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Dec 15th 2016, 6:44 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Originally Posted by H Bomb

Were they being OTT or is that the rule? We have brought gravy granules back every time so far without issue.

We also just got a relative to bring dried fruit over for a Christmas cake we were making. She didn't have an issue but we realised afterwards it was probably on the list of things we are not allowed.

I tried to get her to bring a load of Gregg's pasties - but she said no

Thinking I may stock up on some Fray Bentos when beck over Christmas

I think OTT. This was over 8 years ago now. Probably saw the description and assumed real meat.

Dec 15th 2016, 7:32 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Monster munch are being taken over, for them to experience how amazing the pickled onion flavour is!

We actually had a request to bring some over by someone who saw them in an episode of An Idiot Abroad and wanted to try them. They were very well received.

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Before I moved south in end of June, I could have sent you all of these things plus what the young man/OP mentioned all from the state of new York. They are sold in all the delis in the area I lived. I mentioned it many times on here but apparently no one listens

They aren't really things I seek out while I'm here, it's more that we grab a few to bring back just because we happened to be there, more than anything else.

Dec 15th 2016, 7:45 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

The US customs confiscated the pork pies which I brought over a few years back. The sad thing is you cant get a decent meat pie here. That's opposed to a hamburger of course

Dec 15th 2016, 9:41 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Why are you bringing these over to the US? They are available for sale here as well.

Cheaper and easier for me to get them rather than go hunting them down all over her local area as we have a very busy Christmas ahead from the moment I get there! No good letting the OH get these things before I come as she has no idea what they actually are lol.

Dec 15th 2016, 11:30 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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So your wife has never been to the UK then. Well happy eating

I tried the bisto and is sucks big time.

Dec 16th 2016, 6:16 am

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Re: Bringing food over!

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I tried the bisto and is sucks big time.

I have never understood why people use gravy granules when it's basically just as easy to make actual gravy, and it's about 1,000,000 times nicer!

Dec 16th 2016, 6:18 am

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Tried bringing some bisto granules back once. Customs didn't like the beef extract and confiscated after a thorough search through the rest of our luggage.

The 3 jars of Bovril in my cupboard are breathing a sigh of relief over their lucky escape

Dec 16th 2016, 9:31 am

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Re: Bringing food over!

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So your wife has never been to the UK then. Well happy eating

I tried the bisto and is sucks big time.

She has been here! We spent most of the time she has been here eating fish and chips, cornish pasties, pub grub, sausage rolls, etc. Things that would not be allowed back in the US! We figured other stuff to try I could just take over when I visit!

Very logical OH I have!

Dec 16th 2016, 9:14 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

I bring cheese and onion crisps back in hand luggage every trip, along with hard cheeses. But I am rarely stopped nowadays - I just list chocolate, cheese and crisps.

Dec 16th 2016, 10:02 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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They're a bit pricey though. I refuse to spend $3 to get a can of Heinz Baked Beans or $4 for a pack of Twiglets or Hobnobs with an original price of under 50p

Dec 16th 2016, 10:03 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Originally Posted by dc koop

The US customs confiscated the pork pies which I brought over a few years back. The sad thing is you cant get a decent meat pie here. That's opposed to a hamburger of course

If you make it to MA, KO Pies in Boston are very good and Thwaites Market in Methuen...

Dec 16th 2016, 10:04 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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Originally Posted by Wintersong

I have never understood why people use gravy granules when it's basically just as easy to make actual gravy, and it's about 1,000,000 times nicer!

I use it because I'm the only one who likes gravy and I can't be arsed to make a full pan when a spoon of granules will do the trick. Plus, it's more handy for when making pies...

Dec 16th 2016, 10:17 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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I use it because I'm the only one who likes gravy and I can't be arsed to make a full pan when a spoon of granules will do the trick. Plus, it's more handy for when making pies...

i would go along with this, gravy doesn't seem to be as popular here. It's just something that is used with stuffing, not the whole dinner.

Dec 16th 2016, 10:27 pm

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Re: Bringing food over!

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..... We also just got a relative to bring dried fruit over for a Christmas cake we were making. She didn't have an issue but we realised afterwards it was probably on the list of things we are not allowed.

..... Thinking I may stock up on some Fray Bentos when beck over Christmas. ....

Dried fruit is allowed (though just about every dried fruit I can think of is available in the US anyway), and Amazon sells Fray Bentos pies, though they're not cheap.

Dec 17th 2016, 5:01 am

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Re: Bringing food over!

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They're a bit pricey though. I refuse to spend $3 to get a can of Heinz Baked Beans or $4 for a pack of Twiglets or Hobnobs with an original price of under 50p

If you have an Indian store, you can often find Heinz beans for around $1.

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