Pursuivant wrote:Argentiinalainen wrote:What about peanut butter?
Naah - that we got. Nobody buys it tho.
Someone's buying it, Stockmann Tapiola were out of Skippy when I dropped by last Friday. And they'd run out of Smuckers Grape Jelly.
David Rönnqvist wrote:I was thinking of things traditionally English to take my Finnish relatives. I mentioned clotted cream fudge before. What about Eccles cakes? I am thinking along very English lines. Actually when I was in China, I missed Scotch eggs - could I take some of those in their wrappers? What else is there really really English that you could take? (apart from Marmite)
Anything full of currants / raisins seem not to go down very well over here. The audience I've tested them on is very limited, but Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, and Eccles cakes have all gone down like a lead balloon.
I wouldn't bring Scotch eggs as they contain meat and egg (natch) and are unlikely to travel well, after a 10 hour journey they'll be rank.
David Rönnqvist wrote:pres589 wrote:If you can find a store that sells them, bring some clues over for this David Rönnqvist guy.
I need all the help I can get!
And then some.
Like many things in Finland e.g. pulla, which the locals consider to be a uniquely Finnish delicacy (it ain't, just
google Chelsea bun), several locals asked me what I thought of Brunbergin suukko like they were somehow unique to this country. They are the same idea as
Tunnock's teacakes, and nothing to do with Creme Eggs as our confused friend Hank seems to think.
So, I'd suggest bringing those over, at least it will be a conversation starter when they are surprised at how similar they are to Brunbergin suukko... nailed on certainty they will then tell you how these are good... but the local brand is better (like the coffee). Obviously, taste in bulk chocolate depends on what you were raised on, be it Fazer Blue, Dairy Milk, Swiss or Belgian. Personally my favourite is Freia, that's not to say it's any better than other bulk chocolate, it's just what I was used to as a nipper.
If you are flying Finnair, there's a Harrods shop in Heathrow T3... a box of tea, chocolates or shortbread in a Harrods tin will probably go down well, it might a load of old crap, but if it's got HarroLd's (sic) on the box, they'll be made up.
There's also no equivalent of decent mint boiled sweets ... humbugs, Everton mints, Uncle Joe's Mint balls ... all those kind of boiled sweets which you can buy in a jar in the UK are pretty much absent here.