UK Food, what do you miss most?

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

What can you just not get your fix of in the US?

I am putting my visa journey on hold for a while, because my partner has got a job he wants to stay here (London) for. But when I thought I was moving, I started to really relish cadburys chocolate, tunnocks tea cakes, good bread, and all the other things i thought i was about to leave behind.

Now that I'm not going for a while, and a little strapped for cash, I thought I might sell UK Food Parcels on ebay, for a small profit. They would come from the uk so there would be no chance that Hershey would have interferred with the chocolate, or sugar in the beans!!

What do you think? Would you buy them? What would you want most? (Bearing in mind that refridgerated / baked goods are probably not possible for my little enterprise)

Thanks in advance,

Poiteen

[paulinespens 3]

you mean no added corn syrup.

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Haggis cream crackers; tunnocks caramel wafers & tea cakes; maltesers; shortbread; cadbury's fruit & nut; bisto gravy granules (sitting drooling)

I would buy them in a heartbeat....my hubby loves maltesers & shortbread.....i used to ship them to him before i left scotland....now he's outta luck since i moved here almost a year ago.

The gravy over here is bad!!!! not like back home i loved my bisto!!!!!

Edited August 22, 2007 by MariaDane

[RGNSCOT 0]

Haggis cream crackers; tunnocks caramel wafers & tea cakes; maltesers; shortbread; cadbury's fruit & nut; bisto gravy granules (sitting drooling)

I would buy them in a heartbeat....my hubby loves maltesers & shortbread.....i used to ship them to him before i left scotland....now he's outta luck since i moved here almost a year ago.

The gravy over here is bad!!!! not like back home i loved my bisto!!!!!

oh yes maria, tunnocks tea cakes mmmmm caramel logs mmmmmm i can taste them now, im fact am off to tesco to fill up on the them.. u want one??? or two...ok al stop teasin...

yep am gonna miss so much.. but its worth it, right !!!!!!

came in from night shift the other morning and ate a whole fruit and nut.. it was shouting on me from the fridge... nope i didnt feel guilty... but i will when see another pound or two added to my already size zero haha

aggyx

[ajames79 0]

we were just talking about htis last night...as we often do.

We both miss bread...good bread.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Decent Fish and Chips. Especially the chips part.

Almost everything else I can import/make myself.

[ajames79 0]

Decent Fish and Chips. Especially the chips part.

Almost everything else I can import/make myself.

that too! However I don't do so badly on making fish and chips....

Naan bread we both missed but I have mastered it pretty well!

[Dr_LHA 3]

that too! However I don't do so badly on making fish and chips....

You just can't get the right potatoes I find. For some reason America has 1 kind of potato (Russett), whereas UK has about 100.

Naan bread we both missed but I have mastered it pretty well!

Luckily we have a decent Indian in town, plus there's Trader Joe's Frozen Garlic and Corriander Naan, which are about the best store bought Naan I've ever had (made in India no less).

[Mags 112]

I miss it all. Although not black pudding. *shudders*

[ajames79 0]

that too! However I don't do so badly on making fish and chips....

You just can't get the right potatoes I find. For some reason America has 1 kind of potato (Russett), whereas UK has about 100.

Naan bread we both missed but I have mastered it pretty well!

Luckily we have a decent Indian in town, plus there's Trader Joe's Frozen Garlic and Corriander Naan, which are about the best store bought Naan I've ever had (made in India no less).

I'll have to try Trader Joes....I am not often close to a Traders but I love them! They have a kind of cracker there that I love!

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Haggis cream crackers; tunnocks caramel wafers & tea cakes; maltesers; shortbread; cadbury's fruit & nut; bisto gravy granules (sitting drooling)

I would buy them in a heartbeat....my hubby loves maltesers & shortbread.....i used to ship them to him before i left scotland....now he's outta luck since i moved here almost a year ago.

The gravy over here is bad!!!! not like back home i loved my bisto!!!!!

oh yes maria, tunnocks tea cakes mmmmm caramel logs mmmmmm i can taste them now, im fact am off to tesco to fill up on the them.. u want one??? or two...ok al stop teasin...

yep am gonna miss so much.. but its worth it, right !!!!!!

came in from night shift the other morning and ate a whole fruit and nut.. it was shouting on me from the fridge... nope i didnt feel guilty... but i will when see another pound or two added to my already size zero haha

aggyx

Aggy ur bad, booo hooooo gawd what i would do for tunnocks tea cakes right now.....ok aye nevermind one or two...just gimme the whole box aww cmon are u trying to make me jealous (fruit & nut ) i hope you gain 10 lbs from eating all that good stuff :P just kiddin

ya wee witch

[Lou Lou 1]

I don't really miss much. I buy from Trader Joe's, or other online food companies that are based here -- way cheaper shipping. Plus, I nip across the border to Canada for Brit stuff too. Search around and you see Brit stuff tucked away. Christmas Tree Shops, TJ Maxx, all those kind of places. I know a while back people were already selling Brit food on Ebay. Personally, I would not be prepared to pay the horrendous shipping charges from the UK, plus the fact most of us have friends or relatives that can do the same job.

Edited August 22, 2007 by Lou Lou

[no name 1]

that too! However I don't do so badly on making fish and chips....

You just can't get the right potatoes I find. For some reason America has 1 kind of potato (Russett), whereas UK has about 100.

I always see at least 5 kinds in any US supermarket.

http://www.umaine.edu/PAA/var.htm

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Foodwise I never really miss much. You can get a lot of stuff local to me anyway. I miss certain restaurants, though, and I miss Pimms.

[no name 1]

I miss ready-to-cook meals from M&S & Sainsburys.