angiescarr

I've just found unbaked 'Molletes' in Lidl ...but it's a local product to Andalucia.
For any expats from Hull... absolutely perfect replacement for Dixons 'hotcakes'. (very soft thin crisp breadcakes.. to be eaten warm! Yummm)
You have to have lived in Hull, Hessle road even, to know what I'm talking about!

Anyone found a replacement for Spam? Or any of the other foods some of us miss? Husband says "readymade puff pastry" is on his list.

Lynn R

Mercadona sell ready made frozen puff pastry, Masa de Holjadre I think it's called, it's not bad at all.

Can't help with the Spam though, I'm afraid, it's not on my list of things I miss!

The Pope

In our Mercadona they do they fresh pastry.... next to the fresh pizzas....

angiescarr

Thanks.
We've found the Masa de Hojaldre. It's only O.K. according to hubby.

Just interested to know what other people have substituted for English favourites. Because most people seem to miss something. For me it's Bacon. (English or Danish) Spam is just a second best for that.
Pancetta over here seems to have a flavour which is closer to bacon than Spanish 'bacon'. Pancetta adobada which is infrequently sold in Mercadonna at a very cheap price (usually 1 euro) is really nice if a bit fatty.

bil

That's for sale in mercadona, I think.

As for Spam, I trod in something like it the other day....

megmet

Mercadona for the pastry, if you have a Euromarket or an Iceland store near you they both sell English bacon, puff pastry and Spam.

anonimouse

Are these Iceland stores like the ones in the UK product wise? I've only been outside.

angiescarr

Ahhh, 'Ojala'. We're not in 'expat land' so Iceland is just a distant mirage for us.
Hubby, who is vegetarian, really wants Quorn back. We're using soya chunks but it's not the same.

Lynn R

Vegetarians are just as fussy as we omnivores, aren't they. My OH is vegetarian and will not eat any kind of 'meat substitutes'. he says if he doesn't want to eat meat, why would he want something that is made to look and tast like it? There's just no pleasing some people.

paintermujer

The nearest to a fried breakfast here is cooked jamon, scrambled egg and sliced potatoes cooked in olive oil. Tastes nothing really like an english fry up but is yummy all the same.

A bacon sandwich is substituted for the cooked bacony pancetta with either fried egg or cheese. Very yummy too.

jdr

Same stuff, but the add roughly 25% on the price, ie, 1 pound 50p gets to 2€`s

steviedeluxe

A montado or bocadillo de lomo beats the uk bacon sarny into a hat. Full breakfast is hard away from expat areas, but try Vips in the big cities. Do Lidls sell german sausage there? Fantastic if so..

cricketman

Yes a good bocadillo de lomo adobado con queso is difficult to beat.

Most places still do bacon sandwiches and you can get thick bacon if you go to the butchers and ask for it. Tocino is great, but very fatty so better to put in stew dishes or with eggs.

For sausages, chorizo criollo is my favourite sausage in the world for putting on the BBQ. Salchicas del pais/campo are ok and Catalan butifarra is also very nice.

It's a bit confusing for English people, but chorizo, lomo and butifarra all come in embutido and fresco form (where it needs cooking). I once went to a place in Benalmadena Pueblo that had a good Spanish menu but was in fact English and they grilled embutido chorizo (this is a mortal sin!) when I was expecting the fresh stuff.

They also put gravy on morcilla de burgos, which should mean immediate deportation!

jdr

They must of been norveners, they even have gravy on gravy.

Sam Greenfield

Oi you - watch it ya southern softie