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I've always wanted Raspberry Cordial from Anne of Green Gables :)

American living in the UK here...I avoid ALL US chain restaurants as much as I can because I refuse to slot into that sterotype of the American who goes abroad and only eats McDonald's, and as a result, my (British) husband and I have discovered some great small pubs in many of the places we've travelled.

Although, my husband did have KFC while I was in hospital...it was the only thing open that late at night.

I also make an exception for Pizza Hut and Dominos whenever I'm craving pizza.

I agree with juliebugsamama, all the Little House books are laden with food. Another series from my childhood is the Anne of Green Gables series. Anne is always cooking something! Both Little House and Anne have their own cook books to go with the series that came out in the 80s or 90s (I have both), and I figure any series that has it's own cookbook must have a lot of food in it!!

To be honest, even the Harry Potter series has it's fair share of food in it from all the feats they have at school and the food Molly Weasley cooks up for the family!

Chocolate Dream Bars - it's like a chocolate brownie topped with marshmallow, and then more chocolate. YUM!

I agree with Becca (and am also named Rebecca, so maybe it's a Becca thing). I'm right handed. My mom's a leftie. When I was little I used to want to copy everything my mom did, but I could not figure out how to coordinate eating with a fork in my left hand.

Perhaps Brits/Europeans are better at the ambidextrous thing over Americans?

I am allergic to onions and garlic in a rather violent way. Even the tiniest amount will set my stomach off and I'll be throwing up shortly after my meal. I also dislike mushrooms, so if I'm ordering something that might have all three in it, I'll tell my server that I'm allergic to onions and garlic but dislike mushrooms. Mushrooms are something I can pick off of a dish, but if I have garlic or onion, I'd need a whole new dish.

It bothers me when I order something that comes with a sauce, like ketchup, and the server doesn't check for onion/garlic. it's not in every brand out there, but garlic is in some ketchups!

I'm not vegan, just vegetarian, and I started packing a bento box for traveling because finding airport food is hard, and its' way too expensive. I bought some of those uncrustables made by smuckers and had no problem taking that through (and I moved it into my box from frozen, so it thawed in the box). I also packed food a vegan wouldn't want (scrambled egg cups and cheese), but I found it was much easier than finding food at the airport.