What's your country's "national" specialty that is mostly exported?

Started by Martinus, August 03, 2011, 05:02:55 PM

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Quote from: Zanza on August 04, 2011, 04:40:43 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 04, 2011, 12:31:33 AMCouldn't come up with food/drink, but for Germany: weapons and weapons technology. Unpopular in Germany (like most things military), popular with regimes around the world.
Big infrastructure projects is another one. We are quite good at building airports, bridges, tunnels or big industrial plants, but thanks to NIMBYism you can't really build those at home anymore.

That explains why the ICE is faster in France than in Germany with less(er)  high-speed lines to add insult to injury.

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Fish, aluminum, quirky bands. Oh, and let's not forget horrendous banking collapses mixed with ash.  :lol: :Embarrass:
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One thing I was surprised to hear that a Polish chocolate bar called "Prince Polo" (which dates back to the communist era so no, it doesn't need to make sense in English) is apparently very popular in Iceland.

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Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.

And is seen as a negative thing around here.

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Quote from: Cecil on August 04, 2011, 08:26:01 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.

And is seen as a negative thing around here.

Because it's non-existing?
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
As far as I know there are or have been fights in France, Portugal and some Latinoamerican countries. The concept itself is well-known around the world.

Yet I've never seen one. And neither have most of my friends. The only time a bullfighter is on the news is when he's received a gruesome injury.

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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.

It's recognized worldwide as typically Spanish but not very popular at home, I'd say that it fits the bill.

Drakken

Poutine, of course. Not the Vladimir kind. And cute little starlets. We even intruded in Mad Men with Jessica Paré.  :P

We stopped dumping exporting our rural dregs in New England by the start of the 20th century.

Duque de Bragança

Quote from: Iormlund on August 04, 2011, 09:40:40 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 04, 2011, 08:21:55 AM
Bullfighting is pretty much non-existent in most countries. I don't think you're understanding the question right.
As far as I know there are or have been fights in France, Portugal and some Latinoamerican countries. The concept itself is well-known around the world.

Yet I've never seen one. And neither have most of my friends. The only time a bullfighter is on the news is when he's received a gruesome injury.

It's not the same bullfighting (rules are different) in Portugal, though. In France, it's only a recent import (Second Empire) and an ersatz of the Spanish one.

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Wild west cowboy stuff I guess.

Though I think people still like that crap in the rural areas and strange places like Fort Worth.
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Quote from: Drakken on August 04, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
Poutine, of course. Not the Vladimir kind. And cute little starlets. We even intruded in Mad Men with Jessica Paré.  :P

We stopped dumping exporting our rural dregs in New England by the start of the 20th century.

I have no idea who eats poutine. Increasingly it is offered, but I've never seen anyone actually order any.  ;)
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