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red devil Wrote:

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> Howabout HP Sauce, comes with a pic of Big Ben and

> can be used with the cheese...


Eeeew..... cheese and HP sauce http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad198/danielsumner/bth_vomit-girl-vomit-puke-sick-smiley-emoticon-000651-large.gif

Voyageur Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > Howabout HP Sauce, comes with a pic of Big Ben

> and

> > can be used with the cheese...

>

> Eeeew..... cheese and HP sauce

> http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad198/danielsum

> ner/bth_vomit-girl-vomit-puke-sick-smiley-emoticon

> -000651-large.gif


Go on, you know you want to...


http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/4599730/2/stock-photo-4599730-cheese-on-toast-with-brown-sauce.jpg

red devil Wrote:

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> Voyageur Wrote:

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> > red devil Wrote:

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> > -----

> > > Howabout HP Sauce, comes with a pic of Big

> Ben

> > and

> > > can be used with the cheese...

> >

> > Eeeew..... cheese and HP sauce

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> http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad198/danielsum

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> >

> ner/bth_vomit-girl-vomit-puke-sick-smiley-emoticon

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> > -000651-large.gif

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> Go on, you know you want to...

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> http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/4599

> 730/2/stock-photo-4599730-cheese-on-toast-with-bro

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Ah - on grilled cheese on toast :) That's entirely different and acceptable!

It's Wimbledon, gotta be Strawberries & Cream...


http://www.visitlichfield.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/mainpage/strawberries-and-cream1.jpg


and a glass of Pimm's...


http://images.askmen.com/fine_living/wine_dine_archive_300/313_drink-of-the-week-pimms-cup_flash.jpg


...followed by a line of coke


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00604/news-graphics-2005-_604968a.jpg


Well it is Glastonbury too....

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> I am about to go away for a week and my host is

> very much enamoured of all things British. So I

> thought I'd see what people think I might get that

> capture a little bit of Britain.

>

> I could only think of Marmite, Weetabix and

> cheddar cheese!


It depends where you're going. Some destinations are well stocked with various British products in super/minimarkets, or specialty shops. The 'British labels' like Harrods, Fortnum & Mason etc. are always popular. You could always ask your hosts.

Brit shops on the Costa seem to deal exclusively in Baked Beans. FFS Brits, is is possible to go to Torremolinos for a fortnight and not crave brit foods ?


oh yes, a friond of mine, many years ago, took a stone of potatoes to the canaries with him- just in case he didnt like johnny foreigner mash ( with garlic and whatever these latin types stick in it )

English treacle toffee, clotted cream fudge, proper leaf tea in a tin from one of the posh delis, shortbread, boiled sweeties (you know the ones in jars from traditional sweet shops), pork pies, Carr's table water biscuits (for cheese), pork scratchings, scotch eggs, Colman's mustard, sherbert licquorice dip dabs, Fruitsalads & Blackjacks, Tunnocks's tea cakes, english cider/scrumpy, butterscotch, elderflower cordial, dandelion & burdock, tinned mushy peas.


I think I need to stop now.




(PS knitted tea cosy)

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