Steve_P

Darned laptops posted before I was ready.:curse:

ATTENTION CALGARY EXPATS

I was at the Coombs market today and found a number of item imported from the UK. If anyone is interested I am willing to purchase some of these items and bring them back to Calgary with us should any one want me to.

Costs would be as below plus any applicable taxes.

Heinz tinned puddings.............................. $6.99
Treacle
Spotted Dick
Chocolate
Strawberry Jam

Branston Pickle:
Smooth........................................... $7.99
Small Chunk (520 g)....................... $8.99
Original (520 g)............................... $8.99

Ploughman’s Pickle
280 g.............................................. $4.99

Tunnock Tea Cakes:
6 for ............................................... $3.99
Tunnock Snowballs:
5 for ............................................... $2.99

Dairy Milk Chocolate (400 g).......... $9.99
Fruit and Nut
Dairy Milk
Whole Nut
Dairy Milk Chocolate (230 g)......... $6.99
Fruit and Nut
Dairy Milk
Whole Nut
Caramel

Robertson Blackcurrent Jam (227 g).......... $5.99
Robertson Lemon/Lime (454 g)................. $6.99
Robertson Orange (454 g)......................... $6.99

Taveners Drops.......................................... $4.99
Coffee
Sour Lemon
Tropical Fruits
Licorice

Ambrosia.......................................... .......... $3.99
Rice Pudding
Semolina
Tapioca

Nestle Fruitips (140 g).......................................... $2.49
Blackcurrent
Mixed Fruit

Novocastrian

Eh?

Has the medication worn off?

Steve_P

Trying to use Mrs_P's laptop and obviously hit the wrong key.

In other words yes the meds have worn off.

Does the edit make any more sense?

Novocastrian

Absolutely. A fine piece of public service for the branston starved denizens of Cowtown.


Edit: Do you really mean 520 oz bottles of Branston for $8.99? I mean thats well over 3 gallons.... should last about 2 lifetimes I'd have thought.

Steve_P

Last edit corrected to grams.

Auld Yin

Oy vey! How desperate can some people get?

Steve_P

What wrong with getting a little something you like and can't get in Calgary.

Obviously most not very "desperate" as nobody has asked me to get anything for them yet.

Should anyone be "desperate" enough PM me by noon BC time on Friday.

fledermaus

Not that I am in Calgary, but I thank you for your kind offer. I also wonder why the shops sell these items. I would only have bought the Dairy Milk when I was living in England and of the other items, I have never bought, tried, or been plied with a Tunnock's teacake. What is it? Fruitlips?? As for snowball that means something different entirely and not suitable for family entertainment.

Steve_P

I have no clue as to what a Tunnock teacake is but they appear to be popular with the Scots I think. According to the package the Snowballs are made by the same company as the Tunnock's they seem to be some sort of coconut covered confection.

As for the Fruit Tips I think they are Nestle's version of Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles (sp).

Novocastrian

http://www.tunnock.co.uk/teacake.htm

Who knew?

Steve_P

I had no clue.

You can get something similar here very easily and much much cheaper.

http://www.darefoods.com/flavour.aspx?id=13&lang=en

Largo

As I remember, snowball is a ball of marshmallow dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut. Used to be one of my favourites.

Novocastrian

I think you're right. I have vague memories of such things from childhood.

This has nothing to do with my bad british teeth of course.

fledermaus

, coconut and marshmallow. yuck hate em both. No wonder I am not familiar with these things.



PS just found some more smilies, why dont we use these ones more often?

Novocastrian

Because most of us rarely jump repeatedly in and out of a wine glass in order to break down a brick wall to reach a grinning gingerbread man with a deformed hand?