Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

    > MDJ wrote:
    > >
    > > A suitable reply to a shocking post!!!!
    >
    > Which of the two did you find "shocking"? The sincere person who wanted
    > to bring a "novelty" gift to her host's children, or the ass-hole who
    > started an anti-American rant based on (apparently) insufficient
    > comprehension of English?

nicely put -- there appears to be a group of bigots who lurk here hoping
to pounce on any lead that allows an anti-American response

so we have TWO such twits who misread the original kindly impulse which
was to share a novelty that might interest children -- as most parents
know, kids are often curious about the toys, foods etc of another culture


    >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Don't send email directly, if you want to send an email change the DOT for a
    > > .
    > > "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.

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes

    >> We've also got Pot Noodle. Someone once gave me the recipe for Pot
    >> Noodle sandwiches.
    >Noodles made from canabis/marijuana? (I know "pot" brownies were rather
    >popular among the hippie crowd, back in the sixites, but noodles????)

Good guess, but they are actually dried noodles and other ingredients
sold in plastic pots and you reconstitute them by adding boiling water.
Can't think of anyone who admits to eating them, although I believe they
may be popular with students as there's no cooking required.

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Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

Barney wrote:
    > [email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote:
    >> I must confess I invented the names. I was waiting to see whether anyone
    >> would claim to have them.
    >:-) VG!
    >
    >> Though if I've actually learned anything from this exercise, it's that
    >> I do
    >> not have a future as a confectionery branding consultant to the European
    >> market.
    > I dunno, Caramelts sound quite nice. While we're playing at
    > brand associations....Sweetsnaps: a slightly junky, chemical-filled
    > version of ginger snaps or brandy snaps. Golden Cluster Pops: a popcorny
    > breakfast cereal? Boston Creme: just like the stuff in Cadbury's Creme
    > Eggs, of course, but maybe coffee or mocha-flavoured. Chicken Magic:
    > frightening.

Golden Cluster Pops were inspired by Calvin & Hobbes' Honey Frosted Sugar
Bombs, so you're right on the cereal. And Congokid was right about Chicken
Magic as well; the "I feel like Chicken Tonight" ad was playing in my head,
arms a-waving, as I typed it. Guess I'm transparent too!

miguel
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Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article , [email protected]
says...
    > Barney wrote:
    > > [email protected] (Miguel Cruz) wrote:
    > >> I must confess I invented the names. I was waiting to see whether anyone
    > >> would claim to have them.
    > >
    > >:-) VG!
    > >
    > >> Though if I've actually learned anything from this exercise, it's that
    > >> I do
    > >> not have a future as a confectionery branding consultant to the European
    > >> market.
    > >
    > > I dunno, Caramelts sound quite nice. While we're playing at
    > > brand associations....Sweetsnaps: a slightly junky, chemical-filled
    > > version of ginger snaps or brandy snaps. Golden Cluster Pops: a popcorny
    > > breakfast cereal? Boston Creme: just like the stuff in Cadbury's Creme
    > > Eggs, of course, but maybe coffee or mocha-flavoured. Chicken Magic:
    > > frightening.
    >
    > Golden Cluster Pops were inspired by Calvin & Hobbes' Honey Frosted Sugar
    > Bombs, so you're right on the cereal. And Congokid was right about Chicken
    > Magic as well; the "I feel like Chicken Tonight" ad was playing in my head,
    > arms a-waving, as I typed it. Guess I'm transparent too!

I thought the Calvin and Hobbes cereal was "Chocolate Frosted Sugar
Bombs." :-)

===
Steve

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article , [email protected]
says...
    > In article ,
    > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
    >
    > >> We've also got Pot Noodle. Someone once gave me the recipe for Pot
    > >> Noodle sandwiches.
    > >
    > >Noodles made from canabis/marijuana? (I know "pot" brownies were rather
    > >popular among the hippie crowd, back in the sixites, but noodles????)
    >
    > Good guess, but they are actually dried noodles and other ingredients
    > sold in plastic pots and you reconstitute them by adding boiling water.
    > Can't think of anyone who admits to eating them, although I believe they
    > may be popular with students as there's no cooking required.

Some of them aren't bad, especially the kind that have fresh noodles in
vacuum-sealed bags rather than dehydrated noodles. They're handy to keep
in the office. One of the Asian grocery stores around here has several
varieties. Unfortunately, there's no English on the labels, and I don't
read Korean, so I've figured out the flavors by trial and error.

===
Steve
Shoreline, Washington USA
[email protected]
13 Apr 2003, 2038 PST

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

Stephen Dailey wrote:
    >> Golden Cluster Pops were inspired by Calvin & Hobbes' Honey Frosted Sugar
    >> Bombs
    > I thought the Calvin and Hobbes cereal was "Chocolate Frosted Sugar
    > Bombs." :-)

Yup, you're right. It's been a while.

miguel
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Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

[email protected] wrote:
    > [...] Miguel's made up candy names


    > Chicken Magic: frightening.

Here in the States we have "Chick-O-Stick" candy.
(It's just peanut butter and coconut though. No chicken involved!)
http://www.candydirect.com/html/eng/243281-AA.shtml

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    >

    > Very funny! (And yet some of your posts sound so sane!) I was thinking
    > more in terms of CD's - videos and DVD's would be pointless, unless the
    > host has equipment that plays both NTSC and PAL formats.

Also, DVD's have a "zone" feature where, a US-release might not play in
Europe, and vice versa. . .

    >

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:03:50 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... I think you ladies are over-reacting! (How do you feel about most candy
... produced for children?)

I'm not fond of sugar, Evelyn, and anything that sounds to have too much of it (by my
dentist's standards, and mine ;-) is repulsive to me. Believe it or not, I still have at
least 50% of the chocolates (Belgian pralines) I bought last Christmas - I only remember
them when I have friends visiting - and I only bought them because the money would go to
charity.

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

Charles Hobbs wrote:
    > [email protected] wrote:
    >> [...] Miguel's made up candy names
    >> Chicken Magic: frightening.
    > Here in the States we have "Chick-O-Stick" candy.
    > (It's just peanut butter and coconut though. No chicken involved!)

In Malaysia I've come to enjoy chicken sausage donuts.

miguel
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Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

Charles Hobbs wrote:
    > Also, DVD's have a "zone" feature

That's a bug, not a feature.

miguel
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Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
    >I think you ladies are over-reacting! (How do you feel about most candy
    >produced for children?)


Revolted.
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article , Charles Hobbs
writes
    >Also, DVD's have a "zone" feature where, a US-release might not play in
    >Europe, and vice versa. . .



In the UK at least, many DVD players are now multi-region and very
cheap.

Almost all new video recorders are multi-region.
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

In article ,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" writes
    >But unless the host has a VCR/DVD machine that plays both PAL and NTSC
    >formats, they'd be of no use!

Most in the UK and France are multi-region, even cheap ones.
--
Marie Lewis

Re: Food Not Available in the UK
 

Miguel Cruz wrote:

    > Charles Hobbs wrote:
    > > Also, DVD's have a "zone" feature
    >
    > That's a bug, not a feature.

The feature was installed for a reason. We may not like it, but there it
is. Still, you can pick up multi-zone DVD players easily and easily
circumvent the hassle. I got mine in the UK for £75 new.

David

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