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International Delicacies You Crave
Hello all,
I have just come back from holiday in Spain and it got me thinking about all the yummy food I was looking forward to once I got there- stuff that you can't find (authentically, anyway) in the UK. Stuff like: - real Gazpacho Andaluz (cold tomato soup) - Menorcan cheese, which I had never tried before. Yummy. - Granizado de Limon - a tangy lemon 'slushie' drink. - REAL ali-oli (garlic mayo) - not the stuff you get in jars in Tesco. So my question is: what international foods do you adore when you're visiting a particular country? Things you can't find here, and you seriously crave between visits? Looking forward to hearing some interesting replies!
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Pepperpot stew
Callalloo Soup |
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Real Tex-Mex food with an ice cold beer served by one of the canals in San Antonio mmmm
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Hello (my first post so be gentle with me
)Bouillabiase (ok I'm rubbish at spelling) Morbieres cheese and baguette French vanilla yoghurts Proper croissants I bet you can't guess where I spend my jollies baggins x |
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Hello (my first post so be gentle with me
)Bouillabiase (ok I'm rubbish at spelling) Morbieres cheese and baguette French vanilla yoghurts Proper croissants I bet you can't guess where I spend my jollies baggins x Welcome to DS Baggins I holiday a lot in France too and always stock up on Chipsters (salted potato snacks), real Orangina (doesn't taste the same in the UK) and Lu biscuits. Also, real French pistachio ice-cream. Nowhere else does glace de pistaches like the French. ![]() Bon appetit. |
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Welcome to DS Baggins
I holiday a lot in France too and always stock up on Chipsters (salted potato snacks), real Orangina (doesn't taste the same in the UK) and Lu biscuits. Also, real French pistachio ice-cream. Nowhere else does glace de pistaches like the French. ![]() Bon appetit. Not forgetting the delicious bargainous wine *hic* |
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Greek cheese pies. Filo pastry folded over and filled with a mix of feta and graziano (i think) cheese, and fried (again, I think). They're excellent little things and I had them every night over there, and have since been looking for somewhere over here to buy them.
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greek pitta breads
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Toll House chocolate chips. The only way to make chocolate chip cookies and I have only ever found one shop outside of London that imports them. And zabaglione ice cream - once tasted, never forgotten. A little piece of Italian heaven.
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Spag Bol
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When I was in Singapore I loved the Seaweed you could get for about 10p a strip in newsagents.
Not a delicacy but lovely. I wish I could nip down to the garage for a bit of Seaweed ![]() (I nearly bought some in Sainsbury the other day on 3 for 2, but they are pricey anyhow, and I didn't want that much of it) |
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Greek cheese pies. Filo pastry folded over and filled with a mix of feta and graziano (i think) cheese, and fried (again, I think). They're excellent little things and I had them every night over there, and have since been looking for somewhere over here to buy them.
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Waldmeister jelly or icecream !
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Otis Spunkmeyer cookies
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I'm off to New England and Cape Cod in a few weeks, so I'm looking forward to chowder. I went to Boston a few years ago and wasn't keen on the sound of it, I thought it would be horrid. But it was really gorgeous. I haven't had it since, and I'm really looking forward to more.
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Soft-shelled crab
Flying fish Fresh coconut Papas Arugardas with mojo verde |
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Metaxa
I agree with the greek cheese parcels ... mmm. and baklava. and greek coffee God I love Greece. Also, proper falafel is gorgeous. There was this lovely lemon drink I had in Cairo which was absolutely gorgeous but I can't remember what it was called
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Cherry Ripes, Nutri-grain, Violet Crumbles and Summer Rolls. Good Greek food, I know you can get it in the UK but I do live in Kidderminster, Vietnamese rice paper rolls and a proper Aussie BBQ in 30 degree heat.
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42 day aged steaks in America...
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All those things in America that combine peanut butter with chocolate or other sweet ingredients...... yummy
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The flavoured Quaker oat porridge you get in the States. Peach, banana and strawberry are good. I guess I can have a go with our humble oats
![]() Waffles you do in the toaster, rather than make from scratch. French Toast. They do a lot of ready to heat breakfast foods. |
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Cherry Ripes, Nutri-grain, Violet Crumbles and Summer Rolls. Good Greek food, I know you can get it in the UK but I do live in Kidderminster, Vietnamese rice paper rolls and a proper Aussie BBQ in 30 degree heat.
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Parmos
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Cherry Ripes, Nutri-grain, Violet Crumbles and Summer Rolls. Good Greek food, I know you can get it in the UK but I do live in Kidderminster, Vietnamese rice paper rolls and a proper Aussie BBQ in 30 degree heat.
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