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

We like scrambled eggs with crispy streaky bacon and maple syrup. A Saturday morning treat.

I'll have any maple syrup going begging as I use it quite a lot.

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

Yeah grits are awful.

Don't get me on the subject of grits though, horrible sloppy white tapioca type white stuff eaten for breakfast as well
🤮 tapioca and sago - school puddings.

When I was in my teens, a couple of friends and I frequented an American burger place, every Saturday. This establishment was run by Americans, they served something called Banana Cream Pie, we absolutely loved it. Apparently this is a deep south dish, I went looking for it when I was in Savannah but alas never tumbled upon it. I hold it in my mind as one of my great culinary memories. Don't get me on the subject of grits though, horrible sloppy white tapioca type white stuff eaten for breakfast as well

Maremia

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

They sound more healthy than pancakes and maple syrup 😁

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.

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.

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

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 .

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 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.

I miss blue corn.
Very little seen here.

I make pulled pork in the slow cooker.

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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