Fellow Galley-goers, I have a hankering for a nostalgia-laden product that is a) no longer made, but b) has a Euro analog that isn't available in the States. Despite the age of the Internet, some hurdles just can't be overcome....
Until now. Thinking about how to get around this little import problem led me to wonder if there aren't other Watchers that might want to try products (mostly thinking foods here) that aren't locally available.
So, does anyone here have an old craving or other curiosity for a non-local food? If so, let's post here and see if we can't help each other out.
What I'm really looking for is an instant chocolate drink called PDQ (looks like instant coffe, but tastes like chocolate milk). It is no longer made, but through Google I discovered others have looked for it in vain, but discovered a Euro analog called 'Benco Instant Choco Drink' that is very similar to PDQ.
I'd like to get my hands on some, but because it is a local grocery product (i.e., not gourmet enough to be offered as an export) I'm having difficulty getting it through traditional channels, and I'm having some trouble finding out which Euro company actually manufactures it.
What I envision is finding a food partner, and then agreeing to ship items of similar value/weight to each other, then comment on likes/dislikes, etc.
That way, we can compare local flavors/tastes, hopefully without breaking the bank.
Any takers? Any Beneluxers have access to 'Benco Energie', or Deutschelanders with access to 'Benco Kakao Instant'?
DW
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Dukkha!!! that's so CUTE!!! PDQ!! i remember that!!! i always thought Ovaltine or Nestles was better but hey...to each his own!
great idea tho, the food exchange! fun!
there's stuff in Kentucky which i can't get here in SF, believe it or not. and all my family in Ky are slackers in the worst way.
oh would i KILL for an Ale-81 !!! or some ACTUAL country ham and red-eye gravy!!
Salt Risen bread. (makes the best toast known to humanity!!)
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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IN is adjacent to KY, of course, and my home town of Tell City, IN is VERY adjacent to Kentucky, being right on the other side of the Ohio.
What is Ale-81? Do you have brand favorites for country-ham? Red-eye might be a little messy to mail, and I'm still waiting for the food-fax to be invented, but give me some more information, and I might be willing to trade you for some good authentic SF sourdough bread...
DW
What is Ale-81? Do you have brand favorites for country-ham? Red-eye might be a little messy to mail, and I'm still waiting for the food-fax to be invented, but give me some more information, and I might be willing to trade you for some good authentic SF sourdough bread...
DW
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aw HELL YEAH!! rock and ROLL!! 
i'll send SF sourdough!! and anything else you can think of!! (PS...i've just looked at the Ale 81web site, i'm such a dinkus...i can order it from THEM!!! ahahaha! i should have guessed!) anyway...no favorite special country ham. any old country ham will do...like those vac packed slices! - I'LL make the Red-Eye gravy!! 
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www.ale8one.com/index.html
menolly...country ham is salt-cured and aged. similar to prociutto.
www.countryham.org/
i'll send SF sourdough!! and anything else you can think of!! (PS...i've just looked at the Ale 81web site, i'm such a dinkus...i can order it from THEM!!! ahahaha! i should have guessed!) anyway...no favorite special country ham. any old country ham will do...like those vac packed slices! - I'LL make the Red-Eye gravy!! )www.ale8one.com/index.html
menolly...country ham is salt-cured and aged. similar to prociutto.
www.countryham.org/
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~