Showing posts with label Mr. Proper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mr. Proper. Show all posts

Friday, November 30, 2012

Ten Things You Will Never Find in an American Grocery Store

#10: This much sausage.

Seriously, who eats this much sausage?!

#9: Things in bags that really should not be sold in bags.

Not just ice cream, but also sour cream, and even milk! This presents some logistical issues.
#8: Spices and baking goods in packets.

Spices, cocoa, baking powder-- all very hard to find in jars, and very expensive if you do.
#7: Unwashed produce.

That's how you know it's fresh, right?
#6: Kinder eggs.

Apparently these are now illegal in the States.
#5: "Mister Proper."

I guess Ukrainians prefer that things be "proper" more than "clean"?
#4: Kefir.

Looks like milk... feels like yogurt... is actually neither.
#3: Crab-flavored potato chips.

Yes, you read that correctly.
#2: Whole pigs.

Because sometimes, "every possible cut of pork" is just not enough pork.
And the #1 thing...

Colored... and yes, SCENTED... toilet paper.

Because I want my bum to smell like violets.

By the way, one other thing you won't find in American supermarkets... potatoes fresh from my department head's mother's garden. :)