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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?

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[โ€“] Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 hours ago

You've set the bar way too low. You can't buy peanut butter toast in grocery stores, either.

I would have said the same thing about PB&Js, too, except society is so depraved now that that's no longer true.

[โ€“] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Food that is actually spicy. I know it is available at some locations on earth, but I do not live within 500 miles of any of them. The only place near me that even offers a legit hot sauce is a food truck and that one is still a bit tame.

Iโ€™ve never seen sourdough French toast at a restaurant and it is literally the best bread to use. The texture holds up well to the egg dunk and the funky sourness complements the otherwise cloyingly sweet dish. Even better, instead of syrup I use salted irish butter, making it a savory dish with a hint of sweet cinnamon.

[โ€“] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Marmite Crumpets don't exist

Yet you brought them into existence. May god have mercy on your soul.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't invent them. I was born into them, molded by them.

[โ€“] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

To quote a fictional character, Raphael says to Casey Jones from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie;

cricket?! Youve gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!

Edit: fixed who said the line. Cant believe i got it wrong!

[โ€“] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I could be mistaken but didn't Ralph say that to Casey Jones?

[โ€“] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

... Actually i think you are correct. Good catch friend

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Well ill trust you so that i can say, i do now lol

[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Maple Walnut ice cream seems to be impossible to find in stores outside of New England

[โ€“] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Widespread in Germany.

[โ€“] Not2Dopey@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

Lots in Canada

[โ€“] brlemworld@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Properly cooked hash browns. It takes too long for a restaurant to do it.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Disagree, mcdonalds does it perfect and I will die on this hill, or fight in this trench. Also their coffee is great. I am not paid by mcdonalds to shill their awful products

[โ€“] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

IMO a hash brown patty from Trader Joe's is far better if it's skillet-fried at home with a little bit of oil. It's also far cheaper if you don't need to eat on the go.

Their breakfast steak patty sandwiches though, no place makes it like them and I absolutely love them. I wish they made burgers with their steak patties, but that probably won't happen.

[โ€“] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Speculoos

That sounds like a belgian thing. It's gingerbread dust?

[โ€“] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

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

[โ€“] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The Cannibal Sandwich, which doesn't actually use human flesh, but is also not a sandwich. Anyway, you take a slice of rye cocktail bread, spread on some raw, ground beef, then top it with some sliced onion, salt, and pepper. You can't get it ready-made, because nobody likes e. coli or salmonella poisoning. In fact, you have to make special arrangements to get the beef ground by a butcher in a clean grinder, and pretty much eat it the same day.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Oh now that's something I want to try

[โ€“] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Like beef tartare on rye bread?

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Marmite on Weetbix.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Weetbix
  • butter (lots)
  • Marmite (lots)

Method:
Select a choice looking compressed wheat brick, apply a thick layer of butter, spread the Marmite across the layer of butter.

This was a common school snack when I was growing up.

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I'm gonna try this. Does the brick need to be wet or toasted?

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nope.

Weetbix is a dry brick of wheat.

Bix

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

But isn't it better soaked in milk first?

[โ€“] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 hours ago

When eating for breakfast, yes.

Not great in the lunch box, with the milk sloshing around and all

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