Buying Australian food in the US
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babyotto asked me what mail order places I use to buy my favorite Australian treats (she wanted the info for a friend), and I realized this might be something of interest to more people.
There may be even more places I haven't found yet, but here are the ones I use most often... they've all been good, I just shop around to find the ones that have the items I'm looking for in stock at the best price:
Simply Australian -- I've actually been to their storefront, since it's about 20 minutes from whererackham's aunt and uncle live (about an hour and a half away). They also seem to be fairly speedy (but that could be because we're in the same state -- I've ordered things from them on a Thursday morning and had it delivered Friday afternoon).
About Australia -- nice wide selection and occasionally some really good deals.
Australian Catalog Company -- wide selection and they don't run out of stock often.
Australian Products Company -- these guys carry a brand of lemon squash I really like and tend to have really good prices. They also sell frozen meat pies, sausage rolls and desserts.
Great Aussie Food -- this store is based out of Australia and, I believe, ships worldwide. They have some items that I haven't found anywhere else.
Obviously, there are some similarities in products from Australia and the UK, so I also pick some things up locally at The British Pantry (in Redmond, WA). I've also discovered that Cost Plus World Market has a respectable British foods section and also carries Bundaberg Ginger Beer in 4-packs. The other place to check would be any Indian/Pakistani grocery stores around where you live. The one just up the road from us often has things like dessicated coconut as well as various Australian candies and chocolates.
For meat pies and the like, you can try the Australian Products Company I mentioned above or The Australian Pie Company will do mail order (or you can just stop in, if you live in the Seattle area, or hit The Kangaroo & Kiwi Pub). I've never tried this place, but Australian Bakery Cafe also looks to do mail order meat pies and desserts -- based out of Georgia.
Even better, if you happen to be driving through Idaho Falls, ID (and who doesn't at some point in their lives?) there's always my favorite place, Aussie Eats! They have *fantastic* meat pies (I really wish they'd do mail order) and really yummy lamingtons and ANZAC biscuits. Plus, where else in the world can you go to find signs up advertising things like the Chicken Curry Meat Pie with mashed spuds!
If you know of someplace I've missed, please email me! I'm always on the lookout for new sources to feed my addiction... Now excuse me while I go pace the floor waiting for my delivery of lemon squash and Cherry Ripes.
babyotto asked me what mail order places I use to buy my favorite Australian treats (she wanted the info for a friend), and I realized this might be something of interest to more people.There may be even more places I haven't found yet, but here are the ones I use most often... they've all been good, I just shop around to find the ones that have the items I'm looking for in stock at the best price:
Simply Australian -- I've actually been to their storefront, since it's about 20 minutes from where
rackham's aunt and uncle live (about an hour and a half away). They also seem to be fairly speedy (but that could be because we're in the same state -- I've ordered things from them on a Thursday morning and had it delivered Friday afternoon).About Australia -- nice wide selection and occasionally some really good deals.
Australian Catalog Company -- wide selection and they don't run out of stock often.
Australian Products Company -- these guys carry a brand of lemon squash I really like and tend to have really good prices. They also sell frozen meat pies, sausage rolls and desserts.
Great Aussie Food -- this store is based out of Australia and, I believe, ships worldwide. They have some items that I haven't found anywhere else.
Obviously, there are some similarities in products from Australia and the UK, so I also pick some things up locally at The British Pantry (in Redmond, WA). I've also discovered that Cost Plus World Market has a respectable British foods section and also carries Bundaberg Ginger Beer in 4-packs. The other place to check would be any Indian/Pakistani grocery stores around where you live. The one just up the road from us often has things like dessicated coconut as well as various Australian candies and chocolates.
For meat pies and the like, you can try the Australian Products Company I mentioned above or The Australian Pie Company will do mail order (or you can just stop in, if you live in the Seattle area, or hit The Kangaroo & Kiwi Pub). I've never tried this place, but Australian Bakery Cafe also looks to do mail order meat pies and desserts -- based out of Georgia.
Even better, if you happen to be driving through Idaho Falls, ID (and who doesn't at some point in their lives?) there's always my favorite place, Aussie Eats! They have *fantastic* meat pies (I really wish they'd do mail order) and really yummy lamingtons and ANZAC biscuits. Plus, where else in the world can you go to find signs up advertising things like the Chicken Curry Meat Pie with mashed spuds!
If you know of someplace I've missed, please email me! I'm always on the lookout for new sources to feed my addiction... Now excuse me while I go pace the floor waiting for my delivery of lemon squash and Cherry Ripes.
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Date: 2006-08-07 03:29 pm (UTC)We don't have corn syrup, except as an additive in ready meals, and we call maple syrup maple syrup - so for anyone in Britain syrup is golden syrup, we don't bother putting the golden in front of it!
It is the thing I was most surprised that you didn't have, as you obviously grow sugar in the States. How do you cope without flapjacks, syrup pudding, fridge cake, syrup tart etc.?
Very few people ever make the type of pies that we think of as cold food - the basic pork pie, as they are so readily available in corner shops and supermarkets. They are made with 'hot water crust' which is actually easy to make, and it is possible to make them in a high sided cake tin. But generally when we make pies we use shortcrust.
When my daughter was in Australia she was amazed by how few varieties of sausages they had - she said she only ever saw 'beef', 'chicken' and 'Cumberland' which was actually plain pork, not proper Cumberland at all. She fell on pork and shallot, chilli flavoured, Irish breakfast etc. with great glee when she got home!