If you’re from North America and you visit the UK, it won’t be long at all before you notice the snack selections are very, very different. Sure, you’ll spot some of the items you know and love – but you’ll also see brands and flavours you wouldn’t encounter in North America (outside of a British …
This is part one of a two-part post on the best British snacks. Today, we’ll cover cakes, biscuits, and crisps – and next time, we’ll talk sweets. For each item, we’ve included links to where you can get them if you want to give them a try. Sweet British Snacks As any fan of …
If you’ve travelled in the UK or watched a lot of British TV, you may have encountered “ready salted crisps” and wondered what they are, or how they got their name. Why do they bother to specify “ready salted”? Does anyone even sell unsalted crisps? Why don’t they just call them plain, or original? What …
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