Campfire Brand marshmallows.
Vernor's Ginger Ale.
Brer Rabbit Molasses.
Crown Pilot crackers.
Moon Pies.
Every region of the country has its own distinctive food products, despite the ongoing (and sad) homogenization of American culture. However, when you move to a different part of the country, there are things you miss - products you thought every store carried, but you find to your regret, does not.
You can mail order some of those foods from Hometown Favorites.
They have Lyle's Golden Syrup - which is a British product but is fairly widely available where I come from. I have some recipes that call for it and it's also good on toast. Another thing I have noticed, is that groceries here inexplicably do not carry the single-pizza size Chef Boyardee pizza mixes - the big double boxes, yes, but I could never use those up. And sometimes I get a craving for the Chef's pizza - grew up eating it. And Vernor's ginger ale is not to be had west of the Mississippi, it seems.
They also have a truly amazing candy selection, and will make up "decade boxes" with candies representative of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, or 80s.
I am contemplating placing an order with them (But I'm going to check with my mom first; it seems that $2.95 plus shipping is a bit steep for one of the Chef's pizza mixes, maybe she could buy and send them to me cheaper.
Alas, the site does not have one of my most coveted, most jealously guarded food items: Paisley Farm's Pickled Baby Corn. (I beg my parents to bring it to me when they come and visit; it is in glass jars which I fear wouldn't survive shipping).
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