For those of you who aren't currently living in your home country...

[MommyinHonduras]

I am from the US but live in Honduras. There is quite a bit of food I miss but it changes on what I am craving. I also am able to find a few things that were hard before. I can now buy Peanut butter and chocolate chips. I crave things like gyros and cheese burgers. I miss real ice cream, as in made with cream and not milk where it is thin with no really flavor. I miss good chocolate.

 

[MommyinHonduras]

*A Horseshoe is a dish invented in, and still wildly popular in, Springfield, Illinois. Take a piece of Texas Toast, add some meat (for example, a hamburger patty or some corned beef), put some fries on top of it, pour cheese sauce all over it. NOM NOM NOM! And don't tell me "That's just an open-faced cheeseburger" or something like that. Springfield averages about ten murders per year; nine of them are people who disrespected the Horseshoe.

I never understood these but worked at a small restaurant in Lincoln during college and they were always popular.

 

[BLAZEY]

No I never have, but I have been the visiting relative from home twice while my sister lived out of the country. When she lived in Australia getting her masters degree, I bought from Canada Honey Nut and regular Cheerios and her Aveeno face wash, none of which could be found in Sydney in 2006, The had the multi-grain cheerios which she did buy but prefered the ones from home. Then when she was in the US (San Francisco) for her husbands work I brought Twinings Tea, and Hawkins cheezies and Kraft Dinner for her kids.

 

[E&Cmom]

Areo bar (though I can find them now), ketchup chips, St .Hubert's, and Chinese food just doesn't taste the same.

I am in Canada but moved from Quebec to BC where there is no St Hubert's. I miss it.

I also miss Laura Secord french mint chocolate bars and get jealous when my FB friends talk about going to Sugar Shack(cabane au sucre) in the Spring.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I am in Canada but moved from Quebec to BC where there is no St Hubert's.

Well that is really sad. We have it in Saskatchewan, but then again, we have a number of French Canadian communities. Perhaps that is why??? We don't use it a lot, but I either pick up a couple of packets when I go back or have my in-laws bring it down when they come.

We once went to a small diner in Massachusetts a few years ago. We got talking with one of the guys who worked there, who was from Quebec originally, and discussing how difficult it was to find St. Hubert's. He ran to the back of the restaurant and brought out a packet to give to me. They didn't use St. Hubert's at the restaurant, but he kept some on hand for himself personally.

 

[martikus]

I am in Canada but moved from Quebec to BC where there is no St Hubert's. I miss it.

In college I convinced a couple friends to drive from Massachusetts to Quebec just to have St. Hubert's. It was just a crazy day road trip, but such fun. The border patrol just laughed at us. This was waaaay before 9/11.

My family always preferred Swiss Chalet (not sure if that is still around) but not me - that gravy at St. Hubert's - so yum! And apple pie. I know St. Hubert's isn't classy food, but yummy!

 

[martikus]

Anyone remember Mother's Pizza? We used to go on the weekends with my dad so my mom could have a break and get a personal pan pizza & root beer float.

 

[pooh'smate]

DH is from Montreal and he misses Tim Hortons, Kraft Dinner, pizza, and good delivery options. I was born and raised in the states but I have spent a lot of time in Canada and I miss Canadian chocolate bars, dill pickle chips, St Hubert's and Swiss Chalet

 

[karen1987]

We're from the UK but now live in New Zealand...

We mostly miss junk foods tbh! You can get similar sweets here, but Dairy Milk chocolate tastes different, as do Maltesers and Minstrels! We miss Robinsons squash as well, and although you can get it in the international aisle of the supermarket, it's usually 3 times what you'd pay in the UK so it's become a special purchase item!

Also, as one of the first posters said, we also miss our own version of Shreddies! It's crazy expensive here to purchase as an import from the international aisle and there's no like-for-like alternative!

You do adapt though and we've discovered really good alternatives for our sweet tooth, but you do miss 'home comforts'.

 

[bcla]

We're from the UK but now live in New Zealand...

We mostly miss junk foods tbh! You can get similar sweets here, but Dairy Milk chocolate tastes different, as do Maltesers and Minstrels! We miss Robinsons squash as well, and although you can get it in the international aisle of the supermarket, it's usually 3 times what you'd pay in the UK so it's become a special purchase item!

Also, as one of the first posters said, we also miss our own version of Shreddies! It's crazy expensive here to purchase as an import from the international aisle and there's no like-for-like alternative!

You do adapt though and we've discovered really good alternatives for our sweet tooth, but you do miss 'home comforts'.

It really depends on the demand. One of the really odd imports to the United States is "Mexican Coke". In Mexico they still use real sugar in Coke rather than high fructose corn syrup, although not always. There used to be independent importers grey marketing Mexican bottles of Coke using cane sugar into the US, although now it's officially imported by local Coke distributors. And it's in glass bottles.

I guess the substitute is when Passover Coke is available. That's made with sugar. Something about food made from grains (i.e. corn) not being acceptable.

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/sto...an-atlanta-rabbi-started-a-passover-tradition

 

[E&Cmom]

In college I convinced a couple friends to drive from Massachusetts to Quebec just to have St. Hubert's. It was just a crazy day road trip, but such fun. The border patrol just laughed at us. This was waaaay before 9/11.

My family always preferred Swiss Chalet (not sure if that is still around) but not me - that gravy at St. Hubert's - so yum! And apple pie. I know St. Hubert's isn't classy food, but yummy!

Yes, there is Swiss Chalet

 

[E&Cmom]

Anyone remember Mother's Pizza? We used to go on the weekends with my dad so my mom could have a break and get a personal pan pizza & root beer float.

I do! We didn't have them in Montreal but we use to go when we visited my sister near Toronto. I remember the floats,

 

[Poohforyou]

We don't live out of the country but one of my brothers does. When he visits he packs a suitcase full of stuff for himself and coworkers. One thing he buys are chocolate chips. He's in Hong Kong and they're very expensive.

I have to say, with the US being so large all you have to so is move a few states away and you will miss things.

 

[pooh'smate]

I have to say, with the US being so large all you have to so is move a few states away and you will miss things.

This is so true. I was born and raised in the north east and I always have my parents bring me stuff from home when they come to visit.

 

[MommyinHonduras]

Coke is made with sugar cane here in Honduras too. Love is!

 

[NotUrsula]

HP Sauce. I know that it's fairly common on the "international" aisle in supermarkets in some parts of the US, but not where I live, and I REALLY like having it at breakfast. The only place that I can buy it locally is at World Market, where it is $6 for the smaller glass bottle. I've taken to ordering it from a UK supplier on Amazon; it works out to $4/bottle for the 16 oz.

As for the "from elsewhere in the US" issue, Gold Brick chocolate. It's not gourmet by any means, but I grew up with it, and it just isn't Easter without Gold Brick Eggs.

 

[nursejackie]

I'm English but lived in Australia for 3 years. Every visitor had to bring me a food item, and when I visited home I took lots of stuff back down under with me. In between my family sent me goody bags. My mum sent Hellman's light mayonnaise but labelled it 'moisturiser' and amazingly customs didn't check! At Easter she sent me Thorntons chocolates but was still hot in Australia, so it arrived a melted, congealed mess in one corner of the box. She even sent me some Marks & Spencer's crisps which arrived as crumbs, so I just poured them into my mouth straight from the bag.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

From Montreal...

• real Montreal bagels
• poutine
• best savory crêpes
  
• Vachon (May West, Jos Louis)
• Tim Hortons
• plain tomato pizza
• Coffee Crisp
• bûche de noël
• ketchup chips, dill pickle chips
• Laura Secord butterscotch lollipops

So, all health food, basically... ...

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I am from the US but live in Honduras. There is quite a bit of food I miss but it changes on what I am craving. I also am able to find a few things that were hard before. I can now buy Peanut butter and chocolate chips. I crave things like gyros and cheese burgers. I miss real ice cream, as in made with cream and not milk where it is thin with no really flavor. I miss good chocolate.

When I visited Nicaragua the first thing we did when we landed in Miami was get a cheeseburger!!

 

[Frozen Canuck]

When I visited Nicaragua the first thing we did when we landed in Miami was get a cheeseburger!!

This isn't the first time I have heard this kind of thing from people who have traveled overseas for an extended time.