Things from Ireland you would like to have

kwestfan08

Hey Guys.

So I have this friend who recently emigrated to Oz and for his birthday coming up I decided I'd get him a hamper of stuff from home that maybe he wouldn't be able to buy out there.

So my question is I guess was there anything you missed about home that you wished you had or couldn't get your hands on. I got the usual tayto and chocolate bars but anything else? Any help would be appreciated.

Rubadubchub

kwestfan08 wrote: »

Hey Guys.

So I have this friend who recently emigrated to Oz and for his birthday coming up I decided I'd get him a hamper of stuff from home that maybe he wouldn't be able to buy out there.

So my question is I guess was there anything you missed about home that you wished you had or couldn't get your hands on. I got the usual tayto and chocolate bars but anything else? Any help would be appreciated.

A decent internet connection...

Rubadubchub

On a serious note though bar a decent pint of guiness I havent noticed that there are loads of things I miss from home. Food wise i would say its pretty much the same. Soda bread and Potato bread are the only things off the top of my head.

My girlfriend complains about clothes, makeup and not being able to get the fake tan she likes over here but obviously they will be of little use to you.

massdebater

McDonnell's curry sauce, Chef brown sauce, maybe Barrys/Lyons teabags. I haven't bought any myself, but you can buy chef brown sauce online here from that Irish site but I think it's pricey enough. Tbh most Irish food can be got here, but I guess a hamper with a few bits and pieces would be nice.

Boxers and socks from Penneys would be welcome too

haydar

Bachelors Beans and bisto gravy

hussey

Decent bread without paying $5, give me fresh baked from aldi/superquinn over that crap from coles
The local - my local here is wooden high stools and pokies
My dog
Ad free sports on telly (e.g. NRL and tom waterstone - or ad bread during play)
RTE - seriously, the news, republic of telly, love/hate are all better produced than any of the crap 7,9&10 come up with

statina

Banshee bones/ Meanies crisps!
Mayonnaise
Chef brown sauce
Penneys socks/underwear
Wispa/ Timeout chocolate

AngryHippie

Parents Brothers and Sister.
Everyone and everything else can go and sh!te !

CRenegade

Maybe some local newspapers from where they are from, a couple dating back over recent weeks. Local news wouldnt make it over here!

Xavi6

The likes of Tayto and chocolate can be bought over here now so the novelty of getting stuff like that sent over is gone imo.

Runners and football boots are the biggies for me, the range over here is brutal and the prices are often double for the styles you can get.

markymark21

massdebater wrote: »

McDonnell's curry sauce, Chef brown sauce, maybe Barrys/Lyons teabags. I haven't bought any myself, but you can buy chef brown sauce online here from that Irish site but I think it's pricey enough. Tbh most Irish food can be got here, but I guess a hamper with a few bits and pieces would be nice.

Boxers and socks from Penneys would be welcome too

You can buy mcdonnells curry sauce and chef brown sauce in Cole's and/or woolies! If you are in Melbourne there's an internet cafe in st Kilda that sells Barry's tea for some reason as well!

stefan idiot jones

Bourbon biscuits, Chef brown sauce, any gravy granules, Chef brown sauce and Buffalo Hunky Dorys. p.s. Chef brown sauce.

markymark21

Lads ye can buy chef brown sauce in the supermarkets! and Bisto gravy! And most of that other crap!

Does nobody buy groceries or what?!

statina

I know you can buy the stuff but its overpriced and it's lovely to get a hamper of Irish stuff sent to you!

Zambia

I had a pack of Tayto when I went back very nice but not worth a huge effort!

I also had a potato waffle

RidleyRider

God ye do an awful lot of complaining in Oz :pac: There was I thinking its a great place!

stefan idiot jones

markymark21 wrote: »

Lads ye can buy chef brown sauce in the supermarkets! and Bisto gravy! And most of that other crap!

Does nobody buy groceries or what?!

Does anyone know where to get Chef brown sauce in Brisbane ? My stock is getting worryingly low !!!!!!!!!!!
I don't really want to start a thread about this, but may have to soon.:)

The Aussie

RidleyRider wrote: »

God ye do an awful lot of complaining in Oz :pac: There was I thinking its a great place!

Nah, this is about the normal amount of whinging for such a benign topic,

Hang around a bit, someone might suggest buying a GAA Jersey as a present. :pac:
That's when it really starts getting rabid.

Xavi6

Zambia wrote: »

I also had a potato waffle

Biggest let down ever

stefan idiot jones

Oh, and a pair of rose tinted glasses. Not to look back to a better time and place, because the sun is splitting the rocks here at the moment.

jackbhoy

markymark21 wrote: »

You can buy mcdonnells curry sauce and chef brown sauce in Cole's and/or woolies! If you are in Melbourne there's an internet cafe in st Kilda that sells Barry's tea for some reason as well!

Haven't seen either of those in any Coles/Woolies here on northside, where did you see them? Could murder some post booze curry chips now

Chemical Burn

haydar wrote: »

Bachelors Beans and bisto gravy

Together :eek:

Zambia

Xavi6 wrote: »

Biggest let down ever

True it was crap

Gregsor

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Does anyone know where to get Chef brown sauce in Brisbane ? My stock is getting worryingly low !!!!!!!!!!!
I don't really want to start a thread about this, but may have to soon.:)

Just go with HP,never bothered me at home and it doesn't here either.

stefan idiot jones

Gregsor wrote: »

Just go with HP,never bothered me at home and it doesn't here either.

BLASPHEMER !!!!

Gregsor

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

BLASPHEMER !!!!

Maybe ,i think personally it is a better sauce though.
Nearly choked on a can of Murphy's Stout the other day when i read it was brewed in the Uk,teach me to read the label a bit more carefully in future,now boycotted :pac:

Gregsor

hussey wrote: »

RTE - seriously, the news, republic of telly, love/hate are all better produced than any of the crap 7,9&10 come up with

The Rte Player not do it for you?
I watch very little on the box here bar Alan Carr/Graham Norton and mostly ABC stuff with some SBS for a good measure,spend some time on the Rte Player myself and the US shows through the PS3 help keep me away from the mainstream Aussie tv peak time ad blitzed shows.
Have to agree abut the bread,i never buy the same bread twice in a row,like a vicious circle and i never find the right one :mad:,in the end Coles multigrain does the job for general eatery but when you want Pats or Old Mr Brennans to pig on a chip butty or noodle sambo the game is up.

amtc

My auntie was over from Perth recently - Superquinn sausages and batch bread!

Cooperspale

Bramley apples, clonakilty puddings, twister ice cream

Testament1

Half loaves of Pat The Baker or Brennans bread would be pretty handy out here. I always end up with wastage from having to buy full loaves of bread when I dont really need that much bread!

Testament1

The Aussie wrote: »

Hang around a bit, someone might suggest buying a GAA Jersey as a present. :pac:

Ha I actually wouldnt mind a new GAA jersey, left my old 99 season jersey at home due to oil stains on it from wearing it at work :pac:

Hail 2 Da Thief

Black Pudding & a proper pint of Guinness.

swazzie

To the poster who asked about chef sauce, you can get it in Britianonthebayside in Birkdale, Brisbane.
They stock pretty much everything from home
I miss penny's :-)

Slidey

On the bread front, I do miss McCambridges brown bread.

I always buy that Lawsons bread in the brown paper wrapper, its as good a loaf as Ive found here. A biteen pricey though

irishmover

Campbell's curry sauce.

woolymammoth

really hate the bags of crap out here.. that and the guinness is sorely missed too. Decent fruit scones are harder to come by than ham scones in some parts. The biscuits are pretty lame. Most other things you can buy in the shops, or at least online at taste ireland. The clothes and shoes are not great here at all either. Does anyone know where i can find a normal milky way any more? they're all bloody 'chocolate whip' now..

on the flip side, love the farmers union ice coffee.

haydar

I think there are some pretty decent Biscuits here!

The Pheasant

Kerrygold butter, Mccambridges brown bread, Lyons tea bags, clonakilty black pudding and ballymaloe tomato relish

Fromthetrees

Box of lucky charms cereal, Boston Celtics top and a big black bag full of shamrocks.

swazzie

For anyone in Brisbane, food works in Morningside have a little Irish section . The best bit is they stock Irish sausage, rashers , Black/white pudding and SODA BREAD!!! Tastes like my granny used to make.
Sad to get this excited over brown bread I know:-)

lg123

decent black/white pudding. a decent pint of guinness. the sunday game, i know i can get it but i'd like it on sunday evening.

for all the people who mentioned soda bread, plenty of recipes on the odlums website. its very easy to make, one of the easiest breads.

swazzie

Th black pudding was a bit chalky , sausage nice and soda bread lovely from that place.

GalwayKiefer

I went in there for a look yesterday Swazzie but they were sold out of bread and the staff had no idea when more was coming in. Bought sausages, taytos and biscuits though. I guess I'm just going to have to quit being so lazy and just bake some bread myself.

swazzie

GalwayKiefer wrote: »

I went in there for a look yesterday Swazzie but there were sold out of bread and the staff had no idea when more was coming in. Bought sausages, taytos and biscuits though. I guess I'm just going to have to quit being so lazy and just bake some bread myself.

There was an Irish girl working at the counter when I went and she said that the lady who makes the soda bread, delivers each day.
I bought buttermilk once to make some, it sat in the fridge for a few weeks and then I ended up chucking it out.
I near a supplier of soda bread :-)

lg123

sure buttermilk lasts for ages, it would have been grand!

swazzie

Ha ha yeah would've been a bit chunky but sure that'd help the flavor ..

jellie

I've bought the odlums mix where you just add milk, really easy. Was a bit dry the first time but just added a bit more milk the last time & it was grand. You can get it on the tasteireland site I think, I got it in a nightowl that had a little Irish section.

Will Heffernan

A pint of Guinness that didn't disappoint me terribly would be high on my list...and probably some huge, fat, red faced bouncer or barman to walk around any pub that I am in after my bed time shouting 'Have you got no homes to go to?'. Those are two things I definitely would like to have from Ireland.

Popinjay

This thread made me look for these two during the week.

http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutfood/recipes/desserts/pages/traditionalbrownsodabread.aspx

http://farmette.ie/2012/04/06/irish-brown-bread/

I'm going to try making one of them soon (it's a pain in the arse finding coase whoelmeal flour over here, it's all fine ground). There's a shop about 15/20mins away that sells it but I might not be able to get there this weekend.

I might start with the farmette one purely because I read that recipe first. If it's any use I'll let yis know. Fair warning, the last thing I baked was rice krispie buns in second class.

lg123

don't get too bogged down with the flours, the wholemeal in Coles works fine. i'd flip the ratios, more plain flour than wholemeal tastes better i find.

it takes a few attempts to tweak the recipe to suit how you like it, but once you have a recipe down-pat, its very easy. i wouldn't bother with those premix concoctions.
http://www.odlums.ie/recipes/odlums-recipes/breads/quick-brown-bread/