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[The39thStep]

I like American Root Beer as well

 

[Pickman's model]

What do we import from the US now? I can’t think of a single made thing I have owned with made in USA on it. Not in a half century.

Also mulititools, I've a leatherman fuse I've had since 2005 and still going strong and a Gerber shard which is extremely useful and comes in handy most days

 

[The39thStep]

Some of my favourite music is american btw.

A lot, now I think of it.

The British Northern Soul scene was entirely dependent on America imports

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I think it's possible not to eat ultra processed shit without breaking the bank. Like you say it's a question of caring - and it's not going to go very well if we give the State the responsibility for raising awareness is it. We have to do it ourselves

Doing it ourselves is not allowing a bunch of uncaring capitalists to make the decisions for us. There will always be those who don't care, but there's also those who can't choose (lack of education, learning difficulties, lack of awareness and experience). Plus, we all, as a society, have to deal with potential health consequences of bad diets. Capitalist exploiters aren't paying for that.

 

[MickiQ]

I like American Root Beer as well

I love American Root Beer as well, I discovered it on my first trip there and order it online these days since it is impossible to find in supermarkets

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I have never kissed a Tory nor eaten a Twinkie.

I once kissed a Tory's Twinkie.

 

[TopCat]

I once kissed a Tory's Twinkie.

You will never get the taste out of your mouth.

 

[TopCat]

I love American Root Beer as well, I discovered it on my first trip there and order it online these days since it is impossible to find in supermarkets

It’s not beer. Nor I suspect made of roots. Probably made from something they got chased out of Flint for attempting to dump.

 

[The39thStep]

It’s not beer. Nor I suspect made of roots. Probably made from something they got chased out of Flint for attempting to dump.

You can get alcoholic root beer

 

[TopCat]

You can get alcoholic root beer
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I note it says “with the taste of spices”.
I would wager no actual spices were involved bar the mention in the label.

 

[The39thStep]

Just out of interest have any posters on here whilst visiting the States ever refused or avoided food being served there because of their food standards?

 

[TopCat]

Do they actually import Budweiser beer into the UK, the US one?
Or is it made here, under licence?

 

[The39thStep]

I note it says “with the taste of spices”.
I would wager no actual spices were involved bar the mention in the label.

I would hope not. Rootbeer used to be made out of some tree root, Sasperillo from bark of the same tree but they stopped using that years ago.

 

[TopCat]

I would hope not. Rootbeer used to be made out of some tree root, Sasperillo from bark of the same tree but they stopped using that years ago.

Oh is it like Sarsaparilla? I would only have to mention it aloud here at home to provoke memories of East Street market and the man selling the drink.

 

[editor]

How is his new book doing?

Or how about you comment on the content:

The meat has been cured with nitrites extracted from vegetables, a practice not permitted by the European Commission because of evidence that it increases the risk of bowel cancer. But it is allowed in the US, where the product is often labelled as “all natural”. The powerful US meat industry is likely to insist that the export of nitrite-cured meat is a condition of a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal, which the UK government is under intense pressure to deliver.

 

[The39thStep]

Do they actually import Budweiser beer into the UK, the US one?
Or is it made here, under licence?

License I think.

 

[editor]

Even if supermarkets are "flooded" with crap US stuff it will still be people's choice whether to buy it or not

If they can afford to turn up their nose at cheap food, of course.

 

[editor]

The chocolate is bizarrely awful. They must put diesel in it or something.

Yep. Horrid stuff. Inedible for the most part.

 

[bimble]

Beer is on the list of both food imports & exports both ways between UK and US. Mad world.

 

[TopCat]

License I think.

Foul stuff. I’m glad I have managed to avoid drinking it for three decades.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think they have black pudding, don't they? They have what they call Blood Sausage (in the US I expect the name Black Pudding would be considered problematic for imaginable reasons...)

No idea on haggis but I bet it can be bought for Burns Night at least.

I think haggis is banned because under their food regs the content could be problematic, but not so under our current food regs.

 

[The39thStep]

Oh is it like Sarsaparilla? I would only have to mention it aloud here at home to provoke memories of East Street market and the man selling the drink.

 

[fishfinger]

The reason that haggis is banned in USA, is that they are concerned about the possibility of TB in the sheep's lung.

 

[The39thStep]

Foul stuff. I’m glad I have managed to avoid drinking it for three decades.

When I first went to the States I drank some of the worst beer I've ever had, mostly tinny fizz. However, there's some good stuff mainly brewed by small companies.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Just out of interest have any posters on here whilst visiting the States ever refused or avoided food being served there because of their food standards?

What relevance does that have to anything? You make do with what's there. I lived in the states for a couple of years a long time ago. I ate all kinds of crap while I was there.

I'd like to see standards raised everywhere. The whole point of universal standards is to raise quality for everyone.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Just out of interest have any posters on here whilst visiting the States ever refused or avoided food being served there because of their food standards?

I've always told people I'm vegetarian, (possibly eating fish as well). It tends to improve food quality, not foolproof of course.

 

[The39thStep]

What relevance does that have to anything? You make do with what's there. I lived in the states for a couple of years a long time ago. I ate all kinds of crap while I was there.

I'd like to see standards raised everywhere. The whole point of universal standards is to raise quality for everyone.

Sorry for asking questions. You didn't suffer any side effects, temporary or long lasting though?

 

[editor]

Sorry for asking questions. You didn't suffer any side effects, temporary or long lasting though?

Do you think the UK's post-Brexit deal with the US is likely to lead to improved food standards and animal welfare, or is it irrelevant because, err, littlebabyjesus didn't suffer any 'side effects' when he was in the US?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Just out of interest have any posters on here whilst visiting the States ever refused or avoided food being served there because of their food standards?

Not food standards, but I found quite a lot of things I was served absolutely revolving, often inedible and have not experienced that anywhere else around the world. The odd thing is that they seemed really proud of their wares. I hard the worst ever cooked breakfast I have ever experienced. The server's told me that it was going to beat the hell out of any euro breakfast I had ever eaten, "a proper good ol' American breakfast". the couple next to me reiterated this despite never having left the USA.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

A lot of the issues to do with food standards are hidden, in any case. Unless you do specific research into things, you're not going to know exactly what has gone into the food you're eating. And if you're on a budget or live in a food desert (of which there are many in the US - most of the South), of course, you don't have the luxury of shopping around.

Hence the importance of universal standards.