Now you’re curious as hell as to what black currant tastes like! 😆

Squash is fruit flavoured such as orange, lemon barley or elderflower.

@@spanishdncr71 or apple and blackcurrent

@@noneofyourbusiness9436 is that apple and black currant in the same bottle? I only ever had fresh apple juice before I moved to the states, I don’t remember there being an apple and black currant mix 24 years ago. I’ve never noticed an apple and black currant mix on my annual visits back home. I shall have to look next time and try it.

@@spanishdncr71 yeah try robinsons apple and blackcurrent there’s also summer fruits and other things

Black Pudding, bacon and fried eggs, the holy trinity...

Horrible stuff, in my opinion. really unpleasant.

And lunch with chips, eggs, bacon tinned tomatoes and buttered bread.

Do you prefer the smooth or the oatmeal version? I prefer the White Spiced (no maze/oats) ... spread on toast...

Cooked so crisp on the outside but soft inside. In a sandwich with bacon and brown sauce. Mmmm.

Ribena Blackcurrant drink is one of the most popular, using 90% of the British crop. Open your PO Box and I'll send you some Joel.

Blackcurrant cheesecake. Gives it a nice tang as opposed cherry which is usually sweeter.

Grape is what I was thinking of too when he started to talk about an American equivalent. Particularly black grape.

they grow in many gardens in sweden. blackcurranbt and reddcurrant YUM. and we also have many pines.

Oregon grape is sometimes described as similar to blackcurrant. But don't go eating Oregon grape in the forest, it's way too tart for that.

Yeaah, tasted like you just drank it straight from the bottle 🤢🤢

Kia-Ora could catch you out for sure on that one.

I've seen Americans drink cordial ribena without diluting it 😭

I felt like my throat had 3rd degree burns lmao

@@darthgardner Are you sure you are not confusing Kia-Ora for 'Sunquick'?

It was always bad quality, you were just used to eating it from chiidhood

And Kraft moved production from its birthplace in England over to Europe, which is criminal !please stop buying and ruining our traditional companies.

@@noodleppoodle thanks for telling me how I feel that’s very arrogant of you. And no your quite wrong ever since Kraft bought Cadbury there has been a noticeable difference. There’s more chocolate with filled syrupy goo on the shelf’s this is quite deliberate as it makes more money for Kraft less chocolate more less expensive syrupy filled bars and being that your tastebuds change throughout your life many thing taste different or not the same as it did as a child. Thanks for your unsolicited opinion though keep being arrogant you definitely win friends and influence people that way!

@@Beetlefan yep I’d agree and I’m in Glasgow. Kraft have said they will move more it’s production back to Birmingham based Bournville village as of 2021 so let’s see if it’s gets better or remains the same.

I’m disappointed in Cadbury in the recent years

If you watch "Man Down," Greg Davies' character refers back to his Nan's squash from his youth saying "It's a glass of water that was once shown a picture of fruit". This takes me back to my youth when I often felt the same way.

Ribena (black currant squash) reminds me of visiting my nan she literally always had a bottle for when we would visit (and it was probably always the same bottle 😆). Though I think orange squash definitely does not taste like real orange it definitely has an artificial flavour lol

True. We still make homemade lemon squash. Sugar is a good natural preservative and if kept in the fridge it can last for ages.

It's delish! and very refreshing. I always get the 'no added sugar' ones,Robinsons orange or summer fruits.

@@remi9n3_45 orange squash is made with the whole orange, the slightly odd flavour comes from the inclusion of skin and pith. There's nothing wrong with it but it is a bit odd if you were expecting a taste similar to orange juice

Lol yeah it was so weird to me too. Both of them are such a common thing here. Never noticed while on holiday in the US

Don't they call it cordial?

@@TomGodson95 cordial is different

@@TomGodson95 I, an English guy call it cordial. Technically it’s not quite the same thing as squash but that’s what I’ve always called it

We have Ribena in Canada!

They meant how it's used and how much of it you find - not that they taste alike.

Yeah I don't even like cranberry juice because I find it a very bland flavour like blueberries or raspberries, but blackcurrant has such a distinct sweet and tarte flavour to it.

So they don't uses the same amount of ingredients.... Sugar is for captivate consumers (sugar addiction...).

Hershey uses a process that slightly sours the milk, creating Butyric acid (found in baby vomit and parmesan cheese). Americans have got used to the taste over generations, but to Europeans it tastes sour.

Is it similar to cordials?

@@carked5707 cordials are more of the posh versions, for Americans I think it’s more akin to kool-aid but in liquid form.

@@carked5707 same thing

Part of my childhood was munching blackcurrant and other berries straight off the bush. And then eat and drink homemade jams and squash for the rest of the year. Hearing other people say they've never tasted it because was banned sounds bizarre to me.

Blackcurrants have been my favourite since I was a small child and I’m now 62. They’re nothing like grape. Far more intense in flavour and totally delicious.

@@dee2251 whilst I agree that grape and blackcurrant are two different flavours, trying my best to define what blackcurrants taste like is not easy, but in the video someone said they're like cranberries but that's simply not true. Blackcurrant flavour in drinks however does have a similar sweetness to red grapes but more intense

@@Gadgetonomy I totally agree they’re not like cranberries. Their flavour is unique and wonderful though. I’d find it hard to compare them to anything because their flavour is so intense, though I appreciate what you were trying to do. It’s more of a hedgerow fruit flavour, though IMO far superior to anything else. It’s my number one favourite.

Sounds delicious, my favourite jam

While I was doing IT work during the week, for a client in Dumbarton back in the mid 1980s, loads of friends and relatives would ask me to bring them back a proper haggis from a Scottish butchers. It took me a while to realise that each butcher tended to only produce and sell haggis, on one day per week, so I'd hunt around for a butcher who had it, on the day that I wanted it. Nowadays of course, it's available in chilled form every day, at many supermarkets north AND south of the border. A question for any Scottish people: Do high street banks in Scotland STILL close for an hour or so at lunchtime? That was a really annoying thing back in the '80s - cashpoints were fewer and harder to find in those days, and popping out to the bank in my lunch break was always a fruitless effort!

Yeah I too as a brit was confused when they said squash then I remembered some brits call it squash whereas some like me call it cordial.

I'm drinking a Ribena right now, so that's blackcurrant AND squash in one go. Best thing about squash is the sugars help the body to absorb water more quickly, which is good if you have problems with your bowel or bladder, or just general problems with dehydration. It's why hospitals have orange squash on hand in wards.

Vimto is the best it has blackcurrants n mix of fruit can have it fizzy or squash style

Vimto is the best!

How can someone not like fruit juice? That baffles me. Does orange taste different in America?

Yeah, the blackcurrant Lemsip is much easier to drink than the original lemon flavour.

You should try blackcurrent jam.

You should try Vitmo Squash when you visit U.K. again it’s blackcurret & grape flavour

Are you planning on visiting the UK soon?

Especially as you’re a student; we’d keep you in British snacks and food until you graduate lol

I want to send him some ribena.

Costco in Canada sell it. I will send him a bottle if customs allow it.... can't send him a Kinder egg. Haha

@@karenkriti it amazes me that over in the u.s.a you can have guns in most states but not a kinda egg lol.. Doh..

And not only taste, they seem to be getting smaller by the minute.

Really annoyed about the Kraft takeover too…when a cadbury I bar had got a little bit warm one day, palm oil started blistering out of it…gross! Pre 2010 the ingredients were much purer with a very high milk content. I miss original cadbury chocolate.

Tbh ive always preferred galaxy chocolate

very punny

My dad, a butcher, gave me sheep lights to cook for my dog. Put them in a pot and came back a while later and they were 'climbing' out of the pot. (Expansion) Creeped me out and they went in the bin. I didn't follow in my dad's footsteps.

That's disgusting.

@@xuserakx Not really when you think of people who eat raw steak with blood coming out of it, Same thing just a different animal lol and don't know it till you've tried it coz it's delicious

@@traceys8065 I'm not allowed to eat these type of stuff especially pig.

@@xuserakx Yeah sorry, I know some people can't eat these foods. Was just saying that it tastes nicer than it sounds lol

Its oats, pigs blood, and chunks of pig fat, spiced, put in a sausage casing and boiled. Then you cut slices of it and fry them. It’s very good, and a nice texture, crispy on the outside, soft and creamy inside. Its just a mental block on what it’s made of that puts people off, people generally like it if they try it with no knowledge of what it is.

Blackcurrant tarts or pies, served with a blob of vanilla ice cream... I've not had that in a while. Must remedy that.

Blackcurrant jam on toast,mmmmmm.

Now you’re talking!!! Hot Ribena hits the spot in Autumn/Winter!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Many would disagree with you on the Black Pudding, I'd imagine.

@@lilyanaharforde3374 yep, Black pudding and haggis are both delicious.

@@thyop89 have to agree . I was a veggie for 25 years but broke it twice not for bacon but for black pudding. I love haggis too , I think if you like black pudding you will like haggis, there's a lot of cereal filler in both.

lol no one drinks orange squash in England

@@winstonchurchill5731 Strange that supermarket shelves are full of the stuff so someone must be drinking it. It is still a popular soft drink in England!!

Palm oil industry is horrendous. 😡

You could become an international Ribena smuggler. Granted, it's dangerous, but imagine the rewards.

@@grahamstubbs4962 what a marvellous idea👍! I could be rich, rich beyond my wildest dreams *laughs maniacally*

Don't bother it's rubbish.

You can get ribena but I have to get mine at World market...if I am lucky

ribena is sold in the states.

We have a lot of mint chocolate, mint Aero being my fave. There are a lot of new chocolate bars, especially the Galaxy ones in dark chocolate! 😉

You would wonder why they bother to put instructions on stuff wouldn't you?

Ever since they closed the chocolate factory in Dunedin i've moced to Whittakers.

That sounds a bit like blackberries with the prickles and spreading easily, a different fruit from blackcurrants (also available as redcurrants and whitecurrants).

@@michaelblundell8608 my mistake, thanks for spotting my error.

@@johnsimmons5951So moreish straight from the bush but in a pie with apple and a hot custard that's to die for!

Some squashes have real fruit extract added, notably Ribena, but some of them seem to be largely flavouring, colouring and sweetener (not so much sugar these days). Still, they taste nice enough - often citric and refreshing with cold or iced water. A bit like diluted fruit juice. Tennis players seem to like one kind of squash 'Lemon or Orange Barley Water' - a traditional recipe involving soaked grain and lemon.

the amount of crap you'll find in most fast food in the US, i'm surprised haggis is banned...its fairly simple and wholesome..

I’ve always called it ‘cordial’. Might be technically wrong but yeah (English born n raised here)

Well I'm English and I've never called it Squash, it's just juice in our house, never heard anyone else call it that either, maybe it's because I'm a Geordie but Squash sounds a Southern thing.

@@alisonsmith4801 You're an honorary Scot now then :P

True. Diluting Orange was always what my granny served up when we visited. I would have been disowned if I was heard referring to it as "squash".

@@alisonsmith4801 most people called it juice, squash is a more, 'posh' term for it... i think it came about due to rationing after the war..

Please do a little research…….. your comment is factually untrue, there is a really good video on this subject by a channel called “Cheddar” were they tell the history of Hershey and his process that adds butyric acid to milk in order to increase the shelf life of fresh milk sourced in the US., they also refer to US legislation at the time that stated surplus milk had to be disposed of after 72 hours, at this time there were no forms of transportation that could get milk from Europe to the US quick enough…….it would be completely rancid and unusable. Because of new technology butyric acid no longer needs to be used but is added because it’s the taste that most Americans know.

That vomit taste is actually butyric acid, like you find in parmesan cheese. People in the US are used to the taste so they don't really notice it however, to the rest of Europe, US chocolate is horrible. The first time I ate a Hersheys kiss, I legitimately thought someone had been sick in a vat of chocolate and that it was a mistake because American rave about these things. It's also weirdly grainy, but I'm not sure what causes that...

American "chocolate" should be banned in the UK. It's disgusting.

@@thyop89 It's not just that Hershey slop that tastes rancid. The chocolate on Baby Ruth and Butterfinger bars has the same greasy texture and taste.

The mum of a friend used to, inexplicably, refer to cordial as "blackcurrant to let down".

I always called it cordial too

@@youraveragejoe1 Me too. Wonder if it's a regional thing, I grew up in Lancs

@@markthomas2577 idk, I’m from north london though mate so who knows

Wasn't Squash a brand name once?

I've seen on another channel someone was sent a bottle of ribena, and they didn't like it. Drinking it neat and not diluted, probably had something to do with it lol

@@101steel4 omg they didn't did they, I bet it was like treacle going down

I agree, apple and black currant squash is the best… and no, blackcurrants are nothing like cranberries - they are much much better!

@@101steel4 I've also seen this numerous time on tiktok 🤣

Found out that hersheys use butyric acid which is also found in stomach acid and that's why so many people describing it tasting like sick. 😷

American chocolate tastes like puke. 🤢🤢🤮

@@boztec7187 YUK, 🤮

Havent heard from them in a while though

@@emmamaclean737 Nor me unfortunately, hope they ok.

@@Davey-Boyd they posted a video explaining why they now only make one a month, something to do with work issues, though even their latest is overdue.

Clonakilty Black pudding for me. White is ok, I could accept an Irish Breakfast if it came without white pudding, but it must have black pudding.

And without those bloody baked beans.

Same. I wonder what happened.

They are back in the USA I believe.

@@stephaniehamilton6217 They are but they were still posting after they went back.

@@ivylasangrienta6093 that's good to hear, they are a really lovely couple.👫

I always thought that the nearest taste to our dandelion and burdock is coca cola. Not identical but very similar. 🇬🇧

Dandelion sounds grim lmao, never tried it before

@@BenjieWinney As i stated previously, nearest comparison in taste in my opinion is cola. 🇬🇧

@@Paul-hl8yg oh fair enough I like coke and Pepsi so it should be fine

@@BenjieWinney I don't like coke but do dandelion & burdock, occasionally lol.

SPRITE is not lemonade it us a lemon and lime drink.

Thank you pedant. I know what lemonade is. And I know what sprite is. I was trying to explain what our lemaonade is like compared to the USA because it is Different. Hope you feel good trying to correct a stranger on the internet. What a sad life you must have.

So rude I did not insult you, you did not explain yourself correctly, by saying you knew what Sprite was

Not sad at all. I did not mean to cause offence but you should explain yourself better.

Not true, we here in Norway and Sweden, call it blood pudding. ;)

@@olechristiansunden9661 I meant nobody in Britain!

I've had haggis. It's ok but I love black pudding and that's coming from a softie southerner like me here in London.

Blackcurrent makes a nice jam (jelly) or a yoghurt flavour, and they can also be cooked in a 'crumble' (cobbler) with apple, served with lashings of custard. (I can't recall that being available in the USA either)

Don't forget white currants too.