Great Which 'world foods' can you recommend? Hunt

VT82

loup67 wrote: »

Also the coconut milk is much cheaper in this aisle, worth looking out for.

Great shout. In Waitrose, their coconut milk is about £2 a tin in the 'Waitrose' section of world food, but just round the corner in the 'authentic' section of world food, it's much less.

beastly

The world food olives in ASDA are good- in plastic vacuum trays in brine. I like the Kalmati!
Tescos used to have huge dried butterbeans, green (not very sweet, but wonderful flavour) sultanas and golden rasins in big pillows...those are sadly gone. The almond kernels are cheap there by the kilo- for adding to all sorts of recipes, and in crumbles, chopped!

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vanilla danio from danone, winary mayo, morliny's spopcka & zywiecka sausages and bakaliowe (mixed fruit and nuts) ice cream and not forgetting zywiec beer are just the best. I'm getting hungry just from thinking about them

eldaniel

wondercollie wrote: »

Polish shops carry biscuits that are very similar to Jaffa Cakes. But they come in more flavours! Orange, cherry, strawberry and raspberry, even noticed a kiwi one the odd time. Can't remember the name but the picture is on the package.

I believe you mean "Delicje"

eldaniel

samsmoot wrote: »

Polish sweets and chocolate are nice for a change - Gryzysky (may not be accurate spelling) is a chocolate covered wafer which is quite nice but they have another called Jazyski (spelling) which is a delicious chewy caramelly type bar- plain or coconut.

Grzeski and Jezyki is the correct spelling - they are both delicious!

eldaniel

aaroncaz wrote: »

I've brought some Pierogi today, they just need to be reheated, guy in shop said fry them with onion?? Also some sauerkraut, tasted a little not so sure abt this but it could taste better when cooked? Any ideas please.

Pierogi can be eaten alone, ideally reheated on frying pan for a nice crispy texture. They are fantastic with fried onion too.
Sauerkraut is ok, but I am personally not a huge fan of that, but then again I am very fussy

Littleweedj

Large C & C supermarkets are also excellent. I shop there for large packs of 100% frozen ginger and garlic cubes (£1). Also very cheap for things like spices, nuts and different types of rice, which come in large amounts and much better value than the standard packs, sold in most stores.

The quality is excellent and it's good to try out all the different foods both frozen and fresh, pastries, tinned goods, especially good for vegetarians and vegans as I couldn't go anywhere near any local Asian shop which also sold Halal meat.

eldaniel

Kubus juice is definitely one of the best product I can recommend. Priced competitively with all other juices in regular aisle, but taste much better and as you can see sometimes Tesco does this great offer i.e. half price. Last time they did it I stoocked up on a loads of them

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/kubus-carrot-banana-apple-drink-900ml-0-62-half-price-was-1-25-tesco-instore-online-1615037

amal83

samsmoot wrote: »

I shall be watching this thread as I like to try out different ethnic foods.


The ethnic section at your Sainsburys may include KTC tinned tomatoes, which are much better than the value brand but at around the same price - you may not find them with all the other tinned tomatoes.


Polish sweets and chocolate are nice for a change - Gryzysky (may not be accurate spelling) is a chocolate covered wafer which is quite nice but they have another called Jazyski (spelling) which is a delicious chewy caramelly type bar- plain or coconut.


I like Halva but can't often obtain it. Also pastourma (or passama) - a spicy beef sausage eaten by greeks and others - is impossible to locate.

I'm not sure where you live, but if there are any Arabic food shops or stockists close by, they will sell Halva. Might be worth trying them? Or you could search online for it if not too expensive?

amal83

eldaniel wrote: »

Pierogi can be eaten alone, ideally reheated on frying pan for a nice crispy texture. They are fantastic with fried onion too.
Sauerkraut is ok, but I am personally not a huge fan of that, but then again I am very fussy

Pierogi, or Pelmeni (Russian meat dumplings) can both be boiled, like pasta, or fried for a crispier texture. I prefer the latter, but it's more time consuming and you have to make sure the dumpings are defrosted, or it will all fall apart in the frying pan!