bringing back an american food?

[disneymom]

if you wanted to bring back one or two american foods which really summed up your experience or just would be interesting for someone in the UK what would it be? And is it ok to bring food back from the US to the uk anyway?

[Dawn]

Twinkies. :rofl:

We bring back cornbread mix normally and Mickey Mouse pretzels.

[lisaw]

I bring back cornbread mix, pudding mix and stove-top stuffing :D

[Watchinherskip]

:lol: You guys crack me up!!

[Mags]

My kids discovered pudding and love it, so this time I had to bring some back. I usually go to Publix and stock up with my baking supplies. I got a few Betty crocker mixes that I cant get here as well as butterscotch chips and chocolate chips.We bought lots of Gummi Bears and bubble gum too. Sad, I know!

Margaret

[Dawn]

Big Red gum too.

[Tink]

You can't get cornbread mix, or cornmeal (to make your own) in the UK? :unsure: Nor pudding mix? You can make your own with cornstarch or flour base. :yes:

[lisaw]

You can buy both from US import places but they are very expensive.

Our Angel Delight is fluffy compared to pudding - I love pudding - sinful I know but I don't have it very often :lol:

Cornbread mix again we don't have - we could make it from scratch.

We have a lovely garden Centre with a really nice farm food section that carries US imported foods, I tried to get cornbread mix on Friday but they didn;t have any - it would have been very expensive though.

[Tink]

Ah. I see. Quite like trying to track down Devon cream and Irish bacon here. :yes: You can find it, but it's pricey.

[Dawn]

I'll need waffle mix this time too for the Mickey waffle maker. :D

[Tink]

Waffle mix is simply pancakes in different proportions (liquid to dry).

[Wendy]

Another one for cornbread mix, Peanut butter M & Ms (that's all Dawn's fault :D ) and Chef Paul's spices. I used to able to get the chicken one in Sainsburys but they have stopped stocking it now :(

[Dawn]

Well then I'll need pancake mix then. :lol:

[Dawn]

, Peanut butter M & Ms (that's all Dawn's fault :D )


OMG how could I forget those!!!

Actually I don't bring those back. I get everyone else to bring them back for me. :lol:

[Skywatcher]

wafflemix - get that through an import company here and pink lemonade

[Watchinherskip]

You can't get cornbread mix, or cornmeal (to make your own) in the UK? :unsure: Nor pudding mix? You can make your own with cornstarch or flour base. :yes:

One man's junk is another man's treasure...ha I love you Brits!:p015:

[Skywatcher]

Couldn't eat it all the time - its just a happy memory of great vacations - I'm sure you'd feel the same about Marmite and Chicken Tikka Massala should you ever visit us ;)

[Tink]

Oh, I don't think the items named for bringing back to the UK are junk at all. It's just that some of those items can be made at home with easily purchased ingredients (save the cornmeal, apparently).

Why don't you have cornmeal in the UK? :unsure:

Same here with the Devon cream, Skywatcher. It's luscious stuff, but a seriously rare treat. :yes: (Christmas on hot scones in the morning with sour cherry jam). :D

[Skywatcher]

Clotted cream is even better

[Tink]

I thought clotted cream and Devon(shire)? cream were the same? :unsure: I know I've had both. :unsure: Rather like a white butter with a pronounced cream taste...

[Watchinherskip]

Couldn't eat it all the time - its just a happy memory of great vacations - I'm sure you'd feel the same about Marmite and Chicken Tikka Massala should you ever visit us ;)

Marmite...now don't go crazy mate!:p015:

[Watchinherskip]

Oh, I don't think the items named for bringing back to the UK are junk at all. It's just that some of those items can be made at home with easily purchased ingredients (save the cornmeal, apparently).

Why don't you have cornmeal in the UK? :unsure:

Same here with the Devon cream, Skywatcher. It's luscious stuff, but a seriously rare treat. :yes: (Christmas on hot scones in the morning with sour cherry jam). :D

I know Tink, I have never been to Europe, so I don't have the mindset. To get it straight in my mind, I bring back certain things that I can't get in Virginia when I go back to Pennsylvania to see my mom and brothers. Ummmm now you are talking about bringing something REALLY wonderful back. (Snyders Little Cheesers Pretzels, Middlesworth BBQ chips, Tastycakes, Birchola, and a few local beers like Stegmaier) So I can see what you mean, but cake mixes?:p

[Tink]

Yes, when I go north I come back with cheese curds, a particular type of pepperoni, and tomatoes in particular. :yes:

If I am in the right location I visit the Florentine and bring back their cannoli, and pasticiottis among other pastry. :D :D

I bring back the top split "lobster" rolls too. :yes: :D

[Mags]

So I can see what you mean, but cake mixes?:p

We arent big on cake mixes in the UK and usually make cakes from scratch, but lots of cakes on the Allrecipes site use mixes. I am desperate to try some of the highly rated ones so I marked out some recipes I would like to try and brought those mixes home. :) I did try waffle and pancake mix from Le Gourmet Chef but to be honest my own home made mix was much better. Its the same when I go home to Ireland - I have to bring back some lovely wheaten bread and cakes. I darent come home without them!

Margaret

[Shellyamc]

I think I will start a business :p015:

I will just go shopping once a month and then send all of the stuff out to you guys in the UK. I wonder what I could make..:lol:

[Watchinherskip]

We arent big on cake mixes in the UK and usually make cakes from scratch, but lots of cakes on the Allrecipes site use mixes. I am desperate to try some of the highly rated ones so I marked out some recipes I would like to try and brought those mixes home. :) I did try waffle and pancake mix from Le Gourmet Chef but to be honest my own home made mix was much better. Its the same when I go home to Ireland - I have to bring back some lovely wheaten bread and cakes. I darent come home without them!

Margaret

Oh I would think soda bread...love that. My cousin visited our relatives in Sligo and got the best recipe for soda bread. I try to make it and it makes a good man hole cover.:lol:

[uscwest]

I would have sworn that I saw Devonshire Clotted Cream at our local Wegmans on the day it opened but I haven't been able to find it since. Haven't looked for the Irish Bacon. But they DEFINITELY have those New England Lobster/Hot Dog Rolls Tink. :p015:

[Britchick]

pink lemonade
chococlate covered pretzels
franks hot sauce
peanut butter m and ms
peanut butter chips for baking
old bay seasoning
frenchs? fried onions
french vanilla creamers
hidden valley ranch dressing
honey mustard sauce
libbys pumpkin

[Claire]

pink lemonade
chococlate covered pretzels
franks hot sauce
peanut butter m and ms
peanut butter chips for baking
old bay seasoning
frenchs? fried onions
french vanilla creamers
hidden valley ranch dressing
honey mustard sauce
libbys pumpkin

Not much then? :lol:

[kazzaqld]

I love pink lemonade (I love all things pink!) but I don't think I'd bring it back with me.

Last time I brought back a supersized jar of jalapenos - the ones here are tiny.

This time it will probably be some hot salsa - my supermarkets now only stock mild and medium - pah! wimps! :lol:

[lisaw]

Sainsburys used to always sell libby's tinned pumpkin :unsure:

[Britchick]

Not much then? :lol:

you saying i'm high mantainance? :rolleyes008:;)

[Britchick]

Sainsburys used to always sell libby's tinned pumpkin :unsure:

really? maybe it's just in the big smoke!!

[lisaw]

really? maybe it's just in the big smoke!!

I live in the countryside not the big smoke :tongue0011-1:

[Britchick]

it is compared to here lol, the sainsburys here has like 5 aisles!

[lisaw]

it is compared to here lol, the sainsburys here has like 5 aisles!

Ours has a Starbucks :lol:

[Britchick]

Ours has a Starbucks :lol:

are you looking for trouble?? it takes me 45 mins to get to my nearest starbucks :slap:

[lisaw]

are you looking for trouble?? it takes me 45 mins to get to my nearest starbucks :slap:

I'll think of you tomorrow, I have to take some recycling there and I can't walk past a Starbucks without buying a caramel frappucino :lol:

[Britchick]

hmph!!!

[Claire]

I make a mean flask of coffee.

[Mags]

Oh I would think soda bread...love that. My cousin visited our relatives in Sligo and got the best recipe for soda bread. I try to make it and it makes a good man hole cover.:lol:

It might be the flour that is the problem, so maybe you arent to blame for your 'manhole covers' :lol::lol: American and British flour are very different and i think the buttermilk is probably different as well.
My Mum owned a bakery back in Ireland and we were spoiled by her wonderful home baked bread every day. People used to come from miles around to buy it. I have brought my kids up on it as well. The best bread in the whole world has to be this - Veda (pronounced V da). It is peculiar to Northern Ireland and is a gooey malt loaf which can be eaten buttered or toasted.
http://bp3.blogger.com/_IPaPWGoFwJA/SCdoDCwGnbI/AAAAAAAAAQU/A3GmrfYzj2A/s400/Veda+1+HR.JPG

Now I am totally off topic so I will stop! :yes:

Margaret

[Johnie]

I know Tink, I have never been to Europe, so I don't have the mindset. To get it straight in my mind, I bring back certain things that I can't get in Virginia when I go back to Pennsylvania to see my mom and brothers. Ummmm now you are talking about bringing something REALLY wonderful back. (Snyders Little Cheesers Pretzels, Middlesworth BBQ chips, Tastycakes, Birchola, and a few local beers like Stegmaier) So I can see what you mean, but cake mixes?:p

We get Tastykakes here in Virginia....at least my neck of the woods.....want me to send you some?

[Tinker]

:lol: You guys crack me up!! I just realized the south has no idea what pork roll or schafers bologna is and Tastykakes . OMG, I couidn't live without Tastykakes once in awhile . I told Pat if I ever move to florida, I know what he can send me on holidays . :lol:

[Watchinherskip]

To be honest we have tastycakes here, a bit harder to find, and you don't get the whole variety. Peanut Butter Tandykakes!!! YUMMM

[Watchinherskip]

pink lemonade
chococlate covered pretzels
franks hot sauce
peanut butter m and ms
peanut butter chips for baking
old bay seasoning
frenchs? fried onions
french vanilla creamers
hidden valley ranch dressing
honey mustard sauce
libbys pumpkin

Now you are talking something!:p015:

[Tink]

Mags, your bread looks wonderful. We had a bread that looked like that when we visited Ireland. It was soft, with a soft crust, and light in color. Do you think that might be your's? It made wonderful ham sandwiches. :yes:

[Skywatcher]

Interestingly talking to the import guy there are some items he is not allowed to bring in from the states as they contain ingredients banned under EU poisons laws :unsure:

[Dawn]

It's true. They put a lot of stuff in their processed food that is on the banned substance list for the EU. :eek:

That's why I only ever have 1 Twinkie per trip. :D

[Mags]

Mags, your bread looks wonderful. We had a bread that looked like that when we visited Ireland. It was soft, with a soft crust, and light in color. Do you think that might be your's? It made wonderful ham sandwiches. :yes:

It sounds very like it. However I wonder if it was because it is a bread that is found more in the north of Ireland. Im glad you enjoyed the Irish bread. I love going home to get my quota.

Margaret