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    #51
    Ahem,
    Gentleman's Relish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    and if you can get a hold of the Billy Connolly film of the same name, so much the better!

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      #52
      When I worked in Germany I've taken custard powder, nappy sacks, HP sauce, fawlty tower DVDs and a size 10 wonder woman costume (they were all asked for). I did take marmite as well and my German colleagues had a good look then decided it was boot polish.

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        #53
        Originally posted by bluetoaster View Post
        nappy sacks
        Do they not have nappy sacks in Germany?

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          #54
          Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?
          Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
          Officially CUK certified - Thick as f**k.

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            #55
            Mr Fitzpatricks cordials I'm aware of the irony with its temperance links but Sasparilla and Dandelion & Burdock!

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              #56
              Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
              Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?
              Henderson's relish, you infidel.

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                #57
                Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
                Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?
                Can get that here plus they make their own (although they seem to think its Italian!)

                Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                  #58
                  Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
                  Sorry, can buy that in my local supermarket. In fact I can buy Birdseye Custard, Marmite, Bovril, Cadbury Chocolate, Cheddar, Leicester, Stilton and some other British cheeses
                  Go for some of the rarer cheeses. Have a look here

                  See what they make of cheeses like Stinking Bishop.
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    #59
                    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                    Go for some of the rarer cheeses. Have a look here

                    See what they make of cheeses like Stinking Bishop.
                    I've seen a few of the more obscure ones here in specialist cheese shops and occasionally my local deli might have something on special which I'll snap up. They have more than their fair share of stink cheeses (Stinkkäse) such as Limburger, Munster, Romadur and Tilsiter. I remember buying a local one here for a dinner party and the Germans refused to eat and only myself and another Englishman enjoyed it. A local delicacy is 'Handkäse mit Musik' which is a small, translucent, yellow sour milk cheese with a pungent aroma served in vinegar with lots of raw onions on it which is where the Musik bit comes in but can be averted by also serving caraway with it.

                    They won't touch pickled eggs (the German ones are crap as they're not pickled) nor pickled onions either! Get some of them and other pickled veg, that should go down well!!!
                    Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                      #60
                      Proper pork pies.
                      Eley's Pork Pies | World Famous Pork Pies

                      ..was there in April, best half pound of yummy scrumptiousness I've had for a long time.

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