The second panel reminds me of the first time I ate a white chocolate Toblerone: It was so damn sweet that I could barely chew and swallow without a drink...
I agree with poor kogasa, American sweets tend to be much sweeter than even the exact same brand in other countries. Heck, websites that give information on the finer points of the US for people that are moving there say that a lot of food is either sweeter or greasier than you will be used to.
well, no way its a Sneakers bar, sometimes i forget that stuff is classified as a candy bar. Unless I'm more of a sugar addict than the Author, and believe me, I LOVE SWEETS!
alphamone said: I agree with poor kogasa, American sweets tend to be much sweeter than even the exact same brand in other countries.
It also differs from bakery to bakery. I know of one bakery near my apartment that could put you in a diabetic coma from just walking by the establishment.
Geh. Every time I cross the border, I notice the same thing - as soon as that invisible line to the south is breached, portion sizes at every fast food joint ever just outright double. And Canadian fast food joints aren't exactly health-friendly either, so that's *terrifying*. It's like every single thing in American fast food menus has been replaced with a giant novelty version of itself for use in a televised eating contest or something. How are any of them even *alive*?
Why don't people who visit America learn to ask for assistance when shopping? There are so many varieties of foods and drinks, its a wonder why people only focus on one thing and assume it applies to all.
Fluffz0rs said: Geh. Every time I cross the border, I notice the same thing - as soon as that invisible line to the south is breached, portion sizes at every fast food joint ever just outright double. And Canadian fast food joints aren't exactly health-friendly either, so that's *terrifying*. It's like every single thing in American fast food menus has been replaced with a giant novelty version of itself for use in a televised eating contest or something. How are any of them even *alive*?
Generally speaking, as an American, I tend to eat very large-portioned meals, but only eat two meals a day, or one meal and some snacks.
Great thing about America, though, is that you can get food from every corner of the earth anywhere you go. (Well, actually, it's sometimes hard to find Vietnamese in more rural areas, but you get the idea.)
The things like Arizona green tea are definitely brown. Don't get tea in America sweetened - it is like a jackhammer that will bore sweetness through your skull. (But then, I don't sweeten my tea at all, so...) It's probably because of drinking coffee more than tea in general, but Americans in general like freak-tons of sugar in things like tea.
As for candy bars, however, I can't really eat foreign chocolate at all. It's just way too bitter for my taste, even the so-called milk chocolate.
Tetrominon said: As much as I love this country, truth be told, we wouldn't know tea if we drowned in it... OTL
Speak for yourself, bro. There's a good chunk of the South where the remnants of America's tea culture still thrive, and are growing due to the rise of organic farming. My friend's grandmother will pitch a fit (and a brick) if you steep her Lady Grey too long.
I'm just hoping to get another shipment of Gyokurou seicha before too many weeks pass.
uhh to nubman, i have seen fatter here, in texas, a stick of butter fried in oil and salt... it somehow won the state fair "what can you fry and taste good" contest.
tosgcdonmai: i am a huge tea-fan, mostly Green teas; and i can say i would very much like to meet your friend's grandmother, i have actualy blown near $200 on green teas in one once shipments.
I've been living in Japan for awhile now. I don't think I could ever eat anything in America again.
I dare you to come to Maryland and NOT have some delicious Maryland Chese Style Crab Cakes, Cream of Crab Soup, Crab Soup, or go to a Crab Steamer. I CHALLENGE you to tell me that shit is not DELICIOUS.
I dare you to come to Maryland and NOT have some delicious Maryland Chese Style Crab Cakes, Cream of Crab Soup, Crab Soup, or go to a Crab Steamer. I CHALLENGE you to tell me that shit is not DELICIOUS.
As a Maryland resident myself, I can say I made some interesting friendships when I visited the fish-markets in Tokyo. Eating things they never expected a foreigner to touch helped make a nice connection.
Similar thing happened with a Japanese transfer student my school years ago. Generally had issues with the food, but then the school had a crab and oyster bake/festival.
The reason, to my understanding, is that while eastern countries named teas after the color of the brew, western countries named teas after the color of the leaf, so western green tea and black tea are called (brown) tea and red tea in Japan and such.
This wouldn't be that confusing, if there weren't also Japanese green teas and black teas! Many know what "asian green tea" is, but nobody's heard of proper fermented black tea, and there's still two very different teas with the same name.
Also, "tea" on it's own refers to sweet tea, often iced, which is the closest the "tea" in the comic comes to being tea.
Why they sell these things by the gallon is beyond me.
Wow...that looks sweet...I dare say it's peanuts in hardened caramel!Uh-huh...So sweet, I could die...Tremble TrembleShudder ShudderThanks...wait...Green tea!♡And why is green tea brown?I bought some candy that I'm totally unfamiliar with at the supermarket over there!Here, have some tea.And I like sweet stuff...What's that?America's amazing in all sorts of ways...No...I mean why'd you buy a gallon jug...? 1 American gallon = roughly 3.8 liters
Generic candy 'cause I forgot to take a reference photo
