Food the Brits have that America doesn't

You must be in love then. lol

 

I was looking through and in a very early post I saw Candy mention Heinz Baked Beans. I had to laugh, because Heinz is a Pittsburgh company (where I'm from) and those baked beans are a staple here. One of my favorite authors is (was) British, Terry Pratchett (GNU). He speaks of treacle. Luckily, on of the people who work with my wife is British, so after years of not actually knowing what it was, I got to ask her lol.

We have an British Pub in town called Piper's Pub who makes amazing Scotch Eggs and Shepards Pie

 

I have never been to America, so how about the following: Lardy Cake, Malt Loaf, Jaffa Cakes.

 

Wow I believed Heinz was originally a German company?
Wow

 

Named my favourites Bilby.

 

Now that Autumn is here, the supermarkets are once again putting jars of mincemeat on their shelves. I have a (Mary Berry) recipe for a mincemeat fruit loaf (a cake) which I can cook and add one tiny ingredient to - a little tot of Brandy !!!

 

I make my own Vlad.

 

Mincemeat or fruit loaf ??? Candy darlin'

 

Fruit loaf. A recipe passed on through generations.

 

Ahhh - I have the Mary Berry version, but I do adapt the recipe a little by varying the ingredients a little - she used currants in her recipe, I swop that for dried mixed fruit and, as I've already indicated, I add a small tot of Brandy to the mixture.

 

Brandy is a must.

 

Absolutely Candy darlin', absolutely !!!

 

huh. it must be a regional thing, here at the best coast i've only been to one store that regularly carried them and it's in Westport washington, where there are at least two major state parks and one privately run campground in the vicinity, so lots of camping and surfer traffic. actually I do think Fred Meyers sometimes carry them in their foreign foods aisle (probably because of their association with postwar British cuisine?) but not very often, and they're fucking expensive when they do ($5 for a little 16-ounce can?!??!!).

everybody though stocks plenty of B&M beans and brown bread which I hear are also big in the UK. mom was on a Finegold kick when i was a kid (the Atkin's diet of the 80s) so the beans were in the house all the time, and now I can't stand the sight of either.

 

Nope, ours are Heinz still. Although I think the same thing.

 

really? you don't have B&M there?

 

This???

 

nah, Burnham and Morrell, I guess it comes out of boston or somewhere back east:



https://www.amazon.com/Baked-Beans-Original-28-Ounce/dp/B07JBRC2YT
https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Bread-Original-Flavor-Ounce/dp/B0025UCI94

the beans also apparently come in big glass jars but i've never seen those around here, just the cans. that must be another local thing in the east coast that we don't have here.

didn't know there was a store though! :O

 

I had no idea

 

beans ,beans ,good for your heart ,the more you eat ,,the more you """"""""T

 

i remember B&M being fairly sweet though not nearly as much as Bush's (well, the american food industry has decided we all have a sweet tooth and must be force-fed high fructose corn syrup). the last time i had Heinz beanz they were the UK import and they weren't as sweet as the american formula, i thought the british formula tasted way better honestly.