Since this wasn’t apparent the last time I asked… no, I’m actually not a US citizen or green card holder (permanent resident). Just happened to be in this country for a long time due to career reasons.

  • fireweed@lemmy.world
    585·
    4 days ago

    Obviously this is entirely dependent on where you’re moving to, but I struggled to find the following when living abroad:

    • good (American-style) pizza
    • good Mexican food
    • good BBQ
    • certain ice cream flavors (like cherries jubilee/cherry garcia)
    • wide open spaces completely devoid of people
    • large-group events of a boisterous and goofy nature
    • certain types of museums/educational facilities (such as good zoos/wildlife rehab open to the public and interactive science museums)
      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        3 days ago

        You might need a brick oven though (or at the very least, a pizza oven) if you want that pizza to compare to the good shit you can get pretty much anywhere in the Northeast US.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yup I do good (to our family’s taste anyway) pizza in about 40 minutes from scratch to eating with just:

        • flour
        • water
        • yeast
        • sugar (I pre feed the least in hot water for 5 minutes)
        • salt
        • olive oil
        • homemade crust spices (salt, garlic powder, oregano, red pepper flakes, etc )
        • maranara or pizza sauce (might be harder to find a good one abroad, not sure)
        • cheeses (or not for my wife)
        • basil leaves in season (we grow enough in mid summer, but buy it occasionally otherwise)

        Finding the cheese and toppings might be harder, but it’s often just frozen broccoli, bell peppers, onions and roni.

        • fireweed@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 days ago

          American style pizza

          frozen broccoli

          You have exactly ten seconds to get the fuck out of my comment section

          • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            21·
            3 days ago

            It’s more like neopolitan pizza that I make, and sometimes I do proper high temp thin stretchy crust type too, more like I’ve seen in Italy.

            And I thaw the broccoli first before cooking it, but it doesn’t burn the tips as much when it’s cold and the oven is at 500 (I’m still working out building a brick oven in the back yard someday).

      • fireweed@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 days ago

        Again, depending on where in the world you are, you may not have the equipment nor access to ingredients necessary to make these properly. You might be able to approximate, but it won’t be as good, which is the entire point of my comment.

        American pizza requires a pizza oven or regular oven with a steel/stone (or dish for Detroit-style pizza), specific types of cheese, and depending on your preference, specific toppings; these may not be available abroad. In some countries, ovens are not considered standard kitchen equipment; good luck making decent pizza on the stovetop.

        Similarly, really good BBQ requires special equipment that even most American homes don’t have, and requires a good deal of outdoor space (otherwise you risk smoking out yourself/your neighbors).

        Mexican food is more flexible in terms of equipment, but ingredients may be hard to source (especially spices).

        For ice cream you might struggle to find the right add-in ingredients depending on what flavor you’re trying to make, but again, the biggest issue is equipment. You can make ice cream at home without an ice cream maker, but it seems like more hassle than it’s worth and still requires some equipment and decent freezer space (fwiw I’ve never done it before; maybe it’s easier than it sounds).

        • pseudo@jlai.lu
          2·
          3 days ago

          It is not easier than it sound.

          You need freezer space which would mean to usually run your freezer half empty and recipes calling for a ice cream maker will require an ice cream maker. There is no way around it and ice cream maker were about the same in the middle age. Just not powered electrically.

    • Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
      178·
      4 days ago

      You will not find good bbq. Take the L and move on…

      You will find the greatest cuisine ever witnessed on this planet depending on your taste.

      A clay pot in Morocco, a grandma’s house in Toledo, a random eel cooked up in Tunisia…

      Just as good as byob bbq in Austin TX.

    • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
      22·
      3 days ago

      Your first three sum up to:

      • Italian food but worse
      • Mexican food but worse
      • Food that’s probably better in most other places

      I think OP is set on those in the future, but otherwise good recommendations IG