Bringing Food in Luggage to the UK

exactly!
she said there was no weight restriction....

oh that would have been lovely  i didn't even bring food over the first time. it was the shoes, clothes, computer stuff that I aready had but couldn't afford to rebuy that went excess of 50lbs per bag (not that that was too hard to do!)

I didn't bring much food with me but it was all packed in boxes anyway... stuff like cocoa, taco seasoning.  Nothing exciting but stuff I thought I'd like once in a while.  I don't think I've even touched the cocoa.  lol

You'll find things to replace your comforts of home and lots of times, you'll like it more! 

Im not so sure it's impossible! 
I recently visited a friend down in Surrey who has just moved over here on a corporate relocation.   I foolishly took her a small bag of goodies from Lupe Pintos, thinking she would be missing certain things.   

I was BLOWN AWAY when i saw the inside of her cupboards, and fridge...  Bisquick, Betty Crocker cake mixes, Rice A Roni, Kraft mac & cheese, a hundred packets of taco seasoning mix, tins of Rosarita refried beans, Mrs Butterworth, Karo, Peter Pan peanut butter, Hidden Valley ranch dressing, Jiffy cornbread mix, Marie Callendar cornbread mix, Sue-Bee honey... cant remember what else, but there was NOTHING British in her cupboards except milk, cheese and bread.

 

I too have been blown away with some people that were in the Oil game and were on expenses. One family I knew (both expats) was unreal (maybe the same family 1/4Gill). They did all their grocery shopping at the local American Food Store. They bought things like Corn Flakes, ketchup, flour (not Bisquik which you can get here now ), even sugar (the plain old white granulated stuff ). We're not talking military commisary prices here or even UK High Street prices, we are talking speciality shop prices. Everything in their house had been shipped across, ice box, tv&video and all the tapes (no cds in those days), beds, I mean every thing. The kids even went to the American school (grammar school age not high school age). I always thought they missed out on a very unique opportunity.

There are a few things I can understand buying on special occasions like root beer (used to get it in Asda but they stopped), candy (though I can get Reece's Cups in Woolies now!).

I could tell ya some tales of military people that have been here for a 2 year stint and never left the comforts of 'little America'. Now that was BIZARRE.

I too have been blown away with some people that were in the Oil game and were on expenses. One family I knew (both expats) was unreal (maybe the same family 1/4Gill). They did all their grocery shopping at the local American Food Store. They bought things like Corn Flakes, ketchup, flour (not Bisquik which you can get here now ), even sugar (the plain old white granulated stuff ). We're not talking military commisary prices here or even UK High Street prices, we are talking speciality shop prices. Everything in their house had been shipped across, ice box, tv&video and all the tapes (no cds in those days), beds, I mean every thing. The kids even went to the American school (grammar school age not high school age). I always thought they missed out on a very unique opportunity.

There are a few things I can understand buying on special occasions like root beer (used to get it in Asda but they stopped), candy (though I can get Reece's Cups in Woolies now!).

I could tell ya some tales of military people that have been here for a 2 year stint and never left the comforts of 'little America'. Now that was BIZARRE.

what a waste.

when i worked as a counselor for an american high school study abroad programme in ireland, i tried my hardest to get the little punks to go anywhere but mcdonald's on their free time. guess how well that went down. 

My friend's kids go to a school that is 38% American (so she says), and sitting amongst her C&H sugar, Gold Medal flour, Hunts tomato paste, Folgers coffee, and Hamburger Helper, she told me that she ONLY watches American TV programmes.  She said she has never watched a British programme cos she cant understand what they are saying. 

My friend's kids go to a school that is 38% American (so she says), and sitting amongst her C&H sugar, Gold Medal flour, Hunts tomato paste, Folgers coffee, and Hamburger Helper, she told me that she ONLY watches American TV programmes.  She said she has never watched a British programme cos she cant understand what they are saying. 

jeezy creezy.  people lack adventure.

Adventure, schmadventure. I had a bite of my counterpart's fried liver in a cafe in London over Christmas, and it took all my best manners not to teach it how to fly. Man, I had to gargle Twinkies for a week.

Adventure, schmadventure. I had a bite of my counterpart's fried liver in a cafe in London over Christmas, and it took all my best manners not to teach it how to fly. Man, I had to gargle Twinkies for a week.

now there's an image i needed

to each their own. not all people are here for adventure. many, true but not all... and yes, some have a resentment of being relocated and try their best to make it like home.

They don't like meat being brought into the country. Everything else is fine. I always bring food. Once I brought a frozen pack of hot dogs and nobody bothered me. I didn't know you weren't allowed to bring meat, even though it's probably obvious. When I flew out of Philly I used to bring Jamie cheesesteaks. I also brought a 6 pack of grape soda.

I bring food back and forth every time. Including meat -- but it's packaged, like American bacon and Jimmy Dean country sausage (freeze them hard before I leave). When they ask, I tell them truthfully, including about the meat, and I've never had a problem. One Customs official said, "we're just looking for stuff like suitcases full of raw monkey meat." Which, for the record, I've never tried to smuggle through. I think they *could* get heavy about alot of what I've carried, though.

No plants or seeds that could take root. And they got mighty tetchy during the whole hoof and mouth thing.

YAY! Someone else who brings frozen meat! My mom laughed about me bringing frozen Ball Park hot dogs.

My friend's kids go to a school that is 38% American (so she says), and sitting amongst her C&H sugar, Gold Medal flour, Hunts tomato paste, Folgers coffee, and Hamburger Helper, she told me that she ONLY watches American TV programmes.  She said she has never watched a British programme cos she cant understand what they are saying. 

Wow

not all people are here for adventure. 

True.

My favorite cousin is planning to come visit me in July with her 2 kids.  She is divorced and she and her husband share custody and the kids go back and forth each week.    Anyway these kids are really great but they are sadly quite spoiled - not in a material way, but just that neither my cousin nor her ex want to upset them too much (I think they are worried the kids have been traumatized by the divorce).

Part of the issue with her visiting with the kids is that these kids REFUSE to eat anything except about 10 things.  Mostly frozen hotdogs, frozen chicken nuggets, etc.  And these are all BRAND NAME things - she thinks the British version will not cut it.  So now she is all worried about how to deal with them.   
The worst thing is it's not even like these are home made things that we could cook for them!

I told her that she should start telling her son (he is the main culprit) that she would like to take him on a trip to visit Aunt Geeta in London but she is not sure he will like to go because he won't get the same food he eats here.  Maybe he will start realizing that the trip is more important than the food?  He is about 8 now I think so he should understand these kind of concepts!!  Anyone with other ideas please feel free to post.  I'm trying not to tell my cousin YOUR KID IS SPOILED because she is trying hard to deal with him and his sister.  It's very hard....