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OK! What's the ONE food you miss most from home?

paddydaddyo
paddydaddyo Posts: 11 Member
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For me, there is no contest.

WILD.
MAINE.
BLUEBERRIES.

I used to eat about 25 pounds of them a year back in the good ol' Pine Tree State. Here? Can't ever get them.

What about you all?

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  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member
    Ding! Ding! Ding! Correct answer.


    BLUEBERRIES.....my precious!!!!


    Would you believe i even looked into growing them myself. Nevermind that I live in the heart of a bustling city. Yeah, never panned out, but man-oh-man do I miss them and eat them like crazy when I'm back stateside. Occasionally, when the season is right, we'll spring for the ridiculous price for a palmful of the them from the special, eclectic produce market two neighborhoods away. And sometimes we find frozen in the organic stores, but not often...and frozen, meh.
  • Xiaolongbao
    Xiaolongbao Posts: 854 Member
    Honestly nothing. Everywhere I've been fortunate enough to live in the last decade or so (China, Japan and Bulgaria) has had much better food than Australia in my opinion.

    However I do really miss the amazing pineapples I could buy in China when they were in season. I LOVE pineapple. And now in Bulgaria I miss good Asian food (especially great Indian). I could buy both pineapples and Indian in Australia but I don't particularly associate them with the place.

    If you love berries I suggest Bulgaria in the summer. The fruit, particularly the berries blew me away when I first got here.
  • waterwing
    waterwing Posts: 214 Member
    I am finding it easier and easier to get "comfort food" items here in Japan but I'd have to say that I miss a chicken restaurant we have in Canada called Swiss Chalet. It's not glamorous but they have this incredible dipping sauce!
    I also miss my mom's cooking and my dad's pancakes with real maple syrup of course!
  • FromHereOnOut
    FromHereOnOut Posts: 3,237 Member

    I also miss my mom's cooking and my dad's pancakes with real maple syrup of course!

    Goes without saying. I don't sit around yearning for these foods, but when I talk to my family and they mention them, I definitely miss a good ole fashioned Southern breakfast with eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy. Or Southern fried chicken. I don't know if it's the food or nostalgia (mmmm, I'm leaning towards it just being the food, I can practically smell it right now. :laugh: ) And, well, Thanksgiving dinner. To be honest, I could make these things here, but it'd just feel off (and country sausage would be a challenge involving a visit to a butcher and spice shops to grind and prepare the sausage, but I digress). It's actually "more special" to have to wait so long to go back for a visit for these things. (Nevermind the pounds I pack on.:grumble: )
  • garyandkimber
    garyandkimber Posts: 156 Member
    Definitely the Tex-Mex. It's much too spicy for the Northern folks here. But I love to indulge when I'm back in the States. :happy:
  • camtosh
    camtosh Posts: 898 Member
    Juicy bbq steaks! and real bacon that goes crispy when you fry it.... :sad: I can get these here if I pay double or more, but don't often do that!
  • jmht345
    jmht345 Posts: 189 Member
    Apricots and peaches. And fresh seafood! We're landlocked and all the seafood we get is frozen.
  • ScotinSeattle
    ScotinSeattle Posts: 62 Member
    I miss EVERYTHING! Pastries from Greggs, Irn Bru, decent bag of chips (IE NOT FRIES) chocolate, curries. OH everything. Just everything!
  • wendybirdgirl
    wendybirdgirl Posts: 52 Member
    When I am in Thailand, I miss guacamole, steamed artichokes, real sourdough bread, good cheeses. California comfort food.

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