Taken For Granted - Items/Food You Can't Get In the USA

[kelvedon]

Speaking of chip flavours, have you seen the weird varieties available in the UK?. I've seen Baked Bean flavour, Lamb and Mint Sauce, Prawn coughtail, even one called a Builders Breakfast.... I wonder if the chips ( crisps) are made with a crease to resemble the Butt crack ?!

 

[blueflamenco]

You can buy Codeine based OTC pain medication (Nurofen Plus) on the US so not sure why they would baulk at you bringing it in!

You can't get Codeine without a prescription in the US and you certainly won't find anything by the name of Nurofen or Nurofen Plus.

I think most of the things mentioned in this thread I relate to but I have certainly come to adapt over time... There is no substitute for things like a bakery, fish and chip shop, fresh seafood.. But these things don't tend to travel well

For those of you missing Tim Tam's, Cadbury, Arnotts biscuits, Cadbury drinking chocolate etc I would recommend Cost Plus World Market (a chain store throughout the US). They have all of that there plus more. They have a great selection of Asian and Indian foods too.

Good cheeses can be found at most supermarkets with a deli, lamb can also be found but it is expensive.

There are a lot of stereotypes about bad American food and while I agree there are a LOT of awful products on the shelves (in Aus too!) there is also a wide range of great food here and its affordable.

 

[Willie]

Hear Hear blueflameco...

Admittedly stereotypical US food has a poor reputation... but scratching below the surface uncovers a remarkable and mind boggling range of products Aussie can only dream about. And US food produce is unbelievably well priced. Generally US$50 in a US grocery store goes a helluva lot further than AU$50 in a similar environment in AUS.

Ooh Roo

Willie

 

[TonyHancock]

Hear Hear blueflameco...

Admittedly stereotypical US food has a poor reputation... but scratching below the surface uncovers a remarkable and mind boggling range of products Aussie can only dream about. And US food produce is unbelievably well priced. Generally US$50 in a US grocery store goes a helluva lot further than AU$50 in a similar environment in AUS.

Ooh Roo

Willie

Sometimes money is not everything. Having lived in the US for two and a half years I can attest for a good variety of foods, some I miss today, but I did miss decent Tea, English Heinz Baked Beans, decent bacon......and oh yes intelligent conversation!!!!!

 

[TonyHancock]

Sometimes money is not everything. Having lived in the US for two and a half years I can attest for a good variety of foods, some I miss today, but I did miss decent Tea, English Heinz Baked Beans, decent bacon......and oh yes intelligent conversation!!!!!

Oh and how I missed decent cheese!!!!!!