An American expat tries typical British foods and gives her entertaining opinions.

http://www.girlalive.com/food/index.html

Excellent link even if I do vehemently disagree with her about Weetabix ( a life long love ) and what she said about dyslexia and lemon curd is soooooo true , much to horror of family and friends I have been referring to it that way for years.

I am finding most of these items ( smarties , digestives, black pudding , picalilli ) easily obtained here in regular shops , the huge gaping exception being the authentic regional dishes.

Oy, she's not particularly bright, that one. "The flavor was dominated by sultanas (which to me, taste like raisins)." That's because they ARE raisins.

And too bad she was trying processed commercial variations of those foods. Homemade lemon curd is far superior to the jarred stuff, as is homemade Christmas pudding and pasties.

I love Weetabix too. Yum!

I read lots of mystery novels written in other countries. A new author for me is Denise Mina who is from Glasgow. I also am reading all of Barbara Vine and Ruth Rendell (she is from England and is one and the same [Barbara/Ruth]). I finally know what they are talking about when they refer to various food items in these and other British books.
I have to admit there was very little that would entice me.
Haggis? Blood pudding? Yuck. I was thinking though that gravy which I love is often blood mixed with other stuff. At least it doesn't look like what it is. Eating haggis sounds like it would be eating one of my pocketbooks. Eeeeeooooow.

How about Cumberland sausage? It looks like you know what on a plate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_sausage