England friends I need your help

[jemmouse]

Hello. My 12 year old son is doing his World Fair project on ENgland. He needs to bring in a snack food that you all love to munch on . Was hoping for some suggestions of some EASY snack to make along with maybe a recipe.

Also I was wondering is Lemon Meringue Pie a snack you all eat as well, did it originate in England?

He needs to know by this weekend so I am hoping for some luck from my DIS friends from across the pond :group hug:

THANK YOU!!!!!!

 

[chobie]

Not English but I've been to the UK. How about scones?

 

[abdmom]

Lemon meringue pie is definitely not English.

Scones are a good idea.

There's also chips? Chips recipe

 

[mtemm]

scones are good. or what about mini tarts? you could do lemon ones or strawberry ones. or fairy cakes? or crumpets? or maybe mini trifles. those could be very easy and you could make small ones in Dixie cups or the like. my English friend makes really delicious lemon squares, not sure if that is from England or not but they are very good. I tend to think of Scotland when I think of shortbread, but wonder if it is also English?

 

[woody63]

I live in the Uk and while we do have lemon meringue, I wouldn't class it as a snack. more a desert, usually due to its size.

Fruit scones as previously mentioned are a good idea as are Bakewell tarts, easy to make, recipe available online.
A typical sweet tart from Bakewell in Derbyshire, can be made as individual tarts or as a larger plate sized dish.

Or my favourite a Victoria Sponge cake, very easy to make and lovely to eat.

Hope he has fun.

 

[Jaya]

Don't live in England but have traveled there. How about shortbread, sausage rolls, cucumber sandwiches or Scotch eggs? Recipes for all can be found on the internet. Cucumber sandwiches are the easiest. Get a loaf of the small "cocktail bread", smear on some mayo, put on cucumber slices and sprinkle with beau monde seasoning. Voila.....afternoon tea in a flash.

 

[Imzadi]

scones are good. or what about mini tarts? you could do lemon ones or strawberry ones. or fairy cakes? or crumpets? or maybe mini trifles. those could be very easy and you could make small ones in Dixie cups or the like. my English friend makes really delicious lemon squares, not sure if that is from England or not but they are very good. I tend to think of Scotland when I think of shortbread, but wonder if it is also English?

Shortbread is really easy to make. It only has about 4 ingredients. 4 ingredients also makes it relatively okay for the kids with allergy problems. (Except if they can't have gluten.) It also doesn't have the problem scones have in making them. If you knead the scones dough too much, they turn into dense hockey pucks.

Scotland is part of the UK. Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Phillip is the Duke of Edinburgh (Scotland.)

 

[bookgirl]

My walmart sells a bunch of English Biscuits (cookies to us). One is Pims and the other is the shortbread that has the plaid motif though I guess that would be more Scotish than English, and for the life of me can't remember the others but there are some plain tea biscuits, some chocolate covered and then a few with fruit. Expesive, but they are super yummy.

If you made a really thin crispy cookie plain sugar cookie it would be a pretty close match. Then you could serve them plain or with some fruit spread inbetween.

Also you could make tea sandwiches. Thin bread, sliced cucumber, butter, salt. Or you can make a ham salad with watercress or rocket (arugala). These would be super easy. I've had variations of both of these sandwiches at a local tea place. They don't seem to use mustard or mayonaise much but they use butter as their condiment.

 

[crashbb]

Shortbread is really easy to make. It only has about 4 ingredients. 4 ingredients also makes it relatively okay for the kids with allergy problems. (Except if they can't have gluten.) It also doesn't have the problem scones have in making them. If you knead the scones dough too much, they turn into dense hockey pucks.

Scotland is part of the UK. Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Phillip is the Duke of Edinburgh (Scotland.)

Scotland is part of the UK, but the OP didn't say UK it said England (which does not include Scotland). Got that rammed into me very thoroughly.

OP - do you want a sweet snack or is savoury okay?

You could try chocolate slice - this recipe makes it cake shaped, but I usually make it in a rimmed cookie sheet. Chocolate Slice

I recall eating a lot of Cornish Pasties, but probably too difficult for your son.

I like the scones idea - my Disney Family Cookbook actually had a good recipe for them (maybe someone has a copy - mine is long gone).

Other things that come to mind (like Marmite and Walker's Crisps) are store bought things.

 

[abdmom]

Scotland is part of the UK, but the OP didn't say UK it said England (which does not include Scotland). Got that rammed into me very thoroughly.

And Prince Philip is Greek and Danish. The title is just a title.

 

[Bonnie151]

I'd make flapjacks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/flapjacks_86993


Sub the golden syrup with corn syrup and use light brown sugar for the muscovado.

 

[Bonnie151]

Oooh, take that back! DH has suggested Empire Biscuits! Will try to find a recipe but they are easy and very traditional.


ETA: Urgh, having googled recipes it looks like Empire Biscuits are mostly Scottish not English. Will try to think of something else.


... If you can ignore the anti-US ranting and the middle peanut butter recipe (not traditiònally British!), the other recipes here would be good. I've cooked tons of his recipes and they are all great. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jan/22/biscuit-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall

 

[Deb in IA]

You might find some ideas here:

http://www.englishteastore.com/british-store.html

 

[NotUrsula]

My parents were emigrants, and we ate a lot of traditional food at home.

When it comes to snacks, the British are addicted to the sort you buy pre-packaged. It dates back to WW2, when you could not make your own goodies because of rationing. (My elderly relatives ALL have a snack cupboard in the kitchen; an entire cabinet full of sweets and snack foods, all store-bought, so that they don't go bad easily.)

THE sweet snack food of choice, IMO, is McVities Chocolate Digestives. (In spite of the name, these are cookies; they taste rather like US chocolate graham crackers.) According the company, 81 million packages of them were sold in the UK last year. They recently have caused a major uproar because they altered the recipe recently, it's a debacle on the order of New Coke. However, your child's classmates won't know the difference.

As to savouries, crisps win, hands down. (That would be potato chilps to an American.) Salt & Vinegar is probably the most popular flavour.

If you have a World Market store anywhere in your area, they have a large selection of British snack foods. Also, most larger Chinese markets also will have the most popular things; folks from Hong Kong and Taiwan love their British-made snack treats.

If you really want to make something, snack-sized bacon butties are probably a good choice; they are a staple in Yorkshire. This is one of the few things for which folks in the UK will accept streaky bacon (US-style. I suppose you could use Turkey Bacon if religious requirements are an issue). THE key ingredient for a decent bacon buttie is HP Sauce; again, you can find it at World Market. (HP is Brown Sauce, a bit similar to American A-1 Sauce, but thicker and MILES more tasty!) To make a mini bacon buttie, fry up some bacon to cooked but still soft, drain and cut into 2-in pieces. Open a soft dollar roll and butter the inside lightly, then add bacon and a generous dollop of HP Sauce. That's your sandwich. (And yes, these are calorie-bombs, but they are truly yummy, even served cold.)

 

[Maridw]

When it comes to snacks, the British are addicted to the sort you buy pre-packaged. It dates back to WW2, when you could not make your own goodies because of rationing. (My elderly relatives ALL have a snack cupboard in the kitchen; an entire cabinet full of sweets and snack foods, all store-bought, so that they don't go bad easily.)

THE sweet snack food of choice, IMO, is McVities Chocolate Digestives. (In spite of the name, these are cookies; they taste rather like US chocolate graham crackers.) According the company, 81 million packages of them were sold in the UK last year. They recently have caused a major uproar because they altered the recipe recently, it's a debacle on the order of New Coke. However, your child's classmates won't know the difference.

As to savouries, crisps win, hands down. (That would be potato chilps to an American.) Salt & Vinegar is probably the most popular flavour.

If you have a World Market store anywhere in your area, they have a large selection of British snack foods. Also, most larger Chinese markets also will have the most popular things; folks from Hong Kong and Taiwan love their British-made snack treats.

I second the McVities Chocolate Digestives. They are really good. Our local WalMart carries these. Also as PP said World Market does have a decent selection of British snacks (except Walkers Crisps )

My mom would always make sausage rolls or mince meat pies (actually tart size). Another thing would be Eccles cakes (a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar). Those are my mom's favorites.

 

[jemmouse]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I got the Lemon Meringue pie from a neighbor who travels to England frequently, he said he orders it there for dessert whenever he goes and I did find it in Internet in one article. But now I am having my doubts...

What kind of cheeses do they like to eat there any origin of it?

It can be a snack or dessert. I honestly would prefer to buy we need a good amount...

Love watching my son do these type of projects, he wrote a paper, drew a map, and has done a showboards with pictures. All the kids had to write a letter to the Embassy of the their country. I have to say I was a bit bummed when my son received his letter back. England sent a letter saying thank you for the interest and then gave web sites. Most of my sons friends who did Japan, Germany, Greece, and Italy all sent maps and pamphlets. So yeah he was bummed a out that. But oh well...

Looking forward to a good worlds fair next week!

 

[crashbb]

Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I got the Lemon Meringue pie from a neighbor who travels to England frequently, he said he orders it there for dessert whenever he goes and I did find it in Internet in one article. But now I am having my doubts...

What kind of cheeses do they like to eat there any origin of it?

It can be a snack or dessert. I honestly would prefer to buy we need a good amount...

Love watching my son do these type of projects, he wrote a paper, drew a map, and has done a showboards with pictures. All the kids had to write a letter to the Embassy of the their country. I have to say I was a bit bummed when my son received his letter back. England sent a letter saying thank you for the interest and then gave web sites. Most of my sons friends who did Japan, Germany, Greece, and Italy all sent maps and pamphlets. So yeah he was bummed a out that. But oh well...

Looking forward to a good worlds fair next week!

While I don't doubt that he orders it a lot, I definitely don't associate lemon meringue pie with England (and I've spent a lot of time there). I do associate custard with English desserts (the canteen in the hospital at which I worked always had custard with whatever dessert they were serving).

Many English cheeses - Cheddar, for example, is from the village of Cheddar. I've also enjoyed Gloucester (and Double Gloucester), Wensleydale, and Stilton.

 

[minnie56]

Popular snack is 'Twiglets' rather like a pretzel stick. Any Brit stores in your area? Also of course as has been mentioned --crisps. Hmm...chocolate is a big yummy in England ..Buttons-Flake etc.

Now I'm hungry..

 

[Maridw]

Popular snack is 'Twiglets' rather like a pretzel stick. Any Brit stores in your area? Also of course as has been mentioned --crisps. Hmm...chocolate is a big yummy in England ..Buttons-Flake etc.

Now I'm hungry..

Mint Aeros These are my favorites. I always get some at the UK Pavillion when we go to WDW. Now we have a World Market and I can get my fix from there. Crunchies are also good. If anyone remembers the candy counter in Sears and their honeycomb chocolate, Crunchies are similar to this.

I totally forgot about custard. As my mom would say "it is NOT pudding".

 

[bookgirl]

Well if you're going to have custard you have to have fish sticks with it.