England ILFers

[comtrails70]

haha typical americans completely forgetting about wales and scotland

we don't need root beer anyway, cause we have irn bru


i would love it if they brought vanilla coke back to the uk though

is that anything like

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?
also has a dp/bubble gumish flavor

[devnulljp]

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Best hangover cure in the world though
Makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it
Read somewhere Coke is the #1 selling fizzy drink everywhere in the world ... except Scotland where it's #2 after Irn Bru.

Used to be a huge, rather racially insensitive, neon ad on the clock on Glasgow Central train station
You can just about see it here -- it was a big face with a turban and big hoop earrings.



They cleaned it up to this

[smile_man]

Coke is one of the only things safe the drink in Tibet.

[whiskey_face]

cherry vanilla coke + cpt morgans private stock rum is to die for. fawk why is the rum gone?

[Scruffie]

cherry vanilla coke + cpt morgans private stock rum is to die for. fawk why is the rum gone?

If you have Morgans Spiced Rum it tastes like Vanilla coke anyway when you put coke in

[Wizard]

I lived in london for a short period of time and currently live in america andone of my favourite past times is drinking weird soft drinks i've never seen or had before. On tour it's like all i do. Get high in my van, go to weird gas stations and buy some weird shit.

I've had every soft drink mentioned in this thread (sans for crystal pepsi) and my humble opinion follows as such:

When i lived in london i could get barqs at many a tesco or sainsbury. Or you could get that weird whole foods root beer that's actually pretty good. Mind you guys, root beer is my favourite drink in the world!

Iron-bru: fuck this shit. It's similar to champagne cola except with a bit of a bite, and slightly more bitter. I was not a fan.

Dandelion & Burdock: Is indeed the UK's answer to root beer,and it's pretty damn good. Much less sweet, much closer to the true "sasparilla" flavour. Fucking weird. I drank a lot of it.

Iron Beer: This shit is fuckin' wacky. I bought this on tour in texas somewhere and i was like WTF. It tastes like bubble gum..

The best part about soft drinks in the uk is that they are indeed made with real sugar. They don't fuck with high fructose corn syrup generally, and it rules.

AND THE SNACKS IN THE UK?! OMFG WALKER>LAYS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK

they had squirrel flavoured chips, and duck flavoured chips and roast chicken flavoured chips and US AMERICANS HAVE BORING SHIT LIKE SOUR CREAM AND ONION AND SALT & PEPPER.

SCRUFFIE I THINK I NEED A CARE PACKAGE.

AND THE DORITIOS IN THE UK?! MORE MSG THAN GOD.

for real. i was eating like a bag a day it was that addicting. the flavour was strong as fuck.

I used to eat a ton of the "spicy chili" ones. which are spicy because of the ungodly amount of MSG.

there was one snack... i forget what it was called... monster... something. Best things EVER.

i miss the uk!


anyone into the idea of trading care packages?

[blicero]

monster munch? yeah they are great

twiglets are the best though. there is very little more british than twiglets. in mr bean he dips twigs in marmite to make them cheaply for a party haha
i'd be up for trading stuff, although i've never actually sent anything overseas before, could be fun!

is that anything like

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?
also has a dp/bubble gumish flavor

that looks like the kind of thing they'd drink in an ayn rand novel

[Wizard]

that looks like the kind of thing they'd drink in an ayn rand novel

i laughed so hard at that.

AND YEAH OMG TRADES. MONSTER MUNCH. FUCK THAT SHIT WAS ADDICTING.

When i lived over there i was way more into the food and culture than i am here, maybe cuz i've always lived here... but the one thing i could NOT get into was vegemite and marmite.

It makes me shudder to think about.

[Scruffie]

SCRUFFIE I THINK I NEED A CARE PACKAGE.


anyone into the idea of trading care packages?

I'll send ya one Wiz

They stopped making the squirrel crisps though, they were a limited edition thing done in collaboration with a Scientist/Chef we have called Heston Blumenthal (He Crazy)

They just put some new flavours out though... like Salsa... American Cheese Burger, Australian BBQ Kangaroo (Want to try if I can eat it) French Garlic Baguette, Spaghetti Bolognese, they're all listed here http://www.walkers.co.uk/flavourcup/#

Did you try Pot Noodles? Damn they're good... And Monster Munch do fucking rock... if you want weird Soft Drinks going to the little corner shops is the best bet, Get like... Guanabana (Yes it's a real fruit) Soda... damn that shit is nice...

[futuresailors]

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