For example, Marmite Crumpets don’t exist. You cannot buy them at the supermarket. To be clear: you can buy crumpets, you can buy marmite, you can buy butter; but you have to assemble them at home.

If you walk into a breakfast cafe, they will happily serve you sausage / egg / bacon / french toast / bubble / squeak (whatever that is). But no marmite crumpets. If you ask them to make it, they will give you a very strange look. It’s not typically offered. It’s something you just have to make at home.

It is unbuyable. Any tourist who comes to the UK to try a Marmite crumpet would need to bring a toaster or an oven with them, or quickly befriend a brit and hope that they have all the ingredients at home.

It’s not a secret. You just can’t have it.

*munches into crumpet thoughtfully, and salivates at the juicy savory delight, whilst staring at you pityingly and condescendingly*

Anyway, what’s something that I could never experience unless I made it myself in your local?

  • ManOMorphos@lemmy.world
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    Speculoos and jelly sandwiches. It’s possible they serve that in Europe somewhere, but you could never find that served in the US.

    I’d like to be proven wrong though.

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        3 个月前

        Sorry for not being clear, I meant the speculoos butter spread, most commonly Biscoff butter.

        Chunky speculoos spread and strawberry spread is the way to go. I need to try it on brioche one of these days.

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          Ah yeah. I bought a jar of that once, and it’s uh, still in the cupboard as I’ve found the taste just too strong