What food (if any) ?

[Madabouttigger]

Diane, I always check the sugar content -some of them are as high as 5%! the wholewheat ones are generally lower - the wrapped ones you buy in supermarkets normally have the values on them - unfortunately not the freshly baked ones you buy at the bakery counter though
Jean

Thats the ones I usually buy, but good advice, I look at the labels in the future. Thanks. [msnwink]

[Philomena]

We always take teabags with us and chocolate and mustard for our MC. Always put it in our hold baggage and never had a problem except for the time they decided to do an extra scan at Sanford and spotted the box of Cadbury's Creme Eggs. Once I explained they were chocolate and not dairy all was ok!!! Can't imagine what state real eggs would have been in after such a journey!

[AllthingsFlorida]

We always take Rooibus (redbush) tea bags with us and always bring home bags of natural granola (UK is not the same!!) and several bags of ground decaff coffee - starbys decaff sumatra and dunkin's decaff both excellent.
I always manage to bring home some godiva chocolate although did panic last visit as we couldn't find it on unpacking (hubby packs too well) we didn't find it for weeks as he had placed it between some clean tshirts that went back in the wardrobe.
(Retrospective apologies all round to the customs officials I blamed)
MJ
http://www.villasflorida.com/florida...ntal-3511.aspx

[Jeanmd]

For those who are not sure what to buy as far as cheese/meat products are concerned - try the deli counter - they are endlessly patient with you and let you try out loads of products - one foodie friend who came over to stay with us had the best part of his vacation trying out the various cheeses and custs of meat. Saves costly mistakes too.

[Deb]

Publix sell Tetley British Blend tea, and it's really good.

[tony2000]

We are taking English Mustard & Colman's Mustard for our English m c, obviously in
sealed containers, is it best to transport these items in our carry on hand luggage, or in the suitcase ?
Thanks
[beer]
Tony

[Jill]

We are taking English Mustard & Colman's Mustard for our English m c, obviously in
sealed containers, is it best to transport these items in our carry on hand luggage, or in the suitcase ?
Thanks
[beer]
Tony

I would opt for suitcase as we nearly lost a jar of jam at Washington Dulles we had bought for some American friends from the Harrods shop (once through security at Heathrow) as they were classifying all such items as liquid Not sure if I worked for Harrods I would have been pleased to hear the jam described as such as I felt it had a fairly good set to it and was unlikely to run all over the place if I took the lid off the jar.

[Lyn]

Always pack my mustard, sauce etc in my hold luggage never had a problem.

[Cruella DeVilla]

The only thing I miss living here now is decent Cheese, I like strong cheese and also smelly or blue.

You can get it somewhere like Wholefoods if you want to pay $$ but I have yet to find anything strong enough in the supermarket even in the Deli sections and believe me I have tried them all. I used to buy the Canadian Cheddar from the Deli section at $15 a pound but even that isn't that great. Now I just moan I can't get decent Cheese anywhere...lol!

[luckylady]

The only thing I miss living here now is decent Cheese, I like strong cheese and also smelly or blue.

You can get it somewhere like Wholefoods if you want to pay $$ but I have yet to find anything strong enough in the supermarket even in the Deli sections and believe me I have tried
them all. I used to buy the Canadian Cheddar from the Deli section at $15 a pound but even that isn't that great. Now I just moan I can't get decent Cheese anywhere...lol!

Jacqui if its a hard Cheddar cheese you are looking for Costco is the place to go. As Susan posted earlier Coaster is the brand. I buy it here in the UK and in Florida . Also on occasion Costco have Wensleydale with cranberries.