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You know, the one thing wrong with living here is you can't tell if what you enjoy eatiing is English, Canadian or Amercian. :-|
I need to have a english treat for my Brownie unit to enjoy and I am asking, pretty please, for your help :-D

It depends what sort of treat you mean? I make a pretty mean sort of Eccles cake, much nicer than the one I bought down in Cornwall. Or was it Devon? Cant remember now.

Huia.

You could make mini Cornish pasties Shy, or how about scones with jam and cream (Devon or Cornwall, the difference is the order you spread the jam and cream or vice versa lol)

Here's an apparently traditional Norfolk cake, I have never had it or heard of it altho I am Norfolk born and bred lol

Norfolk Vinegar Cake
A traditional fruit cake from East Anglia, now rarely seen. The vinegar reacts with the bicarbonate of soda to produce carbon dioxide, which helps to aerate the cake.
Ingredients for a 23cm cake:



•225g Butter, cubed, and cold from the fridge
•450g Self Raising Flour
•225g Caster Sugar
•225g Raisins
•225g Sultanas
•180ml Milk, plus 1 tablespoon
•2 tablespoons (30ml) Vinegar
•1 teaspoon (5ml) Bicarbonate of Soda
Method:

1.Rub the cold butter into the flour with your fingertips, until you ave a crumb-like consistency.
2.Mix in the sugar and dried fruit. Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
3.Put the180ml of milk into a large jug and add the vinegar.
4.Mix in the bicarbonate of soda with the1 tablespoon of milk, and tip into the milk and vinegar. be careful, as it might froth-up and overflow - hence the large jug.
5.Stir the liquid into the flour mixture, mix well with a wooden spoon and pour into a cake tin.
6.Bake in the pre-heated oven for 30 minutes, then reduce the heat to 160°C/Gas 3 and bake for a further 1-1¼ hours (checking after 1 hour). Cover the top with a piece of tin foil if it starts to look dark. Cool on a rack and store in an airtight container.


You could have a look on here too:

http://www.greenchronicle.com/british_regional_recipes.htm

Have fun, oh and Happy New Year to you and yours, hope this year brings steps forward for your Mum and Dad especially.


Lizxx

Devonshire Tea?

Scones with cream and Jam :-)


Susan

I made apple crumble for our international evening.
Heatherg

I would go for an afternoon tea, - cucumber sandwiches with crusts cut off and in triangles, scones with jam and cream plus a victoria sponge cake.

Can't get more British than that!

How about

Rock Cakes
Fruit Scones - could be split toasted then spread with butter if you have the facilities, or just split and buttered if you haven't.

Could you get LG to send you some sticks of peppermint rock, with an English place name through the middle? Crunchy mini bars (they're a honeycomb sweet covered in Chocolate)

There is also Kendal Mint Cake, if you can find a supplier.

A raised Pork Pie, a la Melton Mowbray.

Cheddar cheese, Leicester Cheese etc Hob Nob biscuits!

toffee apples

what about some nice sausage rolls,

daughter has got her inlaws over from Canada and they dont see them sold in shops where they are ,and the children have never eaten one.!!!!

what about some good old english style fish and chips...... :-D

Roast beef dinner is maybe a bit much,


I am LMAO here my daughter just said what about Chilli con carne... :-D


Jam scones and a proper cup of tea or english muffin to you cake to us.. :-D

how about having some pie n mash flown over?

We could have pigs in a blanket too but we were thinking of SNACKS not full course meals. :-D :-P :-D

Thanks for all the suggestions :-D

Let us know what you choose Shy. It might be a good exercise for your young Brownies to track down something themselves through relatives etc, maybe you could have a British treat once a month or something where the youngsters make the goodies or they bring them in from making/baking at home.

Lizx