tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post6977469508631353936..comments2024-01-30T19:29:34.430+01:00Comments on Brits in Bosnia - toddlers, dog and all: supermarket short-circuitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-60708502980217823142009-05-21T21:12:38.038+02:002009-05-21T21:12:38.038+02:00it's called 'choice anxiety', a known...it's called 'choice anxiety', a known syndrome afflicitng ex-pats living overseas & then returning to the dizzying array in supermarkets back home. It completely paralyses me. I am about to post about a Tesco expereince actually. Ah cheddar, little did I realise how much I'd miss cheddar, and a ploughman's lunch (which I never even ATE when living in the UK...??)Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-75144551524621374262009-05-19T23:32:25.475+02:002009-05-19T23:32:25.475+02:00Mummy - glad it isn't just me!
Siobhan - we get s...Mummy - glad it isn't just me!<br /><br />Siobhan - we get some form of gouda, that is the closest we have found. Nothing like cheddar though - I miss it!<br /><br />wife in HK - too true about the recipes! Ah well, can't have it all ways. Shame though!<br /><br />Kathryn - hello, welcome and so pleased you like the blog. I'm keen to find out more about Italy so will check out yours when I am back in Bosnia and have some more online time.<br /><br />MH - not only lawnmowers but sell insurance too. So wrong, surely?<br /><br />MT - we dream of internet shopping. They have it in Sarajevo but not in Tuzla. Anything to not have to run the gaunlet of chocolate bars at the checkout with the boys!Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-55880516957506846412009-05-19T22:51:00.000+02:002009-05-19T22:51:00.000+02:00Oh too much choice is so annoying - especially whe...Oh too much choice is so annoying - especially when you are the world's worst at making decisions. Instead, I try to do shopping online and end up buying the same things each week. Can't work out which is more frustrating!Maternal Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075679022964297682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-2333632253355517422009-05-18T22:22:00.000+02:002009-05-18T22:22:00.000+02:00Never trust a shop that sells lawnmowers and chees...Never trust a shop that sells lawnmowers and cheese, that's all I'm saying. MHMillennium Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828746856608057335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-84920625832896853302009-05-18T13:38:00.000+02:002009-05-18T13:38:00.000+02:00I've just started reading your blog - it's fascina...I've just started reading your blog - it's fascinating!!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056021186333154227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-5615838079736767982009-05-18T09:15:00.000+02:002009-05-18T09:15:00.000+02:00It's funny how when you're away from home you lear...It's funny how when you're away from home you learn to do without and wonder who on earth needs 250 million different sorts of cheese or 390 varieties of cook-in sauce when you survive on basic mousetrap and make your own sauces. Having said that, I am quite excited about being able to pick up a recipe safe in the knowledge I'll be able to get all the ingredients without having to improvise.Mutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06720936545179612420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-87657750515290268022009-05-18T07:31:00.000+02:002009-05-18T07:31:00.000+02:00Mmmm, cheddar cheese, you're making me drool. I kn...Mmmm, cheddar cheese, you're making me drool. I know what you mean about too much choice though. It'S one extreme to the other. In Turkey there only ever seems to be what's called white cheese (similar to feta) and what they translate as cheddar, which is rubbery and tasteless. There are probably similar options in Bosnia. I'm always looking forward to some flavoursome cheese when I go home.siobhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230841810118051830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-56855765938790634412009-05-18T02:55:00.000+02:002009-05-18T02:55:00.000+02:00When I was back last year I went to the huge Tesco...When I was back last year I went to the huge Tesco near my sister to buy food for a picnic and had a similar, stressful, experience. I got stuck at the tomatoes and nearly ran away screaming. In HK you get, maybe, big ones and little ones in various aenemic shades of pink (unless you go somewhere really expensive). In Tescos there were hundreds of different varieties. I felt quite daunted.Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707148532471167469noreply@blogger.com