Sweetpea Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Their website is now up and running www.thingsyoumiss.info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestine Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Would it be possible to put prices on there? Im quite a distance from the shop but if I knew what the costs were I might be tempted to go over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Do people really miss these things that much? Hellman's Mayonnaise? Crumble topping mix? Flour? What is that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I expect some people do, and if so, fair dos, they should be able to buy them. I suspect they'll pay a premium, otherwise the shop won't make a profit, but they may think it worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I get the things you can't get (should I dare to mention crumpets?) but there do seem to be a lot of things on that list which are readily available or easily made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Many on the supermarkets seem to have a British shelf these days. I did not realise people still used Oxo Cubes [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 That's why I think they may have trouble making the business pay. There are a few things I would buy (mushy peas being one - I must admit to eating them cold with fish fingers) and a few which seem idiosyncratic. (I've just realised how idiosyncratic the mushy peas comment is!) Perhaps they are things which someone has requested?Crumpets? Well, the fish'n'chip van that goes to Mortain has those. Well past their sell-by date, but that may mean that they have been bought in bulk and frozen. Hey, I'm feeling charitable this morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote user="Just Katie"]Many on the supermarkets seem to have a British shelf these days. I did not realise people still used Oxo Cubes [blink][/quote]Yup, I do. Beef, chicken, lamb, vegetable - the lot. Used some when making a shepherd's pie yesterday. Though to be honest that was 50/50 liquid Oxo and French saveur de cuisine stuff, you know the Maggi stuff in the little bottle that always goes gunky round the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestine Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Some of the things do seem bizarre dont they especially when there are equivalents in French. I too buy crumpets and beg people to bring them out for my son who adores them! Ive tried to make them but 'Mummy they just dont taste the same' about sums it up lol.I like English sausages for making sausage rolls and scotch eggs, the French sausagemeat is too meaty, whereas the English ones have more cereals and rubbish in so are smoother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote user="Dick Smith"][quote user="Just Katie"]Many on the supermarkets seem to have a British shelf these days. I did not realise people still used Oxo Cubes [blink][/quote]Yup, I do. Beef, chicken, lamb, vegetable - the lot. Used some when making a shepherd's pie yesterday. Though to be honest that was 50/50 liquid Oxo and French saveur de cuisine stuff, you know the Maggi stuff in the little bottle that always goes gunky round the top.[/quote]Do they contain additives these days?I find the Colemans packet sauce mixes very good for throwing a pot of something or other together. They only contain spice, herbs and a bit of cornflour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote user="cooperlola"]Do people really miss these things that much? Hellman's Mayonnaise? Crumble topping mix? Flour? What is that about?[/quote]I was a fan of Hellman's Mayonnaise. I like mayonnaise without mustard and that is difficult to find here. We have found one but it is not as nice as Hellman's. Hellman's mayonnaise had few additives and kept in the fridge for three months (if it lasted that long) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Ingredients in Oxo:Wheatflour, Salt, Cornflour, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers(Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate), Colour (Ammonia Caramel),Flavourings, Beef Fat, Autolysed Yeast, Dried Beef Bonestock, Sugar andOnion Powder.Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote user="Dick Smith"]Ingredients in Oxo:Wheatflour, Salt, Cornflour, Yeast Extract, Flavour Enhancers (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate), Colour (Ammonia Caramel), Flavourings, Beef Fat, Autolysed Yeast, Dried Beef Bonestock, Sugar and Onion Powder.Yum.[/quote]Ah Bless! I just had a vision of you Dick, on a stool and rummaging through your highest cupboard looking for an Oxo box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Nah. I went to Sainsburys website and cut'n pasted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Ah well, that has taken the warmth and romance out of that little vision then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I did think about looking in the cupboard, but I made myself a cup of coffee instead.Dunno what in the Le Saveur stuff. Salt, mostly, I suspect, and possibly 'bone stock'.Why isn't there a fish Oxo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I'm happy to use bouillon cubes or powder rather than Oxo cubes, and never, ever use packet sauce mixes (that's not a sly dig aimed at people who do BTW, it's just that now that I'm no longer a working girl I have the time and the inclination to make most things from scratch).I do like to have a tub of Bisto gravy granules lurking in the pantry though, cornflour has its uses, but sometimes only Bisto will brown, thicken and season in the way that I know and love.Leader Price sell crumpets, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Still happy to use Marigold [:)](Sea salt, hydrolised vegetable protein, potato starch, palm oil,vegetables 80% (celery, onions, carrots,leeks) lactose, spices(tumeric, white pepper, garlic, mace, nutmeg) parsley, lovage.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I use some Scwarz packet sauces (Parsley, over steamed smoked haddock, Bearnaise) and also packet custard - but that is because it's the only way I can easily get sugar-free.I agree about Bisto - just a dessertspoon or so can enrich sauces. Food purists will now be having kittens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Absolutely Clair, the best by a long shot. I spit roasted a farm chicken for lunch, and smeared the skin with Marigold mixed with a tiny bit of melted butter. I stuffed some lemon slices, twigs of rosemary, thyme, sage leaves and bruised garlic cloves into the cavity before impaling it on the spit.We ate it with home-made coleslaw, jacket potatoes and salad, and it was fabulous, and there's enough left for a cold chicken salad tonight, and soup or curry tomorrow, as well as enough juices to make loads of stock to freeze for something chickenish in the future.That was 7,50 € well spent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 OK, I'm salivating now...Where do you buy it, I'm certain I've never seen it in Champion or Leclerc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 You can stock up in the UK. I used to buy it at Sainsbury's, and then later ask friends to bring some over, but now... http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/856975/ShowPost.aspxEDIT: I shall add this quickly before Clair chastises me, but she did cunningly include a link in her post on the page before this one to a Marigold online supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Indeed Sainsburys stock it, and it is now in my basket for my next delivery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestine Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Crumpets at Leader Price?? Can anyone confirm this please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think it would depend on which area you are in, but I have definitely bought crumpets at our local Leader Price in the past. They were stocked on the same rayon as the ready to bake bread, ryebread, pitta breads etc. Someone should confirm this though, as I might be having a senior moment [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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