Is there a British cultural equivalent of an ice cream on a sunny day for people without a sweet tooth?

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Omnissiah40K@reddit

Why do chips always hit harder out of a cone? Can anyone explain the science behind it.

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Vequihellin@reddit

And also they objectively taste better when you eat them with those tiny wooden forks, too.

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TobblyWobbly@reddit

What? No, fingers. Chips taste better when you eat them with your fingers.

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Are you sure about that? Because personally I reckon the little wooden forks are much better than fingers. The chips taste measurably better straight out of the paper with a little wooden stabby thing (I mean, 'fork' is a generous term tbh). Bonus flavour points if they're steaming hot and burn your mouth. Sitting on the seafront eating lava-temperature chips out of the paper with a wooden fork is core memory material.

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Amphibiman@reddit

Maybe it’s the same thing with sandwiches cut into triangles?

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bacon_cake@reddit

I reckon it's the scarcity. You savour them more because there's not that many of them.

Someone gives you a massive fuck off bag of chips and you just nom through them like a rodent. But a cone is more delectable, you take your time because it'll be over soon. I reckon there's also the issue of high turnover with cones, so you get fresher, crisper chips than you do at the chippy.

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PrinceBert@reddit

The conical shape helps the smell of the salt and vinegar flow directly outwards towards your nose, amplifying the smell compounds.

Nah I just made that shit up.

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Omnissiah40K@reddit

Sounds logical to be fair

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Grunn84@reddit

That method of thinking is 100% on brand for a follower of the machine god.

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Omnissiah40K@reddit

Heretical to assume one is merely a Follower

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phatboi23@reddit

a lot of heresy around these parts...

i'll get the oils.

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TNellist@reddit

I'd believe that, sounds 100% legit

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clo_fu@reddit

I just moved to Sheffield and twice I have ordered a cone of chips off a chippy menu and both places it has come in a bag or tub. What is going on here?

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Ulfgeirr88@reddit

The 2 chippys in my town don't serve open cones anymore, either, I was disappointed when I found out

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msully89@reddit

Sounds shite that. You're missing out on a wee shot of vinegar at the bottom of your cone to help you digest all the chips you just ate.

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

!answer

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camerp03@reddit

With extra vinegar

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

Phwoar this is it. Don't put red sauce on it though or OP will pitch a fit

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lesterbottomley@reddit

What about hundreds and thousands?

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

They contain sugar so must be avoided at all costs. Saw dust instead

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

I think the cone is essential

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BioelectricBeing@reddit

In paper and with garlic mayo 😋

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iloovehugecock@reddit

Learn to like ice cream what the hell is wrong with you?!

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ukrepman@reddit

There are dozens of us who don’t like ice cream! Dozens!!!

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the-bearded-lady@reddit

I prefer sorbet but there's not many decent flavours in supermarkets

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ExpressTruth76@reddit

My partner is an ice cream man during the summer (owns his own vans) he hates ice cream 🤣

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MissMollyMole7@reddit

With respect, the ice cream from most vans is that awful sloppy chemical stuff… once you try a proper Cornish, clotted cream ice cream nothing else will ever do 😎

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julemeister@reddit

Marshfield clotted cream ice cream is great too, had one yesterday in the sun.

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james9483@reddit

Never thought I’d like clotted cream ice cream. Tried a rasberry flavour last week. My god. I’m angry I didn’t try this sooner. It was lush!!

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MissMollyMole7@reddit

Welcome to the clotted cream ice cream club 🩷🩷🩷

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ExpressTruth76@reddit

He did an AMA on r/casualuk

He uses premium cream mix from a 150 year old ice cream manufacturer in London

So yeah it's not shit 👍🏻

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MissMollyMole7@reddit

Fair enough… I did say ‘most’ 😂 hope business is good and ppl appreciate the quality 👍

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Jackiechan89@reddit

Because he’s eaten way too much over the years? Or has he never liked it?

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ExpressTruth76@reddit

He is a savoury man at heart

But yeah it's the smell that gets to him, being around it for 12hrs a day for 6/7 months of the year it permeates everything

He will occasionally have one at the end of the day if it's been a proper hot one

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ian9outof10@reddit

I am honestly a savoury man, but that palm oil, air and cream mix of a Mr Whippy really does send me into a frenzy of joy.

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ExpressTruth76@reddit

Yeah he doesn't use palm oil just cream 😂

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james9483@reddit

Wise man. First rule of dealing anything, never get High on your own supply!

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LikeEveryoneSheKnows@reddit

My 9 year old doesn't like ice cream. Unless it's from one specific ice cream shop. Thankfully it's local!

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flyin_jimmy@reddit

Theres 99

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Level-Location1679@reddit

I count 3

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Mrwebbi@reddit

I must be the 4th then.

I did like the Bovril ice lolly idea though.

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Obscure-Oracle@reddit

What about ice lollies?

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Incitatus_For_Office@reddit

A pepperami and an irn-bru.

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LucyLovesApples@reddit

A cold drink 🍸

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theegrimrobe@reddit

the erdinger 0.5% is very nice

isotonic too so great in very very hot weather

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Cheza_Sengoku_Artist@reddit

Summer time food for me is usually pasta salads, cheese spread and cucumber/tomatoes sandwiches/wraps, pot of melon chunks, or i make some puff pastry swirls using either cheese spread, ham, spinach or just whatever you fancy

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Past-Anything9789@reddit

You can get individually wrapped chicken skewers, or some of the little tapas type things to take with you. In terms of you getting something from the same place - have you ask if they have anything that is less sweet.

I know for me, I like the quite plain ice cream, the bubblegum type flavours do nothing for me. You could go for a rum and raisin, or mint choc as they arent as cloyingly sweet. Or see if they do a sorbet - still refreshing but less heavy than normal ice cream.

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kimbosaurus@reddit

Cold beer

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

But it's not a food! I want a snacky snack!

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misskittygirl13@reddit

Beer is technically classed as food due to the live yeast in real ales. It is just a liquid snacky snack.

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beechaser77@reddit

Olives

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Dazpiece@reddit

Liquid bread of the gods

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Charlie_Mouse@reddit

Cucumber sandwiches maybe?

They’ve got a rep for being a bit posh/lah-di-dah but dead simple to make and coolish/refreshing.

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Front-Pomelo-4367@reddit

Pack yourself a little charcuterie board/snack pack! Veggies, crackers, hummus/dips, maybe a little cheese or cured meat

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jolittletime@reddit

This is the way. M & s do snack packs with carrot sticks and hummus and I think I've seen they do like cheese cubes and chorizo slices?

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YouWascallyWabbit@reddit

My ice cream van used to do little fruit cups

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DameKumquat@reddit

Or Pimms!

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Fanny_Flapps@reddit

Oh god yes. If it doesn't have cucumber in it it's not summery enough

You can always tell when us commoners have prepared it though because it's 50% Pimm's

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DameKumquat@reddit

Trust me, that's the posh proportion too! Only pretentious types water it down with excess lemonade.

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SoundsDB@reddit

💯 This.

3 or 4 pints in a pub garden while complaining it's 'too hot' 😎

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Force-Grand-2@reddit

3 or 4 pints, woodfired pizza then dip out home as the twonk with an amp sets up for his Ed Sheeran cover set.

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arsevole@reddit

[Homer Simpson salivating]

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GodDamnShadowban@reddit

Summer is my time to get really into cider. To much the same effect.

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arcoftheswing@reddit

A nice cold, refreshing glass of alcoholic lager beer

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phatboi23@reddit

works for most things.

cut the lawn? beer.

hard day? beer.

cba do a thing? guess what? beer. lol

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onion2077@reddit

One turns into three, three turns into 6 and 6 turns into 10 🤣

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snittersnee@reddit

A good cold guinness poured right is basically an ice cream

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Hairy_Ad5141@reddit

Though I find that the cone gets quite soggy very quickly

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PangolinMandolin@reddit

And the 0 alcohol version is one of the best tasting 0 alcohol beers out there for those who either don't drink alcohol or who'd rather not get tipsy/need to drive later

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loveswimmingpools@reddit

It's really good isn't it?

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snittersnee@reddit

Stouts are usually the best 0 alcohol offerings so that makes sense.

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thefootster@reddit

Cider!

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Happily-Incorrect@reddit

https://youtu.be/lR2pslqKNP8?si=FhyYFQA6p-Z_8tMA

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ukbot-nicolabot@reddit

OP marked this as the best answer, given by /u/Short-Shopping3197.

Cone of chips

^(What is this?)

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PuffinandPenguin@reddit

If you like fruit... Frozen grapes and blueberries are lovely

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thecheesycheeselover@reddit

Iced americano. Yum.

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ZestyMonstera@reddit

Chips and beer

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Mglfll@reddit

You dipping the chips in the beer, or using the beer like vinegar ?

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Mrwebbi@reddit

Chips in one cheek, beer in the other

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Mglfll@reddit

Doing the hamster

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thesw88@reddit

Yes

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coder111@reddit

Not really British, but I'd recommend trying cold borscht soup with boiled potatoes on the side on a hot summers day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht#Lithuanian_cold_borscht

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terrorbagoly@reddit

A nice little tub of nocellara olives with a slice of lemon squeezed over them always hits the spot for me on a hot, sunny day.

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Substantial-Voice-73@reddit

Charcuterie

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FreddiesNightmare65@reddit

Take frozen fruit with you in a small food flask, or freeze fruit on a stick. Nothing better than frozen pineapple sticks or fruit mix. I buy it ready frozen and just take a portion out when I fancy some

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geesegoesgoose@reddit

My initial thought for savoury on-the-go would be the picnic/picky bits from M&S etc, the mini sausage rolls and things.

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tannercolin@reddit

I had picky bits for tea last night. A jar of jalapenos, half a jar of stuffed olives, three red peperami and a big bag of lays green onion. And eight beers and a joint

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Western_Froyo6627@reddit

Yeessss picky bits from m&s! Nothing nicer than dipping salt and pepper combo mix crisps and falafel in some red pepper hummus on a sunny day.

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geesegoesgoose@reddit

I am literally eating some M&S hummus right now, though not red pepper. Would definitely recommend.

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mrcoonut@reddit

Bottle of Buckfast

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Forte69@reddit

Good bread and half a block of cheddar

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Cal_PCGW@reddit

Beer.

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

Not a food!

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MissKatbow@reddit

You keep commenting this but you didn't say in the description you meant food specifically. I for one wouldn't necessarily interpret it needs to be food, buy any kind of treat on a warm day that isn't sweet to enjoy in the park.

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igotinfo@reddit

She is looking for a snack but there are a million people saying beer or lemonade

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MissKatbow@reddit

She didn't say snack in her original description though. Just a British cultural equivalent to have in a park on a sunny day, which I think a lot of people will reach for cold drinks.

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Cal_PCGW@reddit

There are some artisan ice cream places that do savoury flavours, but it's not exactly normal so you'd have to hunt around for somewhere and make a special trip.
That aside, things like cucumber and gazpacho are cooling, but not ideal for eating in the park.

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_real_ooliver_@reddit

Cultural equivalent, not food equivalent.

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c-e-r-y-s@reddit

Beer slushy?

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tannercolin@reddit

Marmite on toast

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Immediate-Chapter731@reddit

Ice cold jar of mixed pickles

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Ivy_Sinclaire@reddit

Mini pork pies. Bonus points for the ones with Branston pickle already in.

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General-Still-8136@reddit

Freeze a tin of beans and sausage with a stick in the middle

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bookishnatasha89@reddit

Lemon sorbet

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Snickerty@reddit

Pork pie!

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Mrwebbi@reddit

Oh yeah! A cold Melton mowbray. Perhaps with a dab of mustard or some pickle to make it an occasion. Maybe even stick a mini cocktail umbrella into it?

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PeterG92@reddit

A dab of mustard?

No, it's got to be smothered.

I want one now

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BaldPleaser@reddit

Fruit salad or just a fruit of your liking

Korean noodle salad (M&S)

Greggs pasty

Bottle of water

And if all the above fails then munch on some Lettuce.

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Public_Baseball4852@reddit

Iced latte

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

Sweet and not a food

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MissKatbow@reddit

Doesn't have to be sweet

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

What primarily milk-based drink is not sweet? Milk is sweet.

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Princes_Slayer@reddit

I’m with you on this. I find iced coffee is sweet.

What about a flask of gazpacho haha

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phatboi23@reddit

I’m with you on this. I find iced coffee is sweet.

if you buy it from starbucks etc. maybe as they're milkshakes wishing they were coffee.

2 shots of espresso, bit of water and a heap of ice.

it'll keep you awake all day and be real coffee.

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phatboi23@reddit

of you think milk and coffee is sweet your tastebuds are broken.

good coffee is bitter and will over power any milk.

also you don't have to have milk, as when i make iced coffee i don't.

straight coffee into a glass, heaps of ice.

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BrowsingOnMaBreak@reddit

I think we woefully underestimated how sensitive you are to sweetness because milk is not sweet by itself to most people I feel

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Katharinemaddison@reddit

If you find milk that sweet I take it anything fruit based is out. Or even tomatoes, they’re sweeter than milk I’d say.

I would say the traditional safety sunny day snack, at least at the seaside is chips, or for something cold, a tub of mixed sea food. But that is a sea side thing.

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Min_sora@reddit

Milk isn't sweet. I think you've just used to drinking milkshakes and sugared milk drinks.

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HumanCStand@reddit

Have a cold brew then, much tastier anyway

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Agitated_Strain_6260@reddit

The lady who serves me my iced lattes always comments on how it must taste bitter! Yes that's exactly how I want it thank you very much!

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ukrepman@reddit

Milk is barely sweet. And coffee is bitter! Mix them and you get something definitely not sweet. Unless you throw syrups in! What about a pasty? Or is the pastry too sweet lol.

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MissKatbow@reddit

One with bitter coffee maybe?

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Contract-Spirit@reddit

You think coffee (with milk) is sweet?

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ManicPixiRiotGrrrl@reddit

tell me you’ve never had good coffee before without telling me

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pipedreamexplosion@reddit

The fact that an ice cream is food isn't the point. An ice cream or iced lolly in the park is about being out in the sun and fresh air. You can have an iced coffee, a soft drink or anything you want. If your parameters are; it must be food, it cannot be sweet, and it must be a British tradition then the answer is no.

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Admirable-Trouble789@reddit

But OP wants a "snacky snack" 🤨

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Gabtraff@reddit

I've become an iced americano enjoyer of late, but not with the shitty coffee from a franchise chain.

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MorningSquare5882@reddit

Yup, that's what I was going to suggest. It's no less a food than ice cream, which is basically just frozen milk, and - unlike commenter below thinks - it definitely doesn't need to be sweet.

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PeterG92@reddit

Pork Pie with some Mustard

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thatguysaidearlier@reddit

Any picnic food would be appropriate.

Virtually any drink too.

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GodDamnShadowban@reddit

Thinking on it, I dont think ive ever been to a picnic that wasnt at least 60% alcohol by volume. Pimms oclock time anyone?

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ItchyFormal9@reddit

evo icecream, tastes of olive oil

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Puzzleheaded-Lynx-89@reddit

Have you tried a less sweet ice cream flavour? Espresso or pistachio used to be good for me as they weren't sweet. However, with the current Dubai chocolate craze that might have changed.

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Djinjja-Ninja@reddit

Beef consommé sorbet.

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Lachus_Shiu@reddit

Bovril 🤣

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RandomlyPrecise@reddit

Bovril turned into an ice lolly

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SparkyMarchi@reddit

Bovice, served in a wrapper like a choc-ice

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phatboi23@reddit

Aldi or Lidl better get on this idea before one of the big boys ruin it haha

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phatboi23@reddit

you joke but i'd fuckin' love that.

i DID grow up on hot bovril watching Stoke City games freezing my cock off, how did you know? lol

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Dazpiece@reddit

Did this for my dog last year, he fucking loved it

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sihasihasi@reddit

That's basically the "beef consomme sorbet", no?

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Fuzzy_Cake_5928@reddit

Some kind of Bovril Frappuchino maybe 🤔

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raspberryamphetamine@reddit

Cucumber with tzatziki straight from the fridge.

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GodDamnShadowban@reddit

Strawberry's and cream/+ smashed meringue.

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spyker31@reddit

Frozen peas

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Ok-Pain-2444@reddit

cold ploughman style snack like cheese pickles and crackers

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TheGhostOfKiki@reddit

Iced coffee

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Specific_Reindeer615@reddit

You can always scoop mashed potatoes onto an ice cream cone

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SubstanceOdd6287@reddit

Freeze some fruits ?

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pocketfullofdragons@reddit

Fruits are still sugary. If OP only wants something strictly savoury maybe they'd eat frozen vegetables?

You could probably eat frozen peas with the same tub & spoon as a scoop of ice-cream, if your friend can get an empty extra tub & utensil from wherever they get their ice-cream cone. Or just cut a corner off a bag of frozen peas and pour them into your mouth like Calippo shots lol

(RIP Calippo shots)

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ian9outof10@reddit

Again though. Sweet 🤣 this thread, honestly 🤣

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bsnimunf@reddit

Strawberry and cream or just strawberrys. Strawberrys are very low calorie.

Alternatively shut the fuck up and have a Solero.

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tumshy@reddit

I always snack on a handful of frozen peas when I’m cooking them. Reminds me of those Solero Shots you used to get.

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RNEngHyp@reddit

Cold watermelon always does it for me, but I guess that can be sweet.

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Ok-Refrigerator-770@reddit

For some reason everybody wants peaky bits haha

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MATE_AS_IN_SHIPMATE@reddit

Cucumber spears with tzatziki and posh salt for dipping.

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HarrryManback@reddit

When I was a kid one of my mates was diabetic. Whenever the ice cream man came around and we all ran home to grab a quid, he went and had a slice of toast. Can't help but feel he was getting short changed.

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QuintusCicerorocked@reddit

I have friends that love frozen grapes… I’m personally unconvinced but they insist that it’s amazing.

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Outside_Cap_6092@reddit

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Gnosys00110@reddit

I’m partial to a hotdog in the rain

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Awkward_Stranger407@reddit

Big fat smoke and a red bull

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McLeod3577@reddit

Marmite and Cucumber Sandwich

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_kapitan@reddit

cigarette

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Snoop_donn@reddit

Packet of peanuts and a pint of mild

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onionsofwar@reddit

I'm not sure it's especially British but the best I've got is a lovely fresh tomato salad. Some good quality juicy tomatoes sliced thin and placed in a bed of lamb's lettuce, salted then put a big burrata olive oil and balsamic then some seeds. 😙👌

If you wanted it more ice cream like you could probably blend those same ingredients, minus the leaves, whack into an ice cream maker or freezer and have it on some kind of savoury equivalent of a cone.

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ian9outof10@reddit

Tomato, basil and pepper blended and frozen, I could get behind this 🤣

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onionsofwar@reddit

I've had cheese ice cream and it was a bit bland but add some basil and you've got real flavour.

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_scorp_@reddit

Fish and chips at the sea front

Pint of cold cider / beer

Beer is literally sugar for people without a sweet tooth….

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WanderlustZero@reddit

Cup of tea

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BG3restart@reddit

An apple.

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lupes-uk@reddit

Cup of tea surely!

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atticdoor@reddit

Coleslaw?

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No-Adverti@reddit

Cucumber sandwiches, with the skin peeled off the cucumber and the crust chopped off the bread. Thin slices, a little salt and some butter.

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Virtual_Opinion_8630@reddit

Ice cold lemonade in a glass bottle

maybe

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

Lemonade is sweet and not a food?

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ManicPixiRiotGrrrl@reddit

you seem genuinely miserable man. just don’t go if you’re gonna be like this

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Scratchy-cat@reddit

Cloudy lemonade is not sweet, not a food but you could put a lemon in it and eat the lemon and then you have food

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Virtual_Opinion_8630@reddit

If you get high quality stuff its sour/sweet

but yeah not a good.

British equivalent is eating shitty cocktail sausages from Tesco

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eves21@reddit

Love a snacky snack

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spinzzi@reddit

Bag of ice cubes

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getrekt03@reddit

Tesco's cold boiled eggs.

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Vequihellin@reddit

From a 'British cultural' perspective, it's pretty traditional during the summer to pack a little picnic with carrot sticks and dip, pork pies, mini sausage rolls, the obligatory sandwiches etc, so I guess that's probably your equivalent I guess.

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captain_crackerjack@reddit

Gazpacho soup

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bopeepsheep@reddit

Alright Rimmer.

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EddieIzzardOnToast@reddit

Cheers Tim, cheers Simon

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Numerous-Abrocoma-50@reddit

How can anyone not like ice cream ?

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One_Pangolin1766@reddit

Frozen sorbet? Idk

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PangolinMandolin@reddit

Carrot and cucumber sticks. Paired with dip of your choice (hummus or sour cream maybe)

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apple_kicks@reddit

Jug of water with cucumber slices in and kept in fridge overnight is amazing on a hot day.

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EzriDaxwithsnaxks@reddit

Ooh now I wanna get some cucumber sticks and dip them in some philidelphia......

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Inevitable-Aide684@reddit

Doritos and sour cream dip is my go to! Such a picnicky snack!

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VelvetSwamp@reddit

Strawberries and cream

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KingForceHundred@reddit

Suck an ice cube.

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Agitated_Camera_6198@reddit

Fancy houmous. Good focaccia. All you need in life

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Petcai@reddit

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vartiverti@reddit

It’s not like you’re going to be able to get one from an ice cream van but savoury sorbet is a thing. Would certainly need planning.

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ukrepman@reddit

They might end up on a register though. And if they don't, they should.

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vartiverti@reddit

Tomato and basil in a waffle cone please mate, sprinkles.

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gherkinassassin@reddit

Ice cream cone while walking along the promenade in driving rain and almost sub zero degree weather. We don't drive all the way to Weymouth from Grimsby not to have a bloody ice-cream on the prom!!

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Glittering_Habit_161@reddit

Kiwis.

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uberprodude@reddit

Ice cheese

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pervertsage@reddit

A nice pickled egg in the woods.

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cheese_bruh@reddit

OP has to be taking the piss

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zero_iq@reddit

No, our piss is too sweet for OP.

Must be diabetes from all the sickeningly-sweet ice-cream we're eating.

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Klutzy_Salamander277@reddit

M&s picky bits

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Old-Law-7395@reddit

Beer

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blinky84@reddit

I had a think, and I feel like there's not because of one historical factor: preservation.

Salty savoury foods are often preserved for year-round. Sweet fruits were historically only available in the summer. Apples and blackberries and stuff go into autumn and winter, but traditionally they were much sharper and less sweet.

Of course, preserves can also be sweet, but savoury food didn't generally have the same seasonal limitations as sweet fruits like cherries and strawberries, so summer treat food is generally sweet.

I could be absolutely talking out of my arse, though.

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noradrenaline@reddit

30-40 olives straight out of the tub.

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Pleasant_Werewolf_30@reddit

It's not British, but I absolutely love eating Bulgarian Tarrator with a little side of ready salted crisps. Absolutely fell in love with it whilst on holiday there and I regularly make it every summer.

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BrowsingOnMaBreak@reddit

Some frozen yoghurts are tart, not sweet

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kiradax@reddit

Olives, cornichons or artichokes, look at the mezze sections in supermarkets

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BrowsingOnMaBreak@reddit

Iced coffee

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spvceinvader@reddit

bubble teaaaaaaa just ask for no or less sugar ?

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Rika_rena@reddit

A yoghurt?

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summerpeachxox@reddit

What about something like watermelon? Is that still too sweet?

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Lanky_Literature_157@reddit

You can buy sour ice lollies.

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JohnCasey3306@reddit

Beer in a pub garden.

Fish and chips at the seaside.

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ConnectionLeading435@reddit

Small tub of yoghurt

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Acceptable_Reach2892@reddit

Bag of crips

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jjb0rdell0@reddit

Get a really sharp lemon sorbet

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Cocobean4@reddit

Fresh fruit is lovely on a sunny day

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butterflyrattle@reddit

Is fruit too sweet for you?

A nice crisp apple on a hot day is great! Or a chilled satsuma!

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Responsible_Club_638@reddit

Coffee and a fag

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No-Door-3181@reddit

Isn’t the obvious answer an iced latte??

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ChiaraRimini@reddit

Not very British but slice of watermelon if you can get any that’s decadent?

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b3an3r1998@reddit

Cold fruit

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oldtrack@reddit

Scoop of hummus in a cone with a stick of celery

I’d rather kill myself

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20dogs@reddit

Dunno sounds pretty lovely to me

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BumblebeeForward9818@reddit

I’m not sure this “sweet tooth” thing is real. It just sounds cuter than “greedy bastard”.

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kimbosaurus@reddit

Crisps and dips

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sunheadeddeity@reddit

Tin of stuffed vine leaves from the Turkish grocery, they even have a little folding fork in them now. It's not a "cultural equivalent" because there isn't one.

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Essex-girl-1@reddit

Fruit salad

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Future_Direction5174@reddit

You used to be able to get cider ice-lollies when I was younger. My mum had a Tupperware ice-lolly maker, and we would make our own using flat cider. Needed the good scrumpy because it had the strongest flavour.

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clungebob69@reddit

Gin and tonic

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MasterPreparation687@reddit

This is my choice too.

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tigglybug@reddit

Pimms? Strawberry jam & clotted cream scones? Cucumber sandwiches? Cheese & pickle sandwiches?

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Charming_Honeydew_91@reddit

Mini cheese board or sushi with dips

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ImFamousYoghurt@reddit

Get some silicone ice lolly moulds and put unsweetened yoghurt in?

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Skymningen@reddit

Strawberries? (And cream if you want it to be more British I guess)

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Mubadger@reddit

You could freeze a cup of Bovril and eat it like a meaty ice lolly

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X2seraphim@reddit

You lost me at snacky snack.

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horacevsthespiders@reddit

Nice mug of tea.

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kiradotee@reddit

It's quite hard to eat through that even on a nice sunny day.

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TheBobbyMan9@reddit

A nice cold bag of ketamine

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Nebulousdbc@reddit

Nah, coke, pint and scrap in a pub is better

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

Starting to think a jar of pickles and a pot of fancy hummus really is the way to go. Wash it all down with some voddy mixed with the pickle juice.

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ktitten@reddit

M&S picky bits

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Eyup_Amigo@reddit

Cucumber sandwich or frozen grapes.

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thinkaboutthegame@reddit

Presuming you eat fruit, fresh strawberries would be a strong contender for British sunny day eating.

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kai_enby@reddit

They're insisting milk is too sweet in another comment so I would not presume they eat fruit

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Sage-Freke-@reddit

Frappuccino with no syrup

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GeekDomUK@reddit

A Greggs steak bake

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Belterhaze31@reddit

A spliff normally suits

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sock_cooker@reddit

That goes with any weather

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THE-HOARE@reddit

Pasty sat on a wall ?

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CitroenUK@reddit

Samosa is nice in the sunshine

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ByronsLastStand@reddit

As in a traditional British one? I suppose a cucumber sorbet (I'm imagining that may have been an option for well-to-do Victorians), that wouldn't be sweet. A nice crisp apple or pear, perhaps, though of course as fruits they're naturally sweet. Cone of chips is of course an institution, but if you're looking for something cold, well, scratch that unless you're a cold chip fan.

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destria@reddit

Not sure it's exactly equivalent but picnic food comes to mind. Sausage rolls and potato salad!

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Vladamir_pootinn@reddit

Dip your balls in icy water

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wonky-hex@reddit

Cheese ploughman's 🫡

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imustbeanangel@reddit

Pork pie Sausage roll Cone of chips Crudités and dip could work but you have to bring with.

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misterjonesUK@reddit

Most ice cream is some horrible chemical soup anyway. I never really liked it.

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Papertache@reddit

You're getting the cheap, processed stuff. I make ice cream at home and it's milk, cream and cornstarch/eggs as a base. Maybe you just don't like ice cream, and thats okay!

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BillyBlaze314@reddit

If you only buy the cheap crap, don't be surprised that it's crap.

At its most basic, it's a frozen vanilla custard. So cream, milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla.

If you say that still classes as a chemical soup, we have different definitions of what chemical soup entails.

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UrbanTurtle29@reddit

A tin of perello olives with a cocktail stick (about £3 or so)

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sock_cooker@reddit

The mum salad- lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, spring onions, coleslaw, new potatoes, boiled eggs, thick sliced ham and loads of salad cream.

Or cucumber sandwiches if you're posh

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flamingochills@reddit

Obviously it's a drink but I have an iced latte when everyone gets ice cream because it's nice and cool.

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NuisancePenguin44@reddit

Cucumber sandwich, pickled onion, pork pie sausage roll, an egg, pasty, cold tuna mayo pasta.

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HanAVFC@reddit

You can make your own ice lollies or slush puppies (you can buy bags to make them in) and take them with ice packs to keep them frozen. You can make alcohol ones or more savoury berry ones with no alcohol.

Or if you just don't like frozen, I do veggie and bread sticks with dip, cheese cubes and ham and soft cheese swirls that sort of things.

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Educational-Angle717@reddit

Pint in a beer garden - why aren't others saying this.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

Just go to M&S and peruse the picky bits. They’re the kings of summer picnics.

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LunaWabohu@reddit

A pint

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yourefunny@reddit

A few years ago I would pop down to the park near work and have my lunch in the summer. Usually a sandwich, but I enjoyed these snacks with it:
Marie Rose dip with prawns.
Little pack of olives.
Veggies and dip... mainly humous.
Etc.
Often make smoked baba ghanoush on my BBQ and that is perfect for a snack. Cold from the fridge.
Have a look at what a big M&S has on offer in the small appetiser section.
I don't think anything REALLY compares close enough with an ice cream though.

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liabilityno1@reddit

Quite honestly your own suggestion isnt a bad 1. Treat yourself to the fancy hummus! Get yourself proper dipping veg a handful of carrot celery pepper cucumber maybe even grab some crisps? Is there any other anti pasta you like? I love the small tomatoes with cheese. Olives? The mozzarella balls. Omg honestly i could go all day! Theres soooooooo much tasty picnic food you could be enjoying while theyre having an ice cream! Or have you considered spicy mango/fruit? Still sweet but the spiceyness balances it more?

A treat is defined by something you enjoy and dont get to have very often I believe, doesn't have to be fancy just has to be special for you! I hope you find a way to feel included regardless!

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Fweetheart@reddit

A cob in a beer garden

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

WKD blue and a pack of custard creams

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

That's all sweet!

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

Ahem. Custard creams are sweet for you?

Okay, supermalt and cardboard.

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MissKatbow@reddit

She just told me milk is sweet in another comment, which yeah it has sugars but I don't think many would describe it as sweet. I think the tree bark is a good shout.

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

They're arguing with me over custard creams now. Tree bark might be coasting too close to sweet for them. Maybe nettles and wild garlic

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Katharinemaddison@reddit

To be fair to op, custard creams are sweet. Biscuits have a lot of sugar in them. The milk thing is a little unusual though.

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egyptianspacedog@reddit

How could custard creams not be classed as sweet? They're pretty darn sweet even by biscuit standards.

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

On what planet are custard creams savoury?

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

They're biscuits. So whatever planet has biscuits called custard creams. Are we really pairing biscuits and ice cream in the same sweet category.

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RBisoldandtired@reddit

They’re quite obviously sweet…

Next you’ll be telling us cookies aren’t sweet. Doughnuts aren’t sweet. Jam? SWEET?!

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coffeexcoffeex91@reddit

Ummm biscuits are still on the sweet side of the scale... a custard cream isnt an icecream obv, but its not a cracker either

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Suspicious_Banana255@reddit

To be fair most people would consider biscuits as sweet

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

Compared to ice cream

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Dannypan@reddit

Yes. Custard creams are sweet. Over 25% of a custard cream is sugar.

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CaptainParkingspace@reddit

Third planet from Omicron2 Eridani. But you can’t get a decent cappuccino.

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yellowsapphire88@reddit

A plate of nachos with plenty of accompanying dip/sauces

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PatientArugula7504@reddit

Olives!!

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Substantial_Ad_1381@reddit

Carrot sticks and sweet chilli hummus. But ice cream is god tier in this weather. Get to like it

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That_Ryan_D@reddit

Some fresh cold Melon/Watermelon/Mango - or any of the fruit pots you can buy (or make yourself).

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LazyLady68@reddit

Are frozen green grapes too sweet?

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Suspicious_Banana255@reddit

Not that I can think of. Perhaps take some fruit with you or veg, carrot sticks in a tupperware tub perhaps. Anything cold you like to eat that you could carry with you. My kid likes to eat plain ice cubes and crushed ice, you could try that.

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FireWhiskey5000@reddit

A nice cold pint of cider!

Though also…it could be Pimms O’clock…

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zoonazoona@reddit

Lager.

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OcDrew@reddit

I wanted to say pack frozen grapes but those are sweet
Watermelon squeezed with lime

Maybe an Açai bowl? It’s still sweet but a good alternative or what about freezing yoghurt & adding whatever you like to it & stick a popsicle stick inside

Frozen healthier dessert alternative

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egyptianspacedog@reddit

Mayhaps?

https://www.reddit.com/r/BritInfo/s/7O9PIcFHpo

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Goatsandducks@reddit

A tub of ice cubes

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Quiet_surprise79@reddit

Either some proper chippy chips, or some picnic food. Cocktail sausages, mini sausage rolls etc from a supermarket

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ghost-bagel@reddit

Tortillas and hot salsa

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Every-Reflection-974@reddit

Gazpacho

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ukrepman@reddit

Do people not know what sweet things are? Who said custard creams aren't sweet?!?

My suggestion... salted popcorn? A scotch egg? Or, a good old cup of Bovril?

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no-hachi@reddit

Fruits, like watermelon and pineapple chunks

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LongjumpingInside565@reddit

Surely this is just picky bits. Whatever picnic food you feel like, mini sausage rolls, cocktail sausage, pork pies, etc.

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ProudMastodon1@reddit

Strawberries with cream. The answer is obviously strawberries with cream.

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Sweet-Economics-5553@reddit

What about one of those small sides you get on a meal deal- like a scotch egg, or a small salad?

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Red_749@reddit

Picky bits in the park, if you can afford it the traditional way is M&S picky bits

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Used_Platform_3114@reddit

Crisps.

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SilkySmoothRalph@reddit

A couple of Greggs sausage rolls?

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uneasy-chicken@reddit

Posh crisps and tzatziki

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PeppercornWizard@reddit

Cucumber sandwiches are the classic.

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Dry_Action1734@reddit

Cold and savoury food? I mean… just take any savoury food like sausage rolls and stick them in the fridge and then a cool bag.

There’s no magic answer. If it’s food you want, savoury will usually be hot and certainly not cooling.

I don’t see why you can’t have something temperature neutral like sausage rolls and pair it with a cold drink which isn’t sweet. But from your other answers, you seem to think literally anything is too sweet.

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

Ice cream in the park , or beer in a pub garden. For me personally I’m very hot countries around the world it’s a boiling hot tea and a cigarette

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girlsunderpressure@reddit (OP)

Ice cream is expressly what I don't want and beer is not a food

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Contract-Spirit@reddit

Beer slushie?

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

Beer battered onion rings

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rabbithole-xyz@reddit

Pan bagnat. My favourite picnic food. Can be made in a "small" as a snack.

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Chemical-Mouse-9903@reddit

Sorbet or Ice Lolly

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CrustyHumdinger@reddit

Chip shop

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Maleficent-Fun-6744@reddit

Sushi? I love cold wakame seaweed salad. Not exactly a British cultural equivalent to an ice cream though haha. A cold pork pie? Quiche? Scotch egg?

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whatdosnowmeneat@reddit

If it's after work, grabbing a takeaway pizza and eating it in a park field. Brings back London summer memories.

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Empty-Question-9526@reddit

Ice cubes in a cup, crunch through them ahha

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darthelijah@reddit

This would be so bad for your teeth!!

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ukrepman@reddit

Really? Why?

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sullcrowe@reddit

Ice

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BioelectricBeing@reddit

I love frozen forest fruits from sainsburys, quite cheap for 300g ish, you can eat them one at a time so they last a while if you have a 50g serving, low calorie and they taste nice and tart! (Cranberries, redcurrant, blackcurrants, and blackberries, maybe raspberries too.)

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Cirias@reddit

Bovril ice lollies? ;)

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rabbithole-xyz@reddit

Any canapé.

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Namiweso@reddit

Quiche straight out the fridge (or a cool box if you’re in the park).

Other than that no - everything else is sweet. Don’t need a sweet tooth to enjoy an ice cream though

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FuyoBC@reddit

Maybe one of the lunch snacks that come with a meal deal such as carrots and hoummos, Small box of sushi, mini box of olives, Guacamole Chip & Dip or anything like that - very normal lunch/snack things that are not sweet, not hot and are definitely snacky-snacks IMO

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Amazing-Heron-105@reddit

What about a Frappe?

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Dedward5@reddit

Strawberries and cream. Isn’t that sweet (if you don’t cover it it sugar)

Other fruits like raspberries.

Water melon triangles.

Nice Bowl of salad.

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Keycuk@reddit

Fresh Shellfish

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b135702@reddit

Anything? Salad? Hummus and crisps? Greggs?

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Eastern_Job_4746@reddit

Strawberries?

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Lewis19962010@reddit

Freeze whatever snack you eat normally that's not sweet.

I assume fruit is out the window as that is sweet, so frozen carrot sticks

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Other varieties are available

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sleepyprojectionist@reddit

For the adventurous: Ice cube suppository.

For the normies: A nice glass of ice-cold water with a slice of lemon.

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