Putting a food hamper of British food for an American

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I am going to send a good friend of mine a hamper of British food for Xmas. He is in Vegas for Xmas and I would like ideas of food to put in it that he won't be able to buy in the states or that is better over here or typically British

How posh do you want to be?

Marmite
Baked Beans
Nice chocolate

Marmalade
Loose leaf tea
Shortbread
Decent chocolate!

I know they don’t really have blackcurrants over there so black currant things like Ribena. Also fruit pastilles.

My mate recently asked for porridge 😆 apparently ours is better...

Isnt that going to cost loads in postage?

Branston pickle
Yorkshire teabags
Scottish shortbread

In my experience, yes! But hey, sometimes it's worth it to make someone smile.

Also, is your friends English or American? I think it makes a difference if your sending things they will love d be familiar with or things to try

Quote fail. Above was in response to the question about postage.

....but anyway, here are my suggestions:

Shortbread biscuits
Walkers sensations
Tea

Pickled gherkins, fudge, jammie dodgers, variety of crisps e.g. walkers cheese and onion, skips, monster munch

Sweets! Black currant flavour stuff
Flying saucers, Percy pigs, all the traditional British ones
Monster munch, skips

Tunnocks Teacakes
Walkers Shortbread

Mince pies!

Prawn cocktail crisps

My American colleagues used to fill their suitcases with digestive biscuits on return to the states. They loved them. Sausage rolls are another random thing they don't have.

Is he American or a Brit? Either way - don’t pack gentleman’s relish...🤢

Decent tea
Marmalade
Digestive biscuits
Cadbury chocolate
Victoria sponge
Fruit cake
Crumpets
Proper jam with lumps of fruit
Baked beans
Robinson’s Barley water
Ribena
Cream crackers/water biscuits
Stilton cheese
Shortbread/petticoat tails
After Eights
Bakewell tart
Fish fingers
HP sauce

What I usually get asked for:

Jam - proper lumpy jam
Biscuits - digestive, shortbread
Mars bars (apparently they are very different here)
Malteasers
Teabags
Shiphams paste
Sweets - any type really
Brandon pickle
HP sauce

Does they prefer sweet or savoury food? I am not a big fan of sweet food so would prefer a savoury package where as most of my friends would prefer sweet. Also have they any dietary requirements vegan etc?

American don't have salt and vinegar crisps, novelists, marmite, Lea and perrins, Colman's mustard, gentleman's relish, decent beer ( though difficult to post). They don't eat soft boiled eggs from egg cups so your friend might appreciate this as an opportunity to immerse in British culture( you'll need to explain about egg and soldiers):

Well that was weird. They do have novelists, but not bovril!
Horseradish also a good shout.

oh my gosh send chocolate and lots of it! American chocolate is horrific.

Novelists