# You move to a different country. What food from home do you most miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069 "2010-06-30T15:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shocker\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Shocker\_Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shocker_Khan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/101 "2010-07-02T17:52:08Z")
I would miss giardiniera. Speaking of… last weekend we went to Edzo’s in Evanston and they had fries covered in giardiniera. They were… amazing. I’m lost in thought thinking about them. I’m sorry. What were we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/102 "2010-07-02T18:59:54Z")
Outside North America, maple syrup. I once tried to bake a Pecan Pie in Germany. Tough finding pecans but then could not find corn syrup, brown sugar or graham crackers. When I described them, all were considered for livestock only. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/103 "2010-07-02T23:44:57Z")
I’ve lived in foreign countries. I was way too busy chowing down on local cuisine to really miss something, but as soon as I got back home, it was time for a serious bowl of chili. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/104 "2010-07-03T00:13:43Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I know that a friend of mine who emigrated to Perth always complains about the lack of dunkin donuts style donuts. Apparently Australian donuts are different? My Australian mother-in-law, who was in the U.S. for our wedding nearly 11 years ago, STILL complains about American donuts. I didn’t really notice a huge difference - they’re a bit cakier in Australia, but donuts = yum in both countries, as far as I’m concerned. > [@Gleena](#): > > Where were you C3? I forgot, I used to know. > > I get fresh turkey from the butcher, but I have to order it weeks in advance. And they are tiny. They are like chickens with pretentions… > > Agree on the bread though. And coffee! We were on the Central Coast, NSW. I didn’t actually think to ask the butcher - that would have been a good idea! ---
**Author:** ![sahar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sahar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sahar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/105 "2010-07-04T05:46:58Z")
Israel to US. I miss Falafel. Oh, and if you go into some Falafel joint and they say do you want tzatziki and you say do you have tchina and they say what and you say do you have Tahini, trying to accomodate possible variations in accent, and they stare at you… who set this store up? What is this, a joke? It’s a very cruel joke! Marzipan - why can’t you find any in the US? And coffee. A good cappuccino. You can’t find a decent cup of coffee in the entire US, and I’ll stake my life on that. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/106 "2010-07-04T06:21:27Z")
> [@Shocker\_Khan](#): > > I would miss giardiniera. Not too easy to find outside of Chicago, even less overseas, I’ll bet. ---
**Author:** ![nicole1912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@nicole1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicole1912)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/107 "2010-07-04T06:44:40Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Outside North America, maple syrup. > > I once tried to bake a Pecan Pie in Germany. Tough finding pecans but then could not find corn syrup, brown sugar or graham crackers. When I described them, all were considered for livestock only. Was this a while ago? Because all the supermarkets I’ve been into in France sell maple syrup - Casino even make their own brand of it. And brown sugar is widely available. I’ve got no idea what corn syrup or graham crackers are/look like, so you’re almost certainly right there, but your other two things are common, at least now. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/108 "2010-07-04T14:24:45Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Not too easy to find outside of Chicago, even less overseas, I’ll bet. It’s sold at Wal Mart here, so it’s presumably available at pretty much any other super center as well. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/109 "2010-07-04T14:30:01Z")
> [@Fuji](#): > > I also notice that you didn’t contradict what I had to say about the culinary abortion that is Irish sausage! 😛 I haven’t eaten meat in nearly 10 years but American friends of mine love Irish sausages, I think you just need to get a quality brand. With regard to pizza, I think perhaps it matters what region of the US you’re coming from because the pizza I’ve had in Ohio say was only passable and not nearly as good as a few of the local places here. I imagine NYC or Chicago would be better bets. TBH growing up we heard the myth of American pizza but when I first visited NYC I thought the pizza was just ok. ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/110 "2010-07-04T15:56:40Z")
We’re currently in Kazakhstan and while the local food is great, we’ve been missing pub food a bit, particularly sausages. Most of the sausages we see here are made from processed meat (more hot-dog style) or they’re more salami-ish…or these really thick horse sausages, but kinda missing some normal fresh beef sausages. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/111 "2010-07-05T15:47:22Z")
I’m sure it would be something I wouldn’t even think of until I got a serious jones on or tried to cook without it. (I remember once I stayed with a family in Spain while I was studying Spanish. As a hostess gift, I presented them with a large container of pure Canadian maple syrup. They were mystified as to what they could do with it, and I didn’t know how to say “pancakes.”) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/112 "2010-07-05T16:11:49Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > (I remember once I stayed with a family in Spain while I was studying Spanish. As a hostess gift, I presented them with a large container of pure Canadian maple syrup. They were mystified as to what they could do with it, and I didn’t know how to say “pancakes.”) I knew someone who had been a Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania, and her host family had a bottle of maple syrup that had been given to them as a gift from a previous host daughter. Apparently, they mixed the syrup with seltzer water and drank it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/113 "2010-07-05T18:09:12Z")
> [@sahar](#): > > Israel to US. > > I miss Falafel. Oh, and if you go into some Falafel joint and they say do you want tzatziki and you say do you have tchina and they say what and you say do you have Tahini, trying to accomodate possible variations in accent, and they stare at you… who set this store up? What is this, a joke? It’s a very cruel joke! Next time you are Albany, Ca, try [Sophia Cafe](http://www.yelp.com/biz/sophia-cafe-albany) :). ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/114 "2010-07-06T16:22:31Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I knew someone who had been a Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania, and her host family had a bottle of maple syrup that had been given to them as a gift from a previous host daughter. Apparently, they mixed the syrup with seltzer water and drank it. When I was in Europe last month, I brought maple syrup for my European colleagues (yeah, much too typical, but I couldn’t think of anything better), and I also copied the recipes on top of the cans to give to them. One of them is a “maple cooler”: 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1 tablespoon 35% whipping cream Ginger ale Mix maple syrup and cream in a glass. Add ginger ale and serve immediately. I must say I haven’t tried this recipe, so I don’t know if it’s any good. ---
**Author:** ![sahar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sahar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sahar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/115 "2010-07-07T03:04:32Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Next time you are Albany, Ca, try [Sophia Cafe](http://www.yelp.com/biz/sophia-cafe-albany) :). Thanks for the rec! Sounds great. [drooling] ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069/116 "2010-07-07T11:09:45Z")
Now I am having a craving for felafel and all the trimmings in a pita, and unless I make it myself, there isn’t any place within about 50 miles to get one =( [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-move-to-a-different-country-what-food-from-home-do-you-most-miss/545069.md?page=5)