Extremely Popular Things Limited To A Single Country

[Deleted member 20964]

nay, no one ever seems to mention spam when talking about asia

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Who is "no one"? Spam is extremely popular in Korea and Japan.

American football

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No? American Football is very popular in Europe. It has especially become increasingly popular in Germany over the last years.

Salmiakki (salty liquorice) from Finland

We love it. Be it in sweets, liquor or ice cream. Salmiakki is god.

Almost everyone I've introduced to it finds it absolutely disgusting here in Ireland.

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Salmiakki is popular in Germany. Try Düsseldorf Altstadt, for example, and you can find that lethal Schnaps everywhere ;)

• Raclette: Not French but Swiss but that doesn't matter it's nowhere near as popular in the rest of the world as it is in those places. I feel like raclette is the winter equivalent to a barbecue. You melt some cheese in little pans thanks to a special machine and eat it alongside some potatoes and cold meat. It's extremely convivial and friendly. You can of course use some more original ingredients: change the cheese you melt, add some mushrooms, onions, leeks, etc.

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Raclette is like the go-to thing in Germany for new years eve.

Either a lot of people here are very isolated and sheltered, or they don't understand the thread.

-NFL
-Peanut Butter and Jam
-Ranch Dressing
-Meat Pies

These are all things that are pretty fucking popular outside the respective countries that the posters posted from lmao.

Otherwise, love seeing all the stuff that looks weird as fuck and that I've never heard of.

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Pretty much. But I have also seen some good stuff here. Sorry for disturbing the party.

 

[Chojin]

Voltes V is still beloved in the Philippines.

 

[Grimsey]

I want to say Dragon Quest, but I'm not sure if it's popular in any other country. Judging by the sales charts in Japan it's like they think it contains the antidote or something.

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Japan loves Natto. It's huge there and I'm pretty sure only there.


Also, it's delicious.

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Worst and most incorrect first post ever.

 

[Deleted member 25606]

You want to talk regional popularity I got a weird one. Coffee brandy. I know it's over the world and here in the U.S. you will find it in any alcohol store yes (since some people seem to think it existing everywhere is against the premise of the thread though it's not.)

I have been up and down the east coast and lived for extended periods in 3 NE states and I have never seen Coffee Brandy drank to excess like the penobscot county area of Maine anywhere else. I worked in a store that sold liquor in the Newport/Corrina area for a year and every order they doubled until ordering more wasn't an option purely on space alone, and we still always sold out before the next delivery and it would be the same in other stores. Really weird.

 

[Strax]

This is a energy drink from Sweden. I live in Iceland and this is the most popular drink in the country and only became available in 2017. If you are in the 15-35 year range your body is like 60% Nocco.

 

[GS_Dan]

I've never seen Cheese Whizz or Pumpkin Pie outside of the US

 

[WedgeX]

New England USA here, while hurling is not popular, it's not absent either it's one of the few regions here you might find that kind of thing, I personally like it, probably my favorite winter olympic sport to be honest.

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Winter sport? Are you perhaps thinking of curling instead?

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

I think it's actually rarer to find something that's internationally popular.

I mean, if you look at India, almost everything popular here is something foreigners would never have heard of, be it movies, food, fashion, books... I wouldn't even know where to begin.

In terms of what might interest you guys, maybe paneer is a good start.

It's a kind of cheese that's frequently used a substitute to meat by the very large vegetarian population we have. If there is a meat dish that exists, you can safely assume someone's sold a paneer version of it: paneer pizzas, paneer burgers, paneer curries, paneer sandwiches, on and on.

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I wouldn't say it's massive or anything but you find it included in most Indian restaurants in the UK, and stuff like saag paneer as a ready meal in supermarkets. We do have a lot of South Asian links so not surprising tbf. I love paneer with chilli

 

[Deleted member 25606]

Winter sport? Are you perhaps thinking of curling instead?

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Okay yeah, my bad read that wrong. Can't win em all I guess.

 

[Junior Asparagus]

New England USA here, while hurling is not popular, it's not absent either it's one of the few regions here you might find that kind of thing, I personally like it, probably my favorite winter olympic sport to be honest.

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That's curling, not hurling.

Although I'm in New England too, and one day I randomly saw 3 guys hitting around a ball with their hurling...bats...or whatever they're called. The sport looks badass. I saw it on early morning TV when I was younger and always though it looked cool.

 

[WedgeX]

Okay yeah, my bad read that wrong. Can't win em all I guess.

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Definitely get it! I was looking up hurling's name earlier and glanced right over it in the Irish sports wiki for the same reason.

 

[Tambini]

Does anywhere outside the UK have squash? You know the concentrate stuff you just add water to

I never see it abroad and couldn't imagine not having this shit as a kid.. (and as an adult). it's water but nicer!

 

[Deleted member 25606]

That's curling, not hurling.

Although I'm in New England too, and one day I randomly saw 3 guys hitting around a ball with their hurling...bats...or whatever they're called. The sport looks badass. I saw it on early morning TV when I was younger and always though it looked cool.

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Yeah not my best effort, however as a forever optimist I think have something to research and learn about later.

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Germany love their different shandies, dunno if that's a wider western Europe thing. Beer and Orange, Beer and Cola, wheat beer and lemonade, filtered wheat beer and lemonade, beer and bread. They have less pissheads so fair enough I guess

 

[Deleted member 13496]

I've never seen Cheese Whizz or Pumpkin Pie outside of the US

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Have you ever been to Canada, like even once?

 

[Tawpgun]

This really interests me and hope to hear some interesting replies.

I am always rather surprised, and upset, when I hear about how the peanut butter & jelly sandwich is simply not at the level of popularity in the rest of the world as it is in the United States. I don't mean to say they aren't eaten anywhere else in the world but for all of America's cultural exports and globalization I can't believe the PB&J is not a more universal experience. The ubiquity of the PB&J, compared to its relative rarity elsewhere, will always make me sad for folks who do not enjoy one on the regular.

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I was born in Poland but moved to the US as a baby.

I think the first time I had a PBJ was in college. That and white bread. I always thought white bread was too sweet.

My sandwhiches growing up were like
tomato and onion or coldcuts or hard boiled eggs. Looking back its kinda weird I liked a sandwhich that was just tomato and onion on bread. But that shit slapped.

 

[GS_Dan]

Have you ever been to Canada, like even once?

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I don't live in either country, but yes

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Something I forgot to mention in regards to Portugal is ginja. I had a sip on our first night there and never again. Never again. Tastes like cough syrup; horrid.

 

[MDSVeritas]

The US is somewhat tough to do for a lot of things because it has so many micro-areas inside of it that carry their own traditions and fascinations (Pacific Northwest, The South, New England), so I want to present one of the most intensely popular food items to an incredibly specific part of the US.

The Garbage Plate

Found almost exclusively in Rochester, New York, or around there. This is a magical mixture of potatoes, macaroni salad, sometimes beans, two hamburger patties (or 2-4 hot dogs), topped off with meat-sauce, onions, and usually a nice covering of ketchup and mustard. It's immensely unhealthy but when I was in Rochester for college I learned that it is basically the ultimate meal.

And every main restaurant or food place in and around the city serves it (or a variation)

It's literally

everywhere

you

look.

 

[MrCinos]

Some Russians I met liked to make fun of Ukrainians for eating salo (bits of fatback). Not sure if it's a purely Ukrainian thing, though, or just how popular it is.

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Lots of Russians love salo as well. Source: me and my family. It's made fun in the same vein as borscht and vodka sometimes made fun as a stereotypical Russian food/drink. Which is ironic since Borscht originates from Ukraine too. In reverse of that lots of Russians think (me included until very recently) that Shchi is a Ukrainian soup, but it's actually Russian. Amusing reversal of soups' origins in people's minds.

 

[Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric]

A close friend of mine is from Singapore and introduced me to Chicken Rice, which is legit one of the greatest dishes ever made. It's huge over there but unless you can find a Singaporean eatery it's nigh impossible to find in the U.S.

 

[hyouko]

Does anywhere outside the UK have squash? You know the concentrate stuff you just add water to

I never see it abroad and couldn't imagine not having this shit as a kid.. (and as an adult). it's water but nicer!

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I've tried this before in the US - they sell it in the UK specialty section of most supermarkets. Honestly didn't like it that much. I do like currants generally though, they're superior to raisins.

 

[Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric]

I feel that ranch dressing is widely loved here in America but most of the rest of the world is like WTF is this?!?

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Ranch over here has become what I feel mayo is to much of the rest of the world.

 

[Powdered Egg]

Friends!

If I'm wrong on this I apologise to other countries for exporting it.

 

[Emergency & I]

Worst and most incorrect first post ever.

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Which part? I was under the impression the Natto prepared the way it is there is pretty much only popular in Japan. Am I wrong?

And yes, it is delicious.

 

[miscellaneous houseplant]

It's funny to me because as a non-american, I grew up seeing PB&J's all the time in american movies/shows, and yet I never actually tried one =P

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Brigadeiros and all other kinds of "party" sweets we have here in Brazil. I can't imagine a birthday party without these, they're almost as important as the cake itself!

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Brigadeiros are good, but the real secret from Brazil is pão de queijo.

 

[Cromat]

Hungarian/Transylvanian spit cake (kürtöskalács) is fucking delicious and should be available everywhere

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These are super popular in Greece, Israel, Turkey etc.

 

[Deleted member 5853]

Every single movie gets an intermission in India. Even American movies have intermissions built in by domestic Indian distributors.

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This is true.

For a while, most US distributors did not cater to the intermission structure. In fact, there was a point in the US, that Indian movies that were shown in US theaters would have the intermissions cut out. However, in recent years, movie theaters that regularly show Indian movie do include an intermission of a couple minutes.

On topic, one thing that I don't see mentioned outside of India is Maggi. When instant noodles get brought up, most people talk about Indomie or Shin Ramyun, but no one talks about the goodness of Maggi:

It's my favorite instant noodles.

 

[DrM]

Cockta

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If you ask me, Coca Cola, Pepsi or Cockta, I will always choose Cockta. But I think that new recipe is not as good as it used to be.

And I prefer Ora over Fanta. I still vividly remember Still and Bibita :)

 

[Deleted member 5359]

Pineapple Lumps

 

[Tetra-Grammaton-Cleric]

When I visited Europe Schweppes seemed really big over there - like Coca-Cola big. They also seemed to have a much greater variety whereas here you pretty much only find their seltzer and ginger ale.

 

[Cokie Bear]

Soda bread seems pretty specific to Ireland. I'm sure you can get it elsewhere, but it seems rare.

 

[Sunster]

AlDub

 

[inner-G]

Licor 43 in Spain

I went there on a trip in high school and got so drunk off it I left my parents camera in a taxi

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Which part? I was under the impression the Natto prepared the way it is there is pretty much only popular in Japan. Am I wrong?

And yes, it is delicious.

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Incorrect, sir.

 

[Valcrist]

Is peanut butter a thing outside the US? I long distance dated a girl from Austria and when she came here, it was completely alien to her.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Is peanut butter a thing outside the US? I long distance dated a girl from Austria and when she came here, it was completely alien to her.

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As a Brit, I eat tons of the stuff.

 

[danowat]

Is peanut butter a thing outside the US? I long distance dated a girl from Austria and when she came here, it was completely alien to her.

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Quite popular in the UK

 

[Emergency & I]

Incorrect, sir.

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Nah. I'm just informed. You've got to eat it a couple times to understand it. Once you do... bliss!

 

[LordRuyn]

Chinotto and caffè corretto here in Italy.

Love the first not a big fan of the latter.

 

[Tambini]

I've tried this before in the US - they sell it in the UK specialty section of most supermarkets. Honestly didn't like it that much. I do like currants generally though, they're superior to raisins.

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You can get some really nice flavours, blackcurrant is the basic bitch one tbh. currently on this watermelon and strawberry squash and it's so good

 

[Secret Squirrel]

You can get some really nice flavours, blackcurrant is the basic bitch one tbh. currently on this watermelon and strawberry squash and it's so good

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My wife drinks a lot of squash but she insists on calling it juice. Might be time for a divorce.

 

[Deleted member 17207]

Who is "no one"? Spam is extremely popular in Korea and Japan.



No? American Football is very popular in Europe. It has especially become increasingly popular in Germany over the last years.




Salmiakki is popular in Germany. Try Düsseldorf Altstadt, for example, and you can find that lethal Schnaps everywhere ;)



Raclette is like the go-to thing in Germany for new years eve.



Pretty much. But I have also seen some good stuff here. Sorry for disturbing the party.

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Haha, no apology necessary!

 

[Shopolic]

Ghormeh Sabzi
It's one of the most popular Persian foods.

I think it's actually rarer to find something that's internationally popular.

I mean, if you look at India, almost everything popular here is something foreigners would never have heard of, be it movies, food, fashion, books... I wouldn't even know where to begin.

In terms of what might interest you guys, maybe paneer is a good start.

It's a kind of cheese that's frequently used a substitute to meat by the very large vegetarian population we have. If there is a meat dish that exists, you can safely assume someone's sold a paneer version of it: paneer pizzas, paneer burgers, paneer curries, paneer sandwiches, on and on.

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That's interesting! Paneer is the name of cheese in Iran too.I mean not a special type of cheese, but all of them. We call every type of cheese paneer, for example paneer feta, penner pizza, paneer gouda and...

 

[Fuchs]

This is a energy drink from Sweden. I live in Iceland and this is the most popular drink in the country and only became available in 2017. If you are in the 15-35 year range your body is like 60% Nocco.

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Just saw some in a supermarket in Germany.

Did we have Onigiri yet?

 

[apocat]

Friends!

If I'm wrong on this I apologise to other countries for exporting it.

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Huge in europe.

And yes, you should apologise.

 

[Distantmantra]

Ghormeh Sabzi
It's one of the most popular Persian foods.

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My wife made that for dinner on Sunday night, and neither of us are Persian. It was damn good.

 

[Powdered Egg]

Huge in europe.

And yes, you should apologise.

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Lmao oh Lord.

 

[Sanka]

A love for sparkling water, guess the country.