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

you might fight dirty love, but you still eat shite beans

Hahaha!

Mosschops, you've made my day with that quote!

I'd vote for Marmite and Bounty

dont bother with galaxy chocolate - yuk, dairy milk rules!

I don't know galaxy is fine in small quantities- it's very rich.

I just had a choc dip - now there is British chocolate at it's best

was it thye milk choc dip or the white choc? I love the toffee one as well!

Milk choc

Banana, come back and tell us how you got on with everything else! Did you try the Marmite?

Sorry I've been away so long, this thread blasted off in my absence! I'm on break at the moment (love my iPhone, I can mn anywhere) so only a quick one for me.

I work at the local store that is selling this stuff, I do all the pricing(don't set prices, only change and fix). I didn't much like the galaxy, but today we got.....Geean & Blacks!!! YUM!

Hershey's is nasty because it has paraffin wax added for stability and a boatload of sugar.

Next up to try is the Marmite, but I have to wait until Friday when I am paid.

Honestly, I think there are no blackcurrant in this country. Certainly nothing is flavored with it. As others have said, everything purple is grape.

This morning before starting work I went arou d the store taking pictures [sad aren't I] of a few us foods I like but mostly pics of truly vile American foods that are very normal and popular. I'll post them when I get home

and velveeta is artificially flavored bright orange squidgy plastic masquerading as cheese!

Is she in bed now?

Can you get horlicks in the states, do you think?

The idea of an afternoon tea is excellent. You'll need crumpets though. Are they called English Muffins there, or are muffins called English muffins?

DH worked as a chef in the states, and said you just couldn't get good cheese anywhere. They have cheese in a can forchristsakes!

The ploughmans could be served with ham instead of cheese, if that's your bag. Can you get "good ham"?

parafin!!

yeah, what is the problem with cheese over there? Surely they have lots of dairy farms in Vermont - does no-one turn that milk into actual proper cheese?

Am giggling at Banana being confused by the taste of Galaxy. Green & Blacks must be very heaven after Hershey's!

Green and Blacks is my idea of heaven.

they need ti import meat and potato pies.

you also should try chips ( or fries thick real potato ones) with gravy.

i thank you

"I find anything blackcurrant to be an acquired taste and it took me ages to get used to it and not expect purple candy to taste like grapes."
YES!! I know Bythesea!! Its so disappointing to have NOTHING grape here!!

And whoever loved Clamato ....you can sometimes get it in Waitrose ...mmmmmm!!!

Custardo - pop some grated cheese on those fries and gravy and you have gastronomic heaven!!

purple duck, keep the gravy and just the cheese is even better- much easier to eat with your fingers.

OMG - I can't believe no one has recommended Heinz Fruity sauce - there is nothing like it to go with sausage, bacon, egg and toast.

Infact had a crisis here over the weekend because we'd run out! GO BUY!!!!

Saw earlier someone said "you do know what hp means, don't you?" about the brown sauce. Educate me?

Honestly don't know what would happen if we started selling something called faggots. Mass hysteria and boycotting, most likely.

Is Heinz fruity sauce the hp thing? We have fruity as well as brown of the hp stuff.

ID, I'll have almost anthing with cheese.

mmmm cheesy chips with coarse pepper
[slurp]

Seriously though - try it with gravy

I like those big thick fries with chili and cheddar. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

I don't like gravy with chips anyway, so I'll pass thanks PD!

Lol @ faggots boycott.

"Since when was brown a flavour?"

PMSL , quote of the week to NQC I think.

So is American chocolate on a par with Australian chocolate then?

Butterscotch Green & Blacks

So we are all go for Marmite Friday then BP?

Cant believe they don't eat marmite in America. I'm shocked at that