Another great Anglo delicacy
Finally, at last, a supermarket that has one of those “ethnic” aisles for the most neglected group of all.
The Sedano’s Supermarket chain has launched new ethnic food aisles in 25 of its Miami locations as part of a strategy to target the growing segment of White millennials moving to Miami’s urban core.
Products featured in the new “Anglo” aisles include almond milk, brussels sprouts, goji berries, kombucha, gluten-free crackers, and assortments of artisanal jams sold in mason jars.
The food of my people! Recognized!
Actually sprouts are the only ones of those things I eat, but ethnically speaking, that would be my aisle.
(Is it a sign that I’m a tedious pedant that I roll my eyes whenever I see that “Ethnic” label on a supermarket aisle? That I snarl to myself, “You do realize that applies to everyone or else no one, right?”?)
“South Florida is a community of immigrants,” said Carlos Perez-Santiago, a Sedano’s spokesperson. “We are proud to provide our newly arrived Anglo neighbors with food from their homeland.”
At a recent opening in Little Havana, local resident Andrea Figueroa, 55, wandered into the new aisle and was delighted with the interesting foreign offerings.
“There are so many amazing, exotic foods to sample,” Ms. Figureoa said as she examined a can of beets. “These Smucker’s Uncrustable are unbelievable! Who would’ve thought to put grape jelly in an empanada? Another great Anglo delicacy.”
Who thought grape jelly was good in the first place? Who wants sugar in salad dressing? Who wants sugar in everything without exception, no matter how savory? Who puts too many raisins in too many things?
What, no Heinz beans in tomato sauce, no dried suet, no biscuits? Or is Anglo food just yuppie cuisine?
Umm. Confused English person here. What are goji berries and kombucha??
Franco-Americ an canned pasta missing. Horreur!
That aisle needs HP sauce, Lancahire cheese, curd tart, black pudding and piccalilli. Oh, and jellied eels.
The word “anglo” is often used as an all-purpose term to refer to non-hispanic white North Americans. Its use is not uncommon in Hispanic (Latino) communities.
So not English Anglo a.k.a. Actual Anglo, but rather trendy Anglo.
Aaah. I see. Still needs to have Cheddar Cheese, Marmite and Balti sauce though.
Look out! “Anglo” could be just the bait.
Goji berries are great in their place i.e. traditional Chinese food. They are actually related to tomatoes although the Chinese, gǒuqǐ, suggests they are citrus fruits and to confuse things still more a lot of Chinese call them small plums. You can buy them in the UK from heath food shops but they are incredibly expensive. Alternatively you can get enormous bags of them very cheaply from Chinese supermarkets. They are quite nice in vegetable soup but it is easy to overdo it.
I had to look up kombucha, which is strange for a tea-addict. There are a lot of fermented teas; I don’t know what is so special about this one.
Thanks Bernard! Those Goji berries sound great – and luckily I have a Chinese supermarket just round the corner.
If a regional usage dating back about a century and a half can be considered “trendy.”
Authentic Anglo food is better left unrecognized. A jar of jellied eels is a very disturbing sight, it reminds me of a scene from ‘Alien’.
It’s what Charles said @ 5 – in this context “Anglo” is definitely Yanks. Anyway the casually dismissive term for those Anglophone people northwest of France is “Brits,” surely, not Anglos.
Ophelia,
It’s interesting that you used the term ‘Yanks’. I’ve been informed, more than once, that to use the word as a description of all citizens of the USA is ‘incorrect’. Perhaps it is for Americans.
I’m not sure if ‘Brit’ is casually dismissive, some British use the term. Do Americans still call all other English speakers ‘Limeys’?
It’s an accurate use, but Southerners don’t much like it… They never fully reintegrated into American society.
Oh well I say “Yanks” in these contexts because it is or used to be a way of referring to The People of the US by The People of the UK. It’s a nice short word and simpler than The People of the US. I don’t consider it incorrect for all Americans. “Yankees” would be, but Yanks isn’t. It dates from the War, doesn’t it? All those oversexed soldiers with their chewing gum – they were the Yanks? No?
I’ve never ever seen or heard or read anyone use the word “Limeys” unless ironically. I’d say it’s entirely obsolete. (So is Yanks, for that matter, but not quite as obsolete as that. I think.)
“..they were the Yanks? No?”
They were. WW2 was one of the few occasions when US ‘interventions’ were warmly welcomed.
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“It’s an accurate use, but Southerners don’t much like it… They never fully reintegrated into American society.”
Apparently not.
My brother visited the southern states of the US, many years ago, he was surprised to see the ‘stars and bars’ prominently displayed on government buildings. According to recent reports on B&W, the reintegration process still isn’t complete.
Heh well I know that much. But however much the intervention was welcomed, the actual soldiers stationed in Sussex villages weren’t always quite so welcome. At any rate my question was whether or not I’m right that that was the origin of “Yanks” as the nickname for Americans.
Ophelia,
“…the origin of “Yanks” as the nickname for Americans.”
I can provide an explanation in the Australian context. During colonial times the only Americans Australians came into contact with were Yankee whalers from the NE US, so by later extension all Americans became ‘Yanks’
Perhaps that explanation applies to the British as well.
Cultural appropriation !
Limeys are specifically English, but only used sorta ironically. Raisins are the devil’s candy.
I sometimes love the way these discussions go sideways. I’m not old enough to remember WW2 (the dying stages of Vietnam are about my limit as far as conflicts go).
As far as US troops stationed in NZ go, I’ve heard enough interviews of people who lived through that time to know that the intervention of the US in WW2 was VERY gratefully received, but that the perceived monopolisation of young NZ women was not. Basically, true love aside, yanks had better access to chocolate, cigarettes, stockings, money and tended to be more outgoing and carefree compared to the local guys (those not already fighting overseas). Gross generalisations of course, but that’s the nature of these things.
In the immortal words of Apu “Please go away. And come again!”
Are you sure it’s not an Onion article?
Hard to tell, sometimes.
when the local supermarket put up a sign that said “ethnic cookies” I asked if they were made with real Ethnics.
I hate marketing departments
The foods in ethnic food aisles in supermarkets are rarely properly authentic, are they? So the lack of jellied eels and such is all the more appropriate.
@25
Most ethnic foods are indeed authentic otherwise members of ethnic communities wouldn’t buy them.
“jellied eels and such”. Are you suggesting that there’s something even worse, deep-fried mars bars perhaps?
^ Haggis.
Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!