“Typical American food” gift that can be shipped internationally?

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Anonymous wrote:Maple syrup?

+1

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Look! Maple + pecans, in individual packets:

https://shop.sahalesnacks.com/sahale-snacks-maple-pecans-glazed-mix-15-oz

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OP here - oh wow, this is all so helpful - I have a list going!

I went to visit some collaborators in Spain about 10 years ago - several of whom had done postdocs in the US. They requested jellybeans & Saran Wrap. I thought the Saran Wrap was for the lab, but apparently it was for their personal use in the kitchen!

I also had visiting German colleagues request a trip to Annapolis a few years ago, where they bought a ton of T-shirts for friends and neighbors. Apparently Annapolis is a well-known sailing town in the Franconia region of Germany. Who knew?

Science has its drawbacks, but the cross-cultural aspects are very fun.

Also, any other recommendations for specific kinds of American EtOH?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - oh wow, this is all so helpful - I have a list going!

I went to visit some collaborators in Spain about 10 years ago - several of whom had done postdocs in the US. They requested jellybeans & Saran Wrap. I thought the Saran Wrap was for the lab, but apparently it was for their personal use in the kitchen!

I also had visiting German colleagues request a trip to Annapolis a few years ago, where they bought a ton of T-shirts for friends and neighbors. Apparently Annapolis is a well-known sailing town in the Franconia region of Germany. Who knew?

Science has its drawbacks, but the cross-cultural aspects are very fun.

Also, any other recommendations for specific kinds of American EtOH?

American alcohol would be kentucky bourbon or california wine. Moonshine is too gross.

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Bourbon definitely came to my mind as an American alcohol to send.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - oh wow, this is all so helpful - I have a list going!

I went to visit some collaborators in Spain about 10 years ago - several of whom had done postdocs in the US. They requested jellybeans & Saran Wrap. I thought the Saran Wrap was for the lab, but apparently it was for their personal use in the kitchen!

I also had visiting German colleagues request a trip to Annapolis a few years ago, where they bought a ton of T-shirts for friends and neighbors. Apparently Annapolis is a well-known sailing town in the Franconia region of Germany. Who knew?

Science has its drawbacks, but the cross-cultural aspects are very fun.

Also, any other recommendations for specific kinds of American EtOH?

American alcohol would be kentucky bourbon or california wine. Moonshine is too gross.

If you think Moonshine is gross clearly you don't know the right people. Done correctly it is delicious. And yes I mean the illegal kind.

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Anonymous wrote:California wine or if you’re in Maryland or Virginia Maryland or Virginia wines.

Nuts (pistachios) or the flavored nut mixes (candied and flavored) (I never ate the sweet nut flavors till I came to the US - other than nuts in chocolates). Something along these lines (particularly pecans) but mixes would be great to try different flavors:
https://www.peanut.com/flavored-nuts.html

I wouldn’t send popcorn, cookies, chocolates from here to Germany. Particularly popcorn can be very misunderstood, especially if she gifted you liqueur and got popcorn in return. Sauces are also great but not something your colleague can easily share with her lab cause would need to prepare or buy something that is eaten with those sauces.

Eww no don't inflict that on your colleagues! They can get much better wine in Europe at a fraction of the cost

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Anonymous wrote:Maple syrup?

+1
whenever I visit friends in Germany, I bring them some and they are very happy!

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Definitely not American chocolate. It's awful compared to what you can get in Europe.

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No maple syrup. I am German. None of my friends and family eat the syrup I brought back.

I agree with the Macadamia nuts.

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Maybe good tequila, like the old bay idea. And good artisanal whisky maybe depending on tastes. I’d also suggest an assortment of exotic chili peppers (dried). Hard to find in Europe other than one kind.
It is a good question!

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Anonymous wrote:Macadamia nuts were a big hit with our German relatives. We sent each a small case of the roasted salted canned ones.

Curious why macadamia nuts? Sure they were delicious but they’re not American.

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Necco wafers can survive indefinitely under all conditions.

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Anonymous wrote:Macadamia nuts were a big hit with our German relatives. We sent each a small case of the roasted salted canned ones.

Curious why macadamia nuts? Sure they were delicious but they’re not American.

They are considered Hawaiian now, actually. My relatives especially enjoyed bringing them out when entertaining. Exotic and classy!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - oh wow, this is all so helpful - I have a list going!

I went to visit some collaborators in Spain about 10 years ago - several of whom had done postdocs in the US. They requested jellybeans & Saran Wrap. I thought the Saran Wrap was for the lab, but apparently it was for their personal use in the kitchen!

I also had visiting German colleagues request a trip to Annapolis a few years ago, where they bought a ton of T-shirts for friends and neighbors. Apparently Annapolis is a well-known sailing town in the Franconia region of Germany. Who knew?

Science has its drawbacks, but the cross-cultural aspects are very fun.

Also, any other recommendations for specific kinds of American EtOH?

when we go to the UK to visit spouse's friends/family we take a tub of jelly bellys from Costco. A tiny bag of them there costs like $6 or something. You can get a tub of it from Costco for $10 or close to that.