Well, there would be a lot of strong flavours in something like pork deep fried in syrup (if there is such a thing!), but I would prefer something 'blander', myself!
I used to eat beef jerky before I went veggie and liked it, it's just like pepperami sticks - unless you go for the heavy duty style of beef jerky, which I didn't enjoy so much.
I wouldn't say all English food is bland, it's just different.