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[bluetoaster]

Do they not have nappy sacks in Germany?

That is what I was told. I can't say as I went looking.

[Sysman]

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!!!

It's changed here in Switzerland too. Of course a wide selection of French and Italian cheeses as well as Swiss ones have always been on offer but there are British cheeses available that I'd never heard of when I was in the UK (available from The British Cheese Centre but they only supply within Switzerland).

Pickled onions do seem to be popuiar(ish) here, mainly as an accompaniment to Raclette.

[RSoles]

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.

[darmstadt]

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!!!

[Sysman]

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.

[darmstadt]

Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?

Can get that here plus they make their own (although they seem to think its Italian!)

[Old Greg]

Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?

Henderson's relish, you infidel.

[Antman]

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

[Fred Bloggs]

Lea and Perrins Worcester sauce perhaps?

[BrilloPad]

nappy sacks

Do they not have nappy sacks in Germany?

[bluetoaster]

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.

[RSoles]

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!

[SueEllen]

My ex German girlfriend used to bring over marks n spencers banana cake for her mum or else thorntons toffee or fudge or walkers salt n vinegar crisps

I forgot our European brethren like fudge. I use to buy lots of that when I was contracting abroad from a UK Sweet shop.

[greenlake]

How about jellied eels?

[Old Greg]