European Food Seen in Supermarkets In England. Blog post 56 by Angela Lansbury

English Food

 English favourites:

1 crumpets

2 hot cross buns = traditionally for Easter time

3 Scones


Pain au chocolat. Lidl. Photo by Angela Lansbury.


Pancake in Lidl. 


Scones in Lidl

French Food

French breakfast food,

1 pain au chocolat. (Called chocolatine in the South of France.)

2 Followed its cousin, the croissant, which now comes with chocolate or almond fillings, just to add variety, flavour, and more calories.

(Pancakes are served at Mardi Gras, like English pancake day, using up leftovers. Spring clean. Paper thin and called crepes with accent like a hat on the first e, cooked on a large flat griddle, often with added Grand Marnier at Mont St Michel.)

German Food

1 German stollen, with its marzipan centre

2 Stollen, in bite size pieces. You would expect a German speciality from Lidl, a German supermarket chain, in the UK and other countries.

Italian food

1 Panettone - full size

2 Mini panettone

Anything more missing? 

I did not see these

English

Mince Pies. Mincemeat in jars to make your own mince pies.

Spanish

Roscon (de Reyes - of kings) Spanish cake for January 6th, Epiphany, or three Kings Day, 12 days after Xmas (in some places on Jan 19th), a circular bun or brioche, sliced horizontally, filled with cream, in recent times additions have included pistachio. Might contain a dry broad bean, a porcelain baby Jesus, or three kings.

French 

Galette des Rois (Pastry or cake of the kings)

Not yet seen in supermarkets

Spanish 

turron (nougat) or 

Italian 

turrone (sometimes covered in Chocolate). 

Useful Websites On Festive Food

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/spaniards-fear-italian-invasion-of-panettone-replace-roscon-bread

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