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

Hershey’s “chocolate” - an absolute abomination and smells of sick.

I enjoyed pancakes with maple syrup in the US as a treat but I wouldn't make them a breakfast staple now - far too much sugar.

I always think the southern seafood sounds pretty good.

Burritos.

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 .

...."back home we call biscuits "crackers" and jam "jelly" so stick that in your "fanny pack"

.... divided by a common language as they say

Only difference is some additives available in the USA are banned in Ireland and the UK.
That would make a difference in taste

Neve ever and none. America is now our enemy

The first time we went to Florida in the late seventies and stayed with my aunt who had a holiday home there, we couldn’t believe that any bread we bought from supermarkets contained huge amounts of sugar, and eating out if you didn’t want anything deep fried you were unlucky. We were all desperate for some fresh vegetables and fruit when eating out. Maybe things have changed now, but we’ve certainly inherited the obesity now which at the time wasn’t often seen in the uk.

The problem is the terminology. What are biscuits in the UK are cookies in the US. The Betty Crocker online cookbooks will have recipes for baking powder biscuits. And the gravy is simply made with sausage and milk added to the roux.

Slow cooked pulled pork you make in a slow cooker/crockpot. Make your own sauce.

Gfplux

Neve ever and none. America is now our enemy

Very true, sadly.

I’ve never tried American ‘biscuits’. The only thing I can think of is clam chowder, but a couple of those on our last visit weren’t the best I’ve ever had, Visits are mostly to Cape Cod, New England, where CC is very much a Thing.

Cabbie21

I have a bottle of maple syrup if anyone wants one?
It’s about six years old, unopened, came in a Christmas hamper.

Maple syrup is lovely with pancakes!

Smileless2012

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

Ditto.

I also miss American barbecue. It’s unmatched.

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 .

Their biscuits are not like ours, they call ours cookies and biscuits are more like a dry savoury UK scone.

As for gravy they make what goes with this with milk!

Having lived in the US I don't miss any of their food at all, when I did live there I missed quite a few UK foods.

Mollynew Don't know about Lidl having English ingredients, I do know ingredients from all over the UK indeed the world are available in Lidl stores near me. If OP is directed to only English ingredients, she may
struggle.

We now have a Wendy's and I do love their US food, but the portions are HUGE! I can eat for England, but their breakfast baconator was enough for 3

Biscuits in the US are called cookies.

A US biscuit is a type of bread.

I find it hard to get Monterey Jack cheese here, also clam chowder. I had it in Monterey California and in New Zealand, amazing!!! oooh and proper sourdough bread.

welbeck

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

Indeed. You tell em wellbeck.

BlessedArt

Smileless2012

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

Ditto.

I also miss American barbecue. It’s unmatched.

What would constitute an American barbecue?

How does it differ from a British barbecue, or an Australian one?

BlessedArt

Smileless2012

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

Ditto.

I also miss American barbecue. It’s unmatched.

We're vegan for several years, but I miss pulled pork barbecue.

We do cook it and the delicious Memphis sauce for our family.

My one experience of USA was 5 days in NY celebrating a special birthday, and nothing I ate was particularly memorable. It all seemed steeped in far too much sugar, even the savoury things. I was desperate for fruit and fresh veg when we got back.

About sixty years ago I was in Montreal and New York living with American people and the food was amazing to me. But I only really knew Scottish food which was very traditional at the time. The steaks. The corn on the cob. The quality of what they could grow in Canada was amazing. I ate a lot of things for the first time. Not southern American cooking. But Jewish, Chinese, French, I realized how much wealth and diversity there was in America. Of course I didn't come from a rich family in Scotland.

I’m not a fan of American food. I remember ordering a grilled cheese sandwich which came dusted with icing sugar. Also brown gravy with everything including salmon.