what food?

pukkamum

would you miss if you were living in Korea?
My sister is coming home next week after a year teaching English in Korea.
I would like to put on a bit of a spread with food she will have missed.
Had intended to ask her but her internet has gone down so can't contact her.
What food would you miss most? any ideas on what to make?

foreversomeday

I will try to find the link for you, but I used to know of a website where Brits abroad lamented about foods they missed

Found it!
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=525448

NoahsPennilessMummy

i spent a year living in France and Spain and although I preferred the Spanish food anyway:D I did miss some English things.
I had a week back in England after france and before going to Spain and had actually made a list of what I was going to eat that week:rotfl:

I don`t know if you mean snacks or main meals but it was quite simple things that I missed.

bacon sarnies with brown sauce, beans on toast, and I missed roast dinners and comfort food like shepherds pie etc and pies, and fish and chips.
also missed english puds like apple crumble and custard.

Also english chocolate.....european stuff just isnt the same!

I am sure she will enjoy whatever you put on for her...she will just be pleased to see everyone again!

pinkshoes

Egg and bacon sandwiches!

Shepherds Pie

Roast Beef, Yorkshire puddings and proper gravy

Trifle

elsien

Hobnobs. And a nice cup of tea.

tattoed_bum

takeaways , i only live in wales but come from scotland and every time i go back i stop at the chipshop before i even get to my parents house lol,

a cup of real tea and biccy's whatever was her favourite ,
is she a healthy eater or does she like the occasional junk food

nuttywoman

My daughter did a year in Korea, she came home in may.Foods she asked for was:
Sheperds pie
Roast beef dinner with all the trimmings
Real bacon
Cheese
Black puddings
Sausages
and we had another xmas dinner with all the trimmings cos she did`nt get one over there.
Tea bags - i used to send her a supply every few months,lol

pollyanna24

Our family who live in Europe always request things like

English Mustard
Discos/Monster Munch
Twiglets
Marmite

Penny_Watcher

When OH visits ex-pats in southern Italy they always ask for Marmite and Birds custard.

SiL who live in New Zealand has a thing about Walkers crisps.

Spendless

We have family in Canada, what they miss is

bacon
walkers cheese & onion crisps
chocolate
Mcvities chocolate digestives

benjus

I suppose I'm not very typical of this country as I don't drink much tea, I don't much like English chocolate and I don't like baked beans at all. I like Marmite but I don't really miss it when I don't have it.

The main things I did miss when living abroad (South America) were:
1. Cheese - local cheese was nice, but mostly soft and mild, and the cheddar-type cheese in the supermarkets was expensive and not very nice. So I had cravings for some good mature cheddar/stilton etc
2. Pickle - to go with the cheese! Not a big deal, but nice to have.
3. Marmalade - I love proper marmalade made from bitter oranges - the nearest thing available locally was a kind of sweet orange jam that just wasn't the same.
4. Curry - I made curries myself a few times, but I missed being able to go out for a curry