This is the "Croatian/Macedonian" aisle in my local German supermarket. Would you say that this is a good choice of products?

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CataphractBunny@reddit

Domaćica is a half-empty box of disappointment. Bajadera sucks, and has been sucking for the last 10 years at least. Kviki stuff is great.

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Kreol1q1q@reddit

Eh, Domaćica is solid, if the batch is good. They sometimes have weird batches which don’t taste as good as they should. It’s still overpriced and half empty though.

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begbieli@reddit

Shrinkflation at its best, still a tier 1 cookie.

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

Brother/sister... I just realized, after 30 years, that it's Bajadera and not Bajodera... Why, oh why, did I always read it as Bajodera? 😃

It used to be really good up until 2000s or something similar. Now it's just almost 100% sugar, it's sad. 😞

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CataphractBunny@reddit

Why, oh why, did I always read it as Bajodera?

Are you blind as a bat by any chance? 😂

I can recommend Optika Kobačić if you're in Zagreb.

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DDDX_cro@reddit

Bajadera same price as in Croatia??
https://www.konzum.hr/web/o/BAJADERA-AKCIJA

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RegionSignificant977@reddit

Is that ajvar? If you see ajvar you buy. That's it.

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dr_phill17@reddit

I just came to type ajvar could be nicer haha This is still good, but we have better ajvar than this

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RegionSignificant977@reddit

That's because you are spoiled balkanian. If you are German or Balkan man in Germany it will be awesome.

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Veilchengerd@reddit

Knowing my country, it's probably the blandest ajvar you can imagine.

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CTPABA_KPABA@reddit

Bajadera. I swear Croatian put heroin in it it is so good and addictive.

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DosadnoMiJeBrate@reddit

It's just sugar. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. You are doing drugs.

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Ajvar, Vegeta, Kviki and Linolada are decent picks, Smoki is also alright but everything else is pretty forgettable and not really worth it. I'm sure you can buy domestically made pickled goods and pasta.

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krofnica8989@reddit

Croatian/Macedonian 😂 what a combo is that

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mmmlan@reddit

and Polish/Russian next to it. goddamn germans…

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AccomplishedQuit6535@reddit

Most of those products are from Serbia but somehow it's "Croatian /Macedonian "aisle.

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West-Essay-7517@reddit

Owned by Croatian companies

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Hour-Promotion-2496@reddit

Well everything and everyone is from Serbia, so it's fine, no need to write it.

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deviendrais@reddit

Did you not see Medela, ZačinC, Štark and SwissLion?

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

One reality check for you. Stark is owned by Atlantic Grupa. Google that name and you are in for a world of surprises... Actually, so many other brands that were originally deom Serbia have been bought by Atlantic Grupa...

Zacin C (among many other brands that were originally from Serbia) is owned by Nestle.

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Sufficient-Way7256@reddit

What do corpo acquisitions have to do with anything? Like half of all food products on the planet are somehow under Nestle.
You think your local grandma seasoning is now swiss cuisine?

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

It has to do everything actually, especially in a scenario you mentioned (Nestle).

All of those "local" recipes are more and more unified and exist in the same shape or form in big chunk of the western world, we just tend to believe they are prominent in region X while in reality they aren't and exist in other places just under different name.

Jaffa sweets are best example. Pretty much whole Ex Yu thinks they are from these areas yet that's not the case, they are licensed from UK Jaffa.

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Sufficient-Way7256@reddit

You lost the plot

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deviendrais@reddit

Lol I literally called it

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just_for_browse@reddit

crazy how you predicted being fact checked

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deviendrais@reddit

More like predicted someone being overly pedantic. When you go to a Balkan food isle you care that the products are made according to authentic Balkan recipes and not what company owns the most stocks of it.

Štark being majority owned by a Croatian company didn’t stop kosovars from boycotting the products a couple of years ago because they were “Serbian”

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

You are right, when you go to a Balkan food isle you care that products are from the Balkans.

However, it was your note "There’s a solid amount of Serbian* products there" which would imply that indeed, some people do care from which country product is, no? 😄

However to be completely honest, majority of those products originated from Yugoslavia anyway hence it really does not matter if they are Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian or whatever... Not like any of those products are using original recipes, or for that matter, not like majority of old Yugoslavian products where not just licensed from bigger world brans (e.g. KinderLada being just licensed Ferrero product etc).

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

So many Štark products

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deviendrais@reddit

“Ackshully, 🤓 Štark is majority owned by a Croa-“

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

I don’t understand. Are now original Serbian brands, like Smoki, supposed to be referred to as Croatian?

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True-Blacksmith4235@reddit

I don’t know about most, but i definitely can see some Serbian products and it’s strange to be labelled as a product from another country.

They could name it the Balkan aisle or something, or just sell the products that actually are from said country.

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MrSmileyZ@reddit

Yugo Isle, maybe?

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Think_Beginning1166@reddit

Slide 2 and 3 are full with macedonian products

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driftstyle28@reddit

Croatian/Macedonian, how random. Why not Bosnian/Montenegrin😂

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petre_m_andreevski@reddit

That's outside in the bakery under the tree shade.

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Mako2401@reddit

Ajvar is the best, I've never met anyone who doesn't love it. Smoki are also tasty, they have peanat-y taste

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petre_m_andreevski@reddit

Smoki Magnus Hot 🔥

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Schmutzschutzigen@reddit

Domaćica used to be great. But now is sugary crap. Bajadera is even worse now.

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Ok_Albatross_7743@reddit

eat ajvar.

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Maximum-Doctor2564@reddit

I see no Plazma. Or is it more a serbian thing?

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NoDimension2705@reddit

Yes

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kvnstantinos@reddit

Macedonian? Burn that aisle

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blodskaal@reddit

if it has Ajvar and Smoki, thats all i really need lol

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Beautiful_Ad6686@reddit

I found my one 👍🏻

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PairPrevious4740@reddit

Ajvar ist sehr gut, aber das beste ist Fasul. Muss man probieren

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ilkovsky@reddit

I'm surprised there's no chocolate bar with a variation of the n-word.

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

That's actually a candy, not a chocolate bar. No? :D

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ilkovsky@reddit

It was a popular candy snack in Bulgaria in the late 90s/00s lol Of the "dry mini cake" kind, and this is how it looks

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

Ohhhhhhhhh... That's new, I thought you are talking about "Negro" candies that we have in Croatia/Serbia/Montenegro/Bosnia. 😃

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ilkovsky@reddit

How can something so wrong taste so good? 😪

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BeatnologicalMNE@reddit

😃

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Capricornnetwork05@reddit

there are candies too, you’re right

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ChrisRedfield696969@reddit

Vegeta is a classic

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crivycouriac@reddit

It’s just sweets

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silentmarrow@reddit

there are 3 slides

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577564842@reddit

Čokolino?

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Local_Collection_612@reddit

Yeah that a good choice of products. In the main Dutch supermarkts we have Podravka ajvar and Eti biscuits from Romania. But the Turkish supermarket has a good amount of balkan products.

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Appropriate-Ad5877@reddit

They have all the staples, Vegeta, Smoki, and Ajvar.

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aha_mhm@reddit

0 macedonian products there. The rest is also a bit meh. I do like me some Strudle tho.

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Think_Beginning1166@reddit

Are u blind or what ?

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Strange_Status_7690@reddit

Podravka and Kraš are definitely great Balkan brands. And I see little Bananko there. 😁