Which of these British foods should this American try first?

[BananaPudding]

My little Texan village grocery has expanded and is trying to be very posh all of a sudden (which is a change from the standard Velveeta and Hamburger Helper choices) and has put in a British section of food! Imagine my shock to find some of the things you talk about in my own store here. It's quite pricy as it's all imported, so I want to try just one or two things at a time. Here's what they have to offer:

HP Brown Sauce and Fruity Sauce
Branston Pickle
Marmite
Heinz Baked Beans (apparently different than ours?)
Blackcurrant jam
Galaxy bars
Bounty bars
Bird's Custard
Bisto granules
Robinsons barley water

Think there are more but can't remember. Of these, what should I try?

Oh, almost forgot the Heinz Spotted Dick. It's creating hilarity/shock throught the town

[Momino]

ah yes, forgot about Pepperidge goldfish, my dd's love them.
lyra, really? root beer at Asda? I'm going to have to see if ours has it. i love root beer.

[OrmIrian]

Marmite.
Baked beans
Blackcurrant jam
Galaxy
Bird's custard.

[NoahFence]

iced tea is vile isnt it

[Madsometimes]

Lucozade just reminds me of when I was sick as a child. My mum used to always buy me a bottle of it to aid with convalescence. It has never occurred to me to buy lucozade for a sick child, but I have bought Minadex (which they first loved and then hated).

[Madsometimes]

Galaxy is lovely, but surely Cadbury's Dairy Milk is better.

[Katisha]

Iced tea IS vile, but iced coffee is divine, unless made with too many ice cubes which dilute it too much.

[NoahFence]

i am a cofffe and chocolate snob and wont drink instant of cadburys crap

[Katisha]

Quite right.

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Yes you can get root bear in Asda. DD always asks for it, purely because it is American. Also Oreo cookies and Reese's peanut thingies.

My brother bought a big bucket of pink stuff called Fluff when he came over from America once. Gawd knows what is in it. DD loved it anyway.

Do they still do Lucky Charms in America? They used to do those in the UK - it was a cereal which was basically sweets. Think it was banned because used to make kids hyper (I loved it).

[NoahFence]

you can get fluff in teh UK

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Can you? Never seen it (thankfully neither has DD).

[LyraSilvertongue]

Yes, I have some in my fridge as I type.
Asda's owned by Walmart and they have all kinds of American foodstuffs.

[LadyoftheBathtub]

Just to go back to op... if I was in the US, as a Brit, and came across this cache I think I would be most excited about the branston pickle. Make cheese on toast and blob it on top. Or, baked potatoes with butter and cheese, and big spoonful branston in the middle.

American chocolate is vile, vile, vile. hershey's tastes like dust off a garage floor.

[nappyaddict]

What you really want to try are a Cadbury's Boost, Wispa Gold and Double Decker.

[mosschops30]

You really cant have any other baked beans than Heinz ...in fact it should be illegal to sell them, its the one thing I would never compromise on, would rather not have beans at all!!

After that go for the branston pickle, with some strong cheddar in a sandwich

This thread is making me think that beans and cheese on toast for dinner is a good choice

[Carameli]

shocked at the cost of £7 for marmite
branston yummy and galaxy just perfect with a cup of tea.

[littlerach]

You can buy Fluff in waitrose.

My ILs have just moved back here after 17 yrs in US and are so excited about Branston pickle, Heinz tomato soup and Hellmann's.
Not to mention the chocolate.

[LyraSilvertongue]

Is American chocolate really that bad?

[LadyoftheBathtub]

Oh lyra you have to try it!

Actually reese's pieces are edible. But hersheys - what they must put in it I cannot imagine. It does not taste like cocoa, fat or sugar. It's weird and awful.

[LyraSilvertongue]

I'm sure they sell Hersheys in Asda or Sainsbury's. I'm scared to try it now

[LifeOfKate]

Mmm, after this thread, I am definitely having beans on toast with grated cheese on top
I've never had american chocolate, but I have to say I prefer cadbury's to galaxy... I find galaxy a bit sweet and milky...

[LyraSilvertongue]

I find Galaxy too sweet too. Cadbury's Dairy Milk for me.
I'm off to make cheese-topped beans on toast for the DC...

[CuilleredArgent]

someone told me once that they put something in american (and possibly aussie) chocolate to stop it melting int he shop (not really a prob here in uk). if you're used to tasting the chemical then you don't notice it, but if you aren't (like us brits) then it's hard to get used to.

oxfam divine chocolate is one of the best imo - much less cloying than cadbury's and galaxy

mmmmm marmite

boak at bisto

feel very very sorry for americans missing out on blackcurrants!