With the U.K being the focus for many right no, I was real pleased to get a package full of British flavour yesterday. Six jars of Heinz Sandwich Spread arrived. Not having had any since I moved here, I jumped in and had 4 large slices of toast with a generous covering of butter and the aforementioned spread. Kickass and still five and a half jars left!
Different people miss different things when living away from where they grew up, not just food either. Many Brits here miss British Bacon (which mostly comes from Denmark as I recall!) and proper Baked Beans oftem get mentioned.
The first food that I found I couldn’t find a substitute for was Branston which I had to learn to make myself. Robin gets me occasional treats of crisps (potato chips) in all manner of interesting flavours that the USA couldn’t comprehend. I have acquired numerous jars of Marmite and Hersheys do a reasonable job of recreating Cadburys Chocolate. I have still to find a decent Banger substitute. Overall I miss very little food-wise these days but do thoroughly enjoy and occasional treat from Blighty. By coincidence I happened to move to an area in the US that tries to claim the Cornish Pastie as it’s own. Apparently some tin miners came here way back when and brought them along. Scrumptious!
My question is: What food do you miss, or would if you moved elsewhere and to what lengths would you go to acquire that ‘not to be lived without’ foodstuff?
