Plus they would totally think it’s a scary sex thing.

Sad. Candy, chocolate and crisps (chips to you, yanks) in Eire/UK are infinitely superior to the grainy, sugary crap that hershey and mars pump out. Eat a flake, or a yorkie or something, you’ll never want a hershey product again. I will admit that modern cadbury chocolate is not as good as it used to be, but it’s…

Most Americans can’t stand Turkish Delight (tastes like perfume!), but I’m very fond of it myself.

As a Brit this is bollocks. Only American ‘Candies’ sweets that sand close to British sweets are Reeces and Butterfingers, the rest are just weak advent calendar chocolate. Kraft even owns Cadburys now and Americans cant even get the good stuff

Four years living in Delhi, India, I only went to M&S for clothes. I really liked them, especially the blazers/sport jackets. Shirts and pants weren’t good but casual wear was great.  This being India, the customer service vibe was different but the clothes were good.  Kind of an upscale gap.  It was M&S for work…

No offense, but the majority of the article discusses non-chocolate sweets, like Sour Patch Kids and Twinkies, both of which are very American.

Notice that the food trends expert describes the audience for this as having grown up watching TV characters eating Hershey’s, but there’s no reference anywhere in the article to any Brits actually buying that trash.

The thing that gets me about UK vs. US candy is...they’re just not that different. Sure, they use more marzipan and we use more peanut butter, but unless you’re looking for specific flavors that are unavailable domestically I just can’t see paying double.

Now that they are hooked cut off supply until they export proper British Cadbury Creme Eggs.

As an American living in Finland, I can confirm that it’s not just in London. And I have the $25 bag of Fruity Pebbles to prove it.

This reminds me of my first week in London for University. I was at a shop and there was some American freaking out that the drinks weren’t cold enough and that there weren’t any cool ranch Doritos. After that I tried my best to pretend I was Canadian. 

Why is the guy behind sitting with a loaf of Warburtons white bread on the table?

It’s also down to the haulage industry paying low wages.

I hope they don’t run into problems here in the US, I was thinking of finally trying them tomorrow for lunch.  I have one right up the road.

“Old days" also implies that I am old, too! Those squarish bottles were easy to pack. 

“Smack Barm Pey Wet?” I swear the UK must have a whole wing of government working 24/7 at coming up with annoying earworm names.

I wanted to try a Smack Barm Pey Wet, once. But she said it would cost extra.

Ah, for the old days of travel when you could bring back a half dozen or more 50p bottles of Geo. Watkins brand from England. 

I’m linking the Townsends video here about mushroom ketchup because it seems CRIMINAL that it wasn’t mentioned in the article. I think the recipe is slightly different (it’s a direct 18th century recipe, so way different spices) but the video is such a good explanation of the history of mushroom ketchup, and as always…