Obtaining UK food when living abroad

Bruce, you are so much younger than me!!!

We were stationed at Holy loch from 1972-75. I sure wished I had found that. On the other hand, our best memories were driving over to the Kyles of Bute, on a weekend, and spend an hour or two with the locals. Even better were the occasions when "mine host " Ken Sykora, and his wife, invited us to stay with them for a memorable meal on anniversaries. All four kids ( theirs and ours) had a wonderful time, as did the adults. I was of the age that I remembered Ken playing his jazz guitar on the radio before I came to the US in 1961!!

Gillian

Sheena. love, I may still come with that encouragenent. I just wish we could sell this house in Florida!!

Gillian

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You come and I will cook it. You really will not be far away but I really wonder about wanting to have winter lolol It was a fabulous spring day here, birds singing etc. and I flung all the windows open and did not have to close them until supper time -

Yep. We used to take one box of Kraft dinner, one can of peas, and one burger's worth of browned ground meat, stir it all together, and serve four people a lot cheaper than making each person a hamburger.

A semi-vegetarian friend (fish, but no red meat) did the same recipe with a can of tuna for her "dinner parties".

More importantly, the GUYS could fix Kraft dinner themselves, so we girls could get a night off from cooking once in a while.

You may fight over my share. I'd rather have Kraft dinner.

I'm with you. I'll set the table if you'll do the dishes.

Let's compromise - either Lancashire hotpot or beef stew served with suet dumplings?

As long as it's beef and not lamb I would be delighted to sit at that dinner table.

Lucille

Well, if you won't let me have the steak and kidney, I will compromise on Lancashire Hotpot. Maybe I shall have to check out the lamb in the grocery, and make some one day soon!

Gillian BTW, I had a great Steak and Kidney Pie in a nice little pub in Kingston, Ontario, this summer!

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I confess I have compromised over the years and actually make the 'suet' pastry with Crisco, it works very well (makes dumplings nice and fluffy) and is a whole lot easier after age 40 on the digestive system lol I cannot always get really nice suet here, the butchers do not seem to understand it is kidney fat and throw in other less desirable fat.

If it is not to be lamb then that's the Lancashire hotpot off the menu. How about beef in ale?

Do not forget the pickled red cabbage to serve with the hot pot. Shirley

You're making me hungry!

DH was in his 30s when we met & well used to feeding himself. I remember his being very impressed when he found out that I could "make Hamburger Helper" from scratch! :-))) Mom always said that a person could feed as many people as necessary if there were noodles and "cream of anything" soup in the cupboard. :-)) I have to admit, though, that I love a man who can and will read directions and when I get home in the evenings and smell dinner already cooking, I don't care whether it comes out of a box or is made from scratch. Lately we're having sandwiches for dinner. DH is going on his third week of not working due to a miserable bout with sciatica. The physical therapist put him on a nightshade elimination diet so potatoes and tomatoes are off of our dinner list for a while & the sandwiches help keep the food bill down. Liz from Humbug

Another way to keep the food bill down is homemade soup. You can get a bag of dried peas or beans or lentils for around $1, and it makes a big pot. You do have to bring them to a boil first, so not something you can do entirely in the crockpot.

I guess if someone else made it and served it I could manage to eat it too.

I hope he's feeling better soon and can get back to preparing dinner for you. My husband was a pretty good cook and that's one of the luxuries I miss.

Lucille

We did it with tuna. Now, I use Annies (the organic with real cheese) if in a hurry, and often throw in some frozen veggies (broccoli, spinach, etc) toward the end of the boiling time, and work it in. It's a good, quick meal

- very comfort food.

I will say, my mom never used Kraft boxed stuff - but did have some quick Mac&Cheese thing she did with Velveeta. But, generally she did the full home-made kind - it was a standard meal with lightly coated fried flounder - not fish 'n chips, but fish and nice, homemade mac 'n cheese. I still do that at times.

ellice

Not Chez Piggy, by any chance?

MargW

Nope, it is the Rose and Crown . It used to be in the big mall on the west side of Kingston, but has now moved to a free-standing location in a strip of stores, not far away.

Gillian