Fridge checked at Santander.

Lenny HB said:
Never had a problem.
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Fresh is less common. Most of Europe is UHT. It is in most major supermarkets but takes a bit of looking for sometimes.
 
DelMar said:
I cannot believe that people are prepared to start their holiday abroad, by breaking the law of that country by taking food they are not allowed.
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I break 'silly' laws all the time. It was ok to take stuff before Brexit. What's the difference now?
 
Is this absence of fresh milk a new thing? We haven’t been abroad for 6 years and haven’t taken a van across for 8 or 9 years. When we were camping regularly in Europe the only place we found difficult for fresh milk was Belgium. I well remember our first visit to the Netherlands finding these different types of milk - skimmed, ss, whole when at home we just had what we now know of as whole milk.
 
I think it's funny how since my comment this thread has turned into a milk debate, maybe I should have been more concise in my initial post, What I should have said is that the French (and other EU nations) seem to consume the majority of their milk differently from the traditional British way, UHT seems to be more prevalent and standard pasteurised milk doesn't seem to be commonplace, much like sliced bread, but that's another topic altogether :LOL:

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Next Stop said:
UHT seems to be more prevalent and standard pasteurised milk doesn't seem to be commonplace, much like sliced bread, but that's another topic altogether
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Agreed, very little availability of fresh milk in many places, the larger supermarkets do it but in others you'd struggle, of course there's the cost to think of too, on the whole fresh is a heck of a lot more expensive than UHT.
 
Hopefully the new arrangement with updating the NI Protocol might encourage both sides to stop buggering about with meat and dairy crossing from UK to EU and sit down together. All this trouble because of Bodger Boris!!!! This includes the bloody AHC fiasco.
 
DelMar said:
I cannot believe that people are prepared to start their holiday abroad, by breaking the law of that country by taking food they are not allowed. My experience of supermarkets abroad is that they have better quality fresh food.
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You ain't visited some of the stores then, some have better or as good, but some are much worse.

DelMar said:
Surely bacon etc will not be missed for a few weeks
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:eek: ... you're a veggie aren't you? :giggle:
DelMar said:
eating food indigenous to the visited country is all part of the holiday experience. If that is not part of one’s holiday, apparently head for Benidorm, plenty of bacon & eggs sausages, fish & chips, roast dinners etc. Home from home. I also like all of the above, but can do without them for a few weeks.
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We cook virtually all of our own stuff, ranging from British, Chinese, Indian, Italian etc so like to bring our own selection as long as buying locally ... I'm not into the 'indigenous' food of France and Spain though.

Another consideration is cost, food is NOT cheap in these countries, in many cases it can be a lot more expensive than the UK. We like jacket spuds done in our Ecopot and you can easily pay €1 a kilo for basic ones that you wouldn't normally give house room, that's just one staple.

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DelMar said:
I cannot believe that people are prepared to start their holiday abroad, by breaking the law of that country by taking food they are not allowed. My experience of supermarkets abroad is that they have better quality fresh food.
Surely bacon etc will not be missed for a few weeks, eating food indigenous to the visited country is all part of the holiday experience. If that is not part of one’s holiday, apparently head for Benidorm, plenty of bacon & eggs sausages, fish & chips, roast dinners etc. Home from home. I also like all of the above, but can do without them for a few weeks.
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It was only a few things from the fridge at home. Including some milk for breakfast and a bit for lunch on our first day. I was aware we might get searched. In years of taking the tunnel we have been searched, but never the fridge.
I only posted to help those who, like me, didn't think to fully empty the fridge.
I'm away back to my naughty step now......actually nah! I'm too full of clams rice and vino verde and need a walk. Bom Tarde.
 
We just came back from Spain and we didn’t get searched until we got to border force in UK! And he had a look under the bed but didn’t say anything about stuff in fridge. When we started the trip I went to the supermarket and asked for fresh milk using Google translate, got a bottle and it really made tea taste funny- almost like it was burnt. ( yeah my wife can burn water)
I Google translated the label and it was sheep’s milk!!
 
Try the Mimosa UHT brand of semi skimmed, available down here in the Algarve at Lidl and Pingo Doce, it has no after taste, also some French supermarkets sell 2 litre bottles of fresh semi skimmed.
 
Ian 789, I have heard so many Brits abroad grumble because they can’t find British food. What do they expect in a different country. As for the items you mention Pizza, lasagna and Guinness, I suggest you read my post again as I never mentioned them. Surely part of any holiday is experiencing different food in different countries for a few weeks. That is not being judgemental.
 
Forget about the milk what about the tea bags and the water. That is also a very serious matter, if they confiscating that I,m selling the van.

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georgio said:
Forget about the milk what about the tea bags and the water. That is also a very serious matter, if they confiscating that I,m selling the van.
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Also tongue in cheek, tea and water are only vegetable and animal products if they have been consumed and excreted by the dog. :LOL:
 
I hope UK Border Force aren't stopping people coming into the country. I have my share of the pig I part own in Zastávka u Brna arriving in April....
 
InvictaMoto said:
I hope UK Border Force aren't stopping people coming into the country. I have my share of the pig I part own in Zastávka u Brna arriving in April....
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I'm sorry to be the bearer of possible bad news but.....

It is no longer legal to bring pork or pork products weighing over 2kgs into Great Britain unless they meet commercial EU production standards. These restrictions will protect against the threat of African Swine Fever, which is spreading across Europe towards the UK.

I found this on the British International Freight Association website.
 
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ChrisL said:
I'm sorry to be the bearer of possible bad news but.....

It is no longer legal to bring pork or pork products weighing over 2kgs into Great Britain unless they meet commercial EU production standards. These restrictions will protect against the threat of African Swine Fever, which is spreading across Europe towards the UK.

I found this on the British International Freight Association website.
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Don't worry. It will be less than 2kgs and all processed by a licenced butcher in an EU country.

As an aside. Swine Fever is only transmitted if the lump is over 2kg?
 
I had my vw van searched in Santander last April. I had a little Spanish man asking to look at the frigo and I knew I had the milk in there that I'd forgotten to take on the ferry and was probably off by now. I offered him the milk and he looked round to see if anyone was watching and waved his arms around gesturing to put it back in a "why on earth are you showing me that I don't actually want to find anything" don't think he wanted the paperwork ::bigsmile:

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Garry-June. Because you disagree with me over an issue, please do not then assume I lecture people re tv, which has nothing to do with my post. What has Chinese, Mexican, Indian and American food got to do with indigenous food of Spain and Portugal. If full of local people they are then experiencing different food to their own. Exactly what I’m saying.

If I visited each of those countries I would be eating their food not British My post was about experiencing food of the visited country as part of the holiday. What an earth is wrong with that?
 
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InvictaMoto said:
Don't worry. It will be less than 2kgs and all processed by a licenced butcher in an EU country.

As an aside. Swine Fever is only transmitted if the lump is over 2kg?
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Why 2Kg can only be answered by someone closely connected to the food chain. So far, our Foods Standard agency seems to be mirroring EU requirements. These not only protect human health but also animal welfare. Try your licensed butcher, they will have to have your animal tested to see it is fit to enter the food chain. The carcase will get a special stamp and then the chopping up can begin. Rather surprised no one in the pig rearing/pet pig area hasn't got this information out there as African Swine Fever is very contagious but does not affect humans. So it is solely an animal welfare issue, the consequences of which can be devastating for the industry.
 
I try to avoid any carbs for breakfast but do like a splash of milk in my tea. I very occasionally weaken and have a no added sugar muesli. Even the occasional one is still very fattening. An ideal diet would contain no sugar and no grains. I personally think every sugar packet should carry a health warning but I suppose the lobbyists wouldn't like that.
 
We do eat the local food when away but have to draw the line at what most of the continentals eat for breakfast. Rolls, jam and hot chocolate, undoubtedly the worst possible things to eat for breakfast or at any time. I do compromise a bit and have a length of baguette filled with fried eggs, bacon,sausage etc.
 
Reallyretired said:
We do eat the local food when away but have to draw the line at what most of the continentals eat for breakfast. Rolls, jam and hot chocolate, undoubtedly the worst possible things to eat for breakfast or at any time. I do compromise a bit and have a length of baguette filled with fried eggs, bacon,sausage etc.
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I would strongly recommend the Churros y Choc when you are in Spain. Very nice way to break your fast. I don't know if it is bad for you and I don't care. :rofl: :rofl:

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peterc10 said:
I would strongly recommend the Churros y Choc when you are in Spain. Very nice way to break your fast. I don't know if it is bad for you and I don't care. :rofl: :rofl:
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Just watched a set of vloggers who "ended up with" churros and chocolate and made faces like it was some other brown stuff in the cup...
 
peterc10 said:
I would strongly recommend the Churros y Choc when you are in Spain. Very nice way to break your fast. I don't know if it is bad for you and I don't care. :rofl: :rofl:
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I have had churros with coffee (black no sugar of course). Hate hot chocolate though and the churros are pretty sickly, they have sugar allover them. I'm afraid years of not having sugar with anything has lead to me tasting anything with sugar in as a bitter, rancid sort of taste. Needless to say I don't eat desserts.
If you have read Pratchett then you will know according to Vimes there are three major food groups Protein Fat and Burnt crunchy bits, and these are the only things in proper breakfast.
 
DelMar said:
Garry-June. Because you disagree with me over an issue, please do not then assume I lecture people re tv, which has nothing to do with my post. What has Chinese, Mexican, Indian and American food got to do with indigenous food of Spain and Portugal. If full of local people they are then experiencing different food to their own. Exactly what I’m saying.

If I visited each of those countries I would be eating their food not British My post was about experiencing food of the visited country as part of the holiday. What an earth is wrong with that?
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The point is "what's their food".... do you go to Spain and live off Paella every night of the week.. or go to Portugal and eat salted cod every day... sure I try some of the local specialities but very rarely and its nice to have a few favourites from home with you that you struggle to find abroad.. you were lecturing people about what to eat.. simple as that really.
 

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