Wednesday 12 March 2014

The Best of British!

You only have to spend a few minutes on my little blog to realise a couple of things. One, is that I am not a fan of the Italian post office. Another, is that I love exploring southern Italy. But one of the most obvious thing you can find out from my blog, is that I love Italian food. Dolce, pizza, pasta, gelato... the list of things I love eating here in Italy is endless. But underneath all of that love for Italian cuisine, I am still very British. There are a huge number of British products that you can't get for love nor money here in the Boot, so I may have literally yelped with joy when this wonderful package found its way to my door:

check out the FLAG!!!!


Thanks to the lovely people at the British Corner Shop (http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/), my cupboard is now well stocked with some yummy goodies, including (but definitely not limited to) chocolate digestives, walkers crisps, Cadbury's fingers, Jamaica ginger cake and, the piece de resistance... LYLE'S GOLDEN SYRUP. Over 400g of thick, sugary goodness now sits in my kitchen cupboard. 'Is it like powdered sugar?' one Italian friend speculated. I corrected him by slowly prising open the lid and dazzling him with the golden GLOW.






One week after ordering, my package arrived on Monday. I discovered (via the handy UPS tracking service) that it had had a (relaxing?) weekend stuck in Bari. Trust the Italians to delay my British goodies. My Italian man was just as excited as I was about the package. 'Ooo my crisps!' he (incorrectly) stated. After a peaceful night's rest, safe in the knowledge that I had all sorts of deliciousness sitting downstairs, I did the only sensible thing possible: made a load of flapjack.




With 250g oats, 100g of butter, about 120g of brown sugar and two tablespoons of golden syrup, I recreated one of my favourite British recipes. My boyfriend took a load of the stuff for his parents to try and they apparently LOVED it. Well, what do you know. Those food-fussy Italians do enjoy some quality British grub!



In some of the flapjacks, I even added a cheeky bit of  Green and Black's cooking chocolate, which had also arrived in my package. And guess what I'm having for my tea tonight? Oh yes, WARBURTONS CRUMPETS. ( 'So, do you like, make a sandwich out of these or what?' Silly Italian.)

So, if any of you fellow expats fancy a quick fix of some tasty British treats, check out a massive selection of stuff at the British Corner Shop, which also has an ever-growing American section too. Next on my list? Quavers and ginger biccies!

Happy eating! 



14 comments:

  1. I get some Golden Syrup whenever I go back.
    I do a mean Treacle Tart. Forgot about flapjacks. Must find a recipe and do them.

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    1. Treacle tart sounds fab! Feel free to send me the recipe! :D

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    2. It's on the blog. Down the right-hand side under Recipes (Sweets) :-)

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    3. Fantastic! Will check it out! :D

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    1. They ARE a Brit classic...and damn good!! xxx

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  3. Hahaha "he (incorrectly) stated", made me chuckle out loud :) this is sooo cool, I might have to check that website out! And yes, of course the Italian post service would delay your British goodies, you can take the food out of England but you can't... get the Italians to actually send the food on time.
    I stored Wotsits in my cupboard for weeks and then months, desperate not to eat the last pack and before I knew it they were past their sell-by date! Not going to bother with that kind of restraint ever again! Still ate them though...

    Lucy xxx

    La Lingua : Food, Life, Love, Travel, Friends, Italy

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    1. Hahahaha oh no! I bet the wotsits still tasted pretty good though ;) I'd definitely recommend the site- they have tons of stuff. My kitchen is definitely a happier place with golden syrup in it ;D xxx

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  4. I cant believe I never reaslised how simple flapjacks were to make! this is amazing new to me, disasterous news for my hips :/ I LOVED getting home-grown goodies when I was living abroads, things you would never even look at twice suddently become strangly appealing... enjoy :)

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    1. Yes- they are very simple indeed! And yes, I'm sure my hips will suffer too!! hehehe. Thanks for visiting my blog :D Amy

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  5. That's so fabulous that you could have a bit of home delivered right to your door!

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    1. It was great Caitlin!! :D Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)

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  6. The "(incorrectly) stated" got me as well! hehehe I'm happy for you and your little box of British goodies! :) <3

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  7. I love those sweets you made with oatmeal could you post the recipe?

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