Strange UK food

Parsnips and lamb. I know you can find both in the US, but we never had either in my house. My mom is very anti-lamb. Now I don't know how I ever lived without them.

Oh yes - lamb! I never ate that before moving here either...mmmmm.

Beans on toast.  I used to think that was so weird, but it's delicious. 

Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo and cheese.  Really, jacket potatoes in general. 

Steamed sponge puddings 

Christmas cake.  I make my own with interesting dried fruit--no evil raisins

Roast potatoes 

Cider

(Those last two aren't strange...just delicious)

I know I grew up in a British family but, even in the US, we always had Marmite, Branston and parsnips.

I used to think mayonnaise and french fries was weird but I have grown to really like it

This is kind of related to this topic...

I found when I first moved to the UK I felt like a lot of the dishes didn't have flavor (the stereotypical assessment of British food).  Then as my body adjusted to not having LOADS of salt in each and every dish (I was single in the US and for several months after moving here so I ate a lot of microwavable meals).  Now I find so much flavor in British dishes and think American dishes taste too salty now.

Same for anyone else?

think American dishes taste too salty now.

Same for anyone else?

It's the sweetness in American foods that I notice more than the saltiness. But yes, there's definitely a difference!

I should note too, that don't find any food "strange", just regional to that taste  

But in addition to haggis, I am a big fan of tunnocks tea cakes, mr kipling anything,hot cross buns and hot cross bun loaf, even a simple victoria sponge cake, christmas cake, brandy butter, chutneys everywhere,  oh yeah I agree about the steamed puddings -mmmmmmmm!, coleman's mustard, offal, the various type of "game" you can get easily at the butchers or even Tesco - venison, piegon, pheasant, rabbit, hare, ostrich, (horse  ); interesting cuts of meat like pigs trotters or cheek; REAL ALES (not that American microbrews aren't fab either, but oh real ale); same on the cider too, pies!; oatcakes, welsh cakes, rock cakes, tea buns, cheese like wenslydale with cranberries being so cheap, local smoked salmon/trout/haddock; cullen skink; abroath smokies, white pudding, black pudding, fruit pudding, lorne sausage, sausages of any type (so good here!!!), lancashire hotpot, bubble and squeak, mince pies, yorkie chocolate, force cereal, weetabix (ate this in the US too), marmite!!, bovril, crisp flavours like ketchup/prawn cocktail/haggis/bacon; mussels (ate in the US, but so good here), whitebait,  brown sauce, millionaire shortbread, bitter lemon tonic, squash/diluting juice/cordial, broon sauce, chippy curry sauce, dundee cake,brown bun, clotted cream.......

What is not to love??

But in addition to haggis, I am a big fan of tunnocks tea cakes, mr kipling anything,hot cross buns and hot cross bun loaf, even a simple victoria sponge cake, christmas cake, brandy butter, chutneys everywhere,  oh yeah I agree about the steamed puddings -mmmmmmmm!, coleman's mustard, offal, the various type of "game" you can get easily at the butchers or even Tesco - venison, piegon, pheasant, rabbit, hare, ostrich, (horse  ); interesting cuts of meat like pigs trotters or cheek; REAL ALES (not that American microbrews aren't fab either, but oh real ale); same on the cider too, pies!; oatcakes, welsh cakes, rock cakes, tea buns, cheese like wenslydale with cranberries being so cheap, local smoked salmon/trout/haddock; cullen skink; abroath smokies, white pudding, black pudding, fruit pudding, lorne sausage, sausages of any type (so good here!!!), lancashire hotpot, bubble and squeak, mince pies, yorkie chocolate, force cereal, weetabix (ate this in the US too), marmite!!, bovril, crisp flavours like ketchup/prawn cocktail/haggis/bacon; mussels (ate in the US, but so good here), whitebait,  brown sauce, millionaire shortbread, bitter lemon tonic, squash/diluting juice/cordial, broon sauce, chippy curry sauce, dundee cake,brown bun, clotted cream.......

What is not to love??


Ohhhhhhhhhh such good fooooooooood!!!!! I am sooooooo hungry now thanks to this list! 

Thanks, PB! You reminded me that I had never tried salmon, smoked salmon or brown sauce until I moved over. Love all three! Nom nom nom. I'd never had swede either. I like it, but I don't love it.

I thought of something I don't like that I never had until I moved to the UK. Lemon-flavored desserts. Bleh. 
Which is weird because I like lemon-flavored candy and drinks, but if it's in a cake or in tart form. Ugh. No. Again, you can get it in the US, but my family and friends weren't as big on lemon desserts as my husband's family is.

Does anyone else think its odd how in the UK they put sweet corn on like everything....tuna?? pizza??? I love corn but WEIRD!

Beans on toast.  I used to think that was so weird, but it's delicious. 

Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo and cheese.  Really, jacket potatoes in general. 

Steamed sponge puddings 

Christmas cake.  I make my own with interesting dried fruit--no evil raisins

Roast potatoes 

Cider

(Those last two aren't strange...just delicious)

I am a big appreciator of the jacket potato, it got me through my student days. And cider is the best thing ever. I don't drink beer at all, so cider (and wine) is my default. There are a couple of ale festivals on my side of town that tend to have cider sections, it's a great way to spend a summer evening, trying questionable concoctions and listening to slightly mad brewers.

Does anyone else think its odd how in the UK they put sweet corn on like everything....tuna?? pizza??? I love corn but WEIRD!

LOL...yeah, my daughter actually pointed it out to me. She can't stand the stuff and her friend at school brings tuna and sweet corn just about every day. Poor chicklet doesn't like tuna either so it totally grosses her out. First time I saw it on pizza I was  but hey...whatever. I just think its funny they call it "sweet" corn. I guess I didn't realize there was any other kind 

I just think its funny they call it "sweet" corn. I guess I didn't realize there was any other kind 

Corn here generally refers to wheat or other grains that are often fed to chickens. Sweet corn is the stuff we eat.

Corn here generally refers to wheat or other grains that are often fed to chickens. Sweet corn is the stuff we eat.

Ah never knew that...thanks for the info

Corn here generally refers to wheat or other grains that are often fed to chickens. Sweet corn is the stuff we eat.

Ah that would explain it then! I always ask DH but he always says "I don't know"!