Bringing food over!
Dec 17th 2016, 10:44 pm
#32
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Re: Bringing food over!
Hey guys,
Been searching for answers online, I'm visiting my OH for Christmas on Sunday and I'm bringing a bunch of British treats for her family as gifts for Christmas.
There are some foods I know which I can bring, but there is a few I am unsure on!
Here are the ones I am unsure of:
Mushy peas (tinned, obviously)
Meat flavoured crisps (I know the USA are funny on meat, but meat flavoured?)
Custard Powder
Branston Pickle
Can anyone tell me are these things okay to bring over? I'm only asking as I know they're funny about vegetable/meat stuff, so want to check if canned veggies and meat flavoured stuff are okay? And I'm unsure how they are on powdered foods?
I'll be putting some things in my carry on, chocolates and biscuits mainly, hopefully they make it through the flight untouched
Been searching for answers online, I'm visiting my OH for Christmas on Sunday and I'm bringing a bunch of British treats for her family as gifts for Christmas.
There are some foods I know which I can bring, but there is a few I am unsure on!
Here are the ones I am unsure of:
Mushy peas (tinned, obviously)
Meat flavoured crisps (I know the USA are funny on meat, but meat flavoured?)
Custard Powder
Branston Pickle
Can anyone tell me are these things okay to bring over? I'm only asking as I know they're funny about vegetable/meat stuff, so want to check if canned veggies and meat flavoured stuff are okay? And I'm unsure how they are on powdered foods?
I'll be putting some things in my carry on, chocolates and biscuits mainly, hopefully they make it through the flight untouched
American crisps taste much better. Cape Cod, Ruffles, yum.
Buy something they will enjoy. Rose's chocolates, Quality Street, Cadbury bars. Everything else you can buy here. The only thing I smuggle back is Oxo. You can buy Lindt chocolate here, which is delicious.
Dec 17th 2016, 11:23 pm
#33
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Re: Bringing food over!
I would forget all of that stuff, most Americans won't go for mushy peas, Branston, or custard powder. Believe me I know.
American crisps taste much better. Cape Cod, Ruffles, yum.
Buy something they will enjoy. Rose's chocolates, Quality Street, Cadbury bars. Everything else you can buy here. The only thing I smuggle back is Oxo. You can buy Lindt chocolate here, which is delicious.
American crisps taste much better. Cape Cod, Ruffles, yum.
Buy something they will enjoy. Rose's chocolates, Quality Street, Cadbury bars. Everything else you can buy here. The only thing I smuggle back is Oxo. You can buy Lindt chocolate here, which is delicious.
It's about trying something different, to my girlfriends family the idea of steak or chicken crisps is odd and something they have voiced wanting to try.
Of course I have a bunch of Cadburys too
I also know what Americans would like but that's only based on the Americans I know. I'm not gonna generalise all Americans tastes on the few Americans I do know
Dec 18th 2016, 11:35 am
#34
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Re: Bringing food over!
Well it's lucky my OH knows her family very well, and after trying stuff here in England she's able to tell me what to bring that she knows her family will like that they don't have there or is hard to get there for their area.
It's about trying something different, to my girlfriends family the idea of steak or chicken crisps is odd and something they have voiced wanting to try.
Of course I have a bunch of Cadburys too
I also know what Americans would like but that's only based on the Americans I know. I'm not gonna generalise all Americans tastes on the few Americans I do know
It's about trying something different, to my girlfriends family the idea of steak or chicken crisps is odd and something they have voiced wanting to try.
Of course I have a bunch of Cadburys too
I also know what Americans would like but that's only based on the Americans I know. I'm not gonna generalise all Americans tastes on the few Americans I do know
Dec 18th 2016, 1:07 pm
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Re: Bringing food over!
Bisto is vastly improved for almost no extra effort by replacing some of the water with red wine. Add not quite enough boiling water so it mixes very thick, then slacken it off with a slug of wine to the right consistency.
Dec 18th 2016, 1:14 pm
#37
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Re: Bringing food over!
They've started selling them in some of our local stores! Now I can introduce my US family to Cracker jokes, toys and of course the snazzy fashion that is a paper crown.
So *thats* why the air marshal rushed me. Makes sense now
Dec 19th 2016, 9:42 pm
#39
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Re: Bringing food over!
The missus, has a client that was named after a certain beloved leader of the Middle East who was swung on a rope. The chap was a air marshal and he mentioned he had a hell of a time bringing a gun to work during the war 
Dec 19th 2016, 11:29 pm
#40
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Re: Bringing food over!
We always have had gravy here in my house and my mother's house. Dad was a meat and gravy man. We have gravy on potatoes (mashed), beef, chicken, turkey. Love to clean the plate with a dinner roll dragged through the remains on the plate. Yum. At least that is my corner of the world.
Last edited by Rete; Dec 19th 2016 at 11:31 pm.
Dec 20th 2016, 1:43 am
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Re: Bringing food over!
KFC always put it on their mashed potatoes.
