English food items in the USA
Feb 12th 2005, 4:27 am
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Re: English food items in the USA
Hello everybody, just joined the forum which I came across by accident when I was seaching for a store near me (mid wilshire in Los angeles) that sold Ambrosia Custard and Galaxy chocolate but the post above helped me out "Did you try the British shop attached to The Kings Head in Santa Monica." Which I will look for tomorrow.
There were two great Brit stores in and around Upland where I first moved to after leaving London but I moved to LA late last summer so I was on the hunt for a decent Brit store around here.
Cheers guys.
There were two great Brit stores in and around Upland where I first moved to after leaving London but I moved to LA late last summer so I was on the hunt for a decent Brit store around here.
Cheers guys.
Feb 12th 2005, 8:26 am
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Re: English food items in the USA
As I work for the Famous Bean company in the UK (the beans you buy in the US are manufactured in Wigan Lancashire), a good alternative is "Heinz vegetarian beans" produced in the US at fraction of the UK version. The sauce is darker in colour and the taste is nearly there. I used to purchase these from Publix at 88 cents. Ideal with Jones's breakfast sausage,large white eggs and crispy bacon.
Feb 12th 2005, 11:45 am
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Re: English food items in the USA
Originally Posted by Paint
We tried this too - but now my local Safeways has stopped stocking it and I can't find it anywhere else. I think it may have been taken off the market. It was OK - but you are right, very strange colour!
Paint.
Paint.
Therefore it is the UK version of their famous tomato soup which had it's colour changed to meet local tastes
Feb 12th 2005, 12:06 pm
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Re: English food items in the USA
Originally Posted by TiminUK
As I work for the Famous Bean company in the UK (the beans you buy in the US are manufactured in Wigan Lancashire), a good alternative is "Heinz vegetarian beans" produced in the US at fraction of the UK version. The sauce is darker in colour and the taste is nearly there. I used to purchase these from Publix at 88 cents. Ideal with Jones's breakfast sausage,large white eggs and crispy bacon.
Veg beans taste nothing like the UK beans, far too sweet.
I know colour will change to local tastes but this doesn't explain why the tomato soup is the same colour as the UK.
You can get UK style bacon from http://www.britishbacon.com/
Feb 14th 2005, 10:56 am
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Re: English food items in the USA
I have found a British food shop in Billerica, MA. It has loads of different cadburys chocolate, fruit squashes, teas, marmalade, curry cook in sauces, salad cream and other condiments. If they don't have something they will try and order it for you. It was so good to see some old favorites there. It was expensive compared to UK prices, but if you are desperate for a Cadbury's flake, who cares.
Feb 14th 2005, 5:08 pm
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Re: English food items in the USA
The big Stop N Shop supermarkets in NJ carry a range of British/Irish products in their International section. We've paid about $1.40 for Heinz baked beans there - about 30c + cheaper than the specialist shops like Myers of Keswick in NYC
