Is store-bought food decent?
Absolutely ! Your local supermarket will carry very high quality goods and fresh produce in large quantities, so you should be able to eat and cook at home pretty much in whatever way you like. The produce is as fresh as the produce that most Americans eat. At my house we have no problem cookin g the way we like: Pad Thai, Baba Genugh, Szechuan chicken, salsa, mexican-style cornchips and guacamole (to name some particularly non-British selections). Vegetarians and Vegans will find many of the items they want at supermarkets, and (in Brighton, at least) there are natural foods stores. I f someone tells you that British markets have miserable food selections, their experience may be several years out of date (perhaps before Britain joined the E.C.). I’d have to say that the US has a bit of an edge on the quality of meat, however; beef products taste a little more “grey” here, and fish seldom seems as flavorful. One exception is bacon, which is much better in the UK (Brits are utterly app
