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Old 04-11-2012, 15:28
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Living in the states, I miss Brit food like sunday dinners and chips covered in vinegar and cottage pie and suchlike.

you?
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Old 04-11-2012, 15:41
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Being in America stops you cooking?
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Old 04-11-2012, 16:30
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Why cant you have a sunday dinner? Its only roast meat, veg and potatoes.
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Old 04-11-2012, 16:35
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Durban Prawn Curry and Durban Lamb Curry.
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Old 04-11-2012, 16:57
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Fruit lovely fruit any fruit oh and fruit !

Allergies so no fruit for me
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Old 04-11-2012, 17:02
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I miss quorn when we're in Turkey for a few months. They have dried soya which is dreadful - so I take pack of dry soya with me, but you can't beat quorn IMO. Oh & malt vinegar too, can't find that out there at all.
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Old 04-11-2012, 17:21
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Chile rellenos, tamales, decent avocados.

And bread.
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Old 04-11-2012, 21:00
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Boiled beef.
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Old 04-11-2012, 21:04
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Living in the states, I miss Brit food like sunday dinners and chips covered in vinegar and cottage pie and suchlike.

you?
But you were saying on GD last week that you work between London and NY?
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Old 05-11-2012, 13:02
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But you were saying on GD last week that you work between London and NY?
That's what I was thinking. I don't see why cottage pie or chips or sunday dinners can't be cooked in the US anyway.
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Old 05-11-2012, 16:16
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There are two foods I miss, firstly my grandmothers fish and chips on a Friday, not shop bought of course she cooked it herself and did it taste good, if it was in season she would fry me skate oh how I miss that it.
Second is my Mums stuffed hearts, once again all cooked from scratch she even made her own stuffing, I didn't get it very often as it took a long time to prepare and she had to be in the mood to spend an afternoon in the kitchen, not a pleasant job cleaning pipes out of hearts but did they taste good.
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Old 05-11-2012, 23:48
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You could at one time get Lyons individual fruit pies, about five inches square (with the corners cropt off) in a tray. One pie and some custard was a real treat.
Jiffy Jellies, this was a few bits of fruit and a dollop of jelly in jar with a metal lid.
Nux bars, Bar Six, Tiffin, sweets yes but I mis 'em.
Tub butter, that was butter that tasted like heaven.
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Old 05-11-2012, 23:51
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Callard & Bowser blackcurrant pastilles
Callard & Bowser assorted toffees (especially the brazil nut flavour ones)

Both discontinued.
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Old 06-11-2012, 04:06
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I don't miss anything from the UK....as I can make it here too.
Admittedly I balk at the price they charge over here for Oxo cubes but I've just had friends come over who've brought me about 4 years supply of them.
Plenty of places do "proper" fish and chips here, mainly because seafood is so plentiful. And, they even serve it with malt vinegar.
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Old 06-11-2012, 07:04
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Birds Hot Crunch pudding and Rice Cremola, delicious served with evaporated milk There was another pudding my mum used to buy in the 60s which came in a packet and you baked in the oven. It was a light sponge in orange sauce -so tasty!
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Old 06-11-2012, 07:58
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Bacon hotpot. My gran used to make it. Layers of onion, sliced potatoes and bacon finishing with a layer of bacon, cook slowly medium heat for around three hours or when you see the top layer of bacon crispy. I can never cook it as good as my gran.

Other things my gran made; treacle toffee and parkin - for Bonfire Night. When I was a kid we as a nation celebrated Bonfire Night more than Halloween.
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Old 06-11-2012, 11:13
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Bacon hotpot. My gran used to make it. Layers of onion, sliced potatoes and bacon finishing with a layer of bacon, cook slowly medium heat for around three hours or when you see the top layer of bacon crispy. I can never cook it as good as my gran.

Other things my gran made; treacle toffee and parkin - for Bonfire Night. When I was a kid we as a nation celebrated Bonfire Night more than Halloween.
They've been celebrating Guy Fawkes Night, complete with huge bonfires, fireworks and a fun fair in our area since Saturday. I made parkin which we ate in our garden where we built our own mini-bonfire.
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Old 06-11-2012, 13:03
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Birds Hot Crunch pudding and Rice Cremola, delicious served with evaporated milk There was another pudding my mum used to buy in the 60s which came in a packet and you baked in the oven. It was a light sponge in orange sauce -so tasty!
Was that the pudding that used to bake its way up through the sauce? If so, I think my mother treated us to it, or something similar when I was a kid.
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Old 06-11-2012, 14:47
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Was that the pudding that used to bake its way up through the sauce? If so, I think my mother treated us to it, or something similar when I was a kid.
Yes that's the one. Mum used to make it on Sundays We all loved it
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Old 06-11-2012, 16:28
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Was that the pudding that used to bake its way up through the sauce? If so, I think my mother treated us to it, or something similar when I was a kid.
McDougalls Saucy Sponge?
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Old 06-11-2012, 16:57
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Tell you what were nice a few years back... Chilli & Lemongrass Gourmet Pringles. Discontinued 'em, the swines!
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Old 06-11-2012, 17:51
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the roast spuds that my dad use to make and the way he made rib steak taste better than fillet...i miss my dad more though
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Old 07-11-2012, 07:02
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The smell of coffee roasting outside the shop
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Old 07-11-2012, 11:41
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I currently don't have an oven so I really miss roast chicken and roast potatoes!
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Old 07-11-2012, 11:53
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