More on foods.

Today I had a revelation.
Potato chips ('crisps' to the British) and fries ('chips') are made exactly the same way, one's just cut thinner than the other.


A lot of things taste different across the ocean.
Take Coke as an example. I decided that maybe the perceived difference in taste was due to being unused to drinking it. Or maybe the smaller can size.
Coke is not imported in Britain, they have bottling centers within the country. And you know what they don't have in Britain? States full of cornfields.
The more I looked, the less I saw 'corn syrup' included in ingredient lists. The only reason we use it is because it's cheap. I'm sure the British use some other sweetener strictly because that's cheaper.

I think you can learn a lot about a country from its food. Food products, ingredients, labelling, marketing.


In the local grocery store, one can purchase Walkers shortbread. I have yet to buy shortbread here but I wonder if the recipe is the same, or if it's an imported product, or if maybe it tastes better. I wonder, too, are these available in Charlottesville? Probably not, except for maybe a 'Foods of All Nations', though for some reason Scotland may not be what they have in mind.
Next time I'm bringing back shortbread of a better brand.