So to my absolute delight, my local grocery store has a tiny section of English Food, and I found a tall cylinder of Rich Tea biscuits. Its not even my fancy grocery store! Just the normal one! I had been hunting for hoisin, and found that next to all the specialty Asian ingredients was the tiny little from England section. Who knew? (And, really, wine gums? We are importing wine gums, of all things?)
I am ashamed to say that when I went to college in the UK I was not a tea drinker. I think I had a few cups (and I distinctly remember a few, but more for location than for the tea), and didn’t develop the currant passion until I landed stateside again.
But I did develop a love of the English Tea Biscuit. It is a thing of great joy to me. They are not cookies, as they are not particularly sweet, but nor are they the (admittedly delicious) bready things that us Yanks call biscuits. They are a cracker-cookie hybrid, and they go along so well with a brisk cup of black tea that I could weep.
So I’ve brought a few along to work, and nibbled a few between sips of this blend, and just felt cheerful about everything. Its Friday, and I have Rich Tea Biscuits. What else is there?
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It is kind of weird to see imported items in international sections that we already have, like wine gums or a certain type of chocolate. But I’m thinking that maybe expats still like having the stuff from their actual country (because it may be made slightly different than the stuff that’s distributed here). Who knows!
I know that when I was living in Sweden, it didn’t take long for me to start missing peanut butter, so I found some in an American section and it was a brand made in Scandinavia and not in North America, and sorry to say, it was quite sub-par. Not at all like the peanut butter here!
It is kind of weird to see imported items in international sections that we already have, like wine gums or a certain type of chocolate. But I’m thinking that maybe expats still like having the stuff from their actual country (because it may be made slightly different than the stuff that’s distributed here). Who knows!
I know that when I was living in Sweden, it didn’t take long for me to start missing peanut butter, so I found some in an American section and it was a brand made in Scandinavia and not in North America, and sorry to say, it was quite sub-par. Not at all like the peanut butter here!