- Oh, this is really good.
Thank you honey, mmmm.
- Nom nom nom nom nom.
- Hello guys, I am Alessio.
- I'm Lorenzo.
I come from Rome,
and, uh, Italy.
- Hey guys, I'm Q.
- Hi, I'm Rachel.
I'm representing the U.S. today,
and we are going to be swapping snacks.
- Swapping snacks.
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- I have zero, zero idea
what you guys would eat for snacks.
Like I have...
- Just imagine everything delicious,
that's what we eat.
So our snacks are delicious.
- Hmm, let's get to it.
I'm ready.
- I'm hungry, this is time to eat.
- Let's do it.
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- Now, no, no, no, no, no.
Because first we're going to talk about
this is the presentation, so I'm already starting off bad.
- Have you ever had a Lunchable?
- Hell no.
- I'm giving you this cutting board with Grissini.
- You take the prosciutto,
you roll it around the bread and then you bite.
And the first thing you have it's,
the saltiness and the beautiful flavor of the prosciutto.
And the more you have the flavor of the bread and the meat
that it kind of cleans your palette.
- And this is prosciutte?
- This is prosciutto.
- Prosciutto.
- I don't think it's a competition.
Let's not make it a competition, because...
- It's a competition.
- It wouldn't be fair, this is not,
this is not a competition.
- You didn't open it yet.
- But enjoy.
I did not lead into that well,
it is gonna go great for you.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah yeah yeah.
- So you gotta eat this.
- I got to.
- And I get to enjoy your...
- You got to roll the prosciutto around the bread.
- Around the Grissini.
- Yeah, so you can make like a little sandwich,
so you can put the turkey...
- Turkey, really?
- I'm smelling the sauce.
- How do you feel about the sauce?
- Umm, I think original is overall
the most important flavor.
Do I put first cheese?
I'll do me, I'll do me.
- I like weird stuff.
- It's got, I don't know if that (mumbles softly).
- Mm.
- The seasoning on the sauce is way too strong,
I'm not tasting the cheese,
the cheese becomes just a structure on the thing,
and the pepperoni is terrible.
- I think these are good,
they're pretty lightweight,
I feel like I would be able to dip stuff with this,
I wish I still ate meat,
'cause then I could wrap it around,
but these are really good.
- But how do you feel about the experience?
Do you feel like the chef?
- No.
(laughing)
- Probably for lunch, or if I would carry it with me,
I would pick this.
- Heck yeah.
- Uhhh, if I, it's definitely a little,
no, I'm kidding, definitely that.
(laughing)
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- We got a coke here.
This is just like one of the biggest brands.
- In the world.
- This is something that probably everybody has had
at one moment in time in America,
you know what I mean?
- If I ever had to have a soda, Chinotto is my to go to.
- Chinotto.
- Chinotto, it's amazing.
- It comes from a, how you say, kind of an orange.
- It's an acquired taste.
So I don't know if you're going to like it.
- Is it orange?
- It's a kind of an orange,
it's a kind of an orange,
but it's kind of like bitter.
- I'm excited about this.
- Please, try this.
It's my gift.
- Classic.
- It's the sound.
It's what they go for, right?
Perfect.
- Am I going to get fancy from this?
- Who knows?
- Oh, this smells bitter.
- I can't even drink it.
I spilled it over myself, look at this.
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- Oh, it's good.
It's weird, and it's good.
- Oh, this isn't bad.
- It's so good.
The bitterness.
- Yeah, it's like a little bitter.
I thought it was going to be...
Yeah, it's not bad at all.
- Did your life just change?
- I think I never drink soda in the morning.
- Well, Chinotto is pretty solid.
- Yeah, it's super Italian.
So, that kind of orange family, it's really Italy.
- I feel like for this one, we probably are going to,
probably have a draw, I feel like I don't know.
- This is one of my favorite drinks in the whole world.
I love it, period.
- It's not as bubbly,
but when you first drink it, it's like "Oh, this is soda",
and then it's like "Oh, this is changing".
And now it has like that citrusy sort of aftertaste.
Which is like, interesting.
- They're both the same to me.
I'm not going to put one above the other,
but I do see what you're saying.
This is like, there's a little more,
there's a little more of something going on here.
- I think I choose this.
- I, okay...
Out of the two, I would choose this one.
- This one, the aftertaste leaves you in the mouth,
it's the best part.
It's kind of dryness, the sweetness, it's so good.
I don't want anything less, I'm great.
Good job, Italy.
Good job, guys.
- I'm excited about both of these.
So this is what I was talking about.
Like, the first snacks was 100% your type of snacks,
savory, bread, this is me right here.
- In Italy, we call this Merendina.
It's like, little snack.
- These are like, under my bed, at 11:30pm,
and you're just watching Netflix,
and you're just eating them one by one.
One gulp, like literally just like...
- I never had one, but they are pretty famous.
- They're more famous than most people.
- Open it.
Have fun.
- All right, we're trying this out.
- It smells delicious.
- It smells amazing.
- It smells delicious, I got to be honest,
it smells really good.
- I'm excited for you.
(wrapper crinkling)
- Please be okay.
- A little bit sweet, but good.
- This is better than a cupcake to me,
because the frosting is inside,
so it's a better experience,
because you're biting into the bread,
and there is something to discover inside.
- For this one, it's like not very sweet,
it's not overwhelming at all.
- I think that these taste really similar.
It's definitely a little less filling in there.
- Less filling.
- But it tastes very similar.
I know a Twinkie.
- That was a good catch.
I would've been like...
(laughing)
What does that mean?
It was a Twinkie.
- I'm going to show you how you eat a Twinkie, right?
- I'm all ears.
(laughing)
Now that's a skill.
I don't know if I can do it.
I'm going to try it with the Italian.
- Take it down.
- I think the frosting is helping him
because he has more liquid.
I think I'm going to choke.
I'm going to try it, just for the sake of experimentation.
Just make it done, okay.
- Mmhmm, (mumbles).
- Mmhmm.
(collective mumbling)
- Out of the two, I would choose this one,
just because I can't, it's just very sweet.
- It's too sweet.
- Out of every snack (mumbles) that I've ever done,
this is probably the closest snack I've ever,
they taste about the same.
This is almost the same thing.
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(laughing)
- What?
That sounded devilish.
Why did you laugh like that?
- I don't know if I'm going to give it to you.
So this is Kinder Bueno.
- I keep one in my fridge,
because sometimes you need a hug,
and there's nobody around,
and you have a Kinder Bueno.
It's very crunchy outside,
and then kind of like amazing inside, gooey like and soft.
- Snickers is great,
I feel like out of chocolate, I like it the best
because it has like the caramel and the nuts,
and stuff like that,
so it has like a good blend.
- What I like about these already is
that they've got a thing
where you can just separate them off,
so if you just want to get one real quick, you can...
- Exactly.
- I like that.
- Mmm, mmm.
All right.
- It's good.
- It's very light.
- It's very good.
Lots of filling.
- Like um...
- Oh, it's good.
Forget it.
Oh it is, it's f(beep) hazelnut.
Dude, I'm not a hazelnut person,
but I'm still going to mess with this.
- This is so good.
This is so much lighter, this is great.
- There's so much going on.
It's a journey to clean your mouth,
because there's so much going on, sticking to your teeth,
it's not like, oh maybe that's nice.
So guys, I'm going to take five, when I have a Snicker,
don't talk to me.
- Right.
- This is great.
Really light, not really comparable to anything
that I can think of that we have in America.
'Cause like, it's not, it has that wafer or whatever,
like a Kit Kat, but it isn't a Kit Kat at all.
- I could see this being a thing.
I feel like, if I had to eat just one of them,
I would probably just eat one at a time.
- Yeah, you don't want to eat both.
Usually, it's one.
That's why they know.
Because one, it's really fulfilling (mumbling) right.
- I think I would pick this.
- Me too.
- I would pick this.
- This is I think, it's a real thought out snack.
Like, there's a guy being like
"Okay, we're going to start with the chocolate,
and then go crunchy, and then we're going
to have something gooey and sweet inside".
- Then his friend pops in like
"But wait, what if you had to take a break?
What if you only wanted to eat one?"
- In the individual wrapper, we'll put two,
so people can have another one.
Yes, perfect, yeah.
(laughing)
- So if I had to choose, I'm definitely going with Kinder.
- Sorry, guys.
- No knock, no knock to those Snickers people out there.
I love it.
- It's great.
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- I think it was great to be able to see different things.
Like the sweets were really cool.
And the drink that I had never tried before
that now I'm really pumped about.
Also I feel like it was a pretty delicate balance
of like learning more, but also seeing
a lot of similarities, which was cool.
- Overall, I'm going to say you guys
probably took it for the day.
I'm not going to lie,
I think you guys took it for the day.
- I can mean to be really open,
and to see what you guys got,
and I was very excited to be here.
You know, we appreciate you guys inviting Italy here.
We knew that we came in strong, from our background,
and I think we won,
but you guys participated.
And that's what's important.
(laughing)
- I'm looking forward your future in food,
and you guys going to do great.
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