Comments on: Things considered a big deal in Europe but not in the States – Part 2: Nutella

By: Diego

Diego — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:51:00 +0000

I’m from Italy and I confirm that we all knows and love to eat Nutella, but to say that “it’s the topic of books and even movies” is exaggerate…

I can also say that Michele Ferrero (the owner/inventor of Nutella) is the italian richest person and the 40th richest in the world with $9.5 billions.

I go to eat pane (italian bread) and Nutella now ;)

By: Sonia

Sonia — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:53:56 +0000

Nutella is something we always have in the frige in our house. We often freeze bananas and cover them (lightly) with nutella.

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:30:14 +0000

Every German-American kid from the German neighborhoods of Glendale and Ridgewood Queens grew up with Nutela on their breakfast tables. I know from friends in Milwaukee, St. Louis and German enclaves in Ohio that it was the same for us German-Americans everywhere. To this day I love Nutella.

By: Angeline

Angeline — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:04:04 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe Marshmallow fluff has really caught on in Canada either. I’ve had nutella, (probably have some in my cupboard right now) but never had marshmallow fluff. What am I missing exactly?

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:37:24 +0000

I’m an Italian from NY , so Nutella was always in my house.

Hell, my mom used to make me Nutella sandwiches to bring to school. Friends would ask, “What is that? Poop??”

Then I made them taste it. Oh, it was I who had the last laugh.

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:40:13 +0000

I was introduced to Nutella during a trip to Canada – it is heaven on a spoon! A quick recipe for you folks:

Nutella Banana Splits:
Graham crackers
Nutella
Bananas (sliced)
whip cream

Spread the Nutella on a graham cracker then add a slice of banana and a dollop of whipped cream. Heavenly!

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:39:44 +0000

I grew up on the stuff. (It does help that my dad is French, so I spent about half of my childhood there, half in the States) I currently live in China (Kunming, it’s in southwestern China, go look it up) and I was so excited to find Nutella in the grocery stores here- albeit somewhat expensive. You really couldn’t find the stuff in the US until recently, we would bring it back with us (along with other French food products). I remember finding it in the grocery store when I was in college and buying it excitedly, to the confusion of my roommates. I guard my Nutella with my life. :)

By: Kelli K.

Kelli K. — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:38:22 +0000

My pantry is never void of Nutella! I have found it at an Aldi here in AL for something like $2 (which is much cheaper than somewhere like Walmart) and eat it with just about everything!

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:25:05 +0000

Anybody up for Vegemite?

(FWIW, it tastes nasty unless you mix it with Karo Syrup or a lot of mayonnaise…)

By: bobix

bobix — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:43:54 +0000

In Croatia (but also in other countries in region) there are several different brands of nutty creme. Nutella has the strongest marketing, but several others (also italian but often produced locally under licence) are packed as half nutty creme half milk creme – and that combo has its own followers. Most notable of that kind is Eurocrem, an it’s available in dried form similar to chocholate bar.
One of ways to enjoy Nutella is to top banana bites with it – simple pleasure.