[h-cost] Re: gifts for brits
We do have flavored crisps, but not the cool flavors from the UK. So worth it to get some :) Rhonda Donaldson LTA II e-Reserves Jr. Guru Access Services Downtown Campus Library P O Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506 293-4040 x4094 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. --Frank Herbert Weiner's Law of Libraries: There are no answers, only cross-references. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/30/06 5:32 PM the best present I ever got from the US was brought back by a friend who'd been back to see her folks- it was a bumper size pot of dried cat nip! fantastic as I just couldn't find it over here (short of growing it, which I now do (or try to, but the cats of course keep eating it)), IT IS an abomination!! I think white chocolate is pure evil disguised as confectionery!! white chocolate is fabulous - and a friend gave me a hot chocolate gift box from whittards of chelsea that had white hot chocolate in it - it's fabulous - honestly is like liquid milky bars and I'm addicted already (you can bet I'll be shaving up milky bars when I run out!!) I don't think they have Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, either. we do - have had them for years - you get them at woolworths (only place I've ever found them No brownies, either, although when I have a chance I make them over there to great cheers. That's fun, shopping for ingredients and trying to convert the measurements! you can get brownies, but they're not 'real' ones, according to an american friend who lives here. I bring; Irn Bru, yummy cheese, chocolates, Scottish Blend tea, Jaffa Cakes and different flavored crisps when I was little, we used to give irn bru to friends in the south, because you couldn't get it down there. you don't have flavoured crisps?? And full round to being on-topic, Brownies and Girl Scouts wear uniforms that have changed through the years with fashion. :-) yes, and wouldn't you know it whan I was a brownie the uniform was a horrible brown shirt dress that was about upper thigh length. and my girl guides uniform still had the horrid granny hat. debs ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: Gifts for Brits
Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor [EMAIL PROTECTED] 29/01/2006 21:17 wrote: Also, I was talking to a friend on Friday who mentioned she's had great success bringing over packages of Jelly Bellies jelly beans. She says you can't get them in Britain (and they actually are quite good). You can get them, actually, in the more exclusive kind of sweetshop. I've bought them for friends' children in the past from those displays of gift foods they have in department stores before Christmas. I'd say they were still uncommon enough over here to make a very acceptable gift, though. __ __ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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At 09:23 30/01/2006, you wrote: Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor [EMAIL PROTECTED] 29/01/2006 21:17 wrote: Also, I was talking to a friend on Friday who mentioned she's had great success bringing over packages of Jelly Bellies jelly beans. She says you can't get them in Britain (and they actually are quite good). You can get them, actually, in the more exclusive kind of sweetshop. I've bought them for friends' children in the past from those displays of gift foods they have in department stores before Christmas. I'd say they were still uncommon enough over here to make a very acceptable gift, though. My husband bought me a tub of Jelly Bellies for Christmas from our local Sainsbury's where they are regularly on sale, but we do live in London. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: gifts for brits
the best present I ever got from the US was brought back by a friend who'd been back to see her folks- it was a bumper size pot of dried cat nip! fantastic as I just couldn't find it over here (short of growing it, which I now do (or try to, but the cats of course keep eating it)), IT IS an abomination!! I think white chocolate is pure evil disguised as confectionery!! white chocolate is fabulous - and a friend gave me a hot chocolate gift box from whittards of chelsea that had white hot chocolate in it - it's fabulous - honestly is like liquid milky bars and I'm addicted already (you can bet I'll be shaving up milky bars when I run out!!) I don't think they have Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, either. we do - have had them for years - you get them at woolworths (only place I've ever found them No brownies, either, although when I have a chance I make them over there to great cheers. That's fun, shopping for ingredients and trying to convert the measurements! you can get brownies, but they're not 'real' ones, according to an american friend who lives here. I bring; Irn Bru, yummy cheese, chocolates, Scottish Blend tea, Jaffa Cakes and different flavored crisps when I was little, we used to give irn bru to friends in the south, because you couldn't get it down there. you don't have flavoured crisps?? And full round to being on-topic, Brownies and Girl Scouts wear uniforms that have changed through the years with fashion. :-) yes, and wouldn't you know it whan I was a brownie the uniform was a horrible brown shirt dress that was about upper thigh length. and my girl guides uniform still had the horrid granny hat. debs ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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debs wrote: you don't have flavoured crisps?? It depends on where in the US you live. I lived in New York City most of my life, and even four years ago, there were only four or five commonly available. Then I moved to western Pennsylvania, where there are more than a dozen. Go figure. -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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We gave quite the variety of available flavors, here. Some of them are regionally produced, though, so maybe that's it. When I ventured across the ocean a few years ago, people'd recommended I look for flavored potato chips--both sides of the pond have them, but the available flavors are quite different. And we also have a good variety of flavored tortilla chips, as well. Don't know if those show up in Britain, though (plain or flavored). My favorite are the chili-lime ones made of blue corn. ;o) --Sue (from Montana) - Original Message - From: Helen Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: gifts for brits debs wrote: you don't have flavoured crisps?? It depends on where in the US you live. I lived in New York City most of my life, and even four years ago, there were only four or five commonly available. Then I moved to western Pennsylvania, where there are more than a dozen. Go figure. -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: Gifts for Brits
Thanks, everyone, for all the suggestions! Also, I was talking to a friend on Friday who mentioned she's had great success bringing over packages of Jelly Bellies jelly beans. She says you can't get them in Britain (and they actually are quite good). Apropos of Hogwarts, I've seen Jelly Bellies packages of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans -- though they thoughtfully leave out all the nasty ones :) Is there really no one doing that in Britain? ObCostume: the actual spur to planning this trip is the Mediaeval Dress and Textiles Society meeting on March 11th, which is on Knitting before 1600. The last time I was in England -- or, indeed, anywhere in Europe -- was 1970, so this will be quite exciting. I've got about half a week in London and half a week out in the countryside planned. -- OChris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Quoting Chris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *snippage* ObCostume: the actual spur to planning this trip is the Mediaeval Dress and Textiles Society meeting on March 11th, which is on Knitting before 1600. The last time I was in England -- or, indeed, anywhere in Europe -- was 1970, so this will be quite exciting. I've got about half a week in London and half a week out in the countryside planned. You'll hae to find out if there is a proeedings planned. I know some folks who would dearly love to get a copy. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Chris Laning wrote: Also, I was talking to a friend on Friday who mentioned she's had great success bringing over packages of Jelly Bellies jelly beans. She says you can't get them in Britain (and they actually are quite good). I broght some to Norway for a friend, as well. Apropos of Hogwarts, I've seen Jelly Bellies packages of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans -- though they thoughtfully leave out all the nasty ones :) Is there really no one doing that in Britain? You can buy chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's Beans and one other Hogwart fav at Target stores! but be warned: they do NOT leave out the nasty flavors, and there seem to be a lot of them. -Judy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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ObCostume: the actual spur to planning this trip is the Mediaeval Dress and Textiles Society meeting on March 11th, which is on Knitting before 1600. Have a great time!!! Nancy MM ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Susan B. Farmer wrote: Quoting Chris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ObCostume: the actual spur to planning this trip is the Mediaeval Dress and Textiles Society meeting on March 11th, which is on Knitting before 1600. The last time I was in England -- or, indeed, anywhere in Europe -- was 1970, so this will be quite exciting. I've got about half a week in London and half a week out in the countryside planned. You'll hae to find out if there is a proeedings planned. I know some folks who would dearly love to get a copy. MEDATS does not produce proceedings. The MEDATS meetings are notorious for including wonderful-sounding papers that vanish into the ether afterward; very few seem to find their way into print. If you look over the archives at the web site (http://www.medats.org.uk/archive/archivefs.htm), the lists of past presentations are absolutely mouth-watering. We here at MCT ;-) hope to help to improve this situation at least in part. A member of our board is a MEDATS officer, and we're making very clear that we would like to get some of those papers into print. And in fact, one of the articles we've scheduled for volume 3 is from a recent MEDATS conference. I hope there will be many more! --Robin == Robin Netherton Editor, Medieval Clothing and Textiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (314) 439-1222 // fax: (314) 439-1333 Life is just a bowl of queries. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Wasn't there a poster of Cher all done up in Saran Wrap around 1976-76? It raised eyebrows at the time even thought her bits were covered in enough wrap that it became opague. LynnD On 1/26/06, Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Makes me think of one of my favorite scenes in Fried Green Tomatoes when the would be woman's libber opens the door to greet her husband at night all done up in just plastic... Actually, the saran-wrap thing was originally suggested by Marabel Morgan in The Total Woman, a handbook for being a submissive loving wife, widely regarded as about as anti-women's lib as you can get. I think that one actually qualifies as historic costume -- 1973. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] RE: Gifts for Brits
Those Ziploc bags sound great... I would definitely like to get my hands on some of those. FWIW, my mother always comes back from America and/or Australia with a year's supply of what we call clingfilm - it's Glad Wrap in Australia, might be the same in the US. Apparently other countries' clingfilm is much better than ours... Interesting foodie things always go down well with me - and wine. Kate -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:09:32 -0600 From: Karen R Bergquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] More OT: to Brits (WAS: Seriously off topic - needadvice) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I will be traveling to England in early February and I was wondering if Our Cousins Across The Pond had the new Ziploc Big Bags? They are super-sized zip-loc bags with an reinforced integral handle (the XL are 2ft X 1.7ft). I've found them to be excellent for storing large chunks of fabric as well as keeping completed costumes clean and dust free. I was thinking that my hosts might like them, but if they are common Across The Pond then there's little point in bringing them over. Karen Seamstrix ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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In a message dated 1/26/2006 5:38:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interesting foodie things always go down well with me - and wine. Marmite it is! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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It can be glad wrap, here in the U.S., as well. Technically, it's a brand name, like saying Kleenex instead of facial tissue or somethingI've also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name) and plastic wrap. We Americans traveling in Britain tend to bring home our own British goodies, too, you know? I cherished my package of Demerara sugar (just used the last of it over Christmas...made it last over 3 years!), and still have a jar of Branson's Pickle left. Couldn't bring back any of the wonderful cheeses, though! sigh, mope --Sue, who has some of the Ziplocs for her fiber and yarn stash ;o) - Original Message - From: Kate Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:36 AM Subject: [h-cost] RE: Gifts for Brits Those Ziploc bags sound great... I would definitely like to get my hands on some of those. FWIW, my mother always comes back from America and/or Australia with a year's supply of what we call clingfilm - it's Glad Wrap in Australia, might be the same in the US. Apparently other countries' clingfilm is much better than ours... Interesting foodie things always go down well with me - and wine. Kate -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:09:32 -0600 From: Karen R Bergquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] More OT: to Brits (WAS: Seriously off topic - need advice) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I will be traveling to England in early February and I was wondering if Our Cousins Across The Pond had the new Ziploc Big Bags? They are super-sized zip-loc bags with an reinforced integral handle (the XL are 2ft X 1.7ft). I've found them to be excellent for storing large chunks of fabric as well as keeping completed costumes clean and dust free. I was thinking that my hosts might like them, but if they are common Across The Pond then there's little point in bringing them over. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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In a message dated 1/26/2006 10:10:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name) ** Funny...when I worked for a local theatre group years and years ago, we had this running joke about making costumes out of Saran Wrap. It's cheap! You don't even have to sew it, it just sticks to itself! It clings so things always fit! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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And the best of all Stretch-Tite. Makes me think of one of my favorite scenes in Fried Green Tomatoes when the would be woman's libber opens the door to greet her husband at night all done up in just plastic... Kathleen - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] RE: Gifts for Brits In a message dated 1/26/2006 10:10:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name) ** Funny...when I worked for a local theatre group years and years ago, we had this running joke about making costumes out of Saran Wrap. It's cheap! You don't even have to sew it, it just sticks to itself! It clings so things always fit! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Makes me think of one of my favorite scenes in Fried Green Tomatoes when the would be woman's libber opens the door to greet her husband at night all done up in just plastic... Actually, the saran-wrap thing was originally suggested by Marabel Morgan in The Total Woman, a handbook for being a submissive loving wife, widely regarded as about as anti-women's lib as you can get. I think that one actually qualifies as historic costume -- 1973. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Go to Costco and get one of those great big rolls of restaurant grade plastic wrap. It's much better than regular plastic wrap. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Clemenger Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:16 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] RE: Gifts for Brits It can be glad wrap, here in the U.S., as well. Technically, it's a brand name, like saying Kleenex instead of facial tissue or somethingI've also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name) and plastic wrap. We Americans traveling in Britain tend to bring home our own British goodies, too, you know? I cherished my package of Demerara sugar (just used the last of it over Christmas...made it last over 3 years!), and still have a jar of Branson's Pickle left. Couldn't bring back any of the wonderful cheeses, though! sigh, mope --Sue, who has some of the Ziplocs for her fiber and yarn stash ;o) - Original Message - From: Kate Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:36 AM Subject: [h-cost] RE: Gifts for Brits Those Ziploc bags sound great... I would definitely like to get my hands on some of those. FWIW, my mother always comes back from America and/or Australia with a year's supply of what we call clingfilm - it's Glad Wrap in Australia, might be the same in the US. Apparently other countries' clingfilm is much better than ours... Interesting foodie things always go down well with me - and wine. Kate -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:09:32 -0600 From: Karen R Bergquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] More OT: to Brits (WAS: Seriously off topic - need advice) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I will be traveling to England in early February and I was wondering if Our Cousins Across The Pond had the new Ziploc Big Bags? They are super-sized zip-loc bags with an reinforced integral handle (the XL are 2ft X 1.7ft). I've found them to be excellent for storing large chunks of fabric as well as keeping completed costumes clean and dust free. I was thinking that my hosts might like them, but if they are common Across The Pond then there's little point in bringing them over. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
