Taking food to the States!
Sep 15th 2013, 12:19 am
#31
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Re: Taking food to the States!
well I am lucky we have one 8 miles away and they have British chocolate and lots of Indian food and is just like the Disneyland of food. You should pay a visit Bob it is the best food store I have found here for everything - wine, cheese, fresh fish anything you want baby.
Sep 15th 2013, 12:25 am
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Re: Taking food to the States!
wow you are being ripped off I can start a business here.
Sep 15th 2013, 12:50 am
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Re: Taking food to the States!
I buy loads of tea here, but not American teabags, which I have proved to my own satisfaction contain around half the tea of british teabags. Even the ones that say "British" or "British-style" teabags--just forget it! 
Trader Joe Irish teabags are an exception; they are packed full of strong tea. Not the TJ British teabags, the Irish ones in the green box. Not always available but good, and not expensive.
But I always bring a box or two of PG Tips or even Tesco Finest back in my suitcase. I usually remember to write it on the customs form & never had any extra scrutiny over it.
Trader Joe Irish teabags are an exception; they are packed full of strong tea. Not the TJ British teabags, the Irish ones in the green box. Not always available but good, and not expensive.
But I always bring a box or two of PG Tips or even Tesco Finest back in my suitcase. I usually remember to write it on the customs form & never had any extra scrutiny over it.
Sep 16th 2013, 2:48 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!
Freeze them solid and then put them into good zip-lock bags.
This helps to keep the sniffer dogs away.
Stuff them then into socks or wrap up in jeans, etc. and pack them into your suitcase. All this extra insulation will keep them from completely defrosting after a long series of flights to the US.
One thing I also make sure to do is pack a load of complicated looking stuff in with them, such as toys for the kids, any stuff you might get like mugs, key chains and other tat which inevitably finds its way into the return luggage. The more the better.
Sep 16th 2013, 3:23 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!
The trick I have worked out is to get the butcher to vacuum seal the sausages and bacon for you. It mushes up the sausages a lot, but you can always "re-form" them later.
Freeze them solid and then put them into good zip-lock bags.
This helps to keep the sniffer dogs away.
Freeze them solid and then put them into good zip-lock bags.
This helps to keep the sniffer dogs away.
To my surprise, according to the USDA website, its legal to import cooked and uncooked pork from the UK.
Steve
Sep 16th 2013, 3:43 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!
I'd say American tea is OK for what it is, but it is a different product. I wouldn't try putting milk in it and expecting a decent strong cuppa. But standard American tea is OK drunk black.
Tazo Earl Grey is very nice .. Again, I wouldn't put milk in it.
Tazo Earl Grey is very nice .. Again, I wouldn't put milk in it.
Sep 16th 2013, 3:44 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!
Same with Cadbury; i've yet to meet anyone that thinks Cadbury's US chocolate is anything other than pigswill. Give an English bar to a yank and they love it.
Just makes no sense to me why manufacturers think they need to change an already near perfect product for a market that hasn't asked for the change.
Sep 16th 2013, 3:47 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!
Why have they ruined Twinings tea so badly here? The Americans I know love proper English tea when they drink it, so they're hardly catering for a market that will only drink Twinings' US variant.
Same with Cadbury; i've yet to meet anyone that thinks Cadbury's US chocolate is anything other than pigswill. Give an English bar to a yank and they love it.
Just makes no sense to me why manufacturers think they need to change an already near perfect product for a market that hasn't asked for the change.
Same with Cadbury; i've yet to meet anyone that thinks Cadbury's US chocolate is anything other than pigswill. Give an English bar to a yank and they love it.
Just makes no sense to me why manufacturers think they need to change an already near perfect product for a market that hasn't asked for the change.
Sep 16th 2013, 5:23 pm
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Re: Taking food to the States!