Hello,
Apart from missing my family and friends which is massive, I miss food. Every nationality is different, cultures are different, What I think is normal is far from what Jake does. I think that scones should come with fresh cream and strawberries. Jake calls them biscuits and thinks they should come with Bacon n Eggs or gravy. A white sauce that looks like the scone, cream, and strawberries have made a reappearance from the night before. Battered steak em, that's a no from me too. Gritz is like finding a dollup of porridge leftover from breakfast on your dinner plate. All these foods Jake likes and I think em yuk and no thanks. I miss mothers pride bread, the outsiders toasted dripping in Lurpark butter. Square sausage, white and black pudding and decent bacon slices on my breakfast plate at the weekend. Eating out is nuts too, the portion sizes are just no need. I do love Texas Roadhouse and Cracker Barrell the food they serve is what I think is normal. Seafood is smashing but where is a decent chip shop in this place, nothing beats a bag of chippy chips smothered in salt and vinegar when you're in the mood and nothing is quite satisfying. Well, a roll and chips has that factor.
I think you're getting the point reading this, I can't cope with the food craves or when I am tagged in pics on social media of Nesquick Banana Milkshake, or a decent Indian kebab they are called Kabobs here and nothing at all like a kebab back home. Sweeties is a massive miss, what even is Hershey's chocolate? deffo no for me and Dove chocolate, em back home Dove is the soap for washing in the shower its deffo no chocolate. Same with Jellies, aye Haribo is here. Suppose I should be grateful, I could rant for while on this subject lol. I understand Americans would feel the same with Cadburys and Nestle but to me, I don't think you realize just what you're actually missing out on if your love for decent "candy" is like mine.
We have found some Scottish Tressures in the shops here, that's another thing I call the shops and Jake calls them stores. At nearly a fiver for a tin on Heinz Beans, I have one can in the cupboard to look at keep for a special occasion. I still can't get over its nearly a fiver a tin, it might actually frame it. Jake cures bacon for me, so we have decent bacon slices and not just streaky bits of fat. He has also made square sausage for me, the rolls in the local supermarket are as close to morning rolls from back home that we can find. As this is really just only the beginning and I am still learning a lot am sure there will be more on this subject at a later date. I think so far I am not to keep on a lot of the foods but its a learning experience. My understanding so far is certain foods just don't go together and have a certain time that they should be on your plate. I understand it is what people are used to, like us in Scotland with Haggis, a lot of Americans think that's bogging Well I'm here for a long time so I best open up my palate. I still stand for one thing "biscuits and spew" I mean "biscuits and gravy" are deffo no for me.
Until my next rant take care
Lxxx
