And the whole campaign was ripped off in Sweden about ten years later for this crap:
Spoiler alert: it is foul. And also not caviar, despite Swedes insisting on calling it that.
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Extremely Popular Things Limited To A Single Country
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And the whole campaign was ripped off in Sweden about ten years later for this crap:
Spoiler alert: it is foul. And also not caviar, despite Swedes insisting on calling it that.
Club Mate
Never seen it outside Germany, it's a Mate Ice Tea with a bit of sugar. Originally this stuff was consumed as an alternative to coffee and coke from nerds in the 80/90s. Now it's mostly bought by hipsters.
I hate this stuff, it tastes and looks like a water cigarette tincture.
At least in game dev circles it is pretty common in Sweden. Hell, the Wikipedia pages mentions it being popular with nerds:
Cedrata Tassoni should be esported everywhere. So good.fuck that abomination
Yeah, I've seen several job offers that specifically mention free Club-Mate for employees. And our sysadmin has several crates stacked in his office.
Oof, that doesn't look great. 'Would you like some knock-off squeezy fish egg paste on that, sir?'And the whole campaign was ripped off in Sweden about ten years later for this crap:
Spoiler alert: it is foul. And also not caviar, despite Swedes insisting on calling it that.
Euh...
I love Naheulbeuk but it's far from being "extremely popular". Outside of the geek/nerd communities, you'll have a hard time finding people who know of it. And even for the official geeks, i'm pretty sure not many of those under 30 have actually listened/read any ot it. They might have heard of it from us old fuckers, but that about it (and PoC is from Belgium).
Would you have said Kaamelott instead, then i'd have agreed on the extremely popular thing. :p
I mean... I'm 20 myself and among my friend group everyone knows about it. It's definitely a nerd thing though
It's extremely popular in Berlin. I started drinking it in school around and the bottle was sold for less than 50 Cent. It's twice as much now, shortages existed and several other brands got popular too.
Was just thinking about Julmust. Foreign IKEA's might sell it, but it never really gets traction.Must is ubiquitous in Sweden during christmas and easter, but pretty much nonexistent in the rest of the world. It outsells Coca Cola during those holidays, and tastes pretty nice.
Wikipedia Julmust
Jävlasvenskar.Not my own country but our neighbour Sweden really takes the prize with their version of the hotdog.
Imagine a classic hotdog. Tge bread with a sausage in it. Then add a hefty dollop of mashed potatoes ontop. Weird? We're not there yet. Ontop of the mashed potatoes they then add rejesalat, which is shrimps mixed with mayo and chopped cucumber.
This shit is so normalised that they sell it at regular hotdog stands on the street.
Denmark is literally just one bridge away and we don't understand this AT ALL.
The Swedes do have a rather unique cuisine. Stuff like Kalles, surströmming, their love for hotdogs, ... Is smörgåstårta specifically Swedish, too?
As a Belgian, I can't really think of anything specifically Belgian that hasn't been exported. We had speculoospasta, but even that's gone international by now.
For Finland:
Lonkero (gin long drink): basically gin + grape soda
my local convenience store in tokyo sells this exact brand. had no idea it was from finland
I would've said fruit beer based on lambik, but I'm actually not sure if it isn't popular elsewhere too.
And you gave Gueuze as a beer that can only be brewed in Belgium, but it's not exactly extremely popular here.
That's very very popular across the whole of Scandinavia. As a Swede living abroad since a long time I regularly import salmiak candy from Sweden and subject my friends and colleagues to it and they absolutely think it's vile. 😂
Durian is best fruit and only seems to be agreed upon in Southeast Asia here. You westerners can't handle it (aka the truth).
Also, McDonald's Curry sauce is a hot commodity here in singapore whenever McD's decided to release it (it's limited edition) and i'm sure it's only a singapore exclusive.
Also, McDonald's Curry sauce is a hot commodity here in singapore whenever McD's decided to release it (it's limited edition) and i'm sure it's only a singapore exclusive.
On another non food note what's the English comedy that is watched every New Year's Eve in Germany but never really heard of outside of it
edit it's Dinner for One
edit it's Dinner for One
These are pretty comon here in Belgium. The Milka chocolate brand (which is Swiss) sells them as Melo-cakes, but you have bakeries and pastry shops making them in-house too. And sadly (and unsuprisingly for Black Pete country) they have a racist/sexist unofficial name too, which translates as 'nigger's tits'. In the Netherlands they were even officially named 'negerzoenen', which is 'nigger's kiss', but they changed the name about 10 years ago.
When visiting Israel, you must try... THE KREMBO .
You cant say you lived deliciously until you tried... THE KREMBO
Submit to the creamy goodness of .... THE KREMBO
They are also comonly sold on Portuguese christmas markets.
It's actually broadcast every new years eve in Sweden too!
I got got for this one a few times. I'll still hold that it's pretty localized to Northern Europe.
They're very popular in Sweden too FWIW. Delicious.
Yeah I think at least a lot of folks know of it and have an opinion on its taste. 😄
And the whole campaign was ripped off in Sweden about ten years later for this crap:
Spoiler alert: it is foul. And also not caviar, despite Swedes insisting on calling it that.
It is fucking amazing!
I didn't know these had the racist name & imagery elsewhere as well. Kinda fucked up, truly, to have this wide-spread a treat sold everywhere for decades with such a name until just relatively recently. They had that same racist shit in Finland as well (as I pointed out earlier in the thread).
Take my swede-card from me if you must, but no. It really isn't.
In france they have syrups which do the same job but seem to be differently composed.
Balowt This card game is insanely popular back home to the point of national obsession.
I much prefer the name of the popular German brand.. Super Dickman
I much prefer the name of the popular German brand.. Super Dickman
We in germany also have them. Called the negerküsse (negro kisses) for ages. Today it's called Schaumküsse (foam kisses) or schoko kuss (chocolate kiss).
And for the amusement of the english speaking world i give you:
Super Dickmanns, sind super dick, Mann!We in germany also have them. Called the negerküsse (negro kisses) for ages. Today it's called Schaumküsse (foam kisses) or schoko kuss (chocolate kiss).
And for the amusement of the english speaking world i give you:
It is very popular in Norway. As it should be. To bad it is so fucking expensive here in Asia.
Who knows? Maybe the people from Okinawa, I know. Where they add spam to dishes. Crazy concept. "Extremely" might be a bit too much though for Japan, I agree.
For Finland:
Lonkero (gin long drink): basically gin + grape soda
This stuff is *so* good. It's getting more popular in England but it's still like £5 a can :'(
It looks fantastic. Will be looking out for it.
Could do with being a it stronger mind
We have these in Finland too:
When visiting Israel, you must try... THE KREMBO .
You cant say you lived deliciously until you tried... THE KREMBO
Submit to the creamy goodness of .... THE KREMBO
They were called N-word kisses until about 2001... The packaging is still a bit yiiiikes.
Man those fuckers embarrased me or rather I was embarrased by my dad. Those things were called Negerküsse for a long time in Germany and a few years ago when we went grocery shooping my father had to tell me loudly to not forget the Negerküsse. >_> He learned the better way of saying Schaumküsse
Yeah, Kent tried a couple of albums in English to try and break internationally but it never caught on.
Knäckebröd is pretty common in there UK. The biggest brand there is called Ryvita and my local ICA in suburban Stockholm used to sell it, which was a bit like selling coals to Newcastle.
Oh shit! Domino's never had the best GFs but at this point I'll take what I can get
Lies. I've only tried it once, on a rice roll from 7/11 and it was awful.
I just wanna say that it is not normal, never done that lol
I love salmiakki, in small doses, but I like the type of saltiness it has.
And the whole campaign was ripped off in Sweden about ten years later for this crap:
Spoiler alert: it is foul. And also not caviar, despite Swedes insisting on calling it that.
I don't agree. That particular combination is godly.
Again, pretty common in all of Northern/Northwestern Europe.
Salmiakki in Finland! Aka salty liquorice. God tier stuff. Will mix with everything and make everything better:
Alcohol:
Cholocate:
Condoms:
A-class stuff altogether!
In Germany we have the so called liqourice equator dividing the country. The northern half loves it while the southeners hate it and are miserable as always.
Apart from the UK and Ireland, which is pretty much North Western Europe.
It has been a new years eve tradition in Denmark for at least all of my life (39).