Food

The English are known for their bad food, but I've had nothing but delicious food since I've been here. And, if you're really craving food from home, there's no shortage of Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonalds, Burger King, or TGI Fridays. They're everywhere! I think the McDonalds in Nottingham is the biggest one I've ever been in. It's 2 stories.

One thing that has changed since I've been here last is the food condiments. I know that's a silly thing to notice, but when there's a bottle of ketchup on your table instead of packets of vinegar and salad cream, your heart will go pitter pat. I love ketchup with my chips and the first time I was in the UK there was no ketchup to be found. Now there's a bottle on every table. They must have known I was coming to visit.

You can pretty much find any type of food you want here. A few mexican food places have opened up recently so I wont have any burrito withdrawals. Yesterday we had pizza from a kabab/burger/pizza takeout. Just about on every corner you can find an ice cream truck selling soft whippy, which is their version of soft serve only better.

I bought a jar of lemon curd. Oh, sweet sweet lemon curd. I never did find any at home, so I'm so happy to have it here.

I plan on trying a few of the UK's more notorious foods while I'm here; the scotch egg and haggis.