I try to not bring any food stuff - too contentious. Given that there appears to be so many interpretations by different "officers" - it just doesn't seem worth it. Even saw a FA get an apple removed from her bag in the flight crew express line - had left it there purely by accident - but it got the "finger wagging" response anyway. I make a (virtual) list of all the things missed since last trip to UK - diligently work through it while on UK soil. Then hammer the Cadbury's on the plane if available.

I always wonder about when one of the questions on the form is whether you have been anywhere rural (farms, etc) - like most of Britain! and it is summer so there are always summer fetes and garden shows...all because of mad cow's disease (still used as a reason you cannot give blood in US)!

Love it or hate it - part of the US "over-excited" make-up. Just a big contrast to the English no big deal "it's only a flesh wound" Black Knight psyche

Anyway - can get a lot of imported stuff on-line now - just have to save up or take out a mortgage, especially painful when the UK price is part of the wrapper (like it used to be on the CurlyWurly) so you can see the "modified exchange rate"