brianr

ROFL ;-))

Tell Dave that Lays do a fair impersination of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps... and pickles etc can be got from any of the online British food stores. Wimpy - now there's a name that brings back memories...

By the way, we went to the Brit store in Grapevine, Dallas last weekend and it was great... my American-born wife loves shortbread buiscuits (cookies to those who don't know), and she nearly cleaned out the place, while I managed to replenish my supply of Pataks curry sauces.

They also had those lapel badges that are crossed British and US flags. Cute.

Brian.

Ameriscot

If you were unfortunate enough to live in Cincinnati, you would be compensated somewhat by being able to buy lots of British foods, as well as proper French, Italian and foods from other countries. There is a hypermarket-sized supermarket here that specialises in international foods, where, incidently I did a bit of shopping today. Among other things, I bought a four-pack of Boddy's (for DH), a whole case of Flakes (44c each - bargain), baked beans, Teletubbies spaghetti shapes, Ribena, orange squash, and eight-pack of p-p-p-Penguins, creme fraiche, Douwe Edgbert's coffee, pork sausages and back bacon from Ireland, real bread...

So, now that I've scoffed two Flakes, I'm off for a bacon sarnie.

Paul

In article <[email protected]>, Ameriscot
<[email protected]> writes
    >K wrote:
    > > Now where the hell can i find my salad cream and my branston pickle, not
    > > forgetting of course marmite, cheese and onion crisps, worcestershire sauce
    > > crisps and WIMPY SAUCE !!!!!!!!!!
    >
    >
    >
    >If you were unfortunate enough to live in Cincinnati, you would be compensated
    >somewhat by being able to buy lots of British foods, as well as proper French,
    >Italian and foods from other countries. There is a hypermarket-sized supermarket
    >here that specialises in international foods

Jungle Jims?
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Eoin

Kicks arses doesn't it - that whole aisle of hot sauce is worth going down just to
read the labels.

Found Comvita's range of NZ honey, vegemite/marmite/promite, milo, minties - you know
- I need to head down there shortly!

paul wrote:

<snip>
    >
    > Jungle Jims?

Ameriscot

The one and only, 15 minutes from my house.

Andy Platt

    > oh!!! You took the words right out of my mouth (shame you didn't take the
    > cotton-like substance that passes for bread here in Texas instead). Fresh French
    > bread would be thought of as "too hard" or perhaps stale, just because it has a
    > crust on it!

But of course there are great cheeses and breads to be found in the US - and even the
big supermarkets are starting to carry specialty items - at least this is true in
Northern VA, I do have to remind myself that out in the sticks things are probably
different! I do think it's amusing that the blandest cheese possible is called
American cheese - I often wonder if it got its name when a European said, "oh, that's
American cheese" and the sarcasm was missed!

--
I'm not really here - it's just your warped imagination.

Mrtravel

Betastar wrote:
    >
    > On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:20:21 +0100, jb <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >I think the problem could be because the milk in the US is (probably) vastly
    > >different from that in the UK.
    >
    > Reinhard says they sell milk in Europe. Here they sell a white substance called
    > "milk" that tastes vaguely like milk, but he's not quite sure what it really is
    >
    > (It might also have a little to do with the fact that we drink skim in this house,
    > which he never did at home...)

You might be kind and by him a quart of whole milk. I wouldn't call skimmed milk
"milk" either.