[colindp]

My wife and son will be devastated if they can't have their HP brown Sauce can anybody tell me if this and other british favourites are available in NZ........I had hell for two years in California (no HP) please I can't go through that again!!!!!!

:wah

[veronica]

Yep, theres some in my cupboard bought here.

[Carol]

We go through two bottles a week!!
:oops: ;) :eek

[leslie]

sorry if wrong but isnt that one of the items recently found to be toxic or something???

[Carol]

not as far as I'm aware - I thought that was Worcester Sauce

[Diny]

Yeah .... it was Worcester sauce.

Also Pot Noodles ....... but if you eat that kind of crap you should expect problems !!!!
:laugh
Diny

[Timbo]

Pot noodles are toxic any way arent they.

[Carol]

A story about Pot Noodles.......

I once spent a year working as a lab technician for the Cancer Research Unit in Newcastle's Medical school.

We were in the rest area one lunch time and I got out a Pot Noodle to make.
At least 5 or 6 of the researchers (most of them docs etc) looked at me like I was mad and said "you're not going to eat THAT are you?"

I thought they were joking until one of them went over to the counter and bought me a sandwich - gave it to me and said "much safer luv"
:eek :eek :eek


I've never eaten another one from that day to this.
:uhoh

[Nicola]

Sorry another pot noodle story...............

I once mentioned to Peter that I have never ever eaten a pot noodle. So he bought me one for my christmas. I still have never ever eaten a pot noodle, it sat in the cupboard until it was out of date.

After Carole's story I am glad I did not eat it.

Nic

[Moorf]

Lee & Perrins is toxic..?? OH NOOOOOOOOO I can't live without it :oops:

[jubjub]

S'ok Moorf, its not all toxic, big food scare over here about a batch of worcester sauce having cancerous die in it, and its not even the Lea and Perrins brand. Its amazing how many products it gets into!

But you are safe....... Enjoy your cheese on toast.....

[StevieD]

Moorf, the official list is available at the following link:

www.food.gov.uk/sudanlist

It is mostly processed ready meal type stuff (crap to paraphrase Diny!)
and came from an affected batch of Worcester Sauce. Doesn't bother us coz we don't eat that stuff anyway...

Happy reading!

Steve

[Moorf]

Whew.. I guess shares in Loxton's are to be avoided too :laugh

[Terry&Sophie]

We've noticed that some of the brands we know taste different over here... e.g. Sultana Bran (Kellogs but with no flavour over here.. although we are getting used to it), Baked Beans under the brand Watties but made by Heinz taste different to Heinz in the UK, although you can get 'normal' Heinz beans here too, and Heinz tomato kethup (Terry thinks it tastes different, I can't tell!).

One thing you can't get in the UK that you can get here though is L&P! It's a fizzy drink that tastes like lemon sherbet and we're addicted to it! :cheers

[Moorf]

The Oak brand of baked beans taste great - more like Heinz.. but better!! Less sugar I think....

[Terry&Sophie]

Ooh, thanks Moorf, will have to try those. Always avoided them because they look a bit old fashioned! It's so hard to know what's a bargain and what's just cheap when you don't recognise the brands!!

[Moorf]

So true Sophie.. if it wasn't for a tip off from someone else (Tanya I think!) I probably wouldn't have picked them up either!!

[Diny]

Arrgggghhhhhhhh !!!!!! L&P !!!!!!!!

You gotta be kidding ?????????????????

It's *********** dreadful.

:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh

Diny

[Moorf]

Just back from a food shop at Woolworths and noticed they stock Heinz Baked Beans "English Recipe" version.. (even the tin is coloured same as UK brand) didn't pick them up as Oak brand are lovely plus Oak were 85c a can and the Heinz ones were $1.57 :eek

[Beach Kiwi]

Baked Beans under the brand Watties but made by Heinz....

Watties was a New Zealand company that got bought out by Heinz about 10 years ago, or thereabouts. Watties made baked beans long before the Heinz takeover, and they still taste the same as they did then too. Oak baked beans are/were made in the same factory - just a different brand, less beans, and a milder flavour.

[Carol]

Just back from a food shop at Woolworths


DID YOU GET THE ANATHOTHS?????? :nice1 :nice1 :nice1 :nice1

[Moorf]

No I didn't but I saw the big plastic tubs of it... have jam in the fridge at the mo, when that runs out I'll get some :nice1

[Moorf]

We don't like the Watties stuff... too "tart" ... the ketchup is like paint stripper lol (obviously just our opinion!).

[Carol]

I had it on my Vogels this morning....ooohhhhhhhhh!!!yumm!!!!!!

[Carol]

You Do all know about the mayonnaise don't you???

That "Best Foods" mayo is Hellemans in disguise......


Have we had this conversation??

[Moorf]

Yep, discovered that early on.. i LOVE my mayo but not NZ's runny stuff!!

Can't find Lee & Perrins brand... anyone seen it?

[Diny]

What about Aussie 3 Minute Miracle shampoo and conditioner??

With hair like mine you need something drastic.

Diny

[leslie]

for bad hair days there is nothing better than kerastase and we've tried just about every big product out there. it costs the earth but saves your soul. we stayed with it after a family aveda session that left us all with severe dandruff. even k took 2-3 months to normalise again.

as for bad food stuffs - when i made my first major spag sauce in nz (the really time-consuming kind) i threw in as final flourish what i believe to be sieved tomotoes only to find it was ketchup. it tasted vile. love those labels.

[dave k]

Pam's tomato Ketchup is a close second to Heinz if you can't get the real deal.
And Watties.......anyone else think there's a huge clove flavour going on there>? I found it really off-putting & started buying Pam's beans too...almost identical to Heinz again.
.......

While we're sort of on the subject, I really like that Leggo or Watties tomato puree in a tin too...the runny stuff, more like passata really. Great for pizza sauce or pasta.

[Diny]

Dave

Spot on with the clove flavouring of Watties tomato ketchup. Don't know about putting it on my chips but it'll come in handy when the kids have a toothache.

In fact .... I'm well chuffed that somebody else out there identified the strong 'under flavour' as cloves. Tried to explain it to a few folks and they just look at me kind of blank :eek

Diny

[Terry&Sophie]

anybody know who 'Pam' is? She seems to make just about everything edible round here!!

[dave k]

As far as I'm aware the Pam's range was the own brand product of the Four Square chain of shops, & developed so they could compete on an equal footing with the big guys.
I doubt very much that Pam ever existed :)

[Moorf]

What about Lisa? She makes the best dips around ... yummm Roasted Garlic Hummus... :nice1

[Tanya]

As far as I'm aware the Pam's range was the own brand product of the Four Square chain of shops, & developed so they could compete on an equal footing with the big guys.
I doubt very much that Pam ever existed :)

Taken from Pams Website:

Unfortunately the origin of the name Pam's is unrecorded, though legend has it that it is an acronym of the names of two early Foodstuffs senior executives!

[Tanya]

What about Lisa? She makes the best dips around ... yummm Roasted Garlic Hummus... :nice1

She was a real person!!

Founded in 1993 by Lisa Er, the LISA'S Hummus range has introduced New Zealanders to an array of new tastes and new healthy eating traditions from far away places. Lisa stressed a commitment to freshness, to delivering a product made with love and care to our consumers. Our dedication to healthy eating remains absolute.

[Tanya]

What about Lisa? She makes the best dips around ... yummm Roasted Garlic Hummus... :nice1

Here you go Moorf - a recipe for the Roasted Garlic Hummus!!

http://www.lisas.co.nz/recipe/16

Tanya

[Wannaway]

My biggest problem her woith shopping is that I have had to go back to reading labels. They do not have the same ideas here on 'helathy 'food. They use loads of colouring that I will not buy in foods, loads of salt and far too much sugar. Don't but anything from Watties expecting it to taste like Heinz, except fruit in fruit juice.

They seem to put salt in everything here and in much larger quantities than I was used to in UK. In most things NZ is years behind UK so I suppose in 10 years time there will be a major campaign to get manufacturers to reduce salt content an to make the public aware of the dangers of salt in their diets.