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tonybannister

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It occurs to me that there are some things that we find we cannot get outside UK or if we can it is very expensive. Initially we were happy to live on local produce only but increasingly the airline allowance is being used up by treats. So those leaving please bring with them the following. I will not give brand names but take it as read only the best will do.

Marmite (I am one who loves it) - Tins of baked beans (sometimes available but £1.20 a tin)- Jars of curry paste (can also buy here but atn £5 a jar) - sage & onion stuffing -Tinned fish particularly salmon, kippers and pilchards (only seem to get Tuna locally) - Tins of Ham and corned beef (Ican nip over to Greece for these but not as good as UK brands) - British beer (fizzy cold stuff OK in summer but I'd kill for real ale in winter) - English mustard (If you are coming through the canals stop off in Dijon for some french stuff) - Stock cubes (oxo all sorts) - Garam Masala

If you have a fridge freezer bacon - pork chops and a nice selection of cheeses Cheddar, stilton etc and on route some brie from meaux and parmesan from Italy. We must have parmesan for our pasta but at £36 a kilo it tastes a little sour.

Does anyone have anything to add to this list ?? Either for cosumption or as trade goods ?
 
Proper malt vinegar, the brown stuff. Not wine vinegar, fruit flavoured vinegar, or clear stuff like water...the proper malt vinegar.
How can you put wine vinegar on chips?? They want me to starve?.:D :D :D
 
chasroberts said:
Sausages.
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Your right - why oh why - English sausages are rubbish but we all love them. Come to think of it I did not put daddies sauce down. We have genuine English pork sausages in our freezer be bought here - 2.3 kilo cost £20 - are we mad !! 2 kg bacon and 1 kg of pork chops brought the total cost to £55. Will not be doing that again
 
I think I can buy most of this list from Tesco (Kipa), certainly HP sauce, even Lea & Perrins! For tinned fish try Hamsi, they are delicious!
Bacon is usually to be found in Migros, but certainly tourist areas will have the stuff! We get offered pork for sale from time to time, after they have been on a boar hunt, because I'm "foreign". The likes of curry powder can be bought at the weekly markets! Cant remember what it is called, but if you smel a few spices you'll soon find it!
I can get colmans powder in Kipa, but not ready-made mustard which we have "imported"!
 
ah yes most is available - but at a price I am afraid. This is why in South of France the "Best of British" shops flourish. Our nearest Kipa is in Izmir. All imported goods are expensive both here and in Greece. I do love Hamsi but occasionall have a yearning for a Kipper for a change. That is "Kipper" not "Kipa"
 
Taffy said:
Hi,

Here is a shop that will deliver the foods you are looking for.

http://www.expatessentials.com/index.html
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Thanks for that but not to Turkey I think. These sites are expensive too. I also know that Yacht Marine supermarket has a good range of imported goods but very dear. Maybe the title of this thread is misleading. I am thinking more on the lines of what would I stock my lockers with if I was now leaving UK.
 
tonybannister said:
Jars of curry paste (can also buy here but atn £5 a jar) - QUOTE]

You can easily buy loose spices cheaply in supermarkets or local markets and make up your own curry mix. Pop the mix in a jar and it keeps for ages. Then, when it's time to cook, add a little olive oil to the dried spices and hey presto!....curry paste!

I'm a Marmite lover too :-)
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