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English Mustard

Frankiestylee · 2007-02-16 05:20:33

I once went to an Irish shop in Germany where they sold loads of everyday Irish items but at about 3 times the cost... and what did I find there: Colmans English Mustard. I got patriotic and tried to protest to the shop owner, but apparently the English mustard was so deliciously sharp that he had to sell it for it was…

16-02-2007 5:20am

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Frankiestylee

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I once went to an Irish shop in Germany where they sold loads of everyday Irish items but at about 3 times the cost... and what did I find there: Colmans English Mustard. I got patriotic and tried to protest to the shop owner, but apparently the English mustard was so deliciously sharp that he had to sell it for it was fantastic. I found this rather strange in Germany, but that's the way of it.

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#2 16-02-2007 8:13am

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Yes, ironic considering a) you complained about it here os Bearla agus b) would you consider Guinness to be an Irish product anymore?

Ex-pat shops like that aren't uncommon around mainland Europe. There used to be an Irish shop and an English shop in Brussels selling stuff at vastly inflated prices.

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