Albert the infopikey Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 We're planning to sell / give away most of our furniture and such before moving to France, but there are probably some things that we won't be able to replace once we are there. You see lots of posts asking "where can I get Dulux, Marmite ...?" (I'd rather have dulux on my toast!) or other consumables. What I'm more interested in is what piece of domestic hardware people would take to France because you can't get a (decent) equivalent. Funnily enough, my household in the UK has a couple of examples of French kit you can't get here, such as our salad spinner. Any suggestions for your "must take..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 My husband. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Your sense of humour![;-)] They sell most everything here & just think, as far as electrical goods go, you won't have loads of plugs to change.[:)]Good luck & to you too Ali! What about the cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-cat Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Actually, now that you mention it - I'll bring the cats - I can always pick up a new hubby!! [:-))] Only kidding, Mark!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 About the only thing we imported apart from our personal stuff was tools. I would also stock on on books, save on postage. oh and we had 6 cases of strongbow cidre and 4 of London pride bitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Oooer Ali! [blink]Books to read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beryl Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Salad spinners are widely available - slow cookers aren't or Yorkshire pudding tIns or deep tins for roasting meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the infopikey Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 <>Thanks, I'll get the catering department to look carefully at the tins & things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 [quote user="beryl"]Salad spinners are widely available - slow cookers aren't or Yorkshire pudding tIns or deep tins for roasting meat.[/quote]I've found most cake making equipment is difficult to find in France, so don't get rid of any baking tins (especially sandwich tins) cooling racks, scone cutters.... Hold on to measuring jugs, scales and things like that, unless you are quite happy that you are never going to need imperial measurements.Most French cookers seem to only have one rack inside, which is a pain. I kept the racks from my old cooker in the hope they fitted (they did) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie15 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I found that microwaves in France were more expensive for large ones- cheap and cheerful small ones are easy to pick up though. Other people are right about specialist cooking tins and slow cookers and books! I found big squidgy sofas hard to find so took those over. If you like leather sofas you'll be in heaven [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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