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Hallo! What American novelties would Germans enjoy? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works to c/germany@feddit.de

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Ich besuche meine Familie nächste Woche, und ich will kleine Geschenke mitbringen.

I know American chocolate is inferior, but I assume it's still a novelty. Some kind of candies probably, too. What else? Many years ago they loved to get boxed breakfast cereal and paper napkins, which seems quaint now.

It's been years since I've seen them, and I'm sure everyone there can buy whatever they want on the Internet, but it will still be fun to bring something.

Any suggestions for an Ausländer?

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[–] the_wise_wolf@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Like everything else here, it's made of mostly corn syrup.

Haha, that was unexpected and yet, completely unsurprising. TIL

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

We pay significant subsidies for corn farmers, but then we have to figure out what to do with way too much corn! The reason everything has corn syrup in it is because it's cheaper than sugar. That's also why ethanol is quite common in gasoline here even though it's bad for fuel economy, power, and engine health.

An entirely separate issue is that we consider corn to be a vegetable, when it's really a grain. Carbohydrates are almost all they have!