Food Smuggled South

[Sylar]

Any Scots domiciled in England/Wales have a regular stash they'll smuggle in their bags when they've been up north and are heading home again?

Whilst a lot of things you once couldn't get are now widely available down south (Bru, Tunnocks etc), I still struggle to find a lot of things - good haggis, lorne sausage and plain bread being the main examples. Safe to say they were in my car yesterday as I drove down to Hampshire :greengrin

[Scouse Hibee]

Going the other way I take several things to my Dad that he has tried/liked in Edinburgh but doesn't come across in Liverpool. Decent Haggis\Black Pudding,Pies,Plain Bread.

[snooky]

I'm often press-ganged into smuggling items into North America such as Skips, Rowntree Fruit Gums, Edinburgh Rock, Thornton's Toffee, Germolene & Daz.

[Mr White]

I'm often press-ganged into smuggling items into North America such as Skips, Rowntree Fruit Gums, Edinburgh Rock, Thornton's Toffee, Germolene & Daz.

That could lead to some awkward questions and an intimate examination if US customs find that in your suitcase :greengrin

[DH1875]

Every time we come back from Spain we bring back at least one suitcase full of food & drink.

[Pretty Boy]

My girlfriend is from down south and every time we go down I have to take several bottles of Bitter & Twisted which isn't available in shops around them. Plain bread and lorne sausage is also often on the list.

In return I come home stocked up with proper Lincolnshire sausages (as opposed to the ones they sell in supermarkets) and Lincolnshire Poacher cheese.

[Mr White]

My girlfriend is from down south and every time we go down I have to take several bottles of Bitter & Twisted which isn't available in shops around them. Plain bread and lorne sausage is also often on the list.

In return I come home stocked up with proper Lincolnshire sausages (as opposed to the ones they sell in supermarkets) and Lincolnshire Poacher cheese.
Any decent ales brewed in Lincolnshire? Oakham is down that way perhaps?

[snooky]

That could lead to some awkward questions and an intimate examination if US customs find that in your suitcase :greengrin

Correct and that's why I put a wee bag of heroin in my case as a distraction. :wink:

[Mr White]

Correct and that's why I put a wee bag of heroin in my case as a distraction. :wink:

:tee hee:

[Pretty Boy]

Any decent ales brewed in Lincolnshire? Oakham is down that way perhaps?

Batemans is the big brewery in Lincolnshire but not a fan of their beers tbh.

I'm down here at the moment actually and tried a few from Horncastle ales which is a micro brewery, bit hit or miss but couple of good beers. Oldershaw produce some drinkable beers as does the Riverside Brewery based in Skegness.

[Scouse Hibee]

Batemans is the big brewery in Lincolnshire but not a fan of their beers tbh.

I'm down here at the moment actually and tried a few from Horncastle ales which is a micro brewery, bit hit or miss but couple of good beers. Oldershaw produce some drinkable beers as does the Riverside Brewery based in Skegness.

Small brewery called Sail or something similar, had a customer talking about it a few months ago, I'm sure it was that neck of the woods.

[Scottie]

A Gid bit o square sausage. Canny find any doon here.

[Off the bar]

Tatty scones, never see them down here

[CallumLaidlaw]

When we lived down south it was things like tattie scones, plain bread, lorne sausage, haggis. Funnily enough tho, we used to find that Farmfoods started stocking plain bread and tattie scones. Not sure if they still do.

[Smartie]

My brother and his wife used to live in South-East London.

We were down with them at some point and his wife had been to a speciality Scottish butchers somewhere in London to stock up on food to soak up our hangovers after a big night out.

She'd got some Lorne sausage from there and it was the most sublime stuff I've ever tasted, knocked the socks off anything I've ever eaten up here in Scotland.

[hibbymick]

Has anyone ever had the opportunity to try whale steaks ? I had one a few weeks back and thought it was fantastic.

[Future17]

Has anyone ever had the opportunity to try whale steaks ? I had one a few weeks back and thought it was fantastic.

Apologies for asking the obvious but, do you mean actual whale? Do you know what kind of whale it was? Where did you encounter these?

[Calvin]

Why can't the English master the morning roll? They just don't do them the same down here.

Heading home on the sleeper tonight - gonna stock up on Mince Pies and Macaroni Pies!

[hibbymick]

Apologies for asking the obvious but, do you mean actual whale? Do you know what kind of whale it was? Where did you encounter these?

Yeah..whale as in moby . A nice Norwegian friend threw them my way.

[LancashireHibby]

I'm still waiting for chippy sauce to become a high value smuggling article.

[Sylar]

Why can't the English master the morning roll? They just don't do them the same down here.

Heading home on the sleeper tonight - gonna stock up on Mince Pies and Macaroni Pies!

Glad it's not just me.

When I was working in Glasgow for 2 weeks there, I walked past a number of small cafe's in the morning who all did morning rolls. Back down here for 2 weeks and there's nothing like that around us or near work.

You also don't get great rolls as you head further north in Scotland either incidentally. "Glasgow rolls" are pretty hard to beat.

[LancashireHibby]

No issues with bread-related breakfasts round here. Bacon, sausage and egg barm cake. Top stuff.

[Sylar]

No issues with bread-related breakfasts round here. Bacon, sausage and egg barm cake. Top stuff.

Oh, there's good breakfasts (bread based included) around here too LH - they're just not morning rolls :greengrin

[Calvin]

Glad it's not just me.

When I was working in Glasgow for 2 weeks there, I walked past a number of small cafe's in the morning who all did morning rolls. Back down here for 2 weeks and there's nothing like that around us or near work.

You also don't get great rolls as you head further north in Scotland either incidentally. "Glasgow rolls" are pretty hard to beat.
Definitely. A 'bap' is just not the same.

Also just realised I've never seen good Scottish style cod roe in London either. Not one so easy to snuggle back though.

[Scouse Hibee]

No issues with bread-related breakfasts round here. Bacon, sausage and egg barm cake. Top stuff.

Can't beat a decent breakfast barm, morning rolls pah.

[DBHibs]

As there's a good amount of Scots where I live it's pretty easy to get hold of stuff like haggis as well as Scottish beer and newspapers (well.......the Record and Sunday Post if they count!)

After reading this thread though I am seriously missing some square sausage though. Never seen that anywhere in this part of the world.

[blackpoolhibs]

Was in a local butchers today and bought some tomato sausages, was going to wait until tomorrow and have them, but they have all gone tonight.

Going for some more in the morning. :greengrin

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Was in a local butchers today and bought some tomato sausages, was going to wait until tomorrow and have them, but they have all gone tonight.

Going for some more in the morning. :greengrin

Do you not only get a tomato sausage about once a month? :-o

[Time For Heroes]

I always have some in the freezer, get enough visitors down to Nottingham who are more than happy to bring square sausage, everything else is easy enough to get hold of.
Got me thinking though, has anyone tried ordering it online? Quick google search brings up Campbells who delivery to the Uk, im sure other do too? Just a thought.

[Hibrandenburg]

Why can't the English master the morning roll? They just don't do them the same down here.

Heading home on the sleeper tonight - gonna stock up on Mince Pies and Macaroni Pies!

Why can the Brits only manage to make one kind of roll/Bread? We've got bakers here that literally have hundreds of different sorts on the shelves.

[bigwheel]

Why can the Brits only manage to make one kind of roll/Bread? We've got bakers here that literally have hundreds of different sorts on the shelves.


you've been gone too long man.....Deli's and artisan bakers exist here too - and in supermarkets :wink:

[Pretty Boy]

you've been gone too long man.....Deli's and artisan bakers exist here too - and in supermarkets :wink:

Was just about to post the same. The choice of bread in supermarkets alone now is incomparable to even 5-10 year ago. I have 4 'artisan' bakers within 15 minutes walk of my house as well.

[blackpoolhibs]

Do you not only get a tomato sausage about once a month? :-o


:tsk tsk: :greengrin

[Sylar]

Was just about to post the same. The choice of bread in supermarkets alone now is incomparable to even 5-10 year ago. I have 4 'artisan' bakers within 15 minutes walk of my house as well.

I don't think it's gotten to all Tesco's yet but ours (in Guildford) has The Emporium Bakery inside it and every type of bread you can imagine is made inside it. Costs a bit more than the usual crusty bread options most Tesco's offer but the choice is exceptional!

And they STILL can't get plain bread from Scotland! :greengrin

[adhibs]

Do you not only get a tomato sausage about once a month? :-o

Haha. Not got anything else to add other than that wass funny as ****

[Hibrandenburg]

you've been gone too long man.....Deli's and artisan bakers exist here too - and in supermarkets :wink:

Never noticed that, probably because I'm always excited and fully concentrated on getting a loaf of pan so I can leave the crust on my plate :wink: