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Re: Let's compare foods
No worries 3 go mad.
We also used to like Cafe Va Bene at the corner of NE Rd in Campbeltown for pizza and pasta. I mostly think Aus food is okay, though I miss Minstrels a lot as well. But the supermarkets themselves, well they are what I would imagine Eastern European supermarkets would be like, esp if you go after 3 on a Saturday when you would think that they had brought back rationing. Is it just me or a Cheesels and Twisties totally minging? Could never understand why Aussies like them so much... |
Re: Let's compare foods
Originally Posted by 3 go mad in Adelaide
(Post 6685096)
Why thank you, I rather like yours too actually (but then I am a shoe girl!). Yes, you're right, Adelaide is 'margerine' - if you meant, bland, tasteless and artificial:p
Where abouts are you? (for the time being). |
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Since coming back I am sooooooo impressed with the range of indiviual meals in Tesco and how much they have improved things since i left.
I adore their finest range! Although i am staying with my daughters family, I often dont fancy what they are having. I just love all the new food options i have available to me. Excellent quality too. Not the old style stodgy microwave meals of the past, but much of it fresh ingredients. Theres even a range that puts a whole meal together in the chilled cabinet and you just cook it for one person which is perfect for me. Some may say it is expensive, but not really if you take into consideration that you are not buying indiviual ingredients and wasting most of it because you are on your own. Here is a list of my dinners last week... Morrocan meatballs with couscous yoghurt dressing and fresh coriander (bloody yummo!!!) :thumbsup: Paella with prawns chorizo chicken Fish pie with prawns and salmon.. :thumbsup: Lamb shanks with roasted root vegetables There was nothing like the quality of these products in Australia. I wouldnt dream of buying a ready meal down there!! YUK :thumbdown: We did most of our cooking from scratch just to have decent dinners, but for us it was not cost effective. Being just two of us, many leftovers went in the bin ingredients went off and the time involved was hard with both of us working. Thumbs up for UK supermarkets from me :thumbsup: |
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yes cheesels and twisties are totally mingin' I totally agree - yes the choice is not as good but I have managed to find everything I need - and my hubby does the most fantastic yorkie pudds I ever tasted - find dumplin mix rather expensive and greens gravy granuals do not compare with good old bisto :mad: and the tubs are tiny :mad:
bread is expensive and pants wheres warbatons lol why is pure orange soooooo expensive too????? |
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Dont want to spend time comparing but just mention the first few hings that come to mind
Worchester sauce Pickled Onion Spring Onion Monster Munch QUAVERS QUAVERS Skips Hoola Hoops Beef Mini Chips Square Sausage - get them here but like eating rubber Tatty Scones - get them here but my last X-ray was thicker Black Pudding - get them here but not tried it looks really dodgy Haggis real chicken satay real chicken curry jammy Dodgers Dan Doo in the glass bottle and not flatter than the tatty scones I cant deal with this no more my taste buds are going nuts:rofl: |
Re: Let's compare foods
Originally Posted by Sunny_Glesga
(Post 6704058)
Dont want to spend time comparing but just mention the first few hings that come to mind
Worchester sauce Pickled Onion Spring Onion Monster Munch QUAVERS QUAVERS Skips Hoola Hoops Beef Mini Chips Square Sausage - get them here but like eating rubber Tatty Scones - get them here but my last X-ray was thicker Black Pudding - get them here but not tried it looks really dodgy Haggis real chicken satay real chicken curry jammy Dodgers Dan Doo in the glass bottle and not flatter than the tatty scones I cant deal with this no more my taste buds are going nuts:rofl: |
Re: Let's compare foods
Originally Posted by backagen
(Post 6684575)
Ready meals
UK: Most supermarkets stock a vast range of high quality ready meals, often as good as meals you would get in restaurants, and they include indian and chinese, as well as very good English meals and lots of exotic meals from all over the world. You can get just one part of a meal (like potatoes cooked various ways) or a full banquet, and anything in between. In addition to these most UK supermarkets have a very good range of ready made sandwiches, with many delicious fillings, all high quality and fresh on many different types of bread. Makes a quick, healthy, inexpensive lunch or snack. AUSTRALIA: Usually the only ready meals you can get are frozen ones, which usually taste the same as each other regardless what the meal is supposed to be. Tiny little portions too at outrageous high prices. Good luck finding sandwiches anywhere here unless you make them yourself, or pay through the nose at somewhere like Subway (where you still won't find anything like the range available at Asda or Tesco)! makes me glad im not in britain...thanks for that as i was feeling a bit homesick :thumbup: ps.... I made my own meals did not buy frozen shit btw.as good as any restaurant LMAO... maybe thats why i make it work in Nz or anywhere |
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I assume you're joking about being glad you're not in UK, but as for the bit about ready meals, in case you were genuinely unaware, I was not talking about frozen shit, I was talking about the outstanding quality freshly prepared (not frozen) indian, chinese and various other types of ready meals you can get in Asda and Tesco these days.
They are NOTHING like the frozen shit you can get in Australian supermarkets, whatsoever, and you certainly wouldn't microwave them either! All I can say other than that, is that they actually are as good as eating out in a nice restaurant, but if anyone refuses to believe that, it's fine by me! I know because I have tasted them! |
Re: Let's compare foods
Originally Posted by backagen
(Post 6704204)
I assume you're joking about being glad you're not in UK, but as for the bit about ready meals, in case you were genuinely unaware, I was not talking about frozen shit, I was talking about the outstanding quality freshly prepared (not frozen) indian, chinese and various other types of ready meals you can get in Asda and Tesco these days.
They are NOTHING like the frozen shit you can get in Australian supermarkets, whatsoever, and you certainly wouldn't microwave them either! All I can say other than that, is that they actually are as good as eating out in a nice restaurant, but if anyone refuses to believe that, it's fine by me! I know because I have tasted them! |
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and sorry the ready fresh meals are full of shit also, your obviously not a cook....enjoy Britain
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LMFAO - sooooooooo amusing - Im sorry but thats so funny :D
you certainly are pasionate about you ready meals PML :rofl: |
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Originally Posted by love30stm
(Post 6704275)
and sorry the ready fresh meals are full of shit also, your obviously not a cook....enjoy Britain
Actually, against my husbands advice, I bought a chinese meal there once....NEVER AGAIN!! On a free day, why dont you pop down to the Wanganui bridge, turn left along Aramaho. Somewhere near where the ostriches hang out theres an Ok tree with a chiselled out cave inside the trunk. Go sit in there like a troll, light a fire, and watch the paddle steamer sail by. We'll all be happy then.......... hopefully you'll set light to the tree whilst you're in there. :lol::p |
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Originally Posted by Fleaflyfloflum
(Post 6705314)
Not as full of shit as the quality of food in Wanganui supermarkets pmsl :rofl:
Actually, against my husbands advice, I bought a chinese meal there once....NEVER AGAIN!! On a free day, why dont you pop down to the Wanganui bridge, turn left along Aramaho. Somewhere near where the ostriches hang out theres an Ok tree with a chiselled out cave inside the trunk. Go sit in there like a troll, light a fire, and watch the paddle steamer sail by. We'll all be happy then.......... hopefully you'll set light to the tree whilst you're in there. :lol::p and anyway thanks for that it makes me glad I'm away from the Uk from such sweet people like yourself, no wonder you couldn't make it anywhere apart from Britain...rule Britannia :rofl: peace and love all :thumbup: |
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Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz
(Post 6704063)
How's it going in Sydney Sunny? You loving it not;)
what can i say? i now realise what ppl mean when they say give it time it will get better and you will settle. i am settled now on " Moving Back " hows you |
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Originally Posted by Sunny_Glesga
(Post 6706333)
absolutely :)
what can i say? i now realise what ppl mean when they say give it time it will get better and you will settle. i am settled now on " Moving Back " hows you I won't bore you with the details, but i am trying to escape Perth, just not found a way out yet;) I came to Sydney for a week in Feb, i did like it there, but i was on holiday!! |
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