Whoops....you were comparing what was in her backpack to British food, not comparing American food to British food, weren't you?
My bad :-(
Actually, no...I was thinking of their staples like meat pies and boiled beef. I don't even want to think about their vegetables.
Maybe I've only seen the worst but I dated a girl from GB for awhile in high school, her family tried to pass off the most tastless gruels as good food. ARRRGGG...Just remembering it makes me want to wretch.