Butter/smoked salmon and border control

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Dec 12th 2015, 11:32 pm

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I know Tootle will kill me for derailing yet again but.... forget stuff that you can get here..butter is butter! Salmon is, well... as Oink knows, salmon, normally quite large here apparently!

Get her to fill the whole suitcase with something that is both heaven to eat, not easy to get apart from at ridiculous prices in "British shops" - and is also light but a delicious cheesy treat. Cheesy wotsits and Quavers- heaven sent food, made by the Gods (ok Walkers.. but I would scoff the lot!)

What are the ones in yellow? What kind of chip are they? Potato?

Dec 12th 2015, 11:41 pm

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Re: Butter/smoked salmon and border control

Yep, apparently "reconstituted potato" but cheesy wisps of heaven basically- I don't think anything similar over here. Wotsits are a bit like Cheetos but melt in your mouth -and very cheesy! If you ever see them try them- clearly two of my guilty pleasures!

Dec 12th 2015, 11:46 pm

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To further derail the thread... I really need to go find an elf hat to dress Harris up

Cute photo!

Dec 12th 2015, 11:49 pm

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To further derail the thread... I really need to go find an elf hat to dress Harris up

Cute photo!

Thanks!
Can he not borrow yours?

It was going to be an outfit per day but changed my mind... See last photo thread

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Dec 13th 2015, 1:22 am

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I'll have to try the cheese ones if I ever see them. On occasion the grocery store gets random junk food from the UK, nothing regular though, just a random item every so often. The last one they had some sort of chip from Scotland, forget the name of the company, said it was bacon flavor, but didn't taste anything like bacon to me. Tasted like pork rinds.

Dec 13th 2015, 1:39 am

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Re: Butter/smoked salmon and border control

Random Junk food??!

What??!!!!!
Quavers, Wotsits and indeed Monster Munch not random junk food....

Pork scratchings... Nasty

Dec 13th 2015, 3:14 am

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..... Minced beef here in the UK is total crap. It's is literally "minced", extruded into inedible tubes of grizzly abomination. ......

If it's somewhat greyin colour, I can see that would be unpleasant. Perhaps it is "gristly", which would be better, but not by much!

Alternatively, it might be grisly!

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Dec 13th 2015, 3:19 am

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Yep- they are good- particularly the pickled onion flavoured ones.

I can source quavers, monster munch and wotsits here in Coquitlam. Just ask Stink and I can send some upcountry!!

Dec 13th 2015, 3:25 am

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I can source quavers, monster munch and wotsits here in Coquitlam. Just ask Stink and I can send some upcountry!!

Phew- I thought that I would get a right royal Tootle thrashing for derailing another thread and she offers me food.... result!

Family sized share pack??!!

Dec 13th 2015, 7:30 am

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Re: Butter/smoked salmon and border control

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If it's somewhat greyin colour, I can see that would be unpleasant. Perhaps it is "gristly", which would be better, but not by much!

Alternatively, it might be grisly!

Ah, yes.

Dec 13th 2015, 7:32 am

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That would be akin to cutting ones throat living in France though... How could you suggest such sacrilege ??!! You need to cross the Channel to culinary heaven ASAP!

You are right but certain family matters are detaining us in the UK at the moment.

Dec 13th 2015, 8:40 am

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I think I want to bring up the subject of mince.

Minced beef here in the UK is total crap. It's is literally "minced", extruded into inedible tubes of grizzly abomination.

It's a compelling motive to become vegetarian.

I find that too. I think the supermarket butchers need to find the "fine" attachment on their machines. I've been minded to ask my independent butcher if he can do a better job of grinding.

Dec 13th 2015, 10:08 am

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I find that too. I think the supermarket butchers need to find the "fine" attachment on their machines. I've been minded to ask my independent butcher if he can do a better job of grinding.

What puzzles me is that they do a perfectly fine job with minced lamb.

Dec 13th 2015, 3:10 pm

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Pork scratchings are delicious.

Dec 13th 2015, 10:16 pm

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I find that too. I think the supermarket butchers need to find the "fine" attachment on their machines. I've been minded to ask my independent butcher if he can do a better job of grinding.

You have butchers inside the store still? Our local stores did away with those. Now they just receive all the meat pre-packaged and pre-cut and ready to go. One of the stores does have a sea food counter though, but no meat cutting or anything special.

Although the dogs meat is of human grade and while they can't label it so, they do have photos online of them cooking up some of it on the bbq for lunch, not like her food contains weird stuff, the non-poultry is just ground meat (she gets venison and kangaroo) and juiced vegetables. The poultry (she gets turkey, and chicken) has ground up bones but otherwise is just ground turkey and ground chicken, all raw of course.

I am sure Vancouver has butchers though still, we don't have a local butcher anymore either, or sea food store.

Anyone ever try kangaroo by chance? Nestors every so often has it for humans, but I haven't given it a try yet.

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