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

I disagree mosschops, Branston beans are so much nicer than Heinz!

Op, have you bought any marmite yet

5inthebed YOURE WRONG!!!!!!

Root beer is vile. It's like drinking liquid Germolene.

I thought root beer tasted like Irish toothpaste. I don't see why anyone would ever want to drink it. As for Hersheys? Drywall dust plus 'brown'. I knew something was seriously wrong with the US when I discovered there was no such thing as blackcurrant anything there; my next clue was Ronald Reagan was president.

Root beer is vile but Mountain Dew is yummy

And if you're gonna have custard, make it Ambrosia!!

Mosschops, I find Sainsbury's own-brand baked beans most acceptable. Heinz can go a bit mushy.

Mountain Dew over Rootbeer! Hell you say, Goldensnitch!

How does Irish toothpaste differ from British toothpaste?

Speaking of Ireland, when I first moved here from the UK in the mid nineties, there were so many things I couldn't get here! No walkers crisps for a start! Then Tesco arrived in 98 and lots of things started appearing, but its only in the last 6 months that I can find crumpets and Vimto! Bread products is the hardest for sure, Ireland is not big on toasted teacakes, there are no pikelets or chelsea buns, and no Greggs style pasties and sausage rolls either! And no cherry coke or Dr Pepper. And the butter tastes funny too....

Mmmmm, Ambrosia (full fat, none of this 'light' malarky)
I have a can in the larder...

Cuillered: I think they put that in British chocolate as well, based on the fact that Swiss chocolate melts very quickly when out of the fridge, but you can leave a galaxy or whatever out for ages and it doesn't melt.

Would prefer Lindt Lindor bars to Galaxy.

Second the loathing for Hershey's - tastes like cooking chocolate. Reese Nutrageous possible the most gorgeous confection known to man - chocolate and salty peanuts, yum. Am so horrified pleased that these are now sold in Tesco.

It has to be Swiss choc or Belgian choc. I absolutely adore Godiva. And Dolfin Earl Grey chocolate. Yummy.

I don't like Cadbury's as much now, my tastes have been corrupted by the Swiss choc. Have never tried American choc, but we got some American candy last year at Halloween. Even the DC would not touch it.

I was confused for the longest time by the phrase "pudding"...here it means only what I guess you'd call custard.

Luckily, the shop in the city center sells both normal Mountain Dew and Code Red, ooh and Tab Clear too.

It's £1.20 a can but it's good for a treat

Well hang on just a little minute there Cheerful Yank...where exactly are you??

Broadly, in the UK,custard is custard,pudding is dessert

So where the blue blazes does pudding=custard?

Are you in the 13th dimension with Stephen Hawking?

Vanille Pudding = Custard in Germany

and Schokopudding is a kind of chocolate custard.

I always though American "pudding" was more of a mousse/blancmange type thing?

Custard is not pudding. It is an accompanyment to a Pudding

OK you're just messing with my head now.

But yes that does ring some bells

CALLING all american chocolate lovers

hotel chocolat now has a "hub" (!) in Boston so you can send stuff to american mates

mosschops there is only one way to settle this

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTT

I'll take you and Lyra on together with your cheap imitation beans

i'm in the uk but am american. there, pudding=custardy mousse type dessert that could be vanilla, choc or other flavours.

hershey's is disgusting but i never noticed the sour milk taste that so many talk about because i grew up on it. the taste has much to do with the milk from where it comes.

lyra, i really like sainsbury's baked beans.

I fight dirty, Mosschops

Hotwl Chocolat chocolate is overpriced, over-sweetened rubbish if you ask me.

There are far nicer chocolatiers out there.

l'artisan du chocolat... salted caramels mmmm