Are “British food stores” in America any good?

[@vikkispence]

OMG could someone *please* show Evan how to make tea in a teapot, while also explaining clearly and succinctly that a teapot is not in any way a kettle! Can't believe that's not part of the citizenship test 😉

[@Dementat]

I'm with you on this one, I suddenly understand Priti Patel and Nigel Fürhage. This is unacceptable

[@JacobBax]

Kick him out!!

[@FTZPLTC]

Anyone caught making tea in the microwave to be sent to Rwanda to think about what they've done.

[@JacobBax]

@@FTZPLTC I boil the water in the microwave, does that count as making tea?

[@FTZPLTC]

@@JacobBax - I think it'd be an aiding and abetting charge.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

Teapots and kettles are two very different things. A kettle is just used to boil water, where a teapot is a way to make multiple cups of tea at once, you don’t use it to boil water, you pour hot water into it along with either teabags or loose tea…though as my Granny always said “Don’t forget to hot the pot!” i.e you swirl hot water around in the teapot before adding the loose tea/tea bags then the hot water. I believe it both helps to prevent scorching the tea leaves (though I could be wrong about that) and keeps the brewed tea hot for longer. As I have a preference for loose tea, I do own multiple teapots in various sizes.

[@tr0picalFire]

Exactly. & How come Americans don’t use electric kettles, but whistling stove top kettles? Doesn’t it take more time to boil the water that way? 🤔☕️🫖

[@TatAlbring]

Was just about to say this

[@lynnejamieson2063]

@@tr0picalFire I think that's two fold, firstly they more commonly drink coffee and so use electric coffee makers and secondly due to the lower power output, I think electric kettles take longer to boil there than they do here. I think that many of them also just don't know the general benefits of having a kettle, which is a bit of a shame really.

[@tr0picalFire]

@@lynnejamieson2063 interesting

[@minskysfeedbackyianni1302]

@Lynne Jamieson you summed that up very clearly, thank you. Hearing "tea kettle" being used instead of teapot grates on my nerves!

[@andybaker2456]

See, you're clearly not British if you think that tube train was a "pillow thing", it's obviously a draught excluder!

[@mdx7460]

🤣 I was thinking the same thing

[@alisonshellum9870]

This needs to be on the citizenship test… 😂

[@andybaker2456]

@@jwb52z9 Well maybe we'll let him off that one, but there's absolutely no excuse for the constant references to some mythical object called a "tea kettle", or for not knowing what Salad Cream is!

[@marenhumblebee2736]

He is British, but arguably most "draft excluders" are also "pillow things"(snakes)

[@christineperez7562]

We have draft excluders here in America. Lol

[@mollybrown8361]

Omg wait…Evan thinking a tea pot is used the same as a kettle could explain why other Americans have made tea literally inside of the kettle rather than just using it to boil water…but that’s just a theory

[@terriblefps8346]

@Molly Brown A, Food Theory Bon Appetite

[@someonesomewhere947]

Honestly most Americans just heat the water in the microwave

[@nomus1172]

@@someonesomewhere947 nah usually boil it in a pot

[@s.leayoung5456]

Well I don't know why Evan doesn't know the difference in a kettle and tea pot but I'm American and have never ever been to England and I know the difference but I'm a woman and maybe men just don't pay that much attention to kitchen things but if he's planning on staying there he needs to make it his job to learn everything about his new Country even that detail.

[@bigmanmccheez5342]

@@s.leayoung5456he has been living there for 10+ years and is a British citizen

[@lordofuzkulak8308]

Kettles? Those are tea*pots* mate, not kettles; they serve an entirely different function in the tea serving process to kettles. Turkish Delight - how did you think it was to do with turkey? Do Americans call things to do with turkey the meat/bird ‘Turkish’, ‘cause here in the UK, ‘Turkish’ only refers to things to do with Turkey the country. Also, for context, keep in mind that book is set in WWII at the height of rationing when sweets and chocolate were a luxury item that kids would’ve only had once or twice a year in tiny quantities.

[@sugarzblossom8168]

It seems like your a bit agitated, I might be wrong and I kind of see why

[@andybaker2456]

Also those Fry's Turkish Delight chocolate bars bear very little resemblance to the Turkish Delight (or Lokum, as it's known there) that you get in Turkey, or even to the boxes of Turkish Delight that adorn the sideboards of many a British home at Christmas time!

[@iriscollins7583]

Tiny quantities? So tiny they were invisible. Chocolate the same. One orange, a few monkey nuts ,( peanuts ) perhaps an apple in your Christmas stocking. I've tried to think of anything else, sorry failed.

[@laurie7689]

Most young kids in the USA have never even heard of the nation of Turkey, until at least middle school when they are taught World Geography. The book is also usually read in middle school as part of the literature program. In the USA, middle school is for three years. If the kids end up reading the book before they've had the geography course, then they aren't able to connect the "Turkish" to the country. If they have the geography class before reading the book, they have a better chance of associating the two. Turkish Delight is not a common candy in the USA and most kids here will have never heard of it before. I read the book before I had the geography lesson, so I was not able to make the connection at first to a country. Also, I had never heard of the candy, Turkish Delight, and the book didn't make it very clear to me at first that it was a candy. A couple of years afterwards, I reread the book and was able to make the connections.

[@helvete983]

To be fair very few Americans use electric kettles the way we do, to them a kettle is the old fashioned metal kettle boiled on a stove top. Which of course is similar in shape to a tea pot. Also want to point out that Turkish delight, the Fry's version is very very different to actual Turkish delight. The type eaten in the book by Edmund would have been the traditional cubes coated in icing sugar.

[@gabzblue9174]

Did anyone else notice the gaping absence of Marmite??

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

Would have expected Marmite and Worcestershire Sauce would have been the first requirements. Don't think these shops are targeting ex-pats.

[@laurie7689]

@@NotThatOneThisOne Worcestershire Sauce is common in every grocery store in the USA. It is a popular sauce here, too. Marmite, on the other hand, I've seen it in specialty stores only and rarely at that.

[@katyferenczy-dakin]

They was marmite in one of the photos of the second place he reviewed. I also know when I lived in the US I could get marmite at world market easily.

[@BaneHuntress]

YES!!!!! Like HOW can it be a 'British' shop with no marmite!

[@Aarenby]

And not Branston!

[@gotalifeanditsmine]

Can you do the same for USA stores or "American" products in England

[@thecunninlynguist]

I'd love to see this too.

[@jmurray1110]

The issue is there so many illegal ingredients most of it is just chocolate and we all know how they compare

[@evan]

That’s what I mentioned is coming next week!… or rather in 2 weeks :)

[@zoeadams2635]

@@evan Ahhh you just mentioned the American section in the supermarket though. I think the OP meant the kind of American Candy Stores that are taking over Central London.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@zoeadams2635 what do you think of our candy?

[@MadSpacePig]

I just want to make sure because I can't quite tell, you don't think you're meant to actually boil the water in a China teapot do you? Like you don't think you're meant to put delicate porcelain over a flame do you? Evan? EVAN?

[@greggi47]

I think there might have been an actual electric kettle among the jumble of teapots. If I weren't lazy, I'd have a look. I can't believe Evan would be unfamiliar with the difference between pots and kettle. I mean, he's not like that irritating woman who claims to hve live 10 years or so in London and pronounced the tea brand as Twin-nings (rhymes with Innings).

[@DarranGange]

Evan’s experience of tea involved a sports direct mug. Which would empty a standard teapot in less than one go. I can see why he thought it might be inadequate.

[@greggi47]

@@jwb52z9 Likely for the same reason people talking about Wining, Dining, and Whining while Pining that the sun isn't Shiningwhen you have a weekend free.

[@philroberts7238]

@@jwb52z9 Mainly I'd say it's because Twinings only has one 'n' rather than two. In other words it rhymes with pining, mining, whining, lining, dining etc.

[@philroberts7238]

I see you beat me to it, Mr(?) Brownma!

[@mohssinhussain504]

The essentials: Weetabix Cadbury brunch bars Tunnocks tea cakes Yorkshire Gold, PG tips, Twinings Jaffa cakes Birds eye fish fingers All of the Cadbury products (I didn’t see bourneville in any of the places) Vimto Ribena Meal deal sandwiches Crunchy nut cereal Cheddar cheese blocks Chocolate pudding Chocolate eclairs Mr Kipling products Pot noodles Rice crispy squares Penguin chocolate Ready meals Schweppes lemonade Strawberry laces Heinz baked beans Kelly’s Cornish ice cream Irn Bru Muller corner yoghurt

[@clsisman]

Yep, just want to add BREAD. Like...normal BREAD. American bread is like bad brioche.

[@therealmckoy6772]

Wait you don't have cheddar cheese blocks? What kinda archaic hell scape is hidden behind that Hollywood red solo cup facade

[@emlynbarnden1229]

I'd also include brown sauce and salad cream as British essentials

[@clsisman]

@@therealmckoy6772 They do have cheddar, it's just not the standard like it is in the UK. Cheese in USA is actually not as bad as you might think, although I personally prefer British cheese

[@iriscollins7583]

All those boxes of Cadburys chocolates, must be ones they couldn't sell at Christmas.

[@jacklovejoy5290]

12:10 That's a Coldstream Guard, they still wear the big red coats and silly bear skin hats (made of real bear) while guarding the Queen 14:30 That's a tea pot, not a tea kettle and yes, most people will own a tea kettle because it's the fastest way to serve tea to a lot of people

[@simranr7876]

UPVOTEEEEED this drove me a little crazy

[@pink_nicola]

I think you mean most people will own a tea pot (and a kettle) for serving lots of people.

[@rosiegreen813]

Just googles tea kettle to make sure...but it's just a kettle. I suppose because in the US you make coffee in a coffee maker. Makes sense to me.

[@garygcrook]

17:24 The cut out is of a London Banker/Businessman in his traditional Bowler Hat/Derby with Umbrella, not a Top Hat.

[@Tillyard86]

Don’t be dissing jelly babies! Those things are like crack when you open a bag of them.

[@bentilley5412]

Damn right, except that demolishing a bag of jelly babies at work is less frowned upon (and you aren't expected to share your crack*). *YOMV (your office may vary).

[@wingedyera]

There is an event in the Netherlands where a British expert comes each year and during his lectures he always hands out jelly babies for correct answers to his questions

[@helvete983]

Yup he went on my naughty list with this one for dissing Jelly Babies.

[@freddylightman]

I feel attacked for my love of doctor who 🤣

[@zoeadams2635]

Same!

[@writingrose9772]

Was literally sat next to my Tardis funko pop as he said that. I wanted to cover it's non existent ears.

[@carriemummy]

The shelves just looked like UK shop shelves. I think most of them did a pretty good job. Makes me wonder if our American Candy stores are like actual American sweet shops?

[@nabrzhunter]

American sweet shops do tend to be elaborate, colorful, with glass jars and dispensers full of candy, but they’re generally very rare. Kind of a touristy thing.

[@SailorSteph]

a lot of the ones in London have been linked to money laundering, and customs officers, have removed tons of fake american sweets from some of these stores, so I doubt those ones in particular are authentic.

[@katbryce]

Apparently sweet shops aren’t really a thing in the US, you would get your sweets from the likes of Walmart, just like we get them from Tesco.

[@nabrzhunter]

@@katbryce from Texas here - we actually do have the occasional sweet shop, although you’re right, most candy purchases happen at big grocery stores or convenience stores. However, there are sweet shops scattered hither and thither, with proper jars and displays and all the charm of a classic candy store. Other times, they are classy, gourmet joints - chocolatiers, usually.

[@hazelm3002]

@@katbryce I think the person is asking what the sweet shelves would look like in an American shop, not in a sweet shop

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

"British people don't celebrate Halloween" speak for yourself, Evan! 😂Have you been in a TK Maxx lately? It's September and I'm already filling my house with adorable pumpkin items!

[@lucyj8204]

Planning my trip to the Halloween outlet store in Wrexham in a few weeks' time - I don't even live in Wales.

[@Noname-xu2mu]

@@nabrzhunter wdym it's been around since before I was alive. Which means it's defo been around over 19 years and my dad celebrated it as a kid too so been around for a while now

[@minskysfeedbackyianni1302]

@NaBrZHunter the way Halloween is celebrated around the UK varies, just like so many other things. I think north Americans (particularly) don't realise what a diverse place the UK is, unless they have spent considerable time here. I believe there is an assumption that as we are such a small land mass that there will not be much variation in behaviour & customs, wrong! It is true that up until more recent years Halloween has not been as commercialised in the UK as it is in the USA. That is certainly changing, as it has also done in regards to Christmas. In my observation Easter is the festival that has decreased in popularity/enthusiasm here. Maybe that will change with the influence of social media, YT, Pinterest etc.

[@singleplantparent]

Literally Scotland invented guiding which has now become trick or treating in the US

[@BaneHuntress]

lol, yeah, but I remember when I was a kid, I didnt understand what Halloween actually was, sure we had the trick or treat, but my dumb brain lumped it all in with Bonfire Night, which I always found lots more fun XD

[@annabelledavis2389]

My grandad is Italian and when he visits home he takes a suitcase full of chocolate digestives and HP brown sauce! And he comes back with a suitcase full of tagliatelle and tortellini, and mortadella ham. He keeps a full wardrobe in Italy to save luggage space.

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

Frys Chocolate Cream, originally from here in Bristol, is the oldest mass produced chocolate bar in world. I used to have them all the time.

[@nabrzhunter]

HAHAHAHA Texan here. Forgiving the fact that strong Texas drawls are actually pretty rare in the metropoli… …still, terrible. Good laughs. 😂 Tip - Texan meets British varieties = Australian. Funny you uploaded this today! We just went to our local British store for the first time yesterday - “The British Depot”. It’s owned and run by British folks, still quite small, but growing. The shopkeep was an absolutely wonderful woman, very passionate about British cuisine, which was nice because all I ever hear (except from you) is how boring it is! I frickin love almost every British recipe I’ve made…excepting the liver dishes. Sorry, my Texan pallet tried very very hard. Anyway, we had so much fun. Like kids in a candy store. I shall be returning soon and often.

[@Emmet_Moore]

Liver can taste like really nice bits of tender meat or like a disgusting old leather boot

[@nabrzhunter]

@@jellybeans3994 😂 As a Texan who has spent hours on end with my Australian friends, I can verify the Australian twang. Of course, not implying it has anything to do with Texas. But it’s not dissimilar.

[@minskysfeedbackyianni1302]

@NaBrZHunter as a British person I might mistake an Aussie for a Kiwi or vice versa, but I very much doubt if I would have a problem distinguishing an Aussie from a Texan (or any other American). The only chance of that maybe possible if they had lived in the USA for a very long time & had picked up a lot of the accent.

[@nabrzhunter]

@@minskysfeedbackyianni1302 I don’t mean that at all. In the video, Evan is trying to blend Texas twang with Cockney. The best example of a real-life realization of any such blend would be Australian, I think. In both Texas and Australian twang, some words get funneled through the cheek, such as “twang,” ergo, “twaaayyynnng.” Kiwis sound more like Boston meets Cockney (noticeable in words such as “water,” ergo “whauteh.”)

[@NicholasJH96]

I’m British and Welsh & they have seemed to get popular stuff made in England & Scotland in there stores but they all seemed to be missing Welsh foods,drinks,sauces Welsh food they seem to be missing is brains offals & peas, but the word they use is classed as offensive where you are, but in Wales it depends on the context you’re talking about it in, describing food isn’t offensive but if you called someone that then it would be. They also seem to be missing Welsh cakes,Lewis rissoles,Caerphilly Cheese, Red Storm from Snowdonia Cheese Company,Brefu Bach is another cheese from Snowdonia from a company called Cosyn Cymru, there’s a another cheese called Pwll Ddu and you get that from Blaenafon Cheese Shop and that from North Wales,There is a another cheese called smoked Cerwyn from a company in Pembrokeshire called Pant Mawr Cheeses also In Pembrokeshire,Wales. There are plenty more Welsh cheese around but have to physically going to look for them as English has more cheeses. There is also Welsh Whisky,from Penderyn Distillery, one whiskey is called Legend,other one is Myth,Celt, they also do, white rum and brown rum,as well as Vodka called five. They also do gins Rose Petal,Chocolate Orange,Rhubarb & Cranberry,Brecon Gin and Brecon Botanicals Gin and they do one cream Liquor called Merlyn Cream Liquor. There also Wrexham Lager,There is another company called Boss Brewery from Swansea, Wales and they do beers Amber Gambler,Bubble Trouble,Kingpin Rising,Passion Killer are all names of there current beers,Peters pasties,pies from Caerphilly, Welsh Cockles from Penclwdd Cockles and company is based in Swansea. There is also Authentic Curry Company based in Hirwaun in Aberdare in Wales but was founded in Pembrokeshire and they do Welsh Cottage Pie,Welsh Beef Lasagna, Welsh Beef Chilli Con Carne,Welsh Beef Curry,they also do a Lamb broth but it’s called Cawl as it’s Welsh name for broth and soup,We also has Three Welsh ice cream companies from Swansea Joes Ice Cream,Gower Ice Cream and Gwynn Ice Cream,we also have Welsh Sausage from the Welsh Sausage Company, there is also a Ketchup called Welsh Lady, there is also a Welsh mayonnaise called Blodyn Aur from Farmco Market in Gower in Swansea, Welsh Bread is called Bara Brith, Glamorgan Sausage are another thing, Welsh Laverbread, Welsh Rarebit which doesn’t actually contain any rabbit but it’s a savoury cheddar cheese sauce that includes beer or ale,Worcestershire sauce,cayenne, mustard,paprika with toasted bread basically.

[@ganapatikamesh]

I’ve been to The British Emporium in Grapevine, Texas. I’ll admit I was surprised you mentioned it as I figured you’d cover only those on the east and west coast. The owners and staff are from the UK. They are really great! I mean, it’s not like typical American retail store customer service where the employees check on you every few seconds to see if you’re doing okay, but they greet you when you enter and will chat with you if you go up to them. Otherwise you’re free to just wonder about and browse. They’re really helpful at helping select things. On our visit I was interested in buying some cookies and the lady was very helpful at describing the variety of options and giving me insight based on things she inquired if I liked. When my sister, niece, friends, and I tried our selections of food the staff helped us pick, we were very happy with the choices. They got it very right!! They sell electric kettles at the front of the store. I don’t think there’s any photos online of that section as I think most people visiting probably find it boring since it’s got some other small appliances. They also sell adapters so the devices can be plugged in to American electric outlets. And the prices are really reasonable! Lots of teas, tea sets, mugs, and variety of foodstuffs of all kind, including refrigerated and frozen items. There’s toys and games in a section as well, and a small touristy area novelty area. It also has at the back corner a section that has UK over-the-counter pharmacy items. There’s a lot there that I guess Americans visiting don’t think is interesting to take photos of. But I definitely enjoyed visiting it. It’s easy to find once you get to Grapevine. My only difficulty was in getting to Grapevine, but that’s because the route I had been told was the easiest and fastest route to take by a friend that used to live in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area had areas under construction and detours, so that got me a tad lost. The second time we visited I took a different route that while probably not the easiest, fastest route usually, it didn’t have road construction along the way. That was in 2018. My mom works with a lady whose originally from Manchester, England, UK. She’s been to the store in Grapevine and says it’s a good place for Brits living in the US to get most of the things their familiar with from the UK. However, there’s apparently a store closer to us in Tulsa, Oklahoma that she visits monthly to stock up on UK items. I haven’t visited that store myself so I cannot say what is like. But she says it’s like a smaller British Emporium in Grapevine and it is also owned by folks from the UK living in the US like the one in Texas. The only reason I have not visited it yet is because I have not had any reasons to go to Tulsa (even my family that lives there opted to meet up in Oklahoma City which is even closer to where I live than Tulsa). The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area is actually full of a lot of locally owned small businesses whose owners are from the nations the businesses sell items from. I have visited Korean, Japanese, Arab, Indian, Chinese, British, French, German, Polish, Mexican, and Brazilian stores. There’s also an international market shopping center. A lot of the individual stores are in shopping centers themed for that culture. Like the Chinese shops were all in a shopping center that was designed with Chinese architecture and had a community center in it as well. It also had these big statues out front of people from Chinese history with neat markers to tell about them. The Korean and Japanese shops share two shopping centers on either side of a major street with lots of variety like grocery stores, clothing stores, book stores, makeup stores, etc. The Indian and Arab stores were in shopping centers, some of which the architecture on the facade resembled architecture from those places. If you’re ever in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area you should definitely check out some of them and many other places. I’ve been done there with family and friends to go to an event featuring a Hindu saint, to see British KZbinrs on tour, to see Kpop and Jpop concerts, to go to anime conventions, and there when a friend in the military was returning home to the states from his duty overseas as he flew in there and so our mutual friends and I spent several days there with him before he headed home to California (we became friends when he was stationed near where I live before he got sent overseas). If you ever move back to the states (not sure why you would at the moment, but one never knows where the future will take them) you can at least easily buy a kettle and adapter at the British Emporium in Grapevine. Plus I am sure the staff would love to hear about your time in the UK....assuming the youngest don’t already watch your channel. I mean, we were there for British KZbinrs Dan & Phil’s World Tour and two of the younger staff folks there knew who they were and were going to the event the next day just like us.

[@monosodium-glutamate]

2:18 If I remember correctly, Fry's was the first company to make a solid chocolate bar in the mid 1800s and Fry's Chocolate Cream is one of their oldest products.

[@littleannie390]

Fry’s chocolate cream is actually the world’s first mass produced chocolate bar originally made by Fry’s and now Cadbury. Never really liked it myself.

[@vikkispence]

Fry's used to do a bar called Five Centres, and each of the five segments of the bar was a different flavoured cream filling

[@CyberAuntie]

Fry’s chocolate has a really distinct flavour profile. Definitely British and worth trying.

[@minskysfeedbackyianni1302]

@Vikki Spence yes they did, I loved that chocolate bar! Now they just have a peppermint one & a spearmint one, some variety!🙄

[@jenniedarling3710]

I think Fry's also might have been the first to make an Easter egg (I could be wrong about this).

[@shirleydanby4123]

Evan, Evan, Evan. Fry's chocolate creams are some of the oldest chocolate from our Isles. They are my father's child hood favourite. He use to buy me one back in the 1980's everytime we went for fuel at a petrol station. And my dad is from Pontefract, so licorice to him is like Reese's cups to Americans 😉. Just so you know.

[@darkwitch777]

Whenever I see redcoats I think of Butlins, so the name worked for me. I knew it wasn't the reasons but thought it was amusing

[@janebaker966]

Yes,I thought of Butlins.

[@vikkispence]

And me

[@michellebusby949]

Add me to that list too!

[@CulturePhilter]

-1 point in the Texas British Emporium store for the cadburys “cookies” stand But +10 points for the Dalek.

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

The essentials for me would be (in no particular order): - Smoked Back Bacon - Proper sausages, such as Cumberland - Yorkshire Pudding - Scotch Eggs - Cornish Pasties - Meat Pies - Pork Pies - Sausage Rolls - Branston Pickle - Colman’s Mustard - Crumpets - Pickled Onion Monster Munch - Quavers - Hoola Hoops - Hobnobs (specifically the chocolate ones) - Jaffa Cakes - Fruit Pastilles

[@MsMousepusher]

Bird's custard powder?

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

@@MsMousepusher Not for me. As you can probably tell by my list, I don't really have much of a sweet tooth.

[@charlievalentino1484]

I’d add roast chicken walkers (and the sensations ones 😋) because from what I can gather they don’t have chicken flavour crisps over there and you just can’t beat em

[@0utcastAussie]

I'd be happy with that list. Just add Badgers Tanglefoot & Cranborn Poacher Ales & K Cider Oh.. Don't forget the Worcester Sauce & Daddies Brown sauce (I prefer Hammonds Chop sauce but that's real hard to get these days) & Custard Creams

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

@@0utcastAussie How did I forget Worcester Sauce. Also I prefer Daddies to HP as well.

[@Laurenlucky12]

Fun fact: I'm from the town where the British Emporium is, and there's literally so many brits here. For some reason, a lot of different British (mostly English, tbf) families settled here 10-20 years ago and all set up various shops. Buon Giorno (a coffeehouse), Across the Pond (a GF pub), and The Londoner have all become local favorites and where you'll hear the most English accents in the area. It was great for getting biscuits, teas, and food while being in the boiling 40-45º heat lol. I've been in Scotland for the past 6 months, and can say that everything back in Colleyville/Grapevine (the towns they're in) was a solid 7/10.

[@Mintgumery]

I do love how now you’ve become a citizen of the uk you call your self British :) very glad you came to live with us :)

[@BOABModels]

I like liquorice Allsorts! Also, Fry's Chocolate Cream was the first mass produced chocolate bar in the world! Fry's were eventually bought out by Cadbury and they own the rights now.

[@Roger_Kirk]

teapot =/= kettle! Very different. If you use a teapot, you still need the kettle.

[@RawBerserker]

About 6 or 7 years ago I went to stay with my brother for a few months in Seattle. He told me there was a place called The British Pantry (if I'm remembering rightly). I was showing him everything there was on the shelves until we hit the custard creams..... Let's just say we gorged ourselves on them. He hadn't had one since he moved there, I'm sure it was like that scene in Ratatouille for him.

[@annaburch3200]

🙌 British Pantry!!

[@AJ-uo5zl]

ooh I'm moving to Seattle soon, this is good to know! I hope it's still there...

[@annaburch3200]

it's been there for 40+ years. 😉 I'm sure it will still be around a while. It's in Redmond, east of Seattle (the home of Microsoft).

[@babalonkie]

Fry's chocolate is the worlds first commercial chocolate bar... ever... tut tut Evan.

[@tr0picalFire]

Love a Fry’s Chocolate! The next best thing after a Cadbury’s creme egg. You need to try one Evan! 🙂

[@tr0picalFire]

Love a Fry’s Chocolate! The next best thing after a Cadbury’s creme egg. You need to try one Evan! 🙂

[@tr0picalFire]

And Quality Street! How can you not like them!? Especially the ‘Orange Creme’ & ‘Strawberry Delight’ ones! 😂

[@Posie-hg1ze]

I do have a teapot that belonged to my grandmother 😂 and yes we do have a Sports Direct Mug😂😂😂

[@ravenstormchild6491]

I feel like we have a lot of these items in Canada. I have to go to the British Import store to get real Turkish Delight and Schwepes Bitter Lemon. Ironically, Schwepes is a Canadian company but I can’t get Bitter Lemon in a regular shop.

[@SaraxAdam]

my new favorite Evan bit is shouting a question at Phoenix through the wall

[@JengoFate]

I’ve never owned a sports direct cup, to be honest most of the mugs I own came free with Easter eggs.

[@EMNstar]

I imagine Evan has a portal to Phoenix, AZ he uses just to shout questions at to get the city's input on trivial matters personally important to him

[@siloPIRATE]

Genius 🤣

[@TheFlyingGerbil]

I only have loose leaf tea occasionally but still I use a tea pot most days just for a teabag. You get more flavour without the increase bitterness from tannins you get when steeping in a mug.

[@IoIocaust]

Speaking of Tuyrkish Delight... Don't get the chocholate thing, go get REAL turkish delight, the kind dusted in powdered sugar...even just a cheap variety box, Turkish delight is heavenly

[@mollymauktealeaf]

What's a tea kettle? Tea pots and kettles are two different things, you don't boil water in a tea pot.

[@TazerXI]

Evan: "I have never actually known what [salad cream] is for" Me: Salads?

[@sheridanwilde]

Salad cream "I've actually never known what it's for" - don't want to point out the obvious, but the clue is in the name...

[@lucyj8204]

BLACK BOMBER - seeing that in the fridge in the Floridian shop pushes it straight to the top of the list for me.

[@Inucroft]

12:10 that isn't an 18th Century Charecature, the the Royal Guard Parade dress uniform which s still in use today. Also later on you kept calling Tea Pots kettels... they're not. You pop the tea bags in em, then you pour boiling hot water into the tea pot.

[@lynette.]

Salad cream mixed with mashed potatoes. Or salad cream with mashed boiled egg in a sandwich. So salad cream would be something I would miss.

[@G53ij]

Yuk, it’s awful. Clearly your a fan so sorry but it’s truly not for me!

[@thecunninlynguist]

british candy introduced my to chocolate covered honeycomb....and that is DELICIOUS

[@jmurray1110]

Crunchy is nice but it’s nit thick enough to get the most out of it

[@sugarzblossom8168]

I love crunchy it's so good I kind of wished that they made bigger bars

[@pink_nicola]

I’ll be honest I’ve only ever used salad cream when making tuna pasta cause it tastes better than mayo 😂

[@livsawazzock2354]

next thing you know they'll have fish and chip shops and they'll sell fries instead of proper chippy chips lol

[@Kari_B61ex]

I take offence to the 'bland food'. British food is amazing, especially when you don't have access to it. I lived abroad as the wife of a serving UK soldier for many years. The Naafi was great, but there were some things I couldn't get. I used to have to wait until my family visited us to get UK staples... they used to have a suitcase full of goodies. We used to call it contraband.

[@aventious6853]

Naafi is a great way to waste your wage thats for damn sure!

[@sugarzblossom8168]

My friend went to Indian for her holiday and said that although she should technically love Indian cuisine she didn't and really missed British food

[@ShainThomas]

The British Emporium, the Texas location, is owned and operated by real Brits. Currently living close to the shop, I've been there. It's not as big as it looks in the images you selected.

[@Lixmage]

For those questioning Evan's right to consider himself British, simply because he doesn't recognise a draught excluder or know the deep inner workings of a teapot, consider that a now HUGE raft of "British" people believe that the contractions of would have, could have and should have are would of, could of and should of and not would've, could've and should've. If ignorance had any right to diminish citizenship then lots of us should question our own right to belong. Go Evan - you do you! 👍

[@nyxnecrodragon4256]

I don't have a giant Sports Direct mug but I do have a really out of place Royal Albert Lavender Roses cup and saucer LOL

[@susanna7004]

A friend of mine genuinely has a wall of beans in his flat - kind of like the one at 4:10. One of each brand (including beans with sausages of course) 😂

[@jacklovejoy5290]

Good man

[@bentilley5412]

Sorry, each brand? There is only one, and it is Heinz. I will brook no argument on this issue! I don't even particularly like baked beans! I may be a little tipsy! I think it may be my bedtime now! Goodnight all!

[@MrSinclairn]

Bet he is great company on a windy day!🤣

[@sunffles]

As a Texan I’m quite impressed by your british-Texan accent attempt 😂 🤠

[@davidmaxwaterman]

British alcohol? I wish they had Archers Peach Schnapps in other countries, but I've not found it anywhere outside the UK....it's delicious.

[@ugh4387]

you using the phrase "absolutely fuck off" for "massive" is incredible 😂😂😂😂 you've proper assimilated now loooool

[@jfwfreo]

Every time I see one of these types of shops (either online or in the real world e.g. USA or UK type store in Australia) I always imagine what an "Australian Store" in the UK/US/etc might look like or have in there. I can imagine a store with things like Vegemite, Bundaberg ginger beer and other brewed drinks, Kirks soft drinks, Weet-Bix, Tim-Tams, Milo, Samboy Chips, Violet Crumble bar, Allens lollies, Minties, Caramello Koala, Cotties Cordial, Shapes, Tic-Toc Biscuits, Anzac Biscuits, Aeroplane Jelly, Chicken Salt, Macadamia Nuts (including Chocolate Coated Macadamia Nuts) and Nobby's Nuts If you had a fridge/freezer section you could have Four'n Twenty Pies, Paddle Pop ice creams, Golden Gaytime ice creams and Drumstick ice creams. Then if you were going to have alcohol, you could have Bundy Rum, VB, XXXX, Goon (which is basically really really cheap crappy wine in a foil pouch with a tap on it that is in turn inside a cardboard box) and maybe some Fosters (although basically no-one in Australia actually drinks Fosters)

[@danielhucklesby6181]

For a brittish shop to be any good it would need to stock malt vinegar. You can't find that stuff anywhere outside of the UK.

[@laurie7689]

I don't know about authenticity or taste compared to malt vinegars in the UK, but my local grocery store, Publix, in the Southern USA sells a malt vinegar called London Pub Malt Vinegar. I bought some a few months ago to eat with some fried fish that I was going to have for dinner. I do remember it being the only malt vinegar available at the store.

[@KellyS_77]

Not technically a "British Store" but you've missed Jungle Jims International Store near Cincinnati Ohio. The store is HUGE and features groceries from all over the world. World Market is where we usually go for British foods, but Indian grocery stores also usually have a good variety of British items, especially the sweets and teas. (we're in the San Francisco Bay Area) My mother in law and my husband both put salad cream on their toast and eat it for breakfast. That's just all kinds of wrong.

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

you don't have chocolate digestives in the US ???

[@mch1811]

Salad cream is far superior direct replacement for mayo in either egg sandwiches or tuna jacket potato topping.🤤

[@MrSinclairn]

Halloween is 'celebrated' in the UK,but unfortunately it been superseded by the US 'Trick or Treat' tradition!🙄

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

I wanna see a card board cop near the store entrance...

[@jenniferbrown913]

Evan, I couldn't help but notice that you say "I've not" as opposed to "I haven't". I don't know if that's more prevalent in the UK than the US, but it definitely sounds strange to this American girl.

[@beauthestdane]

I'm sorry, but after that licorice comment I can no longer watch you.

[@beauthestdane]

OK, just kidding, but still, you are completely wrong about licorice.

[@johnd6487]

To be fair, allsorts have gone massively downhill recently - not so much as CDM did since the takeover, but the mix of sweets in the bags is almost non existent.. give me a bag of pontefract cakes any day, except nowhere round here seems to sell them anymore 🙁

[@wildcatsfan10]

You should look up Jungle Jim's International Market just north of Cincinnati, OH! I think the British section of the store is actually quite nice and it seems to check the box on the selection! I'll have to take some pictures next time I go and tweet 'em at ya

[@thebattlefrontllama5942]

A Brit here we entirely are famous for our lack of Halloween spirit as for the past couple hundred years we definitely weren’t the only place in the world to celebrate it as it’s definitely from the religion of paganism and Celtic which definitely wasn’t the UK’s/Englands original religion

[@sarahhardy8649]

Absolutely not! Thread and most especially buttons, are stored in old butter biscuit tins! 🤣🤣

[@meba444]

Evan, I support you, but I WILL NOT stand for this Doctor Who slander! /lighthearted

[@tachi4ever]

Soooo I have those biscuit tins from the ‘redcoat’ shop. One holds parma violets, the other holds my grandads ashes… he would have wanted it that way…

[@IceMetalPunk]

"People used to love that show back when they were 12." As a 32-year-old Whovian, I feel personally attacked; and as an American, I believe that gives me the right to sue you for slander 😁

[@fawltea]

You said “the food that you have here” what’s the “you” business ? You are one of us now :p

[@danh4698]

So TIL what strip mall was X'D Have definitely heard the term loads but always just assumed it was the same as a regular mall idk...

[@littlephoenix3136]

No one says Salad cream in the UK, we say Sala'cream. It's delicious on chips.

[@cuttinaboot]

And they Wurnae crunchie bars they wur crunchie centred biscuits and I’ve never seen them before the looks like a better way it eat a crunchie tho

[@bensclipz]

12:28, Germany also wasn't a country then so there is at least some culture taught after America, shame it's Nazism

[@JasperCasper24]

i think if I had to live without cadbury buttons I'd expire quite honestly, I don't eat biscuits all too often. that might change soon when I live independently and suddenly borbouns are suddenly far cheaper choccy alternatives :') WAIT YOU DON'T HAVE SQUASH?

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

British people DO NOT wear ball caps.

[@CMOT101]

Yes we do

[@johngoode3509]

I honestly thought digestives were worldwide and not British exclusive, this is like learning America doesn't have carrots

[@richardmitchell3136]

Wait.. what? I'm not sure what I thought a 'Strip mall' actually was... But that wasn't it!

[@GCAbleism158]

So in britain we have those over priced american shops and in America they have over priced british stores.

[@PinkSander]

Meijer stores have little areas with British foods, not a lot but you can get Digestives, canned custard, Maynard's candies, Karta Cakes, Heinz Beans. Different flavors of Squash including Blackcurrent, HP Sauce, Marmite, Bisto, Ribena and Yorkshire Gold and PG Tips teas. The International Aisle is a fun time 😁

[@Phiyedough]

The main thing I would be looking for is Branston Pickle. I also stock up on Rice Krispies and Shreddies when I visit UK but I'm guessing they are available in USA anyway?

[@annaburch3200]

We have the British Pantry Ltd. in Redmond, Washington. Nice shop with a decent selection of items - sweets, sauces, biscuits, teas - a REALLY good fresh bakery selection - pasties, tarts, sausage rolls, ECLES CAKES! - and some deli items such as cheeses and sausages. There's also a huge selection of tea cups and some "UK themed" gifts. The clincher with this place is the tea room/restaurant on one side and the pub on the other side! I've been going there for 40+ years. They always bring in a nice selection of Christmas treats and nice Advent calendars. I think it would be a good contender for your line up. 😉👍

[@LiqdPT]

Came here to shout out British Pantry as well

[@annaburch3200]

@@LiqdPT woohoo!! It really is such a staple for anything UK (and South Africa) around here. And super nice people. It's definitely a tradition, in our house, to get goodies from the British Pantry for Christmas Eve.

[@AJ-uo5zl]

I'm moving to Kirkland soon...does this tea shop have good clotted cream and scones? bc I'd make the trip for that!

[@LiqdPT]

@@AJ-uo5zl not sure, but Kirkland and Redmond are right next to each other. British Pantry is just at the west end of downtown Redmond. (EDIT: sorry if you're already in the area and know the geography. So many people are moving here from outside the area I don't like to assume)

[@AJ-uo5zl]

@@LiqdPT that's quite alright! I haven't moved yet, only visited...for some reason I keep thinking Kirkland is further south than it actually is lol

[@kirstyirving5062]

You eat salad cream on chips, where I’m from its as common as tomato sauce

[@georgebritten6666]

I was expecting them to have a load of obscure brands no one in Britain actually buys, but their selections were really quite good. I think the prevalence of Irish stuff in British stores would be politically controversial in the UK though.

[@Emmet_Moore]

I wish Punjana, Barry’s and Lyon’s tea were common in GB, and Tayto’s are really nice crisps.

[@DarranGange]

I’ve seen Tayto in Morrisons.

[@helvete983]

To be fair George, I can't speak for the US but I've lived in a number of EU countries and visited quite a few British shops, and the selections tend to be pretty much the same across the board. Always found popular brands.

[@daranphilipson1025]

Salad Cream is very nice, its for…. Salads and you can use it on sandwiches.

[@pipwilson7435]

I love salad cream! It's a bit like mayonnaise with mustard. In my opinion that makes it preferrable than mayonnaise.

[@coasttocoast2011]

A large Freddo costs $1.19 at my supermarket here in Australia and $0.85 when on sale

[@ConstantSorrow]

Horlicks is not liquid digestive biscuit, whoever told Evan that needs a salp up the side the head. Horlicks should be made with hot milk and is malt flavoured drink. I would say in the UK Horlicks is generally drunk by people of certain age and usually around bedtime.

[@ConstantSorrow]

@@jwb52z9 We have Ovaltine in the UK too,. I've not had Ovaltine in many years but if memory serves its a chocolate malt drink where Horlicks is just a malt drink.

[@evan]

More ovaltine please

[@moniebee]

NYer currently living in Texas. So Myers of Keswick actually has the cereal, back bacon, tea and stuff. The shop is quite tiny so I'm assuming the photos didn't show it. I've been a few times with my uncle who flies to London for work on the regular. It makes him feel right at home. The main reason I feel the tea wasn't emphasizes is that you can buy authentic British tea at any grocery store in the city. My mom drinks PG Tips and Red Rose whereas I prefer Twinings (but I'm American so take that as you will.) In the boroughs, you can even find authentic tea in some bodegas.

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

"Sports direct mug" 😂 yes I have...

[@jaredbowhay-pringle1460]

6:25 completely ignored the Eccles cakes and Fentimans. That's top tier British foodstuff right there.

[@anna-maymoon1001]

Seeing you get roasted for calling the tall teapots "tea kettles" is killing me 🤣 I'm assuming you were thinking of cowboy kettles and it got lost in translation? 🤣 The ONLY reason I've made that connection is my dad's requested a cowboy kettle for Christmas to go on the wood burning stove! (We live rural, still got single glazing, winter is gonna suck).

[@ARedCurtain]

You should try some regional British food, start with a Staffordshire oatcake!

[@badpope8192]

Evan I love you man :D great content great laughs. We use electric kettles to heat the water, which then gets poured into the tea pot with a tea bag or loose tea. A pot makes the tea brew better and one bag can make 2-3 cups. BTW loose tea is like going from instant coffee to gourmet. It's sooo nice :)

[@gerardacronin334]

Fun fact: Jacob’s Cream Crackers were invented in Ireland. I live in Canada and buy them regularly at my local supermarket. They are displayed with all the other crackers (and they are the cheapest). There is also a small British section, but I have never bought anything from it. Tayto crisps and Bailey’s are also Irish products.

[@thatjimbo-iknow]

Tea is great

[@Arymaa49]

yes

[@quicksy__]

I don't know about British stores but Archer Poirot should be a 10/10 just for that :D

[@mikeorgan1993]

Many of those Tea Pots cannot be used to make tea. They are purely decorative. I bought one from Knightsbridge back in the late 90's and the first time we used it the gazing discoloured. We took it back and the shop assistant was surprised we actually used it to which my reply was WTF. They refunded the money and we bought one that actually was for making tea. We bought it as a present for my wife's mother and am glad she decided to use it before taking it back to Russia.

[@marktaylor2087]

OH MY GOD AHAHAHAH. They are for making tea, but you put the tea in the pot along with boiling water and let it brew. They're not for heating water in.

[@SailorSteph]

When I went to Disney World recently in the UK pavilion in Epcot they were selling Jacobs Jaffa Cakes, which I had never seen before. When looking at the writing on the back it said they were made in the Republic of Ireland, so not really British. If they are going to sell Jaffa Cakes in a store selling British goods they should be the McVities ones. Also, as the name suggests Turkish Delight is actually Turkish, not British, it just seems to be popular in the UK.

[@kateteixeira3000]

Its the cadburys Turkish delight that was mentioned... completely different from actual Turkish delight ...I don't like either one lol

[@Heeezil]

Ah ye, I'm jumping in on the teapot discussion too... I have a pot of tea every morning working from home here in the UK, many pots during the winter. It's a nice big bulk of tea so I don't have to keep getting up to make each cup.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Why are you calling teapots teakettles ???