Comments on: Beans means…….

By: jamima

jamima — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:20:21 +0000

I see that you’re part of the bean sniffers guild.
Good job.

By: Domestic Executive

Domestic Executive — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:40:52 +0000

Wow, a whole shelf of British goods! Bet you might have thought you were in Tescos for a moment. Maybe not!

Am on the mend, thanks!

By: Marrisa

Marrisa — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:53:08 +0000

When my parents were here on their hols early this year they actually took things out of their suitcases to make room for their stock of Watties products. I also agree that Watties is far superior to Heinz any day!!

We have just returned from the storm in Levin (our holiday) and whilst the power was on we visited the local New World. We were totally shocked but wonderfully suprised to see a whole shelf dedicated to the English imports. I will admit we did buy a few products, as there are some things you can never replace but we had to draw the line when a small bag of bacon fries was nearly $3!!

Hope you are feeling better now xx

By: Domestic Executive

Domestic Executive — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:57:45 +0000

Thanks for the tip Ruta – I’ll try that out. Sounds like you have quite a brood of chickens – we’ve had three eggs now and I’m still as eggcited (sorry!) as I was when the first arrived.

By: Ruta M.

Ruta M. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:02:16 +0000

Here’s a tip for making cheap own brand beans taste much better, discovered as a result of having 3 sons and little money. Add a generous dollop of tomato ketchup to the beans. This might help make the NZ beans taste better.
Also I’ve always kept a few hens and apart from daylenght being crucial to egg production I’ve found they will stop laying if it is too wet, too cold, too hot or as has happened now one of the hens goes broody. Current flock of hens are a mix of ex-battery hens,Warrens, and home bred hens, Marrams and Black Rock. Good luck with the egg production.

By: Claudious

Claudious — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:29:12 +0000

You know, I’m not a child… but when i go on vacation I really miss my blanket. It’s a beautiful thick thing that feels like wrapping up in a heavenly cloud.

As far as comfort food goes… I love … hrm… I like Beef Jerky and Buffalo wings, but I generally don’t get “comfort” from food, that’s the path to the dark side.

By: June Elmes

June Elmes — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:42:11 +0000

Did you forget to put M&S’s Percy Pigs on your list?

By: Sarah Armitage

Sarah Armitage — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:49:28 +0000

Sorry to hear you’re under the weather Julie. When I go to visit my (English) friends Jane and Dave in Holland, I’m asked to take Tetley tea bags, crumpets, HP sauce and I smuggle in cheddar cheese and sausages! However, some enterprising ex-pat has now set up a website over there where you can buy quite a few English goodies, at a price e.g. a tin of Heinz tomato soup, is about Â£2!

By: MT

MT — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:54:32 +0000

11. Spotted Dick.

Kiwis are generally pretty hopeless at deserts – I have not found a decent jam roly poly or bread & butter pudding or even a treacle tart since I’ve been here.

On the other hand, we do get excellent local cheeses, sausages and local produce (asparagus and cherries especially but only for a few precious weeks). And some outstanding pies. I have also found marmalade that is quite the match for anything I’ve ever tasted back in Blighty.

Welly has a really good organic butchers about 100 yards from my office- really good steaks, pork belly and, lord preserve us, black pudding.

Regular readers will be reassurred to know I’ve found a regular supply of Fullers ale and even, one bright sunny day, managed to sniff out a rare consignment of Adnams hidden in a dusty corner of a (rather good) beer & wine shop tucked behind Basin Reserve.

By: Dad

Dad — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:39:17 +0000

I think the answer to the difference between Watties and Heinz is on the can
“ENGLISH RECIPE”