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tracymac1969 Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 6:50 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: tracymac1969 wrote: Ok, stemming from the 'ketchup'posts, here's a forum for us to voice what we would miss from home if we moved away....
My list can go on and on but my number one is this...
In Edinburgh, there used to be a chinese takeaway called 'The Fortune Court', they did the BEST beef curry, i can't get anything close to it here.........
Wonder if it's still there?
Gorgie Road?
YES!, Is it still there? |
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lilly Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 6:55 PM |
mili wrote: From experience, I'd miss full rye bread (sorry, Lilly, the German version wasn't quite right), water pressure in the shower and proper central heating (I've been to places where they're rubbish) and salty liquorice, to begin with.
I'm with Lilly about Brezen, they're the best, and I miss them from Munich.
I have a friend from Cologne who studied with me in Passau and didn't like most of the bread from the local bakeries. Something about the type of dough.
I think bread is never quite right if it's not from home :)
I will try and bake Brezn (for the first time) in a few weeks - I just hope the recipe I got is genuine ;) |
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moo_the_evil_boffin Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 7:14 PM |
I don't think I'd miss anything from the area where I lived, but I'd miss personal stuff, like my collection of trees planted in my garden- how sad is that? lol :-P
I certainly wouldn't miss the weather... |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 7:40 PM |
I forgot one thing. I'd also miss mate.
It's pronounced like "matt" + the "e" sound in "check"... or something like that xD. I've seen that some people write it "maté" in English, but "maté" in Spanish means "I killed", so I won't write it with an acute accent :oP.
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mili Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 8:34 PM |
lilly wrote: mili wrote: From experience, I'd miss full rye bread (sorry, Lilly, the German version wasn't quite right), water pressure in the shower and proper central heating (I've been to places where they're rubbish) and salty liquorice, to begin with.
I'm with Lilly about Brezen, they're the best, and I miss them from Munich.
I have a friend from Cologne who studied with me in Passau and didn't like most of the bread from the local bakeries. Something about the type of dough.
I think bread is never quite right if it's not from home :)
I will try and bake Brezn (for the first time) in a few weeks - I just hope the recipe I got is genuine ;)
ooh, home made Brezn! If it works, could I have the recipe, please? |
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dee Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:01 PM |
to be perfectly stereoypical about this i'd miss proper floury irish spuds.
tayto crisps
barry's tea
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deebee Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:16 PM |
| I miss a proper English breakfast with baked beans, yummy crispy bacon, English sausages and lashings of HP/Brown/steak sauce... or whatever you want to call it... on the side :-) |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:19 PM |
tracymac1969 wrote: Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: tracymac1969 wrote: Ok, stemming from the 'ketchup'posts, here's a forum for us to voice what we would miss from home if we moved away....
My list can go on and on but my number one is this...
In Edinburgh, there used to be a chinese takeaway called 'The Fortune Court', they did the BEST beef curry, i can't get anything close to it here.........
Wonder if it's still there?
Gorgie Road?
YES!, Is it still there?
Yes it is . A friend of mine lives about 50 yards from it. |
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deebee Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:21 PM |
| Are you offering to send Tracy beef curry through the post Gladders? |
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AbsGinger Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 9:26 PM |
deebee wrote: I miss a proper English breakfast with baked beans, yummy crispy bacon, English sausages and lashings of HP/Brown/steak sauce... or whatever you want to call it... on the side :-)
miam miam |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 10:07 PM |
| the pacific ocean and redwood trees |
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tracymac1969 Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 10:12 PM |
deebee wrote: Are you offering to send Tracy beef curry through the post Gladders?
Haha, wouldn't that be cool! Not sure how well it would travel though.......!
Don;t they have any little british bakeries near you? We have lots of them here, we can even get things like blackpudding... |
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tracymac1969 Posted Tue 10 Nov, 2009 10:13 PM |
Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: tracymac1969 wrote: Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) wrote: tracymac1969 wrote: Ok, stemming from the 'ketchup'posts, here's a forum for us to voice what we would miss from home if we moved away....
My list can go on and on but my number one is this...
In Edinburgh, there used to be a chinese takeaway called 'The Fortune Court', they did the BEST beef curry, i can't get anything close to it here.........
Wonder if it's still there?
Gorgie Road?
YES!, Is it still there?
Yes it is . A friend of mine lives about 50 yards from it.
Wow, small world afterall..... |
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hennypenny Posted Wed 11 Nov, 2009 2:22 AM |
The thing that I would miss the most would be how green it is here. I don't think I could live in a place that didn't have lots of trees, is close to the beach, and pretty near the mountains. Also, the weather. Most people here don't like it but I love how it usually (except for this past summer) doesn't get to hot. I like the rain too.
Food wise, I would probably miss the availability of fresh seafood. And garlic fries at Safeco Field. |
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lilly Posted Wed 11 Nov, 2009 9:20 AM |
mili wrote:
ooh, home made Brezn! If it works, could I have the recipe, please?
yes, of course :) |
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