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There have been posts by people saying what British food they miss and I was just wondering are there any American foods that you can't get in the UK that you would miss if you went back to live in Britain?

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I've thought and thought and thought about this...

Simply put, no.

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:rofl:

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decent mexican.

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The only way I could know that, would be to live there for a while.

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Mexican. Only real native American food there is.


On a whole American food is crap, crap, crap, with a handful of exceptions.

But most of the exceptions are derived from other countries foods.

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I wanted to add to Manc's list. But I don't think I can...

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Ribs in BBQ sauce that fall off the bone.

Thats it.

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List some good foods that don't have high fructose corn syrup in and I'll maybe think about putting that on the list as well.

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:D Come now, surely not....this is the land of "flavorful" food!

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When I'm back in the UK the only food I miss is Key Lime Pie flavoured yogurts.

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Definitely!

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You're all liars who smuggle Pop Tarts in your suitcases when you go back home for visits because you couldn't stand a morning without them.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

My older daughter's then boyfriend came over for a visit with us, he came back with Kudo bars and fed them to his family and then they were begging for them forever....:D I personally think they're horrible things. <insert JG's vomit smiley> :D

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Wild Maine blueberries

Cold water Maine shrimp

Maine Lobster

Fresh, proper maple syrup

Annies MacCheese probably, well it's a quick easy snack and the baby loves it

Nasty, but I love bloomin' onions every now and again and I'd probably miss that

The home fries from the local diner are awesome

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I've had those. Diet bars covered in chocolate, right? Good stuff.:D

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Liquid cheese!

or maybe tostones, good fried chicken, hot wings, 1lb burgers with buttered buns (!) :D

That's just the start.

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Add to that, fresh corn.
Auntie Anne's pretzels.
Maggie Moo ice-cream.

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http://www.kudosbar.com/kudos/kudos_var.htm#

Right up there with this as well.....http://www.quakeroats.com/products/o...late-chip.aspx

They always look better then they taste.....:D

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Aye, the local farm that sells the corn in the market is awesome, tad pricey but it's awesome.

Giffords ice cream, the Maine staple, it's lovely.

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"Now made without high fructose corn syrup"


Why the fck do they always have to go and ruin everything? First, all the candy bars get smaller, then Cracker Jacks changes to shitty prizes and only has 1.15 peanuts in each box and now this.:frown: And I love how they market it as a good thing...:rolleyes:

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The nectar of the gods, of course. :devil_smile:

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Agreed.

In fact...I will miss decent food. Food back home is balls

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They were selling them in most of the sweet shops the last time I paid a visit back home. :thumbup:

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Mexican food in general
Chipotles and chipotle-flavoured stuff
Red Robin 5-Alarm veggieburger
Deep-fried pickles
Plentiful, cheap blueberries
Plentiful, cheap blueberry-flavoured stuff
Eggplant grinders
Gorgeously thin New York style plain cheese pizzas
New York cheesecake too
Breakfasts at diners (especially fried eggs, something that we Brits tend to murder back home)
If it counts as food (and it does) - beer from many of the brilliant microbreweries

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Its a horrible habit.....:o:D

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How dare they!!:curse:

:D

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Italian Beef
Breakfast at a decent Pancake House
Italian sausage
Decent BBQ - ribs, brats, brisket etc

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Decent mexican food - Good takeaway burritos especially
Almost any fruit and veg from our local farmers market (Cabrillo College in Aptos) - particularly :
bunches of cheap and tasty basil (to make pesto sauce)
heirloom tomatoes
different asian salads and beans
persimmons
beautiful apples and oranges
pasilla peppers
Reasonably cheap source of fresh salmon and tuna - cheap enough to buy a whole fish to smoke it

I can grow most of these (except persimmons) but never seem to have the same taste. I cant get pasilla peppers back here in the UK and they were the only ones that gave me the flavour needed to make a vegetarian version of chorizo (using tofu - dont scoff my tofu chorizo enchiladas were always the first to go at the local street party)

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You need to move to The South. The food here is fantastic.

Shrimp, crawfish, catfish, po-boys, biscuits, rice and gravy, red beans and rice, fried chicken, gumbo, boudin, jambalaya. It's all good.

The food in this part of Louisiana is WAY better than most of the food I ever ate in England. And it's pretty cheap too. :thumbsup:

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Just moved back here to the UK from the US, and noticed some things have drifted over here. At Bluewater there is a pretzel stand, and two shops that sell Reese's pb cups, Lucky Charms, Froot Loops etc and lots of other US candy. Found chipotle sausages at Borough Market in London. Was surprised at how low priced groceries are... blueberries 99p for a punnet. Saw fresh corn today at a market, 3 for a pound. Nice looking, too. Krispy Kreme have hit the UK, but a donut is the equivalent of $2! Noticed they have Italian Wedding soup at the supermarket. Funny.

My son said he misses the 'huge burgers'. lol. But he is re-appreciating a good kebab with chili sauce.

Me? Fries with cheese sauce, probably. And just generally food from a good, family run diner. Have lost a load of weight since being back, though. Because the fresh produce is better, and a ton cheaper.

Don't get me wrong - I really do miss the US. A lot. But some things aren't as bad as I thought they would be.

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lovely...but way to much hassle for so little meat I always thought but I guess you get a knack for it when you eat them all the time :)

I'm not into all that much shell fish, but where we used to live in Maine, there was a place that did really good and cheap oysters, clams and muscles - the mother in law misses that about not visiting us there anymore :D

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hehehe that's mussels Bob. I do like muscles though ;-)

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You can get Auntie Anne's in England :lol:

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Can you, bloody hell when did that happen?

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There was one in Solihull just before we left :)

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Notwithstanding helwardman's kind offer [which sorry to say doesn't sound that appealing, i'm not a seafood lover] I have to re-affirm my previous statement

After reading all of the offerings on the previous pages the answer is still a resounding no.

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would explain why they're a bit stringy down here :D

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mmmm chocolate-covered pretzels
junior mints
maple syrup
maple sausages
(that's what happens when you move to vermont: everything turns into maple and cheddar)
ground turkey
breakfast sandwiches
Good chicken salad
Philly cheese steaks (though I haven't had one since February)

If I moved back to Argentina, rather than food, I'd miss the freedom I feel when eating in the US. Argentinians are so obsessed with being super thin (the average Argentine woman weighs 110lbs) that it feels like you have to apologize every time you put food in your mouth, unless it is a lettuce and tomato salad.

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OMG those people know how to cook there, :eek:
Ill take everything you mentioned except catfish-sewer trout, :D