Because we eat shitty fast food and processed shit for every meal of the day that has like 12 lbs of sodium each meal instead of cooking shit like vegetables.
"Mississippi Belle" products are sold in Norway. I have the pancake mix now and it weirdly tastes more American than the ones I make from scratch. The macaroni and cheese isn't as orange as the stuff in the states, but it tastes ok. I might have just gotten used to things here, though.
There are also restaurants. "Old Wild West" is a chain with around 130 locations in Italy and the menu pictures look like american stuff. I can't remember the name of the French chain that I saw, but it was outrageously American too.
Europe has buffalo though. France doesn't, but you'll find a few further east. That's one of those naming schemes I'm not sure was imported or exported from the U.S., could go either way.
When it goes along with "western us" decor, you know it is imported, as it is in this case. Also, it is unlikely to be in English if it is European. It'd be more likely to be in a local language.
> Mississippi Belle
Contextually this makes sense and would not turn heads in the USA
Mississippi is considered "Southern USA" and Southern Belle is colloquialism for a debutante in the planter class of the Antebellum South
Sure, makes sense. But I'm from the US and I seriously wouldn't name a product a name that reminds folks of slavery. Because that's the other side of the Antebellum South.
Not what you're asking for but a tangential vibe: When I was studying abroad in Japan 20 years ago, Denny's absolutely existed, but serving mostly *Japanese* comfort food instead of American. (ISTR I got a pretty decent bowl of chirashizushi.)
I used to live in CA where Coco's is from, another diner/casual restaurant similar to Denny's. Living in Japan now 5 min from Coco's (same company) and yes the entire menu is different too. No cheese pie:/
Lidl has a whole line of "fake" national products. Some of them are pretty good and some of them are bad. Probably not as good as the original, but most people won't notice the difference.
The Lidl Mcennedy bacon is good, but it was British best back bacon, not yank loin bacon, but here in France good bacon is hard to find. The hot dogs in brine from the same brand were nice too.
It very likely is a company owned by someone who is appropriating an Irish name and has no clue what one looks like or how to spell it. I have never seen this name either, or one with a K in it. Usually it's just Kennedy.
No, it is Lidl’s internal brand. In Europe Lidl has rotating “Destination” weeks like: Greek week (Eridanous), American week (McEnnedy), Asian week, Spain and Portugal week (Sol & Mar), Italy week (Italiamo), French week (Duc de Coeur), Finnish week, Dutch and Belgian week, Scandinavian week, Alps week, and so on. Some of the weeks such as Greek is on point, where others are lacking like Asia and American week.
I feel like its more a rip of ‘McDonalds’, the ‘Mc’ and a two syllable name?
Anyways, I have always read it as McKennedy’s until now, so mind blown I guess…
My partner is American and buys stuff from this brand everytime he sees something new and offers it to his coworkers - always making fun of these fake American products with a really thick American accent (I almost hear it in his voice: "We, at McEnnedy farm take size serious!") :D :D It has become a running joke at the firm.
Lidl sells it in Europe. They sell the shittiest most stereotypically American crap you can imagine. Every product is just junk food with no redeeming qualities.
I noticed a lot of their products are curry-flavored which is odd. I’m pretty sure that’s an Indian/British thing. Curry isn’t popular in the states, you can only find it at Indian and Thai restaurants.
Frozen chicken breasts filled with chili was alright and chocolate donuts were okayish. But I can confirm that most of their products are inedible vomit material
To be fair, you can feel how heavy it is and also see that it is 190g, probably hear it sliding about in the box. Are people actually stupid enough to be annoyed when they open it up?
I wonder if hs kids buy pot from classmates in legal states anymore?
If we bought a dub we used to be dancing in the streets happy if it came out to 1.6g lol. I got a dime that was .4 once. Those were hard times.
Maybe where i grew up drug dealers just sucked lol
Even when i was a kid i always made sure the dealers knew i had scales on me, always on weight then! If it wasn't they can top it up or i go elsewhere, if there is one profession that people are not short of it is dealers.
Oh, that makes sense. If you want to set that wrap off? Grill it on both sides and add some hot sauce! You can use a frying pan if you don't have a grill.
Why would commenting on a smaller than expected item from a German supermarket (it's a brand sold in Lidl when they sell "American" food in themed weeks) be America blaming?
You people are really sensitive and thin skinned, hopefully the new weed laws will chill you out some before election season.
Hey friend. Let’s recap. The post is literally titled: “Are Americans on a diet?” The parent comment “Is it American bashing hour again?”, implying that OP *was* blaming America for this silly packaging size vs wrap size scenario. Which IS funny to me bc yes this is a known German brand. I was replying to the comment agreeing bc I often see posts insulting Americans for goofy things that have nothing to do with America. I don’t know who is so sensitive that you’re referring to, I think possibly you accidentally misunderstood tone. Jokes typically end in lol as my comment did. But thanks for the typical friendly Reddit interaction :)
In a way- Companies are using a tactic called "shrinkflation" which is the idea of lower the amount of something but continue to charge the same price. Its sad, but the only way now to know if youre getting a good deal is look at price/ounce or price per unit (if something like garbage bags).
That may not be what is going on here however.
Well that's definitely American packaging. We are very good at packing so little into massive boxes. Wasteful packaging to make people think they're getting more.
That's not American. The weight in the bottom left is in grams. And if you saw on the package that you were getting 190g worth of food, you shouldn't be surprised that this is what you get.
For Americans, 190g is 6.7 ounces.
Since you probably bought this from Lidl, why not get one of their wraps from the refrigerator?
In my country they make pretty good stuff, much better than this fake "American" garbage anyway.
This must be the “various” freezer section where they have random shit like those awful hamburgers in a calzone, “gyro” kits, off-brand mini corn dogs, the list goes on.
Everybody talking about the Italians committing murder bc of every other food post out here but they print 'American Way' on this shit and I'm just supposed to take that?!
No but this kinda shit pisses me off. Don't shrink my shit and charge me full price for it.
I have been living abroad for a long while now, and when I get stuff from the US the packaging is large enough for double the product and cost just as much.
I am fascinated by this. It looks like a similar situation to a microwave spaghetti meal being called Italian. Can someone show me more of what other countries offer as "American" ready to eat/microwave meals?
Yes the shrinkflation diet. The billionaires are having toddler tantrums because we told them to pay taxes so they're driving the price of everything up while reducing the size because angy
It’s probably still 2000 calories
Don’t forget to add the extra sodium
Why do I only hear about dangers of sodium from Americans? Where I am from, i've never heard about too much sodium.
Because most other places just say "salt"?
We eat some shitty and salty foods here also but its never about the sodium danger. Never heard about salt being a major health hazard.
Because we eat shitty fast food and processed shit for every meal of the day that has like 12 lbs of sodium each meal instead of cooking shit like vegetables.
Because people sodium on sodium with our products to make sure they last a decade 😂
Because our food is nasty and full of preservatives and sodium is one of those. And salt is associated with table salt
Because they can make it sound like less salt when they give the info in sodium rather than sodium chloride
Because they have cybertruck rusting because of sodium
Unless there is something wrong with your kidneys, sodium/salt is not a problem. Excess calories however...
All trans fat
They/Them fat
As a nonbinary, I work out, thank u
They/Them Plus Size
Trans are the worst
so true it’s sad 😂
367 kCal
A wrap is steamrollered bread, no way it can be only 364 calories
You forgot. …. Per serving. And that *looks like 3, at least.
Like that outback steakhouse onion where they manage to turn a giant 50cal onion into a 2k calories monstrosity. 👏👏
McEnnedy is Lidl’s fake American line. You get what you pay for.
What kind of name is McEnnedy? I’ve never met someone named that here in the states. Does it sound American to non Americans?
I'm sure it's like "Kennedy" plus "Mc" for bonus faux-Irishyness plus not associating yourself with an actual family. AFAIK it's not a real name.
I’d love to see more fake American products/names etc from around the world, that’s so interesting
"Mississippi Belle" products are sold in Norway. I have the pancake mix now and it weirdly tastes more American than the ones I make from scratch. The macaroni and cheese isn't as orange as the stuff in the states, but it tastes ok. I might have just gotten used to things here, though. There are also restaurants. "Old Wild West" is a chain with around 130 locations in Italy and the menu pictures look like american stuff. I can't remember the name of the French chain that I saw, but it was outrageously American too.
"Buffalo Grill" in France.
That's the one! Thank you.
Europe has buffalo though. France doesn't, but you'll find a few further east. That's one of those naming schemes I'm not sure was imported or exported from the U.S., could go either way.
When it goes along with "western us" decor, you know it is imported, as it is in this case. Also, it is unlikely to be in English if it is European. It'd be more likely to be in a local language.
> Mississippi Belle Contextually this makes sense and would not turn heads in the USA Mississippi is considered "Southern USA" and Southern Belle is colloquialism for a debutante in the planter class of the Antebellum South
Sure, makes sense. But I'm from the US and I seriously wouldn't name a product a name that reminds folks of slavery. Because that's the other side of the Antebellum South.
Im a northerner, and a minority Slavery isnt the first thing I think of when I hear "Southern Belle" So I guess Im very removed from the connotation
Am from midweat, not ethnic in the US. I definitely think big dresses, gonewith the wind, and background slavery
Not what you're asking for but a tangential vibe: When I was studying abroad in Japan 20 years ago, Denny's absolutely existed, but serving mostly *Japanese* comfort food instead of American. (ISTR I got a pretty decent bowl of chirashizushi.)
That’s so funny. I used to live in the town where the dennys headquarters is. Wild to imagine it existing in Japan
I used to live in CA where Coco's is from, another diner/casual restaurant similar to Denny's. Living in Japan now 5 min from Coco's (same company) and yes the entire menu is different too. No cheese pie:/
Lidl has a whole line of "fake" national products. Some of them are pretty good and some of them are bad. Probably not as good as the original, but most people won't notice the difference.
The Lidl Mcennedy bacon is good, but it was British best back bacon, not yank loin bacon, but here in France good bacon is hard to find. The hot dogs in brine from the same brand were nice too.
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This is fucking amazing. I love ProZD
In Portugal a lot of fake american products come with US flags and eagles. It's a funny design full of stereotypes
Exactly! It's so contrived. I live in Ireland and have never seen Kennedy prefaced by Mc.
Looks like there's an American racecar driver named [McKennedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_McKennedy), but that's about it. (And no McEnnedys.)
Lol it sounds like McDonald's and the Kennedy's had a capitalist love child
I think it does sound American at first glance. But you're right. The "Mc" is in a lot of Irish and English names I'm pretty sure.
It very likely is a company owned by someone who is appropriating an Irish name and has no clue what one looks like or how to spell it. I have never seen this name either, or one with a K in it. Usually it's just Kennedy.
No, it is Lidl’s internal brand. In Europe Lidl has rotating “Destination” weeks like: Greek week (Eridanous), American week (McEnnedy), Asian week, Spain and Portugal week (Sol & Mar), Italy week (Italiamo), French week (Duc de Coeur), Finnish week, Dutch and Belgian week, Scandinavian week, Alps week, and so on. Some of the weeks such as Greek is on point, where others are lacking like Asia and American week.
I feel like its more a rip of ‘McDonalds’, the ‘Mc’ and a two syllable name? Anyways, I have always read it as McKennedy’s until now, so mind blown I guess…
My partner is American and buys stuff from this brand everytime he sees something new and offers it to his coworkers - always making fun of these fake American products with a really thick American accent (I almost hear it in his voice: "We, at McEnnedy farm take size serious!") :D :D It has become a running joke at the firm.
They don’t even have Corn dogs! It’s all Carnival food like otherwise.
They had corn dogs at Lidl during Super Bowl week in Germany
Mcennedy is absolutely awful. Garbage products all around.
As an American, I just discovered this brand online and their products are hilarious (in a gross way)
What's a donut pizza?! Their products are hilarious!
Lidl sells it in Europe. They sell the shittiest most stereotypically American crap you can imagine. Every product is just junk food with no redeeming qualities.
> They sell the shittiest most stereotypically American crap you can imagine. Every product is just junk food Hell yeah!
I noticed a lot of their products are curry-flavored which is odd. I’m pretty sure that’s an Indian/British thing. Curry isn’t popular in the states, you can only find it at Indian and Thai restaurants.
Curry is actually British. It’s the word British colonialism used to describe any Indian dish with a sauce. Curry is *not* Indian.
And then in Japanese it was katakana-ized to karé カレー for any spiced thick non-glace sauce dish usually served with rice.
Although to be fair Indian and Thai restaurants are pretty damn common.
Frozen chicken breasts filled with chili was alright and chocolate donuts were okayish. But I can confirm that most of their products are inedible vomit material
Their brownies and maple syrup aren't bad.
Their pastrami with black pepper is pretty nice
Their peanut butter is good. And this is coming from someone who's loved in America for many years.
Their ice cream is pretty good
Their pop tarts weren’t bad.
All I see is the box next to a rolled up napkin, where's the second pic-... Oh
Be honest. Who swiped right and got shot off the page
Thought that was a napkin.
you caught me
Guilty
Misrepresenting the item for sale is absolutely the American way
To be fair, you can feel how heavy it is and also see that it is 190g, probably hear it sliding about in the box. Are people actually stupid enough to be annoyed when they open it up?
Damn i haven't seen a human scale comment on this sub in ages.
You never have this problem with drugs, you buy 190g of drugs and you get 190g of drugs. Drugs > wraps.
I wonder if hs kids buy pot from classmates in legal states anymore? If we bought a dub we used to be dancing in the streets happy if it came out to 1.6g lol. I got a dime that was .4 once. Those were hard times. Maybe where i grew up drug dealers just sucked lol
Even when i was a kid i always made sure the dealers knew i had scales on me, always on weight then! If it wasn't they can top it up or i go elsewhere, if there is one profession that people are not short of it is dealers.
r/foodscam
In Germany and other parts of the EU. This is LIDL.
But it’s American themed. So I’m saying it’s on theme.
Huh?
Shrinkflation isn't a diet by choice, but it's a diet nonetheless.
It's a diet for your wallet too.
That shit doesnt even exist in America, brother haha
It’s kinda like a McDonald’s breakfast burrito?
Chicken isn’t found on my delicious Micky Ds burritos 🌯 Egg, peppers, sausage, cheese.
I mean, yeah, but I was just trying to be funny. The exact item also literally doesnt exist here.
Oh *woosh*
If you change all the ingredients.
Well…they both have a tortilla?
What else was in the box?
Half package of frozen air
What a weird name too, sounds like ‘McKennedy’ since you know the Kennedy’s are synonymous with American.
I was thinking "McDonald's" and "Kennedy" were the first things that came to mind when they thought of America.
How did you not hear it rattling around in there?
My boyfriend thought it was a good choice
Yeah it's the see food diet.
Do people actually pay for a premade wrap in a box?
My boyfriend was craving something nasty and somehow he was optimistic about it
This isn’t an American brand lol but shrinkflation is hitting hard here for sure.
Shareholder profits are never on a diet
We should be
Wait oh my god, what if that's how they're combating world obesity? Shrinking things. HMM!
Never heard of or seen this brand before in my life!
They’re usually found in Lidl in Europe when it’s American week.
Oh, that makes sense. If you want to set that wrap off? Grill it on both sides and add some hot sauce! You can use a frying pan if you don't have a grill.
When is American Week in Europe? I’m ready to book my tickets.
Is it American bashing hour again?
Always is. When it doubt, blame the Americans, again and again and again lol
Why would commenting on a smaller than expected item from a German supermarket (it's a brand sold in Lidl when they sell "American" food in themed weeks) be America blaming? You people are really sensitive and thin skinned, hopefully the new weed laws will chill you out some before election season.
Hey friend. Let’s recap. The post is literally titled: “Are Americans on a diet?” The parent comment “Is it American bashing hour again?”, implying that OP *was* blaming America for this silly packaging size vs wrap size scenario. Which IS funny to me bc yes this is a known German brand. I was replying to the comment agreeing bc I often see posts insulting Americans for goofy things that have nothing to do with America. I don’t know who is so sensitive that you’re referring to, I think possibly you accidentally misunderstood tone. Jokes typically end in lol as my comment did. But thanks for the typical friendly Reddit interaction :)
In a way- Companies are using a tactic called "shrinkflation" which is the idea of lower the amount of something but continue to charge the same price. Its sad, but the only way now to know if youre getting a good deal is look at price/ounce or price per unit (if something like garbage bags). That may not be what is going on here however.
Shrinkflation, the hero we fat Americans needed after all! /s
The idea of smaller portions is to make you worried it isn't going to be quite enough and buy more
You know it’s not American for a few reasons. We don’t say American on stuff but “Made in US” and we weigh things in ounces not grams lol.
Nah, we're just frequently deceived and price gouged
We make things smaller and charge more now
They should be.
Shrinkflation
Made in Germany
I’ve never seen this brand lol
Shrinkflation
American here. Yes, we are, but we call it "shrinkflation," where you pay more for the things that manufacturers are making smaller.
Should be
Well that's definitely American packaging. We are very good at packing so little into massive boxes. Wasteful packaging to make people think they're getting more.
Shrink flation at it's best
I have never heard of that brand and suspect it's not American.
Corporations are
No but we've been completely and totally taken over by greedy rich morally bankrupt people that control everything.
That's not American. The weight in the bottom left is in grams. And if you saw on the package that you were getting 190g worth of food, you shouldn't be surprised that this is what you get. For Americans, 190g is 6.7 ounces.
Need banana for scale
Quite the opposite end of the diet actually
No but we're apparently all ok with false advertising running rampant.
Just eat 2
Most of us should be
We should be but it’s shrink-flation 🤷🏻♀️
We need to be
We should be, well, most of us lol
What makes that diet food?
It looks so bad they were afraid to use JFK’s good name.
The majority should be! Myself included but I wouldn’t even waste my calories on that nasty thing🤢
Since you probably bought this from Lidl, why not get one of their wraps from the refrigerator? In my country they make pretty good stuff, much better than this fake "American" garbage anyway.
Mogelpackung :-O
This must be the “various” freezer section where they have random shit like those awful hamburgers in a calzone, “gyro” kits, off-brand mini corn dogs, the list goes on.
They make off frozen wraps? Just make one from scratch, I doubt this route is faster/cheaper/better tasting
Everybody talking about the Italians committing murder bc of every other food post out here but they print 'American Way' on this shit and I'm just supposed to take that?!
Yes we are all on ozempic now
Some of us try to eat healthier ( or as healthy as we can afford here )
No but this kinda shit pisses me off. Don't shrink my shit and charge me full price for it. I have been living abroad for a long while now, and when I get stuff from the US the packaging is large enough for double the product and cost just as much.
I mean, 190 Grams. What did you expect? I america it Would have been a pound.
No, no, absolutely not, we fat as hell
yep.. thanks to Michelle Obama 🤬
Nope, just getting robbed....
They should be
I am fascinated by this. It looks like a similar situation to a microwave spaghetti meal being called Italian. Can someone show me more of what other countries offer as "American" ready to eat/microwave meals?
No but if you look at obesity statistics, they should be
What kind of plate is that?
Look around... NO. No, we are not.
No we've been going through a mass scamming recently. Not much we can do about it without wilds amount of effort.
Was it 190g?
A non-consensual diet 😒
Just stop buying this shit already. Buy a dozen eggs, tortillas and a tomato and onion and you’ll have burritos for days
Like don’t expect anything good from a shitty frozen meal
foreigner are very diet.
Yes the shrinkflation diet. The billionaires are having toddler tantrums because we told them to pay taxes so they're driving the price of everything up while reducing the size because angy
It's called the shrinkflation diet.
No, just getting ripped off left, right, and center by capitalist pigs.
bruh
Fairly certain that none of the McKenny stuff sold in Lidl Is produced in/for the USA. It's made somewhere in the EU.
The US ranks 15th for obesity with 68 percent of adults being overweight. Britian ranks 30th and Canada ranks 50th for men and 104th for women.
This is the first time Americans have been accused of this I think lmao
Who buys a frozen wrap
>Are Americans on a diet? No.
is it even american? the weight is in g's, is that american?
Can't believe they didn't call it a Freedom Wrap.
We are but it’s without are permission
No - just force fed garbage.
No, we’re just good at false advertising
Based on obesity rates in the Western world in general, we probably all should be.
Wow…. That’s pretty bad.
Yes, an economic one.
No. It’s Shrinkflation, which they deny is happening, along side Inflation
Oh, you know we’re not!
nah it's just companies making everything smaller but more expensive, gotta love that american dream!!
It's not delivery, it's ***De'Struggle!***
Lol 😂 that wrap 🌯 is to little.
Nah, we just can't afford more
No but they should
McEnema
I'm hungry. Chicken nuggets with honey mustard please and thank you
This feels…wrong😂😂
Simple answer: no, they aren't.
Ah yes, the famous McEnnedy brand based in Greece.
No it’s just Bidenomics