5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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Jun 9th 2006, 5:32 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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Originally Posted by scissors

ive tried this and mint jelly but its not the same,but i have learned to live without it,when in rome and all that

tracey

It's plain old mint sauce; how different can it be?

Jun 9th 2006, 5:34 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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Originally Posted by thribble

I've worked it out, the thing I really miss. Recycling. We don't have a recycling bin at our block of units, and there isn't the glass bins etc in the supermarket carpark. The tip will only take cardboard, as far as I can tell, so I'm stuck.

Ripped off! You should have two wheely bins; one for regular rubbish and one for recycling.

Talk to your tenant's association, or whatever passes for it down your way.

I've never heard of a tip which only takes cardboard; you should check that out.

Jun 9th 2006, 5:57 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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It's plain old mint sauce; how different can it be?

Mint jelly/Mint sauce - two TOTALLY different things. We even went as far as planting some mint so we can make our own - yum yum

Jun 9th 2006, 8:28 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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Originally Posted by scissors

MINT SAUCE

now im being petty,lol, honestly i dont think i reall miss anything,ive manged to find an alternative for most things and what i can t find and alternative for i can manage with out,
I think the main thing is long time friends

but they ll take time to build.

tracey

Errrrr make it, things like vinegar and mint do exist in oz

Jun 10th 2006, 12:20 am

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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Mint jelly/Mint sauce - two TOTALLY different things. We even went as far as planting some mint so we can make our own - yum yum

I know they are two different things, but at the end of the day it's all about taste - so does it really have to be jelly?

Jun 10th 2006, 5:25 am

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

Oh, and there is one thing I miss, people moaning about the UK..........

Jun 10th 2006, 10:09 am

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

If you want English Choc or indeed any English Food there is a english shop in Perth. Good luck and cheer up you lot. Can you now buy Mayonnaise(Helmans) cos that was what I missed most when I was in Oz, also proper bangers 'Snags'

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Well it better than bloody hour long american cop dramas that we get every day here. Thank god for DVD complete series box sets and the ABC who show some decent English stuff from time to time. But god damn them for pulling it half way through a series cos people don't seem to be watching much

Loving Rose and Maloney at the moment

Jun 10th 2006, 12:09 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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You can buy helmans in oz but its under the name best foods(I think thats it)

Jun 10th 2006, 8:41 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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It's plain old mint sauce; how different can it be?

Mint jelly is the jizz from the devils zits while good old British mint sauce is top drawer and has a far more complex flavour and it is made to a traditional style. Mint jelly LOL.

Jun 10th 2006, 9:08 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

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donner kebabs with chilli sauce

Here in SA, at a food court in ur local mall, they sell a beef kebab, if you get this without the tabboli (I thinnk that is what it is called- the parsley stuff!) and ask for chilli (not sweet chilli) instead of the garlic sauce - it is pretty darn close to a donner!

If it is here, I would of thought you could find it in Perth!

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Jun 16th 2006, 6:30 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

We import prawn cocktail skips. They wont let us bring in walkers prawn cocktail. They let us bring in vegetable suet but not the beef one. We also have proper mint sauce and vinegar and heaps more.

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Jun 16th 2006, 7:10 pm

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Re: 5 things you miss about the UK... now that you're in Aus

Hi there, first time I have replied as the other half. Sorry to be obtuse but why do you not get light evenings in the summer? Was looking forward to long light evenings in Perth when we eventually get there, especially walking our dogs.