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What British treats can't you get in Germany?

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Fray Bentos?


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 12:15 pm
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Following Brex$hit you're not meant to take any meat, processed or otherwise, or dairy products from the UK into the EU. We are persona non grata, for obvious reasons. Even going back to Ireland it's supposedly forbidden.

Jaffa cakes?

A Viz annual?

A king charlie tea towel?


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 12:21 pm
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She doesn’t have to take anything – I’d rather a visitor showed me how to cook a new, unfamiliar dish with locally available products than simply throw some ultra-processed, over packaged sh!te at me

She's a 14 year old schoolkid not Gordon bloody Ramsey! She can cook a few basic items but not much more. In any case, it's tradition to bring a small gift when visiting people's houses in Germany. When the exchange student came here she gave us chocolates, for which we were grateful because it's a nice gesture and we're not snobs.


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 1:54 pm
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Another Rail franchise😉


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:00 pm
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Decaf tea bags and proper bacon


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:03 pm
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Decaf tea bags and proper bacon

Awaits another tirade from molgrips about people having the damnable temerity to respond in good faith to his OP with suggestions....

😏


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:11 pm
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She’s a 14 year old schoolkid not Gordon bloody Ramsey!

Oh, in that case, easy - Lucozade and Monster Munch. But for the full teenage Brit experience, they should then be encouraged to go outside to somewhere nice, maybe a park, and dump all the resulting litter. Preferably close to a litter bin.


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:15 pm
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German kids ain't cool enough to vape. Maybe she could introduce that trend.


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:19 pm
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A nice big jar of Stevia sweetener.

Sarsons vinegar


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:21 pm
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Proper gloss paint, like Dulux One Coat or similar


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 2:36 pm
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Proper gloss paint, like Dulux One Coat or similar

She’s a 14 year old schoolkid not Max bloody Ernst!


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 4:52 pm
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😆


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 5:01 pm
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When I visit my daughter and ex wife I usually get asked for  Robinsons orange squash, Bisto Gravy and cheap paracetamol from Tesco. I used to have to bring biscuit selection boxes, Frey Bentos pies and Walkers crisps. I think apart from Frey Bentos the biscuit and crisp selection has improved from paprika or peanut flavour... I do like the peanut flavour though.


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 5:09 pm
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...bring a small gift...

Rishi Sunak...

The Boris Johnson book of actual facts...

A carrot in a box...


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 5:40 pm
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Proper take away curry!

Tea bags

Daddies brown sauce + back bacon


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 5:45 pm
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I’ve never found Tangfastics


 
Posted : 29/06/2023 8:04 pm
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Marmalade.

Proper coarse stuff, not the orange jelly.


 
Posted : 30/06/2023 12:41 am
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