tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post4476919190326615896..comments2023-11-03T07:29:16.334+00:00Comments on The Potty Diaries: Expat Fantasy Shopping List...Potty Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-6065841334760399332010-05-30T06:49:51.457+01:002010-05-30T06:49:51.457+01:00great post! Just found your blog! Warrens does pre...great post! Just found your blog! Warrens does pretty good sausages - I found them recently and stocked the freezer - liked the thai chicken ones. I get baking powder - like expatresse said - seems to work - it is called разрыхлител теста sometimes they say mecma just to throw you off. oh good cheap wine, cocoa powder (although a friend found some at a chocolate shop here), steak! google how to make vanilla- I think you can use vodka or bourbon - thinking of trying it! take care!katbathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449056908312825422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-89221188731774618202010-05-29T12:00:08.134+01:002010-05-29T12:00:08.134+01:00Plan B, actually Earl Grey is now widely available...Plan B, actually Earl Grey is now widely available. Marmite? Not so sure - but I'm in the 'hate it' camp, I'm afraid... And thanks for the Vanilla Essence recipe (although I must admit to cheating and getting a bottle brought over by a recent visitor!)<br /><br />Expatresse, thanks for the baking powder tip (I had already discovered Dr Oetker's vanilla sugar - funnily enough) and for the additional recommendation for Warren's Sausages. Now I HAVE to try them.<br /><br />Solnusha - blini flour? Thanks for that. And I would love to make my own peanut butter (my mum used to when I was a little girl) but sadly both boys have nut allergies so that's out of bounds...<br /><br />MAM, thanks for the offer and the thought - will keep you posted if the cravings get too much!<br /><br />GPM - make mine a Green & Black's please... higher cocoa content - less likely to melt...<br /><br />Henrietta, actually they DO have baked beans. In fact, they have most things if you look hard enough in the right places, so your list might be different to the one you imagine, you're right...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-11112111057822877552010-05-28T12:09:08.930+01:002010-05-28T12:09:08.930+01:00It's funny, apart from cheese and wine, my lis...It's funny, apart from cheese and wine, my list would be totally different from yours. actually writing that i really can't be sure. i bet i'd miss all sorts of things i didn't expect. Even still my current fantasy list would have chocolate, wine, marmite, good bread. hmmm. do they have baked beans over there?!<br /><br />http://marketingtomilk.wordpress.comhprettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379019049168286603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-71824098754652220122010-05-27T16:59:48.109+01:002010-05-27T16:59:48.109+01:00Oops - looks like the first bit of my previous mes...Oops - looks like the first bit of my previous message went awol. Or abroad. It should have said "I've just posted..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-85245510572540408692010-05-27T16:57:29.304+01:002010-05-27T16:57:29.304+01:00st posted a large parcel of Cadbury's mini egg...st posted a large parcel of Cadbury's mini eggs to my brother who lives in a very hot country. Hope they don't melt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-4807663821324658432010-05-25T12:06:34.794+01:002010-05-25T12:06:34.794+01:00This reminds me of trips out to my parents with a ...This reminds me of trips out to my parents with a suitcase full of requested items (decent bread was always one) - if you ask nicely if I have another business trip to Moscow at the new job I'll bring a care package for youMuddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-31672227981115157722010-05-23T08:44:10.685+01:002010-05-23T08:44:10.685+01:00I missed sausages, peanut butter and all English c...I missed sausages, peanut butter and all English cheeses when I was in Moscow. I used to make my own peanut butter, although you could buy it, just not anywhere near me. I also ate my own weight in cheese the year I came back.<br /><br />Russian's play quite fast and loose with flours and baking powder and such. You could try using the generic blini flour in place of self raising as it's the same idea, it's just that they don't use it for baking, and I've found that that seems to work instead of plain and baking powder if I don't have access to baking powder too.<br /><br />Also, they don't have vanilla essence, but they do have vanilla sugar. Would that work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-72126249613613144632010-05-22T21:51:52.188+01:002010-05-22T21:51:52.188+01:00Big fan of the Warren's sausages.
In Moscow,...Big fan of the Warren's sausages. <br /><br />In Moscow, I got baking powder in those little Dr. Oetker packets . . . yellow packets in the section of the grocery where you find flour and baking soda. Sedmoi has it.<br /><br />As for wine . . . there is no cheap wine. That's why I drank so much vodka while there.The Expatressehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127602680470789727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-47921760073062400232010-05-22T21:43:46.407+01:002010-05-22T21:43:46.407+01:00pps and i was sad enough to look up the vanilla es...pps and i was sad enough to look up the vanilla essence recipe: http://madaboutherbs.org/how-to-make-your-own-vanilla-essence/Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-71999083836106986372010-05-22T21:42:14.201+01:002010-05-22T21:42:14.201+01:00ps but like Lorna says - you're now easy to bu...ps but like Lorna says - you're now easy to buy for if I get you in the next Secret Post Club!Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-50338104879916561952010-05-22T21:41:07.330+01:002010-05-22T21:41:07.330+01:00When I was in Moscow it was marmite and earl grey ...When I was in Moscow it was marmite and earl grey tea.... In Scotland, ridiculously, it's a decent sausage. But that may be because we were spoiled in London by having the best sausages in the universe (according to Michael Winner - clearly he's a tosser but he knows about sausages) about five minutes away...<br /><br />Baking stuff is weird though. In France it's impossible to get baking powder and SR flour. And while a tarte au fraises is all very well, it's not a birthday cake is it? Oh, and you have to hunt for sugar that's not in those stupid little cubes too. Fifty nine different brands of cubes, no caster....Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975259590293860488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-88219699483060177412010-05-22T19:44:53.166+01:002010-05-22T19:44:53.166+01:00CM, thanks - although I don't want pity, just ...CM, thanks - although I don't want pity, just a suitcase full of Cloudy Bay...<br /><br />Jennifer, thankyou. You are a godsend...<br /><br />Mothership, I'm back in London for a flying visit shortly and I too will be taking an empty suitcase!<br /><br />Eclipse, thanks for visiting and commenting and I will check that out asap!<br /><br />Lorna, like EPM with her Chicago sausage supplier, now you're just showing off...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-31444581993848419452010-05-22T16:32:16.721+01:002010-05-22T16:32:16.721+01:00I'm amazed you can't get vanilla essence. ...I'm amazed you can't get vanilla essence. That seems like it would be basic. Here in California (this sounds like I'm rubbing it in but I'm not honestly!) we get all sorts of different vanilla essences. I'm slowly working my way through them all to see which is the best one. We're trying a Mexican one at the moment.<br /><br />Maybe I need to send you a vanilla essence package :)Calif Lornahttp://califlorna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-89325446190586773662010-05-22T08:19:20.690+01:002010-05-22T08:19:20.690+01:00I meant to say that the link I left you will deliv...I meant to say that the link I left you will deliver anywhere, its a bit pricy but still cheaper than flying back home to stock up!Eclipsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-42432832977284536332010-05-22T08:17:29.809+01:002010-05-22T08:17:29.809+01:00Hi from Finland...
I found this place the other d...Hi from Finland...<br /><br />I found this place the other day... it looks like it has everything except the fresh stuff http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk<br /><br />I know what you mean about sausages, if anyone goes to england they are always tasked with bringing back proper sausages. Really not a fan of the floury giant things they claim to be sausages here!Eclipsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-90304517306622020302010-05-22T06:06:07.959+01:002010-05-22T06:06:07.959+01:00marmite. marmite. marmite. decent tea. caramac. I ...marmite. marmite. marmite. decent tea. caramac. I can actually buy marmite here although it's shocking what they charge, but golden syrup is hard to come by and I yearn for sweeties I never even ATE when I was in England.<br />NVG. they have Weetabix at Trader Joe's and it's fairly reasonably priced - don't they have one of those in Long Island yet? Also they often have NZ lamb (not that I ever eat it but I've heard it's quite nice).<br />When I come to the UK I always bring an empty bag and it's full of contraband choccies and tins of odd things when I come home. I always find the new clothes I buy in London get quite tight for a few weeks after I get back. Can't think why..mothershiphttp://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-62939857501016132010-05-21T20:40:53.387+01:002010-05-21T20:40:53.387+01:00Clare...Clare Clare!!! Don't you know about Wa...Clare...Clare Clare!!! Don't you know about Warren's Sausages?!?!??!?!?! www.sausages.ru. They deliver.Jenniferhttp://www.dividingmytime.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-89132100869171610442010-05-21T20:25:13.757+01:002010-05-21T20:25:13.757+01:00Oh now I am feeling sorry for you, although I got ...Oh now I am feeling sorry for you, although I got stuck at the price of the weetabix for a while...my son used to eat six in one sitting, yours would be bars of gold!Chic Mamahttp://www.chicmama.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-87822999071039460142010-05-21T17:35:21.905+01:002010-05-21T17:35:21.905+01:00NVG - roast lamb! Oh, ROAST LAMB! Another t add to...NVG - roast lamb! Oh, ROAST LAMB! Another t add to the list...<br /><br />EPM, I'm waiting with bated breath to find out if they're any good - you will post on it, won't you?<br /><br />Freedom, thanks for visiting and commenting and I see your Pacific North West Micro Brew and raise you a Pimms (although, I am a girl, so I guess I would say something like that...)<br /><br />Mud, please tell me you didn't end up having to dump some wine at the border? Please?Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-111649671583903972010-05-21T17:18:10.634+01:002010-05-21T17:18:10.634+01:00Sausages!!!!! The poor substitute we get in Singap...Sausages!!!!! The poor substitute we get in Singapore is not worthy of the name.<br /><br />And I'm in full agreement on the wine front. Bottles that cost £6 in Waitrose are over £20 in the supermarket. And they wouldn't let me bring in any duty free from Malaysia. Damn sin taxes....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-87778200395413790712010-05-21T17:01:34.701+01:002010-05-21T17:01:34.701+01:00Good micro-brew beer. Being in Latin America, we ...Good micro-brew beer. Being in Latin America, we do have an ok selection of beer. All of which taste exactly the same. <br /><br />If you want to pay for it, there are a few imported German beers around.<br /><br />Oh, but how I long for a Pacific Northwest Micro-brew!Freedom Offshorehttp://www.ultimateoffshoreliving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-70833271560487665902010-05-21T16:59:45.284+01:002010-05-21T16:59:45.284+01:00Sausages. That reminds me - the British guy is sel...Sausages. That reminds me - the British guy is selling bona fide English Sausages at the farmer<br />s market tomorrow. Oh happy day.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-71228459853410814322010-05-21T16:29:15.321+01:002010-05-21T16:29:15.321+01:00Definitely the sausages - I want the ones from Moe...Definitely the sausages - I want the ones from Moen in Clapham.<br /><br />It's really hard to get decent lamb here, so we never have roast lamb. And while you can get free range and organic meat in Whole Foods, it isn't widely available in other supermarkets.....<br /><br />We can get Weetabix, although it's fairly expensive (as is everything now with the pound doing a nosedive). Ditto Marmite. No Shreddies, although we have found an alternative that looks the same. And no Petit Filous yogurts for the boys. <br /><br />I'm really glad to hear that you're starting to enjoy Moscow now....nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-9848444274509691432010-05-21T14:30:27.040+01:002010-05-21T14:30:27.040+01:00MH - can you give me the proportions on that? I f...MH - can you give me the proportions on that? I foresee a blackmarket industry in our kitchen...<br /><br />Michelle, a fellow-gingerbread lover, hurrah! As for online well, not so much, not yet. The Russian postal system is not what it might be... For the time being I have to rely on the kindness of visitors (oh, and on myself when I go back to the UK soon on my own for a WHOLE WEEKEND!)Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175562867822111389.post-39211292023114480662010-05-21T14:25:27.300+01:002010-05-21T14:25:27.300+01:00I have made so many of these lists over the years!...I have made so many of these lists over the years!!! Fortunately now I can get most ingredients I need in the UK. One that I miss is a molasses that I used in the States, although I can find some decent alternatives (like black strap molasses). I also love gingerbread!!! Mmmmmm.... any time of year.<br /><br />Can you order things online?Michellouihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841678308675092702noreply@blogger.com