The Netherlands - food

[Marijn]

My son is going to visit people in the Netherlands and wants to take some little treats to them that they don't have over there. So far he has found out that they don't have gingernut biscuits or Monster Munch.
Does anyone else know anything that's typically English that they don't have there? Thanks

[DrFilth]

black puddings ?

[Marijn]

Thank you, that's a good answer, but I'm not sure if you're allowed to take meat. He'll be flying. Does anyone know the answer to that one?

[NoMercy]

Scones.

[beveridge111]

Haggis !!

[craft1948]

Eccles cakes......

[NoMercy]

I went thru Bristol airport on 18th December. The man in front of me had sausage meat in his handluggage and they let him take it thru.

[Marijn]

Thanks for your great answers. It's making me hungry. Keep them coming please.

[123everton]

Salt and vinegar and cheese and onion flavour crisps

[Marijn]

Thank you

[Rev Sermon]

Decent beer. Introduce them to some real ale.

[sherrardk]

There was a bizarre advert on the radio today about food and flying - I think you have to look on the Department of the Environment website for details (not sure if it just covers coming the the UK rather than leaving the UK)

[B00]

Marmite, hobnobs, choc digestives, shortbread, pot noodles.

[Marijn]

Boo, I'm surprised, do they really not have those things, even Marmite?

[Marijn]

That's odd Rev and Sherrard's answers weren't there just now. Thank you for your answers too.

[Buenchico]

EU law requires all member states to permitt the free movement of goods, including foodstuffs. (The only exceptions are temporary bans on health grounds, such as during the BSE scare). So you take black pudding (or any other foods) into any EU country, including the Netherlands.

I'll add my support to the Eccles cakes (especially if your son can persuade the Dutch hosts to warm them up), although I also like everything else which has been suggested so far.

Biscuits such as Custard Creams seem to be unknown on the continent but, even better, how about sending your son with some good ol' Jammy Dodgers?

Galaxy chocolate is almost certainly unknown in the Netherlands (if for no other reason than the fact that it doesn't meet the European legal definition of 'chocolate').

Gherkins?

Pickled onions?

Bloaters?

Tripe?

Heinz syrup puddings?

Steak & kidney puddings?

Scotch pies? (OK, they're not 'English', but they are 'British')

Scotch eggs? (Ditto?)

(I've got to stop. This is making me hungry!)

Chris

[Marijn]

Thank you Chris. What are bloaters? Why isn't Galaxy defined as chocolate abroad? They don't know what they're missing!

[Buenchico]

Bloaters are lightly-cured herrings, somewhat similar to kippers. Great Yarmouth is famous for them:
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The UK has a special exemption to allow products which don't meet the EU definition of 'chocolate' (because the cocoa content isn't high enough) to continue to be called by that name. Almost all British 'chocolate' products (such as Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Dairy Box, etc) aren't legally 'chocolate'.

[jamesnan]

What about good mature cheddar cheese, or stilton cheese. We take these to friends in Paris, along with bacon, sausages, beer, brown pickle and pork pies! Not sure if any of these are available in the Netherlands but they love them in France.

[Marijn]

Thank you Chris, and Jamesnan for some great ideas.

[scotman]

scotch eggs are fine. The word should not have a capital as it is derived from the old verb meaning to cut up finely, referring to the covering.
First made famous by Fortnum & Mason that well known Edinburgh firm of grocers.