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by adnmcq999 1526 days ago
I’m American and I ate a pretty good amount when I lived in the UK bc it’s high in B vitamins.

I made this “sandwich” with a crumpet, polish mayo (winiary), marmite and sometimes a scotch egg and/or sauerkraut. It was disgusting, I mostly created it b/c it was cheap, but it was a staple of mine and a very British one at that (aside from the kraut). The polish mayo is an import but I’d still say very london at this point, I got it from sainsburys, but could just as well have picked it up from any number of polish stores. Anyway, marmite’s alright.

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This comment alone is probably enough to get you ongoing "indefinite leave to remain" and work in the UK.
Just take the "sandwich" with you to immigration.. fastest visa paperwork in the history of formal countries.
I think Polish shops are pretty common across the UK these days - in Huntingdon (pop. 23k, 1 h north of London) there are at least two, and you can pick it up in the big supermarket (Tesco).

I think it has gone down a bit from the peak around 2016, but Poland became something like the third or fourth most common place of birth in the UK (after the UK, India and Pakistan I think) with roughly one million Polish immigrants.

[I have a Polish boyfriend living in the UK, so know too much about this ;-) ]

...But you had to dilute it with extras, that's cheating!

True 'native' eaters like me spoon it straight from the jar! No problems.... ;-)

Edit: shame there's no image posting here or I'd demonstrate (squirm factor).

Most British thing ever said and it's not by a Brit
winiary is owned by Nestle, so it's hardly polish mayo