Brits eat WHAT??

Marmite: Wikipidia describes it simply as "a sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour, which is extremely salty and savoury." I have little more to add except... "gross." 

Oh, and also, this: Marmite developed a massive ad campaign centered around the idea that you either "love it or hate it."

Check out the Marmite "Love it or Hate it" fan page

OR, better yet, one of many Marmite commercials.

Branston Brand "Pickle": If you ask for pickle on your sandwich here, you're going to get this. It is "sweet and spicy with a chutney-like consistency, containing small chunks of vegetables in a thick brown sticky sauce" (thanks again, wiki).  The "sauce" is made from vinegar, tomato, apple, and dates... Ok, to be fair, I could see myself eating this one if, say, nothing else was available... and I also hadn't eaten anything else in the past 24 hours. It is traditionally eaten in a "Ploughman's Sandwich"-- just cheese and pickle.

**Interesting fact: "Pickles" are called "gurkens," hence "The Gurken" building in London. 

Gurken?

The Gurken.

Dandelion and Burdock Soda: Who sees these two plants and thinks "I'm going to drink that"?? The Brits. And since the first bloke did it in 1265 AD, they have liked it SO much, that the drink is now around 750 years old.

 The generic brand that I had tasted pretty much like carbonated high-fructose corn syrup, with an odd after taste and terrible smell. Not phenomenal, but definitely not bad. If only to say I DRANK a dandelion, I'd definitely try one of the better brands though.