English bite size dishes?
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I live 50+ miles from Nanaimo (Vancouver island, west coast) The bars are a basic nutritional requirement.
I used to make them but the local bakery ones are so good I just buy them in a 6 pack now. 350 cals each. Yup, they last the week.
Cheers, h.
Hope there was no sherry in those mini trifles.
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kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
Why, WHY did you post that??
I had never heard of these and now I must have them.
I love to bake, but have a hard time with moderation, so when I make stuff like this I plan to give some to my neighbors and mother and brother.
I've been making strawberry rhubarb muffins recently cuz Mom has rhubarb and I have strawberries.3 -
kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
But but... it uses instant pudding mix. I don't bake with those things, lol!BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
Why, WHY did you post that?? I had never heard of these and now I must have them.
I have never heard of these either, but I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks, so I will be on the look out for them.
PS. I'm English and I've never eaten a cucumber sandwich in my entire life. Scones with clotted cream and jam however.....
I actually did eat cucumber sandwiches in England, lol.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
But but... it uses instant pudding mix. I don't bake with those things, lol!BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
Why, WHY did you post that?? I had never heard of these and now I must have them.
I have never heard of these either, but I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks, so I will be on the look out for them.
PS. I'm English and I've never eaten a cucumber sandwich in my entire life. Scones with clotted cream and jam however.....
I actually did eat cucumber sandwiches in England, lol.
I’m very very English and loathe cucumber sandwiches. Or anything involving cucumbers actually. Ugh. They taste like I imagine sweating feet taste.
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seltzermint555 wrote: »888sisters_weight888 wrote: »My kids are having Heritage day at school and they both picked England, and I'm supposed to make kid-friendly English dishes - something that's easy to divide up, if possible (so my shepherd's pie is out, lol).
So far I have cucumber sandwiches, I made bakewell tarts as a test run and they were delicious, but my son doesn't like them so he doesn't want me to make those again.. so I'm not sure. Would chocolate chip mini scones be English enough? There are 60 kids but I guess a lot of people are bringing food so making 30ish servings would be plenty... Oh and he doesn't like millionaire shortbread either (if that's even English).
Any suggestions?
Reactively, I went with sausage rolls but when I'd mentioned it to my sister, her reaction is, that sausage rolls are too meat dense for American children's palates, for most American children we've been exposed to, find the flakey buttery pastry filled with meat, gross, for lack of a better term. For a British-born and British-nurtured child, the access and the frequency of having sausage rolls is as natural as pizzas are to American children.
Starting with something you know the children will eat, is best, I agree. We'd tried out the scones here and it works for American children, even the vegan versions of the scones. And if you'll opt for some plain scones, just take some clotted cream or ready whip with some fresh strawberries will do it.
You may consider opting to serve it with iced tea - the American South varieties.
I love the sausage rolls at a local British food truck (USA, but quite authentic) and they recently posted on facebook that these would be "great for kids" and I was automatically thinking "Lord no, not the kids I know, they would find it heavy and sickening". So I really think your sister's probably correct...but now I know why the (British) food truck owner suggested that!
We'd been approached by an English gent who is married to a wonderful American woman he'd met in Australia to consider opening an authentic British family (less the Irish pub-esque) venue, so we've been on the mend for some time with what'll work for the American-British and the general American palate, when it comes to British (English) bites. Inasmuch as many of us would love the American public to favour all that we love with what we know to be genuine, knowing the target market's preferences age-range wise is key or we'll risk having to encounter much disappointment (Eg cracklings). Where we are geographically, is pretty highly populated with the mixed couples; One is a Brit straight out of the UK, the other is San Diego born and bred. Many of the Brits here, miss home and miss home food but don't want to go home, for no one gets it quite right. Popovers is a no-brainer to serve in the UK, only here , it'll be a problem and is destined for bad reviews lol
I visited England and I really enjoyed the Pasty style with sausage and potato, or cheese and onion, and I can't find anything quite like it here. Do you know of any companies that sell it frozen in the US? I believe the joint i went to was Greggs.0 -
RachelElser wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »888sisters_weight888 wrote: »My kids are having Heritage day at school and they both picked England, and I'm supposed to make kid-friendly English dishes - something that's easy to divide up, if possible (so my shepherd's pie is out, lol).
So far I have cucumber sandwiches, I made bakewell tarts as a test run and they were delicious, but my son doesn't like them so he doesn't want me to make those again.. so I'm not sure. Would chocolate chip mini scones be English enough? There are 60 kids but I guess a lot of people are bringing food so making 30ish servings would be plenty... Oh and he doesn't like millionaire shortbread either (if that's even English).
Any suggestions?
Reactively, I went with sausage rolls but when I'd mentioned it to my sister, her reaction is, that sausage rolls are too meat dense for American children's palates, for most American children we've been exposed to, find the flakey buttery pastry filled with meat, gross, for lack of a better term. For a British-born and British-nurtured child, the access and the frequency of having sausage rolls is as natural as pizzas are to American children.
Starting with something you know the children will eat, is best, I agree. We'd tried out the scones here and it works for American children, even the vegan versions of the scones. And if you'll opt for some plain scones, just take some clotted cream or ready whip with some fresh strawberries will do it.
You may consider opting to serve it with iced tea - the American South varieties.
I love the sausage rolls at a local British food truck (USA, but quite authentic) and they recently posted on facebook that these would be "great for kids" and I was automatically thinking "Lord no, not the kids I know, they would find it heavy and sickening". So I really think your sister's probably correct...but now I know why the (British) food truck owner suggested that!
We'd been approached by an English gent who is married to a wonderful American woman he'd met in Australia to consider opening an authentic British family (less the Irish pub-esque) venue, so we've been on the mend for some time with what'll work for the American-British and the general American palate, when it comes to British (English) bites. Inasmuch as many of us would love the American public to favour all that we love with what we know to be genuine, knowing the target market's preferences age-range wise is key or we'll risk having to encounter much disappointment (Eg cracklings). Where we are geographically, is pretty highly populated with the mixed couples; One is a Brit straight out of the UK, the other is San Diego born and bred. Many of the Brits here, miss home and miss home food but don't want to go home, for no one gets it quite right. Popovers is a no-brainer to serve in the UK, only here , it'll be a problem and is destined for bad reviews lol
I visited England and I really enjoyed the Pasty style with sausage and potato, or cheese and onion, and I can't find anything quite like it here. Do you know of any companies that sell it frozen in the US? I believe the joint i went to was Greggs.
I am desperate to open the first Gregg's US franchise. I reckon I would make an absolute killing. I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago and the first thing I did was find the nearest Gregg's and gorge myself on a cheese and onion pasty.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
But but... it uses instant pudding mix. I don't bake with those things, lol!BruinsGal_91 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »777Gemma888 wrote: »Yes to above posters. Too bad your children didn't choose Canada. I would have suggested Nanaimo bars.
OMG, Nanaimo bars are DANGEROUS!
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/213587/easy-nanaimo-bars/
Why, WHY did you post that?? I had never heard of these and now I must have them.
I have never heard of these either, but I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks, so I will be on the look out for them.
PS. I'm English and I've never eaten a cucumber sandwich in my entire life. Scones with clotted cream and jam however.....
I actually did eat cucumber sandwiches in England, lol.
Neither do I, but I figured 3 tablespoons of mix in a block of cream cheese I can handle. Although I did try to think of an acceptable substitute.0 -
I love thier steak and cheese roll and my son loves the spikey mikeyBruinsGal_91 wrote: »RachelElser wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »888sisters_weight888 wrote: »My kids are having Heritage day at school and they both picked England, and I'm supposed to make kid-friendly English dishes - something that's easy to divide up, if possible (so my shepherd's pie is out, lol).
So far I have cucumber sandwiches, I made bakewell tarts as a test run and they were delicious, but my son doesn't like them so he doesn't want me to make those again.. so I'm not sure. Would chocolate chip mini scones be English enough? There are 60 kids but I guess a lot of people are bringing food so making 30ish servings would be plenty... Oh and he doesn't like millionaire shortbread either (if that's even English).
Any suggestions?
Reactively, I went with sausage rolls but when I'd mentioned it to my sister, her reaction is, that sausage rolls are too meat dense for American children's palates, for most American children we've been exposed to, find the flakey buttery pastry filled with meat, gross, for lack of a better term. For a British-born and British-nurtured child, the access and the frequency of having sausage rolls is as natural as pizzas are to American children.
Starting with something you know the children will eat, is best, I agree. We'd tried out the scones here and it works for American children, even the vegan versions of the scones. And if you'll opt for some plain scones, just take some clotted cream or ready whip with some fresh strawberries will do it.
You may consider opting to serve it with iced tea - the American South varieties.
I love the sausage rolls at a local British food truck (USA, but quite authentic) and they recently posted on facebook that these would be "great for kids" and I was automatically thinking "Lord no, not the kids I know, they would find it heavy and sickening". So I really think your sister's probably correct...but now I know why the (British) food truck owner suggested that!
We'd been approached by an English gent who is married to a wonderful American woman he'd met in Australia to consider opening an authentic British family (less the Irish pub-esque) venue, so we've been on the mend for some time with what'll work for the American-British and the general American palate, when it comes to British (English) bites. Inasmuch as many of us would love the American public to favour all that we love with what we know to be genuine, knowing the target market's preferences age-range wise is key or we'll risk having to encounter much disappointment (Eg cracklings). Where we are geographically, is pretty highly populated with the mixed couples; One is a Brit straight out of the UK, the other is San Diego born and bred. Many of the Brits here, miss home and miss home food but don't want to go home, for no one gets it quite right. Popovers is a no-brainer to serve in the UK, only here , it'll be a problem and is destined for bad reviews lol
I visited England and I really enjoyed the Pasty style with sausage and potato, or cheese and onion, and I can't find anything quite like it here. Do you know of any companies that sell it frozen in the US? I believe the joint i went to was Greggs.
I am desperate to open the first Gregg's US franchise. I reckon I would make an absolute killing. I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago and the first thing I did was find the nearest Gregg's and gorge myself on a cheese and onion pasty.
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RachelElser wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »888sisters_weight888 wrote: »My kids are having Heritage day at school and they both picked England, and I'm supposed to make kid-friendly English dishes - something that's easy to divide up, if possible (so my shepherd's pie is out, lol).
So far I have cucumber sandwiches, I made bakewell tarts as a test run and they were delicious, but my son doesn't like them so he doesn't want me to make those again.. so I'm not sure. Would chocolate chip mini scones be English enough? There are 60 kids but I guess a lot of people are bringing food so making 30ish servings would be plenty... Oh and he doesn't like millionaire shortbread either (if that's even English).
Any suggestions?
Reactively, I went with sausage rolls but when I'd mentioned it to my sister, her reaction is, that sausage rolls are too meat dense for American children's palates, for most American children we've been exposed to, find the flakey buttery pastry filled with meat, gross, for lack of a better term. For a British-born and British-nurtured child, the access and the frequency of having sausage rolls is as natural as pizzas are to American children.
Starting with something you know the children will eat, is best, I agree. We'd tried out the scones here and it works for American children, even the vegan versions of the scones. And if you'll opt for some plain scones, just take some clotted cream or ready whip with some fresh strawberries will do it.
You may consider opting to serve it with iced tea - the American South varieties.
I love the sausage rolls at a local British food truck (USA, but quite authentic) and they recently posted on facebook that these would be "great for kids" and I was automatically thinking "Lord no, not the kids I know, they would find it heavy and sickening". So I really think your sister's probably correct...but now I know why the (British) food truck owner suggested that!
We'd been approached by an English gent who is married to a wonderful American woman he'd met in Australia to consider opening an authentic British family (less the Irish pub-esque) venue, so we've been on the mend for some time with what'll work for the American-British and the general American palate, when it comes to British (English) bites. Inasmuch as many of us would love the American public to favour all that we love with what we know to be genuine, knowing the target market's preferences age-range wise is key or we'll risk having to encounter much disappointment (Eg cracklings). Where we are geographically, is pretty highly populated with the mixed couples; One is a Brit straight out of the UK, the other is San Diego born and bred. Many of the Brits here, miss home and miss home food but don't want to go home, for no one gets it quite right. Popovers is a no-brainer to serve in the UK, only here , it'll be a problem and is destined for bad reviews lol
I visited England and I really enjoyed the Pasty style with sausage and potato, or cheese and onion, and I can't find anything quite like it here. Do you know of any companies that sell it frozen in the US? I believe the joint i went to was Greggs.
I am so pleased you'd discovered bites you'd enjoyed very much during your visit to the Mother Country, especially our savoury varieties. Traditionally for us - Devon/Devonshire pasties or Cornwall/Cornish pasties and other baked staples are our go-tos for picnic style lunches at the park usually and is always on most school cafeteria menus. We tend to make our own. For schools - the Mothers Club(s) contributed it on a daily basis. Nowadays, French bakeries have opted in to source it too for our Elementary/High Schools attending children.
For having made my own pasties and pies, unfamiliar with US frozen British baked foods, I'd looked it up for you and came up with the just the 3 you may contact for consideration.
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English bite-sized snacks? I guess McNuggets are out because Scottish.2
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Bangers and mash. Bubble & squeak.1
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I just can’t believe your kids school still lets parents send food, especially homemade food. Ours has cut out everything like that due to food allergy concerns.1
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WinoGelato wrote: »I just can’t believe your kids school still lets parents send food, especially homemade food. Ours has cut out everything like that due to food allergy concerns.
Here they have a separate table in the cafeteria for kids with allergies.1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »I just can’t believe your kids school still lets parents send food, especially homemade food. Ours has cut out everything like that due to food allergy concerns.
Here they have a separate table in the cafeteria for kids with allergies.
We do too but still they don’t allow parents to send in homemade food for the class to eat and we aren’t allowed to send in any food items for birthdays even if store bought and nut free.1 -
What about individual mini quiches, or you can’t get more British than cheese and pineapple on a cocktail stick! Butterfly cakes?
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WinoGelato wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »I just can’t believe your kids school still lets parents send food, especially homemade food. Ours has cut out everything like that due to food allergy concerns.
Here they have a separate table in the cafeteria for kids with allergies.
We do too but still they don’t allow parents to send in homemade food for the class to eat and we aren’t allowed to send in any food items for birthdays even if store bought and nut free.
My daughter's friend's school is that way. I guess we are lucky.1
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