Brit Reacts To 25 FOODS AMERICANS LOVE BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD HATES! 

Toaster strudels over Pop Tarts Any Day.

As a 79 year old American I have eaten a mountain of sweets over the years and consider myself addicted to chocolate and bakery items. I lived in Norway for three years and went without sweets most of that time because Norwegian desserts were way too sweet! Also, many Europeans I have known look at bisquits and gravy and say "no way" but love them when I make them or when they have them in a cafe. Jolly said it best: they are a warm hug.

People in the Midwest do not find sweet tea weird, we drink almost as much as the south, it's one of MC'Donalds best selling drinks and every food place sells it . And we also love biscuits & gravy. @ Kabir Considers, Clam Chowder comes in 2 types white & Red, red is Manhattan style, New England is white.

Kabir a tall glass with two scoops of vanilla ice cream and add root beer creates the Root Beer Float. You use a spoon for the ice cream and a straw for the root beer. You must try it sometime 😊

To me, candy corn is yucky. No corn but lots and lots of sugar.

Clam chowder is incredible. It falls under my "must have" at least once a year, ideally in the winter. And I make it from scratch, because I'm crazy like that. Let's be fair, if the rest of the world hates something, they might need to chill out and give it a try. Just sayin'. On a side note, Fanta is HYUUGE in India. Don't blame it on us. 🤣

People who say Florida isn't part of the South have never been to rural Florida, which is so southern it's scary (both metaphorically and literally.) Most southern states won't seem all that southern if you only visit the large cities, which are typically too metropolitan for much southern culture to survive. But I can assure you that Florida Man is out there, lurking in the swamps, strumming his banjo and eating a gator with his grits. The state hasn't turned red for nothing.

High fructose corn syrup makes pop sweeter than cane sugar. Pepsi came out with “throwback” versions of regular Pepsi and Mountain Dew, which are not as sweet and to me feels crisper(?) - my mouth doesn’t feel coated when drinking them. Also Mexican Coca Cola is popular because it is made with sugar and not corn syrup.

Sweet potatoes are so good. Leave the marshmellows out.

Biscuits and Gravy depend heavily on who makes it and what sausage is used. In Texas, Jimmy Dean Pork Breakfast Sausage is the best to make this dish. It comes in a 1/2 lb chub and you pan fry into browned crumbles. Then, you sprinkle liberally with All-Purpose Flour and stir to cook the flour coating the sausage. Add whole milk and black pepper, stirring constantly until thickened. Taste for salt and season but don't over season. You have to make some homemade Buttermilk Biscuits first and when ready to serve, split a biscuit horizontally, add a pat of butter to each half and ladle the hot gravy over both. Grab your fork and SCHNARF!!! Jolly is right - it IS a Warm Hug, especially on a cold morning. Come see us soon Kabir!! HUGS from Houston!! Official Recipe: 1 package Regular Premium Pork Sausage, Vegetable oil (optional), 6 tablespoons flour, ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper, 3 cups milk, 4 split warm biscuits for serving

Kabir, you’d probably like Jimmy Dean’s sausage in a rolled up pancake on a stick. You can dip in a maple syrup.

Kabir, when you do try corn dogs make sure you get one that's been freshly dipped in corn batter and fried, not one out of a box from the grocery store. Try to get one at a fair next time you come to the US.

The sweet potato pie is great imo, we put brown sugar on it instead of marshmallows

Hot pockets have just about any filling you can think of. Ham Steak Pepperoni I think there are about 15 or more varieties.

Milo's is a local hamburger chain in Alabama. Their tea is available in many grocery stores around the country.

Fun fact, Twinkies were almost dropped from Hostess the company that makes them. Either as a viral marketing stunt or legit situation where they were dipping in sales, Hostess announced at somepoint a few years ago that they would no longer be making the US icon and the backlash was instant. People were writng in and calling in to get Hostess to change their mind. So twinkies are like so beloved over here that even if the company says "hey we cant afford to make these anymore" and the people lost their minds. It was more advantageous for Hostess to continue to make the Twinkie, even at a loss than to stop and outrage the public.

Outside of the major cities and manufactured towns of the southern part of the state, Florida is pretty much "The South"

Fried Chicken and Waffles was the lead dish in Mildred Pierce's restaurant. This nonexistent restaurant was the heroine's business in the movie "Mildred Pierce." Candy corn was what Norman Bates was eating when Detective Arbogast first spoke with him at The Bates Motel. You haven't been to an Outback Steakhouse in 20 years? You look like you're 20! My mom had a pen-pal in England who first came to visit us in Colorado when I was 19. She couldn't believe how many things, like in tomato juice for breakfast at a hotel where we stopped. She did order a beer at lunch that day and told the waitress "no ice," LOL.

Reese’s big cup now has caramel. Sometimes we keep them chilling in the refrigerator.

As a female who just turned 70, I have seen so many of my friends and relatives, after eating this stuff all of their lives, develop type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease and a slue of auto immune diseases. I have been vegetarian 4 years and vegan for the past 5 years. I am healthy and not on any meds. You are young, so your body can fight it. After a few more years, it says " you're on your own!" My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

No one below a certain shade calls lemonade and sweet tea an "Arnold Palmer". They're called a Half and half.

Hot pockets come in lots of varieties (pizza is the most popular) but they're just frozen meat hand pies. They make breakfast ones, too 😋 I'm not sure how fruit salad is gross. It's just cut up fruits in a bowl, most people don't add anything else and you can just choose fruits you like. (Ambrosia exists but I would hardly call that fruit salad).

Hot Pockets (1983) are a Calzone type of product and weren't just only pizza there was 5 flavors when they first came out if i remember right like Ham And Chedder, Broccoli and Chedder, Meatball and mozzarella, Pepperoni Pizza and Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza and were only sold to Restaurant's until 1985-1986 then it became more well known and then sold to retailers and marketed more for kids in the mid 80's during when school was on summer break and also for folks who only had a 30 minute lunch breaks.... pop 2 of them in the microwave at work and lunch is done in 6 minutes...then came the 90's where it became a staple for the Stoners and College Life...now there are 50 flavor combinations to choose from in the Hot Pocket world.

I love Candy Corn. They are made with sugar, corn syrup, salt, sesame oil, honey, artificial flavor, food colorings, gelatin, and confectioner's glaze. I'm more of a plain Cheerios fan. I'll eat them straight out of the box. Hot Pockets have different varieties. Pizza, meatball, ham & cheese, turkey & Cheese, etc.

Milo's is one of the very few bottled sweet teas that is southern approved. It's excellent!

To make grits you have to start with hominy. Hominy, is made from dried field corn which is blanched in a dilute solution of lye (potassium hydroxide) from wood ash) or of slaked lime (calcium hydroxide from limestone). Each corn kernel puffs up twice its size and the yellow hull membrane comes off. The hominy has to be washed thoroughly to remove the lye or lime. The blanching kills the seed's germ, which keeps it from sprouting while in storage. the last step is to dry the hominy kernels again for storage until they are used. To make grits, the dry hominy kernels are ground into sand-sized particles. When it time to prepare the hominy grits for the table, they are boiled in a pot on the stove with just the right amount of water until they have absorbed all of it and are al dente, just as the Italians cook their pasta. Put a pat of butter on them when it's on the plate.

Milo's is a burger chain here in Alabama. Their sweet tea became so legendary that they started selling it in grocery stores.

Biscuits and gravy is amazing!!!! Take biscuits, open them up, put scrambled eggs on them, then smother with gravy.... soooooooo good!!!!

Shrimp and grits and biscuits and gravy are both amazing - but then again, I am from Louisiana lol 🤷‍♀️

Grits are made from ground corn, their consistency can be hard to define (as in calling it porridge) because some people like it more soupy than others. I prefer them more on the thicker side. By themselves, grits have very little flavor. That's why you rarely find recipes without something added. I am from the south, born and raised, and grits are a staple in my family. Some people like their grits sweet, but most prefer them savory. With things like butter and cheese. For me, my favorite way to eat them, is with salt, pepper, and plenty of fresh (real) butter; served with scrambled eggs and some savory sausage/or bacon. For an even more delicious tastes, cook bacon and add crumbled pieces and a tablespoon of the grease to the grits.

Sweet potato casserole, or candied sweet potatoes for some of us, are incredible if made properly. They are not an entre, but a side that when paired with a spicier dressing and roasted turkey can keep one from being overwhelmed by the spices. Also those of us that just candy the taters have more of the huge chunks of them than that of the puree of a casserole.

The chocolate powder used to make a drink which is incredibly popular in Africa, Asia, etc is an Aussie product - it was developed here and something all Australian kids pretty much grew up on (pronounced My-Lo, like he said the word, not Millo.) It is probably intended as a hot drink but we'd pile it into cold milk as it doesn't completely dissolve and you can then eat the undissolved stuff sitting on top of your milk with a spoon. Also nice sprinkled on icecream!

if you're making hot pockets in the microwave, turn down the power and up the cooking time. it makes them edible. the lower power stops the microwave from blasting it with waves and it cooks it all the way through. Unfortunately you just need more patiences and still need to wait until it cools, but not as much as if you nuke it at 100 power..

I traveled to Ireland for the first time, almost 20 years ago. That’s where I discovered that chocolate candy, even the brands we sell here, are better than the chocolates here. I’ve also traveled to the UK in 2009 (loved it!), and that trip reinforced my opinion that chocolate is much better in Europe. I’m pretty sure that the difference was the corn syrup vs cane sugar thing. Cane sugar is much better. I’ve also heard that beet sugar is used in some countries, as a cheaper alternative to cane sugar. I’m not sure if I’ve had anything with beet sugar. I’ve had chocolate in Mexico too…though it was almost 40 years ago…I did not care for it. It wasn’t sweet enough. It was bitter.

My husband is from Australia. We went into an Outback, and he proceeded to ask for kangaroo… They, of course, were taken aback by his request. He was joking of course. However, they do eat kangaroo in Australia. I tried it in an Australian restaurant in Phoenix, and it was okay. My husband said that it wasn’t prepared well. It’s a very lean meat. In all honesty, we don’t care for Outback. Texas Roadhouse is much better. 😊

Got pockets are generally like a calzone. They come with a special sleeve that you put them in to microwave them and not get mushy. They don't just come in pizza ones though, although I think they started out that way.

Mixing peanuts with the candy corn is a different animal all together.

Early morning I like lady Gray tea which has a suttle citrus background with honey! It needs to be hot not cold.

An ice cold root beer on a hot day is not bad.

Corn dogs can be good, but I’ve never had one I liked. They always use the cheapest hot dog brand that tastes like sweet bologna. I'm surprised they never mentioned the one TRULY disgusting food, Rocky Mountain Oysters!

No High Fructose Syrups. Phased out mostly.

Kabir, just like you thought you wouldn’t like clam chowder, you may like Twizzlers. Don’t let someone else’s taste buds influence yours. They may hate some thing that you find delicious.

Milo (my-lo) is also popular in the Caribbean. You’d probably have no problem finding it in the United States. Same as Ovaltine. Anything that is too pleasing to the palate is never good for your health.

Southern born and raised: don’t like candy corn, twizzlers, or candy cakes, but I do love me some homemade biscuits and gravy, grits and Texas State Fair deep fried foods😍

In Pennsylvania, the Dutch version of Chicken and Waffles is cubed cooked chicken (light and dark) in a chicken or turkey gravy, poured over waffles. No fried chicken, no syrup. Chicken (in small pieces) /gravy/and waffles. I like candy corn,..it is just shaped sugar, then again, I haven't had any for over a decade. Licorice is disgusting, Grits----corn meal. Like oat meal. Hot pocket come in all kinds of flavors (pizza, steak, veggie, fruit,)

Of all these items the only one I would like to try would be the blooming onion..that looks delicious!

Corn dogs have sweet front the corn. Savory from the hot dog. And then added mustard spicy and Ketchup, which is sweet again. Pop tarts strawberry gets a high mark from me. Biscuits and gravey, OMG food. Our biscuits are more along your scones in their design. Yes they can be dry, but gravey is made from sauages mixed with cream/milk and flour to thicken it up. They fat that has melted off the sausage with milk, flour, and pepper mixed in tasty. Poured over biscuits are to die for. It's like a clam chowder you had in San Francisco, you were hesitant, but when you finally dug into it, tasty.

Mint flavored sweets taste way different then toothpaste

Yes, not Miami, but the northern part of Florida is ALL SOUTH; and it counts.

Yes, grits are a porridge made of ground hominy ( a type of corn) .

Candy corn is only shaped like corn, does not taste like corn, it is a sweet treat though. Grits are like a ground up corn, I agree, try them in the southern states New Orleans would be a good suggestion that is where we tried grits for our first time. We used to like hot pockets, kind of like a pocket-sized microwaveable calzone, not the best tasting IMO but it can curb your appetite until your next meal. There are recipes out there to make your own homemade ranch dressing just so you know. The Twinkies in the 1970s tasted good, I don't know about now. I really want to go to Chicago and try their pizza! Pop-Tarts used to taste good when I was little, I bought some recently like last year and they are not the same. Biscuits in southern states are not bland and dry they are savory, buttery, lightly crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with delicious sausage gravy, oh yeah, that's some good stuff. Peace. ☮

I live in Florida. The further south you go the more north you get in culture. I live in Midwest Florida and you definitely get the accent and culture of the south here.

All these are great: Chicken and waffles, grits, sweet tea, sweet potato without marshmallows and maybe biscuits and gravy…that definitely depends on where I’m at and who made it. All the others are disgusting. Well I liked Outback back when they had lamb ribs, when that was removed from the menu, I no longer cared if they existed.

Candy corn is made with corn syrup and I agree it's GROSS! 😅 Yes, cakes and candies are also oversweetened in America. But dang, almost everything else on that list is sooooo good. Please do try corn dogs on your next visit, preferably freshly made and NOT from frozen/reheated. Pro tip: the best corn dogs are to be found from food trucks and at state fairs.

The original Twinkie had banana flavoring in its cream filling.

Corn dogs in Australia must be Pluto Pups. Yum!!

Sugar is made of sucrose and fructose. HFCS is sugar but I can tell between cane sugar and hfcs drinks. The problem is hfcs is cheap . The word is corn. The US produces a lot and they have to use it

A foot long hand dipped corn dog fried while you wait then covered in nacho cheese and hot pepper rings! YUMMMMM

Milo's is from Alabama and they actually have a chain of fast food hamburger places that is pretty good too. They sell Milo's iced tea all over though at least in the south in places like Walmart. We don't have any of their fast food places near my house think the closest one is up in Montgomery think its more a northern half of AL chain. My house is right down on the Gulf near Gulf Shores and Pensacola. My other main house on the SC coast though they sell the iced tea at Walmart.

Call me crazy but my grandma from Poland when we moved down to Florida she would make sweet tea with lemon added and it was in the frig all day long

I LOVE it, it's comfort food to me as well. I was born and raised in Texas and have been a Nottingham lad since 2008. We have no business talking about discusting food from anywhere in the Galaxy because of this.............MARMITE

Microwave Hot Pockets at 70% and adjust the time. Cooks more evenly.

Candy corn is made with actual corn sugar.

I love candy corn and sweet potato casserole. I made the recipe my mom passed down to me. Root Beer is the best, and until recently, I did not know you don't have it in the UK. Could quite possibly be an acquired taste, but once again, I never thought of that because I thought everyone drank it. I went to Outback a few months ago, and I think they were a lot better years ago. I got a ribeye steak, and the meat was full of fat, and I threw half of it away. Grits are ground up corn. I had grits as a kid, and I wasn't a fan. I may have to try it again as an adult. Cocoa Pebbles are equivalent to your Coco Pops. I don't eat cereal because of the sugar content. Hot Pockets are a definite convenience food. They are ok for a meal on the go We eat whole wheat bread over white bread. Ranch dressing and honey Dijon are the best! I love sweet tea!! You would probably think it's way too sweet, but I like it sweet. I have doubts about store bought bacon bits because they taste good, but fake. Oh my God, I loved, loved, loved twinkles as a child and teenager! I do not like pop tarts at all. They're dry and remind me of eating cardboard. I love biscuits and gravy 😋 I've been lucky to have eaten some that were good. I've never tried the Chicago deep dish pizza either and it looks really good. Didn't Jolly go to a Detroit pizza place in London?

Well, to each their own!

Let's see what Kabir is going to be hungry for today 😄 Have a feeling I'm going to agree with some of this video. I am a HUGE Root Beer fan and it's the only soda I drink. Obviously I could not find it in the UK so I went for Sprite. Since I'm not a regular Sprite drinker I can't comment on the sugar content but I do agree that most items here are way too sweet. Also see nothing wrong with Outback (although I understand the lack of Australia connection) Agree with most of what he said except the Reeses. Not a peanut butter fan.

Grits are made of dried corn. Similar to, but different from polenta.

As an American I have never had chicken and waffles. I love mint flavored stuff. Mint chocolate chip ice cream is my FAV! Corn dogs...Eh okay loved them more as a kid. We have a restaurant here in town that has cheese bars. It is like a corn dog but instead of a hot dog it has cheese inside. LOVE! I love Twizzlers! Candy Corn I don't hate. HATE sweet potatoes. Root Beer...I like root beer floats. Never had a blooming onion but love onion rings. Cakes and candy...didn't know it was a thing. Never had grits. Cereal good. Hot Pockets..ok. Processed cheese...Kraft and Velveta are good. Ice? Don't like a whole lot in my drink. Fruit Salad? Nice. Syrup...whatever. White Bread...my preference. Ranch Dressing...good. Sweet tea may have started out a southern thing but is now national. I like plain iced tea. Bacon Bits...good. Deep Fried Festival Foods...the only one I have had is a Funnel Cake...YUM! Twinkies...meh. Never had Chicago style pizza. Pop Tarts good! I just discovered I can microwave them for a few seconds! And Biscuits and Gravy! TOP NOTCH!

People in the north do not find sweet tea weird- sweet & unsweetened tea is readily available & no one is giving you the side eye over it.

Twizzlers are contentious, they had more flavor at one point. Now they just taste of paraffin wax with a hint of flavor like water with a drop of strawberry in it. (Not enough strawberry to flavor the water in a meaningful way. )

Corn dogs dipped in chili is delicious.

Not all of Florida is like Orlando , Miami or even Jacksonville. The Florida Panhandle is completely different . It's more laid back , not as hectic and over crowded . We are even in a different time zone than the rest of the state

Grits are basically course ground polenta, usually white hominy instead of yellow, and prepared looser and slightly al dente. Best with butter or cheese, or served as a base for sauces, gravies, meats, or seafood, most famously shrimp.

mint chocolate chip ice cream was great until morning sickness

I'm a northern mid-westerner and maybe because I was raised in a family of German ancestry I only enjoy maybe 30% of this list. So, grits/bisquits & gravy; only if I'm in the true south. Everywhere else they don't know how to make them. All the heavy sugary stuff, no thanks. Hot pockets; give me a break and take me somewhere they know how to make calzone from scratch. Pop tarts; just smear some frosting on cardboard and shoot me. Kabir, here's something you could try. Two scoops of "GOOD" vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate syrup and drizzled lightly with creme de menthe. Taught to me by an old Indiana farm boy. It's an evil pleasure.

Would you try a Fluffanutter? Peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich. So good! Salty and sweet

High fructose corn syrup is corn sugar cheaper than cane sugar.

Aside from the fact that half of these are not considered disgusting by foreigners to begin with, there is no controversy within the US as to whether Chicago-style pizza is good. The debate is over whether it's actually pizza. And has anyone ever seen an "X tries biscuits and gravy" vid featuring someone from another country who didn't think it was maybe one of the best things ever? I think maybe when I've seen a PANEL of people, one or two were neutral on it.

Twizzlers, root beer, grits, waffles and chicken gross as is fruit salad. The rest are great. I live in Tennessee and I can make delicious gravy and biscuits and sweet tea. My granddaughters favorite.

I'm soooo glad you tried the clam chowder and didn't miss out on a truly delicious experience!

I went to a bar in Alaska that had reuseable ice cubes with a tiny battery in them, and it lit up and went through a bunch of different colors, like an LED light strip. They used it in an "aurora" cocktail!

Were big in Australia, now hard to find

I have had excellent shrimp and grits in Florida

ON hot pockets either tear in half or a corner off to release the steam trapped inside

We had Japanese exchange students try root beer floats; they hated it.

Grits are corn porridge.

Milo's is the best brand of tea

Ketchup.... ? NAH.......Tomato sauce rules. & The chocolate drink is MILO..... pronounced MY LO.........Also big in Australia

Pancakes with sweet syrup & sausage & eggs. Yuck when its all together on the same plate but delicious separately.

Ha! Just by pure coincidence I happen to be watching this video while eating a corndog!

You get sick of bloomin onions if you work at an outback….. if they don’t come out looking awesome!!!!!!! ….they are set aside and remade for the ordering table…..set aside to be consumed by the workers…..and it can be harder than you think to ensure they don’t fall apart before plated…..so, after a couple months….weeks………gah….thrown in the garbage because just can’t eat another

It's pronounced my lo and it's big in Australia

Candy corn is disgusting, same for Twizzlers. I agree on Reese's those are nearly addictive. There's a trick to hot pockets. You need to cook it long enough to be cooked through, which varies by microwave. Then you need to wait the right amount of time, too short you get burned, too long and it's cold. Pizza? I've never met a pizza I didn't like, even if it's with anchovies or pineapple.

Will you cook things in the microwave you got to do it the same way as you do in a conventional oven and that is if you want to have a more even heat to cook it longer on a lower heat setting or power setting

A hot pocket is essentially just a pasty… don’t know why it’s on the list. The only thing “ gross” about them is the quality of ingredients…but I’m sure UK supermarkets have pasties that you can heat up in the oven or microwave too. And they are probably similarly “ gross” .

High fructose corn syrup is a real sugar butt on steroids. Sucrose is made up of Two Sugars one of glucose and the other part of fructose. Fructose is what plants run on, while glucose is what animals run on pretty much. The reason why high fructose corn syrup is used is because fructose is sweeter than glucose.

"Maple syrup" is not always maple syrup. You have to check if there is any other ingredients in it (besides maybe fruit, blueberry maple syrup is delicious) other than Maple Syrup then it is most likely high fructose corn syrup dyed brown.

Sucrose, table sugar, is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. If you break it down into the monosaccharides it’s sweeter, also fructose and glucose are interconvertible isomers and fructose is a little sweeter molecule for molecule. So break starch down to the monosaccharides and convert as much of the glucose to fructose as you can and you have a cheaper, because you don’t need as much, sweetener. Fructose is a little flowery tasting or rather nectar is sweetened with fructose, but they’re basically interchangeable taste wise in food. Unfortunately your body is monitoring glucose levels to tell how to regulate blood sugar so it takes longer to bring it back down after eating if half of it starts as fructose. Sugar and fat and salt aren’t unhealthy, they’re just too attractive because you aren’t evolved to cope with a world where they’re always readily available in concentrated form.

I have not had half the stuff on this list, and I lived in the US my entire life. Growing up, we were not allowed to pop or Sugary cereal, so when I did tasted in my 20s, I thought it was gross and too sweet.

Corn dogs are SO good! Sometime before I die I want to have another one.