expats, what food do you miss?

[Millymollymandy]

I even miss the Lomo de Porc drenched in cheap olive oil I could buy for 100 pesetas or so, wine included.

I expect if I went back now it just would not be the same.

That's true, cos it'd be priced in Euros!

Sorry, couldn't resist!

[red]

absence makes the taste buds grow fonder... I suspect you built up the idea of those things you miss and are disappointed when you have them. Same happens to me when I am just being good - say about not eating chocolate.. when i do have some its not as good as I remembered - possibly part addiction rather than taste!

I miss foods from abroad - I dream of skopelos cheese pie...

its not the same as doing without food you grew up with i guess.

[Carltonian Man]

I miss foods that are available abroad, namely fresh sea fish. Sounds a bit daft in a country surrounded by water I know but the wet fish here is dipped in preservative at the docks and if the dip needs changing the fish tastes like dirty mop water.

[suziq]

my m8 lives in bermuda and it's bright coloured knickers and salad cream for her lol

[contadina]

She eats knickers I understand the underwear thing, choices in Italy are barely there and no support for those who don't need it or very big and bullet-proof for everyone else. Needless to say, I stock up on my annual visit to the UK.

[suziq]

tehe, just realised what i'd done there

[spitfire]

reading through all the posts made me hungry I forgot to mention that i also miss cadburys flakes, love those things stuck in a vanilla icecream cone. yum yum...

[Milims]

I've only ever lived here, but I would like to try the Honey Cake I had it Switzerland and the sultana thingies that were sold on the station platform in Amsterdam again.

[Biscombe]

Got to be swede, parsnips and brussel sprouts for me

[Millymollymandy]

Don't you try growing them Biscombe? I'd miss lots of veg but I grow them so that's not a problem.

[Biscombe]

Don't you try growing them Biscombe? I'd miss lots of veg but I grow them so that's not a problem.

Don't do that well here, but I keep trying!

[Millymollymandy]

I guess it's a bit too hot for them there then? Well at least you have mega success with chillies!

[Uller]

I lived in Australia for 8 years and had to stock up on Marmite and Atora suet. I also had to buy Walkers crisps and Soreen malt loaf for a friend everytime I came back. Got used to everything else being different, but just couldn't get on with Vegemite, Promite or the Aussie equivalent of Marmite!