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Default Food while living in Europe

On Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4:47:26 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On 10/22/2020 3:59 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 22/10/2020 03:11, Leo wrote:
> >> On 2020 Oct 21, , Jason Evans wrote
> >> (in article >):
> >>
> >>> My question to the group is, does anyone here live away from home and
> >>> what food changes do you see any what do you miss? If you have any
> >>> questions for me about food here, please let ask.
> >>
> >> I hope that people who can answer, do answer. I have no experience and
> >> have
> >> never lived elsewhere than my home state.
> >>
> >>

> > When I'm in Scotland, I can't find blocks of cream cheese, just the
> > watery 'spreadable' stuff, which doesn't work well in my baking recipes.
> >
> > It's also difficult to find nice big sweet onions, like Vidalias. I've
> > sometimes found them at Lidl, but it's hit and miss.
> >
> > Good flat egg noodles can be difficult to find, too, but they're easy to
> > make at home.
> >
> > I also miss Idaho baking potatoes. There's quite a variety of tasty
> > potatoes available here, but I've found no good substitute for Idahos.

> I would surely miss Idaho potatoes!


How do you know? How do you know if the potato didn't reallyk come from Nebraska, Washington State or Iowa? Like with a maryland crab cake. How do you know if Maryland crabs didn't really come from the gulf of Mexico?