We're not in America anymore...

I just had to add this quick little observation. An American student of mine celebrated her birthday today and brought in Jello as her birthday treat. Jello...an American dietery staple. The reaction of half of my students when they came in:
"What is this???"
"Is this Jello?"
"Why does it have this kind of texture?"

I gave a short survey and found out that 5 of my students had never eaten it before, and of those 4 of them had never even HEARD of it.
Very different, indeed.