Red Vines "taste of America"? I've lived in the States for decades, and I can assure you that Red Vines taste like sugary plastic and chemicals, not at all of . . . Never mind.
That is sort of the point, at least when you are looking at candy, and what the article is saying. The candy (sweets) we're used to here, and I get in France taste more like themselves and less chemically engineered. So to say they taste like America, is to say that they taste like how we expect American sweets to taste, if that makes sense? A traditional sweet shop apple ball compared to an apple Jolly Rancher. But with the flavour stripped out, as original red Red Vines have no specific flavour!
Still thinking about this whilst I have my lunch and I think I've refined it: as a former California resident, I know so much of what the British think about American food is wrong (as is the case the other way around!) But when it comes to candy? My preconceptions have never been disproven.
Emojis are helpful! But don't worry about it, it rarely happens in writing but the way my neurodivergence manifests there is about an 80% chance in person I would have missed your meaning face to face..!
Ooo interesting! I went down the 🐇 🕳️ of Time recently and shared a Substack post about it on. If you’re curious to time-explore:
https://kenshostudio.substack.com/p/measuring-the-infinite
Thanks - I'll be sure to check it out!
Great post, Rachel! And thank you for the shout-out! :)
Thanks Jolene!
Red Vines "taste of America"? I've lived in the States for decades, and I can assure you that Red Vines taste like sugary plastic and chemicals, not at all of . . . Never mind.
That is sort of the point, at least when you are looking at candy, and what the article is saying. The candy (sweets) we're used to here, and I get in France taste more like themselves and less chemically engineered. So to say they taste like America, is to say that they taste like how we expect American sweets to taste, if that makes sense? A traditional sweet shop apple ball compared to an apple Jolly Rancher. But with the flavour stripped out, as original red Red Vines have no specific flavour!
Still thinking about this whilst I have my lunch and I think I've refined it: as a former California resident, I know so much of what the British think about American food is wrong (as is the case the other way around!) But when it comes to candy? My preconceptions have never been disproven.
Rachel, read it again. As sardonic. 😂 (I should have used an emoji, ack!)
Emojis are helpful! But don't worry about it, it rarely happens in writing but the way my neurodivergence manifests there is about an 80% chance in person I would have missed your meaning face to face..!