I live in the u.s.a. and r.e.a.l.l.y. miss "black pudding" and "irish bacon" when i want a good fry-up.

I bloody don't! But I bet you can get most of the things that we can't e.g.Bonniegirl wrote:After a while you just forget what it is your think you miss and just get on with it.
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM,(thanks)
I think they are. They do grow them in France and they're called Haricot d'Espagne- but usually grown as a decorative plant. When we first moved here, I saw them growing on a roundabout as the centre piece of a floral bedding display. I had to go round the roundabout a few times to confirm this!!pumpy wrote:When i was on my travels, i could never find runner beans....... are these a peculiarly British vegetable?
Spot on, IMO.Bonniegirl wrote:I don't think it is that I miss foods from the Uk so much as adjusting to new tastes and flavours. It took a while for that to happen when we arrived in NZ. Used to it now, certainly had trouble finding decent sausages, still can't, but we grow our own meat and the sausages our homekill butcher makes are great.
It took 3 years for us to find a decent place to get a curry, we now have a fave place.
Individial items, well I thought I missed Walkers cheese and onion crisps, the first thing I had when we went back to the UL last year was a packet and I was so disappointed with them. Hula hoops I love, we can get them here though, just have to go to the right place.
After a while you just forget what it is your think you miss and just get on with it.
...but it's always worth reminding people there are either alternatives (provolone for cheddar, for example) or things can be re-created at home. If it's bangers you want, buy some pork and make your own adding rusk or breadcrumbs to make them more like English sausages.Mrs Moustoir wrote:we're just discussing what we miss.
lol Bonnie I don't imagine the expats in NZ forums are quite the same as the French ones - you dare to mention cheddar and baked beans and you are vilified by the 'why don't you **** off back to England then?' brigade.Bonniegirl wrote:Oh dear! I don't think anybodies knocking anything! We were asked a question and gave our answer!
http://chateaumoorhen.blogspot.com/boboff wrote:Oh and just for MMM,(thanks)