What Do Americans Eat?

This week at our local Lidl (Lidl is a German grocery store chain with stores all over Europe) they had a very special sale.  It was a sale on "American" products.  I'm fairly convinced that all of the products feature may not have been made in the USA, but instead products that Europeans think Americans enjoy.  Now I'm not American, but having lived near it most of my life, and traveled around it, I think I have few ideas about what is an American product.

BBQ chips are something you might find in the US.  I just thought it was odd that they called them "crisps" instead of chips.  I guess they do that to make sure that the European shoppers don't mistake them for french fries.  This was the first sign that lead me to believe these products may not be American, but American themed instead.

I've had hamburgers in Michigan, New York, California, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, and several other states I'm sure.  In that time, I don't think I've ever had the option of "Hamburger Sauce" for my burger.  This reminds me of a sauce I discovered in Belgium called "Americana" for french fries.  I know the USA is well known for their sauces, so maybe that's where this idea come from.

Americans like sweet flavours, and they really like packaged desserts.  This collection of yogurts is like nothing I've ever seen in the US, however, I think it would probably sell really well.  It combines the popularity of crazy flavours in the US, with the possibility of health food (even though it's probably not that healthy at all).  I've never seen these in the US, I think maybe Lidl should start importing them there, only maybe they should re-design the packages with a Euro theme.

I did actually buy a few things from Lidl (all of the products above were sold out), so every day next week I'm going to feature an "American" product I bought at Lidl.

CC