Texas shopping list

Picoso peanuts
Real corn tortillas
Velveeta cheese
Big Red Soda
Band aids
Texas Pecans

I may need a separate bag for everything I need to bring back lol

Yeah, corn tortillas, definitely! 
Big Red soda, I've never heard of... is it cinnamon, like the chewing gum?
Band Aids... why?

You may have already tried this, but shops like Poundstretcher, Home Bargains, B&M have soft Australian licorice in apple, blackcurrant and strawberry for like 99p.  You might like the strawberry one?

Thanks for the suggestion! I've found twizzlers at an American candy kiosk but is so expensive!!

Jimbocz I'm jealous!!
I'd like to add something to my list:

Nilla Wafers
Banana pudding
Peanut butter cookies
Funyuns

I'm dying over here!!

Yeah, corn tortillas, definitely! 
Big Red soda, I've never heard of... is it cinnamon, like the chewing gum?
Band Aids... why?

This is a Texas list so Big Red would definitely be on it. It's a soft drink from Waco in central Texas. Dr Pepper is from a neighboring area called Dublin. Big Red is kind of a cream soda/ bubble gum taste. It's hard to describe but it's sweet and fizzy and I like it.

I lived in England from 95-04 and it was an American food wasteland BIG TIME! My best friend would visit from Houston three times a year and would always bring me: (4) 3 liter bottles of Dr Pepper, six bags of Sabritones (puffed wheat snacks with lime & chile seasoning), cinnamon candies (Hot Tamales, Red Hots, etc) and masa harina so I could make my own corn tortillas. When I move back in the next few years, I'll have the Sabritones, the cinnamon candy and masa harina but skip the Dr Pepper. I'll add liquid smoke for my brisket on the bbq and whole dried chiles so I can make my own enchilada sauce

Ranch Dressing powder packets (easy transport and just need ingredients)
Ranch Dip powder packets (different from the dressing ingredients)
Neosporin
Mexican candy (I'm from South Texas)
Hot Tamales candy (father in law loves them)
DayQuil and NyQuil


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This is a Texas list so Big Red would definitely be on it. It's a soft drink from Waco in central Texas. Dr Pepper is from a neighboring area called Dublin. Big Red is kind of a cream soda/ bubble gum taste. It's hard to describe but it's sweet and fizzy and I like it.

My parents live in Texas, but I've never lived there, so had never heard of Big Red.  Might try it for a laugh... sounds a bit like Irn Bru?  I always think Irn Bru tastes like a combination of bubble gum, orange soda and... iron tablets.

How about an answer to the band aid question?  I'm intrigued, never noticed anything different about the bandages here.


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How about an answer to the band aid question?  I'm intrigued, never noticed anything different about the bandages here.


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I find bandaids crap here. They don't stick. And don't get me started on bandages........why can't they give proper sorry like an ace bandage.   

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Thanks a lot, you've probably ruined band aids for me now!  I'm going to have to start bringing my own


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I've never had a problem with the bandaids not sticking here in the UK.
 Then again, I always had trouble keeping Bandaid brand bandaids on, so maybe it depends on your skin type for how well the glue works?

And I wondered if they had ace bandages here or not. I haven't gotten a sprain or anything since I moved, but I did wonder... just in case.

Regarding ace bandages....I have found some pretty good ones....but the ones I have found don't have the little metal clippy parts....so you end up using the tuck-in technique.

Ah, okay! I have no idea how to do that. I might just buy one next time I back in the states and order some extra clips. We lost ours once and wrote to ACE and they sent us a small manilla envelope full of them. It was awesome. I did lose a lot of those too. haha.

While I haven't had any issue with Bandaids here, I do bring back Q-tips!  There is a BIG difference if you compare a UK cotton bud to a good ole Q-tip.   

We lost ours once and wrote to ACE and they sent us a small manilla envelope full of them. It was awesome.

That kind of thing makes my day....because you know how that sort of things works....your letter arrives at ACE headquarters, among all the other mail...and it has to go through the system and finally there's a person in a storeroom somewhere....probably in another state....and they actually take the time to find an envelope and address it and pile a bunch in there and processes it through the mailing system...

That kind of thing makes my day....because you know how that sort of things works....your letter arrives at ACE headquarters, among all the other mail...and it has to go through the system and finally there's a person in a storeroom somewhere....probably in another state....and they actually take the time to find an envelope and address it and pile a bunch in there and processes it through the mailing system...

We definitely weren't expecting it, but it was really cool. So useful though. My mom was the one who sprained her ankle, then a few years later I did a real number on mine and that's when I started loosing all the clips... haha. I also used them to help with my shin splints when I'd started running.