I Lived In The UK For Six Months — Here’s What Shocked Me

In January, I packed two suitcases and moved across the pond. So far, I love the United Kingdom. But, after six months living here, I still feel a bit of culture shock. Here are the biggest things that have surprised me about the UK: <h1>The Food Tastes 10x More Fresh</h1> <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:770/1*lea1J4pWQydth0d4q60ckA.jpeg" style="height:467px; width:700px" /> I have loved having fish and chips and walking along the beach (photo by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Solipsist" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Dunn</a> via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fish_and_chips.jpg" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Wikimedia</a>) The first time I ate a burger in the UK, I turned to my British boyfriend and said, “You can taste the grass.” It was one of the best burgers I’d ever had. And it wasn’t even the fancy beef you get from an upmarket grocery store like Waitrose. I’ve noticed a lot of food in the UK tastes fresher than in the States. There are <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-food-additives-banned-europe-making-americans-sick-expert-says/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">specific laws</a> here that restrict companies from using certain chemicals, processed ingredients, and additives. A lot of <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-food-additives-banned-europe-making-americans-sick-expert-says/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">food eaten in the US</a> wouldn’t even be allowed in Europe and the UK. The only drawback is the food doesn’t stay fresh for long. You can’t just leave fresh fruit in your fridge for a few days (like I would do in the US) because it will go moldy. Thanks to my experience living in the UK, I’m now way more aware of the chemicals we have in our “fresh produce” in the US. <a href="https://medium.com/publishous/i-lived-in-the-uk-for-six-months-heres-what-shocked-me-7f1b016674dd">Read More</a>