What’s one item you would put in the “British section” of a supermarket abroad?

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BondMrsBond@reddit

Yorkshire teabags HP brown sauce Branston pickle Aunt Bessie's jam Roly poly A selection of biscuits, particularly the basics: Custard creams, Bourbons, rich teas, digestives Bisto gravy granules

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___wintermute@reddit

I know this is a very old post, but I think you'd be quite happy with our British sections here in Florida, with that list!

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paolog@reddit

If you put them all in your suitcase, that counts as one item at check-in.

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JackyRaven@reddit

With you up to the Branston beans - they're a disgusting parody of the One True Tin of Beans - Heinz.

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I'm not overly fond of beans, myself. They're just incidentals to me, more of a dipping condiment. But out of all the bean options, I just prefer the sauce in Branston ones. i find Heinz a bit watery. If there's no Branston, I'd go with the supermarket own brand before Heinz...

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signalstonoise88@reddit

Lack of Yorkshire Tea is a dealbreaker. I’ll flip my shit if I can’t get a good Yorky brew!

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Jebble@reddit

I really don't fucking get this lol. Tea in the UK is the most boring tea I've ever tasted.

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BuncleCar@reddit

Boring? So what and where do you go for interesting tea?

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Jebble@reddit

I drink chinese black tea, leaves not bags. Much more flavour than the Yorkshire blend.

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BuncleCar@reddit

I've tried Chinese green tea and white tea too. I don't remember Chinese black tea, but if and when I see it I'll buy some 😃

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mrdibby@reddit

black tea originates from China apparently (hong cha – which actually means 'red tea')

but I believe the more internationally popular fancier black teas from there might be the fermented pu'erh tea

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signalstonoise88@reddit

I mean, I’m no connoisseur - I haven’t studied all the available teas or tried all the variations available in other countries. But there is something uniquely comforting and warmly refreshing about a good cup of Yorkshire tea that just hits the spot in a way fruit teas or spiced teas just don’t come close to doing.

Also, brave move to make an anti-tea comment in a UK sub mate. I’m a reasonable fella but some will want your head on a spike for this haha!

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Jebble@reddit

Im nit talking a out fruity, herbal or spiced teas. I'm just talking good old black tea. I just very much prefer a bag of Chinese black tea.

And well, people can come for my head, I don't care about some internet points. I just truly don't understand why people think Yorkshire tea is so great, it's a cheap blend really.

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signalstonoise88@reddit

Cheap is good if you’re knocking back 2 or 3 cups a day, per person. I know for sure I could get nicer tea if I spent more, but I consider it a staple, not a luxury.

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BondMrsBond@reddit

I can cope with a bad coffee but tea has to be Yorkshire and it has to be made well

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KeyLog256@reddit

Brands are very much a good shout.

None of those foods themselves originate in Britain (arguably brown sauce does, but slightly spicy tamarind sauces definitely don't), but the specific brand/recipe is the appeal here.

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Porridge_Hose@reddit

Where do each of those foods come from, oh sage of food provenance?

(Obviously we don't grow tea in the UK but equally obviously it is strongly associated with our food and drink culture.)

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millyperry2023@reddit

We do grow tea in the UK, there's a plantation in Cornwall!

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Wildebeast2112@reddit

Grow a bit in Cornwall. Not a real brew but south Cornwall has a micro climate where a small crop is harvested

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01rorlin@reddit

You must be fun at parties.

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KeyLog256@reddit

Funnily enough, this doesn't come up at parties. Though a few mates are aware of this and share the amusement. We're winding one up (votes Reform, obviously) because he is equally annoyed that British food is not British and is throwing his toys out of the pram.

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ange3003@reddit

Absolutely no one has asked for foods that originate from Britain, you have really missed the point to this post. You go abroad as a Brit, you want a selection of Britain’s most popular food to eat REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN, what should the shop sell. That’s it. No need to be googling where Marmite was invented fgs.

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Crackers-defo-600@reddit

Don’t have to originate in a country to be thought of as ‘British’ adopted and adapted 😊 Eg pizzas and the good ol’ USA

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KeyLog256@reddit

It must annoy Italians how the US likes to think they invented pizza.

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clutchnorris123@reddit

Well America did invent their styles of pizza just like how chicken tikka masala is British.

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Crackers-defo-600@reddit

Absolutely. The Italians are the best and only at pizza.

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Snickerty@reddit

Where did jam Roly-Poly come from?

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KeyLog256@reddit

Central Europe apparently.

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asmiggs@reddit

Wikipedia says it comes from Britain.

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Snickerty@reddit

Tell me more. Because Jam Roly Poly is made with a suet pastry which is generally considered to be a specifically British . I see it's strudel likeness, but would argue that is far apart enough from a strudel in structure and taste for a role poly to be counted as particularly British in origin.

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Norman_Small_Esquire@reddit

I’d swap Bourbons for Blue Riband.

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Zeri-coaihnan@reddit

Mrs Bond has clearly lived abroad.

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Leicsbob@reddit

Bourbons? Sounds a bit French to me...

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over-it2989@reddit

I can get all of that thankfully except the jam roly poly and I’ve been craving it for weeks!

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MomentoVivere88@reddit

Bisto & oxo. Irn Bru. Proper biscuits. Yorkshire Tea.

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gnarlygb@reddit

6th September 2013. The date that I randomly encountered Irn Bru in a supermarket in Irkutsk, Russia. That’s 4000 miles from the Scottish girders from which it is made.

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the-illogical-logic@reddit

Such a shame it doesn't really exist anymore.

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mrdibby@reddit

lol, Irn Bru is barely stocked in South England, not sure why it'd be in a limited section in an international market

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MomentoVivere88@reddit

I've never had issue getting it from the supermarkets, except Co-op. It's generally not in stock in pubs, cafes, etc.

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Nolsoth@reddit

You'll be pleased to know OXO and Yorkshire tea are staples on NZ supermarket shelves. Irn brew can be found in dairies. And the usual gambit of biscuits are found in the international section.

Bisto you lot can keep it's a shit gravy.

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mantolwen@reddit

For confused Brits: dairies are corner shops, not cow milking places

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AfraidOstrich9539@reddit

OK, I get what you are saying but where do you guys milk your Bru-coos then?

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IvyKingslayer@reddit

Thank you for explaining that! I listen to ZM’s Fletch Vaughan and Hayley as a podcast and I did think that they bloody love supporting their local dairies…

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MomentoVivere88@reddit

Irn Brew in dairies? That makes no sense. Surely if not in a brit bit, then with the rest of the fizzy drinks. Bisto you use to thicken homemade gravy, not just it and water. Then it is bland.

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Nolsoth@reddit

Dairies are like Nissa, you'll find irn brew in the fridges with other drinks.

Bisto is shit no matter how it's used.

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SaltyName8341@reddit

Just use flour slake to thicken the gravy

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Crackers-defo-600@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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LankyYogurt7737@reddit

I’m living in Canada and my local supermarket just added bourbons and custard creams to their section, they’re Sainsburys branded weirdly.

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Zealousideal-Sail893@reddit

Proper back bacon.

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Brutal_De1uxe@reddit

Semi-interesting fact: Only streaky bacon can legally be labeled as Bacon in the US. Anything else has to be labeled as something else which is where Canadian Bacon (back bacon) can be found

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snittersnee@reddit

This is in reference to the fact Canada is the only one of our children Britain loves (get bent australia and new zealand)

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DeaconBlueDignity@reddit

This, sausage rolls and crisps are the main things I’ve missed when travelling

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Much_Performance352@reddit

Heinz baked beans

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KeyLog256@reddit

This is a really odd one - baked beans are an American invention. Heinz is an American company, based in the North East US where baked beans were popularised.

Yet Heinz Baked Beans were first sold in London (in Fortnum & Mason of all places!) and Heinz don't sell them in the US and never have. Bizarre.

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pinkthreadedwrist@reddit

Baked beans in the US are sweet.

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doc1442@reddit

So are the UK ones. Make your own.

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KeyLog256@reddit

They loves the sugar in the States.

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Chris_S_B@reddit

Heinz did sell beanz in the US from 1895, and in 1901 they were exported to the UK. The reason they were sold in Fortnum & Mason was because they were at the time a luxury item.

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Much_Performance352@reddit

Yeah that’s why I chose it, I love the ‘BrItIsHneSs’ 😂 always find it amusing

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wanderinthewood@reddit

It’s not where it’s from, it’s how you use it 😉

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KeyLog256@reddit

I did a bit more Googling and apparently you can buy Heinz Beans in Walmart, but they're imported from the UK and a single can costs EIGHT DOLLARS.

https://www.walmart.com/c/brand/heinz-beans

A "special value" (hah!) pack of 6 costs twenty dollars.

You'd need to be one desperate and rich expat!

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dospc@reddit

Normal tea (that's not a pack of 10 individually wrapped Lipton bags with strings).

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KeyLog256@reddit

I think given tea originates in Asia and is the single most popular drink in the world aside from water, you'd have to make it some kind of British brand.

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doc1442@reddit

It’s the assertion that “normal” tea must be the British kind that really gets me 🤣

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alltheparentssuck@reddit

https://tregothnan.co.uk/collections/tea/products/classic-100-tea-bags

Tea grown in Cornwall, it's bloody expensive.

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tobotic@reddit

It only works out as 30p per tea bag. That's expensive for tea, sure. But only because tea, made at home, is normally a dirt cheap drink.

30p would be a bargain for a can of fizzy drink, or a beer, or a glass of wine, or an espresso, or even a cup of tea at a cafe. When you think of these tea bags as a substitute for drinking one of those things, they seem pretty good value.

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BertytheSnowman@reddit

Easy. Yorkshire tea. You don't get more British sounding than a shire

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MolassesInevitable53@reddit

Yorkshire tea is available in the 'British section' of my local supermarket in New Zealand.

We also have Heinz Sandwich Spread, Tunnocks Tea Cakes, Jaffa Cakes, Paxo stuffing and Fray Bentos tinned pies.

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KeyLog256@reddit

Grown and harvested in the Yorkshire Dales!

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ThugLy101@reddit

Would be dank if it was, so moist before the wata

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dospc@reddit

British brand

Yes, normal tea.

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KeyLog256@reddit

So all the tea that is grown across China, SE Asia, Indonesia, the Indian sub-continent, central Asia, Turkey, and central Africa, that is also widely consumed in all those places, and is used in all the tea we buy in the UK, is not "normal tea"?

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slimdrum@reddit

WTH HAHAHAHA

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dospc@reddit

"Tea" here does not mean the raw agricultural product of tea leaves. OP is asking about consumer food products you might find in a supermarket.
Britain has a particular way of blending and packaging tea into a consumer food product that is unique (well I guess Irish tea is similar).

I cannot believe I have to spell this out to you but I'm doing so so that you understand why people are down voting you.

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zapering@reddit

That's not the point.

The point is that tea is also cultural and drunk and brewed differently across the world.

The tea the everage brit drinks on a day to day like PG tips or Yorkshire tea, or even something like English Breakfast or Earl Grey would make perfect sense in the British section of a foreign supermarket.

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bentleybasher@reddit

OXO HP sauce Sharwoods Korma Sauce Robinson Fruit Cordial Pot Noodles

These where in our English section of our Spanish supermarkets when we lived in Valencia. Consume and Charter stores.

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Background_Reveal689@reddit

Thick cut Warburtons toastie bread...

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Clotted cream.

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KeyLog256@reddit

Probably comes from the Middle East and was introduced by Phoenician traders, but good shout!

It's so hard to find things that originated here!

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one_pump_chimp@reddit

Clotted cream has been "invented" by multiple cultures

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KeyLog256@reddit

Exactly. I do love how pissy people get about the fact no food/dish really originated in the UK, especially the ones we associate as being "British".

It's such an amusing thing to get patriotic over!

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one_pump_chimp@reddit

It sounds like you are the one getting "pissy" about it. Clotted cream like you have with scones is definitely it's own thing

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KeyLog256@reddit

I continually find it incredibly amusing. I'm not the one trying to hide people pointing out dishes thought of as British, are not British.

I have managed to hold off on replying to the guy who said Cornish Pasties by pointing out they're a French invention. That just seems cruel to the Cornish.

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captainfirestar@reddit

You're really missing the point today aren't you pal

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KeyLog256@reddit

No I was hijacking a thread to make my own point (without ruining the thread, it's still been a good one) while talking to some mates on a group chat and it has been utterly brilliant.

It is genuinely one of the most fascinating quirks of British culture.

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captainfirestar@reddit

I guess we differ on what is fascinating

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zapering@reddit

Sigh.

You're the one getting pissy. People aren't stupid, we know the origins aren't necessarily British. It's about the cultural aspect. In your quest to be a know-it-all you're forgetting what the original question was.

What would a Brit abroad like to see in a British isle in the supermarket, or what products would introduce someone abroad to every day British groceries/household items.

That's what belongs in the British section.

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PassiveChemistry@reddit

good thing the origination doesn't matter here then I guess

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GreatBigBagOfNope@reddit

That's not even close to the point of the question or the shelf

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jr0061006@reddit

It’s surprisingly easy to make. Just a tray of cream in a low oven overnight.

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lucylucylane@reddit

The cream isn’t rich enough in America

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Jebble@reddit

Cream in the US has higher fat contents than the UK, so why wouldn't it be rich enough?

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lucylucylane@reddit

It doesn’t American whipping cream isn’t rich enough line our lowest fat cream

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Jebble@reddit

It isn't no, but its also not made with whipping cream. US heavy cream is 40% and makes a perfectly fine clotted cream, just a bit lighter than it is in the UK where 48% double cream is used.

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Pedantichrist@reddit

I grew up on a dairy farm.

It just does not exist at all in the USA though,

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jr0061006@reddit

You’re right, it’s just not a thing.

I discovered that Trader Joe’s does quite decent crumpets, if you’re looking.

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GliderDan@reddit

That’s just English people that love that

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raben-herz@reddit

I am very much not English, and clotted cream is the best cream.

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austex99@reddit

I love it! Sometimes you can get it at HEB here in Texas. It’s imported from England and sort of expensive, but it’s a nice little splurge and a treat on my (American) biscuits.

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Actual_Training_1658@reddit

Sherbet dip

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Wraithei@reddit

Crumpets, everyone should have access to them!!

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Brave_Capivara@reddit

Coronation chicken

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Superb-Ad-8823@reddit

Gold star brown chippy sauce

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Dharma-Cat@reddit

Marmite

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Delicious_Link6703@reddit

Sorry just noticed I’m only allowed one item. Take your pick from :

Yorkshire Tea Branston Pickle Red Leicester cheese (fresh, not in a tube, aerosol or plastic slices) Clotted cream (fresh) Heinz Tomato Soup M&S shortbread

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Pristine-Account8384@reddit

Mini pork pies

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synth_fg@reddit

Baked beans

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TeHNeutral@reddit

Tunnocks wafers

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Fuzzy_Cake_5928@reddit

My brother (lived in Central Europe for ~30yrs now) always requests Walnut Whips and the Cheese Savoury crisp things. I do not imagine that is representative of the wider population.

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AJH1504@reddit

Coleman’s mustard

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sjw_7@reddit

Cant choose between Heinz Ketchup or Hellmans Mayo so would put both there.

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lemon_protein_bar@reddit

Definitely Yorkshire tea. I HATED this tea but then I realised it’s very specifically made for tea with milk, which has to be much more bitter. So it’s ok with milk, but not on its own.

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

Vimto

The best drink in the world

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LankyYogurt7737@reddit

Full of Vim and Vigour! Funnily enough it’s in the middle eastern section in my local supermarket, apparently it’s a particularly popular drink during Ramadan.

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Wiltix@reddit

Isn’t the Middle East version still full of proper sugar?

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pinkthreadedwrist@reddit

I pretty much only ever see it in Middle Eastern shops.

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kevwhut@reddit

Though originates from Manchester.

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

It’s also the best hangover cure. A pint in bed & a pint in the morning & you’ll be right as rain.

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PatriciaMorticia@reddit

Are we talking the proper fizzy stuff or the diluting juice version?

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Personal-Listen-4941@reddit

The cordial. The fizzy version is vile.

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tmbyfc@reddit

Ket

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TheSecretIsMarmite@reddit

Jammie dodgers

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MobiusNaked@reddit

Mint Sauce. I once kept a jar in the US so I could smell it occasionally.

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BuncleCar@reddit

I know Cadbury isn't the flavour of the month these days but Fruit and Nut chocolate and chocolate Digestives biscuits would be a must. Jaffa cakes too.

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MahatmaAndhi@reddit

Welsh cakes

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havaska@reddit

Marmite

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Missbhavin58@reddit

When I visited my son in China he asked me to bring some stuff with me he couldn't get. Marmite was top of the list !!

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KatAnansi@reddit

Marmite in the British sections in Australia has to be rebranded 'OurMate' because NZ Sanitarium have a version called Marmite (different but still delicious)

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KeyLog256@reddit

Ah yes, invented by famous British food scientist Justus von Liebig...

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continentaldreams@reddit

Will you just fuck off 😂

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KeyLog256@reddit

It's hilarious isn't it? If people got as annoyed over social inequality as they do over "food I thought was British but isn't" we'd sort every issue in the UK overnight!

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continentaldreams@reddit

You're taking the question so seriously, it's quite embarrassing

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KeyLog256@reddit

"Seriously" - I'm not the one taking this seriously. I've got over 50 downvotes for pointing out Marmite was invented by a German. That's fucking hilarious.

I'm back home now with some mates, drinking a few beers, watching shit on youtube, etc while replying to this. One cannot get over how seriously people are taking this, like I've just said I think Russia is amazing. A few are suggesting comments I could make but I don't fancy a ban.

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continentaldreams@reddit

This wasnt a question of "what product is British" - it was "what products would you expect in a British aisle of an international supermarket" - you're being obtuse for the sake of it. Proper knob behaviour, exemplified by how you're talking about how your "mates can't get over it" - Jesus wept you're being so anal 😂

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KeyLog256@reddit

You realise Reddit is just a laugh, not the United Nations Security Council?

I'm being obtuse, sure. A nob, most definitely.

Are you familiar with Doug Stanhope? Genuine question, not a wind up.

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continentaldreams@reddit

Do you realise Reddit is a laugh? You've responded to about 5 different comments in this thread with some bullshit and acting like you're superior.

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wiqman@reddit

Do you realise Reddit is a laugh?

You’ve gone on a tantrum on this thread trying to prove everyone wrong.

Well if you actually read the question you’d realise that it’s not food that originated from here but, food that is a staple in our supermarket.

But, you were right about the nob part though!

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AcceptableCustomer89@reddit

Don't be annoying

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theowleryonehundred@reddit

Just because a foreigner invented, doesn't mean it's not a typically British food.

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KaylsTheOptimist@reddit

The marmite cheese clouds from M&S, nice little tasty snack

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MixPlus@reddit

Marmite

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KatieCampbel1@reddit

Scones

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Chunky_clouds@reddit

Did you say scones or scones?

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snapjokersmainframe@reddit

Use IPA and this might make sense.

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LoudComplex0692@reddit

that’s the joke

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Appropriate-Draw1878@reddit

Most things make more sense after a few beers.

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djnev@reddit

Jaffe Cakes and Robinsons Orange Squash.

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Crackers-defo-600@reddit

My daughter had a Canadian friend visit who’d never heard of squash (as in Robinsons)

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a1thalus@reddit

Cheddar Cheese, from Cheddar in Dorset

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Mel-but@reddit

And Wensleydale from Wensleydale in Yorkshire as a solid number 2 pick

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blackcurrantcat@reddit

Cheddar’s in Somerset.

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a1thalus@reddit

Thank you, auto correct, honest 🙃

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Mel-but@reddit

Impossible to pick one!

Pork pies and sausage rolls for the savoury section, tunnocks tea cakes and caramel wafers in the sweet treats section.

Bonus items of Yorkshire tea, chocolate digestives and custard creams.

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Unusual_residue@reddit

Daal

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Meta-Fox@reddit

Crumpets.

How our friends across the pond don't know about crumpets is staggeringly confusing to me.

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italocampanelli@reddit

double decker

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DurhamOx@reddit

One thing I miss when I'm away from home is Antony Worrall Thompson, so it'd be nice to see more foreign supermarkets offer a few alongside the Marmite and Dairy Milk. One might occasionally chance upon a Gary Rhodes or Nigel Slater, but Worrall Thompsons are non-existent.

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Brutal_De1uxe@reddit

It's interesting when i travel to use food items in a big supermarket to judge just how far i am from home

Marmite, various cereals, Branston pickle, etc Philidelphia seems to be everywhere though

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Infinite_Crow_3706@reddit

Marmite should be compulsory if you want to label it as a British section.

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lucaknowsplaces@reddit

Dare I say an ice cold bottle of lucozade? Can’t go wrong.

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InsuranceBudget7160@reddit

shephards pie probably.

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Aggravating_Ad5632@reddit

Other than Cadbury's chocolate, nothing. When I go abroad, I eat the local food and look forward to doing so.

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Impressive_Falcon519@reddit

I've lived abroad for 20 years. Sometimes you want a taste of home.

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assorted_chalks@reddit

It’s not for you lmao. It’s a taste of what we have for the locals in their country, like we have the ‘American section’ in Tesco

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JBB2002902@reddit

Calpol. Nothing worse than being on holiday and running out, not knowing the closest alternative in a foreign language!

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Impressive_Falcon519@reddit

I've lived abroad for almost 20 years and my son was born here. He's puked up the Spanish version of Calpol every time I've given it to him (no wonder, it's bitter nonsense). Calpol is always on the pick-up list when we go home!

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Impressive_Falcon519@reddit

Proper bacon Pickled Onion Monster Munch Dip trays (the ones with 3 good ones and 1 shit one that nobody eats) Yorkshire teabags Maykway curry Golden syrup

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trcr3600@reddit

A football. A decent one, but not anything 'top of the world'. Just a good old-fashioned, two footed tackle, blood on your headband, slept with another players wife, 11 pints in before training and crash your Range Rover on the way back to Bredbury Manor football.

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CrocodileJock@reddit

A decent pork pie.

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Signal-Ad2674@reddit

Marmite

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kevwhut@reddit

Colman's English mustard. Melton mowbray pork pies Kentish Cox apples Cumberland sausages Proper Cheddar cheese

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bahumat42@reddit

Tunnocks caramel wafers

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kevwhut@reddit

The Scots would like a wee word

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kevwhut@reddit

Bovril

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elbapo@reddit

Decent cheese selection, crumpets, decent sausages, proper bacon, black pudding.

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FreeBirdie1949@reddit

Marmite of course

Crumpets Choc ices Foam shrimps Wotsits

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BenJlassi@reddit

Used condom

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Good-Gur-7742@reddit

I live in Australia and the British sections of supermarkets here are all woeful and confusing.

I would put in British chocolate like galaxy, wine gums, M&S sour Collin caterpillars, bold washing pods, bovril, and prawn cocktail crisps.

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AvatarIII@reddit

Blackcurrant squash

Digestives

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giantthanks@reddit

One item,? That's hard! I can't decide! Maybe singing like Sliced bread loaves, morning rolls, British (normal) bacon rashers, marmalade, jams, scones, whisky, cider, beer, pasties and pies?

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RepeatedlyIcy@reddit

Skips

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Siliconshaman1337@reddit

Marmite... ironically invented by a German.

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Leading_Study_876@reddit

1) Marmite

Has to be the most essential item.

If I may suggest some runners up:

2) Coleman's English mustard 3) Irn Bru - preferably the "1901" original recipe version. 4) McVittie's chocolate digestive - dark chocolate for me.

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Fancy-Professor-7113@reddit

Proper strong cheddar

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true_honest-bitch@reddit

Alcohol, Jallepenos, curry paste, Doritos, heroin, cold cuts

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Dnny10bns@reddit

Monster munch. Pickled onion flavour.

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shortercrust@reddit

184 comments and no mention of Birds Custard?!

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EtoileFragile@reddit

Baked beans. Made people bring/send them to me on my year abroad in South America😂

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Illustrious-Divide95@reddit

Marmite

Proper tea bags

Worcester sauce

Mature Cheddar cheese

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jodorthedwarf@reddit

British or Irish Cheddar is the ultimate shout for this kind of thing. I like Cheddar and I genuinely struggle with the lack of decent options whenever I go abroad.

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pinkthreadedwrist@reddit

Vermont cheddar is legitimate though.

Cabot is the one I see available outside of New England/New York, but it isn't easy to find.

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RoDoBenBo@reddit

Yorkshire tea and Branston's pickle

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aslat@reddit

Anything that's from Yorkshire. Or anything that's from Lancashire

You keep out, no you keep out.

Oh, don't forget to add scones pronounced properly as scones, not scones

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PlasticSmile57@reddit

Am British but grew up abroad. The main things my mum lamented not being able to get were: - Tea. “Proper good tea” which actually just meant not earl grey or english breakfast - Black pudding - Sausages (spent some time on an USAF base. Situation was DIRE) - Smarties - Golden syrup - Red wine vinegar (having 3 massive bottles in my suitcase coming back from uni felt like carrying a bomb) - a lot of international seasonings. We’ve colonised so many places that it’s not that hard to get basic ingredients of so many cultures. Buying a jar of jerk powder in other countries can be a monumental task - Worcestershire sauce (this was in Malta before I was born so can’t verify)

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ThugLy101@reddit

It wouldn't transport but our plainest of plain bread. Nowt better even toasted with just butter

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Future_Direction5174@reddit

My French friend would take normal British white sliced bread home for toasting and sandwiches.

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Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit

Ruben’s

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Future_Direction5174@reddit

Heinz Baked Beans. They are not “haricots en jus de tomate” - they might look the same, but it’s like the difference between golden syrup and high-fructose corn syrup.

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MrsMiggins2@reddit

Malt vinegar.

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MmmThisISaTastyBurgr@reddit

Smoked back bacon, sausages, black pudding

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TheDarkestStjarna@reddit

Jammy dodgers

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R0gu3tr4d3r@reddit

Marmite

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North_Still_2234@reddit

Greggs pasties

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Appropriate-Draw1878@reddit

Cheese and onion bake

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scouse_git@reddit

Marmalade. Maybe Mrs Frank Cooper's Oxford.

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Simbooptendo@reddit

Hobnobs and Branston beans

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Valuable_Jelly_4271@reddit

Tunnocks caramel wafers and chocolate hob nobs

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StrangeKittehBoops@reddit

Hob Nobs (Milk Chocolate), Digestives, custard creams.

Jaffa Cakes, Tunnocks Tea Cakes and wafers

Yorkshire tea, as that's the brand most people go on about.

Branston beans

Scones

Tiptree jam

Hot cross buns.

Hendo's relish

Daddies sauce

Monster Munch

Irn Bru

Tizer

Dandelion & Burdock

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No_Doubt_About_That@reddit

Multipack crisps.

As they seem to be something of a rarity.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

Tunnocks caramel bars

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KS_horse@reddit

Sandwich Spread.

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Due-Fail-6806@reddit

4 pack of Carling

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Flapparachi@reddit

Digestive biscuits? My Swedish friends go nuts for all the McVities stuff. And Tunnocks as well.

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MuttleyStomper24@reddit

Monster munch. We all know the flavour

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Diplomatic_Gunboats@reddit

Irn Bru

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FrannieP23@reddit

Clotted cream.

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Faxiak@reddit

I'm not British, but Polish living in England.

The thing I brought with me last Christmas was brandy cream and brandy butter - everyone loved them (we ate them not only with Christmas pudding but also Polish cheesecake, poppy seed cake and makówki).

Oh, and next time I'll also be bringing teacakes.

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Spottyjamie@reddit

Fullers london pride

Xl cheese crisps

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middyandterror@reddit

Chocolate hobnobs

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itsheadfelloff@reddit

Jaffa cakes

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atsevoN@reddit

Robinsons Squash

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MLMSE@reddit

Pickled Onion Monster Munch

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Sausage rolls, damn near impossible to find in some countries like the US

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CherryLeafy101@reddit

Ribena

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AuroraDF@reddit

Jaffa cakes. Walkers shortbread. Tetley tea. Bourbon biscuits. Salad cream.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Welsh cakes

Eccles cakes

Egg custard tarts

Mince pies

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klymers@reddit

Prawn cocktail crisps. It's always what I crave most when on holiday.

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thereisalwaysrescue@reddit

Custard creams!

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Virtual-Eye-2998@reddit

Proper sausages, none of your spicy shite. Proper bacon, and not that streaky shit the yanks tolerate. Proper cheese, none of that french crap. Baked beans (Trader Joe's in Aldi is a very passable alternative to Heinz). Proper tea, not some watered down version from Tetley's. Cheese and onion crisps.

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blackcurrantcat@reddit

Salad cream.

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Shawn_The_Sheep777@reddit

HP Sauce, Yorkshire Teabags, baked beans

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BigBadVern@reddit

Ribena

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Full_Nefariousness92@reddit

Jaffa cakes

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MrStilton@reddit

Tablet

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assorted_chalks@reddit

Mini cheddars Twiglets Robinson’s squash Tunnocks caramel wafers

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EveMonsoon@reddit

and Tunnocks Tea Cakes

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-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-@reddit

I'm Australian but spent half my adult life in the UK. I will always pick Vegemite over Marmite but give me a section with Percy Pigs, Yorkshire Puddings, scones (jam first!), seaside town rock, Jammy Dodgers, Colin Caterpillar cakes, Pimms, Greggs Xmas jumpers and Mr Blobby merch.

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Away-Appointment-494@reddit

Scotch eggs

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Adventurous_Week_698@reddit

Toast

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Jen-Jen37@reddit

Brown sauce and proper squash.

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Original-Chemical176@reddit

• Buckfast Tonic Wine.

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bluenosekev@reddit

Bartons Piccalilli

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Optimal-Room-8586@reddit

Custard cream biscuits?

(Not sure it's a British product but people have already suggested marmite).

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KeyLog256@reddit

Apparently they are a rare example of a British invented food, and there's nothing much similar they were developed from.

I didn't actually know Marmite wasn't British. I shall downvote myself so people can't get upset that it was invented by a German.

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Optimal-Room-8586@reddit

Marmite is German?!

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KeyLog256@reddit

Yep, sorry to break it to you!

I thought you meant "I'm not sure if custard creams are British, but people have already suggested Marmite and that isn't, so I'll suggest custard creams anyway".

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laputaama83@reddit

Ribena

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clarerose85@reddit

Proper milk!

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HorrorLover___@reddit

Proper tea bags

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Mr_Coastliner@reddit

And by proper you mean Yorkshire

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SaltyName8341@reddit

Try ringtons tea

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HorrorLover___@reddit

Spot on!

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davidsdungeon@reddit

Pease pudding. But not tinned.

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FenrisSquirrel@reddit

Cheddar cheese

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Massive-small-thing@reddit

Chip shop curry sauce

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Bbew_Mot@reddit

Weetabix Minis Chocolate chip.

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mrcoonut@reddit

Brannigans crisps

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Garden-Rose-8380@reddit

Steak pie

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Rorstech@reddit

Bovril

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StonedJesus98@reddit

Bovril! You can drink it, spread it on toast or add it to any dish that needs “beefing” up a bit!

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OddPerspective9833@reddit

Curry

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KeyLog256@reddit

About as British as everything else being mentioned.

Ooh now I fancy a curry when I get home later.

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mimisburnbook@reddit

Hmmm hendos relish, Worcestershire sauce, maybe scotch eggs, Cornish pasty

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GrandDuty3792@reddit

Tea bags and dairy milk

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Immediate-Log9917@reddit

English mustard Baked beans

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SpiritualBathroom937@reddit

Spotted dick

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Ok_Monitor_7897@reddit

Pork Pies

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miss-mercatale@reddit

Crumpets

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NotMyFirstChoice675@reddit

Back bacon

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Tiger-Bumbay@reddit

Yorkshire tea, marmite, an array of biscuits (is an ‘array’ the plural pronoun of biscuits?!), crumpets and English muffins , Branston beans, HP sauce, irn bru, some British meat products like ‘proper’ bacon and sausages. Scones, which would probably have to come with sides of clotted cream, jam and instructions.

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tracytrainchoochoo@reddit

Blackpool rock

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DescriptionSignal458@reddit

Worthington white shield, bottle conditioned. Introduced in 1829, one of the original Ipa's - but, oh wait, we can't because Molson Cours have stopped brewing it.

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ODFoxtrotOscar@reddit

Marmite

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Beartato4772@reddit

James Cordon.

Because then he wouldn’t be in the UK.

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