Why could you never live abroad?

theteal · 20-11-2011 11:52PM

Melion wrote: »

I have 3 reasons that in 3 minutes become 1

Does life get any better than this?

1) king are waaaay nicer, if i were a bigger crisp fan i'd miss them alright
2) bread is bread (and the missus is on some diet that doesn't allow bread so there's none in the house, meh)
3) kerrygold is freely available in tesco here

one thing I do miss a bit is club orange, but most o'neills and gaa clubs here do stock it so i get my fix every other week

things i don't miss. . .
1) everybody has a job
2) nobody's pissing and moaning constantly

also, surprisingly, the weather is so much better but I don't want to jinx it

OneArt · 20-11-2011 11:53PM

Was never a big fan of Tayto, much prefer Walkers. Although if I wanted I could get it at the Irish pub near me.

Hate Brennan's, German bread is waaay better. They actually make slices of toast that FIT in the toaster.

And most places I've been in the world you can get Kerrygold in the shops. It's actually the only butter I use because most of it over here is that unsalted cr*p.

I do miss proper tea. Germans don't like tea for some reason. Thank God they sell Rooibos here...

Abi · 20-11-2011 11:54PM

Redlion wrote: »

I couldn't read the first part of that post because of the enjoyment of a lovely cuppa Lyons

/sips

You can have it buddy, I'm happy the feck out with my glass of red :pac:

Ah wouldn't mind living in England either, has been great any time I've been over...but let's agree on something, any Irish tea is still better than Tetleys!

Done!

/shakes paw

im invisible · 20-11-2011 11:54PM

laoch na mona wrote: »

didn't know you could

ah well now, living at home, get my meals cooked for me, have a few cans of an evening, dont mingle with the commoners too much...

Not exactly coke and hookers, but shur.

ejmaztec · 20-11-2011 11:56PM

There's always some thieving bastard with an Irish shop in the ghetto. Four thousand quid for a lump of rancid Kerrygold, and a bottle of red lemonade laced with piss for a couple of hundred.

ctrl-alt-delete · 20-11-2011 11:59PM

OneArt wrote: »

Hate Brennan's, German bread is waaay better. They actually make slices of toast that FIT in the toaster.

Silly Germans, tell them bread goes in the toaster!

the groutch · 21-11-2011 12:06AM

Melion wrote: »

I have 3 reasons that in 3 minutes become 1

Does life get any better than this?

ban these 3 and cut the cost of the HSE in half

Miss Olenska · 21-11-2011 12:17AM

Kerrygold is the only thing in the OP that I'm arsed about.

Tayto - meh.
Brennan's - it's grand, but I avoid sliced pan these days. Homemade soda bread FTW, so easy and you can make it in any country!

Abi wrote: »

OT, Not technically abroad - but I'd love to move to Engerland. I've family living there years, and I've loved it every time I've been. Would still be able to get mah tae handy enough too (:

If you ever go, be warned, the pig products aren't up to Irish standards. Well, actually, in some areas they are but what you'll find in the UK is that certain areas are great for certain things but that quality doesn't spread nationwide like it would in Ireland.

theteal wrote: »

2) bread is bread (and the missus is on some diet that doesn't allow bread

You think so, but bread in the UK is dire. Strangely flavourless. I took to making my own bread over there.

ProudDUB · 21-11-2011 12:32AM

Lived in the States up until this past Spring.

Kerrygold products are available in a lot of US supermarkets. Once you do the euro to dollar conversion, they are actually cheaper to buy there than they are here. Go figure !

Most American cities will have an Irish or English food store, or CostPlus World Market where you can get all the Tayto's, Heinz salad cream, Cadburys choccies, Bisto gravy granules, Barry's tea, Digestive bikkies and even Selection Boxes etc etc that your little homesick heart can possibly desire.

Ya got me on the Brennan's bread 'tho ! First thing I always lashed into whenever I came home was a Superquinn sossie sambo on Brennans bread....nom nom nom...

Ave Sodalis · 21-11-2011 12:44AM

Lyons Tea & Donegal Creameries milk...

HavingCrack · 21-11-2011 12:51AM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ya got me on the Brennan's bread 'tho ! First thing I always lashed into whenever I came home was a Superquinn sossie sambo on Brennans bread....nom nom nom...

Yeah, outside of the big cities getting decent bread is near impossible. The corner store near me in small town New Jersey used to sell bread with an 18 month shelf life :eek:.

I missed rashers as well, American bacon....no thanks.

Westwood · 21-11-2011 12:54AM

I could never live abroad because of their fockiing accents.

plein de force · 21-11-2011 12:57AM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Lived in the States up until this past Spring.

Kerrygold products are available in a lot of US supermarkets. Once you do the euro to dollar conversion, they are actually cheaper to buy there than they are here. Go figure !

Most American cities will have an Irish or English food store, or CostPlus World Market where you can get all the Tayto's, Heinz salad cream, Cadburys choccies, Bisto gravy granules, Barry's tea, Digestive bikkies and even Selection Boxes etc etc that your little homesick heart can possibly desire.

Ya got me on the Brennan's bread 'tho ! First thing I always lashed into whenever I came home was a Superquinn sossie sambo on Brennans bread....nom nom nom...

America really does have the blandest food, like everything you buy in the supermarket is way too processed and ends up tasteless. Europe is the best place for food IMO. could never leave it

saywhatyousee · 21-11-2011 12:57AM

HavingCrack wrote: »

. The corner store near me in small town New Jersey used to sell bread with an 18 month shelf life :eek:.

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Really 18 months ? I am suspicious of bread that has a 3 or 4 day shelf live never mind 18 months i would love to see the ingredient list.

Fart · 21-11-2011 12:59AM

Abi wrote: »

You forgot the Barrys tea.

Don't they make different mixtures of tea leaves for tea around different regions around the world, and even in one country? I know in G.B. they do.

It's actually someones job to check the blend and make sure it tastes good with each towns water supply.

My housemate brings Barrys tea over here to Wales and it tastes like ****e compared to at home... because the water's different.

HavingCrack · 21-11-2011 01:13AM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

Really 18 months ? I am suspicious of bread that has a 3 or 4 day shelf live never mind 18 months i would love to see the ingredient list.

Yeah, it really was 18 months

. We thought it was a misprint originally but it was on all the loafs and it happened for around 2 months in a row. We didn't sample the "bread" as you can imagine. I don't even want to guess what ingredients were in it.

plein de force wrote: »

America really does have the blandest food, like everything you buy in the supermarket is way too processed and ends up tasteless. Europe is the best place for food IMO. could never leave it

Ah that's a bit unfair. The rural towns and villages of the US have some truely awful food, no doubt about that. But all the major cities are generally up there with European one's for the most part, particularly with ethnic dishes.

New York, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle etc. all have thriving restaurant scenes. I didn't find Boston particularly good for some reason though.

Scruffles · 21-11-2011 01:28AM

most of the stuff mentioned in this thread are sold in england in quite easy reach places,kerry gold is without doubt the easiest thing to get in england as its sold as standard in supermarkets and shops.

surprised no one mentioned club orange and galtee black pudding.:cool:
mum and dad used to go to several irish shops over here to get their fixes,mums major thing is irish soda bread.

one place that woud chose if was moving countries, woud be to donegal,woud have some land-only a bungalow with a few acres,one stable and a horse,lots of pet chickens,a guard llama,a pet sheep,a pet cow plus its mums hometown,love the country side.

in reality though will never move country,that woud mean change on a deeply painful profound level.
in fact am not allowed to move out the borough here-living in residential care the council will only fund within the borough they do not want to fund out of borough.

Abi · 21-11-2011 01:32AM

Fart wrote: »

My housemate brings Barrys tea over here to Wales and it tastes like ****e compared to at home... because the water's different.

You're bang on there. It can be a combination between the water and / or the milk when you're away. Not the same!

Btw, your username always cracks me up :pac:

Latchy · 21-11-2011 01:36AM

You can buy most of the items listed in any Irish centre in England but you'll pay the extra charge which could be anything from 50p to over £1

TheUsual · 21-11-2011 03:59AM

Weather.

We have it good in Ireland. No matter how many people moan and whinge.

Not too hot in the Summer, and not too cold in the Winter. Also no mosquitoes, I hate them with a passion.

Irish Guitarist · 21-11-2011 08:21AM

There are things I'd miss like going for walks in certain places. I can't think of any food I'd miss though.

By the way, did you notice the word IMPORTED in big black capital letters on the Kerrygold butter?

Columbia · 21-11-2011 09:02AM

Black pudding, the kerry countryside and my girlfriend.

But then again, I do still live abroad.

How so Joe · 21-11-2011 10:20AM

Brennan's bread, cadbury's chocolate and the OH.
The atmosphere of friendliness in Maynooth and all my friends!
Three weeks and six days til I move home again.

Susie_Q · 21-11-2011 10:29AM

I live overseas for work. I can confirm that butter is widely available and tastes great. Lays crisps are for sale here and are better than Tayto. Not much in the way of bread but no harm, it's great for the waistline.

I do miss certain foodstuffs but nothing that I can't happily live without. In saying that, I'll be back briefly at Christmas and will be gorging myself on beef, pork, spuds and chocolate. I would hardly use food items as a valid reason not to live abroad, that's a bit sad really.

jester77 · 21-11-2011 10:43AM

hmm, I've lived abroad over 10 years and there are better options than Tayto, Kerrygold is everywhere (they even have their own cheese and bread brands) and fresh bread from the bakery blows Brennan's away any day.

But I've yet to find a blood sausage (French come close) as good as clonakilty's black pudding!

Leftist · 21-11-2011 10:46AM

People listing the food as a reason not to emigrate

If culchies didn't exist you would have to make them up, just too comical.

im invisible · 21-11-2011 11:36AM

I dont think i could move to anywhere that they dont show Home And Away, id miss all the other soaps aswell, never got into the habit of downloading shows, and if i did, i wouldnt be bothered with emmerdale or eastenders or the rest, i just dont get watching tv on demand, on a computer, i dont use sky+, i like my programmes on at a certain time, on a proper television screen...

Leftist · 21-11-2011 11:52AM

im invisible wrote: »

I dont think i could move to anywhere that they dont show Home And Away, id miss all the other soaps aswell, never got into the habit of downloading shows, and if i did, i wouldnt be bothered with emmerdale or eastenders or the rest, i just dont get watching tv on demand, on a computer, i dont use sky+, i like my programmes on at a certain time, on a proper television screen...

You wouldn't travel, live abroad etc because of home and away

am I re..what? you serious? is it that integral to your life?

summerskin · 21-11-2011 11:54AM

jester77 wrote: »

hmm, I've lived abroad over 10 years and there are better options than Tayto, Kerrygold is everywhere (they even have their own cheese and bread brands) and fresh bread from the bakery blows Brennan's away any day.

But I've yet to find a blood sausage (French come close) as good as clonakilty's black pudding!

Try a proper Bury Black Pudding. They put all the Irish ones to shame.

jester77 · 21-11-2011 12:08PM

summerskin wrote: »

Try a proper Bury Black Pudding. They put all the Irish ones to shame.

Cheers, will keep an eye out for it

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