Five British Foods That Are BANNED In The US! (American Reacts)

[@ItsJps]

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[@carlh429]

Now you’re curious as hell as to what black currant tastes like! 😆

[@spanishdncr71]

Squash is fruit flavoured such as orange, lemon barley or elderflower.

[@noneofyourbusiness9436]

@@spanishdncr71 or apple and blackcurrent

[@spanishdncr71]

@@noneofyourbusiness9436 is that apple and black currant in the same bottle? I only ever had fresh apple juice before I moved to the states, I don’t remember there being an apple and black currant mix 24 years ago. I’ve never noticed an apple and black currant mix on my annual visits back home. I shall have to look next time and try it.

[@noneofyourbusiness9436]

@@spanishdncr71 yeah try robinsons apple and blackcurrent there’s also summer fruits and other things

[@fionagregory9376]

We never call it blood pudding. It is black pudding. It is great for breakfast.

[@hikareti9503]

Black Pudding, bacon and fried eggs, the holy trinity...

[@steveknight878]

Horrible stuff, in my opinion. really unpleasant.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

And lunch with chips, eggs, bacon tinned tomatoes and buttered bread.

[@sysiphuscorinth]

Do you prefer the smooth or the oatmeal version? I prefer the White Spiced (no maze/oats) ... spread on toast...

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Cooked so crisp on the outside but soft inside. In a sandwich with bacon and brown sauce. Mmmm.

[@RichSouthend]

Blackcurrant is delicious! We often use them in a similar way to the way you use grape, so our Skittles have a blackcurrant flavour rather than a grape one for example. Most times when you see an American trying British food, they will automatically assume any black sweet from the UK is grape flavour when 99% of the time, it's blackcurrant. As far as squash goes, we do have ready-made fruit drinks but also have squash as an alternative. Comes in tons of flavours such as orange, summer fruits, apple and blackcurrant etc.

[@terrylg9225]

Ribena Blackcurrant drink is one of the most popular, using 90% of the British crop. Open your PO Box and I'll send you some Joel.

[@SirIsaacTheRed]

Blackcurrant cheesecake. Gives it a nice tang as opposed cherry which is usually sweeter.

[@Neil_TheShiningMile]

Grape is what I was thinking of too when he started to talk about an American equivalent. Particularly black grape.

[@audhumbla6927]

they grow in many gardens in sweden. blackcurranbt and reddcurrant YUM. and we also have many pines.

[@davidhines68]

Oregon grape is sometimes described as similar to blackcurrant. But don't go eating Oregon grape in the forest, it's way too tart for that.

[@martynduffy]

Ever since Kraft bought Cadbury it’s not the same nestle is on the rise as Cadbury ain’t cutting it anymore.

[@noodleppoodle]

It was always bad quality, you were just used to eating it from chiidhood

[@Beetlefan]

And Kraft moved production from its birthplace in England over to Europe, which is criminal !please stop buying and ruining our traditional companies.

[@martynduffy]

@@noodleppoodle thanks for telling me how I feel that’s very arrogant of you. And no your quite wrong ever since Kraft bought Cadbury there has been a noticeable difference. There’s more chocolate with filled syrupy goo on the shelf’s this is quite deliberate as it makes more money for Kraft less chocolate more less expensive syrupy filled bars and being that your tastebuds change throughout your life many thing taste different or not the same as it did as a child. Thanks for your unsolicited opinion though keep being arrogant you definitely win friends and influence people that way!

[@martynduffy]

@@Beetlefan yep I’d agree and I’m in Glasgow. Kraft have said they will move more it’s production back to Birmingham based Bournville village as of 2021 so let’s see if it’s gets better or remains the same.

[@Piixxi]

I’m disappointed in Cadbury in the recent years

[@101steel4]

What does squash taste like? Well the orange one tastes like orange The lemon on tastes like lemon. I think you get the picture lol. It's basically a concentrate. You pour a little into a glass and top up with water. A bottle goes a long way

[@jamesleate]

If you watch "Man Down," Greg Davies' character refers back to his Nan's squash from his youth saying "It's a glass of water that was once shown a picture of fruit". This takes me back to my youth when I often felt the same way.

[@remi9n3_45]

Ribena (black currant squash) reminds me of visiting my nan she literally always had a bottle for when we would visit (and it was probably always the same bottle 😆). Though I think orange squash definitely does not taste like real orange it definitely has an artificial flavour lol

[@SirIsaacTheRed]

True. We still make homemade lemon squash. Sugar is a good natural preservative and if kept in the fridge it can last for ages.

[@dotregan1506]

It's delish! and very refreshing. I always get the 'no added sugar' ones,Robinsons orange or summer fruits.

[@SengirIndustries]

@@remi9n3_45 orange squash is made with the whole orange, the slightly odd flavour comes from the inclusion of skin and pith. There's nothing wrong with it but it is a bit odd if you were expecting a taste similar to orange juice

[@britrocker3393]

Do any of my fellow Brits remember when double concentrate squash first became a thing and everyone was putting in the same amount to dilute? 🤣

[@Mushroom2thousand9]

Yeaah, tasted like you just drank it straight from the bottle 🤢🤢

[@darthgardner]

Kia-Ora could catch you out for sure on that one.

[@alexjames6029]

I've seen Americans drink cordial ribena without diluting it 😭

[@Piixxi]

I felt like my throat had 3rd degree burns lmao

[@violentbuddhist]

@@darthgardner Are you sure you are not confusing Kia-Ora for 'Sunquick'?

[@lauz-im3ov]

Squash fills the perfect gap for when you want a cold drink that's tastier than water but doesn't have the sugar and acid content of pure fruit juice or fizzy drinks. It tastes like fruity water. How strong it is depends on the squash to water ratio.

[@carked5707]

Is it similar to cordials?

[@johnleonard9090]

@@carked5707 cordials are more of the posh versions, for Americans I think it’s more akin to kool-aid but in liquid form.

[@StephenButlerOne]

@@carked5707 same thing

[@Gadgetonomy]

I actually gasped when you said you have never even heard of a blackcurrant!! It's such a common flavour here. It does not taste like cranberry however (when processed), it's more like a grape flavour.

[@DivineFalcon]

Part of my childhood was munching blackcurrant and other berries straight off the bush. And then eat and drink homemade jams and squash for the rest of the year. Hearing other people say they've never tasted it because was banned sounds bizarre to me.

[@dee2251]

Blackcurrants have been my favourite since I was a small child and I’m now 62. They’re nothing like grape. Far more intense in flavour and totally delicious.

[@Gadgetonomy]

@@dee2251 whilst I agree that grape and blackcurrant are two different flavours, trying my best to define what blackcurrants taste like is not easy, but in the video someone said they're like cranberries but that's simply not true. Blackcurrant flavour in drinks however does have a similar sweetness to red grapes but more intense

[@dee2251]

@@Gadgetonomy I totally agree they’re not like cranberries. Their flavour is unique and wonderful though. I’d find it hard to compare them to anything because their flavour is so intense, though I appreciate what you were trying to do. It’s more of a hedgerow fruit flavour, though IMO far superior to anything else. It’s my number one favourite.

[@Jeni10]

Australia has lots of blackcurrant flavoured foods and drinks including Ribena, however I’ve tasted cranberry juices before and they’re nothing like blackcurrant flavour.

[@mortisrat]

They meant how it's used and how much of it you find - not that they taste alike.

[@MultiBigbird01]

Yeah I don't even like cranberry juice because I find it a very bland flavour like blueberries or raspberries, but blackcurrant has such a distinct sweet and tarte flavour to it.

[@geenicoll2920]

I never knew you guy's over there didn't have blackcurrant, or squash, That means you have never had Ribena :O. Love the videos JPS

[@youraveragejoe1]

Lol yeah it was so weird to me too. Both of them are such a common thing here. Never noticed while on holiday in the US

[@TomGodson95]

Don't they call it cordial?

[@geenicoll2920]

@@TomGodson95 cordial is different

[@youraveragejoe1]

@@TomGodson95 I, an English guy call it cordial. Technically it’s not quite the same thing as squash but that’s what I’ve always called it

[@shaunpcoleman]

We have Ribena in Canada!

[@harry1552]

The USA Cadbury has a higher sugar content, it’s the first ingredient on the pack listing. The uk Cadbury has a higher milk content, and as before is the first ingredient.

[@thierryf67]

So they don't uses the same amount of ingredients.... Sugar is for captivate consumers (sugar addiction...).

[@RoyCousins]

Hershey uses a process that slightly sours the milk, creating Butyric acid (found in baby vomit and parmesan cheese). Americans have got used to the taste over generations, but to Europeans it tastes sour.

[@racheldoyle43]

I’m Irish ☘️ and a lot of the foods we have are the same in the uk . It’s black pudding. Squash is a drink that u have to dilute with water it has lots of flavours lemon peach orange apple summer fruits black current pineapple u put a small amount in the glass and then fill with water🙂

[@dee2251]

Cadbury was formed by English quakers near Birmingham where I live. They had their own village where they housed their workers. It’s quintessentially British and I’m still pissed it was sold off.

[@lynnstewart7034]

I love blackcurrants - especially in the form of jam. They do NOT taste like cranberries. My friend gave me some a few weeks ago and I made them into a compote which was delicious drizzled hot over ice cream. 😋

[@W0rdsandMus1c]

Sounds delicious, my favourite jam

[@tombendall4070]

Blackcurrant jam is one of the best things ever invented, if you ask me

[@stevegreen5552]

Blackcurrant tarts or pies, served with a blob of vanilla ice cream... I've not had that in a while. Must remedy that.

[@Gillby47]

Blackcurrant jam on toast,mmmmmm.

[@leehallam9365]

Squash, I would call it cordial, is basically most of the still soft drink at home market. There are lots of brands doing lots of flavours, the most common being orange. Robinsons are probably tye biggest name. There are two brands that are accosted with particular drinks. The first is Ribena, which makes the most popular blackcurrant drink. The second is Vimto, which I grew up on, as it started as a regional product from Manchester. Its made from grape, blackcurrant , raspberry and a secret blend of herbs and spices. When I discovered this was just a British thing, I was genuinely amazed, I couldn't imagine not having it.

[@MultiBigbird01]

Yeah I too as a brit was confused when they said squash then I remembered some brits call it squash whereas some like me call it cordial.

[@sueKay]

Fun fact - you'll rarely hear squash being called squash in Scotland...In Scotland we call it diluting juice...same as we call carbonated drinks fizzy juice or just juice...fruit juice is the same though...but basically everything that isn't milk, tea, coffee or alcohol is just juice here! I never knew America didn't have blackcurrants...they're great!! Blackcurrant Jam on toast is my fave. Haggis is also surprisingly good. You'll find it everywhere in Scotland but it's not an everyday food, it's more a once-in-a-while kind of food, except on Burns Night when most Scots have haggis for dinner.

[@DaveBartlett]

While I was doing IT work during the week, for a client in Dumbarton back in the mid 1980s, loads of friends and relatives would ask me to bring them back a proper haggis from a Scottish butchers. It took me a while to realise that each butcher tended to only produce and sell haggis, on one day per week, so I'd hunt around for a butcher who had it, on the day that I wanted it. Nowadays of course, it's available in chilled form every day, at many supermarkets north AND south of the border. A question for any Scottish people: Do high street banks in Scotland STILL close for an hour or so at lunchtime? That was a really annoying thing back in the '80s - cashpoints were fewer and harder to find in those days, and popping out to the bank in my lunch break was always a fruitless effort!

[@CEP73]

So angry Kraft bought out Cadbury....it's definitely not the same as it used to be..

[@orwellboy1958]

And not only taste, they seem to be getting smaller by the minute.

[@gilkay1]

Really annoyed about the Kraft takeover too…when a cadbury I bar had got a little bit warm one day, palm oil started blistering out of it…gross! Pre 2010 the ingredients were much purer with a very high milk content. I miss original cadbury chocolate.

[@jessbirmingham889]

Tbh ive always preferred galaxy chocolate

[@orwellboy1958]

Get yourself a p.o.box, I'm sure you'll get flooded with snacks and treats.

[@Piixxi]

Especially as you’re a student; we’d keep you in British snacks and food until you graduate lol

[@dianeferguson3555]

I want to send him some ribena.

[@karenkriti]

Costco in Canada sell it. I will send him a bottle if customs allow it.... can't send him a Kinder egg. Haha

[@derrenwebb4550]

@@karenkriti it amazes me that over in the u.s.a you can have guns in most states but not a kinda egg lol.. Doh..

[@jjs7721]

My cousin from California came over to visit once and whilst we were having lunch at home, we offered her squash and she thought we were giving her the fruit. We then showed her what it was and we gave her orange squash to try. She didn’t like it which was not surprising but we love it, especially in the summer 😊. There are some famous squash brands here like Robinsons and Ribena which sells blackcurrant squash!

[@warmhorizon]

I'm drinking a Ribena right now, so that's blackcurrant AND squash in one go. Best thing about squash is the sugars help the body to absorb water more quickly, which is good if you have problems with your bowel or bladder, or just general problems with dehydration. It's why hospitals have orange squash on hand in wards.

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

Vimto is the best it has blackcurrants n mix of fruit can have it fizzy or squash style

[@abbafan1972]

Vimto is the best!

[@elemar5]

How can someone not like fruit juice? That baffles me. Does orange taste different in America?

[@WanderingRavens]

This was a blast to watch!! Thanks for reacting to one of our videos 😄We're glad to hear we're not the only Americans who were puzzled by these British foods.

[@bdnn3374]

Are you planning on visiting the UK soon?

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

You honestly need to try something blackcurrant flavored at some point, you'll love it! Whenever I fly over to the UK from Norway, I always make sure to get my hands on lots of blackcurrant flavored things there, such as the Ribena drink, Skittles with blackcurrant flavors in their mix and my personal favorite: blackcurrant flavored Lemsip, which is a remedy drink for cold and flu symptoms (there's a also a lemon variety). I always buy lots of blackcurrant Lemsip to bring home when I'm in the UK because they don't have it in pharmacies here in Norway at all!

[@lilyanaharforde3374]

Yeah, the blackcurrant Lemsip is much easier to drink than the original lemon flavour.

[@sirderam1]

You should try blackcurrent jam.

[@NicholasJH96]

You should try Vitmo Squash when you visit U.K. again it’s blackcurret & grape flavour

[@nigelgordon]

I took part in a blind taste test of British and American Cadbury Dairy Milk bars a few years ago. The British bar was certainly smoother on the mouth and had a more chocolatey taste It just felt more pleasant to eat. Everybody on the tasting panel, which included English, Dutch, and Americans choose the British Cadbury bar over the American Cadbury bar.

[@phwbooth]

He was wrong about black pudding, though. It's made from pigs' blood.

[@xuserakx]

That's disgusting.

[@traceys8065]

@@xuserakx Not really when you think of people who eat raw steak with blood coming out of it, Same thing just a different animal lol and don't know it till you've tried it coz it's delicious

[@xuserakx]

@@traceys8065 I'm not allowed to eat these type of stuff especially pig.

[@traceys8065]

@@xuserakx Yeah sorry, I know some people can't eat these foods. Was just saying that it tastes nicer than it sounds lol

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Its oats, pigs blood, and chunks of pig fat, spiced, put in a sausage casing and boiled. Then you cut slices of it and fry them. It’s very good, and a nice texture, crispy on the outside, soft and creamy inside. Its just a mental block on what it’s made of that puts people off, people generally like it if they try it with no knowledge of what it is.

[@pisgah2715]

I was addicted to Ribena Blackcurrant juice but squash can be made from any fruit and I personally love Robinsons Barley Water.

[@louisethomson820]

You must watch the Cadbury gorilla advert - classic 😂

[@marblwrexbro458]

Vimto is another flavour that isn't available in America. It's a mix of grapes, blackcurrants and raspberries. It's fruity and tart without being overly sweet. I love anything blackcurrant or vimto flavoured - fizzy, squash, sweets, it's all good.

[@johnsymons8246]

My mum used to cook lights (lungs) for our cat's and dog the smell was truly offal .

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

very punny

[@elemar5]

My dad, a butcher, gave me sheep lights to cook for my dog. Put them in a pot and came back a while later and they were 'climbing' out of the pot. (Expansion) Creeped me out and they went in the bin. I didn't follow in my dad's footsteps.

[@RosLanta]

The Wandering Ravens have a lot of great videos, I highly recommend reacting to more of them. Squash is everywhere in the UK, every house with kids will definitely have some and a lot of houses with only adults will too. It can sometimes be very sugary, but there are healthier versions too with less/no added sugar and more juice. It's very cheap to buy because you only use a tiny bit in each drink and then fill the glass up with water (or as they mentioned, you can make your own fizzy drink using sparkling water). And yes, blackcurrant is a very popular flavour of squash, probably second only to orange.

[@terryoconnor5262]

So basically the USDA decided that, rather than making slaughterhouses do a better, cleaner and more accurate job of the slaughtering of animals to make use of all of what the animal can provide, they would just allow them to be more “sloppy” for lack of a better word, and just outright ban the body part(s) that are a little trickier… kinda reminiscent of the whole “chlorinated chicken and eggs” situation too; because they simply allow poorer upkeep of the living animals and just do what they need to do afterwards to the animal products afterwards to make them “safe for human consumption”… 🤷‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@margaretnicol3423]

Scottish people in the US can go over the border to Canada to get some Haggis!! :-)

[@emilybeaumont7104]

My great aunt brought American chocolate to me and my family over here in the uk (it wasn’t Cadbury’s it was Hershey’s I think) and they are definitely not made with the same sugar and milk content. The uk uses more milk while the us uses more sugar

[@gothleedivine997]

So does that mean you've never tried Ribena? You're missing out, especially when you have it hot during Autumn/Winter

[@aquietgirlcalledsoph739]

Now you’re talking!!! Hot Ribena hits the spot in Autumn/Winter!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jacquelinehecht7256]

When we were in U.S we tried the different chocolate & hated them,there is literally no nice tasting chocolate over there,I’m a total chocoholic & don’t usually go a day without chocolate but just gave up eating it whilst in America 🙁

[@pipercharms7374]

If you ever have squash please remember to add water, so many Americans don’t realise it has to be diluted. If you think it’s to strong add more water, if you think it’s not strong enough add more squash :)

[@elemar5]

You would wonder why they bother to put instructions on stuff wouldn't you?

[@jazzzzdude]

Squash is juice concentrate. You buy a bottle of it, pour a small amount and add water. Flavours include, orange lemon, peach, pineapple, blackcurrent etc.

[@johnsimmons5951]

Black current plants spread very easily and could be considered a weed. They can be used to form a large very prickly boundary in your garden (yard). Therefore the US ought to consider very carefully before allowing importing fresh black current fruit. Eating black currents pick freshly from the plant is a wonderful experience.

[@michaelblundell8608]

That sounds a bit like blackberries with the prickles and spreading easily, a different fruit from blackcurrants (also available as redcurrants and whitecurrants).

[@johnsimmons5951]

@@michaelblundell8608 my mistake, thanks for spotting my error.

[@michaelblundell8608]

@@johnsimmons5951So moreish straight from the bush but in a pie with apple and a hot custard that's to die for!

[@carolh4119]

Squash comes in most fruit flavours - orange, grapefruit, blackcurrant, lemon and so on. It is always diluted with water to make a long drink. It is bought mostly in litre bottles. So, take a tumbler, add aprox an inch of squash and then fill tumbler with water.

[@brianmusson1827]

Cadbury UK has gone downhill since Kraft bought it. Not keen on Haggis or Black Pudding so I don’t think you are missing out much there. Squash comes in many fruit varieties . The most popular is Orange Squash my own favourite is Lemon . A very refreshing cheap drink. Usually a lot healthier than canned fizzy drinks.

[@lilyanaharforde3374]

Many would disagree with you on the Black Pudding, I'd imagine.

[@thyop89]

@@lilyanaharforde3374 yep, Black pudding and haggis are both delicious.

[@johnbircham4984]

@@thyop89 have to agree . I was a veggie for 25 years but broke it twice not for bacon but for black pudding. I love haggis too , I think if you like black pudding you will like haggis, there's a lot of cereal filler in both.

[@winstonchurchill5731]

lol no one drinks orange squash in England

[@brianmusson1827]

@@winstonchurchill5731 Strange that supermarket shelves are full of the stuff so someone must be drinking it. It is still a popular soft drink in England!!

[@blindarchershaunhenderson3769]

As far as I'm aware nobody here in the UK would call it blood pudding, we just call it black pudding, because it's black! Contrary to popular belief haggis is actually a small furry creature that lives in the Highlands of Scotland and is superficially similar to a rabbit or a hare but has small antlers and looks like a small deer, but is in fact related to neither

[@pauldenby878]

it is! What is all this "lung" nonsense?

[@blindarchershaunhenderson3769]

@@pauldenby878 because in deepest darkest Scotland where the haggis roam free, they are so hard to trap that when you get one, nothing is wasted.

[@margaretnicol3423]

NEVER buy anything that contains PALM OIL. It's used everywhere including shampoos but the growing of it is devastating the rain forests. Kellogg also uses palm oil so try other cereals please until they change their ways.

[@CEP73]

Palm oil industry is horrendous. 😡

[@teresaharrison5773]

As a child in the 60s I grew up with orange or lemon squash, it's a concentrated fruit juice which is diluted in water. You could only buy coco cola or Pepsi in the smaller bottles from a public house if your parents bought it for you. Cans of pop came later into supermarkets in the 70s, then larger bottles in the 80s. My mother wouldn't buy fizzy frinks for us because they had too much sugar. I'm not keen on fizzy pop but I occasionally have the odd Pepsi rather than a cola because I prefer the taste. Ribena is a well known blackcurrant drink that's been around for years.

[@sjfvet519us]

I just received my order of Twinings Black Currant Tea. I first tried it when I was in the Army stationed in Berlin, Germany. This was in the early 1970s. As far as Cadbury's is concerned, we lived in Australia in 1965 and I fell in love with Cadbury's Mint Chocolate bar. Apparently, they don't make this flavor anymore. Now I get the Caramello.

[@gleadhill79]

We have a lot of mint chocolate, mint Aero being my fave. There are a lot of new chocolate bars, especially the Galaxy ones in dark chocolate! 😉

[@abingleyboy]

Squash tastes like a watered down fruit juice, you can get cheapo and store made varients that taste different to the more expensive brands. Also if made with sweetners they can taste a bit clawing. You can get them in all kinds of fruit flavours and mixtures. Basically it's concentrated fruit syrup that you mix 1 part to five parts water, either tap water or fizzy or UK style lemonade (like 7Up/Sprite) Ribena is a famous Blackcurrant flavour of squash, it's often seen in supermarket own brands as Apple & Blackcurrant. You can also freeze these drinks to make ice lollies. We rarely call it Squash, it's just known as Juice and is common as a drink for kids & is available in orange, Summer Fruits, Lemon, Strawberry, Lemon barley water and other fruits, mixes and spices..

[@marymungleandmidge4080]

There are many different types of Squash, many fruit flavours, orange, Lemon, Lime, Tropical Fruits, Apple (and many others) and even Blackcurrant which has a popular branded one called Ribena .

[@frglee]

Some squashes have real fruit extract added, notably Ribena, but some of them seem to be largely flavouring, colouring and sweetener (not so much sugar these days). Still, they taste nice enough - often citric and refreshing with cold or iced water. A bit like diluted fruit juice. Tennis players seem to like one kind of squash 'Lemon or Orange Barley Water' - a traditional recipe involving soaked grain and lemon.

[@Amelia-zv3gd]

Squash you can get in different flavours eg: Blackcurrant, orange, lemon and apple are some main ones

[@jules.8443]

I think the term 'squash' is referring to the fruits being squashed to make the drink. I am 55 and have always known it as either squash, or dilute pop. No it's not from the vegetable.

[@corinnaschmidt9735]

Blackcurrent is in Germany die "schwarze Johannisbeere". Also available here in white and red. Small berries that are relatively sour and a little bitter. Mainly used for jams, juice drinks and cakes. In France it is used to make a crème de cassis liqueur. It tastes great in sparkling wine as Kir Royal. Squash is in that meaning a fruit-concentrate. In Germany we call it syrup.

[@OrganMusicYT]

As a Scot. I have never ever become ill from eating haggis. It's brilliant, filling, wholesome food. USDA is just being an arsehole.

[@iainansell5930]

the amount of crap you'll find in most fast food in the US, i'm surprised haggis is banned...its fairly simple and wholesome..

[@simonlockyear4653]

Squash tastes of whatever flavour you make it. Example Blackcurrant squash, Orange, also mixed flavours such as Apple and Blackcurrant. It allows for far more glasses per bottle because it comes concentrate.

[@mral8145]

I’ve often considered spending a long period of time living, rather than holidaying, in the USA, but now I know that I can’t get Ribena; there’s no way I could move there! 😩😂

[@grahamstubbs4962]

You could become an international Ribena smuggler. Granted, it's dangerous, but imagine the rewards.

[@mral8145]

@@grahamstubbs4962 what a marvellous idea👍! I could be rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams *laughs maniacally*

[@angelavara4097]

Don't bother it's rubbish.

[@juliebanicky4184]

You can get ribena but I have to get mine at World market...if I am lucky

[@iuile]

ribena is sold in the states.

[@jjwebster1]

Squash is concentrated fruit juice with sugar and preservatives added. The flavours are the same as fruit juice so we get orange squash which tastes like oranges eg Kapri Sun, Ribeena tastes of blackcurrants, etc

[@micheledunn4391]

Can't say I've ever had American Cadbury but I can confirm that British Cadbury has gone down the toilet since Kraft took over. So much so I won't buy it anymore.

[@SiliconBong]

Ever since they closed the chocolate factory in Dunedin i've moced to Whittakers.

[@petrinadendy6395]

Everybody is telling you about squash being a cold drink but Ribinna is often drunk hot. Especially if you have a cold. Also it is often used as a mixer. Lime in vodka, orange in gin, and blackcurrant in cider.🙂

[@kimmyJayne2597]

Squash or cordial as I’ve always called it, comes in many many flavours - it’s not like one brand either lots of companies produce it in many flavours 😊

[@vilebrequin6923]

The mum of a friend used to, inexplicably, refer to cordial as "blackcurrant to let down".

[@youraveragejoe1]

I always called it cordial too

[@markthomas2577]

@@youraveragejoe1 Me too. Wonder if it's a regional thing, I grew up in Lancs

[@youraveragejoe1]

@@markthomas2577 idk, I’m from north london though mate so who knows

[@elemar5]

Wasn't Squash a brand name once?

[@patriciarowland2124]

Cadburys. Brothers George & Richard had a factory in Birmingham. Wanted to expand outside the city. 1879 Bought land to build houses for their workers. Garden village of Bournville. As the Cadbury family were Quakers the selling of alcohol was banned in the village. Known as a "dry" village. 1905 George Cadbury Jnr was in charge when the Cadbury brand of chocolate took off. The rest is history. Fry & Rowntrees ( Quaker family built garden village outskirts of York) chocolate started in similar ways. Love it when you pick up a bar & exclaim Cadbury which is the manufacturer's name

[@waynechalkley6693]

Real Cadbury would probably put Hershey out of business we have Hershey here in the U.K. but has a nasty after taste

[@alexjames6029]

Found out that hersheys use butyric acid which is also found in stomach acid and that's why so many people describing it tasting like sick. 😷

[@boztec7187]

American chocolate tastes like puke. 🤢🤢🤮

[@barryhumphries4514]

@@boztec7187 YUK, 🤮

[@sangfroidian5451]

We have 3 currant varieties that grow wild as naturally as blackberries or raspberries, black currants, red currants and white currants. Ribena is a very popular black currant cordial(squash) or black currants are also turned into jam/jelly, red currant jelly is popular to have with turkey and game meats. White currants are pretty rare.

[@Ryan--G]

I've never heard a single Scot use the word "squash" in reference to the drink, seems to be an English thing . We just call it "diluting juice".

[@youraveragejoe1]

I’ve always called it ‘cordial’. Might be technically wrong but yeah (English born n raised here)

[@alisonsmith4801]

Well I'm English and I've never called it Squash, it's just juice in our house, never heard anyone else call it that either, maybe it's because I'm a Geordie but Squash sounds a Southern thing.

[@Ryan--G]

@@alisonsmith4801 You're an honorary Scot now then :P

[@jackdubz4247]

True. Diluting Orange was always what my granny served up when we visited. I would have been disowned if I was heard referring to it as "squash".

[@iainansell5930]

@@alisonsmith4801 most people called it juice, squash is a more, 'posh' term for it... i think it came about due to rationing after the war..

[@artasium1]

In Scotland we just call it diluting juice. There are many many flavours. Orange, backcurrant, lemon, orange and pineapple, mixed berry, etc etc

[@Tinaf653]

I’m in the UK, I’d love someone to send you something blackcurrant or squash, or blackcurrant squash for you to try in a video!

[@101steel4]

I've seen on another channel someone was sent a bottle of ribena, and they didn't like it. Drinking it neat and not diluted, probably had something to do with it lol

[@traceythompson3162]

@@101steel4 omg they didn't did they, I bet it was like treacle going down

[@rachelhobson5725]

I agree, apple and black currant squash is the best… and no, blackcurrants are nothing like cranberries - they are much much better!

[@alexjames6029]

@@101steel4 I've also seen this numerous time on tiktok 🤣

[@Bowleskov]

Blackcurrant comes in squash too. Squash is basically a Concentrate of Flavoured liquid we have a aisle in the supermarket for it. But it comes in flavours like Lemon and Lime, Orange and Pineapple, Summer Fruits, Blackcurrant and Apple etc. When you make it to the UK ask for a Cider and Black in the pub and you'll get Apple cider with Blackcurrant squash.

[@DrDaveW]

Hershey’s used to get their milk from Europe and it did go-off on the journey. That explains the sick taste. When they started using fresh milk from US cows the taste went away, but customers complained. So, they started adding the chemical that caused the the tase to make it artificially taste of sick.

[@edwardgatter4610]

Please do a little research…….. your comment is factually untrue, there is a really good video on this subject by a channel called “Cheddar” were they tell the history of Hershey and his process that adds butyric acid to milk in order to increase the shelf life of fresh milk sourced in the US., they also refer to US legislation at the time that stated surplus milk had to be disposed of after 72 hours, at this time there were no forms of transportation that could get milk from Europe to the US quick enough…….it would be completely rancid and unusable. Because of new technology butyric acid no longer needs to be used but is added because it’s the taste that most Americans know.

[@thyop89]

That vomit taste is actually butyric acid, like you find in parmesan cheese. People in the US are used to the taste so they don't really notice it however, to the rest of Europe, US chocolate is horrible. The first time I ate a Hersheys kiss, I legitimately thought someone had been sick in a vat of chocolate and that it was a mistake because American rave about these things. It's also weirdly grainy, but I'm not sure what causes that...

[@jackdubz4247]

American "chocolate" should be banned in the UK. It's disgusting.

[@jackdubz4247]

@@thyop89 It's not just that Hershey slop that tastes rancid. The chocolate on Baby Ruth and Butterfinger bars has the same greasy texture and taste.

[@judithhurt7388]

In this context squash is a generic term synonymous with cordial for a liquid that needs to be diluted for drinking on its own. It can also be used as a mixer in alcoholic drinks. E.g. you can buy orange squash, lemon squash etc. These are the same as orange cordial, lemon cordial etc.

[@donkeyboi9863]

OMFG! I had no idea the Yanks were being deprived of blackcurrants! We need to organise a humanitarian aid mission!

[@Tidybitz]

Squash, other than the vegetable, is a fruit drink concentrate which you pour a smaller, or larger amount, depending how strong you like it, into a glass and top it up with cold water. It comes in many flavours.

[@malcolmross8427]

Pineapple & grapefruit is an awesome squash! We never call squash a syrup!

[@PaladinesAngel]

There is a blackcurrent Berry Bush growing behind my house. They grow along hedgerows all over the rural areas of the UK. You can just pick them and eat them :) Squash can be many different flavours. Lots of blackcurrant based squash is on the market. Ribena, Vimto etc. Robinsons do many flavours. Lime, apple & black currant, orange squash, elderflower etc. It basically tastes of the juices in it, and it’s just added to water to make it taste nice. It’s a little bit of the squash with mostly a full glass of water :) YUM

[@VivaCohen]

Aw, I love Wandering Ravens! Hope you react to more of them

[@astonmartin8706]

Squash - so the main supplier or producer is from a company called Robinsons and has been associated with tennis and Wimbledon over the years . Called Robinsons Barley water , it comes in several flavours . And you add about 3/4 cap ends of the liquid into a glass and top up with water - and it tastes like fruit juice and is quite nice . There are low calorie and low sugar varieties to . Most popular is orange or lemon and with ice in the glass is very refreshing on a hot summers day

[@Chris-xn6jn]

Traditional Irish breakfast should come with “white pudding”

[@CliveBilby]

Clonakilty Black pudding for me. White is ok, I could accept an Irish Breakfast if it came without white pudding, but it must have black pudding.

[@elemar5]

And without those bloody baked beans.

[@mkjones7603]

Squash is a concentrated fruit juice which you add water to, it is also called cordial and comes in various flavours. And since Kraft has taken over Cadbury’s it is not as nice (still good but not like it used to be)

[@markthomas2577]

I used to watch the Wandering Ravens but they've gone very quiet on KZbin recently

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

Same. I wonder what happened.

[@stephaniehamilton6217]

They are back in the USA I believe.

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

@@stephaniehamilton6217 They are but they were still posting after they went back.

[@stephaniehamilton6217]

@@ivylasangrienta6093 that's good to hear, they are a really lovely couple.👫

[@Concreteowl]

Orange squash tastes mildly of orange with a bit of sugar, it's a cordial. Lime cordial tastes of lime with sugar. Ribena is a blackcurrent cordial or squash. In Scotland the term Juice covers all sweet non alcoholic drinks, even if it has no juice in it, or ginger, even if it has no ginger😁

[@Davey-Boyd]

I adore the Wandering Ravens, lovely couple and very funny.

[@emmamaclean737]

Havent heard from them in a while though

[@Davey-Boyd]

@@emmamaclean737 Nor me unfortunately, hope they ok.

[@johnboy2562]

@@Davey-Boyd they posted a video explaining why they now only make one a month, something to do with work issues, though even their latest is overdue.

[@davidbolton8798]

Squash is also called fruit cordial put an inch in the bottom of the glass and add water to make the drink it comes in all different flavours ie orange black current pineapple cranberry apple and black current

[@malcolmross8427]

Nobody calls it blood pudding. It's black pudding!

[@olechristiansunden9661]

Not true, we here in Norway and Sweden, call it blood pudding. ;)

[@malcolmross8427]

@@olechristiansunden9661 I meant nobody in Britain!

[@patriciarowland2124]

Squash which you dilute with water. One you'll have seen every June if you watch Wimbledon for tennis. During the breaks Robinsons Lemon Barley Water was the original Robinsons Squash. Added more flavours. Ribena blackcurrant squash was more of a special occasion drink. Dilute with cold water or with hot water if you have a cold or instead of water use milk to make a milk shake.

[@fionagregory9376]

Black pudding.

[@misterflibble9799]

Squash is either concentrated fruit juice or whole fruit purée (depending on what type of fruit) mixed with water and sugar/sweetener, and sometimes some other flavourings and colourings. You dilute it approx 5:1 with water (or 10:1 if you buy double-strength). Best way to describe squash in US terms would be like a concentrated version of home-made lemonade (for lemon-flavoured squash) or Sunny Delight (for orange-flavoured squash). SunnyD is probably more artificial than orange squash, but it's the closest thing I can think of.

[@AndyK.1]

Just imagine when he discovers elderflower and dandelion and burdock drinks. 😂. Spoiler you aren’t missing too much, but there must be a video how the first one is made.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

I always thought that the nearest taste to our dandelion and burdock is coca cola. Not identical but very similar. 🇬🇧

[@BenjieMoggs]

Dandelion sounds grim lmao, never tried it before

[@Paul-hl8yg]

@@BenjieMoggs As i stated previously, nearest comparison in taste in my opinion is cola. 🇬🇧

[@BenjieMoggs]

@@Paul-hl8yg oh fair enough I like coke and Pepsi so it should be fine

[@Paul-hl8yg]

@@BenjieMoggs I don't like coke but do dandelion & burdock, occasionally lol.

[@violentbuddhist]

A few points (please excuse the ramble and I apologise if comments already made - so many to read through 🙂): Commercially available British 'Black' Pudding is almost always made with pigs' blood (and due to regulatory restrictions this is very often made with dried blood these days) never in my experience blood from cows, although Ox Blood Pudding does exist, also, there can be regional differences between pudding recipes, these are usually centred around the type of grain used namely barley or oats and the amount and sizes of the pieces of 'back-fat' (and sometimes beef suet) that may be included in the recipe. I make my own but one of my favourite commercially produced is the 'Bury Black Pudding'. Regarding our fruit squash, this really is not like juice mixed with water at all, I would think the closest US equivalent would be Kool-Aid or the like.

[@babycakes8918]

I didn’t know about the black currents , that is interesting. It makes sense that there isn’t any food flavoured like that in the USA. Although I don’t agree that cranberries taste the same. Squash - I can’t believe you guys don’t have squash. I don’t think I ever thought about it not existing out of Britain. Lol, concentrated syrup. We wouldn’t call it that. Squash is cheap cheap cordial (mixer) that you can mix with water. There are different flavours and you can choose what you want. A small amount of squash topped off with water , or sometimes lemonade (British lemonade - (sprite) instead of USA lemonade). It’s juice but with the consistency of water. Flavoured water. Hershey’s are vile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It tastes like vomit 🤮. Literally.

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

SPRITE is not lemonade it us a lemon and lime drink.

[@babycakes8918]

Thank you pedant. I know what lemonade is. And I know what sprite is. I was trying to explain what our lemaonade is like compared to the USA because it is Different. Hope you feel good trying to correct a stranger on the internet. What a sad life you must have.

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

So rude I did not insult you, you did not explain yourself correctly, by saying you knew what Sprite was

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

Not sad at all. I did not mean to cause offence but you should explain yourself better.

[@Bodge-hz9ry]

Cadbury tried the same thing in New Zealand Changing the recipe, adding Palm Oil etc) . The fallout was significant. Sales dropped and Kiwi's preferred the superior NZ Whitakers brand so bought this instead. Since then, the Cadbury factory in NZ closed, resulting in the loss of many jobs.

[@daylemcfadden8919]

yeah sucks you cant visit the factory in Dunedin now- lots of free samples were eaten and the choc waterfall was awesome

[@donnchadhban]

Black currents are indeed a berry. They grow plentifully in my region. There are also red currents.

[@frglee]

Blackcurrent makes a nice jam (jelly) or a yoghurt flavour, and they can also be cooked in a 'crumble' (cobbler) with apple, served with lashings of custard. (I can't recall that being available in the USA either)

[@andyrjs]

Don't forget white currants too.

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

Squash tastes nice it's just a way to flavour water if you don't like drinking plain water, we still have fresh juices in the fridge section in cartons but again that's different because it's full of acid that rots your teeth. Juice or squash is a type that can be kept in the cupboard

[@FTFLCY]

Haggis, neeps and tatties! Food for the Gods! You'll need to go to Scotland when you come.

[@hopebgood]

I've had haggis. It's ok but I love black pudding and that's coming from a softie southerner like me here in London.

[@stevegray1308]

Black pudding is blood pudding. It is great fried with bacon, sausage, mushrooms, eggs etc as part of a full English breakfast.

[@fionagregory9376]

Swiss make the best chocolate.

[@michaelfisher007]

you can see Robersons fruit squashes on the umpires chair in the breaks at Wimbledon tennis competition.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Oh please - it's Black Pudding. Even you know that. What's wrong with them?

[@alisoncauser2955]

Blackcurrants taste similar to blackberry. If you get a ribena drink ( pronounced rye'bean'a) its a squash drink you dilute with water but is available in cartons and now bottles ready to drink.

[@dang1086]

Haggis can be hunted in the Scottish highlands. Weird thing is their right legs are shorter than the left so you will only see them in the wild running clockwise around the contours of mountains and never up or down. Very elusive and very prized.

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

Our shops also sell fruit juices in the cartons as well as fizzy drinks and squash of all flavours

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Squash also known as Cordial is very economic and popular choice in UK. VIMTO is a popular grape type cordial and very popular. Blackcurrants are used in a cordial called RIBENA which is lovely.

[@shadowinkanto9964]

Squash is basically the only thing I drink. It's my equivalent to water. It's great as you can control how strong you want the flavour, and there's quite a variety of flavours. Popular ones are Blackcurrent, Summer fruits, Orange, Tropical. Fruit and Barley Squash sustains me. I guess they feel healthier than fizzy drinks, but don't have the bland taste of water.

[@johnp8131]

They're a lovely couple and their content is pretty informed as they have actually experienced much of what they comment about.

[@oufc90]

Squash is the best. It’s tastier than water but doesn’t have all the sugar of fizzy drinks or pure fruit juices

[@mgibuk]

perhaps a similar comparison to squash is Kool Aid but it's always a concentrated fruit juice not a powder. "Robinsons" and "Ribena" are probably the most popular brands of squash.

[@Piixxi]

Orange squash is AMAZING but you’re missing out with ribena (black currant squash) it’s beautiful and when poorly warming it up helps sore throats