UK Food that Foreigners and Expats ask for.
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psi310398 said:
I have Italian neighbours who beg me to bring out big cartons of PG Tips.
For me there is a reverse one: anybody going to Oz is implored to return with catering packs of Violet Crumbles.
Violet Crumbles - mmmmm.For me there is a reverse one: anybody going to Oz is implored to return with catering packs of Violet Crumbles.
Whenever my brother is in Aus he goes mad for our local Chinese street food.
tey chocolate, crisps and baked beans. Makes me proud to be British.Ayahuasca said:
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Robbo 27 said:
Just had some Americans to stay and they really wanted a traditional Sunday roast dinner with Yorkshire Pudding and roast beef.
Yorkshire puddings are called popovers in the US. You often find them in steak houses. 
I have seen them in others though. The name is still something Americans may be familiar with.
When I visit the US - my college's there always request Cadburys - anything Cadburys
I spend a lot of time in Europe - usually 3-4 months at a time & we always take bacon & sausages with us & freeze them when we arrive. We also take beans, curry sauces, naan bread & popadoms as they are not usually available in France or Spain - curry being the national dish of England these days......
I spend a lot of time in Europe - usually 3-4 months at a time & we always take bacon & sausages with us & freeze them when we arrive. We also take beans, curry sauces, naan bread & popadoms as they are not usually available in France or Spain - curry being the national dish of England these days......
Standard collect of things I used to take back to Georgia.
I'm not convinced by some of the suggestions, anywhere in the EU and you can get anything apart from fresh meat delivered! As suggested most places have an British shop anyway!
I was once requested to bring a few bottles of gin to a friend in France, as she couldn't get the types she wanted. I stopped at a supermarket on the way and only bloody found everything she wanted at a cheaper price, she'd never bothered looking that hard clearly!
I spent an entire day with several locals guiding me to find halloumi once. Found two packs, but it was there if you tried and were willing to pay!
Richmond "f*cking" sausages... of all the crap to crave my old man ships them frozen wrapped up in towels in his hand luggage to Mallorca.
I took him to a Spanish butcher and tried to explain what he wanted. Lots of laughter and we ended up with a dozen "baby sausages" which he made for toddlers without spice.
I think my Dad was too embarrassed to go back.
I took him to a Spanish butcher and tried to explain what he wanted. Lots of laughter and we ended up with a dozen "baby sausages" which he made for toddlers without spice.
I think my Dad was too embarrassed to go back.
Heinz baked beans (which are a ridiculous $3.50 can here), Heinz vegetable soup, weetabix, shredded wheat, dairy milk & creme eggs (versions here are made by Hershey and taste absolutely disgusting), cheese, strepsils, McVitie's rich tea & chocolate digestives, mini cheddars, custard, harvey nichols xmas pudding, Warburtons toastie bread, crumpets, and also, and probably weirdly, samphire - which I have only ever found in one place in the US even under its alternative names, so I tend to clean out waitrose and/or the fishmonger, vacuum pack it and bring it back.
The occasional sausage roll or ten may inadvertently get vacuum packed and find its way into my bag every time I am back in the Uk....and if I could bring loads and loads of proper gold top milk back too I would as the stuff here is awful in comparison.
The occasional sausage roll or ten may inadvertently get vacuum packed and find its way into my bag every time I am back in the Uk....and if I could bring loads and loads of proper gold top milk back too I would as the stuff here is awful in comparison.
Edited by GCH on Saturday 14th December 16:37
cml24 said:
SNIP
I was once requested to bring a few bottles of gin to a friend in France, as she couldn't get the types she wanted. I stopped at a supermarket on the way and only bloody found everything she wanted at a cheaper price, she'd never bothered looking that hard clearly!
SNIP
Ah yes, but she might have been motivated by the fact that spirits in some EU countries are diluted piss in comparison to UK-derived versions, with the strength driven by where the duty bands start (or at least that used to be the case).I was once requested to bring a few bottles of gin to a friend in France, as she couldn't get the types she wanted. I stopped at a supermarket on the way and only bloody found everything she wanted at a cheaper price, she'd never bothered looking that hard clearly!
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Yorkshire tea for an American colleague. Marmite for another... though the expat shops tend to carry them. One keeps asking for Haggis but its banned.
As a note, Hersheys is vile; it has a particular taste due to the treatment of the milk, IIRC. It is historical in that milk had to travel greater distances before being processed, so it had a higher temperature pasteurization leading to that "nasty" taste that a European palate isn't used to. I may be wrong. I think I was told this at a very geeky dinner party.
As a note, Hersheys is vile; it has a particular taste due to the treatment of the milk, IIRC. It is historical in that milk had to travel greater distances before being processed, so it had a higher temperature pasteurization leading to that "nasty" taste that a European palate isn't used to. I may be wrong. I think I was told this at a very geeky dinner party.
psi310398 said:
Ah yes, but she might have been motivated by the fact that spirits in some EU countries are diluted piss in comparison to UK-derived versions, with the strength driven by where the duty bands start (or at least that used to be the case).
Usually driven by tax as you say, but often the other way round. The UK gin and spirits available to me on the Continent are 47 proof, not the 39 you get at home.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff