Empty fridge syndrome

[Potty]

For those who can’t live without it, Leclerc supermarkets sell Seriously Strong cheddar. Fresh milk is much more available in France now than it used to be but never seems to be where you would expect it to be!

 

[chaser]

All we take is teabags, and four pound of our local butchers home cured bacon, vacuum packed in separate 1 pound packs and put in the freezer, to last us a month everything else is bought as we go mostly from markets.
We buy long life milk and for what we use it ,can't tell any difference and doesn't need to clutter the fridge.

 

[sueandjohn]

If you’ve ever had to have cold drink and a packet of custard creams for your dinner in France , you’d pack some food

 

[Richard n Ann]

One of the great things about Benidorm is you can buy all the British stuff you've been craving on the way there. Even the Scottish things square slice sausage and those ghastly frozen lamb mince meat pies ?

We haven't found any Scottish pan bread yet mind, that's great toasted. But you can buy very similar in English Asdas, think it's called "irwins" Irish loaf ??

 

[carolyn]

Tea bags and Azera instant coffee and maybe a frozen homemade bolognese and curry or two for emergencies otherwise we shop. Well I shop and Nick wanders around carrying the basket, he doesn’t even go into shops in the UK so this is progress.
Lidl do a nice sugar free luxury muesli in the UK and it seems the same in Spain , France and Germany so far, oh and Denmark.

The only time we took loads of food was last year when we went on our 6 week tour of Norway.

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[Lenny HB]

Must have Lidl Gold teabags apart from that just empty the fridge at home so we don't have to come back to mouldy food.
If we are in a foreign country we like to eat local food.

Defo breakfast stuff. Milk isn’t easy to find in France as we know it. We buy 2 litre bottles and freeze one for the latter half of the week.
Emergency meals if you get stuck somewhere remote.

Never had a problem finding fresh milk in France also nothing wrong with UHT milk we can hardly tell the difference often use it at home.

 

[PeteH]

Marmalade

I think you are smuggling, Small Furry Aliens from Peru?.

P.S. Cannot go anywhere without the Breakfast Porridge!.

 

[Landy Andy]

One of the great things about Benidorm is you can buy all the British stuff you've been craving on the way there.

If that is a great thing of Benidorm, I’d hate to see the rest of it.

 

[Shrimp]

We take some food stuff mostly things we know we can’t get/or don’t like the French version, Baked Beans being one of them.

 

[Four of us]

I've been caught out several times with unexpected holidays or strange shop opening times so always travel with several days of food stores. This allows me to stock up on local goodies but saves panic. And like many others, i always take plenty bacon...

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[maison]

We have travelled and lived in France for many years.

When we go we take Yorkshire Tea, Bacon, Marmalade and that’s it. Everything else we buy while travelling or on arrival.

Prior to going we put money aside for a “big shop” to stock up from our local French shops. It saves carrying unnecessary weight too.

 

[joka250]

I noticed someone mentioned Worcester sauce earlier in the thread.
Sorry to be pedantic but the proper stuff is 'Worcestershire' sauce available all over the world and made by a French company in the original Worcester factory.

Bit of pedantry creeping in here, you are correct Lea and Perins were owned by Danone but are now part of the Kraft Heinz conglomerate. Still the only Worcestershire sauce in my opinion.

 

[The Old Man]

For me happiness is an empty fridge.

I prefer to shop on the day, for the day.

Save basics, beer, milk, butter etc.

That is both at home and in the Moho.

 

[Southdowners]

It depends where we’re going as to how much food we take. When travelling to Norway we pack as if we’re going to the moon. Our garage looked like a grocery shop!

 

[Allanm]

I always find it Unbelievable that "UK Style Bacon" Smoked or unsmoked, is not popular & readily available all over the world!
Its not difficult to produce, and apart from veggies, vegans,or people with dietary restrictions, I cannot imagine many people that wouldn't instantly love it, and adopt it, as we have, as being an essential item on their regular shopping list.
Smoked meats/sausages from France, Germany, Italy are great, especially with some lovely,accompanied with, but too many to mention cheeses, BUT, there is no substitute for a Bacon roll or sandwich in the morning IMHO.
We have been influenced so much over the years in adopting so many food styles from Europe & world wide, i.e Chicken Tikka Marsala has now overtaken Roast Beef & Yorkshire Puds, as our favourite (we are often told), and lovely they are too.

Maybe I should go over to the French Markets, set up stall, offering hot Bacon Rolls/Sandwiches, with or without brown or red sauce and try and educate them? ot would I get lynched
LES

I guess the French think the same about escargots and andoillette sausages, but, lots of places sell bacon in France, it’s just not very popular.

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[Marty Gilly and Pup]

I noticed someone mentioned Worcester sauce earlier in the thread.
Sorry to be pedantic but the proper stuff is 'Worcestershire' sauce available all over the world and made by a French company in the original Worcester factory.

Yeah but is it made in Worcester, Worcestershire or both

 

[Parrot Face]

Marks and Spencers tinned chicken curry, for emergency meals when you end up miles from anywhere.

 

[Kirsten]

We are veggie ( but also foodies) and take quorn in various guises as can’t often get it in France. Cook from scratch every day and live off salad cheeses and french bread for lunch and find it is getting easier to eat out in France recently. Used to take nearly all our food basics ( lentils tinned chick peas etc ) van resembled Tesco delivery van .Food in french supermarkets seems dearer than uk but often better quality more choice of veg. Only time we had empty fridge was when we picked up new van- handover took hours longer than we expected... ended up having to buy sliced white bread from a garage and had egg bread for tea without any trimmings. Still scarred by experience, never travelling without fully stocked larder again.

 

[Just smiffy]

Take your favourite tea bags and then do as the romans do..... the french have been surviving on what they eat for years...?

It’s good to try new things...

every shopping trip I do out there I always buy something I’ve never had before and have been pleasantly surprised ..??

 

[berni109]

Just smiffy you have obviously not tried Andouillette then!

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[bigalw35]

we visit Germany quite a bit, this has to be a 50/50 answer, if theres food that you really enjoy there's a good possibility you wont be able to get them over there, but on the other side of the coin there's lots of food stuffs that we haven't even heard over here, try out the local cuisine whether you buy food to cook or eat out enjoy

 

[Just smiffy]

Just smiffy you have obviously not tried Andouillette then!

I’ll give it a go.... I’ve eaten worse sounding dishes. I am half German so that says a lot...?

 

[claude et maude]

We always fill up the fridge before we go. It’s about a 45minute drive to Le Shuttle so we will need to eat when we get there, the though of not eating at least once an hour is abhorrent! Once we arrive at our destination we normally do a supermarket shop for our favourite French/Belgian/etc (delete as appropriate) foods and ram it in any remaining fridge space.

 

[Casper46]

We usually take a couple of home made frozen meals so whatever time we stop on our first couple of nights we don’t have to start cooking. Other than that it’s Yorkshire Tea, baked beans and frozen peas, French ones are like eating marbles.

 

[Viennese]

There will probably be limitations on what fresh food you can take there or bring back. Before EU we were limited as to what we could take abroad and more especially what we could bring back.

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[yodeli]

those frenchies

Yes ... and also saucisses de Toulouse, and chipolatas, and Saucisses fumées... and ...and ...and ...Give it a try! Don't stay ignorant. There'll always be something you will like. If I could try Haggis...and love it, I don't see why, you wouldn't like ANY of our saucisses. I tend to think that while in Roma do as the Romans.
Now one exception: Don't try Andouillettes elsewhere than in the restaurants called "La Courte Paille" . This is far too special to buy it anywhere by yourself.
We also have YOUR baked beans . As I've tried while in England, I've been looking for them in France and yes... found them nearly everywhere in supermarkets. Look for "Produits du Monde"

 

[Stealaway]

Bit of pedantry creeping in here, you are correct Lea and Perins were owned by Danone but are now part of the Kraft Heinz conglomerate. Still the only Worcestershire sauce in my opinion.

Neither of which come close to the proper 'Relish' - Hendersons Relish made only in Sheffield - Yorkshire - since the 1800's.
Only available from very highly select outlets ................................. and our local corner shop. We go nowhere without it.

Homepage - Henderson's

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www.hendersonsrelish.com

We also find eating out in Germany far easier than France.

 

[hilldweller]

or she’s being lazy and doesn’t want to cook (which is also a distinct possibility )

Strange creatures, women.

They go abroad and start thinking "yippeeeeee, I'm on holiday, a rest".

Whereas men know that they have just moved home, situation normal.

 

[PaddyM]

Tea bags
Milk
Frozen home cooked meals ( hairy dieters and delia ) ,vacuum packed in square shapes for eco freezer storage for transition days , usually spag bol and curries .
Bacon
Sausages
Bread
Smoked salmon
Sauces ( in little sistema pots )
Pre prepared dry ingredients for cooking recipes ( in one pack we will have rice , herbs and spices , stock cube etc for a specific recipe all weighed out and measured )
Non alcoholic beer
Posh bags of wine
Fresh living coriander pot ( can be difficult to get hold of )

 

[Reallyretired]

Always loads of tea, and bacon. We also take enough other stuff if we are just passing through to Spain, as once swmbo gets in a supermarket or market the days gone. I actually prefer French baked beans as they dont have that horrible thick sauce that I rinse off the British ones.

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