Monday, May 23, 2011

American Products in Valencia

This is a list of American products or American style products that we have found in Valencia:

Carrefour:
Pancake Mix
Brownie Mix
Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix
Cranberry Juice
Peanut Butter
Maple Syrup
Chocolate, Strawberry and Caramel Syrup
Plain Bagels
Canned Baked Beans 
Cheddar Cheese
Old El Paso products (refried beans, seasoning packets, tortillas, salsa, etc...)
Ranch Dressing
Quaker Oats
French Fried Onions
Vanilla Flavoring (artificial) - in the ethnic foods section
Raspberries almost all year round for 2 €
Phyllo pastry
Mozarella Sticks

The Corte Ingles Gourmet Shop at the Calle Colon:
Karo light corn syrup 5,70 €
Hershey's syrup 7,35 €
Hershey's cocoa (unsweetened) 7,35 €
cherry pie filling 8,30 €
Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup 1,55 €

Corte Ingles Supermarket:
Peter Pan peanut butter
Baxters brand Cream Soups
Ocean Spray cranberry juice
Real Maple Syrup

In Mercadona they sell some interesting items such as tomato paste, chocolate, strawberry and caramel syrup, molasses, chocolate chips, unsweetened cocoa powder (Valor), hummus, guacamole.  They have their own line of Mexican food products (tortillas, salsa, seasoning packets...).  Their queso fresco batido makes a decent substitute for sour cream.  Requeson is a good substitute for ricotta cheese.

Indian Supermarket Taj Mahal Manuel Candela N18 Has a wide selection of spices, dried legumes and sauces that can be hard to find in Valencia.  They sell Skippy peanut butter, artificial vanilla flavoring, french fried onions and other interesting products.  It is worth checking out!

They sell cottage cheese in the Lidl

Friday, May 13, 2011

Upcoming ACV events

Lunch:
Date: Wednesday, May 18th
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Taj Mahal Indian restaurant, Manuel Candela N20

Dinner:
Date: Friday, May 27th
Time: 9:15 PM
Place: La Nicoletta Italian restaurant, Calle de la Paz, N33

Horchata and playdate:
Date: Saturday, June 4th
Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Horchatería Dolz, Blasco Ibañez, 84
There is a park right next to the horchatería for the kids to play after they have some horchata

It is a must to RSVP to these events! americanclubvalencia@gmail.com

Sunday, May 1, 2011

American Club Lunch

The next American Club event that we have planned will be a lunch

Date: Wednesday May 4th
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Taj Mahal Indian restaurant, Manuel Candela N20

RSVP americanclubvalencia@gmail.com