Jerseygirl

Hi Frank. We find the same...have a store nearby that sells loads of British goodies. If you want something he hasn't got he'll do his best to get it for you. He also stocks seasonal stuff and Christmas and Easter. When we first found it we used to shop there every week...now it's every few months.

scrubbedexpat097

Together???

fromthemanorborn

The Kroger in Farragut, west Knoxville has a pretty good international aisle including a British section. Most of the usual suspects are available and they also have British bacon and sausage too. (What puzzled me was that Vimto was in with the Mediterranean foods. Am I missing something or do they think that something ending in 'o' must be Italian or Spanish?)
A quick search tells me there are at least 20 Krogers in the Memphis area so at least one must have the availabilty of the one in K'ville. Or is the East just that much more sophisticated than the West?

frrussre

Hi Penguinbar,

" Fried Chicken in a Key lime pie, must be interesting flavor.

Do they use white or dark meat?



Reg Frank R.

Egg and Cress

Seems so!

We tried the Kroger in Farragut - they had nothing and even the people behind the counters didn't know what we were talking about! We had made the trip for nothing - well not nothing, as we witnessed my middle daughter's marriage to her BIL while we were there! Anyway, the British food foray was fruitless! Maybe we just went to the wrong one? We got our information from the Kroger website.

Have you actually purchased the bacon and sausages there? Are they American made?

gruffbrown

How is Wegmans?

Egg and Cress

P.S. If you've actually purchase such at Kroger in Farragut, can you give us the address? Please?

Jerseygirl

Not been there for donkey's ages Gruffy.

frrussre

Hi Jersey, last time I went to Brit store, was for Mint Sauce (Not jelly, ugh jelly), think had to be 6 months ago. Not one of their big customers.

We bought HP sauce, Heinz Jam pudding, custard & (For USC wife) Bourbons, in local Publix. Even that is once in a blue moon.

Guess I have generally got use to American food, even though I do miss British food, occasionally.

Reg. Frank R.

Ps. Wish I could buy Cross & Blackwell baked beans. Really don't like Heinz (British), too much sauce not enough beans. Heinz USA vegetarian are not bad.

Jerseygirl

Managed to pry yourself off the beach then?

Frank how could you...take that back. Heinz beans are the food of the gods.

fromthemanorborn

How long since you went there? I was last there about 2 months ago and, as I say, there was a complete aisle of international stuff. British/Irish, German, Mediterranean, Asian and the Indian stuff with the curry sauces, chutneys, pickles, popadoms etc. Went there looking for the bacon and sausage after a recommendation from someone on this forum. (Can't remember who.)

This is the company who supply Kroger and I believe they are based out of Atlanta. We got the bacon and sausage and both were pretty good.

http://www.balsonbutchers.com/

They (Kroger, Farragut not Balson) also have a superb cheese counter with a number of English and European varieties, although these tend to be quite expensive.

Footnote: I have just been informed by my wife that this is a 'Kroger Marketplace' and according to this link, is the only one in TN.

http://www.kroger.com/mykroger/011/P...rketplace.aspx

Might be worth you making another cross state trip and spending some vacation time in the mountains instead of Florida.

Matt.

Egg and Cress

We were there about 2 years ago(?) but I begin to strongly suspect we went to the wrong Kroger, particularly since you say it's a "Marketplace" store, rather than a regular one. The one we tried was a very regular store, which may explain why no one there had any idea what we were talking about.

As for making a cross-state trip, you're very right - it's an easy trip for a 4 day week-end and the scenery is pretty. We haven't tried Balson's sausages or bacon as we haven't wanted to order as much as we'd have to until we knew whether it was to our taste or not.

Thanks so much for your information - we'll give that place a try!

frrussre

Hi Jersey,
Beach, yes down to 2 times per week. SWMBO, took 5 day week position (Lot of tension around here), ruining our beach time. Had to cut from 4 days to 2, life really is not fair.

I started eating Cross & Blackwell baked beans, around 25 years ago, when Heinz started filling the cans with sauce instead of beans. Once you go C&B, you will never go back. Give them a try.

Reg. Frank R.

penguinbar

I never said in a key lime pie! I said fried chicken and key lime pie! Chicken first and then the yummy pie! Publix has much better prices for British Foods than Morton Williams here in NYC. I wish NYC had a Publix!

frrussre

I was just kidding, I knew what you meant.

Publix, better then Winn Dixie, but can be little pricey.

Reg. Frank R.