Hi everyone,
I need some gifts ideas for my friends in Germany. I'm from New York, and would love to bring something from my home State/Country to share with my German friends. Preferably, I'm looking to bring something that you cannot find over there OR is difficult to find/expensive over there, but common here. I've heard that peanut butter is popular but rather expensive in Germany, so i may bring a nice big jar. I was also thinking about bringing some American candy...but i don't know which US brands are available there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!:)
Thanks!
PS. I am also visiting London, and would like to bring some unique gifts to my friends there too...but I think they have almost everything we have here as well. But, let me know if anyone thinks of anything! I'll repost to the London forum as well.
Reeses Peanut butter cups - can't get that in Germany
a six pack of Brooklyn lager - to prove that the US actually starts to brew decent beer
my nephews loved the cowboy hats I brought back home - but guess probably hard to get in NY (easy in Denver:) )
Hershey`s chocolate, if there is still the brand with blue letters in silver paper. That is the chocolate GIs brouhgt to Germany after the war, and is therefor remembered in a very good way by many Germans
That's a difficult question, as many American items can be found in any big supermarket. Don't bring peanutbutter, any Penny store carries it. If your friends live close to a big city, chances are high that there's a supermarket with an American shelf near-by.
Why don't you bring some food you like yourself and invite them to an American dinner which you have prepared? Like for example pumpkin pie ? Or bake an American cake , bring either the recipe or a cake mix. If your friends live in a village, bring some more of the ingredients, if not, go shopping here in a big supermarket. Karstadt has a good grocery hall, especially the on in Frankfurt.
Peanut butter... a matter of taste (not my cup of tea), don't know how local brands qualitywise compare to those from the US.
Personally, I would enjoy everything that originates from around your place/state. I've learned that NYS is well known for fruits & even wine (a little known fact over here, where all supermarket-shelves are stuffed with Californian wines), so anything from a local brand of jam (if it's in a nice jar), other fruit-products, cider or a bottle of wine would be well recieved (by me ;-) ).
A friend of mine always returns from the US with several of those Aspirin-jars (500? 1000? tablets), as they're (said to be) more expensive over here.
As global markets have expanded, there are very very few American products that are not available everywhere in Europe. And those that are difficult to find are merely because there is no local interest in the product, not because it is too expensive. What American product could be too expensive for a German, anyway?
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