British Foods BANNED In America (+1 that is impossible to find)

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[@pipercharms7374]

I still don't get why you guys don't have squash drinks, they're really nice :D Its basically juice that you dilate with water as the juice is way to strong flavour on its own and I heard it could make you a bit sick as well without it being dilated. I didn't realise that you guys didn't have it until I watched some americans youtubers trying squash drinks that they got from us but to my confusion at first, wondering why they drank it without any water and them going its to strong and I'm like of course it is, you need to have lots of water with it! Then after I looked it up and realised you didn't have it, come on guys you need squash :D It also makes me feel nice that I'm drinking lots of water but it tastes pretty good lol

[@WanderingRavens]

@Vlad Angelus Thanks for the comment, Vlad! I hate spreading misinformation, so I'm sorry if I got that part of the video wrong. Could you link me to an article about this? Everything I read during my research said that Cadbury sold the right to manufacture its chocolate to Hershey because Cadbury couldn't figure out how to establish a market in America. The lawsuit came decades later, when Hershey shut down imports of UK-manufactured Cadbury because it posed a threat to its American-manufactured Cadbury. But yes. Hersheys is garbage that tastes like wax - and not even good wax 😂

[@WanderingRavens]

@Marcus Knightingale I honestly don't know how we've gotten on without them

[@WanderingRavens]

@@pipercharms7374 We still haven't tried squash, but it sounds really nice! Will get some first thing, next time we're in the UK ;)

[@brianwhittington5086]

@@WanderingRavens Next time you're in the UK, try and get up to the Scottish Highlands and see some haggis in the wild.

[@MrSweetPhilly]

"I'm sorry Sir, we can't sell Haggis as it's dangerous. May I interest you and a semi-automatic machine gun?"

[@pahaynes1]

Good one Phil 😂

[@elvangulley3210]

Im sure our gun stores aren't selling food so... and contrary to popular European belief many Americans dont like guns or own guns many more fight to make owning guns illegal. Ive lived in the deep south the area of the country that loves guns the most and outside of hunting rifles ive only seen one gun in my 35 years of life.

[@SvenTviking]

If it’s old enough, you can buy a fully automatic machine gun.

[@eddie0308]

@@beanburger5689 only up to 22 rim fire caliber

[@suzip6728]

@@elvangulley3210 there was a gun aisle in the Wal-Mart I went into in Maine, so yes food and guns in the same shop! Also open carry in a burger king in Vermont.... that's two instances less than a week apart.

[@jenny2245]

The Kraft takeover of Cadbury is Not Popular At All. It now tastes, and feels like chocolate flavoured wax. It doesn't even even melt in the mouth any more! A sad disappointment to those of us who remember it the way it used to be.

[@WanderingRavens]

I'm sorry 🙁 That's actually how I describe Hershey's chocolate - tastes like wax 😣

[@jenny2245]

Oh dear! Well, at least I suppose we can commiserate over the destruction of our formerly good chocolate! We do still have good chocolate available here, you just need to sell a kidney, your firstborn, or similar, if you want to eat it regularly...

[@elisemae13]

I used to be a freddo girl but now I’ve had to shift to galaxy and Nestle. Cadbury tastes so disappointing now. The sorrow is real!

[@colinmayes5892]

The great Great grandson is Cadburys has started making chocolate lovecocoa.com

[@davidtaylor4204]

It tastes shit now they switched to palm oil. And then there was the issue of the new owners promising not to shut factories after the takeover. I think it was a matter of months before they started to move production to Eastern Europe. I'm one of many who now boycott the stuff. Lindt is far better.

[@coreygenovese]

In the UK we say “sparkling” water not “carbonated” and “sodas” are “fizzy drinks” :)

[@kathleen5237]

Where I lived in Indiana they called 'soda' pop just I we do in Lancashire

[@mjj5276]

Soda is bread in Northern Ireland.

[@thebestplaguemarine3130]

Pop

[@iangb2000]

And fizzy drinks are mostly for kids, not adults

[@allenwilliams1306]

Sodas are Pop!

[@GreenBitterfly]

Grace's intake of breath about Kraft buying UK Cadburys is how the whole nation felt!

[@WanderingRavens]

We feel your pain!!

[@ThePandion33]

I wont even buy cadbury anymore the taste now is just wrong.

[@teanosuger]

I've stopped eating Cadbury as something is off now.

[@martycrush6412]

It’s not the same taste, I used to love a crunchie but they taste wrong now

[@Mccaigg]

BABABOUYA

[@KeenAesthetic1]

Blackcurrant banned, black pudding banned, I’m sensing ... some kind of pattern in the states 🤔

[@brianbradley6744]

Yes, it' so called protectionism.

[@littlemisshappy2002]

We were NOT happy when Kraft took Cadbury - it tastes vile now.

[@SvenTviking]

The Dark milk is pretty good.

[@chrislyne377]

I don't buy Cadbury anymore

[@winclouduk]

this is because of British law about shares in a company. Cad bury didn't want to be bought out originally. Eventually though Kraft Started to buy up all the shares to own a majority stake. This then allowed them to change all the board that votes to their own people. This then allowed then to be allowed to be bought out.

[@kingstumble]

I agree about Cadbury being awful now. Kraft came in and changed the recipe, presumably to make it more profitable. But that's the problem when you decide to become a public company----you are always in danger of being "bought out". What is this dark milk crap?---I've never tried it, but it used to be either milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Yet another great British tradition gone. Kraft can go and shove all of their products where the sun don't shine. Am I angry? You bet your lousy Yankee dollar I am.

[@winclouduk]

@@kingstumble The thing is now that Kraft got bought out by Australian firm Mendoza or however they spell it. Eventually here the chocolate has gone back to the original recipe due to lots of backlash from the British public.

[@wesker_wong]

Cranberry is nothing like blackcurrant 😂😂

[@trickygoose2]

yes, bueberry is more like blackcurrant than cranberry is. Apparently the majority of the blackberry harvest in the UK is used for Ribena.

[@kathleen5237]

Cranberry is more sour

[@kathleen5237]

@@trickygoose2 Blueberry is more watery

[@miasancto]

The smell of cranberry makes me sick, but I think they mean that cranberry is used in the same way that we use Blackcurrent.

[@ohsarrrah]

Blackcurrant has its own distinct sharp, sweet and sour flavour. Blueberry is the closest in looks but definitely not in taste!

[@peterdonnelly4495]

No Black Pudding but wash Chicken in Chlorine bleach!!! Only in U.S.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

But not for long... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chlorinated-chicken-british-markets-us-trade-deal-trump-a9548431.html

[@Aeronaut1975]

@@YourBeingParanoid Who the hell is going to buy chlorinated chickens all the way from the USA when we produce our own chicken in the UK?!

[@YourBeingParanoid]

@@Aeronaut1975 the same idiots who pay £3 for a can of imported soda

[@shirleykarrutheos7392]

@@YourBeingParanoid Ugh Ugh never ever will eat Chlorinated Chicken, not on my life. 😡

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

Shirley Karrutheos It’s only the welfare of the chicken that is bad. If you’ve ever eaten salad it’s been dipped in chlorine. I think battery eggs are a lot more cruel. The cages are tiny. They should be banned.

[@alexandercruz3796]

Never been to the UK but the first time I tried black currant was while I lived in Germany. The German bakers put it in pastries and you can also get it as a jam. Too bad there's so much control here in the US. I always enjoy new foods from everywhere. I'm looking forward to visiting the UK and have my fill on all of these goodies and more. Nice content guys 🙌🏾

[@lynettemiller6519]

See if you have an Eastern European market in your area. They usually have current cookies and jams, although you'll probably need to ask for help translating the labels

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

And now Cadbury’s chocolate tastes worse, since kraft has taken over. Sad.

[@bmc9504]

And smaller.

[@stevedickson5853]

Taste the same to me,although there was the issue with the cream eggs not using dairy milk chocolate, and introducing Oreos dairy milk into the selection boxes etc instead of traditional British bars

[@Celtman101]

I would rather a bar if galaxy over cadburys any day of the week.

[@bmc9504]

@@Celtman101 galaxy is usually for middle class overweight woman tho. Commonly purchased in 2s or a family bar

[@Celtman101]

@@bmc9504 oh really. My local co op sells the family size bar for only £1, pretty cheap for middle class chocolate. Also, my pitete wife loves it too.

[@coreygenovese]

The Cadbury Phil Collins gorilla ad is a national treasure

[@leondubz4206]

It will forever be in our hearts

[@amybrown2733]

In Scotland, we call squash “diluting juice”, haha!

[@Alan_Mac]

That's pretty-much only children is it not? I'm an adult and would never dream of calling it 'diluting juice'.

[@amybrown2733]

Not where I’m from. Everyone I know calls it that!

[@Alan_Mac]

@@amybrown2733 I'm from Glasgow and I remember some kids at school calling it 'diluting juice'. We used to laugh at them.

[@WanderingRavens]

Thanks for the insider tip! :D

[@amybrown2733]

I’m from Glasgow too. Never heard anyone I know call it anything else, haha.

[@davidtaylor4204]

The USDA don't like blood, eyeballs, and brains? How do Macdonalds cope without their main ingredients?

[@sahhull]

They use hair, hoof and teeth

[@elvangulley3210]

Were not lucky enough for that those burgers are straight soy or wanna be soy

[@anthonytaylor7590]

@blackzed I thought it was dog shit in there food😂😂

[@donovanwray5974]

I love Grace's facial ticks. She's got a very innocent face but then she says things like _"bastardisation"_ and _"Hersheys are shit"_ .

[@notreallydavid]

Tics, Donovan. Lose no sleep at all

[@michaels640]

Eggs! In America they treat them with a wash, which removes a defensive layer, and they can go ‘off’ so... have to be kept in the fridge. in Europe that wash is banned, and eggs don’t need to be kept cold.

[@JMcMillen]

That's because Europeans can be trusted to wash the eggs right before using them. That way anything that was stuck to the shell is rinsed off and doesn't end up in whatever you are making.

[@spencerwilton5831]

John McMillen nobody washes store bought eggs! It's completely unnecessary. All laying hens are vaccinated and the UK government advice is that even raw eggs are safe to be consumed by traditionally at risk groups such as the very young, pregnant women, the elderly as the risk is tiny. Eggs that are dirty enough to require washing is an indicator of poor / illegal production methods.

[@DappsJames]

The truth is that European hens are fed/ treated as to maintain the strong shells, rather than latterly treating the eggs. Prevention over cure

[@united1990]

John McMillen never washed an egg in my life.

[@JMcMillen]

Just because you can't see anything on the shell, doesn't mean it's clean. And it doesn't matter how well the chickens are treated, there is still a chance for foreign matter to be on the shell. Now, if you can crack the egg without any of pieces of the shell getting in the egg it's probably OK, but if a piece of shell with foreign matter ends up in the egg, that could be bad.

[@Gissersj]

Cadbury`s has gone down hill since they were taken over by Kraft, tastes like cheap chocolate now .

[@WanderingRavens]

I'm sorry!

[@stonemarten1400]

@@WanderingRavens I can't tell you how upset I was when Kraft ruined Cadbury's Dairy Milk, which was so smooth, delicious and creamy. I was seriously emotionally scarred by this, as it feels like the vandalism of an important part of British history, as well as my childhood - I'm not even joking!

[@RamsFan93]

It's still better than a galaxy bar

[@nigem6611]

@@RamsFan93 That's matter of opinion!

[@TheMitadog]

Don't get me started on the change to creme eggs

[@alwaysbrokendown]

No-one says Cadbury bars. It's either dairy milk. Whole nut. Fruit n nut. A flake. Caramel. Etc

[@TheGingerburger]

And they all tastes like shit now 🤢🤮

[@Dannie1ionAi]

That’s acc a good point , I would say dairy milk, and then if ur talk8ng about like a specific type like Oreo you would still say Oreo dairy milk but if people wondered what type of choclolate your actually going do get you’d say ca’brys because then they can say oh no get galaxy or something and then you’d ask which one. Never really thought of that before

[@doubleplazroblox3944]

@@TheGingerburgerand are so small it’s not worth £1 for 25% less then it was in 90s or 80s.

[@railwayender]

It really gets my back up when thet call it blood pudding it`s BLACK pudding.

[@danielstopps]

railwayender thank you someone gets

[@MrPaultopp]

Makes me spit feathers......it’s the shock factor......

[@brandonaston2261]

Resembles a hockey puck

[@diomedes8791]

Just a little addendum to my long rant on blackcurrant :) On the topic of what blackcurrant resembles tastewise, I guess you could argue that it is in the ballpark of blackberries. But not quite - there is a distinct uniqueness to blackcurrant. Since you mentioned you haven’t tried it before, you definitely should! And since you are in France, you’ll have to look for products called «cassis». You should be able to find blackberry jam (confiture de cassis) candy (bonbons de cassis), blackcurrant squash (sirope de cassis) and even blackcurrant liqueur (crème de cassis). Happy blackcurrant hunting! Bonne chasse au cassis! 😀❤️

[@l3v1ckUK]

You don't have squash??? I have about five different flavours in the cupboard.

[@WanderingRavens]

That's a lot of squash! And nope, it's not a thing in the US at all, though I'm not sure why as I'm sure Yanks would like it 🤷🏻

[@mytube001]

@@WanderingRavens Big soda keeping it out! :)

[@NicholasJH96]

Wandering Ravens my friend and his wife live in America he moved from the U.K. to the USA and apparently you can get it but you would have to go to a British store that sells imported stuff like the American candy stores In the U.K..basically store that only sell British things and possibly Irish aswell

[@pjschmid2251]

@Marcus Knightingale 😂 Klingon Desert. Thanks for making me laugh. Americans don't have a strong relationship to anything made with blood in general, so this one didn't surprise me at all.

[@johnclements6614]

@@WanderingRavens Is Kool aid a bit like squash, never had it. Adding powder to water seem a bit like squash. I only have blackcurrent squash at the moment.

[@sarahpenney4881]

I'm so glad that you said Hersheys is shit! When I first went across the pond, I thought 'Ooh! Hersheys. A classic American treat!' No, reader. No it is not. It tasted like the equivalent of our cheap, 20p chocolate over here! There's plenty of lovely American treats, but Hersheys is certainly not one!

[@WanderingRavens]

Spot on, Sarah! Hersheys tastes like wax, and not even good wax 😂

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Hershey’s doesn’t have enough cocoa in it to qualify as chocolate over here as far as I’m aware. It’s similar to what we’d refer to as fake chocolate, the waxy stuff that’s used for really cheap things

[@cheetahrose97]

It's literally the only chocolate I eat because everything else tastes so strong! I asked for milk chocolate not 500 versions of dark chocolate.

[@richardburke8566]

I think you are being to kind hersheys chocolate tastes like vomit 😣

[@17Blower]

@@richardburke8566 Lol, exactly what I thought when i tasted it, even smells like vomit

[@l3v1ckUK]

I think the one that's you're most famous for not having is Kinder Eggs.

[@WanderingRavens]

Yeah, I'm surprised that we forgot to include that one haha

[@pjschmid2251]

@@WanderingRavens Well not really missed since it's a German brand not British

[@wonderland1985]

The clue is in the name ‘kinder’ is German for children. So kinder eggs are a German brand and not a British brand. But Ribena is a British black current cordial that is delicious.

[@WanderingRavens]

@@pjschmid2251 Thanks for catching that, PJ! Just looked it up to verify and found out it's actually Italian! :D

[@pjschmid2251]

@@WanderingRavens Go figure. With the German name and all the variations of Kinder in Germany I just figured it was from Germany.

[@amoranfilm]

God I wish this channel had more subs, it's unbelievably deserving of it, keep it up guys!

[@WanderingRavens]

Awww, thank you, Alex! That means a lot to us xx

[@brandonnewman1953]

That’s insane no black currents omg... OM DOUBLE G guys, no squash😅🤣 no Robinson’s Squash ?

[@WanderingRavens]

I know! It's the wild west over there 😂

[@tsrgoinc]

No Ribena! 😱

[@brandonnewman1953]

tsrgoinc omg yes I forgot the don’t even have that wow

[@xxxZ41Dxxx]

Watching while gobbling black currants

[@paulwilliams4156]

No Vimto!

[@chelsal]

I am so surprised about blackcurrants & no squash - wow both were staples of my childhood.

[@WanderingRavens]

Hi Alan! To be honest, I'm not really sure how we survived without them!

[@UKSponge360]

tbh blackcurrant squash accounts for about 95% of my liquid intake!

[@davidcarney1533]

So Ribena cordial is a double-whammy for you guys?

[@WanderingRavens]

A huge double-whammy!!

[@JohannaInTheCorner]

Wandering Ravens , Ribena is an amazing blackcurrent squash. It is a-May-zing! Do try it next time you’re over here!

[@johnleonard9090]

Winter Spice Ribena would blow their minds, a blackcurrent squash as a hot drink, pity they only produce it for the winter months

[@thegingerwitch322]

Love to see that you are now saying "Cadbry" rather than "Cad - Berry"!

[@WanderingRavens]

Living proof that people can change for the better! 😂

[@phildane7411]

In the UK, if you listen closely to what most people (at least in the South East) say, it's "ca'bry. Even the 'd' goes. Only on adverts do you hear southerners say 'cadbury'.

[@juliaw151]

Phil Dane yep! Although I’m a southerner and I say ca’bry 😂

[@robertomoi2044]

No they are saying Cadbury as intended.

[@Dannie1ionAi]

Yeh anyone in the uk I’ve met has only ever said cabrys, and normally with the s on the end like the general term even though it’s not correct

It isn’t down to better hygiene, but less careful butchery. It’s why the US treats chicken with chlorine...

[@agoogleuser4443]

Most of the problems with contaminated chickens here in the US started when big business pushed for the processing lines to be sped up faster and faster, and the USDA inspectors couldn't keep up. It's almost impossible to check carcasses well when the lines move that fast. It's all about the almighty dollar and to hell with the consumer. The rich get richer and we get sicker. Money talks and B.S. walks.

[@roynishapati8426]

😂😂😂 it always makes me laugh when i hear Americans saying 'Blood' pudding... you know we just call it 'Black' pudding here in the UK don't you?! lol. interesting vid though guys - I didnt know that about Cadbury's...

[@boredweegie553]

Makes me feel sick as a Scottish person hearing it called the wrong thing 🤮😠

[@joshward1148]

You can’t call it black pudding any more.... it pudding of colour. Black pudding is racist. 😂😂

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh no! We forgot to call it black pudding. That's our time in Korea kicking in - people call it "blood pudding" there.

[@brianwhittington5086]

My mother used to make black pudding at the butchers she worked at during the war years. She always said no one would ever eat it if they saw it being made. It does taste nice, probably better grilled though.

[@roynishapati8426]

@@joshward1148 😂😂😂 - yeah I forgot about that - lets just call it 'Breakfast' lol 👍😂

[@baerlauchstal]

You must be able to get crème de cassis in the US, though? At high end liquor stores? How do you make your Kirs Royales, my dears?

[@Lee-70ish]

UK Cadbury is no longer Cadbury the recipe has been changed out of all recognition.

[@marcanderson6239]

lee i agree with you to me its more sweet with less chocolate taste and a kind of after taste im finding it hard to descibe

[@CHUTNEX]

@@marcanderson6239 It tastes foul these days. Why trash something that works??

[@RavenclawStudent123]

It's bland now. I remember it tasting a lot nicer

[@marcanderson6239]

@@RavenclawStudent123 lol the same reason im not fond of it anymore

[@RavenclawStudent123]

@@marcanderson6239 Interesting. I wonder how many people actually dislike this new version

[@dannydorko7075]

we also have 'high juice' which is juice that gets you high... nah it's just squash with higher fruit and sugar content

[@WanderingRavens]

What. 😂😂

[@timealone7906]

@@WanderingRavens high squash is so you need even less to make the drink. The reason we have squash though is one bottle can make 10 to 30 (dependent on ratio) pints of flavoured water. It's cheaper and (if you go for no added sugar) healthier than juice. Also the one big difference between us and American Cadbury is the oil and fats. In the EU we can only use less than 5% non cocoa fat. While in the US there is no such legislation. Also in 2015 Cadburys USA started using high fructose corn syrup in some of its product. While in the UK we generally use beet sugar.

[@caseyh8386]

@@timealone7906 I've always preferred high juice but probably because I didn't realise you were sposed to use less 😂 so I've always just had like a really strong sweet glass of squash 🙈

[@victoriaroberts7034]

What no Ribena!! What do you do when you get a cold 😂

[@wuhoho4687]

@simon hoare lucozade?! that's entirely different to ribena! Hahah

[@TheSiobhan12]

Em… Lucozade. or 7-up!!

[@michaelcumming2097]

I've never heard of anyone having a Ribena when they have a cold. I just go with the good old Lemsip with a splash of Whisky, yeah it's not good to mix paracetamol and alcohol but it works.

[@victoriaroberts7034]

@@michaelcumming2097 We always used to have hot Ribina when we had a cold

[@goggler2]

Used to have blackcurrant growing in my garden as a kid.

[@WanderingRavens]

Delicious!

[@rupeoverlay3153]

Me too. My mum used to freeze loads of them every year to use in jams and puddings later in the year

[@Neelay98]

Blackcurrant sweets are 100x better than grape sweets. Grape flavoured things are nasty 😝 (It's why our skittles are so much better XD )

[@WanderingRavens]

I do hate grape flavour. :(

[@tsrgoinc]

Ice cold Ribena 🤤

[@humongousk]

@@tsrgoinc ever had a hot ribena growing up when you were sick?

[@PedroConejo1939]

@Keiran Bond - Yep. It was worth being ill just to get hot Ribena.

[@pjschmid2251]

With the fungus issue I do understand that prohibition on the fruit but why would that extend to flavorings? No fungus could survive that process.

[@ianwilkinson8664]

Sounds like we need to start sending Red Cross food parcels across the pond :)

[@WanderingRavens]

Please. Or at least send them to us here in France haha

[@Pumpherstonsmith]

In which direction?

[@kathleen5237]

Hahaha

[@stephpick]

Fun fact! In ww2 Australian would send food parcels to the UK and they would be distributed out to families who were housing evacuated children from the city's. Its why the UK and Australia still have this strong relationship to help each other out. For example recently the UK helped out Australia with supplies with the fires. Its also why a free trade deal has recently been signed because while under EU trade the UK had to cut all ties with all other countries. Welcome back Tim Tams to UK shores.

[@kathleen5237]

@@stephpick I'm not sure that's the main reason the UK and Australia have a strong relationship, but it is a good thing. We have similar lifestyles too. The UK sends foreign aid to many countries who have citizens who don't like us. Why do we bother?

[@kevinshort3943]

So how do you order a Rum and Black in a bar then? www.barnonedrinks.com/drinks/r/rum-and-black-10461.html Yes Kraft are ruining Cadburys. They said they wouldn't change the recipe, and they did. They said they wouldn't stop manufacturing at Bournville, but they did .............. etc, etc .

[@ellem6050]

Funny you should mention Bournville. I saw it being sold in my local Asda on Saturday. I was kind of shocked.

[@chloejones5690]

My grandparents love to drink lager and black, I dont know what they'd do In the states

[@PeterDay81]

I'm originally from Brum the old home of Cadburys.Bournville is a model village on the south side of Birmingham, England, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville.I still love Bournville chocolate.As a kid i would munch on a Cadbury Bonus bar it's a shame they dont make them now.And one more thing Cadburys is made in Poland as well.' Mondelez has seven factories in Poland, including the largest Skarbimierz, which produces the Crunchie, Double Decker, Curly Wurly, Chomp, Fudge and Picnic. Cadbury has been producing chocolate in Eastern Europe for the past 20 years, but the iconic Dairy Milk has always been associated with production in the UK.All the best from Droitwich Spa cheers and keep safe both.

[@WanderingRavens]

Hi Peter! Thanks for sharing your chocolate-industry insight with us! So does Cadbury still have a production plant in the UK for the Dairy Milk line?

[@PeterDay81]

Yes they do and you can go to Cadbury World in Brum and have a tour but this is not the factorie.@@WanderingRavens

[@wencireone]

Don't forget Scotch eggs, Heinz baked beans & Cornish pasties 🍽

[@WanderingRavens]

Wish we had pasties in Seattle!!

[@ftumschk]

Heinz Beans are American. Baked beans were first introduced to the UK in the early 20th century, initially imported and sold in luxury stores in London like Fortnum & Mason.

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

You can get Cornish Pasties in many US states, mostly where the Cornish miners went to. You can get them in Canada too together with proper British sausage rolls.

[@jillhobson6128]

@@WanderingRavens There is a shop in Seattle called the British pantry or English pantry, not sure where. Does Redmond ring any bells? Anyway, you can buy pasties there and all kinds of British goodies that aren't sold elsewhere in the USA.

[@fionagregory8078]

@@ftumschk now baked beans are a staple in the diet. Branston baked beans are cheaper, only 75p each tin and taste the same.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

No American has ever eaten an Apple & Blackcurrant pie? What sort of primitive society is this?

[@wencireone]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. Isn't it Apple & Blackberry Pie? All the best.

[@wencireone]

@@Andy_U apple and blackberry crumble 🤔

[@WanderingRavens]

A sad one

[@Andy_U]

@@wencireone - That too. Mmmm.

[@IveJustHadAPiss]

Grace should lead more often. RELEASE GRACE.

[@WanderingRavens]

But I'm shyyyy 😂

[@richardmycroft5336]

@@WanderingRavens I feel for you being afflicted with same condition. Still I think Eric has been very lucky as you seem a delight. Keep up the good work.

[@lizzief4461]

In the USA do u have Terrys chocolate, it the oldest in the world and the recipe and packaging style has never changed on the first bar, it’s also the best cos they make chocolate oranges. That’s why england has the best chocolate.

[@stevedickson5853]

..and Frys chocolate invented the first solid chocolate bar

[@carolcalf2032]

Love Terry’s is still good

[@tobeytransport2802]

3:02 in the UK we call that butternut squash

[@WanderingRavens]

That's what we call it too :D

[@wyterabitt2149]

Just on an interesting note, Haggis as it is known is found in English recipes before it arrived in Scotland as a dish. It has long since entirely become associated with Scotland though.

[@mikeward7367]

My Dad, an Irishman, once told me that the bagpipes were an Irish invention given to the Scots as a joke. I think he may have been winding me up though.

[@mikesaunders4775]

You said it, nobody has ever believed me when I mentioned it ,thanks.

[@roderickmathison5245]

Mike Ward Bagpipes probably originated in the Middle East. Plus apparently Romans ate something akin to haggis...

[@wyterabitt2149]

@@roderickmathison5245 The general concept of cooking organs etc in this way has been seen across the world. Which is why I said what is known as Haggis, because unlike the other versions all somewhat to very different in recipe, this version was just Haggis but shortly before it reached Scotland and got its name.

[@wyterabitt2149]

@@roderickmathison5245 The general concept of cooking organs etc in this way has been seen across the world. Which is why I said what is known as Haggis, because unlike the other versions all somewhat to very different in recipe, this version was just Haggis but shortly before it reached Scotland and got its final name.

[@richardsmith3121]

I remember when I first visited the USA I bought a Hershey’s chocolate bar... er, it was a “what is this” moment. I was very saddened. Comparing American chocolate to European chocolate is..very difficult.

[@emteemac]

Well, your first problem is comparing Hershey to chocolate. I mean, that is literally, the worst thing you could've used to judge American chocolate. What is the worst European chocolate? Henceforth, I will use that to judge all European chocolate.

[@rockabye274]

@@emteemac Yep. We have Lindt, Ghirardelli and Russell Stover. They are all very high quality brands and all very popular in America. We Americans do not stuff ourselves with Hershey's chocolates everyday.

[@Ramtamtama]

Eric: "can haggis actually make you sick?" ad: "Fellas! Are you still powdering your balls?" Eric: "I don't know, I'm not a meteorologist

[@glastonbury4304]

Hopefully we can ban chlorinated chicken 👍

[@WanderingRavens]

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 We want it banned too because that's just nasty 🤢

[@bobl.1044]

Isn't BoJo working very hard to get it into Britain?

[@Jemma1487]

Bob L. They can’t because of our strict laws. There is a certain process meat has to go through to avoid contamination hence why the states is very high for food poisoning.

[@glastonbury4304]

@@Jemma1487 they won't get it in as it's being banned by the supermarkets as well

[@anthonytaylor7590]

Would not eat chlorinated chicken sounds so wrong. I prefer corn feed organic chicken once you tried that you'll never go back to normal chicken

[@gmf121266]

The wild haggis is difficult to rear in America, Im afraid. Its a shy creature that only comes out at certain times of year and can only be hunted for two weeks in the fall. Many a Scotsman has shed a tear for his homeland when hearing the plaintive cry of the solitary Haggis looking for its mate across the glen.

[@gloriagloria716]

I am growing blackcurrants in my garden. I grew up with ribena. Funnily enough I also have a cranberry plant which I bought in Italy.

[@aphishoutofwater7019]

Hey guys! I'm so glad you guys aren't keen on Hershey's! I found that the US Cadbury bars are quite bland and I swear down they aren't tempered properly, I was bought a 5KG bar as a birthday present by an american friend, they posted it out to me and everything and I felt super shy saying anything (I was quite young and she was quite cute lol) because it was so sweet to receive a present from over the pond. When I was in the states many years ago we could find no squash at all, but we did find this insanely sugary death powder, you just added water and you got some strange sugar concoction that was trying to masquerade as orange juice... :D There was also some really bizarre breakfast 'cereals' - there was one that still sends shivers down my spine when I think about it! We woke up super early (about 5am) to head over to Cocoa Beach to see the 1995 shuttle launch, So we grabbed some cereal from the store the night before so we could have our breakfast while watching the launch, we discovered one that contained Bananas and Apples and pretty much every fruit you could imagine. We all thought 'this looks fun' and might be somewhat better than Lucky Charms. Well, needless to say, we were wrong, DEAD wrong! Those fruity pieces were nothing more than coloured sugar lumps in disguise! I was so happy the next day because we could go up to hotels breakfast buffet and eat as much fruit as was human possible :D I've waffled on and should probably stop now lol... :D Thank you for the great video :) Take care x

[@aphishoutofwater7019]

@@MagentaOtterTravels They're both American now! Oh noes!

[@WanderingRavens]

Thank you for sharing your harrowing story of the diabetic cereal with us, Ben! We feel your pain. Whenever we go back to the states, we have to remind ourselves to be careful about what we eat because there's so much sugar in things you wouldn't expect :( Sad. So glad you enjoyed the video and I hope you were still able to enjoy the shuttle launch! xx

[@richardfry2906]

The powder was probably Tang. I don't see Tang in my grocery. Either they don't have it or else it is relegated to the lower shelves where unpopular items reside.

[@Rob_Infinity3]

Do you have cordials in the US? Because they are similar to squash drinks. Loved the imperial March playing over the Kraft logo! 😂

[@andyt2k]

I didn't know about blackcurrant. I know you can't get squash anywhere else, because I live off it and it's super annoying that you can't get it outside the UK

[@Georgexb]

Hey can I buy a semi automatic assault rifle? American: Sure Can I have some blackcurrants too? American: Are you insane? We want to protect our country.

[@WanderingRavens]

😂😂 And get the feck out of here with that sheep lung!! This country has standards!

[@Georgexb]

Wandering Ravens Is it true that Kinder eggs are banned too?

[@elliedoesntwanttobehere]

You can shoot eachother but eat a berry and its game over

[@markpstapley]

@@Georgexb Oh spare the children, they could choke on the small toys inside the massive plastic yellow container....

[@antonycharnock2993]

@@WanderingRavens Did you ever have Steak & kidney pie in the UK? We do like our offal. There are actually gastropubs that specialise in it. Oh yeah don't forget tripe. A lot of this was make do food when you couldn't afford real meat. In my home town in Yorkshire, there was a shop called Speights which sold this sort of stuff. You could buy roast cow udder & my Grandmothers favourite, chicklings & bag🤮

[@angievara7355]

The closest thing I found to squash in NJ was in a bar where I ordered a lager and lime,the barman didn't know what I meant but I happened to see a bottle of Lime cordial which is what we use in uk.Hersheys are lying about the cadbury chocolate in US, they are allowed to put chemicals in their chocolate whereas in UK they are not allowed to.

[@maximushaughton2404]

There was waiting for the Kinder egg to come up. :(

[@ftumschk]

Don't worry, Kinder Eggs are Italian - made by Ferrero, the same people who gave use Ferrero Rocher and Nutella.

[@WanderingRavens]

But Kinder isn't British! It's Italian ;D

[@MrJonno85]

I like the yellow containers inside the eggs.

[@maximushaughton2404]

@@WanderingRavens Yep that would be a good reason :) Also for some strange reason I thought it was German.

[@UKSponge360]

@@maximushaughton2404 Same! I just guessed that Kinder was a German company based on how 'Kinder' means 'Children' in German right? (or something very similar at least). I didn't know until today that Ferrero was Kinder's parent company!

[@johnp8131]

Just a guess? Maybe Americans call it Blood pudding because it was initially translated from Germans when they emigrated to the US? I had "Blutwurst", blood sausage, many times whilst living and later visiting the in-laws in Germany. It looks very similar but is more rubbery than Black pudding and generally eaten cold. My German mates all love Black pudding for breakfast, sets them up well for the day before we have a skinfull of ale!

[@markfudge5642]

Blood (black) pudding is readily available in France , even thought of as a delicacy it is called boudin noir.

[@WanderingRavens]

Good to know! Maybe I'll give it another go :D

[@joshuapovey3171]

Boudin noir is made with cream rather than oats or barley though so it has a much smoother texture than British black pudding.

[@tonywalton1464]

And in Germany there's Blutwurst (literally, blood sausage). Most cultures have a version.

[@hectorthorverton4920]

@@WanderingRavens Slice some onions, add bits of apple, put the boudin on top and put it all in the oven. With a glass of Normandy Cider. Yum.

[@JennieNicole]

I've tasted both the UK & US Cadburys, and the US one doesn't taste as creamy in my opinion. I can't remember the source, but I once read that the reason the US version tastes less creamy is due to it being made to have a higher melting point. If they made the chocolate as they do in the UK in the US, it would be more likely to melt. This is due to the majority of US states having higher average temperatures than that of the UK. If you have a bar of Cadburys in your food cupboard on a very hot summer day in the UK, you can guarantee the top layer of the bar will be melted!

[@baaford]

I had a glass of blackcurrant squash on the go when I started watching this!

[@WanderingRavens]

Sounds delicious! 😋 We'll have to give that a try next time we're in the UK

[@grizzlygamer8891]

But was it Ribena?

[@baaford]

@@grizzlygamer8891 no, Tesco high juice...😔

[@NicholasJH96]

Grizzly Gamer Ribena isn’t a squash it’s juice. Vitmo has a fizzy drink and a squash

[@catgladwell5684]

@@WanderingRavens I think that being given hot Ribena as a treat when ill is a childhood memory for many if not most British people. It was known to cure everything my three kids had wrong with them colds, football injures, chicken pox - you name it.

[@Mutzig79]

Kraft split into two companies a few years ago - One half became "Kraft Foods" and concentrates on North America, the other half became "Mondelez" and concentrates on the international market (as viewed from America). Cadbury's are part of the company that is now known as Mondelez.

[@jerribee1]

Funny how Eric has one look; same hair same shirt, and Grace has so many looks; long hair, short hair, hair up, hair down, glasses on, glasses off, eye make-up, no eye make-up.

[@WanderingRavens]

You can tell which one of us is the click-bait 😂

[@mikeward7367]

Haha. Unfortunately, we men are awful at changing looks. I'm convinced it's why we go bald, it's nature's way of stopping us having any more crap haircuts.

[@WanderingRavens]

@@mikeward7367 Spot on. 😂

[@angelawhitehouse8066]

Grace is gorgeous. Eric is, well hes Eric.....😂

[@ambergerrard5286]

I love watching you two, as a proper northerner (Manchester) it’s so nice to see two Americans appreciating proper British things. You don’t see it very often here😊

[@nicholaskemp2246]

Black pudding please! Also, it's pig blood and chunks of fat with secret spices and herbs (herbs with an aitch! Lol)

[@fionagregory8078]

yes please the H is there.

[@martinbobfrank]

I seem to remember a lot of black pudding manufacturers went bust when the UK really tightened the hygiene rules surrounding the making of black pudding commercially. Also, many manufacturers now use dried blood as it's easier to meet those hygiene rules. A black pudding is required on pain of death in a full fry-up, as is baked beans, mushrooms, bacon, egg, sausage, toast and a cup of tea.

[@charlestaylor3027]

UK black pudding is mostly pork blood

[@antonycharnock2993]

And the best kind is Bury black pudding which you'll find in most supermarkets in the UK. I've also eaten it in Spain (morcilla) and in a Brazilian restaurant.

[@WanderingRavens]

Oh! Thank you for the correction!

[@WanderingRavens]

@@antonycharnock2993 Will try to find some :D

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@antonycharnock2993 not noticed that version in Scotland or the South of England.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Scottish and Irish versions are mainly Cow or Sheep blood still.

[@spearhrower]

As already mentioned, Blood pudding is called Black pudding herein the UK, it originates in a town called Bury in Lancashire - Northwest England. The only way to get a genuine fresh one is from the outdoor market there, either from 'Chadwicks' or 'the Bury Black Pudding' stall, They are yum and can be bought uncooked to take home or steamed ready to eat, black peas are also quite a tradition there. I have blackcurrants in my garden, they smell strange as berries, a bit like cat pee, we make lovely black & redcurrant jam every year.

[@kruandrew8930]

Never knew that about blackcurrants!

[@WanderingRavens]

I honestly had never heard of them before going to the UK

[@kruandrew8930]

I've been to the States 4 times and I never knew this! It's the BEST flavour!

[@glen1555]

Blackcurrant popularity goes back to world war two. In 1938 hundreds of acres of blackcurrants were planted to provide high vitamin C juice for children (thats why the Ribena label says "since 1938). Why? Mr Chamberlain was preparing for war even though he was trying very hard to avoid war. And in the likely event of a shortage of oranges, there would be an acceptable substitute

[@mayloo2137]

@@WanderingRavens you should come to Calgary, Alberta. Lots of blackcurrants in local grocery chains. If you're lucky, it will also have an International section where you'll find Ribena too.

[@Joe-mz7ks]

Interested fact, whenever I visit my Australian family from the UK we take loads of Cadbury chocolate for them as due to the heat it’s all filled with longer lasting substitutes that tastes much worse

[@WanderingRavens]

Wow! So it tastes even worse in Australia then? :D

[@chrmnlp4413]

Australian chocolate is delicious chocolate. It tastes only slightly different to the UK chocolate. Both Countries use quality chocolate products. The chocolate from the USA tastes like cheap Easter egg chocolate - it is nowhere near as nice.

[@bomb7979]

Australian chocolate is awful, stay away from their creme eggs it’s like eating a rotten egg! The additives added to prevent the chocolate from melting is really noticeable to the rest of the chocolate eating world.

[@Joe-mz7ks]

Wandering Ravens haha, completely missed the response but for all it’s worth I would say yes. The main reason they ask for British Cadbury’s is because they previously lived here for a few years and it probably the contrast from great chocolate to terrible chocolate that’s the worst part

[@michalpinkney4049]

There's a little creature in Scottish folklore called a haggis look it up its funny

[@WanderingRavens]

So funny! Thank you for sharing that fun fact with us!

[@andywright8803]

It's funny how pine trees grow fine in the UK despite the blackberries (and always have done)

[@brandonnewman1953]

Yes I am here. 🥂

[@WanderingRavens]

How!! I clicked publish, then opened the video and you were already here 😂😂

[@brandonnewman1953]

Wandering Ravens I was here within 10 seconds😉

[@dimitri877]

The squash picture you showed in the video is called 'Butternut', but there are so many types of 'squash'. Squash, Pumpkin and Gourd are all from the same family of plants; the Cucurbitaceae. These include pumpkin, scallop and zucchini. 'Black pudding' is a typical UK type of blood sausage and is always made from pork blood. In Europe there are a lot of types. Here in the south of the Netherlands we have a local variant called 'balkenbrij' (lit: beam slush). The taste of blood sausage varies strongly from region to region. My personal favourite is the Danish kind (blodpølse), which is predominantly sweet with a strong spicy flavour (cinamon, ginger) and is considered a treat for you eat it fried and usually with syrup.

[@maccladoz]

Stop saying "blood pudding" it's BLACK PUDDING!!!

[@nicholaskelly6375]

I was told by a friend who specialises in coffee beans, cocoa beans and tea. He is based on London and I asked him why American chocolate tastes so very different to European chocolate. He explained that a lot depended on the milk used (As noted earlier) it's fat content etc etc. But he also told me that a lot depends on the type of cocoa beans used and equally important the type of soil in which it is grown in. Apparently this is critical (He helped me with my coffee allergy as it transpired that I wasn't actually allergic to coffee but to an acid in the beans which is caused by the soil type. He told me that I would be fine with coffee grown in Costa Rica or Honduras but not coffee grown in Brazil or Africa and Oceania . Having experimented with this it would appear that he was correct). Returning to cocoa beans he suggested that because American chocolate uses cocoa grown in the Caribbean and Latin America. Whilst most European chocolate uses cocoa beans grown in West Africa it is possible that this makes a difference. I have no idea if this is correct though.

[@Celtman101]

As a 47 year old Scotsman, I've been eating haggis as part of my balanced diet for most of my life and it's never made me sick.

[@capmodesty]

Found the difference between US and UK Cadburys chocolate According to Jennifer Earle, a UK-based chocolate consultant, Cadbury first combines the milk with sugar and then dehydrates it. This caramelised milk is then mixed with cocoa. Meanwhile, Hershey's mixes the cocoa with sugar and then adds dehydrated milk. The resulting taste is "very different", Earle says. But there's more. Hershey's puts milk through a process called lipolysis, Earle says. This partially sours the milk, and creates butyric acid - a compound found in such diverse substances as parmesan cheese and baby spit-up. It gives the chocolate a "tangy taste" as Earle puts it. The chief advantage of this method is that chocolate can remain on shelves longer without the taste changing - but it's also a taste American consumers have become accustomed to and nowadays even expect.

[@britishjohn62]

I’ve seen Ribena (black currant) in my local stores in New York. Also grenadine is similar to “squash”

[@welshdragon99]

I was under the impression that haggis was banned because of the BSE scare, the actual reason was a surprise to me. I know that the US severely restricts British meat imports because of BSE

[@alanmackie7012]

That's what they say but it's probably just an excuse to ban foreign competition from a superior product.

[@bouse23]

there used to be a black market in dairy milk chocolate in areas like boston and new york with large irish communities

[@UnmistakableSoundOf]

I think I heard somewhere that about 90% of the world's blackcurrants go to Ribena to make juice, squash and their other products. This is why you'll virtually never see blackcurrants as a fruit on a groceries shelf, only blackcurrant-flavoured products.

[@VinylBlog]

Here in the UK, an amazing drink (and a childhood favourite of mine) is a ‘Henry’. A ‘Henry’ is a mixture of squash (usually orange) and lemonade. A classic favourite honestly, great on a summers day!

[@Otacatapetl]

You can easily identify an American bar of Cadbury chocolate. It says "Remove wrapper before eating". 'runs out of the door'

[@bordersw1239]

Black currant- strange fact - used to make a well known black currant drink in a factory back in the 80’s. We used almost the entire U.K supply of currants and then got them frozen from Canada and Poland when the U.K ran out. I personally used up 25% of the worlds black currant crop in my job as head miller for three consecutive years!

[@OblivionGate]

Just so you know, we have squash and fruit juices as well. Some fruit juices are made from fruit concentrate and some are fresh but have a shorter shelf life. We know what fruit juice is and we have all the flavours orange, pineapple, grapefruit, apple cranberry etc etc. But squash is just another choice of fruit drinks that are available in the UK.

[@julianb1474]

The common Blackcurrant concentrate is "Ribena". It was more expensive than other squashes and a special treat when I was a kid.

[@pegjames188]

Blackcurrants were grown in Britain as a source of vitamin c and other benefits during ww11 when oranges and other fruits were in short supply .Thousands of urban gardens had and still have bushes growing.

[@margaretwhite2904]

Hi, in the uk you can buy squash (which you need to dilute), fruit juice, which is what it says, and fruit juice with added water which it has to say on the carton. The last 2 are usually next to each other so you need to check, ie: read the label.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

Squash is called dilute in Ireland. The only flavour that was available was orange until Tesco came. Squash is produced by crushing the entire fruit, pulp, pith and seeds together and dehydration. The concentrate is then bottled. It is not juice nor a smoothie. Squash was not an option when I was growing up. In Ireland, we have both black and white pudding, the white is more popular because of the lack of the blood.

[@mayloo2137]

Would you call Ribena squash as well?

[@karenchristinewise7833]

@@mayloo2137 Yes because it's made the same way. The only difference is that it's a brand name. I buy 3 flavours weekly, orange, summer fruits and apple/blackcurrant.

[@mayloo2137]

@@karenchristinewise7833 is Robinson's a good brand of squash to buy?

[@karenchristinewise7833]

@@mayloo2137 It is as far as I know the original and it is very good. I buy supermarket's own brands because my family drinks a lot. I always buy the sugar free versions.

[@SadPeterPan1977]

I couldn't agree with you more about Hershey's. I remember a few years ago that someone I worked brought a box of miniature Hershey bars of various types of chocolate back from a holiday in the US. None of us had had them before but we'd heard of them. They got shared out around the office and absolutely everyone who tried them thought they tasted disgusting. Even worse than the cheap UK chocolate we sometimes get in non-brand Easter eggs. Those things literally left the aftertaste of vomit in my mouth. I had to eat a Cadbury's chocolate bar to make it go away (that's my excuse anyway)

[@necmusicvideos]

Many crisp flavors are not allowed in America too like Cheese and Onion, Prawn Crackers, Roast Chicken, Beef etc... but they do have ready salted in US which they just called Salted. In UK there are so much more flavors compared to US. US is really bad regarding snacks.

[@timeladyshayde]

They've screwed up Ribena since the sugar tax came in. They took a load of the sugar out and replaced it with sweetener, and now it's disgusting.

[@laurensteenkamp7693]

Kraft Foods (now known as Mondelez) actually owns quite a few British food and drink brands, according to Wikipedia KFs owns not only Cadbury (which they are trying to ruin) but also Dairylea 'Laughing cow' cheese products, Jacob's crackers (and therefore Mini Cheddars, British version of Goldfish basically), Terry's chocolate, Capri Sun and Tassimo. I know the last two can be bought most places (including the States) but of the many 'drink' brands the Mondelez Wiki page had on it those two I know you can buy in Supermarkets in the UK, there was one apparently British coffee company listed but I've never heard of the so either their tiny or they have since acquisition gone bust

[@liammorris7846]

The taste difference in Cadbury between the 2 comes down to the manufacturing method also. In the UK the chocolate crumb method is used which is unique to the UK

[@deadwingjockey7642]

From what I heard (before the Kraft buyout) the US version of Cadbury's was made with more sugar and the UK version was made with more Coco butter, which gave the UK version a creamier texture and taste. I could be wrong with the above, but I think it's something I remember reading around the time that Kraft bought Cadbury's

[@robtuppen]

You can get white pudding, which is black pudding without blood en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_pudding You can also get vegetarian haggis which tastes delicious.

[@cmolodiets]

there is a french sausage that is said "boudin noir". It's made , mostly, of pork blood and is considered typical of the french carribean islands

[@slightlyconfused876]

In one of the Raymond Chandler books he talked about drinking Gimlets made with gin and Roses lime juice. Lime juice is just a form of fruit squash.

[@RainbowSauceGames]

You should do a Welsh foods video! Here’s a few ideas to get you started: - Laverbread - Cawl - Bara Brith - Welsh cakes - Glamorgan Sausage - Welsh Rarebit I’ll let you find out for yourselves what all these are! 😋

[@Maglev178]

Cadbury standards went down a lot over here in the UK, 'oh yeah we changed the ingredients to be cheaper stuff because we think it will taste better', worse though even though the ingredients are getting cheaper the product is smaller and more expensive