Sally Redux

1. Agree with nethead, clotted cream with the crust on top
2. Plain unsweetened bread of any kind
3. Pickled onions
4. Cream crackers
5. Tasty crisps

tonrob

• Proper chips
• Proper (British) curries
• (Nice) Cask-conditioned beer
• Fish finger sandwiches
• Veggie pasties

Things I don't miss as I drag a caseful back with me every time I go:

• Branston beans
• Pot Noodles (C&M and Bombay Bad Boy)
• Cadbury's chocolate
• Bisto (onion gravy and chip shop curry sauce)
• Smash

SultanOfSwing

1. Proper bacon
2. Sausages (pork and beef)
3. Bread that doesn't taste weird
4. Curry
5. Decent chips

Five isn't enough. Not even close, I haven't even got to decent mature Cheddar, Red Leicester, smoked cheese, not to mention the chocolate, sweets and crisps, Ribena, Lucozade and Quosh, Mr Kipling, Dairylea triangles, anything from the M&S food section, blackcurrant flavour, pavlova ....

This thread made me sad, and hungry

Brat1

1. Proper chip shop chips
2. Decent bacon and sausages
3. Indian curries
4. Donner kebabs
5. Chicken supper from the chippie

I have tried to substitute a lot of the above for stuff over here and cook a lot more than I ever would have done back home, but it's not the same and can't wait for our visit at Christmas to stuff ourselves silly...... and a couple of extra suitcases on the way back to stock up on all the lovelies, cadburys, bisto, ham stock cubes, galaxy choc etc...... Oh, I'm away for a wee lie down in a dark room, soooooo hungry now

SultanOfSwing

Bring us back a Munchy Box, would you?

Brat1

Oooooo a munchy box, my daughter was just talking about that last night, I am going to have to go on a serious detox when we come back after New Year, but can't bloody wait.......

SultanOfSwing

Ah don't worry about the after-effects, just go mental and enjoy it.

As soon as we get a chance to go back home, I'm right off to the chippy for some battered sausage and gravy chips. Maybe pick up a curry fried rice in the Chinese on the way, too.

That, and you can guarantee my ma will have emptyed the shelves in the M&S frozen dessert section for us too. Nom nom nom ...

Brat1

I am amazed at how much I miss the simple things that we took for granted, and they are 99% food or food related Don't know if I'll be as excited to see Glasgow again, especially in the dead of Winter

SultanOfSwing

Aye you will. Cities always look their best in winter anyway IMO.

tonrob

The Munchy Box. Excellent.

Here's a link I've posted before...

http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html

Edit: as a non-meat eater I'd never had one, but I'm sure as hell glad that they exist...

Peter525839

Wow agree with so many of those but I'll add a few new ones

Christmas pudding with custard
Mincepies
Lambs liver and onions
Branston Pickle
Digestive biscuits plain or chocoalte

A word of caution about what you bring back through customs. They can be very strict and almost any food can be confiscated and fines imposed. They tend to turn a blind eye to chocs and biccies but spices / sauces etc are easily detectable. I read a case recently where an Asian couple were heavily fined for curry spices etc.
If in doubt check before you leave

robin1234

• Tesco Finest Roquefort And Caramelised Onion Tart
• Marks and Spencer Ox Tongue
• Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Sherry Trifle (880g)
• Mr. Kipling Viennese Whirls 6 Pack
• Marks and Spencer Rare Roast Beef and Horseradish Sandwich

WVDreamer

Fairplay to the Scots, they really do set the bar high for unhealthy junk food

Looks awesome though, i'd totally devour it!

kimilseung

Someone always has to take it out of the chippy and make it middle-brow.

nethead

Robin's a better class of ExPat