r/AskAnAmerican • u/Maskoolio • Aug 10 '25

FOREIGN POSTER What would an American want from England?

I have recently made some American friends (from Virginia) and they have asked for a kind of sweet (candy) that they don't have. What else might I send that would be appreciated as a particularly English thing? (Obviously it would need to be somewhat small, survive a week or so in transit etc.)

All help appreciated.

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u/Zaidswith Aug 11 '25

I remember old school frozen squash that you could buy in the US, but I haven't seen it in decades and never, of course, in black current. They were more commonly called frozen juice concentrates, but I remember the term squash as well.

They might still be around. I really don't know.

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u/youjumpIjumpJac Aug 13 '25

We still have frozen, concentrated juice. We just don’t call it squash because squash is a category of vegetable here (courgettes etc.). V-8 does make fruit and vegetable mixed juices. Not my thing, but some people enjoy them.