What Classic American Comfort Food Do You Wish Was Easier to Find Here?

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We don ‘t eat biscuits and gravy. Biscuits are sweet and go with a cup of tea. Perhaps that is why you are having difficulty .

I struggle to see how you cannot make pulled pork and pizza, both made in the UK.
I am not keen on the additives, many banned here, that are in US food and find they are often top heavy with sugar.

I had biscuits and gravy in the US……..is was basically a sort of savoury scone and anaemic looking think gravy.

Maybe our bland British food lacks that unique residue of cattle growth hormone ?

I miss American pancakes with maple syrup and their milk shakes.

If you can't cook that US food here, it's probably because you never cooked it when you lived in America.

It's not hard to find those American recipes online , which list the ingredients, quantities and method.

The ingredients for all those US dishes are readily available in any UK supermarket.

Smileless2012

I miss American pancakes with maple syrup and their milk shakes.

????? If you miss them just make some.

You can buy maple syrup in any UK supermarket, and the ingredients for American pancakes and milkshakes.

Biscuits don’t go with gravy for me although I d try most things
I m not sure I eat much American food there’s plenty of
macD s and Kentucky s of course but not sure I know much about American food, it must have missed me by.

I had the most amazing breakfasts in America, on a texas farm, years ago, I am not sure those kind of things do taste the same when you try it yourself.

I do like a good clam chowder and finding clams in the UK is a bit of a mission.

Crab cakes too, I always think the amount of money you have to pay for crab or crab meat here is too much to waste on crab cakes.

I’m sure the Americans have steak for breakfast and my Ex loved the idea.

Lidl sometimes do an American range of foods but I don't know how authentic they are. Surely you can adapt an American recipe using English ingredients?

JamesandJon33

We don ‘t eat biscuits and gravy. Biscuits are sweet and go with a cup of tea. Perhaps that is why you are having difficulty .

I think they mean American biscuits which are like plain, unsweetened scones and the gravy that goes with them isn’t brown it is white, what we call white sauce with bits of something in, I’m not sure what.

Sarnia

I struggle to see how you cannot make pulled pork and pizza, both made in the UK.
I am not keen on the additives, many banned here, that are in US food and find they are often top heavy with sugar.

I saw pulled pork in Sainsburys last Saturday.

Make friends with somebody who lives or works on a US military base and raid their PX store.

I make pulled pork in the slow cooker.

I miss blue corn.
Very little seen here.

I miss American all you can eat breakfasts. Especially the crispy bacon.

On our many travels around various states in an RV we used to love having Dinty Moores tins of beef and vegetable stew, definitely holiday/vacation food.

You can buy pulled pork, or at, least pork which is ready to cook then shred.
Other supermarkets available.

Chicago pizza recipe:
sallysbakingaddiction.com/how-to-make-chicago-style-deep-dish-pizza/

Fluffy biscuits is a contradiction in terms - biscuit means twice cooked and they should be crispy. Cookies excepted.

Do you dunk yours JanesandJon33? In tea or coffee, not gravy? I don't because they can drop off into the drink (yuk).

I make pulled pork in my slow cooker and get big meaty ribs from my butcher which I cook low and slow with my own bbq sauce. I’ve also used a dry brine for my turkey , which uses kosher salt .
I’m not a fan of pancakes and prefer my pizzas with a thin crust .
I’ve seen recipes for American biscuits which are like an unsweetened scone . American recipes tend to use cups as measurements .
As for ingredients, you could look for an area with an American school. Or an airbase . There used to be an American school in Cobham in Surrey . It might still be there .

In stories, I have read about hominy grits. Don't know what they are, but would absolutely try them.

Jane43

JamesandJon33

We don ‘t eat biscuits and gravy. Biscuits are sweet and go with a cup of tea. Perhaps that is why you are having difficulty .

I think they mean American biscuits which are like plain, unsweetened scones and the gravy that goes with them isn’t brown it is white, what we call white sauce with bits of something in, I’m not sure what.

I used sausage meat when I made biscuits and gravy Jane43. The gravy was made successfully not so much the biscuits as I’m not much of a baker.

I do like pancakes, usually Scotch pancakes but the American ones look tempting.
Might try making some!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/american-pancakes

Maple syrup is available from most supermarkets.