Carole Allen wrote:

    > At 11, 14 and 16 perhaps they could be introduced to British sack
    > foods? I'm sure you can find lots of "junk food" over there...and
    > much of what your kids now eat is probably produced by global
    > corporations anyway....

True, but for different markets. There is no accounting for tastes and
these multi-nationals are only there to satisfy varying tastes. The
availability of products seem to be driven only by the demands of the
market. For years no Cherry-Cola was available in canada because market
research done by the company showed a tiny demand that would not support
starting another manufacturing "line".

I remember going to the Coca-Cola building in Atlanta several years ago.
On one floor there were free soda fountains dispensing drinks made in
different parts of the world: Europe, South America, Asia, etc. . The
litter was incredible as kids ran around drinking different drinks made
by C-C to serve the different palates of different parts of the world.
There were rather bitter drinks from Europe that had a stronger
bitterness than the Tonic Water sold here in canada. I quite liked that
European drink and would actually go out of my way to purchase it here in
Canada IF it were available. I could not tell the difference between the
C-C sold in Europe and that sold here in North America, but I am told
there is a difference.

One other thing... I swear I heard low (almost inaudible) oinking sounds
coming from several dispensers that were surrounded by folks guzzling the
free sodas ;-)

Ken

A suitable reply to a shocking post!!!!

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"DuBois" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Susan wrote:
    > >
    > > We're visiting family in the UK and wanted to bring snack-type foods
    > > to the kids that they can't get there (3 boys - ages 11, 14 & 16).
    > > Can anyone help me figure out what falls into this category? I know
    > > they have Pringles - do they have Dorritos? Thanks!
    > I understand that food is not available in the UK.
    > We will be visiting in the UK, but of course we only will
    > eat what we are used to at home. Can you please give me a
    > complete list of junk food from my homeland that is not
    > available in the UK? It goes without saying that you know
    > where I am from, and further, that you know the names of
    > all of the junk food from my home which is not available
    > in the UK. Preferably high-fat foods covered in disgusting
    > orange powder made from polysyllabic ingredients. We can't
    > bear the though of eating vegetables, meat, cheese, fruit,
    > or any other nutrition food.
    > Travel is so enriching.

On 13/04/03 09:04, in article [email protected],
"MDJ" wrote:

    >> We will be visiting in the UK, but of course we only will
    >> eat what we are used to at home. Can you please give me a
    >> complete list of junk food from my homeland that is not
    >> available in the UK?

I once was visited in the Far East by a US businessman whose suitcase was
filled with tins of baked beans ... he was afraid to touch anything
resembling foreign food.

He didn't get sick. On the other hand, he pulled a stunt like Jeb Bush's
wife. He ahd told me he intended to stock up with gold jewellery in Hong
Kong; I warned him to declare everything to US Customs, that duty and tax
was insignificant in the USA. Greedy, he tried to smuggle his booty through
and got caught and hit with mitigated forfeiture (you have to buy back your
stuff from Customs and pay the tax on top -- in his case $10,000). Same
thing

http://www.newsherald.com/archive/vi...t/va062499.htm
http://www.sptimes.com/News/011600/P...year_wit.shtml
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=1436

From the published accounts, they seem to have dealt rather lightly with
Columba Bush. But then taxes, like other laws, are for little people, aren't
they?

In article , Miguel Cruz
writes
    >Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden Cluster Pops? Jars
    >of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?


No, thank goodness. They sound revolting!
--
Marie Lewis

In article , R J Carpenter
writes
    >Is apple butter a normal UK product? The Frederick County, MD, tradition is
    >cottage cheese (curds?) with McCutcheon's apple butter on top. I've never
    >seen that GOOD combination elsewhere. http://www.mccutcheons.com/


No, apple butter is not generally available. But then, it is not
generally to our taste.
--
Marie Lewis

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 22:08:52 GMT, Ken Pisichko wrote

    > Do I have this correct: you are bringing turtles back to Canada?
    > Why? there are lots of those candies here now as i push these keys
    > down...

No, no: I am going forward from the UK (where I live), back to Canada
(where I grew up and where my brother still lives), and when at the end
of the trip I return back home -- "home" being the UK, as that's where
I've lived for the past 20 years and where I pay my mortgage -- I shall
bring back some Turtles with me.

Bringing them from back in Canada, back with me to the UK......kinda'
back to front...


    >> I'm not sure about the US, but I'm visiting my brother back in
    >> Canada this year, and I intend on bringing back a box -- nay,
    >> multiple boxes - - of TURTLES!!!
    >>
    >> (I've only seen them once here, as a Christmas food import.)

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Hmmmm...no, never heard of any of those, sorry. Mind you, sounds like real
junk food, perhaps we're better off without them?

"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Big Al wrote:
    > > I'm in the UK and yes we certainly have Dorritos & Pringles here - very
easy
    > > to find.
    > > Is there anything else you want to check?
    > Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden Cluster Pops?
Jars
    > of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?
    > miguel
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schrieb:
    >
    > Marie Lewis wrote:
    > >
    > > In article , Susan
    > > writes
    > > >We're visiting family in the UK and wanted to bring snack-type foods
    > > >to the kids that they can't get there (3 boys - ages 11, 14 & 16).
    > > >Can anyone help me figure out what falls into this category? I know
    > > >they have Pringles - do they have Dorritos? Thanks!
    > >
    > > There is very little that you have that we don't have, as far as snacks
    > > are concerned.
    >
    > And even if brand names differ, I'm sure most foods like that exist, all
    > over Europe. (Along with MacDonalds.) Why not bring them something
    > non-edible that they really CAN'T get at home (or only at much higher
    > cost)?
    >

How about some weapons, for example.

Tom
    > > --
    > > Marie Lewis

"R J Carpenter" wrote in message news:...
    > "Ken Pisichko" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > > From the USA my boys like NECO wafers - because each one in the roll is
    > > usually a different taste. Almost 100% sugar though :-(
    >
    > Are they available outside New England? NECO = New England Confectionery
    > Company. Their "mother" factory was down the street from where I worked in
    > Cambridge, MA, decades ago - sweet smell.

Oh god, I remember that factory! For a few months sometime in the late
70s I had a temporary job working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab
at MIT and had to walk by the Necco factory every morning. During
those months they seemed to be making a lot of Mystic Mints (chocolate
covered mint wafers) and to this day whenever I smell or taste that
combination of flavors I have a Proust moment, recalling that
neighborhood, the walk, the geeks who worked at the AI lab....

In article , [email protected]
(Miguel Cruz) wrote:

    > Big Al wrote:
    > > I'm in the UK and yes we certainly have Dorritos & Pringles here -
    > > very easy
    > > to find.
    > > Is there anything else you want to check?
    >
    > Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden Cluster Pops?
    > Jars
    > of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?

I think so, no, no, no and no, SFAIK!

In article , [email protected]
(Darkginger) wrote:

    >
    > Susan wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Well, thanks to those who provided "helpful" information. When I
    > > travel to London - several times a year - I stick to the items that I
    > > know I can't get here in the US (and there are alot!). Therefore, I
    > > never look around for familiar brands I get easily at home.
    > >
    > > I guess the best thing would be to not attempt to be unique, but bring
    > > things that teenage boys would enjoy.
    > >
    > > Thanks everyone.
    >
    > Have you considered taking a couple of CDs of 'yoof' bands which are
    > unheard
    > of outside the US? There's a certain kudos to be gained for yer average
    > teen
    > if they have access to 'music' not available to the general UK
    > populace.

Another thing to consider is that Hollywood movies are generally released
in the US before -- sometimes quite a while before -- the UK. So there may
be merchandise for whatever-the-next-big-kids'/teens'-movies-are available
in the US that would give them a head start on their contemporaries.

In article , [email protected]
(Marie Lewis) wrote:

    > In article , Miguel Cruz
    > writes
    > >Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden Cluster
    > Pops? Jars
    > >of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?
    >
    >
    > No, thank goodness. They sound revolting!

They sound to me like melted caramel, something with chicken, something
undefinable, something creamy and something sweet and brittle. It's a bit
of a leap from brand names to "revolting".

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:27:21 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe, [email protected]
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... In article , [email protected]
... (Marie Lewis) wrote:
...
... > In article , Miguel Cruz
... > writes
... > >Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden Cluster
... > Pops? Jars
... > >of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?
... >
... >
... > No, thank goodness. They sound revolting!
...
... They sound to me like melted caramel, something with chicken, something
... undefinable, something creamy and something sweet and brittle. It's a bit
... of a leap from brand names to "revolting".

I'm feeling nauseated only reading those names.

In article , [email protected]
(Magda) wrote:

    > On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:27:21 +0000 (UTC), in rec.travel.europe,
    > [email protected]
    > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >
    > ... In article ,
    > [email protected] ... (Marie Lewis) wrote:
    > ...
    > ... > In article , Miguel
    > > Cruz ... writes
    > ... > >Do you have Caramelts? Chicken Magic? Those little Golden
    > > Cluster ... Pops? Jars
    > ... > >of Boston Creme? Sweetsnaps?
    > ... >
    > ... >
    > ... > No, thank goodness. They sound revolting!
    > ...
    > ... They sound to me like melted caramel, something with chicken,
    > something ... undefinable, something creamy and something sweet and
    > brittle. It's a bit ... of a leap from brand names to "revolting".
    >
    > I'm feeling nauseated only reading those names.
    >
Well, that, I'm afraid, is at best over-sensitivity and at worst prejudice
in the true sense of the word. They may well be horrible, but how can you
possibly judge a food by its name?

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:21:30 +0100, Axqi Rqvst
wrote:


    >From the published accounts, they seem to have dealt rather lightly with
    >Columba Bush. But then taxes, like other laws, are for little people, aren't
    >they?

...and let's hope the little people never figure that out!