Oooo. BE gets a mention in the guardian ...
 

Ooo. BE gets a mention in the Guardian in an article about the foods we expats miss.

HERE:)

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I think a move to New Zealand is generally a step or two down the culinary ladder. We are English and hence well versed in the art of bad food but this place can take that to a whole new level. Why else would we still be buying rubbish like Oxo cubes and other bland, unimaginative culinary rubbish? :D

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Two words.

Frey Bentos. :p

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Can't live without my OXO cubes...don't diss the cube :sneaky:

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Quite, I've been watching the Great British Bake Off series on TV and some of the things those guys and gals are making are absolutely amazing; the ingredients, complexity and ideas that have are simply leagues above anything I have ever seen from the Kiwi or Aussie equivalent types of show.

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I am sooo grateful that I can buy Oxo cubes here. It's just not gravy without it.

I'm glad I can buy Colman's English mustard from the supermarket without resorting to an expat shop. Same with Heinz Ketchup too. There's only 6 things I buy from expat shops.

NZ fresh food is great. Meat, fish, cheese, cakes and bread. Yummy.

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Kids were my main concern, My youngest is such a poor eater but we took the opportunity to say New Zealand New Foods. I do hanker after low fat foods and I believe if I had the time I could probably find lots more than just the occasional sausage and yoghurt

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I never thought Oxo cubes could be so "divisive". I just associate them with my grandmothers post-war approach to cooking (which would inevitably involve some variation of over boiled veg, potatoes in varying forms, fake gravy and dry meat).

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Caveman food!

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Oxo in gravy? Bleurgh, oxo is for casseroles (my mum wouldn't let me call it stew) and mince. Gravy is proper Bisto powder...never the granules :rofl:

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I'm with you on the Bisto Gravy powder but not on the OXO cubes. Knorr stock cubes are far superior :p.

Hankering for some McVities' Gingernuts right now *sigh*

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Bisto! Yuk! Proper gravy any stock cube, meat juice, vege juice, flour. Yummy!