"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:04:39 -0700, Janet Bostwick wrote:
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>> What items would you select? Now be fair. Don't pick the trashiest.
>> This group tends to rear back in horror at the food choices of others
>> and pretend they would never stoop so low ;o) What kinds of things do
>> you count on being on the shelves of your supermarket?
>>
>> I need canned tomatoes of various kinds, Dijon and French's mustard,
>> Heinz catsup, mayonnaise, canned enchilada sauce, diced green chilis,
>> Pace Picante or similar, tortillas, refried beans, boxed stock, and
>> yes, a couple cans of cream of mushroom and tomato soup.
>> Janet US
>
> I mostly don't know what they have in foreign grocery stores. So I
> don't know if I would be picking items that they have, or similar
> equivalents.

Same here. I was just trying to think of things that people who have lived
elsewhere had told me they missed.

When I lived in NY, I couldn't get Jicama and I had to go to the military
commissary to get Mexican foods. They were either totally absent in my
grocery store or the selection was pitiful. Same when I lived in MA
although we did have a lot of Portuguese foods there are there were enough
similarities that I could make do. Black eyed peas and hominy can be hard
to find here although it seems that more stores are carrying them.