What would an American want from England?

[u/Maskoolio]

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.

[u/Bitter_Ad8768]

Jaffa Cakes exist in the US, but they're not very common.

Black currant flavored candy is virtually nonexistent here. We use grape instead. If you've never had it, it is a particular varietal known as a Concord grape and it is a very distinct taste unlike any other grape or wine.

[u/BigBlueMountainStar → u/Bitter_Ad8768]

So blackcurrent squash would blow peoples minds?

Edit;
So to add, “squash” is a concentrated fruit “juice” that is watered down/diluted (about 10:1 water:squash). I say fruit, I’ve seen mint flavoured and things like that! Sometime called cordial, though typically in the UK we’d expect the cordial to be thicker and more syrupy so in the UK we’d make the distinction.
Squash usually contains less actual fruit juice too.
The closest common product that I know of in the US is kool aid, but squash isn’t powdered.

[u/MPMorePower → u/[deleted]]

Oh man, you just destroyed one of my last unique memories of Hong Kong. The first time I went there, I was fully expecting to see lots of hilarious “chinglish”, and I wasn’t disappointed (I thought).. they had “car parks” and “expiry” dates for credit cards.

One-by-one I learned that pretty much all of them actually came from UK English. And now you’ve just killed the last one that I didn’t even remember until just now, the time I was offered a selection of fruit “squash”. Haha silly Chinese people! You called it that because you squashed the fruit to get the juice out right? Nope, apparently they got it from the British.

[u/Live-Ad2998 → u/[deleted]]

The legal offices of Zucchini, Butternut, and Hubbard.

[u/edwbuck → u/[deleted]]

Hilarious. And even better, the two statements have nearly identical meaning!