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Kathryn, just be careful as to the origin of certain items in World Market.
I bought some Cadbury's chocolate (a popular British brand) there and it tasted unusual. Further inspection of the wrapper revealed that it was made in South Africa!
Kathryn, just be careful as to the origin of certain items in World Market.
I bought some Cadbury's chocolate (a popular British brand) there and it tasted unusual. Further inspection of the wrapper revealed that it was made in South Africa!
It is made differently for warm climates. It doesn't taste the same in African countries or in Australia.
rogan josh (I think that's how you spell it) THAT'S what you have to know when you go to England. We can get a pretty good version where we live, thank goodness.
and Guinness (sp?) I don't drink it. and things like Specked Hen. (not spotted dick.) The level of drinking they have in England is unlike anything I've ever seen before. Love the pubs but not the level of drunkenness.
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I'm not a fan of beer or lager, much prefer cider...now there's something I couldn't find in the US!
Guinness is Irish, most people only drink it for St. Patrick's day over here, much more popular in Ireland, where they can drink the English under the table!
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I've never figured out why they are called Digestive Biscuits?!
I'm a fan of English Breakfast Tea, Earl Grey, and a variety of herbal teas. I also like an American tea - Constant Comment. I love sweet iced tea and it's one of the very few things I miss living in the UK. I can make it at home, but I'd love to be able to order some proper sweet iced tea with my meal in a restaurant.
Oreos which are made in the UK are not as good as the ones in the US. The biscuit part isn't the same and neither is the cream filling.
You can buy iced tea over here, but yeah it isn't served in any reastaurants, well none that I have ever been in...
The Oreo's over here taste the same to me
Other things that taste different are chocolate bars such as Snickers, in America the chocolate has a more cocoa taste where in the UK the chocolate is more creamy...
Then there's things like Sunkist which is a bright , almost glowing orange in the US (due to all the artificial colourings etc..) In the UK it is a yellowy orange colour as we don't allow as much crap in our foods/drinks
I'm not a fan of beer or lager, much prefer cider...now there's something I couldn't find in the US!
Guinness is Irish, most people only drink it for St. Patrick's day over here, much more popular in Ireland, where they can drink the English under the table!
Your cider is.......strong. I've had it over here too but it's hard to find.Guinness--my Brit hubby drinks it hereif he's having beer. I think the reason may be that it tastes the same here as over there. He can expound on the different breweries and where they are and whether their beer travels well. He was in the business over there.
I know the Irish drink--a lot--but I was always amazed at the drinking culture over there in England. I think you people would do very well against the Irish.
Yes binge drinking is a real problem, especially with the younger generation, who go all out on a Friday or Saturday night, I avoid the town centre here like the plague at weekends!..
You don't see many older people drunk round here (like wino's in the street) drinking on the streets is illegal where I live, but you do get the odd group of teenagers drinking 3 litre bottles of cheap cider in parks! Though the police normally turn up to spoil their fun
I'm not a fan of beer or lager, much prefer cider...now there's something I couldn't find in the US!
Guinness is Irish, most people only drink it for St. Patrick's day over here, much more popular in Ireland, where they can drink the English under the table!
You can buy iced tea over here, but yeah it isn't served in any reastaurants, well none that I have ever been in...
The Oreo's over here taste the same to me
Other things that taste different are chocolate bars such as Snickers, in America the chocolate has a more cocoa taste where in the UK the chocolate is more creamy...
Then there's things like Sunkist which is a bright , almost glowing orange in the US (due to all the artificial colourings etc..) In the UK it is a yellowy orange colour as we don't allow as much crap in our foods/drinks
The consensus of the expats I've known here say the Oreos don't taste as good here.
I don't know about the Irish (or Scots) drinking the English under the table. Any time we visit London we see lots of people drinking beer when we go in for our breakfast!
I don't think it's "meat tea" I believe the term is "beef tea". This was usually Bovril mixed with hot water. We used to drink this during the winter months when I was a child.
Oh yes that stuff. That isn't tea, thats just hot water and stock cubes mixed together.
I'm more of a coffee drinker, like yourself I HAVE to have coffee in the morning! If I do drink tea it is from a simple tea bag & normally only if I have a cake or some biscuits to go with it
Hell no! How anyone can drink that stuff is beyond me. It looks like compost in hot water.
I have drunk it before and it has a disgusting sour taste, there is not a nice tase to it at all. I'm convinced that people only drink it because: 1. They are addicted. 2. For the Caffine.
Hell no! How anyone can drink that stuff is beyond me. It looks like compost in hot water.
I have drunk it before and it has a disgusting sour taste, there is not a nice tase to it at all. I'm convinced that people only drink it because: 1. They are addicted. 2. For the Caffine.
I really had never had hot tea before I went to Scotland in the late 70s for a visit and quickly became hooked on hot tea and Chinese food. Neither of my parents drank hot tea. In fact no one in my extended family did. We are all ice tea drinkers, though.
I have heard of "beef tea" which I always figured was beef broth and good for what ails you.
As for coffee, it is an aquired taste. I like it but I have had some that was bitter and not to my liking at all. I prefer black coffee with no cream or sugar so if it is bitter then I won't try that brand again.
We know that caffeine is addictive and if I don't have two cups of coffee in the morning I am never quite awake during the day.
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