what aussie food do you miss?
Oct 8th 2003, 5:01 pm
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what aussie food do you miss?
Im in a talkative mood tonight and im just wondering what foods do you miss from when you were in aussie?
I love and miss dim sims with soy sauce, peppermint crisp oohhh and dont forget twisties mmmmmmmmmmmhhhhh
can you tell im on a diet?
I love and miss dim sims with soy sauce, peppermint crisp oohhh and dont forget twisties mmmmmmmmmmmhhhhh
can you tell im on a diet?
Oct 8th 2003, 5:10 pm
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Re: what aussie food do you miss?
Originally posted by johanne
Im in a talkative mood tonight and im just wondering what foods do you miss from when you were in aussie?
I love and miss dim sims with soy sauce, peppermint crisp oohhh and dont forget twisties mmmmmmmmmmmhhhhh
can you tell im on a diet?
Im in a talkative mood tonight and im just wondering what foods do you miss from when you were in aussie?
I love and miss dim sims with soy sauce, peppermint crisp oohhh and dont forget twisties mmmmmmmmmmmhhhhh
can you tell im on a diet?
Mint Patties
Burger rings
Violet cruimbles
Oct 8th 2003, 5:14 pm
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Musk flavoured Life Savers! And at one time they did some that were Pine & Lime flavour.....heavenly!
Oct 8th 2003, 5:25 pm
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Originally posted by Pollyana
Musk flavoured Life Savers! And at one time they did some that were Pine & Lime flavour.....heavenly!
Musk flavoured Life Savers! And at one time they did some that were Pine & Lime flavour.....heavenly!
Are life savers the ones that look like polos?
Oct 8th 2003, 5:39 pm
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yeah, Life Savers are like Polos but thicker, come in all kinds of flavours. Trying to think what they actually taste like - probably the closest I can describe them as is like the pink/purple bits of those two-tone sherbet lollies, or pink Love Heart sweets. Its a very odd taste to describe! Have to get some once you're there Pete and see what you think.
Oct 8th 2003, 7:01 pm
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Cherry ripes
Lamingtons
Muffins (you don't get them much here, but they're coming more and more)
Fish& chips (it's different here, and you don't get fish in a snackbar really)
Does fried pineapple thingys
Pumpkin scones/soup - can't get any pumpkin in my supermarket at all.
Potato chips in flavours like bbq, chicken, chives and onions er something like that.
There's probably more, but can't think of now...
EDIT: got the idea from tinaj
Some bisquits (sp?) including timtams and the family variety packs.
Lamingtons
Muffins (you don't get them much here, but they're coming more and more)
Fish& chips (it's different here, and you don't get fish in a snackbar really)
Does fried pineapple thingys
Pumpkin scones/soup - can't get any pumpkin in my supermarket at all.
Potato chips in flavours like bbq, chicken, chives and onions er something like that.
There's probably more, but can't think of now...
EDIT: got the idea from tinaj
Some bisquits (sp?) including timtams and the family variety packs.
Last edited by Simone; Oct 8th 2003 at 7:53 pm.
Oct 8th 2003, 7:35 pm
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aussie foods i dont miss
Crap weak curries
cardboard like chips shop chips that are frozen anyway and cooked in lard urrrrggghhhh
Lack of variety of crisps, anyone wann tell the ozzies about monster munch quavers frazzles etc
Total lack of choice of decent vegetarian foods in the supermarkets and restaurants
Crap weak curries
cardboard like chips shop chips that are frozen anyway and cooked in lard urrrrggghhhh
Lack of variety of crisps, anyone wann tell the ozzies about monster munch quavers frazzles etc
Total lack of choice of decent vegetarian foods in the supermarkets and restaurants
Oct 8th 2003, 7:49 pm
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By the way they now sell Tim Tams in Tescos! - saw the ad in TFT this week. I might have to go and buy a pack as I have never tried them.
Oct 8th 2003, 8:02 pm
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Originally posted by tinaj
By the way they now sell Tim Tams in Tescos! - saw the ad in TFT this week. I might have to go and buy a pack as I have never tried them.
By the way they now sell Tim Tams in Tescos! - saw the ad in TFT this week. I might have to go and buy a pack as I have never tried them.
Oct 8th 2003, 9:15 pm
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Originally posted by johanne
REALLY oooohh i will have to go out and buy me some of those, nowt much to rave about but i remember them as being quite nice. Damn im on a diet, oh well sod it for another day
REALLY oooohh i will have to go out and buy me some of those, nowt much to rave about but i remember them as being quite nice. Damn im on a diet, oh well sod it for another day
Choc, double choc and caramel.
Oct 8th 2003, 9:25 pm
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I wish you could get raspberry bullets in the UK.... my sister introduced me to them when I visited her last year.
Red licorice with chocolate coating, look like licorice torpedoes, for the benefit of anyone who hasn't a clue what I'm on about.
I bought them by the half kilo and scoffed them much too quickly - am now on a diet in preparation for my validation visit in February!
Elaine
Red licorice with chocolate coating, look like licorice torpedoes, for the benefit of anyone who hasn't a clue what I'm on about.
I bought them by the half kilo and scoffed them much too quickly - am now on a diet in preparation for my validation visit in February!
Elaine
Oct 9th 2003, 1:48 am
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When in the UK I missed the SEAFOOD 
. Huge juicy prawns, mud crabs, sand crabs, Moreton Bay bugs mmmmmmmm! As for things like Violet Crumbles, you can always substitute chocolate for chocolate! 
Another thing was the range of stuff that you get in our bakeries over here. The UK just doesnt seem to have local bakeries that do things like lamingtons, cakes, neenish tarts, apple turnovers, caramel tarts etc. Well not anywhere I ever went anyway 
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Over here I miss apple & elderflower juice, was never an apple juice fan until I tasted that! Yummmmmmm! You cant get anything even remotely like it here, nothing even comes close. Also the excellent onion bread from the deli in our village. Ohhhhhh & some of the great cheeses that you just dont seem to be able to get here.
. Huge juicy prawns, mud crabs, sand crabs, Moreton Bay bugs mmmmmmmm! As for things like Violet Crumbles, you can always substitute chocolate for chocolate! Another thing was the range of stuff that you get in our bakeries over here. The UK just doesnt seem to have local bakeries that do things like lamingtons, cakes, neenish tarts, apple turnovers, caramel tarts etc. Well not anywhere I ever went anyway .Over here I miss apple & elderflower juice, was never an apple juice fan until I tasted that! Yummmmmmm! You cant get anything even remotely like it here, nothing even comes close. Also the excellent onion bread from the deli in our village. Ohhhhhh & some of the great cheeses that you just dont seem to be able to get here.
Oct 9th 2003, 6:39 am
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Ooh yes, yummy seafood! I adore Moreton Bay Bugs! And the things that pass as prawns over here are a disgrace. Can't wait to get back out there to decent ones. I like the fish and chips over there too - I know some people have moaned about it, but I like the fact that you have to wait while they cook it, rather than over here where the chips have been kept hot for 20 minutes or so!
The cheese I will miss. I like flavoured stuff that you get from farm shops, beer and herbs, that kind of thing.
The cheese I will miss. I like flavoured stuff that you get from farm shops, beer and herbs, that kind of thing.
Oct 9th 2003, 6:52 am
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Originally posted by Pollyana
Ooh yes, yummy seafood! I adore Moreton Bay Bugs! And the things that pass as prawns over here are a disgrace. Can't wait to get back out there to decent ones. I like the fish and chips over there too - I know some people have moaned about it, but I like the fact that you have to wait while they cook it, rather than over here where the chips have been kept hot for 20 minutes or so!
The cheese I will miss. I like flavoured stuff that you get from farm shops, beer and herbs, that kind of thing.
Ooh yes, yummy seafood! I adore Moreton Bay Bugs! And the things that pass as prawns over here are a disgrace. Can't wait to get back out there to decent ones. I like the fish and chips over there too - I know some people have moaned about it, but I like the fact that you have to wait while they cook it, rather than over here where the chips have been kept hot for 20 minutes or so!
The cheese I will miss. I like flavoured stuff that you get from farm shops, beer and herbs, that kind of thing.
. I guess its the same sort of people that like MacDonalds, but its not me! Yummmm might have to get some prawns for dinner tonight now
Oct 9th 2003, 7:07 am
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The sea food here is good. I would miss Le Paris Go, my local cafe. It is very laid back (45 minutes waiting for the food) but if you are not in a rush it is worth the wait. The Bondi Burger and the breakfast burritos are amazing.
At work the cafeteria serves up meals for the price of an M&S sarni in the UK.
The supermarket food is not that great but I have good local butchers, fishmongers and grocers within walking distance.
You do not get the fresh instant meals like in the UK but there are plenty of good takeouts around Bondi and the Eastern Burbs. There are decent curry houses popping up as well as the dirt cheap diners.
I would not miss twisties, milo, tim tams but cherry ripes do go down well.
At work the cafeteria serves up meals for the price of an M&S sarni in the UK.
The supermarket food is not that great but I have good local butchers, fishmongers and grocers within walking distance.
You do not get the fresh instant meals like in the UK but there are plenty of good takeouts around Bondi and the Eastern Burbs. There are decent curry houses popping up as well as the dirt cheap diners.
I would not miss twisties, milo, tim tams but cherry ripes do go down well.