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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 yourcountry? 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 youthink 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.
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 yourcountry? 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 youthink 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]1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country? I am already aware that "le Christmas ...
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- What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country?
- I am already aware that "le Christmas ...
- Cornwall?
- What else British do you find?
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[nq:1]1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country? I am already aware that "le Christmas ... Cornwall? What else British do you find? (I am not interested in drinks, such as Whiskey, in the present context).[/nq]
None of those (except scones) in the SF Bay Area, otherwise very well stocked in exotic items. What I routinely see in the delis and yuppie super
None of those (except scones) in the SF Bay Area, otherwise very well stocked in exotic items. What I routinely see in the delis and yuppie super
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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 ... decide to buy some) to tell you what I think of it. Richard Chambers Leeds UK.[/nq]
Sadly, hardly any British food specialities/delicacies are sold in supermarkets in Italy - at least in the two chains were we
[nq:1]Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in food have become increasingly cosmopolitan as far as Europe is ... decide to buy some) to tell you what I think of it. Richard Chambers Leeds UK.[/nq]
Sadly, hardly any British food specialities/delicacies are sold in supermarkets in Italy - at least in the two chains were we
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[nq:1]1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets in your country?[/nq]
The only one that I can think of in Australian supermarkets is a sort of cheese that is so yellow that it's orange. I can't remember its name. OK for the occasional change of diet, but not especially popular here. I'm afraid that 'British food' is still considered to be synonomous with 'inedible' in t
The only one that I can think of in Australian supermarkets is a sort of cheese that is so yellow that it's orange. I can't remember its name. OK for the occasional change of diet, but not especially popular here. I'm afraid that 'British food' is still considered to be synonomous with 'inedible' in t
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[nq:1]Of course I could skip the pasta bolognese and use the minced beef for a meat loaf. That one is genuinely Australian;[/nq]
No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it.
(Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)
No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it.
(Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)
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[nq:1](Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)[/nq]
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England
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R F wibbled
[nq:2]Of course I could skip the pasta bolognese and use the minced beef for a meat loaf. That one is genuinely Australian;[/nq]
[nq:1]No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it.[/nq]
Bzzt, no.
Mediaeval Europe at least.
http://www.godeco
[nq:2]Of course I could skip the pasta bolognese and use the minced beef for a meat loaf. That one is genuinely Australian;[/nq]
[nq:1]No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it.[/nq]
Bzzt, no.
Mediaeval Europe at least.
http://www.godeco
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[nq:2]1. What specifically British products do you find in supermarkets ... interested in drinks, such as Whiskey, in the present context).[/nq]
[nq:1]None of those (except scones) in the SF Bay Area, otherwise very well stocked in exotic items.[/nq]
Campbell's makes a Scotch Broth. I know we used to buy it in Chicago, but Safeway's web site doesn't seem to have it for my area.
In
[nq:1]None of those (except scones) in the SF Bay Area, otherwise very well stocked in exotic items.[/nq]
Campbell's makes a Scotch Broth. I know we used to buy it in Chicago, but Safeway's web site doesn't seem to have it for my area.
In
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[nq:2]Of course I could skip the pasta bolognese and use the minced beef for a meat loaf. That one is genuinely Australian;[/nq]
[nq:1]No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it. (Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)[/nq]
You gather wrong. :-)
Adrian
[nq:1]No sir! Meatloaf (as I'd spell it) is Amurrican; and I suggest that you boycott it. (Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)[/nq]
You gather wrong. :-)
Adrian
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Adrian Bailey wibbled
[nq:1]R F wrote[/nq]
[nq:2](Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)[/nq]
[nq:1]You gather wrong. :-)[/nq]
Yes and no. "Minced beef" is just minced beef - 'ground chuck', 'hamburger' or whatever. "Mincemeat" should have the combination of fruit and meat that RF mentions
[nq:1]R F wrote[/nq]
[nq:2](Unless by "minced" you mean the British sense which, I gather, can imply the mixing in of raisins or currants with the beef.)[/nq]
[nq:1]You gather wrong. :-)[/nq]
Yes and no. "Minced beef" is just minced beef - 'ground chuck', 'hamburger' or whatever. "Mincemeat" should have the combination of fruit and meat that RF mentions
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[nq:2]Over the last 30 years or so, British tastes in ... of it. Richard Chambers Leeds UK.[/nq]
[nq:1]Sadly, hardly any British food specialities/delicacies are sold in supermarkets in Italy - at least in the two chains were ... you that in some cases they are even better than what is available here (M&S lasagne, for instance). Ciao, Maurice[/nq]
I'm afraid we no longer count lasagne as a
[nq:1]Sadly, hardly any British food specialities/delicacies are sold in supermarkets in Italy - at least in the two chains were ... you that in some cases they are even better than what is available here (M&S lasagne, for instance). Ciao, Maurice[/nq]
I'm afraid we no longer count lasagne as a
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