Taking your Brit to the US

I grew up eating weetabix, so it does depend on where are in the states. I didn't need to get it any special shop or anything (new england). 

Though I have only been with BF 3 months, we were chatting about the US and he thought that it would be fun to move there for a while- says the guy who has never even left the UK!

Umm, oh really, I just wanted to post about weetabix...  yum!!

I'm a Brit in the US, and I bought a box of Weetabix out of sheer nostalgia, and after many months I still haven't finished the box -- they are pretty revolting, which is odd, because I loved them as a kid. Once you pour in the milk, you have about 15 seconds to eat as much as you can before it all falls apart and turns into grey (gray?) sludge.

I'm a Brit in the US, and I bought a box of Weetabix out of sheer nostalgia, and after many months I still haven't finished the box -- they are pretty revolting, which is odd, because I loved them as a kid. Once you pour in the milk, you have about 15 seconds to eat as much as you can before it all falls apart and turns into grey (gray?) sludge.

I'm a Brit, too, and I adore Weetabix! I hate crunchy cereal like Grapenuts. I can't even hear myself think when I eat that stuff. Weetabix is the best! 

I actually met DH in the US, he lived there for 14 years before coming back.

He adjusted more quickly than I have for sure. For one thing there was a huge expat community in the little town where we met, and he liked the amount of disposable cash and lack of class stucture. Not that the class structure doesn't exist in the US, but as an outsider he didn't recognise it. He was able to do things career wise that he felt he would never have been given the opportunity to do in the UK. As a result he now has a good career, even after moving back.

I personally love it here now. I'd say it took me about four years to feel settled here, and a lot of that has to do with our final move to be near family.

I'm a Brit, too, and I adore Weetabix! I hate crunchy cereal like Grapenuts. I can't even hear myself think when I eat that stuff. Weetabix is the best! 

I'm an Oatibix fan myself. 

I'm an Oatibix fan myself. 

Yes! Oatibix is great! 

Is Grape Nuts new here?  I swear I never saw it until last week, but maybe I never looked for it?

Grape Nuts are great, but you have to use them as a complement to another cereal -- I sprinkle mine over a bowl of bite-size Shredded Wheat. Not sure I would like a bowl of just Grape Nuts.

Grape Nuts are great, but you have to use them as a complement to another cereal -- I sprinkle mine over a bowl of bite-size Shredded Wheat. Not sure I would like a bowl of just Grape Nuts.

It's the only cereal I like soggy.

Our grocery store in the US carried (still does on last check) Weetabix, Marmite, Heinz beans, Tetley tea, Patak's curry pastes, crumpets, Duchy Original biscuits, etc.  But then the Pacific Northwest is crammed with British expats. 

There aren't many Brits in my area, although I do live in a college town, so I suppose the population may be more cosmopolitan than similar-sized towns in the corn belt. Anyway, my local supermarket stocks PG Tips, Marmite, Jelly Babies, Weetabix, digestive biscuits, Birds custard, Robinson's lemon barley water, Heinz beans, Rose's marmalade, etc. etc.

You might think this would alleviate the homesickness, but in a weird way it accentuates it.

DAD,
Thank you for naming correctly my favorite food "biscuits", thank you.

But then the Pacific Northwest is crammed with British expats. 

They settle there because of the weather

Is Grape Nuts new here?  I swear I never saw it until last week, but maybe I never looked for it?

Your profile doesn't say where here is? I could probably figure it out by looking at you previous posts. Sorry.
In the US they have been here for mucho years.

We like to change the subject on the thread don't we?

I like Muslin from Switzerland but it is a little more in price than other cereals.

Todays bargain. Captain Crunch at a $1 per box.

I like Muslin from Switzerland but it is a little more in price than other cereals.

I hear there's lots of fibre in that muslin.