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Today I finished the last apple and cinnamon Greek yoghurt I bought the other day in Portugal. It was delicious and, unfortunately, only a Portuguese thing as far as I can find. I've never seen that flavor in Spain. It's funny how just across a border supermarkets and their contents change. I assume most companies do research on likes, dislikes, and habits of customers by country. Sometimes they will probably research local dishes and ingredients used, so that, for example, you might not find salt pork in such abundance, say, in Catalunya, as you do in Galicia. I know they're looking to maximize income and minimize loss, but there are moments when you want to eat something not common to your area and would like to find the ingredients. Salt pork was not easy to find in Boston. My mother would buy certain pieces fresh and salt it down at home to make caldo galego on Sundays. And I assume someone from other parts of Spain would like to find ingredients here to make their ...