Ferrero Dies at Age 89
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I actually drove through the Ferrero parking lot last time that I was in Italy. The town where we hope to someday live is the town where Ferrero is headquartered.
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I wonder how many jars of nutella will be eaten today in memory of him.
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I remember in the late 90s and early 2000s I barely knew any Americans who even knew what Nutella was let alone tasted it, and it could mostly only be found at stores specialising in foreign imports. I was really surprised when they started advertising in the US. It's been a continental staple for so long, but now Americans get to enjoy it. I personally never really liked it, even as a kid.
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Did you grow up in Europe?
I've known Nutella since I was very young, maybe New York had it earlier than other regions.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Did you grow up in Europe?
I've known Nutella since I was very young, maybe New York had it earlier than other regions.
Yes, and I think that's true, I noticed more in the NYC area then later on when I went else where in the US it became impossible to find. Even though I didn't really enjoy it, it would typically come up at some point and then people wanted to try it.
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It's really just the European equivalent of peanut butter.
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@scottalanmiller said:
It's really just the European equivalent of peanut butter.
Yeah but peanut butter is better
At least I think so. The funny part is the reverse was often true with finding peanut butter in some parts of Europe. At one point I had to get a friend who lived on an American military post to buy some and bring it to me. -
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
I love American food, it's the best food in the world. Traditional Eastern European food is the worst food in the world. Italian food is great too, and I do get a lot of BS for liking peanut butter more than nutella from my European friends and family. They can all go to hell, I'll eat McDonald's in Rome any time.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
I love American food, it's the best food in the world. Traditional Eastern European food is the worst food in the world. Italian food is great too, and I do get a lot of BS for liking peanut butter more than nutella from my European friends and family. They can all go to hell, I'll eat McDonald's in Rome any time.
LOL McDonalds in Rome is nothing like McD's in the US though.
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@Dashrender Damn straight! The worst McDonald's in the world is in Hongkong, that I've tried. Oh my god, it was disgusting, and it wasn't anything specific to the region, it was supposed to be a damn hamburger.
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@tonyshowoff said:
@Dashrender Damn straight! The worst McDonald's in the world is in Hongkong, that I've tried. Oh my god, it was disgusting, and it wasn't anything specific to the region, it was supposed to be a damn hamburger.
LOL do they even have beef in HongKong?
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@Dashrender We may have a rat burger situation like in Demolition Man.
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We need to get one of those machines that fine PSX when he swears
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
In Africa we ate Jempy (almost like Nutella just MUCH sweeter). Peanut butter is something I missed when we were gone. Of course our native cook made us peanut butter but anything made with the Palm oil there is gross.
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@Minion-Queen said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
In Africa we ate Jempy (almost like Nutella just MUCH sweeter). Peanut butter is something I missed when we were gone. Of course our native cook made us peanut butter but anything made with the Palm oil there is gross.
Palm oil? why did he add that?
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@tonyshowoff said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I prefer peanut butter too, but growing up in the US can cause that.
I find myself in the same boat.
I love American food, it's the best food in the world. Traditional Eastern European food is the worst food in the world. Italian food is great too, and I do get a lot of BS for liking peanut butter more than nutella from my European friends and family. They can all go to hell, I'll eat McDonald's in Rome any time.
After living in another country American or Americanized food is my favorite. We had some interesting things while traveling but I missed PIZZA and a real burger (not McDonalds).
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@Minion-Queen Warning: Pizza in Russia comes with barbecue sauce unless you order it "American style", it's pretty gross.
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Pizza might be an Italian invention, but I definitely like American style better.
Had pizza in both Paris and Rome, the first margarita pizza I had in Rome was pretty good, but the rest was pretty bad!
