American section in Tesco!

MHP · September 2013

Just noticed Tesco Stroud Green has an American section selling all kinds of stuff from A1 steak sauce to Aunt Jemima's syrup...very pleased to see this, not that I am American but l love the stuff...can't see many round here buying it though

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Peter Crumb · September 2013

Spent two long summers in the US and cannot say I'll be rushing to buy their food! Most of their bread, cheese, sweets, chocolate, condiments is lowest common denominator, tasteless rubbish. Steak Sauce is a poor mans brown sauce.

miss annie · September 2013

There are plenty of Americans living locally. There is some American food I absolutely love, going to have look. Also coincides with 'a little bit of Brooklyn' Hettie Holland.

ADGS · September 2013

The Americans have a much wider selection of Skittles than us, but otherwise most of what impressed me about the food there was in the cooking or just the portion-size, rather than anything I might buy for home consumption.

vetski · September 2013

Did they happen to have Kraft Russian Dressing? Asking for a friend...

harpistic · September 2013

Tesco app says no

miss annie · September 2013

They make lovely cheese in Wisconsin and the sweets and chocolate from Ghiradelli in San Francisco are as good as good chocolate here. Cadburys is horrible everywhere. The steak and bacon (in my experience) is much better and there's a batter mix I bought there that I've never found anywhere else. I would like to eat an American breakfast every day.

harpistic · September 2013

And oh, the Mexican food over there... yum.

wisteria53 · September 2013

Things I can buy here (usually from specialist shops) (www.lupepintos.com):<div> tins of tomatillos (doubt Tesco will have these)</div><div> tins of Anaheim chiles (or these) </div><div> Cholula hot sauce, original and garlic (thank you Waitrose for carrying these at Holloway)</div><div> Inka Corn snacks</div><div><br></div><div>Things I still have to buy in the US:</div><div> the jalapeno and cholula flavours of beef jerky; large packets of original flavour beef jerky</div><div> mini bran muffins (not sweet!) </div><div> hundreds & thousands and other cake decorations in bright colours (UK ones too pastel)</div><div> Big Red cinnamon gum (for a friend)</div><div> at Easter: marshmallow chicks, candy corn and Reece's Pieces packed into a "carrot" shape </div><div> Tide to Go stain remover</div><div> Noxema aloe vera shaving foam</div><div> Crystal Lite instant drink packets (lemonade, pink lemonade, peach iced tea and other flavours)</div><div> all the other available colours of Sharpie pens that haven't come over here yet</div><div> Ziplock bags - all the sizes and types....</div>

harpistic · September 2013

@wisteria53 The selection's a bit limited, but have you had any luck with Panzers? http://www.panzers.co.uk/usafoods.phtml

wisteria53 · September 2013

Hmmm. Might have to pop over to St John's Wood for a browse. Must be because the American School is near there.

harpistic · September 2013

We shopped there a lot in the 80s & early 90s when it was the only place in London (that we knew of) which sold American foods. I've not been there since then, though. The prices seem a bit silly, but if that's the cost of having stuff shipped in... Have you tried the online chile shop or any of the Mexican grocery stores for your chiles etc? I'm withering away without decent Mexican food over here!

wisteria53 · September 2013

Lupe Pintos <a href="http://lupepintos.com/">http://lupepintos.com/</a> has quite a large selection and have been my salvation for years. The shipping cost can be high unless you are ordering quite a lot. <div><br><div>There's probably more Mexican grocery shops in London now, but haven't searched them out as when I came to live here in the 80s I was not impressed with what they carried. Before I found Lupe Pintos I had to load multiple tins of tomatillos, Anaheims and the 100 packs of corn tortillas into my luggage every trip back. </div></div>

harpistic · September 2013

Oh wow, I didn't know of Lupe Pintos - thanks for that! Remember the excitement of hunting down every Mexican restaurant which opened? There's still not a whole lot in the way of Mexican groceries available over here, and they mostly only offer tinned or dried goods. If only we had something like Cárdenas over here: http://www.cardenasmarkets.com/ Most of my family lives in Guatemala now, and that's only good for the occasional chile and lots and lots of black pepper. And gorgeous handmade corn tortillas, mmm.

miss annie · September 2013

@wisteria53 I think Rymans stock the entire colour range for Sharpies now. Cass Art do them too. Selfridges do Candy Corn, in a big way at Hallowe'en, but a small selection all year round. They have a big selection of food from the U.S. in the Food Hall, you might find some of the things on your list there.

quince · September 2013

And a Greek shelf!

gardener-joe · September 2013

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vetski · September 2013

Can't believe they'd pay to ship it all here!

kreuzkav · September 2013

They had an Irish section last week. Tayto crisps, chef sauce...<div><br></div><div>I have to say Tesco Stroud Green is getting better. Less waiting in queues, more variety, better quality.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

conformable_kate · September 2013

@gardener-joe - if it isn't I bet they wish they'd thought of it ... Pitch it to them and find something virtuous to do with the vast profits.

miss annie · September 2013

Did they have red lemonade in the Irish section? I never browse Tesco, just try to get in and out as quickly as possible, so don't notice when they have new stuff.

kreuzkav · September 2013

They had red lemonade but I think the section has gone.<div><br></div><div>I'd forgotten about that substance. </div>

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nick_m · September 2013

@wisteria. - we recently got fresh tomatillos in our box from Riverford plus a recipe for salsa verde. New to me and it was stunning!

Locrinus · September 2013

There are disclaimers on all of the products saying something like: "May have adverse effects on children"<br><br>Them EU regulations.<br>

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