country. Also these products don't get any special treatment from the governments so this movement is fuelled by the people, for better or worse
