Things I can’t find in the UK
- apple sauce
- Reese’s Peanut Butter cups (given I haven’t really tried)
- a good brand of peanut butter
- stick antiperspirant in a brand other than Dove
- strawberry cream cheese
- light microwavable popcorn
- salsa*
- reasonably priced zipper seal food bags
- baseball gear (you can’t find it in Bath but I’m sure you can up north)
- good maple syrup
- pub beer that’s sold in pitchers as opposed to pints
- thick crust pizza sold by the slice
- cajun chicken (deli meat)
* okay, you can find it but it’s much more expensive and usually comes in teeeeeeeeny containers
I could definitely live without the apple sauce XP Now maple syrup… not so much!
- apple sauce, Go to Tescos its there! I promise
- Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, You’re on your own, they don’t do this in the UK
- a good brand of peanut butter, No English isn’t really into Peanut Butter
- stick antiperspirant in a brand other than Dove, Organic Stores have some different sticks over that that horrible Dove crap.
- strawberry cream cheese, This was an invention by the Canadians and Tim Hortons, Won’t find this in England
- light microwavable popcorn, You don’t want popcorn Lung trust me! http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/09/05/popcorn-lung.html
- salsa, Tesco’s or Sainsburys you should be able to find some.
- reasonably priced zipper seal food bags, Get yourself a lunch box
- good maple syrup, No way unless you want that Aunt Jemima crap.
- pub beer that’s sold in pitchers as opposed to pint, Go to a J D Wetherspoon they do Pitchers there, http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/
- thick crust pizza sold by the slice, Pizza Express sell that its pricey buts its yummy, http://www.pizzaexpress.com/
- cajun chicken (deli meat) Again stay away from this crap! google Sodium Nitrate!
Cheers
Adam
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Good, quality pub ale should ALWAYS be enjoyed in smaller quantities like pints. You can always order another when finished.
You can find stick deodorant? What do they use in the UK? Spray?
No salsa? No maple syrup? NO PEANUT BUTTER CUPS?!?!?!
You need to move back here right. now.
Hey Amy,
You don’t really know what you will miss till you don’t have it any more! Eh!? HA
I recently found out that I am allergic to tree nuts! That means ALL nuts but peanuts. BLOW to my mind! I can’t have things that I thought I could because they say now it can be a life threatening situation! So I kinda know how you feel except I have the stuff staring me in the FACE!!!
I hope you are having a blast over there!
I don’t know about Bath but you can find Reese Peanut Butter Cups in Bristol. There’s a shop in the centre just off Corn St. (and beside Reflections) that has them.
PS: Love the new layout. (Was going across all the blogs I have bookmarked as I remember someone had a tutorial on doing a photo into a vector.)
Yes but the UK has so much more:
-No winters
-No breakaway provinces that hassle you for speaking English
-No strange sales tax on top of the actual price.
-Distinguished accents that look smart and sexy
-Elizabeth Hurley
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I enjoy the different tastes and palates of a good, fresh and locally brewed mega-beer like labatts, and letting it airate over the course of the pitcher.
Maple Syrup, like California blueberries and strawberries, dont have the same nutrients as our fertile and natural Canadian products. Maple syrup, any of us could send you that, or you could order it online.
That sexy English MILF who does Nigella’s Feast orders online all the time.
My brother lives in Ireland (has been there for 8 years) and he requests a couple of things from Canada: Right Guard deodorant, Cheese Whiz, and Bits’nBites. I can’t believe though that they don’t have stick deodorant! Sheesh.
I buy Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups from an online shop called “A Quarter Of” – I believe they’re imported from Canada. (Although this is an old entry so you may have already found some
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Yeah, most of those things you can find here but they’re certainly not as commonplace as in Canada
I have bought Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups from Euro-Bulk supermarked Aldi. I gotta say though, if you’re looking for reasonably priced anything then you’ve come to the wrong country. We get ripped off on everything… Except maybe beer… Beer is a lot cheaper here than in Canada.
Hey, random stumble.
You can get peanut butter cups from Asda, topshop (randomly)… an also nutrageous bars from tesco. Some local shops stock them both, too
Also, try get a costco card, loads of stuff there on your list!
and if you’re feeling rich, head to manchester and go to Selfridges for tonnes of American/Canadian food goods such as Mac & Cheese, smuckers etc
Oh yeah…. of course! I have a Costco card! *jumps in the car*
I’ve only just found your blog, but I lived in England for 10 years and those things mostly exist, they’re just harder to find! For example, German apple sauce (tastes just like the North American stuff) can be found in health food stores. http://www.betterfood.co.uk/ in Bristol would be a good place to look. The candy store in Bristol’s St Nick’s market has Reese’s PB cups. They even do mail order! http://www.treasureislandsweets.co.uk/
(sorry, I don’t have any Bath examples!
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Oh yea, Costco in Bristol has some great imports too, like frozen Amy’s bean and cheese burritos! We used to buy them by the box.
Lastly, I recommend these guys for hunting down North American food: http://www.americanexpats.co.uk/forum/