bisto and oxo cubes,

[codie 7]

Im happy here, the wood is chopped for the winter stove,the weather is still warm,deer come into the garden most days ( the word yard just doesnt seem right).We marry this weekend after all the time waiting and form filling and everything is arranged and ready,its exciting and im not too nervous either..yet ! But im missing some things from home,i miss friends and the banter,i miss the humour,i miss words of endearment from work pals like, pillock,moron,chuffin ell etc,im missing the sunday carvery and a pint with the sunday papers,i miss good gravy,i really miss good gravy with yorkshire puddings,i miss fish and chips with lots of vinegar from kelly's chippy and their home made chicken curry,im missing british accents and chatter,oh how i miss Real english where i dont have to listen carefully or repeat myself two/three times or explain what i mean because the words differ ( broiler/grill),im missing the BBC,i miss walking on pavements and seeing buses,i miss wensleydale cheese and pickled onions,the big gobstopper ones,i miss British bird song,i miss walking home from the pub on thursdays at midnight ( day off fri) and not have a worry or care coz its dark and late,but now my beloved takes her pepper spray if i insist on a evening stroll at twilight. Am i homesick ? is this a normal reaction im going through ? will i ever get used to cheap cheese on everything ? or movies that at a crucial moment the commercials come on without warning ? will i ever get used to NOT being able to call in for a coffee without a weeks notice and checking their schedules ? But i dont miss the weather,i dont miss the drunks and the fighting on friday nights when i was working taxiing, i dont miss litter,i dont miss ...........ok i feel better now after writing this,ive ordered bisto granules online

[Cathi 5,771]

being homesick and missing things from back home is totally normal. As much as my husband loves it here, there are many things he misses, there are many things that just are not and never will be the same. I know when I go to his home country to stay I feel the same way about many things. the creature comforts of home. Congrats on the wedding this weekend, fall is a beautiful time here in the US

[Shiobhan 235]

Welcome to America...For most

they say it goes away after a yr

[QueenOfBlades 224]

I have all this to come so I may make a similar post next year XD but fear not! While the US does not have Ribena or Bisto, they do have fruit loops, hot pockets, dairylea lunchables in all sorts of varieties, much more varied restaurants (my fiance just showed me Sonic Fast Food) with like a billion combos of slush puppies. Out with the old, in with the new I guess .

[rjm_cmyk 75]

I'm just looking forward to being able to to relax a little after the stress of a house move, sorting out business, the freeking visa process and of course emigrating. No stress there then....

[Kiwinyc 62]

You should definitely expect some culture shock if you haven't spent much time in the U.S. and certainly it takes a while to adjust to everything being new and different. Eventually you find replacements for all the things you miss from home, or you start travelling with teabags, squash, heinz baked beans and bisto gravy packets just like I used to bring home Pirates Booty, Cheetos, and Pepperidge Farm vanilla cupcake cookie goldfish... I have had a regular personal grocery import-export habit for quite a while now.

(The junk food selection in the US is breathtaking)

[rjm_cmyk 75]

I still take over tea bags for my USC/British partner - and have been doing for nearly 20 years :-)

[MacUK 983]

I have to send regular cadburycare packages over to the kids, used to have to send Bisto as well until my ex found a local store that sold it.

When I was over there I found that I didn't really miss too much until I visited the British shop in old town Kissimmee, in there as soon as I saw things like dandelion and burdoch, walkers crisps and Jacobs crackers I just had to buy as many as I could.

Tell a lie, one of the things I really did miss was proper bacon, nothing beats a good bacon butty in the morning and the local stuff just wasn't good enough for it.

Thankfully that British shop did sell the proper stuff although for what they charged I might have been able to buy the whole pig

[david'sgirl 134]

Your title caught my eye because those are high on the list of what my husband misses. We are on a list and get hastled everytime we return from UK now because we brought in OXO. Those are not allowed which is silly but we had them confiscated as a risk for mad cow. Bisto is suitable for vegetarians and is allowed. My mother in law is here now and paced several Bisto and half a dozen packages of tattie scones. We bring back treats every visit but he has found suitable substitutes for mostly everything. You can find a lot of what you miss in Brisitsh shops local and online. If you get homesick you can always head back for a visit.

[Lou Lou 1]

I still miss decent supermarkets.

[markonline1 11]

Guess I'm lucky. Living in the Monterey Bay Area, there are plenty of British voices from the holiday makers. Also my HR director is English. Again, I can get English supplies fairly readily from local stores. I've taught my wife how to make Yorkshire puddings, and I gotta say, the ones she makes are pretty damn good. FilmOn and VPNs allow me to watch UK tv, although I gotta say, especially with regards to sport, the coverage out here is definately getting miles better. Even Georgie Thompson has landed a job over here LOL. Been out here 7 months and I'm still waiting for homesickness to materialize.