British Aid Package

[davidn]

Look at all this!



My parents have come to visit the Boston area for a couple of weeks. They brought this pile of essential supplies - frankly I'm surprised that they managed to fit it into their luggage, or convince customs to let it all through. They're amazing.

I promise, you have no concept of how much you're going to miss these until they're no longer available. And I plan to ration my way through the cereal for the next eight months.

Comments

[rakarr.livejournal.com]

Do they not have Kellogs Crunchy Nut cereal over there? That might be a slightly stupid question, but we have them here and I thought if they were in Australia and the UK, they would be in America too. Or at least a near subtitute. I don't recall seeing the other items before, though.
It was rather nice of your parents to bring that for you. I hope the visit is enjoyable.

[davidn]

It was - thank you!

And, as you can tell from my excitement at receiving them, I've found neither Crunchy Nut nor an acceptable substitute anywhere in this country, not even in the various import stores. It seems strange given the number of Americans who have been in Britain for a while that I've asked about the cereal, and have said they're having difficulty surviving now they no longer have access to them.

[pookatimes.livejournal.com]

Well, it is ludicrously tasty.

[davidn]

Are they still doing those adverts? They should have my parents trying to sneak through customs with a forkliftful of the stuff as their next one.

[starfishchris.livejournal.com]

You can get Crunchy Nut-esque cereal on the continent, too (in fact there's about a billion cereals in France, you'll get anything) so how can America not have it?

What I find more horrifying is that they don't have anything like digestives, chocolate or otherwise. Is the biscuit situation really that bad that digestives are welcome?

[davidn]

They're one of the things that it's possible to get imported, but they're expensive and often don't survive the journey intact. Fox's biscuits are far rarer, but there's something about chocolate Digestives (I remember when they were called Homewheat) that's inimitable - American chocolate has a slightly but noticeably bitterer taste.

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

Aw, how nice! Your parents are great. They can come visit me any time if they bring digestives.