Right -- well I'm preparing to ask my brother to ship me a big old bottle of Ibuprofens from the US -- you know, like the 500-pill (or more) container you get at Wal-Mart for cheeeap (compared to what you can get here). I take them in prescription-strength dose (4 pills--800 mg) when I take them, so I go through them faster. Anyway, was trying to come up with some other ideas of things he might put in a box for me, in case he didn't want to send just that.
Like some of you, I had a hard time thinking of things (foods, treats, etc) that I actually miss from the States. I have plenty of Neosporin & other meds like that right now, so I was trying to think of some foods. Here is what I've come up with so far, but will try to prioritise them somehow:
Really good BBQ sauce (like Gates of KC-MO, but he prolly can’t get this living in Atlanta—he might be able to order it online though)
Toll House choc chips
Triscuits – love the herby ones
Chopped green chilis in the tin
Rotel tomatoes
Progresso italian style breadcrumbs
Bisquick – I have a hard time finding it consistently here, and even then it’s a tiny box.
Maybe even that evil (but great for making queso) stuff – Velveeta
Oh – maybe Crisco shortening!
(No wonder I’ve lost 50 lbs since moving here!)
When you have people ships things to you – like food and/or meds, what do you tell them to put on the customs forms, etc?
