3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
#91
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
Just throwing my little observation in. When I visited NZ at Christmas my impression of the fruit and veg in the supermarket is that it was bigger and looked lusher, but there wasn't the same range. I don't see why this would be a problem though. Why would you expect Auckland to have a better range than London? NZers can get all the food they need with some variety. In fact I suppose if you really wanted variety you could visit one of the Chinese supermarkets as well. For the record, I shop in a medium size Waitrose in the UK.
#92
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
3 great:-
S P A C E
Opportunity & potential
A long way from the EU and Middle East.
3 bad:-
Rugby
rugby league
and something called 'sevens'.
S P A C E
Opportunity & potential
A long way from the EU and Middle East.
3 bad:-
Rugby
rugby league
and something called 'sevens'.
#94
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Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
jmh. I don't shop at Waitrose but I have heard that they are good. There doesn't seem to be that many of them around though, compared with Sainsbury's, Tesco and ASDA. Regarding the range, I like all the different types of apple in NZ compared to the UK. I like the new varieties that NZ has much more than the traditional varieties that you get in the UK. I also like the more exotic fruit varieties that seem to be hard to come by in the UK such as yellow kiwifruit, tamorillows and Fiejoas. Also like pumpkins, but they don't eat them in the UK, why don't they eat pumpkin in the UK?
#95
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
jmh. I don't shop at Waitrose but I have heard that they are good. There doesn't seem to be that many of them around though, compared with Sainsbury's, Tesco and ASDA. Regarding the range, I like all the different types of apple in NZ compared to the UK. I like the new varieties that NZ has much more than the traditional varieties that you get in the UK. I also like the more exotic fruit varieties that seem to be hard to come by in the UK such as yellow kiwifruit, tamorillows and Fiejoas. Also like pumpkins, but they don't eat them in the UK, why don't they eat pumpkin in the UK?
#96
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
Hi AH30. I get all of those foods in my local supermarket, although not every single week - they are generally sold in season. Pumpkins are generally sold for Halloween and Brits are not used to the idea of eating them. You can get Butternut straight from NZ!! My dad's main complaint with NZ produce (he is a born and bred kiwi) is that there isn't the range of potatoes! Not a priority for everyone I should imagine. To me a potato is a potato. Why do you need different ones.
#97
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
One thing I tried in NZ which I have not seen here is the Nashi pear. Do they still do them there?
#98
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Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
jmh. I have on rare occasions seen the golden kiwifruit but I have never seen tamerillos or Fiejoa's in the UK, are you sure you've seen these. And yes, Nashi pears are another fruit that I love that you can't get here. Regarding potato's, I hardly ever eat them.
#99
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
Tamarillos are available often, possibly because they are grown in a lot of other countries, but I only saw feijoas on sale once last year sometime. I should imagine most Brits wouldn't know what to do with one.
#100
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Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
Pumpkin is good for making soup, it's also fantastic with roast beef or roast lamb, this is probably my favourite way of eating them. Can't see a good reason why pumpkins should not be eaten.
#101
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My favourite way of eating pumpkin is roasted with the potatoes. Yum yum. Yes the Brits really don't know what they are missing. I guess roast parsnips do as well
#103
Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
If you are talking NZ specific foods missing or very rare in Uk supermarkets you would have to add whitebait, yams, taro, blue cod, paua, venison, bluff oysters, boysenberries, red kumara, hot smoked salmon and marinated mussels.
#105
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Re: 3 great thing and 3 crap ones about NZ?
but having said that I think NZ as more of a choice of lovely veg, meat and fish