Well I mention in my tour and in my guidebook that I offer these are free extras.
However you are right, I will remove most of them from my listing.
Dont worry about americans since they donāt tend to travel outside their own country anyway. Cater to their likes but they wonāt leave past their own airport if they donāt have a flight scheduled.
I am American and I actually think jokes about us are funny as everyone should celebrate differences.
In the UK weāre more grateful for being offered a glass of wine or a beer I thinkā¦at least amongst my friends and family 
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Having said I donāt have Americans I did have some college kids visit recently. Both 23 and had never travelled outside of the US before. Never been on a train. Never been on a bus. Never been on a boat.
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After reading more of the comments, I realize I left a big part of my circumstances out. I rent an entire house and the stays are 5 days or more (but can be as little as 3). My last guest were 4 couples.
I think I will do what someone had suggested and leave them smaller quantities of ānonessentialsā to get them started.
Thank you all for your imput and ideas.
I agree with @anomaly14 and provide what I hope to find when we travel. If you are only staying 3 or 4 days and want to do any cooking/eating in itās a pain to have to buy foil and plastic wrap (and then of course leave it behind!) and I always provide these as well as Tupperware-type containers and kitchen paper. My big beef when I stay at Airbnbs is that no-one seems to provide paper napkins (serviettes). Donāt people use them anymore?
Similarly we provide tea (of course!), coffee, sugar, fresh milk (hate ācreamerā and the little UHT milk sachets you get in hotels), sea salt and black pepper in grinders (no spices, do people use them on holiday?), balsamic vinegar, pasta and rice and a couple of cans of tomatoes. We supply olive oil at the beginning of the season and then never have to buy any more as guests seem to think itās The Law in Spain that you must buy OO when you are here. Oh, and a bottle of wine in the fridge.
I donāt particularly mention these things when I am a guest, but their provision adds to the overall feeling of how well cared-for I feel. One of our Cape Town hosts left a fresh baguette, a piece of brie, butter, grapes and a bottle of wine for when we arrived - I was so pleased not to have to go out immediately to buy lunch that I knew at the beginning that Iād give her 5 stars!
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