UK Food, what do you miss most?

[Jeraly 4]

Thai curry paste - am sure we will track it down eventually but as yet havent' found it

Shouldn't be too hard. You don't say where you live, but most places in the USA have asian stores, and other stores will sell Thai paste too. My local supermarket sells "Tiger Tiger" brand curry paste which has a UK address on it in its Thai section!

Still living in the UK but will be living in Yucaipa, SoCal - my OH is there right now and hasn't had any luck... he is a man though so maybe he just isn't looking hard enough

Bovril - much nicer than Marmite

Yeah, no luck there. Bovril was banned years back after the BSE thing. Even thought its now vegetarian, I've never seen it. Buy a few jars in the UK, that's what I do. A large jar of Bovril lasts for years and never goes off!

Deffo going to buy a big jar of Bovril if not two - it does keep for ages and I have never seen it there

Vegetable stock cubes

No chance!

Hehe - I have found beef, chicken, fish, lamb... all random meat ones but no veggie - again I am sure there must be some somewhere - surely!!

Colmans mustard (I hate it but my OH loves it)

I've found this at most upmarket stores in the USA.

Yeah - I've found it there but it is soo expensive compared to here because it has been imported that tbh I would prefer to just bring some from home. Besides - I don't even like it and as much as I love my OH it's not like he's grown up on it all his life. If we run out he'll just have to wait til we go back!!

Decent chocolate (rather than the stuff that tastes like laxative)

Avoid Hershey's basically.

Hell yeah - I love Hershey mini cookies but their chocolate sucks

[Dr_LHA 3]

Still living in the UK but will be living in Yucaipa, SoCal - my OH is there right now and hasn't had any luck... he is a man though so maybe he just isn't looking hard enough

Oh you won't have any issue getting Thai Curry paste living there. Just go to Trader Joe's in Redlands (10 miles away). I believe there's even a British Store in Redlands as well, or maybe just an English Pub (there is definitely an English Pub in Redlands, or at least there was 3 years ago when I lived in that neck of the woods). If not there's an English import store in Ontario, which isn't too much farther.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Double post, sorry.

Edited August 31, 2007 by Dr_LHA

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

If you drive west down the 10 for about 45 minutes (or 3 hours depending on traffic) and get off on the one of the exits on the San Bernardino Fwy you will find more asian groceries than you can shake a stick at

[Jeraly 4]

Oh excellent! I'll let my OH know so he can do some investimagating before I move Nice to know there are/were people from the UK in the area as well! Am hoping to find some moral support out there!

[featherB 1]

I just woke up from a dream in which I was sitting in my mum's kitchen, chatting with her, while (this is the 'important' bit!) munching Smith's square crisps with Rose's lime marmalade spooned onto them. Quite why anyone would choose to eat those two things in combination I have noooo idea (I know I wouldn't do it when awake!), but as my husband just went 'huh?' when I told him, I thought I'd post my Brit-foodstuff-related dream here.

Damn... I would love a bag of square crisps right about now....

[Jeraly 4]

Only problem of course is that squares are made by walkers now... Thought there were laws on monopoly!!!

[featherB 1]

Only problem of course is that squares are made by walkers now... tongue.gif Thought there were laws on monopoly!!!

Haha - good point, so they are! I still think of them as Smith's Square Crisps even though Smith's (and Golden Wonder... and KP... and any other kind of non-Walkers crisp) haven't existed in a looooooong time! And just thinking about that made me do a bit of Googling and I found this... 2'30'' into the clip, I used to love that ad (singing potatoes!) when I was a kid!! (Yeah, off-topic, I know!)

Edited September 8, 2007 by featherB

[bettenan 1]

After being here for 8 weeks now, theres only 4 things i really miss, lucozade...salad cream..quorn sausages..and gravy that is suitable for non meat eaters...jez i want a gravy meal, what do other veggies eat here when they want gravy, ive found one and thats cr@ppy fat free. going to have to pay thru the nose and order my bisto onion online i suppose.

I'm not sure about some of these things but if you happen by a Shoprite (the are in PA & NJ) I know some of them carry Bisto and real salad creme plus real baked beans and other English stuff, since that's where hubby gets it.

Another source is Wegmans. Before he discovered them there we ordered everything online...it's the shipping that kills ya.