<mrs_cruella> wrote:

> I have a friend coming to visit from the UK. She wants to bring me
> foodie ingredients. What should I ask for? (I'm in the Chicago area.)
> TIA!

Beef products (even canned) are not allowed to be brought into the US.
Most pork products aren't allowed either (I recently had to talk to the
USDA about what foods are allowed in). Only things that have been
processed or cooked. I'm doubtful of the clotted cream.

I'd get some nice strong tea, some digestives, *chocolate*, smoked
salmon, bramble jam, blackcurrant anything, Flake, orange marmalade.
Oh, and a tin of baked beans (they're in tomato sauce, and you have them
either on toast or with breakfast...yum!). Brown sauce, like HP.
Colman's mustard (get a tin of the dry one...so much more versatile). I
don't know if Mikados or Kimberleys are available in the UK (I think
they're Irish only), but they're yummy.
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