WVDreamer

I thought i'd start a thread with the top five food I miss from the UK, after lamenting that it's been years since I have had a cornbeeth pasty from Greggs

1. Greggs pastys
2. Blackpudding
3. Sausage rolls
4. Ripples
5. Fish shop large sausage in batter

christmasoompa

After that list, I think it's just as well you don't live in the UK as you'd have had a coronary by now!

Bob

What the punars is a Ripple?


Agree about the battered sausage though...but we make our own cornish pasties and sausage rolls to make do, but do miss the convenience of being able to pick one up cheaply for lunch

WVDreamer

Like a flake but better.

I have tried making my own pastys but I just can't seem to replicate the greggs style ones, mine are more traditional cornish pastys.

nethead

OMG Bob, you've never had a Galaxy Ripple? They are amazing, it's a bit like a flake coated in chocolate.
http://www.chocablog.com/reviews/galaxy-ripple/

WVDreamer

I went from being 6ft 200lbs to 275lbs after a few years in the USA. Over the last year i've knocked that down to 205lbs atm lol.

All those all you can eat chinese buffet and way too many massive steak dinners really had an effect

MrEmjoy

I was 6'2 215 when I got here, now I'm trying to get back to there! Not sure what I am now but I've lost a few notches on my belt size since I stopped eating meat!

Not sure how I'm gonna cope when I get back to the UK and see good bacon!

Will have to think about my top 5 though

nethead

1. Clotted cream.
2. Bacon
3. Granary unsliced bread.
4. Galaxy chocolate (all of it, minstrels, ripples, bars).
5. Pastys/sausage rolls etc (although I do make then not the same as getting them from The Cornish Bakehouse).

WVDreamer

[QUOTE=nethead;9682666]1. Clotted cream.
4. Galaxy chocolate (all of it, minstrels, ripples, bars).

Minstrels, omg I forgot all about those.

Mummy in the foothills

1. Sausages
2. Curry
3. Cream
4. Biscuits
5. Fish from the chippy.

Englishman43

A hand drawn pint of Wadworths 6X bitter.

Bob

Yes, I remember those...been a while and totally forget about them.,..they are quite lovely

kimilseung

Now I've gone all Homer......(the way he dreams of doughnuts)

1 plaice and chips
2 fish and chips (whatever it was they pretended was cod)
3 curry and chips
4 chip shop sausage dinner
5 generic chip shop Chinese dish with half and half

I think I am missing the chippy

ChocolateBabz

1. Fish n Chips
2. Curry
3. Black Pudding
4. Sausages
5. Extra Thick Jersey Double Cream from M&S

I could go on and on....

nethead

Hmmm I want to add haddock and chips, with mushy peas to my list , I'll think I'll have to take out the chocolate