Cheese!

British cheese is as varied and interesting as French cheese (and better than any other country), but criminally under-rated.

Firstly, real cheddar isn't the plastic crap that fills up 3/4 of the aisle in most shops, but a delicious, mature cheese that's full of flavour. However, even in a Tesco Express or similar location, they'll usually have one decent one. Rub your thumb along the outside of the pack and go for the bumpy / gritty one. The smooth ones are bland.

Stilton is the other obvious big cheese of British, erm, cheese.... and then there are so many others.

Apart from the above two, I'm not so keen on the other big names like Red Leicester, Wensleydale etc. (although I'm aure there are some good quality ones), but there are a lot of small, locally produced cheeses which are brilliant. My favourite is called a Shorrock Bomb. Comes in a waxed sphere, similar taste to a good, mature cheddar, but with a unique texture which is somehow both creamy and crumbly. There are also some other decent blue cheeses, like Dorset Blue Vinny, although I don't think it's quite as good as a good Stilton.