WHAT IS IT YOU REALLY MISS BEING ABLE TO BUY OVERSEAS ??????

[maltesers]

WHEN IN AUSTRAILIA I MISSED MARKS AND SPENCERS.
IN FLORIDA I MISSED FISHFINGERS AND HEINZ BAKED BEANS FOR THE KIDS.
IN EUROPE I MISSED MY FAVOURITE MARMALADE. OH AND TEA BAGS !!
WHAT DO YOU FIND YOU CANT BUY LIVING ABROAD????

[PestoMonster]

Why are you shouting?

[FleurDelacour]

In Singapore I can't find bras that fit or super king size duvet covers and table lamps are a rarity. Food wise I hanker after unsmoked bacon and a piece of topside. Mmmmmmm.

[Bubbaluv]

In the UK I miss Australian seafood.

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

i miss:

-miracle whip
-cheeese and brocolli rice
-stove top stuffing
-clodhoppers
-oh henry! bars
-caramilk bars
-proper dill pickles
-rye bread
-A&W burgers
-Dairy Queen Blizzards
-egg nog
-pumpkin (from a can!)

[maltesers]

OH ! Are capital letters indication of shouting ????? sorry i didnt know that. Wondered what you meant ... you should have explained ..

[PestoMonster]

Sorry, I was trying to be funny

[AussieLou]

seafood
'proper' milo
cherry ripes
golden circle canned beetroot
twisties
nutri grain cereal
burger rings
monte carlo, kingston, iced vovos, 100's & 1000's biscuits
copha
seafood
bbq chicken from coles
eagle boys pizza
bowen mangoes
cheap(ish) passionfruit
heinz baked beans in tomato sauce(they taste different in the UK)

[Monkeyblue]

Bacon
Sausages
Walkers crisps
M&S dips
Penguin choc bars
Chicken tonight sauce (can make my own but its not the same)
Ready Brek
Strawberry tarts

God the list is endless.
I can put a stone on in a week when I go back to the U:K

[more]

Proper ryebread
Proper (salted) liquorice
Remoulade
The brown nougat at x-mas time
Danish vanilla sugar (that is not just sugar with some vanilla pod in it)
Danish bakeries (and most of the contents thereof )
French chocolate croissants
French baguettes

[maltesers]

sorry guys there was ambiguity in my heading... meant to say When living abroad what is it that you really miss and cannot buy over seas that you enjoyed in UK. ????

[ilovespinach]

#three cooks bakeries with vegetable and cheese and onion pasties mmm
#daily papers/magazines at a reasonable price
#3 for 2 offers at boots
#anything foodwise from Marks & Spencers
#I really miss those baked potato stands in the street - the best hot fast food
#Heinz soups
#Angel slices

I suddenly feel very very hungry

[Portofino]

We have a British shop here in Brussels so can get MOST stuff we'd normally miss - included freshly baked pasties and pies and The Sunday papers WITH the supplements. But I do miss M&S, Next and Sainsbury with a passion. And proper Indian and Chinese takeaways - they have them here, but just don't taste the same. Oh - and fish and chips out of the paper sitting on the seafront.....

[DonutMum]

I just miss Boots, full stop. And decent internet shopping.

We were supposed to be getting a Boots in Bahrain but it's been stopped. Boo!

Also miss Homebase/B&Q would you believe?

Other specific things?

Cheese - cheddar

[mumoverseas]

bacon, sausages (in fact anything pork) alcohol! (in Saudi!)

[Alexa808]

has anyone ever tried www.myus.com??

Do you guys know if something like that existed for the UK? One could buy all UK stuff, then hv it shipped to where ever. Ahhh...bliss.

I miss Boots and Waitrose, I'm annoyed M&S doesn't ship abroad.

[Expectant]

Newspapers that have news and opinions in them (currently in Singapore).

Next and Boots.

Tea and sliced bread that doesn't always taste slightly sweet.

Oh and cheap wine!

[teddymummy]

Pork sausages, alcohol, the newspapers. In Saudi too!

[kitbit]

Sunday papers always come minus the supplements here too
Boots
Pills and tablets that are a sensible size and don't look as though you should be considering inserting them rather than swallowing
Sliced bread that isn't sweet (yes! what is it with the sugar??!)
Properly fitting bras
Properly measured shoes for ds
Lime pickle that doesn't cost 12 euros a jar
Herbs and spices
Cotton bedding - everything seems to be polyester bleugh

[scouserabroad]

Eccles cakes
Vimto
Dr Pepper
Sayers the bakers

[katiepotatie]

Twisties and Cherry Ripes, have only been to Oz on Holiday. Sil sends me them sometimes though.

[Blinglovin]

Living in the UK I miss from South Africa

Decent bread
Deodorant (weird, I know)

If I left the UK to go back to SA, I would miss washing powder. Washing powder in the UK is just better. I don't know why (a friend who works in the industry told me that there is a reason but I've forgotten).

I would also miss Waitrose.

[TopBitch]

REAL food (am from Malaysia) ooooh, I miss the food in Asia.

I have to shop in kids if I want clothes or shoes. So I mis the small sizes as well.

Can someone ship some hot weather over to the UK too?

[BriocheDoree]

Usually don't have any probs in France, e.g. tea is imported. I think now I would miss French food if I went back to UK. OTOH have invited French friends round for mulled wine and gingerbread next week and can't find black treacle ANYWHERE. Normally Carrefour stock it (at something crazy like 4 euros a tin) but all my "suppliers" have run out and I don't know how I'm going to make gingerbread without it!

[Sibble]

department stores
M&S
Decent Pizza (peanut butter, mango chutney etc etc on top is NOT pizza!)
Ciabatta, Focaccia etc (doughy white, named as such and charged 4X usual price does not make it a ciabatta)
European cheeses (again cheddar labelled different varieties is still cheddar)