Strange things you're not used to

[TBoneTX 45,291]

If you can find a proper butcher or a Polish or Italian deli you might be able to get some decent bacon.

And if you find an improper butcher, run like the plague! (Couldn't resist, si man.)

...put in a request for what you want at your local supermarket. They always tell me if they can find it they'll order it.

MY local supermarket denied that they had or could procure Moose Bacon. Life is simply no longer worth living, si man, eh.

However, I did see a cured ham. Wonder what it had?

Edited August 28, 2008 by TBoneTX

[English Muffin 59]

* Colonistic sigh * WHAT are "hobnobs"? Is it related to horn-on-the-hob, or norn-on-the-nob, or another talking vegetable? How does a hobnob differ from, say, a gossipnossip?

You can also get them with chocolate on! Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom.

[Gemmie 142]

I want Hobnobs now!

[TBoneTX 45,291]

Ah, biscuits... er, cookies! Four questions: What do Brits call actual biscuits (U.S.-style)? Does "cookie" mean anything in particular in Britaindom? On the Hobnob package, what does "nobbly" mean? When will the British learn to speak English (ha)?

[weedebz 0]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm hobnobs. They have comforted me through many hard (and not so hard) times. Always good on their own or drunked in a nice cup of tea.

[KaiserD 12]

I'm actually glad that I havn't had access to biscuits, I am terrible with chocolate digestives.

I got told off by my OB for putting on too much weight on my pregnancy (I had HG and ended up in ER a few times for dehydration from being so sick so when I was better, I ate like there was no tomorrow!), if I had access to chocolate biccies on top of all the delicious sugary things the US has to offer I would need a winch to get me out of bed

[TBoneTX 45,291]

Definitions, please, si man!

[Laura+Tom 2]

Ah, biscuits... er, cookies! Four questions: What do Brits call actual biscuits (U.S.-style)? Does "cookie" mean anything in particular in Britaindom? On the Hobnob package, what does "nobbly" mean? When will the British learn to speak English (ha)?

Britain doesn't have US style biscuits, isn't really an equivelant. They look like a scone but don't taste like one. Biscuits are well biscuits. I suppose you could call an Oreo a biscuit. Google images of Rich Tea, Bourbons, Custard Creams (my fav) and you'll see.

We have cookies like the choc chip and double choc chip kind.

No idea what the nob in Hobnob stands for, but they are yummy.

[weedebz 0]

nobbly means lumpy/uneven/not smooth.

any brits out there discovered a good US dunking biscuit? Of course if any non brits know thats fine too but I was asking brits as we seem to be in a league of our own when it comes to the finer points of afternoon tea and biscuits!!!!!!! I've introduced some of my in laws to the joys of the 11am and 3pm dunk-a-thon but have yet to find a decent dunker.

Edited August 28, 2008 by weedebz

[Reba 2]

I usually get Voortman cookies (biscuits). They're a Canadian brand, but are fairly widely available in the US. Heck, if I can get 'em here in the bargain stores, as well as my usual grocery stores (pretty much every chain grocer here in town carries them), you should be able to find them just about anywhere.

I like the windmills, as well as the chocolate chip, oatmeal, and the shortbread. The tea ring is ok, but not my fave.

I totally miss Arrowroot biscuits. I found a package one time at Big Lots here, but it was imported from Canada for the US market, and had HFCS and more sugar in it than the Canadian recipe. They tasted all wrong.

I also miss Social Teas. They're awesome for dunking, but I can't find them here in the US, or anything comparable. Maybe at World Market. I just wish it was closer

[Jeraly 4]

Where are these supermarkets with sound effects? I have never been to one!

Me neither!! I am going to have to check out our local Vons and see if we have sound effects here too...

Chocolate is good for you, you should eat more actually.

what if I eat seventeen kilos a day?

mmmmmmmmmmmmm hobnobs. They have comforted me through many hard (and not so hard) times. Always good on their own or drunked in a nice cup of tea.

Ohh I saw some at World Market the other day and it made me think of you - the tubes of chocolate ones (milk) were $4.99 and the regular packets were either $4.49 or $4.99 - I'm not sure how much they would cost to send to you but if it works out cheaper than gas to Omaha, maybe we could figure something out if you get desperate Thought the pricing might help for hobnob budgeting too - also World Market has a website:

http://www.worldmarket.com/home.jsp

I can't see hobnobs on there though I prefer dunking into coffee but most cookies I find just dissolve into sludge... I am sure there must be *something* out there... maybe I should make it my new hobby - finding a dunking biscuit... of course it is too hot for coffee down here right now so...

[Marilyn. 340]

I usually get Voortman cookies (biscuits). They're a Canadian brand, but are fairly widely available in the US. Heck, if I can get 'em here in the bargain stores, as well as my usual grocery stores (pretty much every chain grocer here in town carries them), you should be able to find them just about anywhere.

I like the windmills, as well as the chocolate chip, oatmeal, and the shortbread. The tea ring is ok, but not my fave.

I totally miss Arrowroot biscuits. I found a package one time at Big Lots here, but it was imported from Canada for the US market, and had HFCS and more sugar in it than the Canadian recipe. They tasted all wrong.

I also miss Social Teas. They're awesome for dunking, but I can't find them here in the US, or anything comparable. Maybe at World Market. I just wish it was closer

my dad is a trucker and one time when I was with him on a trip we drove with a Voortman driver for awhile and when we had to part ways he gave us a big box of the sugar cookies...there weren't many left by the time we got home

[TBoneTX 45,291]

Good grief... England claims diversity when they don't have (real) biscuits? Of course, the U.S. is lacking in scones (whatever they are), so who's to talk.

Windmill cookies (I haven't seen these in years, but I haven't looked for them, either) should be good, uh, "dunkers." It is my understanding that congealed moose-bacon (nobby or unnobby) is excellent with tea. Or, hey! You could try dunking a uniquely American delicacy -- fried pork rinds! Si, man!

[Ontarkie 14,224]

I usually get Voortman cookies (biscuits). They're a Canadian brand, but are fairly widely available in the US. Heck, if I can get 'em here in the bargain stores, as well as my usual grocery stores (pretty much every chain grocer here in town carries them), you should be able to find them just about anywhere.

I like the windmills, as well as the chocolate chip, oatmeal, and the shortbread. The tea ring is ok, but not my fave.

I totally miss Arrowroot biscuits. I found a package one time at Big Lots here, but it was imported from Canada for the US market, and had HFCS and more sugar in it than the Canadian recipe. They tasted all wrong.

I also miss Social Teas. They're awesome for dunking, but I can't find them here in the US, or anything comparable. Maybe at World Market. I just wish it was closer

my dad is a trucker and one time when I was with him on a trip we drove with a Voortman driver for awhile and when we had to part ways he gave us a big box of the sugar cookies...there weren't many left by the time we got home

more cookies i'm going to miss eating, I'm really going to miss Arrowroot cookies my kids love em thats like one of the ones I buy the most. The windmill cookies are yummy, bah who am I kidding their all so yummy. Guess my list for my mom just got bigger.

[weedebz 0]

@ Aly..never too hot for coffee.