Excerpts from an Email
This blog entry is dedicated to my stitching friend Vash, who emailed me to tell me how much she was missing my “Culture Shock” entries.
It just so happens that while I have been over here I got an email from someone asking me if “[I] could provide some advice about food or products that are common in the U.S., but rare or nonexistent in Germany.” The person apparently wanted to put together a package of “typical” American goodies for her German relatives.
I am sure the person knew that right now I am visiting the U.S., but it still struck me as ironic that it was at this moment in my life that someone was asking my advice about American food. Because as I told her,
[Y]ou wouldn’t believe the crap (like Cheetos) that I have been eating because you just don’t find it in Germany! What I have noticed on my trip back home is that the American products I have missed most is “junk food” like Kraft Mac and Cheese, instant pudding, Fruity Pebbles, Club Crackers, ranch dressing, Red Vines Licorice, and of course the aforementioned Cheetos.
And you know, I gotta tell you… when I reread my little list of all those pitiful American “delicacies” that I had been craving, it sure does make me feel awfully white-trashy!
