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moomoo said:
I'd love some Biltong - my children have never tried it :)
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If none drops through your letterbox (and if you're in the SE) you might want to get some yourself.

Southern Cross (or star or flag) SA shop next door to Aldgate fire station (E1) sells a sweet biltong (actually made by a crowd in NE london) plus 2 or 3 other flavours. Handy but pricey and the biltong seems more 'processed'

However Susmans down in Newhaven are IMO the UK's biltong daddies and they have a HUGE range. Always a good excuse to hop on the bike for a seaside jaunt! They have an excellent collection of SA goods too, My mate always gets me to bring him back a couple of jars of Pakko curried chillies from there.

They do overnight delivery from ther web site too. Unfortunately Susmans used to ship with citylink, so that's why I collect nowadays.
 
The postman just gave me some more Tunnock's Tea Cakes :)

Who sent them?

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Childrens Birthday party here at the weekend so, I'll be saving one pack for them. The other pack is as good as ate already :)

They came all the way from Manchester.
 
That would be me, because I've been crap at getting round to posting things. :o

But blimey, they made their way there quite quickly didn't they? I only posted them on Thursday, thought they'd take a week.
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
That would be me, because I've been crap at getting round to posting things. :o

But blimey, they made their way there quite quickly didn't they? I only posted them on Thursday, thought they'd take a week.
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Tar. PM me a postal address if you want a sketch or, summat in return. I regularly do my posting on Mondays, but the post from here to the UK seems to take twice as long for some reason.
 
ice-is-forming is still wanting some Walnut Whips, and I've been unable to meet this demand because there is a desperate Walnut Whip shortage in Manchester.

I'm sorry, I did try, honest, but there's none to be found. :o

ice-is-forming: there is a jar of marmite winging it's way to you as we speak, and also a random selection of British sweeties to make up for the Walnut Whip lackage.
 
extra dry said:
basic phrase book, coming to china in june to live..no holiday from my work here in czech and straight in to some work in june. maybe exams.

some pictures of food, like milk, coffee, beer,taxi,bread, butcher, etc please:D
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Hey extra dry, have you managed to find yourself a phrase book yet?

I can send you a little phrase book and a CD that came free with the Times newspaper... just holler.
 
Ongoing and outstanding wants:

#4 Boris Sprinkler in Denmark likes Monster Munch

#8 Moomoo wants some biltong

#13 & #17 ice-is-forming in Australia wants some Marmite and Walnut Whips (the ones in the blue packet)

#21 RenegadeDog in China likes tea (Assam, leaf tea), Marmite and Salt 'n' vinegar crisps

#23 wrysmile [darn sarf? London?] wants Tim Tams, mint slice, Bonds underwear (Oi, cheeky, you can get vegemite! So that doesn't count ) And sunshine?! Ha! You're 'avin' a laugh aintcha!

#25 butterflychild doesn't have any proper 'wants' just fancies some weird sh!t from around the world

#27 Dandred in [North? South?] Korea wants Salt & vinegar square crisps

#30 Stanley Edwards in Spain wants Tunnocks Teacakes

#38 Fela fan in Thailand wants some proper British shredded wheat not the American stuff

#42 rennie wants some mixed nuts

#59 extra dry in the Czech Republic wants a Chinese phrase book

#61 zenie wants some baggy socks from Japan :confused:

Outstanding offers:

#22 ice-is-forming is offering Tim Tams

#27 Dandred is offering kimchi

#33 RenegadeDog is offering some stuff from China

#63 dessiato is offering stuff from N Portugal? Francesinha sauce? Jesuitas?

Givers/Takers anyone?
 
rennie said:
Nope... they're roasted in-house so to speak and then sold fresh throughout shops in my hometown... it's not just peanuts but cashew, pumpkin seeds n all sorts. Veyr salty but ever so delicious!
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Sounds like you need a trip to the Nut House in Shepherd's Bush. It's Lebanese, I think, and only sells nuts, sweet things like Turkish Delight and baklava, and coffee. They have a counter of all sorts of roasted and salted nuts, as well as the raw ones. It's also incredibly cheap. :cool:
 
ooo Anne, thank you so much :) i have just got my marmite and sweets, what a trip :cool:

i haven't sen a finger of fudge, sherbet fountain or refreshers for years...

marmite is just soooooooooooooooooooo delicious and tbh vegemite really does come a very poor 2nd.

wrysmile, i sent you some TimTams a while ago :) Have you got them yet?

I *heart* marmite.......:) :)
 
ice-is-forming said:
ooo Anne, thank you so much :) i have just got my marmite and sweets, what a trip :cool:

i haven't sen a finger of fudge, sherbet fountain or refreshers for years...

marmite is just soooooooooooooooooooo delicious and tbh vegemite really does come a very poor 2nd.

wrysmile, i sent you some TimTams a while ago :) Have you got them yet?

I *heart* marmite.......
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Yeah, sorry it took so long though :o

I'm afraid you had to make do with the sweeties because those walnut whips were a bugger to find, I gave up in the end, although I started another thread and apparently M&S do some fake walnut whips, so I'll check that out.
 
extra dry said:
basic phrase book, coming to china in june to live..no holiday from my work here in czech and straight in to some work in june. maybe exams.

some pictures of food, like milk, coffee, beer,taxi,bread, butcher, etc please:D
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Bollocks, I've only just seen this.

I can put together a good pack of e-stuff for you :)
 
geminisnake said:
Everything I would really like from China would cost you a fortune in p&p and probably get damaged in transit :(

I would like someone to teach me tai chi(yang style) and mahjong(bought a set in 'Dam, never played it yet)
I would like a lion's head, nearly bought one in 'Dam but couldn't get it home on the plane.

Did you get your 'wants'?
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Indeed, three boxes of tea (of which i have drunk 2 now) and cakes and salt n vinegar crisps, courtesy of the wonderful Miss O'nEeemus (yours eternally indebted)...
 
Ms T said:
Sounds like you need a trip to the Nut House in Shepherd's Bush. It's Lebanese, I think, and only sells nuts, sweet things like Turkish Delight and baklava, and coffee. They have a counter of all sorts of roasted and salted nuts, as well as the raw ones. It's also incredibly cheap. :cool:
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Yum! Speaking of which, I discovered this amazing Lebanese bakery in North Acton (miles away) and they do the best manakish ever. If u've ever been to Lebanon, you'll know what I mean. I bought 15 n finished em in less than a week.
 
I would like colemans english mustard powder, and Butterscotch flavour digestive biscuits, like on the other thread!

Rennie, have more kuru yemek shops round here than you could shake a stick at. What kind of nuts you after? Sunflower/pumpkin seeds etc also available.

Anyone want Turkish stuff? Not Turkish Delight tho, am afraid, wrong neck of the woods.
 
selamlar said:
... What kind of nuts you after? Sunflower/pumpkin seeds etc also available...
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Loads and loads of nut/seed/dried fruit shops in Granada. I've often wondered why there aren't more in the UK. Very low risk business with high profit. Long shelf life etc. I'm sure they'd take off in London - a healthy alternative to sugar sweets. Dried apricot goes very well with roasted and salted nuts/seeds of any type :)
 
selamlar said:
I would like colemans english mustard powder, and Butterscotch flavour digestive biscuits, like on the other thread!

Rennie, have more kuru yemek shops round here than you could shake a stick at. What kind of nuts you after? Sunflower/pumpkin seeds etc also available.

Anyone want Turkish stuff? Not Turkish Delight tho, am afraid, wrong neck of the woods.
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I can send you these...:) What sort of Turkish stuff....maybe you could surprise me. PM address details and will send off ASAP....:)
 
Er, bit cheeky I guess cos have only just had a request but have an Australian mate over here who is dying from 'BBQ Shapes' (I don't know either) deficiency. Any Antipodeans out there?
 
Hi all,
new person here so no idea where you are all from. I am an ex-pat in Sweden, and just before xmas found in Gothenburg an English shop which does the items I miss pork pies, sausages, salt and vinegar crisps, twiglets, marmite, sandwich spread, and so on, also a lot of chocolate bars are in the shops here but I can't have being a diabetic. I organise a trip every 3 months and get a list from the other ex-pats all 3 of them and do a BIG shop, even my Swedish husband is getting Anglophied
 
foamy said:
If noone else has sorted you out with some yet PM me the flavours you'd like and your adress and i'll send you some :)
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so on the list was:
Lime flavoured angel delight
Stripey Paint
a left handed screw driver
a snow ball from hell
and a flying pig!
:mad:

i'll get you one of these days Icey! :p

the rest of the reasonable requests have been purchased and will be winging their way to you shortly.
:D
 
:cool: ((foamy)) They did do lime flavour it tastes like green milk....

*stamps feet*

i have been trying to coax a nice surfer dude into this big old carboard box i have, but for some reason he keeps running away screaming :eek:

Does he have to be alive??

selamlar? do they just want bbq..bbq are yuk ...bleugh...they taste of pencil sharpenings and cardboard.....do they want any other flavour too? the cheese and bacon is nice.

pm me an address.:)
 
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