hard to find items in australia
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hard to find items in australia
Hi
i have just watched program on C4 and they said there are alot of items not available in australia which are in the UK ....which got me thinking what food products or general products do you miss that you wish you could get
would love to hear comments on this subject
i have just watched program on C4 and they said there are alot of items not available in australia which are in the UK ....which got me thinking what food products or general products do you miss that you wish you could get
would love to hear comments on this subject
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In winter a pint of bitter but food wise I do not miss anything other than the local curry house. Even then if I cough up a bit more there a some good local Indian restaurants.
You can pretty much get everything here if you are willing to pay.
You can pretty much get everything here if you are willing to pay.
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Re: hard to find items in australia
Well having only been over a few months so I havn't really had a chance to miss things to much yet.
Initial observations on supermarkets is that they follow a rather bizarre plan of layout.
We have found gravy powder and it wasn't to bad though it wasn't bisto
Squash (cordial over here) is not the best and we miss the High Juice ones from the UK.
Chocolate such as dairy milk etc doesn't appear to taste the same which I have found a bit of a bonus as I aint eating half as much.
Nescafe over here tastes better than the nescafe in the UK which went "new and improved" and I just found "new and nasty"
There is a really good selection of international food and a lot more mexican stuff in the supermarkets. Meat is cheap and generally good.
Theres a good selection of chips and dips
The Christmas pudding we had was shite though I don't know if was Hevs arn't being a cheap arse or not. Also we couldn't find brandy butter though I have been told that we should be able to find it.
We havn't found an Indian that does Chicken Tika Massala
Generally overall the choice is good and I havn't missed much yet
Initial observations on supermarkets is that they follow a rather bizarre plan of layout.
We have found gravy powder and it wasn't to bad though it wasn't bisto
Squash (cordial over here) is not the best and we miss the High Juice ones from the UK.
Chocolate such as dairy milk etc doesn't appear to taste the same which I have found a bit of a bonus as I aint eating half as much.
Nescafe over here tastes better than the nescafe in the UK which went "new and improved" and I just found "new and nasty"
There is a really good selection of international food and a lot more mexican stuff in the supermarkets. Meat is cheap and generally good.
Theres a good selection of chips and dips
The Christmas pudding we had was shite though I don't know if was Hevs arn't being a cheap arse or not. Also we couldn't find brandy butter though I have been told that we should be able to find it.
We havn't found an Indian that does Chicken Tika Massala
Generally overall the choice is good and I havn't missed much yet
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Re: hard to find items in australia
Originally posted by HUP
Theres a good selection of chips and dips
The Christmas pudding we had was shite though I don't know if was Hevs arn't being a cheap arse or not. Also we couldn't find brandy butter though I have been told that we should be able to find it.
Theres a good selection of chips and dips
The Christmas pudding we had was shite though I don't know if was Hevs arn't being a cheap arse or not. Also we couldn't find brandy butter though I have been told that we should be able to find it.
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Re: hard to find items in australia
Originally posted by HUP
We have found gravy powder and it wasn't to bad though it wasn't bisto
We have found gravy powder and it wasn't to bad though it wasn't bisto
Take about a tablepoon of your meat fat, mix in plain flour to make paste, add pepper. Slowly add stock made from boulioun cubes/stock cubes made with veg water, mix well, bring to boil and voila - who needs bisto - yuk
and if you get any lumps just stick it through a sieve!!
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Re: hard to find items in australia
Originally posted by Mr&MrsPom
Take about a tablepoon of your meat fat, mix in plain flour to make paste, add pepper. Slowly add stock made from boulioun cubes/stock cubes made with veg water, mix well, bring to boil and voila - who needs bisto - yuk
and if you get any lumps just stick it through a sieve!!
Take about a tablepoon of your meat fat, mix in plain flour to make paste, add pepper. Slowly add stock made from boulioun cubes/stock cubes made with veg water, mix well, bring to boil and voila - who needs bisto - yuk
and if you get any lumps just stick it through a sieve!!
Any of you on diets are mad eating gravy.
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As I am a non maet eater I found the lack of decent vegatarian foods in the supermarkets a real pain. I longed for some linda mccartney/dalepak.Sainsburys vege foods! Also missed decent chip shops and curry houses, amazing how chips cam taste so different over in oz, must be the lard they cook them in
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
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My Aussie girlfriend watched the show with me and was surprised at the list they showed of what is not available in Australia. She told me to say that you can get Marmite in Australia, it just takes a backshelf to Vegemite, like Vegemite gets here! Also I remember from my working holiday you do get British shops which sell overpriced British food for those who miss it. I bought Irn Bru but then wondered why I bothered paying $3.00 a can for it!
Last edited by joninoxford; Jan 8th 2004 at 9:22 pm.
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Originally posted by dazuk
As I am a non maet eater I found the lack of decent vegatarian foods in the supermarkets a real pain. I longed for some linda mccartney/dalepak.Sainsburys vege foods! Also missed decent chip shops and curry houses, amazing how chips cam taste so different over in oz, must be the lard they cook them in
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
As I am a non maet eater I found the lack of decent vegatarian foods in the supermarkets a real pain. I longed for some linda mccartney/dalepak.Sainsburys vege foods! Also missed decent chip shops and curry houses, amazing how chips cam taste so different over in oz, must be the lard they cook them in
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
Pot noodles were awful. I like some of the Asian instant noodles available and they don't hold back on the chilli.
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Originally posted by dazuk
As I am a non maet eater I found the lack of decent vegatarian foods in the supermarkets a real pain. I longed for some linda mccartney/dalepak.Sainsburys vege foods! Also missed decent chip shops and curry houses, amazing how chips cam taste so different over in oz, must be the lard they cook them in
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
As I am a non maet eater I found the lack of decent vegatarian foods in the supermarkets a real pain. I longed for some linda mccartney/dalepak.Sainsburys vege foods! Also missed decent chip shops and curry houses, amazing how chips cam taste so different over in oz, must be the lard they cook them in
Also really missed marmite, pot noodles!!! and decent crisps such as monster munch, salt and vineger sticks, frazzles etc lays crisps sre f&%king shite sour cream and chives????!!!! pah!!
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Originally posted by joninoxford
My Aussie girlfriend watched the show with me and was surprised at the list they showed of what is not available in Australia. She told me to say that you can get Marmite in Australia, it just takes a backshelf to Vegemite, like Vegemite gets here! Also I remember from my working holiday you do get British shops which sell overpriced British food for those who miss it. I bought Irn Bru but then wondered why I bothered paying $3.00 a can for it!
My Aussie girlfriend watched the show with me and was surprised at the list they showed of what is not available in Australia. She told me to say that you can get Marmite in Australia, it just takes a backshelf to Vegemite, like Vegemite gets here! Also I remember from my working holiday you do get British shops which sell overpriced British food for those who miss it. I bought Irn Bru but then wondered why I bothered paying $3.00 a can for it!
Australian marmite is not the same as english stuff, its made by a different company the label is different it tastes like shite.
Is sa me a name only a bit like uk woolworths and aussie woolworths.:lecture:
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Originally posted by Lany
I agree with u, vege food in supermarkets is CRAP over here!!
I agree with u, vege food in supermarkets is CRAP over here!!
What??? with the huge choice of sanitarium sausages!!!!!
#14
Originally posted by joninoxford
My Aussie girlfriend watched the show with me and was surprised at the list they showed of what is not available in Australia. She told me to say that you can get Marmite in Australia, it just takes a backshelf to Vegemite, like Vegemite gets here! Also I remember from my working holiday you do get British shops which sell overpriced British food for those who miss it. I bought Irn Bru but then wondered why I bothered paying $3.00 a can for it!
My Aussie girlfriend watched the show with me and was surprised at the list they showed of what is not available in Australia. She told me to say that you can get Marmite in Australia, it just takes a backshelf to Vegemite, like Vegemite gets here! Also I remember from my working holiday you do get British shops which sell overpriced British food for those who miss it. I bought Irn Bru but then wondered why I bothered paying $3.00 a can for it!
We couldn't find the nicer diet version though.
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I was in a pub in Colchester a few months ago and was surprised to see bottles of Victoria Bitter (VB) behind the bar. I promptly ordered one as I liked it when I was in Australia, but it was very expensive, £3.00 odd, but I justified it thinking it had to be shipped a long way. I was surprised to find "brewed under license in the UK" on the label!