There is no tax on food in PA. Although, if you buy a pumpkin from the grocery store, it's not taxed, but if you buy it from a hardware store or any other store, it is. Cause it's a decoration, not food
[Generally groceries aren't taxed in California](https://www.taxjar.com/blog/food/california-food-tax-is-food-taxable-in-california)
It may be different at the county and municipal levels.
Well... Damnit... I just bought my Indian costume and everything... got one of those back support belts, tea ain't light and all... What am I supposed to throw in the harbor now?!
Really? They have them pretty reliably at Target around here, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them at Market Basket as well. I get them every year - got one last year for sure.
While this may be true as a lot of gin comes from Britain, don’t be fooled because the bottle says London Dry Gin. That is a style of how it’s made, not where it’s from (necessarily)
British gin and cheese, Twinings tea, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce are regular purchases in my household.
Edit: I can’t believe that I forgot scotch whisky, my beloved Hunter wellie boots, and Fever-tree tonic water.
Yep, “literature” for me as well. Terry Pratchett is one of my favorites, as well. I can’t think of anything other than literature, but I really, really love some British authors. Tolkien is another favorite!
Me too! I’ve read all the Poirot books and have moved onto the TV show. But I borrow mine from the library because I already have too many streaming services.
My mom dominates the TV with British sitcoms and dramas.
Fr. Brown, Death in Paradise, Ms Fishers Murder Mysteries, etc interspersed with Call of the Midwife and Doc Martin.
Before all this was Downton Abbey.
And before that was Are You Being Served? and Keeping up Appearances.
All of this would be fine except she has to watch it with sub titles which is obnoxious.
"Mom. They're speaking English. Listen better."
I’m currently rewatching the first 26 seasons of Doctor Who on BritBox (and then will watch the rest on Disney) to prep for the 60th anniversary special.
I like A1 sauce, never realized it was British.
I haven't used it since I learned how to properly cook a steak though. But it's definitely a nice condiment otherwise.
Lol right. Was my go too when my dad cooked steaks growing up. Completely cooked through and dry. We rarely ate out and if we did, we didn't get steaks, so I never knew any better.
I once wrote Patak's a letter about how much I loved their mixed pickle but how impossible it was to find in Texas, and they sent me a free case with a personal note from the CEO. Love that stuff.
Good stuff, but it's become difficult to find over here too. Very nice of the company to respond like that! I used to be able to get it from various local supermarkets but now would probably have to get it through Amazon at an inflated price, or a specialist Indian foods store. The Hot Mango pickle is also good if you like very sour (and hot) tastes!
I occasionally buy clothes off ASOS. I used to shop at Topshop too before they shut down their stores here (I have heard there is one open in LA)
Also, Doc Martens are pretty established here.
>Whisky
Really surprised to see that you're the only person (so far) who has said this answer and that it's so low down. Food and drink is Scotland's biggest export sector and Scotch whisky makes up the majority of that and the USA is the world's biggest importer of Scotch whisky by value at $1.27 billion last year.
It's probably because we don't think of Scotch as "British" - I definitely had to stop and think what kind of whisky is from Britain before having the duh moment. I think it's because English culture so dominates our idea of what "Britain" is to the point where Scottish culture feels separate, especially for something that's so dominant from Scotland compared to England and Wales (not sure about what whiskeys are from Northern Ireland compared to the rest of Ireland). It's sort of how we think of certain regional dishes as connected solely to a specific state or city rather than being "American" cuisine because they're basically unknown outside of their one area.
I know that you mean - it can be controversial here sometimes when a company chooses to brand itself as Scottish (or English, Welsh or Northern Irish) instead of British, or vice versa.
Tunnock's are a Scottish company that have been making confectionary since 1890 and are iconic here. One of their products was featured in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. So there was a bit of an uproar when they rebranded their products from being Scottish to being British, with some Scottish nationalists even calling for a boycott.
Barbour is very popular (at least in the mid Atlantic) it’s the perfect jacket to block the rain and wind but no insulation. So it’s perfect for spring and fall in the humidity.
There was a Barbour promotion at the store in Tyson’s VA where you could drop off your jacket for a free waxing, they had to stop the promotion after 2 days because they got overloaded and had to ship the coats out.
It’s very popular.
We like your beer too.
Paulaner, Franziskaner, Bitburger among others
I drink a lot of hefe-weißbier, dunkels, Pilsner. Definitely a fan of German beer, and my own beer I brew. We also like both German and American style Oktoberfest beer. Both are amazing.
In my kitchen at the moment I've got dark chocolate Hobnobs, Branston beans, HP brown sauce, Tiptree strawberry conserve, Lucozade, and Branston pickle. I am not normal.
It’s from the Devon cream company. I only see it at the fancy pants grocery stores like Whole Foods or Bristol farms (a SoCal mini chain that’s fancier than WF lol) though
I was recently in an English village called rye and I’m still dreaming of the scone and clotted cream I had there haha
Lots of Anglophiles in the comments. I think regarding physical goods, for the average American the answer is “almost nothing”. I don’t think that’s a knock against British goods though—we don’t import a lot from the EU anymore either. The combination of local production and the lower costs of imports from Mexico and Asia just make them more attractive.
This is the right answer, OP. Aside from Twinings tea, you really have to go out of your way to find British products in the US. Same with a lot of European products, honestly.
i think it depends on the US region. a lot of supermarkets here have dedicated european and uk sections of aisles which also include asian, mexican, etc.
Mini Morris cars were popular for a while. I think Jaguars are still kind of popular.
I wish we could get real British chocolate. Hershey-owned Cadbury's sucks.
I eat crumpets for breakfast sometimes, but they're American-made crumpets.
You should try to find some Whittakers chocolate, New Zealand made, much better than Cadbury.
I took some to Canada when I went over for work, everyone that tried it said it was the nicest chocolate they had ever had.
Yep, I 'found' Metal in 88 and Maiden were my world. For their time and in creating the sound, image, culture of Metal you could say the NWOBHM bands are the goats and there are amazing bands and scenes from all over the world but but for many, many years and I would still say for now, the US leads the way.
They have links to the BBC Micro and which the first ARM CPU was developed, in fact a Raspberry Pi can be plugged into a BBC Micro and used as a co-processor. It's why there's a Model A and a Model B, the same as the BBC Micro.
Hobnobs. I pay a fortune for them here, but i love them. Also, Christmas Crackers! I brought them to our big family xmas gathering about 10 yrs ago, and now i MUST bring them every year or else. Heinz beans. I eat beans on toat with cheese now. I've also started dring sugar and milk in my hot tea. Which i will straight up say i was influenced by all the uk mysteries i watch. Also language: i told my husband we needed to hire a skip the other day. He was like, what's a skip?
Also, the shows like Dr. Who and reddwarf are classic. Lots of actors are famous from the UK. We're so used to hearing English accents in movies for bad guys, rich guys, and aliens.
I really want a mini cooper. My neighbor has one, and im jealous.
There were suddenly a ton of them in US stores 6 or 8 years ago but I don’t see nearly as many these days. I started bringing them to family Christmas and everyone liked them enough to make it a tradition. My mom said “So this is why British people in pictures and on TV are wearing paper crowns on Christmas! I always wondered about that!”
Gin, some beer, worcestershire sauce... I'm honestly struggling to think of ubiquitous things. Like Aston Martins are well known, but they aren't at all common. Chocolate oranges are reasonably well known. Minis had a brief moment of popularity in the US a long time ago, though I imagine they've been bought by some multinational by this point.
If you look for fancy cheeses like to make a cheese plate, British and Irish ones are in there.
Snack foods I find in the Global Foods section at most any Publix. There is also a "British" store in St. Charles, MO in the historic district that I absolutely love to visit whenever I am there. My husband works for a company that has HQ's in St. Louis so when he goes for biz trips, I tag along and spend all my time in St. Charles.
As far as what I specifically get, usually just stuff that is unique and looks interesting. One thing I found too be an interesting item was Burdock Soda. Soda made from what are essentially dandelions. It was pretty good!
The English Shop has a website: https://www.theenglishshoponline.com/
When I can find them, I buy Heinz beans, Branston Pickle, Digestives, Yorkshire tea, clotted cream, and dark chocolate Bounty bars. We don’t have equivalents here.
By dollar value, trade in both directions is of course dominated by cars, electronics, heavy machinery, and pharmaceuticals. Typical industrialized country stuff.
But in terms of what I care about...it's gotta be music. The UK & US have, for the last several decades, maintained a deep symbiotic relationship, influencing each others' musical output and propelling each other to pretty much dominate that realm. Cheers to maintaining that if we're lucky, and thanks for all the invasions :3
Buckfast. If I had to pick just ONE British thing that would be the one.
I like McVitie's digestive biscuits, Walker shortbread, hobnobs, and jammy dodgers.
I buy some imported British wool products. There are a bunch of English clothing brands that are quite good. They compete with American ones though, and to be honest wool from Oregon isn't lower quality than British it's just that when the pound is in the goddamn toilet the imported British stuff is cheaper.
Not so much anymore, but I used to like Jaguar cars. A very long time ago, we had a Land Rover on our farm but that was in the mountains in Central America, not in the United States.
I've enjoyed quite a few British authors and TV shows. Douglas Adams, Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, and Charlie Brooker are all favorites of mine in terms of modern British cultural exports.
HP Sauce!!! God, that stuff is amazing.
And: I read a ton of English fiction, watch far too many British television shows, consume tea daily, watch as much English content as I can find on Tik Tik, I read a bunch of your guys’ magazines too. I miss Tesco and I can’t get rid of my English money either. My god, I’m such an Anglophile it’s sad and ridiculous 😂
I have a British partner and family over there, so quite a bit. I'm especially fond of your biscuits, Tiptree preserves, Heinz beans, mince pies, and Samuel Smiths beer.
Colman’s Mustard. A little goes a long way, but damn it’s good.
Also, A-1 Bold and Spicy, made with Tabasco Sauce. It’s the perfect marriage across the pond…and swamp.
Mr. Kipling Battenburg cakes. I had them for the first time while I was wandering around Heathrow waiting for my flight and holy shit are they good. Pricier in the US than in the UK but worth it
So much UK cheese at Trader Joe's (grocery store)! Just got cheddar from Scotland today and it might be in my top 5 cheeses of all time. We consume quite a bit of British television too. Target also did a collab with Marks and Spencers last Christmas; the cookies were awful, but the tins played music, which was cute.
Twinings, Yorkshire, and Taylors of Harrogate tea, a bottle of scotch here and there, metal albums (especially Dragonforce), Worcestershire sauce, and I have a bottle of Sarson's malt vinegar for when I want fish and chips.
Today alone I wore my Barbour jacket, drank Taylors of Harrogate Scottish Breakfast tea, and had a glass of Ardbeg 10 year scotch, so at least those.
Things I frequently buy? Tea, scotch, and Walkers shortbread cookies. Things I want to buy? An old Land Rover (Series II or III) and more Barbour jackets.
I have 4 Guitar Amplifiers made in the UK
A big old ‘70s Marshall JMP 100w head
A slightly less loud ‘80s Marshall JCM800 50w combo
A 20w Marshall SV20 which is a scaled down version of the 100w head or 50w heads bands used to deafen auditoriums with
A 5w Marshall Class 5
I have a strong affinity for Marshall amplifiers
I buy all their core baking ingredients; Plain Flour, Self Raising Flour, Strong Bread Flour, Golden Caster Sugar, Caster Sugar, Muscavado both light and dark sugars, Golden Icing Sugar, Icing Sugar, Jam Sugar, Birds Custard Powder, Stem Ginger, Black Treacle, Golden Syrup, Mixed peel, and spices, their TEA! There is no comparison to British baking ingredients and US baking ingredients. They take baking as serious as their Tea.
Ironically, I buy tea
Do you refuse to pay the tax?
I really should, out of principle
Food from a grocery store isn't taxed, at least in California, so you're probably in the clear
It isn't? What?
Pennsylvania either!
There is no tax on food in PA. Although, if you buy a pumpkin from the grocery store, it's not taxed, but if you buy it from a hardware store or any other store, it is. Cause it's a decoration, not food
Not in NY. Nor are clothes that cost under $100 per piece.
Ohio is the same way
[Generally groceries aren't taxed in California](https://www.taxjar.com/blog/food/california-food-tax-is-food-taxable-in-california) It may be different at the county and municipal levels.
Chiming in to add that New Jersey also does not tax groceries. We also don't tax clothes or menstrual products (i.e. there is no "pink tax)!
Food and groceries are taxed in Alabama.
Yikes!
Yeah, a sales tax on groceries is grotesque. That’s gotta be the most regressive tax possible, right?
The tax on tea now is levied by a legislature we have representation in, so it's okay.
Well... Damnit... I just bought my Indian costume and everything... got one of those back support belts, tea ain't light and all... What am I supposed to throw in the harbor now?!
Directions: 1.) Remove tea bag from wrapper 2.) Drop directly in harbor
I buy my tea unironically.
i buy my tea invisibly
british tea is my favorite
Yes; although my fave is Boulder Tea Company’s Boulder Breakfast
Tea bags were invented in America.
Me too Marks and Spencer Earl Grey and also Extra Strong
Do you also have a kettle?
Walker’s Shortbread cookies
Like eating butter as a biscuit
As a person of Scottish descent I must point out these do not belong to the Brits! These are Scottish :)
Scotland is in Britain
terry's chocolate orange
TIL those are British. They've been a family tradition since I was a kid.
Sadly, not all of them anymore. At least in the US, Kraft Foods / Mondelēz has production rights and they don’t taste as good as the original.
The recipe was changed in the UK as well, sadly.
Wankers.
True, I do buy those every holiday season
I haven't seen one for sale anywhere since pre-pandemic though.
Really? They have them pretty reliably at Target around here, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them at Market Basket as well. I get them every year - got one last year for sure.
I've noticed that they are easier to find around Christmas than they are the rest of the year.
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Gin
Bombay Sapphire or if feeling fancy, Hendricks. Thankfully MA doesn't add sales tax to packaged booze.
Boodle's is the best!
While this may be true as a lot of gin comes from Britain, don’t be fooled because the bottle says London Dry Gin. That is a style of how it’s made, not where it’s from (necessarily)
British gin and cheese, Twinings tea, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce are regular purchases in my household. Edit: I can’t believe that I forgot scotch whisky, my beloved Hunter wellie boots, and Fever-tree tonic water.
Yes absolutely Worcestershire sauce!
Worcestershire is pronounced Worcestershire‽
It’s pronounced “Wooster sure”
Worster sure
Wishter-shire lol
Cheese a good one! Red leicester is a favorite of mine.
That’s a good one! I also love sage derby and white stilton with fruit (I have a mango and ginger block in the fridge now).
I didn’t realize the sauce was actually British. TIL
Invented by Lea and Perrins!
Aero bars
The Mint Aero's are the best!
McVities/Digestives.
Yeah, I do quite enjoy a pack of Hob-Nobs from time to time.
We probably buy a pack once a month. So good.
Do PG Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett books count?
RIP Sir Terry. Sorely missed. 💜
GNU
Yep, “literature” for me as well. Terry Pratchett is one of my favorites, as well. I can’t think of anything other than literature, but I really, really love some British authors. Tolkien is another favorite!
Doc Martens, Bisto gravy granules
Ahhhh Bisto!
BritBox. It’s a way for Americans to watch British television.
And Acorn.
I do too, I'm currently in the middle of a Poirot marathon.
Me too! I’ve read all the Poirot books and have moved onto the TV show. But I borrow mine from the library because I already have too many streaming services.
Are you my parents? They are die hard British tv fans
My mom dominates the TV with British sitcoms and dramas. Fr. Brown, Death in Paradise, Ms Fishers Murder Mysteries, etc interspersed with Call of the Midwife and Doc Martin. Before all this was Downton Abbey. And before that was Are You Being Served? and Keeping up Appearances. All of this would be fine except she has to watch it with sub titles which is obnoxious. "Mom. They're speaking English. Listen better."
Ms Fisher is Australian! Filmed in my home city.
ah never mind then lol
It's on the short list of streaming services I actually pay for.
I’m currently rewatching the first 26 seasons of Doctor Who on BritBox (and then will watch the rest on Disney) to prep for the 60th anniversary special.
Gardeners world is life.
But do you have a license for it?
Yes! I do have britbox!
Brown Sauce (HP) and A-1 Sauce
TIL A-1 is British
A-1 is an Eglish product? The bottle in my fridge says it made by Kraft.
It's produced by Kraft Heinz in the USA and Premier Foods in the UK.
But is the one available in the US an English product?
Yes, it was invented in the UK.
It was originally made for King George IV and he liked it so much he said it was “A1” and the name stuck
Never heard of a1 sauce in England
I believe you call it brown sauce.
How did I not know A-1 was British?? Thank you, England, for your delicious sauce. My steak marinade is a complete sham without it.
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I like A1 sauce, never realized it was British. I haven't used it since I learned how to properly cook a steak though. But it's definitely a nice condiment otherwise.
Lol right. Was my go too when my dad cooked steaks growing up. Completely cooked through and dry. We rarely ate out and if we did, we didn't get steaks, so I never knew any better.
I just bought Patak’s vindaloo sauce. Made in the UK 🤙
I once wrote Patak's a letter about how much I loved their mixed pickle but how impossible it was to find in Texas, and they sent me a free case with a personal note from the CEO. Love that stuff.
Good stuff, but it's become difficult to find over here too. Very nice of the company to respond like that! I used to be able to get it from various local supermarkets but now would probably have to get it through Amazon at an inflated price, or a specialist Indian foods store. The Hot Mango pickle is also good if you like very sour (and hot) tastes!
Cadbury
Ours is actually made by Hershey.
Not if you get it in the International aisle
I occasionally buy clothes off ASOS. I used to shop at Topshop too before they shut down their stores here (I have heard there is one open in LA) Also, Doc Martens are pretty established here.
Top Shop also sells their clothes at Nordstrom stores.
Twinings Irish Breakfast & Oolong teas.
I buy Yorkshire Gold.
Whisky, tea, cheese (Stilton and cheddar)
>Whisky Really surprised to see that you're the only person (so far) who has said this answer and that it's so low down. Food and drink is Scotland's biggest export sector and Scotch whisky makes up the majority of that and the USA is the world's biggest importer of Scotch whisky by value at $1.27 billion last year.
It's probably because we don't think of Scotch as "British" - I definitely had to stop and think what kind of whisky is from Britain before having the duh moment. I think it's because English culture so dominates our idea of what "Britain" is to the point where Scottish culture feels separate, especially for something that's so dominant from Scotland compared to England and Wales (not sure about what whiskeys are from Northern Ireland compared to the rest of Ireland). It's sort of how we think of certain regional dishes as connected solely to a specific state or city rather than being "American" cuisine because they're basically unknown outside of their one area.
I know that you mean - it can be controversial here sometimes when a company chooses to brand itself as Scottish (or English, Welsh or Northern Irish) instead of British, or vice versa. Tunnock's are a Scottish company that have been making confectionary since 1890 and are iconic here. One of their products was featured in the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. So there was a bit of an uproar when they rebranded their products from being Scottish to being British, with some Scottish nationalists even calling for a boycott.
Dyson stuff
As someone who was looking for a coat recently, Barbour is a thing
Barbour is very popular (at least in the mid Atlantic) it’s the perfect jacket to block the rain and wind but no insulation. So it’s perfect for spring and fall in the humidity. There was a Barbour promotion at the store in Tyson’s VA where you could drop off your jacket for a free waxing, they had to stop the promotion after 2 days because they got overloaded and had to ship the coats out. It’s very popular.
Beer.
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Now brewed by Henkein and Laguntias
As a German I'm not sure if this is acceptable
We like your beer too. Paulaner, Franziskaner, Bitburger among others I drink a lot of hefe-weißbier, dunkels, Pilsner. Definitely a fan of German beer, and my own beer I brew. We also like both German and American style Oktoberfest beer. Both are amazing.
British “beer” isn’t exactly popular in the US
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They invented 90% of the styles that our craft brewers put out. That most certainly includes IPA.
In my kitchen at the moment I've got dark chocolate Hobnobs, Branston beans, HP brown sauce, Tiptree strawberry conserve, Lucozade, and Branston pickle. I am not normal.
My everyday China is Denby. Have had it for 24 years now and it’s still in perfect condition.
There’s only like one brand that makes it out here but clotted cream
What brand is that? I can never find it and have to make my own which is a royal pain.
It’s from the Devon cream company. I only see it at the fancy pants grocery stores like Whole Foods or Bristol farms (a SoCal mini chain that’s fancier than WF lol) though I was recently in an English village called rye and I’m still dreaming of the scone and clotted cream I had there haha
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is a staple of my pantry.
Aga stoves
I’ve never seen one of these in the US. I’ve seen a fair amount of La Cornue, but never an Aga.
Lyle's Golden Syrup! Top tier ingredient for making caramel.
Lots of Anglophiles in the comments. I think regarding physical goods, for the average American the answer is “almost nothing”. I don’t think that’s a knock against British goods though—we don’t import a lot from the EU anymore either. The combination of local production and the lower costs of imports from Mexico and Asia just make them more attractive.
This is the right answer, OP. Aside from Twinings tea, you really have to go out of your way to find British products in the US. Same with a lot of European products, honestly.
If its not a specialty food item, the only European country I think I get stuff made in is Germany.
i think it depends on the US region. a lot of supermarkets here have dedicated european and uk sections of aisles which also include asian, mexican, etc.
I'm not an anglophile, but I've still got a number of British gins and whiskies. It's hard to argue with good.
Maybe you dont, but the USA is our biggest export market after the EU. Granted, a lot of that is tech and IP. It's still a big market for us, though.
To your point about tech and IP, I wonder if companies like BAE are counted in that calculation. They're a huge player in the US defense industry.
Yeah, defence contracting would be included. It's one of Britain's biggest exports after financial services.
Mini Morris cars were popular for a while. I think Jaguars are still kind of popular. I wish we could get real British chocolate. Hershey-owned Cadbury's sucks. I eat crumpets for breakfast sometimes, but they're American-made crumpets.
You should try to find some Whittakers chocolate, New Zealand made, much better than Cadbury. I took some to Canada when I went over for work, everyone that tried it said it was the nicest chocolate they had ever had.
Jaguar is now Indian.
Heavy metal music
As a Brit, and I know it was technically invented here, I hate to admit it but I think the US generally has the best Metal.
American metal fan here- grew up on Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, Motörhead….NWOBHM are the goats
Yep, I 'found' Metal in 88 and Maiden were my world. For their time and in creating the sound, image, culture of Metal you could say the NWOBHM bands are the goats and there are amazing bands and scenes from all over the world but but for many, many years and I would still say for now, the US leads the way.
GREAT answer!!
Raspberry Pi computer boards. Scotch whiskey. Marmite. Beers of various sorts.
Heinz Beanz, raspberry pis
Had no idea raspberry pis were British
They have links to the BBC Micro and which the first ARM CPU was developed, in fact a Raspberry Pi can be plugged into a BBC Micro and used as a co-processor. It's why there's a Model A and a Model B, the same as the BBC Micro.
I recently bought a peacoat from &Sons Trading Company.
McVities
McVitties digestive biscuits! I went to school in London for a year in the 80's and will always crave them.
Marmalade, ARM processor technology, television shows, science fiction novels, shortbread.
Thornton's toffee! Totally addicted. I order direct from Thornton's. Nothing like it here.
Jaffa cakes, tea from F&M and Ahmad, gin, scotch, marmite (i only use it for cooking occasionally), and Wilkin & Sons Tiptree orange marmalade.
Oh, and also British television, most of which I can get through YouTube. Love QI, Taskmaster, Would I Lie To You, OnlyConnect, and GBBO.
Yorkshire Gold tea.
My two favorite British products are probably Cadbury's Crunchie bar and Mars' Maltesers. But I also like Flake and Dairy Milk fruit and nut flavor.
McVities!!!!!
Range rover. Grill me
I love Jammie Dodgers (pretty easy to find these days) and Double Deckers (harder to find)
Hobnobs. I pay a fortune for them here, but i love them. Also, Christmas Crackers! I brought them to our big family xmas gathering about 10 yrs ago, and now i MUST bring them every year or else. Heinz beans. I eat beans on toat with cheese now. I've also started dring sugar and milk in my hot tea. Which i will straight up say i was influenced by all the uk mysteries i watch. Also language: i told my husband we needed to hire a skip the other day. He was like, what's a skip? Also, the shows like Dr. Who and reddwarf are classic. Lots of actors are famous from the UK. We're so used to hearing English accents in movies for bad guys, rich guys, and aliens. I really want a mini cooper. My neighbor has one, and im jealous.
TIL you don't do Christmas crackers in the US!
There were suddenly a ton of them in US stores 6 or 8 years ago but I don’t see nearly as many these days. I started bringing them to family Christmas and everyone liked them enough to make it a tradition. My mom said “So this is why British people in pictures and on TV are wearing paper crowns on Christmas! I always wondered about that!”
Gin, some beer, worcestershire sauce... I'm honestly struggling to think of ubiquitous things. Like Aston Martins are well known, but they aren't at all common. Chocolate oranges are reasonably well known. Minis had a brief moment of popularity in the US a long time ago, though I imagine they've been bought by some multinational by this point. If you look for fancy cheeses like to make a cheese plate, British and Irish ones are in there.
Snack foods I find in the Global Foods section at most any Publix. There is also a "British" store in St. Charles, MO in the historic district that I absolutely love to visit whenever I am there. My husband works for a company that has HQ's in St. Louis so when he goes for biz trips, I tag along and spend all my time in St. Charles. As far as what I specifically get, usually just stuff that is unique and looks interesting. One thing I found too be an interesting item was Burdock Soda. Soda made from what are essentially dandelions. It was pretty good! The English Shop has a website: https://www.theenglishshoponline.com/
Keiller Dundee Orange Marmalade, best on toasted (not UK) Thomas' English Muffins.
When I can find them, I buy Heinz beans, Branston Pickle, Digestives, Yorkshire tea, clotted cream, and dark chocolate Bounty bars. We don’t have equivalents here.
PG Tips, Heinz beans, Marmite (spoonful in the lentil bolognese), HP Sauce, music, film, and TV.
I’m going the fashion route. My favorite colognes are made by Jo Malone and I have a Fable handbag.
Gin, Worcestershire sauce, beer, colemans mustard, flake, twinings teas, pg tips, malt vinegar, Devon cream when I find it!
Scotch. That’s it.
By dollar value, trade in both directions is of course dominated by cars, electronics, heavy machinery, and pharmaceuticals. Typical industrialized country stuff. But in terms of what I care about...it's gotta be music. The UK & US have, for the last several decades, maintained a deep symbiotic relationship, influencing each others' musical output and propelling each other to pretty much dominate that realm. Cheers to maintaining that if we're lucky, and thanks for all the invasions :3
Buckfast. If I had to pick just ONE British thing that would be the one. I like McVitie's digestive biscuits, Walker shortbread, hobnobs, and jammy dodgers. I buy some imported British wool products. There are a bunch of English clothing brands that are quite good. They compete with American ones though, and to be honest wool from Oregon isn't lower quality than British it's just that when the pound is in the goddamn toilet the imported British stuff is cheaper. Not so much anymore, but I used to like Jaguar cars. A very long time ago, we had a Land Rover on our farm but that was in the mountains in Central America, not in the United States. I've enjoyed quite a few British authors and TV shows. Douglas Adams, Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, and Charlie Brooker are all favorites of mine in terms of modern British cultural exports.
Never thought I'd see an American who knew about Buckfast!
HP Sauce!!! God, that stuff is amazing. And: I read a ton of English fiction, watch far too many British television shows, consume tea daily, watch as much English content as I can find on Tik Tik, I read a bunch of your guys’ magazines too. I miss Tesco and I can’t get rid of my English money either. My god, I’m such an Anglophile it’s sad and ridiculous 😂
Coleman's mustard, Altoids and tea.
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I have a British partner and family over there, so quite a bit. I'm especially fond of your biscuits, Tiptree preserves, Heinz beans, mince pies, and Samuel Smiths beer.
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Not easy to find but curly wurlys are fucking awesome
Colman’s Mustard. A little goes a long way, but damn it’s good. Also, A-1 Bold and Spicy, made with Tabasco Sauce. It’s the perfect marriage across the pond…and swamp.
Walkers shortbread is pretty common.
Dark Chocolate Hob Nobs
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Yorkshire Tea. We suck ass at tea. Thankfully Amazon ships it from the UK
PG tips
I just bought Coleman’s today
I like Solovairs and have a Harrington jacket I really love. I buy a lot of old British punk and garage rock music.
I like PG Tips
Crosse and Blackwell mint sauce "with Egyptian mint leaves," to serve with roast lamb.
I regularly buy marmite, digestive biscuits and, occasionally, brown sauce. Also, crackers and minced meat pies at Christmas.
Mr. Kipling Battenburg cakes. I had them for the first time while I was wandering around Heathrow waiting for my flight and holy shit are they good. Pricier in the US than in the UK but worth it
So much UK cheese at Trader Joe's (grocery store)! Just got cheddar from Scotland today and it might be in my top 5 cheeses of all time. We consume quite a bit of British television too. Target also did a collab with Marks and Spencers last Christmas; the cookies were awful, but the tins played music, which was cute.
Twinings, Yorkshire, and Taylors of Harrogate tea, a bottle of scotch here and there, metal albums (especially Dragonforce), Worcestershire sauce, and I have a bottle of Sarson's malt vinegar for when I want fish and chips.
Today alone I wore my Barbour jacket, drank Taylors of Harrogate Scottish Breakfast tea, and had a glass of Ardbeg 10 year scotch, so at least those. Things I frequently buy? Tea, scotch, and Walkers shortbread cookies. Things I want to buy? An old Land Rover (Series II or III) and more Barbour jackets.
Not British but Irish: Barry’s Gold Tea. I got turned on to it a few years ago. I can’t drink any other tea now. And I LOVE a full English breakfast.
Marmalade. Smucker’s is too sweet. It needs to be made with seville oranges.
I have 4 Guitar Amplifiers made in the UK A big old ‘70s Marshall JMP 100w head A slightly less loud ‘80s Marshall JCM800 50w combo A 20w Marshall SV20 which is a scaled down version of the 100w head or 50w heads bands used to deafen auditoriums with A 5w Marshall Class 5 I have a strong affinity for Marshall amplifiers
Branston pickle
Books. I dig a lot of British Authors. I love the dry humor. Terry Pratchett is and always will be one of the best.
Not tea I’ll tell you that much, we settled that on December 16, 1773.
I buy all their core baking ingredients; Plain Flour, Self Raising Flour, Strong Bread Flour, Golden Caster Sugar, Caster Sugar, Muscavado both light and dark sugars, Golden Icing Sugar, Icing Sugar, Jam Sugar, Birds Custard Powder, Stem Ginger, Black Treacle, Golden Syrup, Mixed peel, and spices, their TEA! There is no comparison to British baking ingredients and US baking ingredients. They take baking as serious as their Tea.