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Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in food have become increasingly cosmopolitan as far as Europe is concerned. My local supermarket routinely sells croissants and pain de compagne from France, excellent potato bread from Ireland (just like the real thing), Sauerkraut from Germany, as well as those delicious cinnamon biscuits - I've forgotten the name - from southern Germany and Austria. We get chorizo from Spain. From Holland, we can buy their special fruit bread, full of raisins and glacé cherries. And Swedish rye bread, Belgian chocolate, French cheeses. The above list is only a fraction of the foreign items I could have listed, had I been prepared to do some systematic research.
I have two questions that I would like to ask European contributors:-
1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country? I am already aware that "le Christmas Pudding" is popular in France at that time of year. But do you get Hot Cross Buns at Easter? Can you buy a ready-made Yorkshire Pudding mix (just add water) for Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding? Can you get Haggis? Scotch Broth? Eccles cakes? Scones? Clotted cream from Cornwall? What else British do you find? (I am not interested in drinks, such as Whiskey, in the present context).
2. Can you recommend a national speciality from your own country, which you think that I may have missed, but which you think that I should seek out in my local supermarket? Please give a full desciption of your delicacy, and say why you are recommending it. I shall report back to you, to tell you whether I was able to find it here in Leeds, and (if I decide to buy some) to tell you what I think of it.
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
I have two questions that I would like to ask European contributors:-
1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country? I am already aware that "le Christmas Pudding" is popular in France at that time of year. But do you get Hot Cross Buns at Easter? Can you buy a ready-made Yorkshire Pudding mix (just add water) for Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding? Can you get Haggis? Scotch Broth? Eccles cakes? Scones? Clotted cream from Cornwall? What else British do you find? (I am not interested in drinks, such as Whiskey, in the present context).
2. Can you recommend a national speciality from your own country, which you think that I may have missed, but which you think that I should seek out in my local supermarket? Please give a full desciption of your delicacy, and say why you are recommending it. I shall report back to you, to tell you whether I was able to find it here in Leeds, and (if I decide to buy some) to tell you what I think of it.
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
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[nq:1]Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in food have become increasingly cosmopolitan as far as Europe is concerned. My local supermarket routinely sells croissants and pain de compagne from France,[/nq] Until relatively recently, I confess that I was only dimly aware of there being two varieties of olives, green and black. Thanks to my more sophisticated daughter, I've discovered Waitrose's olive bar, which has a fantastic variety of all hues and sizes.
- [nq:1]Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in food have become increasingly cosmopolitan as far as Europe is concerned.
- My local supermarket routinely sells croissants and pain de compagne from France,[/nq] Until relatively recently, I confess that I was only dimly aware of there being two varieties of olives, green and black.
- Thanks to my more sophisticated daughter, I've discovered Waitrose's olive bar, which has a fantastic variety of all hues and sizes.
- They are quite addictive.
- Encouraged by the threadlet on fresh versus dry pasta, I looked for and discovered that Waitrose also do fresh pasta ("only" approximately 3-4 times the price of the equivalent dried), and bought some of the fusili.
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[nq:1]Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in food have become increasingly cosmopolitan as far as Europe is concerned. My local supermarket routinely sells croissants and pain de compagne from France,[/nq]
Until relatively recently, I confess that I was only dimly aware of there being two varieties of olives, green and black. Thanks to my more sophisticated daughter, I've discovered
Until relatively recently, I confess that I was only dimly aware of there being two varieties of olives, green and black. Thanks to my more sophisticated daughter, I've discovered
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[nq:1]Until relatively recently, I confess that I was only dimly aware of there being two varieties of olives, green and ... daughter, I've discovered Waitrose's olive bar, which has a fantastic variety of all hues and sizes. They are quite addictive.[/nq]
A student of olives first learns the difference between black and green olives, then learns to love one or the other depending on the dish
A student of olives first learns the difference between black and green olives, then learns to love one or the other depending on the dish
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