Any other unique British grocery products I should try?

In My Humble Opinion
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Thanks for all the speedy replies! I just placed my order of 44.85 GBP ($90 US!) and I’m awaiting my order, hoping the weather plans on cooperating as not to melt all my chocolate products. My order (in case anyone cares):

Item Description Qty Weight Price Line Total
Nesquik Banana Milkshake Mix 5 300g £2.29 £11.45
Mcvities Chocolate Hob Nobs Twin Pack 1 600g £2.95 £2.95
McVities Milk Choc Caramel Digestives 1 400g £1.55 £1.55
Colmans English Mustard 1 170g £1.44 £1.44
McVities Jaffa Cakes Tube 15PK 1 187g £1.59 £1.59
Wilkins Victoria Plum Conserve 1 340g £1.99 £1.99
HP Brown Sauce 1 454g £1.89 £1.89

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A care package to make an expatriate weep. Hope you enjoy it!

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The three British products I always have on hand are a bottle of Lea & Perrins, a jar of Roses (usually lime) and a Fray Bentos Steak and Kidney pie (when the craving comes I don’t want to have to go buy one).

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For the Colmans English mustard lovers…I can recommend their Horseradish mustard.

Holy crap that stuff is hot, hot, hot…but bloody good spread on a toasted cheese sarnie

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Oh… Bugger. Still the chocolate was good - I expect Cadbury’s will soon put a stop to that.

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What’s up with that? You cross the border to buy your lotto tickets and you’re assaulted by an array of Cadbury’s products not available a kilometer back. Last time I was over, Ireland didn’t have the new Cadbury’s bars (long and chunky) there are lots of thinner rectangular bricks.

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Yeah, Cadbury’s of Ireland is a distinct entity - I used to work on the Irish Ferries occasionally and I noticed lots of flat traditional bars in flavours not available in the UK - Rum & Butter, Mint Crisp, Rum & Raisin, ‘Tiffin’, etc. Some familiar products appeared under different brands too (‘Twirl’ is ‘Spira’ - or at least they’re very similar). Cadbury Ireland is a subsidiary, but AFAIK, run somewhat separately, with separate manufacturing too, I think.

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By the way… what about proper real ale or cider?

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Kit-Kat chocky bars…the big fuck off chunky ones…yummy

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How about Caley’s chocolates? Are they good? If so, where can I get some?

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I thought the original Caley’s chocolate (made in Norwich) disappeared years ago. The factory was taken over by Rowtrees who made Kit-Kat bars there, but it closed a few years ago. I do have a sneaking suspicion that somebody did revive the brand name , but I have never seen it for sale.

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Is this stuff meant for human consumption? As far as i know, it is odorless, flavorless, white stuff-is it some kind of industrial lubricant?

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It’s used for killing birds, hence the name.

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http://www.caleys.com

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As I thought, the name has been revived. But they are bending the truth a bit by saying “since 1883”. As I said, the original company was taken over by Rowntree Mackintosh and the name disappeared for quite a few years. So it’s not the original company.

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Cadburys from NZ is heaps nicer than the UK stuff, and they have a much wider range of bars than the UK. Their factory tour is better than the UK one, too.

Si

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What about Heinz baked beans?

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It looks like there has been some kind of corporate continuity, but perhaps only on paper - according to this Wiki article…

So it sounds like a revival of the brand name and location, but not the factory itself - whether the recipes have survived the transition is unclear.

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Lol, I remember the name Tiffin and the mint crisp (there’s a golden crisp too IIRC.)

Ireland also seems to have a tonne of coconut based biscuits, from what I remember of my grandparents’ kitchen.

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I don’t mind Hershey’s dark chocolate, and I like dark chocolate in general (won’t eat milk chocolate straight anymore). What I do know is that I tried one of the “fancy high percentage cocao chocolate bars” and it was awful. I guess YMMV, but I just wanted to warn you.