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I'm stocking up on HP sauce, Cadbury's Dairy Milk, crumpets, Ambrosia rice pudding, Ambrosia custard, jam roly poly from M&S, all the essential things,lol i wont miss the weather and the price of

Pooky
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... and that's before you take into account the immigrant population.

flipperc
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I found this intresting http://www.britishfooddepot.com/main.sc Think ill be giving it a try

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We need Crumpet in Colorado.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Looks like I've found my calling then. Kate's Colorado Crumpets!!

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Looks like I've found my calling then. Kate's Colorado Crumpets!!

i before the s and lose the apostrophe?

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Looks like I've found my calling then. Kate's Colorado Crumpets!!

You are only allowed to do this if you open a Boston branch too! I love crumpets.

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And there I was, worried I wouldn't know what job to do when I get to the USA... haha! Least I have something to do until I get to NVC stage - perfect the art of crumpet baking!

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All this talk about crumpets and I've never had one. So I just bought some at Kroger. They sorta look like American pancakes, not flipped to the second side. So do you toast them in the toaster? What's your favorite way to eat them?

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After five and a half years the only thing I really miss are instant gravy granules.

America seems to love fast food and convenience food, yet they are averse to instant gravy. Probably because hardly anyone owns a kettle. And if you do own a kettle it takes 15 minutes to boil. rolleyes.gif


All this talk about crumpets and I've never had one. So I just bought some at Kroger. They sorta look like American pancakes, not flipped to the second side. So do you toast them in the toaster? What's your favorite way to eat them?

Drowning in butter and nothing else.

The Kroger ones probably aren't the same as British ones...I've yet to find a comparable one in the US.

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All this talk about crumpets and I've never had one. So I just bought some at Kroger. They sorta look like American pancakes, not flipped to the second side. So do you toast them in the toaster? What's your favorite way to eat them?

Ive tried the crumpets they have at Wegmans and they just aren't the same, i think it may be something to do with America doesn't seem to have suet! which i believe is an ingredient in crumpets ?

Crumpets should be toasted (in the toaster) and smothered in chunks of Lurpack slightly salted butter,lol

One thing I'll never forget tasting for the first time in the US is Biscuits! like the ones you get at Bob Evans or KFC, kinda like our scones but lighter and salted. It always amazes me how something can be so popular in one country yet has never been heard of in a another, biscuits and buttermilk pancakes are two examples.

Oh and i know i'm gonna miss black pudding, now that's an opening for a fun discussion! lol

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All this talk about crumpets and I've never had one. So I just bought some at Kroger. They sorta look like American pancakes, not flipped to the second side. So do you toast them in the toaster? What's your favorite way to eat them?

How have you not be *showered* in crumpets (and other British treats) in return for all your help here? If I thought they'd last in the mail, I'd send some!

I toast them in the oven under the grill. They can be toasted in a regular toaster, but I find most toasters end up burning them on the outside before the middles are heated through enough. Then as much butter on top as possible, and maybe then nice strawberry jam (jelly).

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All this talk about crumpets and I've never had one. So I just bought some at Kroger. They sorta look like American pancakes, not flipped to the second side. So do you toast them in the toaster? What's your favorite way to eat them?

Yep toast them in the toaster and then spread loads of butter on (they are def not a diet food, haha) Best served on a rainy day when you are nice and warm indoors :)

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12.30.2013 - Arrived at NVC

01.27.2014 - Received case no. & IIN

02.07.2014 - Completed & submitted DS-261 form online

02.13.2014 - Paid AOS bill

02.18.2014 - AOS showing as 'paid'

03.18.2014 - Invoiced for IV bill (finally!)

03.19.2014 - Made payment for IV bill

03.21.2014 - IV bill showing PAID

03.24.2014 - Completed DS-260 online

03.29.2014 - Mailed IV Packet

04.26.2014 - IV packet all approved, false checklist from NVC for AOS packet

05.07.2014 - AOS packet sent

06.12.2014 - AOS packet scanned in (took them THAT LONG to do it)

07.29.2014 - Received checklist via email

07.30.2014 - Sent re-filled AOS form, as per checklist instructions

09.24.2014 - Case Complete (FINALLY)

09.30.2014 - Case leaves NVC

Embassy:

10.29.2014 - Medical

11.04.2014 - Interview in London - APPROVED

11.05.2014 - CEAC - Issued

11.07.2014 - Courier email

11.10.2014 - Passport and visa received via DX courier

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12.24.2014 - ELIS changed to "In Process"

01.05.2015 - Greencard received in mail

ROC:
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03.30.2018 - Approval

04.05.2018 - Greencard Arrived

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Found the local BIG LOT sells some british things but had a surprise the other day when we went to world market and whole foods, they both had a good variety af British foods even found British bangers (they were like a cumberland sausage ), they also had digestive biscuits but I refused to pay the $6 a packet lol

 
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