The needs of an Englishman

As I have said in my last few posts as an expat I don't miss my country as such, but I do miss some of its food and other such things:

• Sticky toffee pudding

• Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
  

• Toad in the hole

• Sausages and mash

• Scones and clotted ream
  

• Crumpets and jam
  

• Curry

• Fish and chips

• Pork Pies and Branston pickle
  

• Custard and treacle tart
  

• Rhubarb crumble

• Jafa cakes

• Rice pudding and cream
  

• Dumplings and stew

• A warm flat pint of bitter and a packet of pork scratchings or cheese & onion crisps
  

• An old English country pub with fire and/or beer garden
  

• Walks on the beach

• Walks in an English forest in Autumn
  

• An English breakfast with: real pork and sage sausages, bacon, egg, mushrooms, beans and fried bread
  

These things were and still are, part of an Englishman's way of life that you can never take that out of a true Englishman.  Miserable faces and rude shop staff, were, I once thought, unique to England, but since I moved to Russia, I now know they are also present here in Russia. I may attempt to cook some of the above at home, but it always tastes better when cooked by your mother or another person than if you do it yourself! I think you will agree with me dear reader. Note: For any readers who are not British, contact me for further details and recipes.