"warm" beer should in fact be cellar cool. Think of the salad bit of your fridge

If you really want to treat yourself, have dinner at 'Dinner' by Heston Blumenthal in the Mandarin Orientaly, Knightsbridge. The concept of the restaurant is indigenous British food culled from cookbooks going back almost 500 years. I had dinner there a few months back and had one of the most incredible meals of my life - risotto with calves tail, 'meat fruit, which is pate in the shape of a mandarin orange (just trust me), spiced pigeon and spit roasted pineapple. My dinner companions ordered broadly across the menu and all of it was incredible.

It's certainly not inexpensive, however, the service is warm and impeccable. Book WAY in advance and enjoy!

"hence the term bitter to distinguish between the two, source" - Camra.

So the Campaign for Real Ales doesn't think they brew ale anymore?? (I'm not disputing, maybe the term has changed - Indian Pale Ale is exceptionally hoppy)

"So the Campaign for Real Ales doesn't think they brew ale anymore?? (I'm not disputing, maybe the term has changed - Indian Pale Ale is exceptionally hoppy)"

Like so many words I'm sure the meaning has changed since the 1600's, I only know this because I was corrected (very sternly) by a Gales Brewery guide and some Camra members on a brewery tour some years ago.

What are some of the best prepared, ready to eat foods you can get at Tesco?

Marmite – is a product that is made in the United Kingdom.

Vegemite is a similar product made in Australia. Not common in the UK.

Bovril is a bit like Marmite, but more liquid. You put it in hot water. For a sort of beef tea.

You can sure get tripe in south Texas. Important ingredient in menudo (not the boy band). Urk. I don't eat innards.

The midwest doesn't have tripe? Tripe is grazing all around you, everywhere you look in the midwest, if you're committed. Or want to be.

"What are some of the best prepared, ready to eat foods you can get at Tesco?"

Do you mean ready meals to take away and heat up or sandwiches/salads etc?

To add to the general recommendations, make sure to try some desserts, we have some of the best - sticky toffee pudding, (various) fruit crumbles etc etc. Yum yum.

My OH loves an English cream tea - scones (English ones, I think you have your own US version that isn't the same), raspberry jam and CLOTTED cream (which you might have to find mail order), all with a nice cup of tea with milk (not cream, as some people think from the name cream tea).