neil

I was in Manhattan yesterday for business and took the opportunity to go to a British store there that sells all the usual goodies and also has "English" bacon, their own Cumberland sausages, chipolatas, cornish pasties, sausage rolls, pork pies etc. While not as good as stuff in the UK it's all still worth it. I'm not sure but I think their chocolate is cheaper than $2.

NC Penguin

Yup. HFCS is linked to obesity and can lead to diabetes. See-
http://fatnews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/608/

and the abstract from the following journal article studies HFCS and obesity:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/537#ABS




NC Penguin

DaxUS

Walgreens and most mainstream US outlets generally sell the pseudo-Cadbury products made by Hershey's. The products made my Hershey's are made to a significantly different recipe than Cadbury's products in the UK. At this time of year you can find Cadbury's creme eggs in US stores and they are genuine UK products, probably because Hershey's don't want to tool up to make a seasonal product. The Cadbury products in Canada are different again and are generally made in Canada. Lastly, grey market imports are often found in Cost Plus, World Market etc. and these products tend to be from South Africa at the present time.

DaxUS

HP have had a thin "Steak Sauce" available in the US for some time. In Canada on the other hand, you can get a range of thicker, Canadian made HP sauces including original and fruity. Recently I have seen original HP turning up in some US supermarkets so it looks as if that is being made available for speciality dealers and is sometimes ending up on supermarket shelves.

John Murray

I found Pattaks Chicken Korma suace and some other Pattaks indian sauces, popadoms and spices at the World Market in Houston (FM1960)

No luck yet with Microchips - The US microwave chips are not as good (I used to enjoy a box of microchips after staggering home from the pub)

Bob

Aye, I've seen the pattaks stuff, handy those now and again. But I am surprised that the microwave foods haven't cottoned on over here, it is the coach potato nation and all that

niksha

"Join under a different name"??Now what the boody hell are you on about ?? From the short period of time that I have been on this forum, I must say that you have made a lot of enemies rather than friends . PS here is my email-just in case you think i am someone else.
<<email address removed>> in Portland oregon and bloody proud to be an ex-pat and now us citizen.

niksha

I used to go down to the local pub and buy all the goodies ,i.e. Mushy peas, baked beans, Twirl, Turkish delights etc up until 2 years ago but now that Cost Plus has arrived, i reckon that is the best place for a lot of the original British Food items.Does anyone know where i can get Hp Curry sauce and jamaica Ginger cake here in the states ???I am salivating just thinking about Jamaica Ginger cake )))))

John Murray

Maybe you should edit your post to remove your email address - or you may get a lot (more) spam emails!

Lord Lionheart

I got some of that HP curry sauce last week in my local import store, makes a great change on your burger instead of ketchup. I'm in CA, have no idea where you are?

niksha

U lucky bugger))I am in Portland oregon mate and i made a request into CostPlus, but never heard back from them. That reminds me, i think i am out of Twirls, so off to Costplus i go))))

AmerLisa

If you ever take a trip up here to Seattle there is a great British store that has quite a few odds and ends. Its actually in Redmond and its called British Pantry. They do an English breakfast on the weekends, but like their fish and chips, its a bit pricey. Next time I'm in, I'll see if they have Jamaica Ginger Cakes. I know they have HP sauce and they have Turkish Delight.

Bob

That's weird...I've seen smarties around some place over here...

Perfumdiva1

Oh thanks for that

Shall be heading up there next week then

Ta ta

PD

Paint

The FDA are completely crazy - a few months ago they raided our local British Shop and confiscated a whole bunch of products, including (according to the owners) stuff with the word 'flavour' written on it, because a) the spelling was different to the American 'flavor' and b) they couldn't tell the difference between artificial and natural flavours in products, because the label wording is different to that in the USA.....I think it all got sorted out in the end, although the owners were completely pi**ed off because they took half their stock!

....as for beef products, we can still get British beef gravy powders, but I don't think they can stock the Fray Bentos tinned steak & kidney pies and puddings anymore. The whole beef/mad cow thing is a total mess-up. I went to donate blood after 911 and was told that I couldn't be a donor because I was British and might have Mad Cow Disease....

Paint.