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On 11/20/2020 at 1:05 PM, Stuwoolf said:

Sorry to hear of your situation.

 

My plan is to become as self sufficient as is required. Planning to buy a bread maker and a sausage machine. That way at least my bread and sausages will (eventually) be more to my taste.🙂

 

Necessity is the Mother of Invention😂

 

Good luck

Bread and sausages... yea I feel you 😄

Though that's about it for me. I'm fine with the rest and figured out how to substitute except for some cravings here. Take a look at the frozen bread section at Walmart, they usually have some foreign style bread there. Expensive but the heart wants what the heart wants. And they have brats that are actually not bad.

It's try and error. Shop around and see what you can adapt too. Cause in the end that's what you have too.

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A lot of the major grocers these days have UK offerings as part of their foreign sections--you probably won't find bread but you can find the stuff that stores better, like sweets and heinz beans. This is my experience in the northern states at least, not too sure if it's the same deal as far south as FL. A quick search tells me that there are a few UK import stores in Orlando, I know you're still under quarantine but if you need to scratch that itch soon then it might be worth a road trip.

Beyond that, Amazon or small hole in the wall shops are where I've been able to find the most foreign products.

 

Good luck and welcome to the US!

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Patience......patience.

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Costco for sausages and streaky bacon.

 

There is a place in Denver that does decent Bangers

 

Have spoke with specialist butchers about Bacon and they know what I want but do not do it that way.

 

A friend gives me Elk sausages if he gets one and they are excellent, makes me wonder if the guy who does his butchering could do Bacon, but it seems a lot of work.

 

Vegetarian Baked Beans, I get mine from City Market.

 

HP etc sauce from specialists, Amazon or a Dutch friend who visits, amusingly now made in Holland.

 

 

“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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Things in the Taste department are improving. Have learned to check the sugar content when buying bread. Sometimes its as much as 5g!

 

As for sausages, Jimmy Deans work with HP sauce🙂. Have also found Sharwoods and Patak curry sauces.

 

Tunnocks Caramel Wafers.😊 An ideal accompanyment with a cup of tea. All sorts of confectionary is available too. Thats the cravinhs attended to.

 

Its all comin together😊😊😊

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8 hours ago, Stuwoolf said:

Its all comin together

Welcome to the Colonies! :P 

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06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

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04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

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Cost Plus/World Market has some imported UK and european foods.  We get baked beans and vegemite or marmite there.

 

Husband is from NZ, but I lived in the UK and my kids are dual citizens, so we order stuff from Amazon, like Barry's Irish tea, Branston Pickle, English crisps, Bisto, lemon curd, etc.  Even some English and German household cleaning supplies I'm partial to, lol.

 

 

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About once a month I find PROPER back bacon at the supermarket I like to go to. It probably helps that there are a lot of Brits in the area. It's made by Beeler's and comes from Iowa. https://www.beelerspurepork.com/product/british-back-bacon/ You can buy it online there for $7. It is to my Scottish husband's palate more than acceptable. There is a touch of sugar in there but it is not noticeable -- I didn't even realize it until I just looked now.

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1 hour ago, laylalex said:

About once a month I find PROPER back bacon at the supermarket I like to go to. It probably helps that there are a lot of Brits in the area. It's made by Beeler's and comes from Iowa. https://www.beelerspurepork.com/product/british-back-bacon/ You can buy it online there for $7. It is to my Scottish husband's palate more than acceptable. There is a touch of sugar in there but it is not noticeable -- I didn't even realize it until I just looked now.

Thanks😊

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Was in the local Publix grocery store and found Tunnocks (Yes, TUNNOCKS!) Caramel Wafers. Seem to be readily available down here. This shop had a wee British section😂

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3 hours ago, Stuwoolf said:

readily available [...] British section

[Colonist makes mental note that King George III was apparently not fully vanquished... load the muskets... fire when the Lobsterbacks are in view... reload... repeat...]

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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15 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

[Colonist makes mental note that King George III was apparently not fully vanquished... load the muskets... fire when the Lobsterbacks are in view... reload... repeat...]

I'm for the Continental army. Where do I sign on😊

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2 minutes ago, Stuwoolf said:

I'm for the Continental army. Where do I sign on😊

First, repeat after us:  "Give me liberty, or give me Tunnocks Caramel Wafers!"

And mean it when you say it, fellow patriot.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Could you not just make the bread yourself? I'm only asking because when I moved from NC to rural Canada to be with my husband 10 years ago, this is what I had to do to get decent biscuits there since the local grocery store didn't carry them. 

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