sailingsailing

I was in the uk this summer and could not find graham crackers or graham flour. No one in my UK family ever heard of them! so this year, i thought for the holidays i would like to send them some graham crackers and some other foods that we have here in the US that may not be available in the UK. if i remember correctly, they were also saying that chocolate (like Mars and Hershey brands) are different in the US. I would love any and all suggestions! Thank you! I will also post on the US forum

spirobulldog

i doubt they have any grits.

kinda like we don't have blood pudding. This is pork made with blood and fat

spirobulldog

and they would call it a Graham Biscuit, not a cracker.

SAB

Yes, US brands of chocolate are different, but find out if your family likes US chocolate first. Most of my family does not, and in fact they send me UK Cadbury's because I don't like the US kind.

I think most of the US foods least familiar to Brits, is from the South; grits, collard greens, cornbread, etc. or packaged convenience food aka junk food.

Aduchamp1

i doubt they have any grits.
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First good thing I have heard about the Brits in a while.

SAB

BTW isn't Graham flour just a brand of whole wheat flour. There is a difference between products not being available in others countries versus a specific brand.

Michael

kinda like we don't have blood pudding. This is pork made with blood and fat

It is available in the Spanish and Italian version in specialized stores. Look for "budino" and "moprcilla".

spirobulldog

well it ain't available anywhere I live. lol. I wonder if it is available anywhere in Oklahoma or Arkansas. I doubt it.

spirobulldog

hey but we have Graham Crackers. Send them some Hersheys candy bar and graham crackers. Maybe, just maybe they have Marshmallows.

Poor Brits have never had a smore I guess.

mlgb

Reeses Peanut Butter cups were always viewed with astonishment.

Judyrem

When we were in Wales last week, their chips and salsa selections were pretty lame. BTW, I adore searching the aisles of Tesco and Sainsbury...be still my heart.
Xochitl chips are great. a GREAT salsa?
Cheese straws?
Chocolate chip cookies? Ghiradelli 60% cacao chips.
Clam chowder? Brunswick stew (Walmart has cans of the stuff and it is good) I forget the brand name..

happytrailstoyou

This is like sending coal to New Castle.

nytraveler

I wouldn;t send american chocolate to the UK (it's not WW!! - since chocolate from Belgium and Switzerland is so much better - esp the bas low-cost brands like Hershey's. (Dove - maybe - but I still don;t see it.)

As for graham crackers - I thought they had them in the UK - just under another name. One of those things like scones and english muffins and calling cookies biscuits. And graham craackers aren't really cookies (unless chocolate covered) - they are more sort of cracker like.

What are digestive biscuits? Could that be them?

janisj

Digestives are much nicer than graham crackers (and I like Graham crackers).

They come plain, milk chocolate, and plain (dark) chocolate. I LOVE plain chocolate digestives they are the 'bestest'

And I personally would not ever take US candy bars to the UK.

SAB

Based on the comments on the UK board, most Brits aren't lusting after any US foods.

TxTravelPro

My colleagues always ask for Jolly Rancher candies and Jumbo Marshmallows.
I took stuff to make rotel dip and Xochitl chips one year.
THEY LOVED IT!
They also loved H&H salsa mix, which is amazing... and dry. You mix one scoop with a can of diced tomatoes and it's really a spectacular salsa.
I also use a little with diced sweet potatoes, roast them and roll in tortillas.
I take good tortillas, Embarcadero minced chipotle in adobo.
Lots of good things to take from Dallas!
Oh, they like guacamole mix, too! I get different brands throughout the year and let people pick what they want to try.

sailingsailing

thank you for all the helpful suggestions. i was somewhat, shall we say, berated, on the UK board for my apparent, altho unintended audacity, at suggesting there might be things we have here that folks in the UK would like. i am sort of rethinking the whole idea at this point, but i am going to keep these kind suggestions in mind for the future. many thanks to you all.

Bowsprit

Peanut M&Ms are the only candy ever requested that I bring with me.

mclaurie

Part of our UK family visited this summer. One thing they fell in love with was french vanilla flavored coffee. It's also a lot less expensive here. They took back several bags. The chocolate is very different but most prefer the UK chocolate. NY style cheesecake was another big treat but that's really too perishable to send yourself but here's a website that will ship many NYC things internationally
http://www.newyorkfirst.com/products...d=43&sub_id=65

ChristieP

One of my dear friends married a Scot and now lives outside of Edinburgh. The thing that she misses the most about being over there is Tex-Mex food. Evidently the Scots/Brits put CURRY in the meat and try to call that Mexican flavor. I've sent her numerous jars of taco sauce and Mexican spices so she can at least cook Tex-Mex at home. She's actually gotten her husband's family to love Chicken Enchiladas!