Victuals

[kerravonsen]

Because lizbee mentioned Graham Crackers in this post, I was reminded of all the US-style foods that I like which are not generally available over here.

• Graham crackers (I like the cinnamon ones)
  
• Cinnamon chewing gum
  
• Hot soft pretzels (the kind I used to get from street vendors in Berkeley)
  
• candy corn
  
• i-forget-the-name salty crackers which were constructed like woven-in-and-out shredded wheat
  
• California sourdough bread (the other stuff isn't the same)
  
• i-forget-the-name candy which is sort of like golden-brown jelly-beans only it doesn't taste anything like jelly beans, sort of a caramelly-sugary taste
  
• Root beer (we have Sarsparilla but it isn't common)
  

And to be fair, I shall list Australian foods that I would miss if I were living in the US:

• Tim-Tams
  
• cheeses that aren't dyed orange -- well, I guess that depends where you are as to how good a range of cheeses there are, but I'd still miss Coon and King Island Cheddar, and, the luxury indulgence of Timboon Organic Fresh Cheese Rolled In Herbs (which I tried once at the Show and have been addicted to ever since, even though it is expensive). {it is my opinion that the purpose of bread is that it is something to put underneath cheese..}
  
• Violet Crumble bars
  
• Mars Bars
  
• Blackcurrant cordial
  
• Ginger beer (but I would compensate with Root beer)
  
• Hedgehog slice
  
• Neenish tarts
  

Some American foods which have invaded Australia over the last twenty years:

• Corn chips
  
• (lemon) iced tea
  
• Oreo cookies (though we have our own version) {I really don't see what the big fuss is about Oreo cookies}
  
• m&m's (though we have our own version, called Smarties)