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Expats: What products do you miss from Ireland?

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  • 19-01-2011 8:01pm
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    FatherTed
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    The longer I'm here, I miss less and less tbh. But for me, I miss Cidona. Sparkling Cider doesn't have quite the same taste. Stop N' Shop in my area now carries a good but small sampling of Irish products.


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    Hazys
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    A quality Guinness


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    dave2pvd
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    FatherTed wrote: »
    The longer I'm here, I miss less and less tbh. But for me, I miss Cidona. Sparkling Cider doesn't have quite the same taste. Stop N' Shop in my area now carries a good but small sampling of Irish products.

    That's it for me. 13 years in and the only thing I could do with a monthly shipment of is Tayto cheese and onion. But seriously, the US has so many other and better 'must have' foods that make up for what I occasionally miss.

    As for Guinness, I'm not so sure anymore. Lots of great pubs serving great pints of Guinness near me. But I never drink it. Why would I, when US beer is so much better? Having said that, guess what first pint I'll have on the next visit home?

    I realize my opinion comes off as 'the US is just SO much better', but that's not the case. Only when it comes to food and drink.


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    Black Swan
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    Miss rashers and home brewed Guinness (not that licensed stuff brewed in another country).

    Found a good source for KerryGold at Trader Joe's... Yummy!


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    FatherTed
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    Blue_Lagoon wrote: »
    Miss rashers and home brewed Guinness (not that licensed stuff brewed in another country).

    Found a good source for KerryGold at Trader Joe's... Yummy!

    True about TraderJoes, I just came from there 10 minutes ago :p
    Also, at Costco the other day was a huge section of Kerrygold butter, cheeses etc.


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    lil_lisa
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    They love the Kerrygold over here, its great!

    I miss breakfast rolls and deli food. I know we have Mexican food instead with burritos and carne asada but I really miss my rasher, sausage and ketchup fix.


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    ro_chez
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    FatherTed wrote: »
    True about TraderJoes, I just came from there 10 minutes ago :p
    Also, at Costco the other day was a huge section of Kerrygold butter, cheeses etc.

    The Kerrygold sure gets around, I found it in a supermarket in Tobago for christ's sake, TOBAGO!


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    Taceom
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    ro_chez wrote: »
    The Kerrygold sure gets around, I found it in a supermarket in Tobago for christ's sake, TOBAGO!

    I found it in China!


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    silja
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    Good, strong tea (been lucky and found a local gas station that sells Barry's tea!), and plain tea biscuit. Husband misses rashers (I ama vegetarian).


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    Black Swan
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    Oh... I miss Barry's tea! Anyone know of a source in the States, preferably in Southern California?


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    silja
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    Blue_Lagoon wrote: »
    Oh... I miss Barry's tea! Anyone know of a source in the States, preferably in Southern California?

    Do you have White Oaks gas stations near you? They have it around here, also Tayto crisps and such things. Also some Whole Foods carry it. If you can't find any, I'd be willing to ship (cheaper than having it shipped from Ireland...), just PM me.


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    Black Swan
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    silja wrote: »
    Also some Whole Foods carry it.

    Oh... I think I might have seen their market a few miles from here. Thanks for the tip!


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    Hazys
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    dave2pvd wrote: »
    That's it for me. 13 years in and the only thing I could do with a monthly shipment of is Tayto cheese and onion. But seriously, the US has so many other and better 'must have' foods that make up for what I occasionally miss.

    As for Guinness, I'm not so sure anymore. Lots of great pubs serving great pints of Guinness near me. But I never drink it. Why would I, when US beer is so much better? Having said that, guess what first pint I'll have on the next visit home?

    I realize my opinion comes off as 'the US is just SO much better', but that's not the case. Only when it comes to food and drink.

    The Guinness you get in the States is brewed in Canada and not Dublin, so there is a difference, but it is getting better.

    Tayto is the only thing i can think of that i cant get here. Coming back to the US after this Christmas, my mum filled my carry on bag with so much Cheese and Onion Taytos, that i had to carry my laptop in my hands while boarding the plane. The benefits of living in Boston, is that my local corner shop sells Lucozade, Galtee Rashers and Sausages, Bacholar Baked beans, digestives, etc. TBH the only thing i actually buy is Barry's tea, its the only thing i couldnt live without.

    Although at the moment, I have a minor flu so i'm taking the CVS Mixed Berry Cold and Flu sachets, even tho it does the trick for the flu, it tastes manck. I'd murder a Lemsip right about now.

    This website apparently delivers to all of the US with irish foods (i've never used it so dont now how good it is):
    http://www.foodireland.com lol you can even order Fairy washing up liquid!


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    dave2pvd
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    I forgot one: Nurofen Plus.

    Much easier to transport than Taytos!

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    FatherTed
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    Hazys wrote: »
    ...
    This website apparently delivers to all of the US with irish foods (i've never used it so dont now how good it is):
    http://www.foodireland.com lol you can even order Fairy washing up liquid!

    I understand missing various food and drink. But Fairy Liquid???


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    SoulTrader
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    I miss Potato Waffles and Cadbury's Mint Crisp and Golden Crisps. That's about it though.


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    silja
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    Oh! Potato farls!


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    Manic Moran
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    Almond Fingers and Viscounts.

    NTM


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    InTheTrees
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    Its not like I miss them all that much but whenever I go back to ireland I have at least one malteaser blowout...

    I'll eat three or four big bags until my teeth hurt and i'm feeling sick...


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    Darren1o1
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    I have been lucky, living in NH I take trips to Boston (Brighton area) for food. I have found sausage, rashers ham and assorts of other good stuff (in Kiki's and Faneuil st market). Recently I won a $100 voucher on Tommy Moloney's and even manage to find ham ribs!! I guess you need to look around.
    The big thing is the chipper, and proper chips (not crisps). I love to see the revulsion on the yanks when I put chips on a sandwich :D My girlfriend has yet to understand this. There used to be one in Brighton but it closed. Proper butcher's are harder to come by but not impossible.


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    choppermann
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    Batch loaf
    thats about it , after 25 yrs can't even remember the taste of half the stuff I would have eaten back there


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    silja
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    InTheTrees: I found Whoppers quite similar to Maltesers.


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    CaliforniaDream
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    silja wrote: »
    InTheTrees: I found Whoppers quite similar to Maltesers.

    No, just no.

    Don't fall for it! Nothing like Maltesers.


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    InTheTrees
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    ha ha ha!!

    I tried the whopper route early on and they're... different...

    bizzaro malteasers. A pale imitation.


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    InTheTrees
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    And wtf is up with the sweets names:

    A mars bar is a marathon and a snickers is a mars and a marathon is a snickers...

    I can never keep it straight and avoid them all...


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    iMax
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    Hazys wrote: »
    This website apparently delivers to all of the US with irish foods (i've never used it so dont now how good it is):
    http://www.foodireland.com lol you can even order Fairy washing up liquid!

    I used to use this to ship "Care Packages" to an ex pat mate of mine. Haven't used them in a while, but I can recommend them from back then.


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    Darren1o1
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    choppermann wrote: »
    Batch loaf
    thats about it , after 25 yrs can't even remember the taste of half the stuff I would have eaten back there

    Picking a couple of loaves of brennans batch meself later today in Boston mmmm


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    ciaran67
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    Black Swan wrote: »
    Oh... I miss Barry's tea! Anyone know of a source in the States, preferably in Southern California?

    I used to get Dilmah tea from Sri Lanka up in Vancouver. Its really nice and quite strong. Ive seen it in the States as well.


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    Ruu_Old
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    I was back home last week and stocked up. My extra bag was full of Tayto, soda bread and tea on the way back. I had some euros left over so grabbed some more crisps in the Loop duty free place and stuffed some more in my carry on. :)


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    rockonollie
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    Black Swan wrote: »
    Oh... I miss Barry's tea! Anyone know of a source in the States, preferably in Southern California?

    I'm yet to find a Meijer supermarket that doesn't carry Barry's.

    If that fails.......www.foodireland.com carries everything, even if it is at a premium price.


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    choppermann
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    Darren1o1 wrote: »
    Picking a couple of loaves of brennans batch meself later today in Boston mmmm


    Sounds good.
    I think it's more of the smell I remember walking down to St Catherines bakery off Thomas Street and grabbing a fresh loaf as it came out of the ovens.
    The bakery is long gone now.


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