In response to my "weird food" post from yesterday, Jane writes: I've heard the same argument made by foreigners about peanut butter. What is it about national bread spreads, anyway?

Thinking peanut butter is gross? That's just crazy talk! Any foreign folks reading this? Confirm of deny?

Newton adds: I have a nomination for your strange American food category: chocolate. Why can't American's make chocolate? I mean I liked the food in America (you might have noticed) but the chocolate is horrible: dry, brittle, tasteless and bitter. I brought some Hershey bars home from Chicago because everybody's heard of them. People had a bite, all excited, then went 'eugh!' The disappointment was palpable. It reminds me of the thing with the money, you know where all the notes are the same size and colour. I kept thinking: "Of all the things you'd expect Americans to get right, it would be money." I know you reckon this is to fool foreigners into giving $100 tips by accident, but I think it's 'chocolate syndrome' i.e. you're thinking "We're Americans, we MUST be getting this right."

If there's anything else the people of Northern Ireland can help you with, do let me know.

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