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Cheddar cheese, is like the beige or magnolia of the cheese world!! Interestingly there are more varieties of cheese in the UK than there are in France.
American cheese is not even cheese, even bacteria won't touch it.
There are some fantastic Cheddars. The brand I buy is aged five years and is wonderful.
You can find most American stuff in England. Send California Wine, but not Gallo, something like Opus or some very specific varietal. Wine from Oregon, they have a red wine from there (I don't recall the grape variety) that is delicious. I've never seen Jerkies and Pepto Bismol, you can send them together. Something weird, M.D.
In any local Seven Eleven you'll find lots of little items you don't find anywhere else on earth.
Do you all realize the advice asked was 4 years ago?
I have to point out that the cost of shipping anything between the US and UK is prohibitive! I tried to ship some British biscuits to a friend in PA and it was something like £30 for 4 boxes.
I live in a mid size town (about 200,000) in northeast Texas and finding fabulous cheeses is as easy as driving ten minutes to the grocery store. We have a cheese section that is absolutely fantastic along with very helpful and knowledgeable staff. They also have a variety of cheeses to taste on any given day. To top that off, they have a huge choice of crackers and breads and they pair wines (both domestic and international), sausages and fruits with the different cheeses, changing the displays several times a week. We can also buy a "sampler" with about five different cheeses and some nuts and/or sausages if we want to try new cheeses out. Oh, and on most weekends, there are wine tastings in that section as well.
In this section, we also have clotted cream and creme fraiche, and right next door in the adjoining section is a huge selection of deli meats from all over the world.
One of my favorite parts of this section of the store is that we also have fresh hummus options - about 8 of them usually - and we can taste them, as well as other spreads, to our heart's content - using little disposable spoons and cups. Then we can walk around the corner and taste a wide variety of fresh baked breads before making our choice. The breads are baked right there on a daily basis - multigrain, sourdough, herbs, cheeses, brioches, cornbreads, rolls, croissants, scones, coffee cakes, you name it. I love that we can pick out a loaf and have it sliced right there, while it's still warm from the oven.
"Right here in River City."
This is common in mid size towns across the US. Small towns, not so much, but larger towns and cities - no problem whatsoever finding great cheeses, meats, wines, fresh baked goods, etc.
I live in a mid size town (about 200,000) in northeast Texas and finding fabulous cheeses is as easy as driving ten minutes to the grocery store. We have a cheese section that is absolutely fantastic along with very helpful and knowledgeable staff. They also have a variety of cheeses to taste on any given day. To top that off, they have a huge choice of crackers and breads and they pair wines (both domestic and international), sausages and fruits with the different cheeses, changing the displays several times a week. We can also buy a "sampler" with about five different cheeses and some nuts and/or sausages if we want to try new cheeses out. Oh, and on most weekends, there are wine tastings in that section as well.
In this section, we also have clotted cream and creme fraiche, and right next door in the adjoining section is a huge selection of deli meats from all over the world.
One of my favorite parts of this section of the store is that we also have fresh hummus options - about 8 of them usually - and we can taste them, as well as other spreads, to our heart's content - using little disposable spoons and cups. Then we can walk around the corner and taste a wide variety of fresh baked breads before making our choice. The breads are baked right there on a daily basis - multigrain, sourdough, herbs, cheeses, brioches, cornbreads, rolls, croissants, scones, coffee cakes, you name it. I love that we can pick out a loaf and have it sliced right there, while it's still warm from the oven.
"Right here in River City."
This is common in mid size towns across the US. Small towns, not so much, but larger towns and cities - no problem whatsoever finding great cheeses, meats, wines, fresh baked goods, etc.
I never had any trouble finding good cheeses in the US. Not all cheese sold in the US is that processed rubbish.
Can't say I've ever found a croissant as good as in France or Belgium, or scones as good as in Scotland. I'm always baffled by those hard triangular things they call scones in Panera Bread and other places.
I never had any trouble finding good cheeses in the US. Not all cheese sold in the US is that processed rubbish.
Can't say I've ever found a croissant as good as in France or Belgium, or scones as good as in Scotland. I'm always baffled by those hard triangular things they call scones in Panera Bread and other places.
Panera's scones are definitely soft nowdays. I eat them once in a while. Definitely not as good as the ones in the UK though
I make my own scones most of the time - they're very easy to make. But the ones at my local grocery store are flaky on the outside but soft on the inside. They're delicious! I don't care for the ones you can buy at Panera Bread or Starbucks.
I live in a mid size town (about 200,000) in northeast Texas and finding fabulous cheeses is as easy as driving ten minutes to the grocery store. We have a cheese section that is absolutely fantastic along with very helpful and knowledgeable staff. They also have a variety of cheeses to taste on any given day. To top that off, they have a huge choice of crackers and breads and they pair wines (both domestic and international), sausages and fruits with the different cheeses, changing the displays several times a week. We can also buy a "sampler" with about five different cheeses and some nuts and/or sausages if we want to try new cheeses out. Oh, and on most weekends, there are wine tastings in that section as well.
In this section, we also have clotted cream and creme fraiche, and right next door in the adjoining section is a huge selection of deli meats from all over the world.
One of my favorite parts of this section of the store is that we also have fresh hummus options - about 8 of them usually - and we can taste them, as well as other spreads, to our heart's content - using little disposable spoons and cups. Then we can walk around the corner and taste a wide variety of fresh baked breads before making our choice. The breads are baked right there on a daily basis - multigrain, sourdough, herbs, cheeses, brioches, cornbreads, rolls, croissants, scones, coffee cakes, you name it. I love that we can pick out a loaf and have it sliced right there, while it's still warm from the oven.
"Right here in River City."
This is common in mid size towns across the US. Small towns, not so much, but larger towns and cities - no problem whatsoever finding great cheeses, meats, wines, fresh baked goods, etc.
It's much the same in Canada, however probably like Texas it depends on the grocery store. One store near me probably only has 60 types of cheese, another one over 200 types. This is not counting specialty cheese shops of course.
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