Yay For American Food!

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The BritShop is in Lucerne, but you can buy online. (the brit shop is one of your users: Evolve r). Click here on this thread too: Brit Food .

There is an American store both in Geneva & Nyon. Also, Taste of America .

Then of course, the Globus Deli has lot of foreign products.

If anyone wants Mascera, there are two (that i know of) Latin American stores in Lausanne.

EDIT: Aha! Here is the other one I was looking for: Jim's British Supermarket in France outside of Geneva.

(I think I've been here too long!! It's time for me to go!!! )

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LOL, and we're still here!!!!

Yum, ding dongs.

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Sadly, there is a vast gulf of difference between a light, succulent piece of Coral Trout or Red Emperor (grilled, crumbed, or in a light batter) with a side of big, fat chips (that actually still have some potatoe left in them), and the minced-up fishbits and toothpicks that pass for fish & chips in the average kids meal here.

I can't profess to be much of a fan of English fish & chips either. After hearing my grandparents and mum talk it up for so long, I was bitterly disappointed with most of the fish I found in the UK and Ireland (although the chips were great).

Oh, yeah. I am *so* looking forward to my two weeks back in Brisbane next month. Nothing but steak, prawns and reef fish for a fortnight. And bread that doesn't feel like it's fighting back.

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BlahBlahBlah..... Does it come in the shape of a dinosaur though????

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This made me laugh I got up for a sandwich last night and contemplated the brown uncut loaf that I had got from coop the previous day. After realising the physical effort involved in actually eating the sandwich, I went back to bed.

dave

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In the right light, and with your head held just so...

No, not at all. Just looks delicious.

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The American stores here don't have Ding-Dongs, Ho-Hos or Twinkies..sounds like there is a conspiracy in the air.

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MAN! I need to get me some maple syrup..is it avaliable around here in CH or DE?

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Migros has it in and around the baking stuff.

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I am a big fan of Globus, I can usually find most of the things that I miss from the US there, okay except for my all time fave Tillamook Cheddar Cheese ...yeah but I get over it since I can find good Mousse De Canard without crossing the border to France

The maple syrup available in migros & coop is not very good. Globus has Grade A Medium Amber...don't remember seeing Grade B. Still miss a great Vermont maple syrup...

And can I just give a shout out to Globus for fresh cranberries yay to homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving!

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One thing I can't find in Europe is any Cajun food from America like Gumbo or Etouffee. Whenever we have visitors from the US, we ask for a few packets of Gumbo Mix, but it's rare. Couldn't even find it in England.

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Oh who mentioned Twinkies ???????

for a split second there I felt like a kid with a care package from grandma's

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I certainly miss that as well. Are you talking out of a package? Can't you make your own though?

I make shrimp gumbo and shrimp creole.

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Yeah, out of a package, but I'm willing to learn to make it myself.

Are the ingredients for gumbo easy to find over here? I see many recipees online, but have you had to adapt your recipee in any way?

Thanks

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Just an FYI I was pulling my hair out trying to find brown sugar here, and finally happened across it one day at Aligro. (I think that's what the store is called...) We took the M1 to get there. My boyfriend likes it b/c of their cheaper meat prices...but I digress...

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Shrimp Gumbo Mix ingredients:

Wheat flour, modified food starch, onion, salt, hydrolyzed Vegetable protein (Soy), monosodium glutamate, spices, flavorings.

Sure you can get all that here.

I'd say make your own. there are of course several slightly different gumbo recipes, but yes you can find all the necessary ingredients here.

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You can find good Tortillas at Peace Foods in Baar. They are very

good and fresh, and the owner is from Southern Cal.

http://www.peace-foods.ch/

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The downside is that shrimp are very expensive here, but I didn't

have to adapt the recipé.

I will try to find the one that I used.