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FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

I'm going to England for a fortnight's holiday to touch base with friends and family. I have a long list of things to do, see and BUY while I'm there, not least from my friends and colleagues here. What about you? What would you have me bring back for you?

yaramaz · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 5:55 am Post subject:

Jaffa Cakes Very Happy

bron · Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 88

If I were going to England, my first priority would be to get a large pot of Marmite... I'm down to the last scrapings of mine! Sad

ghost · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 1693 Location: Saudi Arabia

Cheese and Onion crisps, chocolate digestives, milk delivered to your domicile, the Sunday Papers.

English Job Centres (for those looking for casual work).....Job Centres are unique in the world....and very handy. Just go in, pick a job you fancy on the wall postings, set up an interview...and voila...a good chance of landing a post.... England has a very low unemployment rate of approx. 4% (although some of the jobs offered are low paid).

The British club scene (the most developed in the world). Name your interest, and you will find a club with similar mavericks to share and participate in your hobby.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

BACON

yaramaz · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:29 pm Post subject:

But..but dmb! If you eat bacon you'll get cancer! And, um, you'll stop feeling jealousy! And you'll go to hell!

Better to stick to kokorec and ciger kofte, just to be on the safe side. Oh, and smoke a few packs of iki-bin-bir a day for good measure. Dont forget to close all windows and doors even though its 33 degrees in the shade cos you'll catch your death from the draft.

Hmmm bacon. Iyi haram.

Did you know that if you fry up pastirma it kinda passes for bacon, in a weird garlicky peppery kinda way?

vre · Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 371

applicator tampons
3 for 2 roll- on deo
jar of mango chutney
jar of lime pickle (ASDA's own)
jar of tandoori paste
popadoms
tin of Roses choccies
a British flag to hang from my balcony on Bayrams
Proper OXO cubes, (not Knorr)
inner soles from Superdrug
Resolve hangover medicine

to be cont.

richard ame · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 319 Location: Republic of Turkey

Someone said Marmite,yes please the bigger the better.Bovril as well ,the kids all leave me alone when I drink it beats coffee any day especially in the colder months. Chris Bonnington swears by it ,so do I ,a lot .

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

Pork rinds. Not the puffy processed kind but the oily ones from the mexican butcher with hunks of crispy fat still on them, preferably the spicy kind.

Best Foods (Hellman's) mayonnaise. They have it here but it's just not right. BBQ spare ribs. Proper steaks not cooked to leather. I like the blood to feed my blood, thank you. Think I'm qualified to make such decisions, irrational though they may be.

Jabanero sauce. Roommates nicked all of mine and wasted it in their inedible cooking, along with my sweet n spicy Beaver mustard. And my good brown mustard with the seedy things in it.

Real beer, micro-brewed, in a rainbow of flavours. Proper wine that's not vintage 3 months ago.

Cajun bacon cheeseburger. Dribble

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:25 am Post subject:

just me, you are making me drool all over my mouse pad. How unfortunate. Esp the habanero sauce. Can I add several containers of tomatilla salsa (mexican brand, in little tins, forgot name), chipotle pepper sauce, coriander chutney, real chunks of parmesan cheese from the Italian deli, Montreal smoked beef, wild BC salmon, and a large parcel of those lethal chocolate brownies from Cascadia bakery in Victoria, BC. Ooof.

Well, its back to my coffeemate 'n Nescaf� and su boreği for now....

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

Justme -

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Justme, you mentioned micro-brewed beer. Have you been to Taps in Nisantasi? It does a really good beer and the food isn't too bad either.

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:11 am Post subject:

Oooo oooo ooo dmb! Where exactly is this? Can I have the address? I have a feeling after a month or two back in Efes-land I will kill for variety (as am currently contemplating).

Am off on Tuesday, y'all. Hope no one blows up the airport.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Yaramaz, Are you flying out via Istanbul? If so we can hook up and I'll take you to the micro beer bar

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:

Aw dang it, dmb-- I cant, as the whole bloody bush thing has made it so that I'm flying out of here tuesday evenig then crashing at the airport til my 5am flight. If you want you can come visit me--- I'll likely be chillingout at the bar in Int'l arrivals (better food and nicer chairs than the departures on). Very Happy

Shall we make a beer date for Sept. then? I'll be back on the 4th. Hopefully Bush wont be back to disrupt travel patterns then too.