Obama's fried chicken fingers? With curry sauce??! Count me in!
This is a real product that was added to the frozen food section of German supermarkets after President Obama's election. When confronted, the German company stated they had no idea of the "possible racist overtones" of the product. I'm not sure its on the market anymore, but thought it was worth a blog entry.
If you want to read more, here's a link to a full article:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,612684,00.html
(sorry the link won't activate here, so you'll have to copy and paste)
Holy cow! And what about the Golden Gate Bridge in the background?? And CURRY sauce?! The creators of this product were obviously very confused...
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to buy these ever since they appeared. Every time I go to a Germany grocery store though, I can't find them!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, curry dip? Where's the barbecue sauce?