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**Lolita Palmer** · 12-13-2006, 01:35 PM

Not really. In big (US) cities particularly, you have access to a wide variety of "ethnic" ingredients and spices, even in mainstream supermarkets. It seems they are more difficult to find in other countries.

not really. mainstream supermarkets here sell stuff average americans would buy. chinese, for example, is by far the minority, so, they don't really care that much what they need. And also the fact that they'll just go to asian supermarkets to get what they need. Supermarkets like safeway carry enough, for example, chinese spices, to satisfy the average white america. Let's just talk about soy sauce. At safeway, i would say there are 2 kinds tops. Try going to a chinese or korean supermarket, especially chinese, there are probably around 20-30 kinds, different brands and different types. I've lived in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and DC, and this is true for all those cities.

to be fair, if you are in taiwan or something, you probably will only find one kind of cheese. But, 99% of the taiwanese popluation won't use cheese to cook anything, so it doesn't really matter. And you won't find anything you need to make a decent spaghetti sauce.

Also, i have heard countless complains from my european friends about how they can't find decent coffee or cheese or chocolate anywhere in america. They say our cheese isn't even cheese.

12-13-2006, 01:35 PM	#27
Lolita Palmer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 531 Senior Member	Not really. In big (US) cities particularly, you have access to a wide variety of "ethnic" ingredients and spices, even in mainstream supermarkets. It seems they are more difficult to find in other countries. not really. mainstream supermarkets here sell stuff average americans would buy. chinese, for example, is by far the minority, so, they don't really care that much what they need. And also the fact that they'll just go to asian supermarkets to get what they need. Supermarkets like safeway carry enough, for example, chinese spices, to satisfy the average white america. Let's just talk about soy sauce. At safeway, i would say there are 2 kinds tops. Try going to a chinese or korean supermarket, especially chinese, there are probably around 20-30 kinds, different brands and different types. I've lived in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and DC, and this is true for all those cities. to be fair, if you are in taiwan or something, you probably will only find one kind of cheese. But, 99% of the taiwanese popluation won't use cheese to cook anything, so it doesn't really matter. And you won't find anything you need to make a decent spaghetti sauce. Also, i have heard countless complains from my european friends about how they can't find decent coffee or cheese or chocolate anywhere in america. They say our cheese isn't even cheese.
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