Yup...Lorne Sausage is the shiz! I've managed to find all kinds of things from back home here, but I really doubt I'll find that, even Jungle Jim's Scotland section doesn't have any (...and Jungle Jim's is one of the largest international markets if not the largest here in the states) :(
The England section at Jungle Jim's however does have lots and lots of stuff from back home, and it's all way, way, cheaper than World Market.
Problem with Jungle Jim's is getting to it as it's in Ohio, and it's a good 3 hour drive from where I am. The only reason we ended up going there was cos' the wife wanted to go to Ikea (which we have round here now). But I spent so much money there it was ridiculous, at least $100 of it was on beers :))
....So perhaps a trip there about once every 3-6 months is probably a bit more sensible, as I'd bankrupt myself if I lived closer =))
I've found you can get a lot of British stuff up here in Canada.. Managed to get Horlicks, Ovaltine and Ribena from the international food isle at Loblaws / Real Canadian Superstore.
Was really happy about the Ribena.. Bottles of cordial are one thing you don't seem to see very often in Canada - although they have plenty of the frozen drinks in a can where you throw the contents into a pitcher and then top it up with however many cans-worth of water and mix it all together (and then you have to drink it all at once or have a huge pitcher taking up half your fridge).. Those or the packaged crystals that you stir into water. (Kool-aid or Crystal Delight)
I would like to be able to get Vimto cordial, but I've never seen it anywhere over here yet.
My wife and her friends also keep taking the p!ss about the name 'Horlicks'
"Eww! Whore-licks! Who would drink something named THAT!?"
"Horlick is a surname. They're the people who make the drink."
"I don't buy it - I mean, who would name themselves something like THAT! British people are WEIRD!"
etc.
Oh yeah, and I also managed to get a Yorkie bar from this candy import place in town.. Actually, it was from their roadshow stand (they set up in malls around Easter and at events, etc. - haven't actually been to the store itself).. It was about $4 though, so not something I would make a habit of, seeing as domestic chocolate bars are usually around $1.50 - $2.
One thing they have here that I like is the Cadbury's 'Wunderbar' - it's basically 'Star Bar' that you used to be able to get in the UK, but I'm pretty sure has been discontinued. Always liked those, so was happy to get them back.
(And the ad isn't racist / stereotypical at all.. Honest, guv!)
I think I have a couple of kingsize Wunderbars stashed in my drawer somewhere, they're alright they are.
As for Vimto, do you have World market in Canada? They occasionally get bottles of Vimto cordial in sometimes. Or the ones that are like that Mio stuff that comes in the tiny bottles and you only need to add a quick squirt to a bottle of water. I have a Vimto one sitting around here somewhere I think?
I think they have better import options if you're in one of the bigger cities like Toronto or Vancouver.
I'm in Winnipeg, which is something like Canada's 5th largest city, but it's also in the Midwest (about 8 hours from Minneapolis, 2 hours to Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is the closest biggish town over the border), so we have pretty much everything you'd need, but specialist places like import food stores are few and far between. All the Loblaws stuff seems to be imported through Mississauga, Ontario (which is a suburb of Toronto), so out East would probably be the best place to look.
I should maybe go down and check out that Candy Mountain store, but from their Roadshow kiosk, looks like they mostly get just chocolate bars and sweets in, and a lot look like they come from the US as well. (They had a lot of overpriced pick'n'mix too - them reminded me of going to the cinema in England..)
Overpriced Pick n' Mix always reminds me of the Metrocentre in Gateshead, in the late 80's the first proper "Pick n' Mix" store I encountered was there, called Butterfly. Some of the stuff was OK but some of it was way too expensive. They folded, then there was another one in it's place with a crappo name something like "The Sweet Factory" which wasn't as good.
But yeah overpriced Pick n' Mix the Cinema in the Gate in Newcastle is well up there with them. 6 quid for about 2 oz of sweets......utter sh*te, you'd have got as much for about 50p from a proper sweetshop.
I never get Pick n' Mix at all now, because about 80% of the worlds population no longer has any standards or manners, and the stuff in the dispensers is either old and has that airy stale taste to it, or all the skanky fat women have let their gaggle of gutter children put their bare hands in there, even though there's scoops usually wired to the side of the dispensers (Presumably so nobody steals them, since nobody can be trusted these days either).
I've seen grubby kids pick stuff out bite it say "ergh" and put the rest back, when somebody complained the mother got angry, if you don't want to be critiqued teach your kids to keep their scruffy little mits to themselves...I was taught when I was younger look with your eyes, not your hands. What annoys me most about this is, most places like that now will let you try 1 of whatever it is to see if you like it before you decide, there's absolutely no need for the above to ever happen.
The cake is a choking hazard, and the filling tastes like what I can only imagine to be melted plastic.
Ding Dongs (also made by Hostess, and yes the name does give way to many, many knob jokes) even though they contain the same carcinogenic 'creme' filling are strangely more edible, maybe it's cos the chocolate cake, and covering masks the death within? :D
And don't forget Ho-Hos (or do). I thought Hostess Cakes went bust a couple of years back, though.. Did someone end up buying / bailing them out in the end?
Oh yeah, and back on the topic of cinema snacks.. This.
Oreos have been in the UK since at least the mid 90s. They're not bad, they're just not that good either.
Northing in the US beats a Bourbon biscuit.
When growiing up in the UK a Peak Freans biscuit selection box at Christmas was a staple,it generally meant some interesting biscuits for a while. An Aunty would also buya tin of them blonde European biscuits which were all different shapes but basically all the same type of biscuit. They were nice at first but became tiresome quickly, whilst the variety of the Peak Freans never got old.
Oreos have been in the UK since at least the mid 90s. They're not bad, they're just not that good either.
Northing in the US beats a Bourbon biscuit.
When growiing up in the UK a Peak Freans biscuit selection box at Christmas was a staple,it generally meant some interesting biscuits for a while. An Aunty would also buya tin of them blonde European biscuits which were all different shapes but basically all the same type of biscuit. They were nice at first but became tiresome quickly, whilst the variety of the Peak Freans never got old.
Funny you mention that, a few weeks back I found out that Dollarama (I'm pretty sure they're a Canada-only dollar store) was selling selection boxes of Peak Freans-esque biscuits for about $2 each.. They were the basic ones - coconut creams, Nice biscuits, Bourbons and fake Jammie Dodgers. I got a box and they weren't so bad.. Have been meaning to pick up another, but haven't been back in that store yet. (They're a franchise, so the stock tends to vary store to store).
Biscuits is definitely something the British still do better than North America.
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Much as you've tempted me, It's still not enough to make me trudge about three quarters of a mile through snow (while it's -13 out) to go to 7-11 and buy one. At Midnight.
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Oh right, Burnham-on-Sea - I've been there. Used to go down there and Weston-Super-Mare for holidays when I was a kid. Nice part of the country. :)
I know what you mean about the bakeries. There was a decent little pie shop in the village where I went to high school. Used to go there on lunch now and again. Went back for a visit in 2010 and they'd knocked it down and built flats. They seemed to be doing that everywhere in the UK. A factory or business closes - boom - flats. (It was probably a pre-2008 plan though, so it might have been scaled back a bit now.)
There's a pie shop here, but I've only been a couple of times in the last 11 years.. It's not that far from me, I just don't remember to go. (And it's on the road where they always do speed trapping, so I tend to avoid it.)
Shame, as it's always nice when I do remember to stop in.
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Those poor yanks are missing out ...
Yup...Lorne Sausage is the shiz! I've managed to find all kinds of things from back home here, but I really doubt I'll find that, even Jungle Jim's Scotland section doesn't have any (...and Jungle Jim's is one of the largest international markets if not the largest here in the states) :(
The England section at Jungle Jim's however does have lots and lots of stuff from back home, and it's all way, way, cheaper than World Market.
Problem with Jungle Jim's is getting to it as it's in Ohio, and it's a good 3 hour drive from where I am. The only reason we ended up going there was cos' the wife wanted to go to Ikea (which we have round here now). But I spent so much money there it was ridiculous, at least $100 of it was on beers :))
....So perhaps a trip there about once every 3-6 months is probably a bit more sensible, as I'd bankrupt myself if I lived closer =))
I've just noticed a gap in the market.
*Phones up Dragon's Den to book an appearance*
I also would love to find Fish and Chips done properly. I'd even break my vegan diet for one go at it.
I'm not leaving the UK now if there's no Battenburg! This is my afternoon snack with a cuppa of PG Tips.
Weetabix are pretty easy to get hold of here, unfortunately I can't suggest anywhere that does decent chips :(
Was really happy about the Ribena.. Bottles of cordial are one thing you don't seem to see very often in Canada - although they have plenty of the frozen drinks in a can where you throw the contents into a pitcher and then top it up with however many cans-worth of water and mix it all together (and then you have to drink it all at once or have a huge pitcher taking up half your fridge).. Those or the packaged crystals that you stir into water. (Kool-aid or Crystal Delight)
I would like to be able to get Vimto cordial, but I've never seen it anywhere over here yet.
My wife and her friends also keep taking the p!ss about the name 'Horlicks'
"Eww! Whore-licks! Who would drink something named THAT!?"
"Horlick is a surname. They're the people who make the drink."
"I don't buy it - I mean, who would name themselves something like THAT! British people are WEIRD!"
etc.
Oh yeah, and I also managed to get a Yorkie bar from this candy import place in town.. Actually, it was from their roadshow stand (they set up in malls around Easter and at events, etc. - haven't actually been to the store itself).. It was about $4 though, so not something I would make a habit of, seeing as domestic chocolate bars are usually around $1.50 - $2.
One thing they have here that I like is the Cadbury's 'Wunderbar' - it's basically 'Star Bar' that you used to be able to get in the UK, but I'm pretty sure has been discontinued. Always liked those, so was happy to get them back.
(And the ad isn't racist / stereotypical at all.. Honest, guv!)
As for Vimto, do you have World market in Canada? They occasionally get bottles of Vimto cordial in sometimes. Or the ones that are like that Mio stuff that comes in the tiny bottles and you only need to add a quick squirt to a bottle of water. I have a Vimto one sitting around here somewhere I think?
I'm in Winnipeg, which is something like Canada's 5th largest city, but it's also in the Midwest (about 8 hours from Minneapolis, 2 hours to Grand Forks, North Dakota, which is the closest biggish town over the border), so we have pretty much everything you'd need, but specialist places like import food stores are few and far between. All the Loblaws stuff seems to be imported through Mississauga, Ontario (which is a suburb of Toronto), so out East would probably be the best place to look.
I should maybe go down and check out that Candy Mountain store, but from their Roadshow kiosk, looks like they mostly get just chocolate bars and sweets in, and a lot look like they come from the US as well. (They had a lot of overpriced pick'n'mix too - them reminded me of going to the cinema in England..)
But yeah overpriced Pick n' Mix the Cinema in the Gate in Newcastle is well up there with them. 6 quid for about 2 oz of sweets......utter sh*te, you'd have got as much for about 50p from a proper sweetshop.
I never get Pick n' Mix at all now, because about 80% of the worlds population no longer has any standards or manners, and the stuff in the dispensers is either old and has that airy stale taste to it, or all the skanky fat women have let their gaggle of gutter children put their bare hands in there, even though there's scoops usually wired to the side of the dispensers (Presumably so nobody steals them, since nobody can be trusted these days either).
I've seen grubby kids pick stuff out bite it say "ergh" and put the rest back, when somebody complained the mother got angry, if you don't want to be critiqued teach your kids to keep their scruffy little mits to themselves...I was taught when I was younger look with your eyes, not your hands. What annoys me most about this is, most places like that now will let you try 1 of whatever it is to see if you like it before you decide, there's absolutely no need for the above to ever happen.
Tramps!
RANT! RANT! HABBIDDY HOO BLAH!
The cake is a choking hazard, and the filling tastes like what I can only imagine to be melted plastic.
Ding Dongs (also made by Hostess, and yes the name does give way to many, many knob jokes) even though they contain the same carcinogenic 'creme' filling are strangely more edible, maybe it's cos the chocolate cake, and covering masks the death within? :D
http://del.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/15/10/54f94d5cc12f1_-_twinkie-creme-filled.jpg
Oh yeah, and back on the topic of cinema snacks.. This.
Our Tesco sell them.
Along with other overpriced American confectionary.
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=Twinkies&newSort=true&search=Search
Oreo's are another yank thing I've noticed creeping into uk shops the past couple of years. never noticed them before that?
When growiing up in the UK a Peak Freans biscuit selection box at Christmas was a staple,it generally meant some interesting biscuits for a while. An Aunty would also buya tin of them blonde European biscuits which were all different shapes but basically all the same type of biscuit. They were nice at first but became tiresome quickly, whilst the variety of the Peak Freans never got old.
Funny you mention that, a few weeks back I found out that Dollarama (I'm pretty sure they're a Canada-only dollar store) was selling selection boxes of Peak Freans-esque biscuits for about $2 each.. They were the basic ones - coconut creams, Nice biscuits, Bourbons and fake Jammie Dodgers. I got a box and they weren't so bad.. Have been meaning to pick up another, but haven't been back in that store yet. (They're a franchise, so the stock tends to vary store to store).
Biscuits is definitely something the British still do better than North America.
Go on...
You know you want one...
Just one?
Have a box, in case you want one or two later :-)
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Much as you've tempted me, It's still not enough to make me trudge about three quarters of a mile through snow (while it's -13 out) to go to 7-11 and buy one. At Midnight.
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Looking forward to summer in Somerset later in the year :)
Oh right, Burnham-on-Sea - I've been there. Used to go down there and Weston-Super-Mare for holidays when I was a kid. Nice part of the country. :)
I know what you mean about the bakeries. There was a decent little pie shop in the village where I went to high school. Used to go there on lunch now and again. Went back for a visit in 2010 and they'd knocked it down and built flats. They seemed to be doing that everywhere in the UK. A factory or business closes - boom - flats. (It was probably a pre-2008 plan though, so it might have been scaled back a bit now.)
There's a pie shop here, but I've only been a couple of times in the last 11 years.. It's not that far from me, I just don't remember to go. (And it's on the road where they always do speed trapping, so I tend to avoid it.)
Shame, as it's always nice when I do remember to stop in.