Just tell me it will get better
#136
Re: Just tell me it will get better
Thats all I have been trying to say, Yes Big City bigger choice, small town, zippo. Even in big City, no use if you can't afford, $4 - $5 for a loaf, thats as hard as a rock next day.
Reg. Frank R.
Reg. Frank R.
#137
Re: Just tell me it will get better
I'm with you.
Ours is very small,doesn't seem to sell all the stuff everyone else raves about and is much more expensive than the other supermarkets.
Plus, and this is very mean but it's one of those mornings...it always seems to be full of very smug people who look as though they spin and dye their own wool.
Ours is very small,doesn't seem to sell all the stuff everyone else raves about and is much more expensive than the other supermarkets.
Plus, and this is very mean but it's one of those mornings...it always seems to be full of very smug people who look as though they spin and dye their own wool.
#139
Re: Just tell me it will get better
There are 300 million (More or more) people living in USA, not everyone lives in NYC, Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, LA, Philly, an awful lot more live, in Pigs Knuckle Arkansas. I seem to have this conversation, with my richer or yuppie friends, who live near Bloomies, or Saks, Balduccis, Ferrara cafe who dine in hot restaurants, or live in Manhattan, NY where, there are delis & cafes 2 a penny. Most people in USA, do not have that luxury, they think Sears, is up market.
Frank R.
Frank R.
I don't spend money on a lot of things; I've lived in the same house for 14 years, drove the same car for 15 years, spend next-to-nothing on clothes, don't go skiing or bungee jumping, don't go to concerts or sporting events ... (boring bastard, ain't I!) ... but ... I eat out at least 4 nights a week, and go to Italy twice a year (or I did, until work got out of control!), and food is my passion. I don't go for yuppie places ... most meals run $30-60 or so for two with limited alcohol.
Wild horses would not drag me back to the UK, but by the same token, they would not drag me to 95% of the US either. I love where I am, and just about the only place I'd consider being other than here is in a small town in Tuscany or Umbria, where it seems like every corner cafe sells food that is out of this world.
#140
Re: Just tell me it will get better
too bad you dont live near me, I have an 18mo old. i've been here for 21 or is it 22 yrs I came over at 19...yes and i have a one year old. i reallly liked the freedom in america when i was young, but lately i'm just kind of bored, i think maybe i've moved around too much and get bored after a while. i actuallly wouldnt mind moving back to the uk...have you tried shopping at an english grocery? i think there's one in san fran, i lived there for 5yrs and found alot of homelessness and alot of drugs, everyone i met did drugs, even my bosses. i prefer the east coast i did find the people even stranger in cali
It isn't really wanting English stuff...more a wide choice of things. I cook a lot and it's frustrating not to be able to get things I consider to be ordinary staples.
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Re: Just tell me it will get better
I agree with you...I love to bake and cook as well and I find it very frustrating when I need certain ingredients and then I realise its called something else here (black treacle for instance) then I have to spend time on the internet finding out what the U.S equivalence is...and then when I've finally got the answer....trying to find somewhere here that sells it...
#142
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I have lived all over the world and can tell you now if you can't find bread you like in San Francisco then there is no hope lol there are so many varities like I have never seen before, there must be something to tempt you
#143
Re: Just tell me it will get better
I agree with you...I love to bake and cook as well and I find it very frustrating when I need certain ingredients and then I realise its called something else here (black treacle for instance) then I have to spend time on the internet finding out what the U.S equivalence is...and then when I've finally got the answer....trying to find somewhere here that sells it...
#144
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Re: Just tell me it will get better
It's even worse if you have to have wheat and gluten free. A small (and I mean very small) loaf of bread for me is usually about $6.99 and sometimes I have to drive 50 or 60 miles just to stock up on it.
The only way I can eat it is to either toast it or nuke it for a few seconds, it's bland, it's spongy but it's bread and because it is so expensive it is a rare treat
#145
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Re: Just tell me it will get better
If you are using recipe books try looking for the versions printed over here as they are usually the same but with the American names for the ingredients. If it's only one recipe I just pop into Borders and take a peek. For a book I use a lot like Nigella Lawson's Domestic Goddess I bought it and gave the British one to a friend in the UK.
I love going to the book store and having a look through all the Cook Books...(sometimes I'll grab a coffee, sit down and copy the recipe..) there are quite a few cook books that are on my wish list...
Nigella Lawson's chocolate fudge cake is devine...
#146
Re: Just tell me it will get better
I miss the GF bread in England So I can just imagine how you 'normal' bread eaters feel.
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Re: Just tell me it will get better
Are they fresh Tortillas or pre-packaged?
The only ones I have tried have a nasty after taste to them and they crumble up...yuk