Strange UK food

Agreed that corn on pizza is weird! I've even seen corn at an English Subway shop before. I don't like corn so I'll gladly pass on that.

Other strange bits... putting golden syrup on things like pancakes. I'll only use golden syrup in baking, not on pancakes.
Chip butties, though I've seen sandwiches with fries in them in the US.


From my observations, it seems like Americans are more high maintenance about their food, like with seasonings and stuff. One time me, my boyfriend and his friend were eating fish and chips at home. For condiments, I had my salt, pepper, tartar sauce, ketchup, and malt vinegar out while BF and his friend were happy with just a tiny bit of ketchup!

Asked DW - she said pork pies, walkers french fries, crumpets, curry

Funny as on her first visit we went out for a meal with some of my friends and we wen for a curry, and after she said she didn't like it! She loves it now. And she didn't like pork pie the first time she had it!

Twiglets. Just weird, but DH loves them.

Veg I'd never had before coming to the UK were swede (rutabaga) and celeriac. MiL does a lovely swede and carrot mash at christmas that I've come to replicate for many roast dinners. Other foods that aren't weird but were new/strange to me, were roast potatoes made with duck fat (yum!), cornish pasties (double yum!!) and pork and leek sausages, so simple, so good!

Twiglets. Just weird, but DH loves them.

I used to like Twiglets but now I just feel like they have a burnt taste to them..!???

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I used to like Twiglets but now I just feel like they have a burnt taste to them..!???

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Yeah, same here - the last few times I've eaten Twiglets they haven't quite tasted like I remember - more burnt. Maybe they've adjusted the recipe recently or something.

just remembered: Soreen malt loaf, black pudding, and recently I really liked haggis

And, I know it's not food, but I do think it's a bit strange-- I'm a big fan of Lemsip when I'm sick (powder sachets containing paracetamol/aka acetaminophen, Phenylephrine HCl, and flavorings to dissolve in boiling water). Today, we got the Blackcurrant flavor for the first time (as opposed to lemon); it's alright, but I'm not fully convinced.

But, speaking of blackcurrant drinks-- I used to drink a lot of  "Cider and Black" and Snakebites (lager, cider, blackcurrant cordial).  I also like a Soda and Lime sometimes (lime cordial with soda water).  I guess these aren't particularly strange, but I'd never heard of blackcurrant before I came here. 

Yeah, same here - the last few times I've eaten Twiglets they haven't quite tasted like I remember - more burnt. Maybe they've adjusted the recipe recently or something.

Yeah there used to be more of a... tang, I guess you could say? That's actually what my husband thinks, that they've changed the recipe.

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My mum loved haggis (and all things Scottish) whenever she visited there.

But, speaking of blackcurrant drinks-- I used to drink a lot of  "Cider and Black" and Snakebites (lager, cider, blackcurrant cordial).  I also like a Soda and Lime sometimes (lime cordial with soda water).  I guess these aren't particularly strange, but I'd never heard of blackcurrant before I came here. 

Neither had DW so I looked it up just expecting it to have a different name - to find that cultivation was actually banned in the US until recently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackcurrant#United_States

Which brings me onto another of DW's = fruit squash drinks, particularly the summer fruits variety. When her daughter visited she even took a couple of bottles back with her in her suitcase!

Yeah there used to be more of a... tang, I guess you could say? That's actually what my husband thinks, that they've changed the recipe.

Ha, DH just figured the ones he got were stale. They sure tasted stale to me *blech*. Not a fan!

I also like a Soda and Lime sometimes (lime cordial with soda water).

I got caught by the lime cordial thing - I worked in a pub (the O'Neills in Ealing) for a bit and one of my first customers asked for a vodka soda and lime. So I brought her a vodka soda with a wedge of lime. She quickly corrected me and I always made sure to ask going forward.

  I also like a Soda and Lime sometimes (lime cordial with soda water). 

Oh this is my favourite thing to have out right now. I gave up alcohol for Lent and I was struggling to find something to enjoy if we went to the pub. Its yummy!

Not really strange, but certainly not American: Cullen Skink, now and forever. 

I can't believe nobody has mentioned jellied eels. Who wouldn't want to eat a cup of cold eels in a jelly-like substance with a fork!

There was a guy eating a big bag of this stuff called "Monster Munch" on the bus behind me the other day.....it was dank and stuffy anyhow (heating on high, windows fogged)....bus swirling around corners (very aggressive driver)...I was getting a whiff or two of someone's acetone-like cologne....and then waves of Monster Munch....I had on a shirt that was about 3 sizes too tight....ye gods....

There was a guy eating a big bag of this stuff called "Monster Munch" on the bus behind me the other day.....it was dank and stuffy anyhow (heating on high, windows fogged)....bus swirling around corners (very aggressive driver)...I was getting a whiff or two of someone's acetone-like cologne....and then waves of Monster Munch....I had on a shirt that was about 3 sizes too tight....ye gods....

Oh dear!