28 British Things The Whole World Needs

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

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[@NealThurman]

Hi Alanna thanks for replying. Ya soo sweet I do love your quirky and sweet videos but I have to decline your offer to your membership as Im not working at mo, But it is something to consider when I do get back to work I hope you understand keep up the great vids you always make me smile and laugh sp much that Ive even left comments that I never do let alone consider membership But there ya go 🤣🤣 Thanks Neal

[@gibson617ajg]

Those Tik Tok dance routines were brilliant. You'd have thought they'd have better things to do than make idiots of themselves by prancing around empty wards and corridors.

[@martinp8174]

One of my personal favourite insults is " he's about as useful as a chocolate fire guard ".

[@howey935]

I like ‘the lights are on but nobody’s home’ when someone isn’t to bright.

[@davidarrowsmith865]

It's so nice, and refreshing to hear someone talk so warmly about the UK. There is so much negativity online so this was lovely to watch

[@wildsurfer12]

Because we told the corporate EU establishment where to stick it back in 2016. The international establishment still can’t get over that.

[@jazzthedog86]

@@wildsurfer12 And Britain has done so well since. Not!

[@MilkyWayFlid]

​@@jazzthedog86like nearly every other European country. Nothing to do with brexit

[@jazzthedog86]

@@MilkyWayFlid that doesn’t explain why we’re the worst performing member of the G7, and why the economy is permanently on the skids. Brexit was lunacy in 2016 and it’s no saner now.

[@MilkyWayFlid]

@@jazzthedog86 because we spend so much on ridiculous things like HS2. The Eurozone is in recession. Lots of countries are tanking. How would staying in have helped?

[@chrisblay]

I declare you an honorary Brit. Your observations of everything British is spot on and very genuine.

[@sw01ller]

ive picked out a fair few mistakes! stop being a brown nose

[@stevegrant6464]

I second that declaration.

[@klaxoncow]

@@stevegrant6464 I third it. Motion carried.

[@DerekLangdon]

I would not insult her by making her an honorary British person! She is an impeccable Canadian Citizen as it is!!

[@frankmelia3974]

I know you are aware of the risk of hurtful comments when you present these lovely blogs, but it embarrasses me when you print them - “daft cow”, that’s terrible.

[@kiribee6346]

Just saw this and loved it! I'm Irish but have lived here for 39 years (just came for a change for a couple of years!) There is a lot to like about the UK and I will never take it forgranted!

[@c.w_]

Ireland is great too! Love both countries equally.

[@desmo750f1]

Fish and chips are best eaten sat on a wall, looking at the sea. Unfortunately this can involve fending off gulls.

[@Harpsnoodle]

'... finish at the pub' ... one of the best lines in the English language! Great list!

[@avaggdu1]

"Kill Phillip, grab Mum, go to Liz's, go to the Winchester, have a cold pint and wait for all this to blow over" Fried gold!

[@cjuk81]

I often think the British loose sight or take it for granted of all the things we do really well here in the UK

[@KBJ58]

Like spelling, for example... The word is 'lose'. We're also pretty good at pedantry.

[@DerekLangdon]

Like what for instance? As for the UK, it is in economic free fall, destroyed by Tory politics..And what do the dumb Brits do. Absolutely nothing! They put the blame on the EU, or foreigners in general.

[@michaelregan352]

​@@KBJ58came here to say this lol.

[@aprilblossom9268]

Thank you - seeing this sort of thing all the time but not said anything..as someone who wanted to be a proofreader this is very painful!

[@gibson617ajg]

The NHS is funded by taxation on wages - it's called National Insurance - so for anyone actually working it ain't free. For layabouts and boat people it certainly is though.

[@jimcameron6803]

Thanks for this. It's become popular in recent years for British people to profess their hate for this country, its culture and all it stands for, so it's nice to hear somebody talk about the good parts of our land and culture. As far as public transport goes, we all complain pretty much constantly about the trains and the Tube, but let a foreigner badmouth them and we'll rally around like nobody's business. Actually they're pretty reliable, if not cheap; personally I only recently got round to getting my driving licence (at the age of 48!) since I've spent most of my working life in and around London and never really needed a car. As for history, well, my house is older than your country, so we'll leave it there :)

[@simonb4757]

Public transport is VERY different and 100% worthy of complaints outside of London. The gulf in quality, value for money and reliability of public transport even in other major cities like Birmingham compared to London is enormous.

[@briannugent5518]

Thank you Alanna for this video. As a retired Brit now living alone in New England for 30+ years, I miss everything on your list plus starchy puddings with Birds custard, tarts, Boddingtons cream ale, Christmas foods, crumpets and toad in the hole. As a keen cyclist and hiker I miss the UK countryside and very walk-able towns and cities. I 'm fully aware of the gloomy news about the bad economy and terrible housing situation yet I am still driven to move back in a few years for the many positive things there. The U.S. has been really good to me career wise but its time to reconnect with my family, my culture, my history and my country.

[@robertfarrow5853]

Don't, your memories are not here. It's a foreign place now. Litter is everywhere, no pubs left. Most are now food eateries, or Indian restaurants. Roads are hell. craters, potholes and sinking crumbling tarmac. Food is awful.laws say no sugar, no certain oils, all biscuits and cakes,chocolate ,yuck! New recipes. Meat's filled with waterbulkers. England is gone.

[@samsprrr3548]

Just because I haven't seen Boddingtons in a while sorry .

[@rogercvc6768]

Hopefully you are in or near Mass. , where Boddingtons is available. A larger packie (liquor store) will have it in stock, or will be happy to order for you.

[@tonyeden2944]

Do come but hurry because there are lots of Yanks in the queue . . . Sorry, in the line.

[@Varksterable]

​​​@@robertfarrow5853The whole world has gone to 5h17, hasn't it? By which I mean whatever bit of it you are in. Here in Somerset, England is alive and well, and beautiful and quaint. Plenty of countryside. Plenty of local and authentic food. Plenty of nice friendly people enjoying our comedy and fish and chips and free museums and dialects and pubs and 25 local artisan cheeses. Sure; there are potholes in the road. Some of them have a family tree traceable back to Roman times. We are mighty proud of them! NGL: A lot of local pubs and bars have closed down over the past decade. Now there are generally one or two per village. Or about 6 within walking distance. So, so bad.😢 But my local is yards away, and the only one I'd go to anyway... Maybe you are just old and grumpy? I get like that sometimes too. But then I watch a video like this and my perspective snaps back into place like an elastic band in a home-made catapult. It's f'n great here.

[@NealThurman]

Once again Alanna nailed it as a british person we take all the things she's mention in her video for granted and we should appreciate it more Thanks for that Alanna we need more people like you x

[@B-CXSH]

Just when I feel like I'm completely done with this country, you come along with one of these videos and put everything into perspective and make me appreciate what we've got!

[@keithrose6931]

Exactly 👍

[@anthonycarty9433]

As a 60 year old Brit , I wish I could muster the same enthusiasm to go and look around the UK .

[@davey1602]

Would you prefer to let the next generation fight over the dwindling resources this land has to offer or fight for what is yours? I mean no disrespect and I'm not on a mission to drum up political support, but it's quite obvious we're being fleeced with low-emission zones in the name of climate change or mass immigration to take care of pensions. Both of these things will change the nature of British culture and I for one have been blase to their effects for too long.

[@stevenclarke5606]

I think it’s a case of better the devil you know

[@Varksterable]

@@davey1602I've read your post a few times, and I'm honestly not sure what your point/question is, or who it's addressed to. First rule of KZbin: "DON'T READ THE COMMENTS!!!!"

[@stewiegrffin79]

We moved to Canada in 2019, and we still complain about the price/quality of the cheese. As a mouse, this was difficult to come to terms with.

[@Irene-xs9pc]

It’s because it’s all processed, like the USA.

[@stevenclarke5606]

Blessed are the cheese makers

[@patrickfox-roberts7528]

@@stevenclarke5606 well, obviously , all purveyors of dairy produce

[@namevorname1973]

Keep your british mourning to yourself. You are in Canada now that hates british traits.

[@Varksterable]

​@@patrickfox-roberts7528Except that in this context, he _was_ talking literally. 😊

[@jennifergoss2021]

A full-English is the most amazing thing I’ve ever had in my life as an American who’s making the move to the Uk I have a lot of love for the UK 🇬🇧 ❤ I love black pudding and the culture is beautiful. I cannot wait to get shoes on ground and the dialects are really cool.

[@davesimms5397]

Must include fried bread.

[@Rudy_Nuff]

Welcome to the 🇬🇧 when you get here Jennifer 👋.

[@mikeball6182]

@@davesimms5397 Indian bread to you, Jenny

[@newbris]

I love a good black pudding, but a full roast isn't that great compared to a nicely prepared cafe breakfast we have here. Pretty basic stuff.

[@avaggdu1]

@@mikeball6182That's just asking to be given naan bread with your full-English! North America and the UK have very different ideas of what "Indian" is.

[@Zak_Nike]

Natural history museum is the best the building itself is simply stunning

[@LEWIS1992]

Lots of respect for talking about how "fast food" fish and chips is WAY better. To all foreigners: get fish and chips from a chippy (chip shop) by the seaside, NOT from a pub.

[@elaineb7065]

And then eat it outside!!!

[@mehallica666]

Just keep an eye out for the bloody gulls.

[@wildsurfer12]

@@mehallica666 Especially in Cornwall and Aberdeen.

[@wildsurfer12]

The closer it is to the sea, the fresher the fish will be.

[@tomleigh7478]

True that! 👊🏽

[@pennylane9730]

Nice of you to appreciate UK. You make it sound like a paradise. ❤

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

That's because it is!! 😅

[@johngrant5448]

In my country of Yorkshire ,we use the greeting " Eyup" which goes back two thousand years.

[@klaxoncow]

She's already drinking Yorkshire tea and eating Yorkshire puds. She'll be converted to a Northerner, saying "Eyup", soon enough.

[@samanthahardman7459]

Also from Yorkshire and we also say "Now then" as a greeting. Throws off a lot of non Yorkshire people.

[@waynelowe3329]

I'm in Nottinghamshire and I've always said ayup and so do loads of people i know here its either ayup or alright mate.

[@iamthestig1]

@@waynelowe3329 Ey up, duck.

[@johngrant5448]

@samanthahardman7459 Aye, you're reight. Where I come from, we say nah then, or nah then thee tha gret ugly waaart.

[@justinlambert1324]

A lot of people knock the UK but we are quite lucky and don't realise it until it's spelled out to us by a foreigner! Just found your channel and really enjoyed your views, keep it up ☺️. Have been to Canada several times and it's a lovely place with lovely friendly people, don't knock it!!

[@mothmagic1]

I'm with you there. I find the Canadians very friendly

[@MariaSantos-fw8vu]

Yes we are 🥰

[@georgedyson9754]

@@MariaSantos-fw8vu As an ex-Brit who has been in Canada for 50 years now living in a rural area in Maritimes I would certainly agree. In some ways living here has a lot in common with the UK that I remember when living in a rural area in Dorset. Very friendly and very neighbourly. But not so true in many of the large Canadian cities these days in my opinion, as city life has become much like cities anywhere.

[@Steve-ge3qq]

As a Leicester Brit born and bred I love the uk , and yes many of us are miserable ungrateful bastard . I’ve met loads of Canadians in youth hostels when I was lucky enough to live abroad in OZ and the NZ ( 2000-2001) and they are top folk whom like a drink and a giggle. Also very patriotic I noticed and why not . Peace , laughs and love to all. One love one life 😊

[@onecupof_tea]

Looking after our buildings and bridges and giving them a 'Listed' status, so they can't be pulled down or changed, without local council's approval, should be on your list. Developer's who pulled down an old pub recently, were taken to Court, and were made to rebuild it. It means that we still have some nice old buildings next to the horrible modern office tower blocks.

[@juliabillman4693]

Been in Australia for 50 years and still miss a Ploughman's Lunch

[@hightensionlabs]

Being a born and bred Brit I love your video’s they remind me that actually we have it pretty good for the most part and we tend to forget that sometimes. 😀👍💜

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you, I really appreciate that!

[@fionagregory9147]

You do not need to use apostrophe if a word is just plural. Videos.

[@johnstoddart9026]

@@fionagregory9147 but does it really matter?

[@charleswatson1093]

@@fionagregory9147 Good for you! I've mentioned the "grocer's apostrophe" dozens of times on KZbin, and have been called a "grammar Nazi" and similar names almost as often. If people want to appear to be semi-literate, that's their privilege.

[@Varksterable]

​@@johnstoddart9026 Matter? Probably not. But worth correcting? Yes. It's an English thing. We tend to do 'language' and 'punctuation' in a way that other countries or age-groups don't seem to understand. Like castles 'n' sh1t. Letting people get away with things like 'Could of' or "Gregg's the baker's" is just the thin end of the wedge. Soon will all be writing; "I R at Uni n got a 3th in inglish lol" on our CVs if we go down that path. Bad show; knock it off!

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 I love living in the UK 🇬🇧 The history, the ancient buildings, beaches, rivers , fish and chips, woodlands , castles, the people, just everything. I live near Warwick Castle. It's a wonderful day out. Warwick Castle is not a ruin. Ps. I'm from Kent.

[@lisajames3359]

I love your enthusiasm about living in Britain, you’ve just made me realise it’s not so bad living here after all x

[@andrewgoodall2183]

I think I must be depressed. You've made me want to cry, listening to this. UK here.

[@johnledingham852]

Thank you for a well presented video. You held my attention from go to whoa. I'm a 77 year old grandfather in Queensland, Australia. My dad was from Scotland and I'm drawn to Britain very much. England gave cricket to the world, and railways. Scotland gave golf to the world, and the finest whisky. I especially love the old British comedians. Morcombe and Wise, The Two Ronnies. Tommy Cooper. We live a similar kind of lifestyle down here. We've never rebelled against our British roots, yet we welcome other cultures as does the UK. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to your future KZbin presentations.

[@adoptedscot]

Fish and chips straight out of newspaper walking home, hot crispy and delicious. Much nicer than using knife, fork and plate.

[@anthonyhulse1248]

And if you were lucky, it included page 3!

[@michaelclarke4606]

YES I REMEMBER THAT ALSO WINKELES

[@wcatfn7928]

Showing yer age mate, UK has not allowed newspaper to wrap chippy dinners since 1990.

[@markbriten6999]

​@@wcatfn7928true but I still miss it. My local chippy got round it by wrapping the food in paper BUT putting newspapers on a table by the door

[@richardcreaser308]

I am British, from Yorkshire, retired and live with my Thai family here in Bangkok. I am in my sixth year here and you have mentioned so many things that I miss. Back in Yorkshire we always had a Sunday roast but the dinner was always started with a Yorkshire pudding course, here it‘s rice or noodles! Accents, ha ha ha I’m still trying to get my head around the Thai language with 44 consonants, 28 vowels & 5 tones. I could kill for fish & chips. Fish is popular here but it looks like something off finding Nemo & never battered. Cheese is processed in flat square slices. I miss the NHS, you can’t even register with a doctor here. If you need to see a doctor, you have to go to a hospital where a doctor attends to see anyone who has an ailment. Pay as you go. It is warm 24/7 here in a monsoon area. There is a high rainfall, depending on the time of year. Siamese history & culture is different & interesting. I won’t sleep tonight thinking about Cadburys chocolate. 🙏

[@gailsykes2691]

I'm in Yorkshire just getting ready to go to family for Sunday dinner. Yorkshire pudding for starters obviously. Thinking about you 😂😂

[@kaynethersole8106]

Yorkshire Pudding with gravy should be eaten as a starter (to fill you when food was scarce) now lost amid all the meat and vegetables. Traditionally - Beef with Yorkshire pudding, Pork and Chicken with stuffing, lamb with savoury suet pudding, and lots of gravy made in the roasting dish to take up the juices.

[@RobertButler-yy8xw]

Bless you, I’ve only just spotted this on KZbin and it was lovely to hear someone talk so nice about our country for a change. You made me realise just how fortunate and privileged us Brits really should be for taking so many fantastic things for granted. Especially Yorkshire puddings. Oh, and chocolate. Oh, and cheese. We do love cheese. Anyhow, it would have been rude not to say thanks after watching. You clearly were a Yorkshire lass in a previous life. Keep up the good work lass.

[@graceydez6199]

Yeah for sure been watching for a while and thought this. She has the Yorkshire gene. She has said a few negative things about the north but thats just coming from the southerners she is around. One day she will visit properly and realize she is a Yorkshire lass at heart. 😢

[@FacemeltsWasteland]

My wife and I were talking about English food and why it has such a bad reputation globally, and your passion over the full English breakfast brought it back to me. Sunday roast, North Sea fish, not to mention our penchant for soups and stews.. so much good food! Some of it not so good for you, but some of it SO good for you! Root vegetables like potatoes, parsnips etc. I love global food from all corners of the globe, but there is some great ‘English’ options.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Face melt Loon. English food is fantastic and knocks spots of American food. The MYTH about our food is ridiculous and goes back to rationing and the second World War. The more you talk about it the more foreigners will believe it.

[@akula9713]

The bad reputation was formed by US servicemen who tasted food during rationing in the U.K. during WW2.

[@NickHunter]

Shepherd's pie, bangers n mash, toad in the hole, steak and ale pie, mince n dumplings, roast pork with crackling and sage and onion stuffing get it all in my face immediately

[@wilsonfamily1762]

pies, pies and pies...

[@markbriten6999]

I met a German priest, a friend of my family, who loved Xmas pudding. We always took one if we went. Why? The English soldiers gave him and his friends a load of that in 1945 when he was hungry.

[@rudacr]

I've never really appreciated the history in the UK until recent years. Thinking about it, my wife and I were married in a 16th century manor house which had the ruins of a 12th century monastery attached to it. Neither of us had any personal connection to the owners of the property, it was just one of the venues available to rent for the day. And there are sites like this available all across the country! We do truly have a rich history in this country!

[@robinwatters572]

That sounds like Norton Priory to me! Maybe not , but I do love British history. The view from my bedroom window when I lived in Runcorn was an 11th century castle. You can't get better than that, IMHO!

[@keithspillett5298]

It's wonderfully refreshing to hear a 'visitor' finding good things about my country. I think one of things that still makes my country 'great' is the fact we have people like you living here, so please don't decide to go home 🙂

[@steventostevin3085]

We need to protect our wonderfull NHS dont vote tory. That's republican if your American like America they want to privatise our NHS

[@jrswinhoe58]

Bubble and Squeek , typically a use for leftover vegetables from your Sunday dinner. Basically it's Cabbage, Onions and Mashed Potato fried as one mixture. The name is from the sound the mixture makes when fried.

[@nightwing369]

Alanna, you missed out the Fried Bread on the Fully Cooked English Breakfast. If you've never had it before, you should definitely try it! 👍😃🙂 Also, Cadbury's isn't the same as it was, since Kraft bought it - yes, something as good as Cadbury's really did taste even better!

[@nicholasjones7312]

Mushrooms and fried bread are definitely the best part of a fry up. I’m with you, Alana, regarding black pudding; if given the choice, I’d swap it for a double portion of one of the other ingredients of an English Breakfast.

[@Aaron-ni2eu]

I’ve personally gone off the fried bread, thick white toast please. But I would go for a half a tomato and black pudding :)

[@MontgomeryPisswhistle]

Some humans are going to hell for the ruining of Cadbury's Dairy Milk, that's for sure. A blanket statement for which I'll never apologise: Americans can't make chocolate.

[@Innerspace100]

Kraft bought Freia here in Norway too. They used to have fantastic milk chocolate. After the take-over in the early-mid nineties, it went downhill fast. Today, the Freia branded milk chocolates are uneatable, in my opinion.

[@_starfiend]

Ooh no, no fried bread. That's just horrible. Has to be toast every time. The 'fried bread' we did as a kid: Grill the bacon, the wipe the grill pan clean with a slice or two of bread and toasted. |Since the grill pan was clean to start off with, it's only a small amount of bacon fat soaked into one side only of the bread. Now that's nice, but a slice of bread deep fried? Yuk! And grilled tomatoes, not tinned. Although it's called a fry-up, in our house the only thing actually fried is the egg. The sausage, bacon, tomato, black pudding and even (if we have them) hash browns are all grilled. Mushrooms, chopped, in a bowl with a tiny amount of garlic-olive oil, some herbs, and 1 - 2 minutes in the micro-wave! And while I love baked beans, they just don't belong on a breakfast plate unless it's just beans on toast, maybe with sausage or bacon. But then it's not a full English. :) YMMV!

[@bencockburn4838]

Milk chocolate is a bit more complicated than what is allowed to be used as fat. North American cattle is typically grain-fed, whereas British cattle is typically grass-fed, which produces a richer milk. It's why our butter is much more yellow than the paler North American butter (no colourings needed!). In addition, because the production of milk and the consumption of milk is typically so far apart in the US (I assume the same is true in Canada), the milk is lypolised to sterilise it prior to shipping and prevent it going off during transport, during which butyric acid forms in the milk. Butyric acid is commonly found in baby vomit (before weening, babies produce enzymes in their stomach juices that do a similar thing), so you will often find reference to this when people discuss the differences online. It creates a sharp, tangy flavour that can be quite off-putting, which limits how much milk can be added to the chocolate and is often compensated for by adding more sugar instead. You might note that American chocolate tends to have sugar listed above milk in the ingredients, whereas it tends to be the other way around in British milk chocolate. British milk production is a lot closer to consumption, so the milk is not sterilised prior to incorporation into the chocolate, which produces a richer, creamier texture in comparison. Cadbury famously advertises 'a glass and a half of milk in every pound of chocolate'. A lot of American chocolate to Brits tastes like the really cheap no-name chocolates that you find in advent calendars and other things where the chocolate is just a novelty and taste is secondary.

[@partridge9698]

Yorkshire pudding is enjoyable eaten after the main meal as a dessert with raspberry jam. Which was its original intention.

[@stevecarter8810]

I never heard that as an origin of Yorkshire pud. I understood it to be to compensate for meagre meat portions in poorer households, fill up on something cheap.

[@samsprrr3548]

I recommend looking at the national Trust and English heritage .they both look after historic buildings and open them to the public.

[@NickHunter]

was literally on her list

[@janrogers8352]

Love this list. It certainly highlights things we should be proud of. As for the term 'daft cow', it all depends on the circumstances and the tone of voice, as it can be said as both an insult and an endearment, you might also hear the term 'silly cow' as well.

[@leec6707]

My fave things about being a Brit is our humour, our music, our climate, NHS, our beautiful villages and our people. In fact, I love just about everything and would never want to live anywhere else.

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

You're proud of the NHS? That organisation that has basically ensured me death because the doctors wouldn't test me for cancer when it was still treatable? It wasn't a funding issue, it wasn't a staffing issue. It was STAFF issue; they didn't care. I hope the NHS is privatised before I die in the next 18 months. Thanks NHS.

[@teesman61]

NHS isn't going to be around for long.

[@andrewharris3900]

@@teesman61 NHS is crap, countries with a public private system like Australia do much better. Private for those that can afford it and a public system for those that can’t.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

@@andrewharris3900 It would take a hell of a lot more than that to make me move to Australia. I do not wish to be fried alive.

[@mehallica666]

​@@andrewharris3900The UK does have private health systems as well as public! And has done for bloody YEARS! You think the rich use the NHS?

[@tonyeden2944]

Hello Alanna, as an 83-year old Yorkshire lad from Harrogate I am sure you have read my mind. Both the tea and the pudding mines are in a secret location in Harrogate and the miners descent 200 feet, always at 11am on Thursdays, dig out the tea packets and the dishes of Yorkshire Pudding. I am only kidding. It is, of course, 9am not 11am. I notice you kept saying "we". That was nice!

[@reginarandall9050]

Hiya LOL Canadian here, bucket list is go to a pub! So true w architecture! Luv their humour!

[@mikedixon9089]

As a northern English man you must visit Scotland the highlands are amazing the drive to Inverness is awesome in my fifty’s now feel I’ve been blessed to see such a beautiful country

[@dinerouk]

Many amazing places from the Scottish Islands to Devon & Cornwall

[@ebbonfly]

The Lake District and the Cotswolds are beautiful parts the country too.

[@ftumschk]

If you like hash-browns (as I do), have you tried the more traditional bubble and squeak? It's delicious, and is perfect with a "Full English" breakfast, or with an afternoon/evening meal for that matter. As a kid, it was always a treat to have sausage, beans and bubble and squeak for tea... I had simple tastes.

[@sarkybugger5009]

I've just posted the same thing, and here you are... I deliberately make excess mash so I get leftovers for b&s 😉

[@ftumschk]

@@sarkybugger5009 Fantastic! Can't beat a good B&S :)

[@sarkybugger5009]

​@@ftumschk What happens if you say ftumschk three times? 😁

[@adrianadrian255]

@@sarkybugger5009 I actually just make batches of bubble and squeak on its own, then freeze it in bags - in an emergency you can even defrost it in the frying pan

[@ftumschk]

@@sarkybugger5009 I appear behind you and drag your soul into the Underworld ;)

[@markcity10]

That made me feel so lucky to live here….we def take the uk for granted

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

It's helpful to stop and appreciate the little things sometimes!

[@markcity10]

@@AdventuresAndNaps definitely!

[@neilspiers4317]

If you haven't tried them yet you want to try Wensleydale with apricot and Wensleydale with cranberry. My fav.

[@numbersix8336]

I loved the “we have so many great cheeses” line.

[@christoguichard4311]

All of these things make me so glad I was born on this sceptred Isle. Sometimes...it takes a "foreigner" to point this stuff out to us. You're NOT a foreigner anymore though Alanna. You are now an honoury Brit! ☺️👍

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!! 🥳

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Alanna, I hope you get your British Citizenship

[@laidbackjack3166]

Hi Alana. Another interesting video. You really need to come up to where I live - the North East of England. It's a bit of a long old trek from where you are, but the people up here are friendly, warm and have the best sense of humour. You can have a great day and night and it's all cheap as chips! We have great history, excellent sport and a beautiful coastline. You won't regret it.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

But compared to Kent, pretty miserable weather!!

[@laidbackjack3166]

@@valeriedavidson2785 Depends when you go!

[@pennyyoung2291]

And the best songs!

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

Alanna, another humorous video. The full English, you have to have the mushrooms and definitely a slice of fried bread or if you want a "slice of dip". We British sometimes take things for granted, such as the history.

[@therobinshaw]

Thank you for reminding me of what I take for granted. Love your channel for holding a mirror up to us. Keep it up.

[@angelakadeer1565]

Well, it has taken this lovely young lady to get me to think how much we DO have in this country. I had begun to hate it here, but she is right, appreciate what you have !

[@shearerslegs]

Thanks for the video, it’s good to be reminded that some things I take for granted are actually privileges that not everyone has. I hope you and the butler have a great week

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Well said! Hope you have a great week, too!

[@yahdudeist]

I didnt realise how much I love the greeness of living in countryside here, until I was abroad for a while...also the bleak but beauitful coastline/beaches...

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yeah I really love the green countryside throughout the year - Ontario ends up looks very grey and white in winter.

[@tiggerwood8899]

I'm a Brit and I love our green countryside although moment of the country is brown at the moment and black in places after fires. But it recovers pretty.quickly

[@mdhazeldine]

You mean the yellowness :D

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

Two days of rain and already the green is returning

[@TheRevDel]

One of the most bleak places I've been was the Yorkshire moors, wonderful views over the foreboding countryside, but it's honestly beautiful to be there.

[@matc6221]

Hiya Alanna! I'm glad you like you love so many things here. And it really shows, that we shouldn't take things got granted in the UK. Cheers you! 😀 👍

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!

[@matc6221]

@@AdventuresAndNaps 🥳

[@caz12345]

Thankyou for helping me to be more positive about my country...love your videos xx

[@user-lb9su1gg7o]

Yeah me too!

[@catholicbeth2371]

As a Yorkshire lass and fellow cheese lover can I recommend Wensleydale Cheese. If you ever you have the good sense to come up north for a visit try visiting the Wensleydale creamery in Aysgarth. Stunning scenery gorgeous cheese.

[@norbury57]

Nailed it. As a Brit living in Canada (BC) those are precisely the things I miss most. Oh and the "Up North" made me smile. You really are becoming acclimated.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂 Thank you! Hope you're enjoying BC!!

[@stevemichael8458]

So are you - you said acclimated not acclimatised :))

[@brianwhittington5086]

A bit of a marathon vlog today Alanna. You could have easily made it to 40, or more with places to visit, snacks, sweets, crisps, takeaway meals, just to name a few. We never tire of hearing you telling the world how good things are here.

[@davidhyams2769]

My family had friends in Belgium, where they make really fantastic chocolate. But whenever we visited, they asked us to bring bars of Cadbury's Dairy Milk. One thing you didn't mention about paid holiday/vacation days is that you don't need to use up any of that time if you're ill. You get time off work in addition to those paid holidays. If you're lucky with your employer, you'll get sick days on full pay, but if not, you'll get a guaranteed amount from the government. And if you're ill while on vacation, you can claim those days as sick days and get your vacation days back.

[@KR-us9pj]

Watched all 28! The best UK review I have seen. Brilliant. I have lived here all my life - but this has made me appreciate things I definitely take for granted. Not paying the shelf price!!...wow - I would find that really strange. Thanks so much - keep up the great work.

[@Alan-cl4tf]

You can't beat a good chippy (fish and chips shop). Try Wensleydale cheese that has apricots in it, very tasty! Finally, as a Yorkshire man I can agree that you can't beat a Sunday roast dinner (chicken, beef or pork) with Yorkshire pudding, mash and roast potatoes, cauliflower, brocoli, peas, carrots and gravy made with the juices from the meat that you've roasted! 😋 Enjoy.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Free museums are absolutely brilliant!! So are roast dinners…most of all, Yorkshire puddings!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

My Canuk Cousin, it is always so refreshing to view your channel. Today I think you hit the nail on the head with your list. Although I don't live in the UK, I attended school there, and three of my sons live there or are currently studying there. I should add two things, to make a round 30: puddings (either winter ones like sticky toffee, jam rolly poly, or bread pudding, or summer ones such as sherry trifle, or Eton Mess), and the music scene (from rock to folk to church music, and the classics). I hope to return for my first long stay next year. My last visit for a decent length of time was 20 yrs ago, so I expect to see big changes.

[@carldarbyshire4]

Growing up as a kid, we never had hash browns on our full English. Come to think of it, we never called it a full English either. It was just a fry up. But now, I always have hash browns on my fry up. Such a nice addition. Keep up the good work Alanna. 👍😊

[@dinerouk]

A rose by any other name...

[@Lily-Bravo]

We had fried sliced potatoes or bubble and squeak

[@carldarbyshire4]

@@Lily-Bravo yeah, my mum used to do fried sliced potatoes with it. 👍

[@DaveyHotrod]

We used to brew our own cider in the shed at the back of our hotel from the apples from our orchard. It was really strong...

[@peterwestgarth1477]

How fantastic to hear your enthusiasm for our fab country. Great to have your appreciation. If only we heard this from others joining our country.

[@therabbitcanada]

a lot of us older folk (ie 50's and up) actually grew up on Yorkshire pudding in Canada. We'd have it with our roast dinner mostly. Still make it here in Montreal.

[@patjackson8649]

Great list, and it made me miss the UK even more! It's been too long since we've been over. Can't agree about the mushrooms, to me they are essential to the fry-up. The public transport is so incredibly wonderful and my favourite feature of that is the kindly "Mind the Gap." Since we've not stayed as residents (yet) I have to add a hotel-based item - the little kettle and tray of tea things in each hotel room so that you can wake up and make a cuppa before even heading down to the dining room each morning. Cheers from Canada :)

[@billmayor8567]

Lived in London for 14 years. Never had a car....never needed to. Travel was so much quicker by public transport.😊.my friends who had cars rarely used their own cars as it often took much longer to travel!

[@johnashton4086]

Hiya ! in parts of Aberdeen... 'Fit like quine !' ( to Alanna ) 'How are you ?... 'Foos yer doos? ( How are your pigeons/doves ? ) One added observation on landscape/history is the remarkable diversity that you can experience within a single day; seascapes, pastoral lowlands, deciduous forest, uplands, conifer forest, mountains, freshwater lakes, industrial as well as pre-industrial historical sites etc etc and beauty and/or interest everywhere in the cities and beyond. Alanna touches on many of the reasons why i live in the UK.. It is not perfect but compared to very many other countries I've experienced it remains a country that gets many things right. It is human-scale.

[@michaelregan352]

Yorkshire lad that lived in Peterhead for a long while. Fecking Doric pecked my head for ages. Thought everyone was calling me a headcase when they called me a loon. Sat there hearing "Aye, yi ken fit. Yi ken that loon fae the broch, the un wi the weird heed...wheest...a swear tha bairn is allas greeting...well he's biding awa doon sooth noo wi some quine fae Englandshire". Took me about 3 months to learn what they were saying 🤣

[@julianwatson2301]

Nice one girl!. Your next country visit should be to Fishbourne, West Sussex, nearest train Chichester, visit the roman palace there. Very unforgettable

[@chanchito4401]

2:53 I'm imagining the entire world coming together for an almighty fry up 😂peace in our time 🕊

[@Les-i7e]

Fry up not good for your health. I was born in UK. Now live in Greece. I never eat fry up. Greek food much better

[@Bob10009]

Well, that’s it as far as I’m concerned. You can consider yourself British now. You totally get this country’s culture along with its foibles. I’ve watched your videos for a while now and since your early ones, you have matured into an even more intelligent, open minded and beautiful person, not to mention a beautiful woman. If Canada could sent more like you to Kent, that would be great. 🇨🇦➡️🇬🇧👍🏻

[@robinwatters572]

Never mind Kent, she needs to be shared with the whole country, maybe not Scotland though, only joking, I love Scotland, the Scots themselves though, Mehhhh! I actually lived and worked in Scotland for a while and loved every minute. Amazing people.

[@PhilMcKelliget]

There’s just a couple of things I would add to this very comprehensive list. The first is maps. Britain has the best maps in the world and if you want to access the countryside and it’s amazing web of footpaths you’ll need a good map. This is even better now that you can get them all on your phone. The second thing is the National Trust. This is a charity that buys up and protects landscapes and buildings of national interest and opens them to the public. If you come over here on holiday you can get short term membership at a very reasonable price and you’d be amazed at the variety of stately homes and castles that are available to you. It’s a ready-made holiday.

[@mothmagic1]

Ordnance Survey maps are the world's finest maps.The National Trust used to be good but now they are too woke and have drifted away from their original concept.

[@noizyninja4446]

4:48 Cadburys Bournville chocolate is far superior, also look out for coffee chocolate we do that very well too

[@TusharPankaj]

Decent public transport is my #1 favorite thing about places like the UK and a lot of EU countries! I know everyone who lives there likes to say it sucks but from an American perspective, it's amazing.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Honestly, so good! Walkable towns, too!

[@clivewilliams3661]

The UK public transport pails when compared to the Dutch system.

[@Bear_the_shepherd]

@@clivewilliams3661 pails???

[@primalengland]

@@Bear_the_shepherd It’s on my bucket list.

[@simonmorris4226]

We’ve been at it for a while! Glad you appreciate it!

[@dougall1687]

I know you talked recently about the joys of warm tea on a cold day, but I've just discovered the joy of throwing a couple of bags of yorkshire into a drinking bottle, filling it with water and a dash of lemon, then sticking the bottle in the fridge overnight. Totally refreshing morning drink after a long night battling the heat.

[@markpotter8280]

hah hah I read this quickly when drinking whiskey and I thought to myself why put yorkshire pudding in a drinking bottle overnight.....................then it dawned on me................................. I feel stupid but it needed sharing 🤣🤣🤣

[@Bluedex2011]

You absolutely nailed it Alanna ! I never realized there were so many 😀

[@nowhere982]

I've watched loads of videos made by citizens of USA and now Canada, about the UK and I'd like to thank you all for making me really appreciate my country. I thought most countries were the same way as us!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣🙏💕. We Brits take all that we have which is special, so much for granted. Thank you. By the way, as a proud Yorkshire lass, you are 100% correct about Yorkshire puddings and Yorkshire tea.... Yorkshire is God's own County💖

[@_bav]

The phrase is "God's own COUNTRY" btw (often misquoted), but, yes, I entirely agree with your sentiment.

[@Varksterable]

Puts me in mind of Bill Bailey's skit about British reactions: "Not toooo bad..." I love videos like this. It sometimes takes an outside perspective to remind me how amazingly lucky I am to be living here. The observations are spot on and, in some cases, a bit surprising. _So_ much we take for granted. I helped mum with some voluntary work at a museum as a teenager. How awesome is that?! And yet until this video, I'd completely forgotten how amazing our museums are. I can buy a dozen different local cheeses in my village shops. But it's raining a bit right now; so that's what we usually focus on. And we really shouldn't. Thank you for a gentle slap to remind me that I should be much more grateful for what I have. (The tax thing boggled my mind.) Oh, Davidstow is pronounced "David stoh" (rhymes with 'slow') I'm really not sure where you're getting the "st-awr" (rhymes with 'are') from. ❤ I think you have a new subscriber.👍

[@kenlongfellow]

While perhaps not as true in big cities like London or Manchester, the people of the UK are some of the warmest, friendliest, most welcoming folks I have had the pleasure to meet. I think that you, Alanna, are a great addition to that population! Hiya!!!

[@B-A-L]

People in big cities, no matter where in the world, don't have the time to be friendly. It's not just London or Manchester. If I said hello to everyone I walked past in London I'd wear my voice out by the time I got home!

[@mikeball6182]

I find genuine Mancs (becoming rarer) to be amongst some of the friendliest people anywhere, and I'm a Londoner.

[@leedstag]

Well done, great representation of our beautiful country...honorary Brit you are...

[@thefilmsett]

Yoda

[@channel_alan]

You should try "toad in the hole"... Sausages in a tray of Yorkshire pudding batter, and gravy! Yum!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I made it on Patreon! So good!

[@channel_alan]

@@AdventuresAndNaps hiyaaa.... ohhh, plugging the patreon. Excellent marketing effort! 😂 Well played. Not such a daft cow after all!!

[@XL-5117]

Love the channel and the energy. Have to disagree with you about public transport outside of the main cities. I live in the North East and unless you have a car, places are pretty inaccessible.

[@colinlegrys9434]

Dear Alana, I get the impression that you live in the Edenbridge area as I did donkey's years ago. Is Haxted water mill still open, it is on the way to Lingfield. In the sixties I sometimes went to the Plough pub in Dormans Land. It had the most wonderful mural of a Canadian mountain scene painted by the Canadian soldiers who were stationed in and around the villages in the South-East. I keep meaning to go back and see if it is still there. Have you seen the WW2 pill boxes in the Crowhurst area? they formed part of one of the defensive ring around London. I have recently found your channel and I like it.

[@Mishima505]

11:53 Germany has 30 days paid leave plus bank holidays extra. In the UK bank holidays can be counted as part of your paid holiday.

[@guguncube2308]

This is untrue bank Holidays have never been included

[@kendee4421]

Just to say Pie and Mash as a traditional dish predates fish and chips by over 100 years and you can still find lots of Pie and Mash shops. In London they also sell stewed and jellied eels. Tourists going to Greenwich should try the pie and mash shop there.

[@simonmorris4226]

Chapter 1! Awaiting chapter 2! Welsh and Scottish breakfasts are different but also wonderful. And you haven’t even touched on the musical traditions yet!

[@penname5766]

You’re a natural entrepreneur, Alana. Love how you dressed in black for the perfume promotion inset 😎 I also notice how a large number of items on your list are food oriented 😂

[@stevewallis8197]

The first "great things from Britain" video that doesn't mention our truly brilliant 3-pin electrical plugs.....

[@EffWriteOff.]

Agreed an absolute marvel of engineering, it's simplicity understates it's remarkable functionality and overall safety.

[@Kyrelel]

She has another video where she says she doesn't like them.

[@georgedyson9754]

Part of this, though, I think, is the lower voltage of the electrical supply in North America, and the need for higher safety with the supply in the UK. (110v/240v). Those UK plugs are huge though! But the thing I do like about UK plugs is that the wattage you can get from those 13 amp sockets at 240v sure is useful when you are using your kettle!

[@cato1684]

South Africa has the 3 pin electrical plugs, only difference is they are round instead of squarish.

[@StoneE4]

Those aren't great, brilliant, and they certainly aren't a marvel of engineering... They're oversized, bulky, wastes of materials that increase the cost of goods and provide no discernible safety improvement over other plugs unless you include the dolts who would have inevitably found a way to injure themselves using a sponge in the numbers.

[@ArgumentShow]

@12:55 thats my fav cheese to but hard to find here on the Isle of Wight

[@davidholmes2283]

A full Irish breakfast is also great. Substitute the black pudding for white pudding and toast for soda bread.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I made soda bread on Patreon, that was really good!

[@thefilmsett]

We have both

[@ricmorris9758]

White pudding and boxty or potatoe cake

[@andyleighton6969]

For the non Brits watching = worth noting that Alana Central, Kent, is [along with parts of the Welsh Border and the West Country] a cider stronghold. Over much of the country asking for a "local" cider will get you a blank look.

[@davedevonlad7402]

Westcountry lad here and Cider is the best. Proper scrumpy 👍

[@groovygregsmith]

Cider....icky

[@rogerwitte]

I love pubs where they have a tasting menu. They have a board with several different beers and ciders and you pick 3. They give you 3 third of a pint glasses. You get to taste more without (or before ... your choice) getting drunk. I've come across this in the Albion, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, and at a pub opposite Leeds Railway Station.

[@WayneMyers-jn4gx]

Just recently found your videos. Love them, you are so British now. Makes me appreciate more the things we have in this country, especially when heard from a visitor to our country.

[@onecupof_tea]

I've just remembered 'Meal Deals' ! All supermarkets do them, where you buy a main course, snack and drink. You can typically get a tray of salmon sushi, a starter of 2 vegetable samosas, and fresh orange juice for approx 3.50. It's a bargain and cheaper than a restaurant.

[@Kyrelel]

So, one of the best things about Britain is foreign food !?

[@thekungfoonun]

It's not foreign, the supermarket meal deal is an abomination to international cuisine, they make sandwiches that taste like cold wet air and sit in a fridge for 3 days before you eat it.. and a yoghurt is NOT a main

[@valkyrie1066]

I have to tell you that the ability to take transportation for an hour or so and be in some other country is a big plus, right up there with free museums and days off. OLD architecture is awesome. The tea and telly is just gravy!

[@TheWorldservice]

The combination of baked beans and FRIED BREAD, truly is a match made in heaven. I'm with you on the tomato front, you can keep it.

[@marcelwiszowaty1751]

Yeah! Then again beans on toast is another simple and quick meal, not necessarily for breakfast of course. Another one I like is fried egg (or poached) on fried bread... lovely!

[@helenagreenwood2305]

Fried bread dipped in a runny egg 😍

[@robinfereday6562]

Stop making me hungry 😂😂

[@mikeball6182]

@@helenagreenwood2305 Fried bread and marmalade

[@worldwearyuk178]

An elderly English person (Londoner), born and bred, I was brought up on English breakfasts several times a week in the 1950s but cannot STAND baked beans! Even the smell is anathema to me. I have never even tried black pudding. Its constituents sound disgusting. A core post-war "full english" was fried sausages, egg and bacon - perhaps with fried bread. Bread and butter was served on the side. Baked beans, tomatoes, hash browns, mushrooms and all the other stuff mentioned were just extras. All things change and, over the last 50 - 60 years, more and more varieties of extras have crept onto the menu. In most commercial outlets, one can pick and choose what to have on your plate and pay accordingly.

[@peterfhere9461]

It's worth saying ref 26 that in addition to public rights of way, there are many other "permissive paths" where organisations and land owners allow free access - such as The National Trust, The Forestry Commission, The Crown Estates, many canal owners, and the MOD. I live in an urban area but within a few minute's drive I can go for miles using combinations of these paths... 27 - PAYE is an absolute godsend.....

[@RalphBellairs]

29th thing the world needs is for Alanna to become a British citizen! I'll keep watching!🙂

[@DerekLangdon]

No, she does not need to become a British citizen. At least as a Canadian she has an escape route when Britain goes belly up.

[@Ash-vt5cp]

@@DerekLangdon canada and britain both allow dual citizenship, though i do agree 100% with the importance of her keeping her canadian citizenship... once britain's north sea oil runs out in a few decades and london's reputation as a global financial center fades more, the UK will be fade along with it

[@mehallica666]

​@@DerekLangdon'Escape' to Canada? Things need to get A LOT worse before considering that. And a lot better over there!

[@arkhsm]

Today is Fish n Chip day in my home. Every town here in NZ has 2 or 3 Fish n Chip shops !!