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If anyone wants a care package of British snacks and stuff I'd also be happy to oblige. And if you wanna send me back a surprise package containing mystery regional foods that's a'okay. Let's make it happen!   Supernorn fucked around with this message at Nov 10, 2012 around 01:01 |
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Canadian here - I can offer the classics (Smarties, Areo, Coffee Crisp, etc). Since I'm on the west coast, I'd really love to pick our some awesome local Vancouver treats for you! For instance:  If I'm not too far away from you, I can also send some homemade yumminess  I'm looking for some amazingly weird Japanese gummy candy making kits - you know the ones (like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdtunydWdQ). Please choose the most ridiculous one you can find, the more intricate, the better. This is for my goony-goon-goon husband, who thinks that the whole gummy making process is pure mind-blowing sorcery.  
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PezMaster posted:I'm looking for some amazingly weird Japanese gummy candy making kits - you know the ones (like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdtunydWdQ). Please choose the most ridiculous one you can find, the more intricate, the better. This is for my goony-goon-goon husband, who thinks that the whole gummy making process is pure mind-blowing sorcery. Man those things are disgusting but I'm actually going shopping today so I will have a look and see if I can't find some. They seem to be pretty rare, at least in mainstream supermarkets. That or I don't hit up the candy section enough to know the difference.
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Sheep posted:Man those things are disgusting but I'm actually going shopping today so I will have a look and see if I can't find some. They seem to be pretty rare, at least in mainstream supermarkets. You know, I thought that might be the case - both the disgusting part and the hard to find part. Vancouver is pretty plastered with assorted Asian groceries, but I haven't seen anything like those candy kits anywhere over here. Let me know if you A)Find some bizarre ones and B)What you'd like in return. I can also just run over to Granville Market and send you a big ol' box of Pacific Northwest.
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WANTS: I would like some Apfelschorle (apple soda) from Germany. You can get apple soda here in the Mexican aisle at Wal-Mart, but it is not the same brand of magical as the German kind. Any brand is ok, but if you're not familiar with it, it's something like:  Also, if there's a place in Frankfurt that bottles that incredible Apple Wine, I would love that too and would trade a super thoughtful and weird gift/care package. (I don't know how shipping booze internationally works or if it's a possibility- legally or financially.) Also, Reinitas. I'm not sure of where they are sold other than Venezuela. WILL TRADE: In return, I can offer Orlando, Florida goodies. To be honest, I don't think we have regional foods, except cookies shaped like Mickey Mouse. But, I do have access to all of the normal American food stuff, and all candy with PEANUT BUTTER (for you Europeans). I could peruse the local Farmer's Market to find something I could ship overseas. Since it's winter, maybe a fancy caramel apple or something. It would be a surprise (only during winter months, once it heats back up, it will be impossible to ship anything remotely melt-y.) I can also offer Tijuana Flats Hot Sauces. There are a ton to choose from, so ya'll can pick: https://www.tijuanaflatshotfoods.com/hotfoods/hot-sauce
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Supernorn posted:If anyone wants a care package of British snacks and stuff I'd also be happy to oblige. And if you wanna send me back a surprise package containing mystery regional foods that's a'okay. Let's make it happen! Interested in some mexican candy/other junk food that may or may not have trace amounts of lead involved? 
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Would anyone from Russia or any part of Asia want to exchange? Australia would be pretty cool too. I usually send about $50 plus shipping worth of stuff.
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PezMaster posted:You know, I thought that might be the case - both the disgusting part and the hard to find part. Vancouver is pretty plastered with assorted Asian groceries, but I haven't seen anything like those candy kits anywhere over here. Sorry I looked and couldn't find anything. It was all depressingly normal stuff.
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concerned mom posted:I'd really like some Faygo. I can send stuff from the UK, like er a Pukka Pie or something? For sure mate! Send me your info and I'll hook you up! I'm from Bristol originally and while I can find PG Tips around here, it's dreadfully expensive compared to back home  Some HP brown sauce would be cool too. I'm not sure how much Cadbury Drinking Chocolate would be but if it's under £10 I'd be down for it. Oh or some Idris Ginger beer. OH OR TURKISH DELIGHT OF COURSE!!     edit: I may have access to weird Japanese candies from the local headshops/sushi&seafood markets/comic book stores. I'll stop by on my way home from school and look. Tusen Takk fucked around with this message at Nov 10, 2012 around 09:10 |
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thepitgoddess posted:WANTS: That's just apple juice mixed with carbonated water. Easy to make.
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Are MREs legal to ship outside the US? If so, I'd love to trade any Belgian delicacy for it.
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Tusen Takk posted:For sure mate! Send me your info and I'll hook you up! I'm from Bristol originally and while I can find PG Tips around here, it's dreadfully expensive compared to back home matt isaac at gmail dot com Awesome man. I don't think that drinking chocolate is all that much, although I live right near a Whittards so I could get you some even better stuff if you want?
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Fragrag posted:Are MREs legal to ship outside the US? If so, I'd love to trade any Belgian delicacy for it. Like this kind of stuff? http://www.thereadystore.com/mre?kw...CFYVFMgodaRMAPw I don't see why it'd be illegal, I'd be down to trade you for some Belgian stuff. e; \/ Also apparently if it has some kind of heater involved you can't send that by air. RizieN fucked around with this message at Nov 10, 2012 around 15:28 |
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Fragrag posted:Are MREs legal to ship outside the US? If so, I'd love to trade any Belgian delicacy for it. They're legal to ship out of America, but it doesn't look it's legal to ship any to Belgium except maybe vegetarian MREs, and I know you don't want to eat those ones
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After some brief googling, I can indeed provide alligator jerky, as well as jerky made from buffalo, ostrich, and boar. Because in America, if it moves, we'll shoot it and eat it If anyone is interested, send me a pm or hit me up at mrem86 at gmail. I would LOVE some julmust, but I'm down for receiving pretty much anything. The closest I come to having a preference is wanting to avoid asian stuff, since I spent three years there, so its not really "new" to me.
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Can someone find out for me what the normal price for Heinz Spaghetti Hoops is in a supermarket? I live in Belgium, a country devoid of these (or any comparable product, really), and I think I'm paying out of my rear end at British Corner Shop. When there's a buy one, get one free offer, I can get the price below 1€ per can if I order more than 60 or something. Which feels a bit nuts to do. Not to mention that I'm not inclined to check their website regularly to see if they're on special offer. I'm just looking for information at this point.
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I am from Canada, and can send assorted delicious Canadian goodies. Maple syrup, smoked salmon, Canadian chocolates, etc. I am interested in CADBURY products - either from UK or New Zealand. I am going to need to replenish my drinking chocolate supply, and would like assorted chocolatey goodness depending on which country the goods would be coming from. And I would totally be for trading with someone from each country! CHOCOLATE!!!!!
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RizieN posted:Like this kind of stuff? http://www.thereadystore.com/mre?kw...CFYVFMgodaRMAPw drat, I'm broke anyways so I wouldn't be able to buy the stuff anyways, let alone the shipping. Flipperwaldt posted:Can someone find out for me what the normal price for Heinz Spaghetti Hoops is in a supermarket? If you live or are near Antwerp, there's actually a British store that might sell them. http://www.britishshop.biz/
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Mr.AARP posted:I can get this for you if you want to eat the shipping costs. Both regular and liter glass bottles. I can't even begin to guess how much the shipping cost would be on this. How would I go about finding this out?
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Terror Van posted:I can't even begin to guess how much the shipping cost would be on this. How would I go about finding this out? EDIT: I'd also be interested if someone from overseas wanted to do an equal cash + shipping food exchange. I'm from Canada as a reminder.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Can someone find out for me what the normal price for Heinz Spaghetti Hoops is in a supermarket?
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| # ? Nov 10, 2012 21:45 |
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I'm taking the train every year from Copenhagen to Malmö to get some Julmust. It the best thing ever. Lovers of Dr. Pepper will enjoy the hell out of it  But get Surströmning at your own risk
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TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS SURSTRÖMNING Especially you Americans, go to the grocery store and get one of every kind of unflavoured/unseasoned canned fish you can get, go home, and try them all . If you do not like one (or all) of them then YOU WILL HATE Surströmning, or at least this seems to be the case. You know that smell of stinky rotten dead fish that you smell when you're walking on the beautiful beach with your sexy girlfriend/boyfriend? You know that face he/she/you made when you smelled it and started looking for the source/started heading in the opposite direction? Now imagine that first exploding in your face then being crammed in your mouth and you have an idea of what it's like. That being said, it's DELICIOUS. concerned mom posted:matt isaac at gmail dot com Nah, that stuff will bring back forgotten winter nights of my youth :3 Thanks for the offer though! What flavours of Faygo do you want and what size? I suspect that getting the cans will be cheapest then I can mix and match them while cramming them into the box, though 20oz and litre/2-litre/3-litre bottles would be possible (and rather pricey with shipping factored in). Want any Indian/Arabic/American food to fill in the cracks?
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Part of Everything posted:I will send real Canadian maple sugar, made by local Mennonites, to the lucky American who can provide me with a box of Cookie Crisp cereal. I should be able to secure this for you, though I can't say how...  It's readily available in most grocery stores.
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What I can offer: Any normal American snacks that other countries can't get, plus a very special drink that is distributed by a little cafe a few miles away: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choc-Ola  If anyone else remembers Choc-Ola and how much better it is than Yoohoo, hit me up. The guy who secured the patent/trademark in 2010 is a friend of my mom's and we have a pretty constant supply. What I want: Mothafuckin' Tim Tams. Aussie goons, I'm looking at you. I'm also looking for exotic/gourmet coffees that anyone thinks are especially good or otherwise local/hard to find.
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The Door Frame posted:They're legal to ship out of America, but it doesn't look it's legal to ship any to Belgium except maybe vegetarian MREs, and I know you don't want to eat those ones You shut your whore mouth. Spicy Penne Pasta was one of the best MREs in existence with Cheese Tortellini being a close second. Of course any bag that had Vegetable/Whole Wheat crackers and Jalapeno cheese spread was heavenly.
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I'm in the SF bay area, so I can send out lots of local organic sweets/chocolate/whatever you feel like asking me to ship. We even have flavored organic cotton candy. It's a thing. I'm more of a sugar person than a salty, so anything sweet that you think is awesome is appreciated. Also weird chip flavors. I'll accept from anywhere and am cool with requests from multiple people as long as they're relatively small. If you want 25 boxes of cereal...probably not. cloud4598@gmail.com ETA: Oh, almost forgot - they just opened up a shop near me that does nothing but soda and candy, so I can also get you pretty much any flavor of soda ever! TrisIsPluto fucked around with this message at Nov 11, 2012 around 06:27 |
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I just ventured into Meijer after being here five years and they had basically everything on my UK wishlist except for the ginger beer and Turkish delight... They even had PG Tips... I am so annoyed that I've been going without these apparently easily accessible things for so long 
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Everyone who wants surströmming or Julmust, I have checked shipping prices.  Shipping will be in these pre-paid envelopes. S fits one can and costs 50SEK (=$7.42 USD). M fits two (maybe three) cans and costs 85 SEK (=$12.60 USD). Surströmming costs 40SEK ($5.94 USD) for basic fillet, more for the fancier stuff. But if you're buying it as a novelty or just want to try it, the basic stuff is alright.  Julmust is maybe $2 or so for a can. It's seasonal, so it will go on sale in a week or two. I will trade stuff for the approximate same value. Just make me an intersting offer in PM. Don't have PMs? Spring for Plat and support the Kyanka Kids Kollege Fund. You're going to waste a bunch of money on sending and receiving weird food from Sweden anyway. Also, I really recommend the Messmör. Really delicious on sandwiches.
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Mephit posted:This alleges you can grab them for 60p in supermarkets in the UK, though whether that's just online stores I can't really check until tomorrow. Fragrag posted:If you live or are near Antwerp, there's actually a British store that might sell them. 
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The people who wants to eat surströmming should at least eat it the right way in a wrap. I have seen tourists try it and they just eat straight form the can and of course it's a bad first experience. You take a piece of tunnbröd (I'm sure there is something similar in the States), put butter on it, rinse and filet the strömming and cut it into pieces and spread it out over the bread with red onion and chopped almond potatoes. Add some sour cream or creme fraiche then just wrap it up and you have a surströmmingsklämma (surströmming wrap). To avoid the horrible smell, open the can under water. It helps a lot.
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A wheat tortilla is close enough to tunnbröd. You probably can't get mandelpotatis in the US, but that could be substituted with fingerling potatoes or any kind of potato really.
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I'm desperately looking for Israeli stuff. I have a long list so I'd rather you just email me at zueshasspokenfour@gmail.com I live in Tampa Florida. I can get any American junk food or I could just pay you outright.
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On the topic of Scandinavian food, does anybody know if there's a feasible way to get sviðasulta / sülze to Canada?
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East coast Canadian here. I can offer various maple and blueberry products, as well as dulse (salty dried seaweed for snacking and seasoning things, if you're not familiar with it). I'd love to swap for some Belgian cuberdons or random Dutch confectioneries. My gmail is the same as my username, if anyone wants to take me up on it, or swap for something else.
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Saeku posted:On the topic of Scandinavian food, does anybody know if there's a feasible way to get sviðasulta / sülze to Canada? Isn't American headcheese very similar? Scandinavian sylta is made from pork and mildly flavored with bay leaf and allspice. The Icelandic sviðasulta is made from mutton according to wikipedia.
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Oh here's a crappy video of the guy from the Travel Channel, who has no issue eating worms, crickets, other terrible things without complaint, talking about Surströmming. Another deterrant before you try it: Surströmming means "sour herring". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60d6xpgnxEg Sorry 'bout the terrible quality axolotl farmer posted:Isn't American headcheese very similar? Scandinavian sylta is made from pork and mildly flavored with bay leaf and allspice. The Icelandic sviðasulta is made from mutton according to wikipedia. The mutton gives it a way different flavour though, it's alot better than sylta to be honest. I haven't tried American headcheese, I have no idea where I would find it.
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Tusen Takk posted:I just ventured into Meijer after being here five years and they had basically everything on my UK wishlist except for the ginger beer and Turkish delight... They even had PG Tips... I am so annoyed that I've been going without these apparently easily accessible things for so long Dude, seriously, how have you lived in Michigan for half a decade without setting foot in the glory that is Meijer's?! It's Asda, but using its powers for good instead of evil (mostly), not to mention you can buy anything there except real estate, any vehicle bigger than a riding lawn mower or golf cart, and any animal bigger than a parrot or guinea pig! For ginger beer, try Vernor's. Oh, and I nearly forgot the best thing -- get drunk, go to Meijer's at 2 AM, and play with the toys. And Superman ice cream. Or Purple Cow.Goddamnit, now I'm homesick... So I'm in! I live in London, so not only can I hook you up with all sorts of British goodies, I'll also do my best to track down stuff from ethnic speciality shops (note: Cyber Candy doesn't count! £4 for a tub of Betty Crocker frosting... gently caress that!). If you'd rather have ingredients (ie Oxo cubes, Bisto, etc, etc) and/or recipes, that's cool too. Hell, if you like I'll happily send you a photographic print of London from my favorite stall in Covent Garden! In return, you can flat-out pay me, if you like, or you can send me stuff. There's two groups of food I'd like: 1) typical/regional/Christmassy treats from wherever you are -- sweet or salty, but not, say, hakarl or natto or sturstomming; or 2) stuff from home. I'm from Michigan. Seriously, if someone wants to run around Meijer's and grab me some Hershey's Kisses, peanut butter cups, dried cherries, El Matador tortilla chips, wholewheat cheddar goldfish, and the like (maybe some alphabet soup), I'll love them forever. Figure out how to send me Diet Vernor's without breaking it or my bank account and I'll worship you as a god. That said, while I'm happy to pay for shipping, please check what it'll cost. I sent a good friend a box of Olympic tat, and it cost me £60.  Tusen Takk posted:The mutton gives it a way different flavour though, it's alot better than sylta to be honest. I haven't tried American headcheese, I have no idea where I would find it. Meijer's, for crying out loud! It's in the chiller cabinets with the bologna-ish cold cuts, not like sliced turkey and such, and doesn't look appetizing.
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I live just down the street from famous NYC appetizer shop Russ + Daughters. If a goon would like to try some excellent lox, bagel bread pudding or any other jewish treat, I would be happy to brave the lines for you. 
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Tremynci posted:Dude, seriously, how have you lived in Michigan for half a decade without setting foot in the glory that is Meijer's?! It's Asda, but using its powers for good instead of evil (mostly), not to mention you can buy anything there except real estate, any vehicle bigger than a riding lawn mower or golf cart, and any animal bigger than a parrot or guinea pig! For ginger beer, try Vernor's. Oh, and I nearly forgot the best thing -- get drunk, go to Meijer's at 2 AM, and play with the toys. Oh yeah I forgot that Vernor's was Michigan only too!! I'll for sure hook you up with what ever Michigan yummies you want. That stuff is so good, it doesn't explode out of my nose anymore  Email me your address and I'll go shopping tomorrow after class homie. I bought like 5 12 packs of Faygo too so I'll throw some in there for you.edit: I just checked shipping to the UK and its $85 to ship a flatrate box, $50 for a 2 lb box 
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