kiwichild

A newbie, probably on the piss and trying to be humourous LOL

Winnie

Ok, tried the little blue peas..............pretty good, taste pretty much the same as mushy peas and a fraction of the cost!
Burger King and Macs...........everything they sell is c**p! The fries taste just like cardboard sticks, how anyone eats them is beyond me, give me big fat chips anyday.

kiwichild

Must see if I can find those little blue peas then. I did try the jamie Oliver recipe I posted and they weren't bad.

I don't mind fries with maccas or that, but Fish n chips definitely has to be the real mccoy (thick fat chipped fried spuds)

dlmckay

Blue peas? What are they then? Can't say I've ever heard of them...

What my OH misses is Marrowfat Peas...

annaerb

They are called "Blue Peas" and are normally by the soup mixes, my Mum buys them from New World.

livewire

Perhaps I'm not looking hard enough but the one thing I can't seem to find at the moment is wholewheat pasta, it's not on the shelves with the white/green/red stuff which seems to come in most shapes and sizes. I've adapted pretty well to most other foods here (a lot of it is much nicer than the UK equivalent anyway ) but am still on the search for this one.

kiwichild

Supermakets should stock it. Ask them about it (preferably the manager). Also check out smaller independent grocery stores or health food stores. You'll find it

Winnie

QUOTE=kiwichild]Must see if I can find those little blue peas then. I did try the jamie Oliver recipe I posted and they weren't bad.

I don't mind fries with maccas or that, but Fish n chips definitely has to be the real mccoy (thick fat chipped fried spuds)[/QUOTE]

Found them at Petone, spice shop, sells mostly asian spice food but also sells blue peas, nearly almost marrowfat peas, was very impressed. Try them!! Lol, am I doing well, so ver p****d after my bday party, am imopressing myself! What dfo you think?????

kiwichild

Found them at Petone, spice shop, sells mostly asian spice food but also sells blue peas, nearly almost marrowfat peas, was very impressed. Try them!! Lol, am I doing well, so ver p****d after my bday party, am imopressing myself! What dfo you think?????[/QUOTE]

You're doing fine Winnie and Happy Birthday

Petone be a bit of a way for me to travel to look for those peas!! but I'll look around locally.

Winnie

You're doing fine Winnie and Happy Birthday

Petone be a bit of a way for me to travel to look for those peas!! but I'll look around locally.[/QUOTE]

Thankyou Kiwichild. But ooooppss, I must have been p****d cos I don't remember coming on here!! Good luck in your search.

Andrew Cross

Anyone know if i can get tins of custard??? I used to love Ambrosia Devon Custard in the green tin....dont see any here or in packets.
Cheers

Squidge

We buy Twinnings Tea, both in bag and loose form from Countdown, Woolworths or Foodtown same with Colemans Mustard. The Marmite is the NZ brand as they do both Vegimite and Marmite. Depending on where you are living there is a store in Auckland, or so I have been told that gets English stuff so try searching the internet or Yellow Pages. The only things I get shipped over from the UK is:

PG Tips - loose tea, the Kiwi's are big into loose tea.
Kosher stuff
Underwear from M & S, nothing like it, sorry too much information !!!!

sarahw

For those that miss Marrowfat peas - I saw a can of them yesterday in Foodtown in central Auckland, together with some wholewheat pasta that livewire was looking for.

There's British food shop in Brown's Bay Auckland and they have Bird's custard - can't remember if they have the Devon tinned one though. I was too distracted by Jaffa Cakes!!!

kiwichild

You can't get PG Tips tea in NZ? Are you sure? You could buy it when I was there!

kiwichild

Have to say I have progressed along the path of enlightenment to Dilmah

Bloody great cuppa !