Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food

Ksysia:

get downstairs from where I am sitting now and buy a carton of milk - it might be good because it's a cold day

rafik:

Whilst im at it product lebelling. Ive bought the same product (Nan Active baby formula) but in different sizes the formula has different mixing levels on the packaging and this is for babies. What the FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK??
Unfortunately,mostly, it happens in Tesco...nomen omen an english company.It is sad that the same company has diffrent standards for diffrent countries-very english.

HAL9009Threads: 2 Posts: 329 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Oct 10, 09, 23:45 / #
Hey Ksysia. Buy Anzac wine as follows: Red, australia: Wyndam Estate or Wakefield White, New Zealand: Montana Marlborough. (IF you have one near you, go to Costco. Marlborough at 4 Pounds a bottle, last special offfer. I brought 100 bottles back to Ireland with me recently from Glasgow. It's 12 Pounds a bottle here, in Tesco). Both are cheap and very good quality, far superior to any any European wine in the same price bracket, better than any other Austrailan. Strange that you should mention Jacobs coffee! I buy that in the Polski Sklep here (Ireland btw). It's cheaper than an equivalent coffee in any supermarket.. Eat Irish or Northern Ireland or Polish pork products, better than their mainland UK equivalents. (Cuisine de FRance is an Irish company btw :D - love their croissants ) English Ales are very good, if brewed in the local breweries. You will find the best ones in Yorkshire, best ales in the world. It's not on the way to Scotland, but worth the diversion to Huddersfield just to try the local ale. M1, M62, continue to M6 then for Scotland... Loads of Polish in Glasgow :) It's a cool city besides, if a bit on the tough side. @time means aaarggh, a Meerkat. Where's my combat shotgun! OsiedleRuda: Still, I guess that means more pies for me, then :) I got salmonella from an English pie once..... Only time I ever got food poisoning Ksysia: It may be illegal, but this English chap definitely had sold me off milk. I got off milk a few times, in Dublin. At least it won't poison you ;) Lesson: buy milk in supermarkets where they look after it better. MareGaea: The range of wines is, like a lot of things, very limited, unfortunately. Actually, no. The range is quite good. Expensive and getting more so though. So I bulk buy in Glasgow when I'm over there.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 11, 09, 00:03 / #
Great post by Hal, full of useful info :) I don't like the moaning about national food options in the UK. The UK is pretty developed when it comes to international products so if the local offerings aren't for choice then they always have things like salads, potatoes and soups to keep them happy.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,470 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER	Edited by: Wroclaw Boy Oct 11, 09, 11:22 / #
Ksysia: get downstairs from where I am sitting now and buy a carton of milk - it might be good because it's a cold day Is it a Polish ran establishment? rafik: Whilst im at it product lebelling. Ive bought the same product (Nan Active baby formula) but in different sizes the formula has different mixing levels on the packaging and this is for babies. What the FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK?? Unfortunately,mostly, it happens in Tesco...nomen omen an english company.It is sad that the same company has diffrent standards for diffrent countries-very english. Its in the Polish language and packaged in Poland me old mate. Tescos is one of the best things to happen to Poland you hypocrtical shite.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Oct 11, 09, 12:37 / #
I remember seeing a book about Tesco a couple of years back. I was in Glasgow Queen Street station and it jumped out at me. It was a harsh indictment against Tesco but that's a British matter. I think the Poles can be happy with what they have in Tesco, they don't need to see the internal politics of the firm, just enjoy their products.