Dear Rose, As always, good to hear from you.
When we lived in London and when we traveled though that lovely city, Marks and Sparks was almost our 'home'. .....including the fresh food section. Yes ....good quality stuff. My only 'difficult' time was when my Ghorkann (already in Goa ahead of me) requested me to pick up a few unmentionables (normally listed in Alphabets) from M & S during my stopover in London. Duffus me had never shopped for such stuff before. But, I had the help of one of the Gama Pinto 'kids' who mercifully guided me through that section! I will not reveal how we worked out the right alphabet! I am happy to note that the Cafreal was just like the the original. When we travel to the midAtlantic US, we pick up frozen stuff - some of it is of great quality....and convenient. We pack the items frozen in freezer bags - and the foods stay reasonably frozen when we reach home. But then, from leaving the US-home freezer and reaching home ....it is max 6 hours. Best jc On May 15, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Rose Fernandes <mel...@orange.net> wrote: "Dear JC If I can cast your mind back to the days when the Marks and Spencer shirt was a "must have" item to take back to Goa, just like Cadbury's chocolates are today. To tell you a story, it was known that if you bought a non-Marks and Spencer shirt to gift to your relative in Goa, you would be a wise owl to cut off the labels before giving it to them or they would sling the shirt bought with your hard earned cash to one side. As soon as someone comes up with the invention of a freezer in a suitcase, these Marks and Spencer meals will be flying off the shelves on to Jet Airways, Air India or other air carriers and making their way to Goa, they are almost on par with our original culinary tastes. Soon we in the United Kingdom will have to look at other gifts for our relatives in Goa, the chocolate tax on happiness might be on the back burner for the moment but it could come in front at any time to boost Breadline Britain's economy."
