My daughter, who grew up in the US, now lives in Australia. We are flying to visit her in November and we - my husband and I - are allotted two suitcases each to carry with us. One each will be full of our clothes and the second one for each will be full of food items and Christmas presents for our daughter. (We did this on our only other previous trip) Mayonnaise, Ranch dressing, certain kinds of cookies (biscuits), a few toiletries and various other non perishable goods. We usually buy the extra suitcases at a charity shop and then just leave them with her to redonate.
@ksewald91
Жыл бұрын
We moved from Michigan to North Carolina. Every trip to visit we bring back a big cooler of Kogel's brand of sausages and hot dog's, Vernors ginger ale and a few local things we enjoy. Always a treat to have some childhood comfort foods and treats!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@jeannetteshahenkari265
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! That was so enjoyable to watch. I LOVE how you explained each item for those of us who may be unfamiliar with the products. I am happy that you were able to make a trip to the UK 🇬🇧
@angieprice7206
Жыл бұрын
I use the Ma Made for some Christmas gifts. I make it exactly as it says except I put 1/4 cup less water in it. Then when it is almost ready, I carefully add 1/4 cup of Grand Marnier (it splashes). It’s a treat.
@judimantos904
Жыл бұрын
How nice to be able to shop in UK for your favorite things not available in your area of France. Seem like you made a head start on Christmas too. Thanks for sharing.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
We did and added to our Christmas stock
@juliethompson5301
Жыл бұрын
I just knew Marmite ,Piccalilli and Branston would be there .😊I was wondering if you can buy Baked Beans in France or is that just a British thing? Great video Jane and Mike 👍
@rachelkieffer8707
Жыл бұрын
I came back from England last month and absolutely loved the food, I was on a group trip ('Jane Austen's England) and we enjoyed fish and chips with mushy peas, beans on toast, Sunday roast at the pub with Yorkshire pudding, sticky toffee pudding, high tea with scones and clotted cream and so much more. I brought back a piece on England back to New York in the form of different flavor digestives and Radox bath and shower gels. I love learning English recipes from you and made quite a few of them.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
The UK is full of delicious high quality food. I'm glad you had a good trip.
@janelockwood347
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou for sharing Jane. Lovely to see we Brits still have our faves we cannot do without, especially at Christmas!
@asavannah7439
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to Germany shortly for my sisters wedding. I will bring back lots of delicious German food for my husband and I , we live in the Caribbean. He is British and he also loves Chocolate oranges and Branston pickle. Luckily we can get them here
@Art930
Жыл бұрын
I loved seeing the grocery items! One of the things I always do while traveling is to check out the local grocery stores. Found delicious aoli in Spain and had to buy an extra suitcase to hold the 26 lbs of chocolate I brought home from Switzerland. Thanks to this video I now have a list of items to look for if I ever get to London. Thank you!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Great idea!!
@tinalemna7998
Жыл бұрын
A great haul. I’d have trouble staying away from those biscuits until Christmas. The bone china mugs are beautiful. Thank you for sharing 😊
@kaylamorse769
Жыл бұрын
I totally understand this! I grew up in New York but now have lived in Alaska for almost 10 years. I like to bring back home my favorite foods from NY. It's nice to have the special treat and reminisce in the nostalgia. 😊
@lavondakrout2848
Жыл бұрын
thanks for telling what you do with Marmite! I bought that and some chutney at an international food store just for fun. I tasted it and could not imagine what it was good for, will definitely try it on toast tomorrow.
@Amanda-pv9kz
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Many of the products/foods are very unfamiliar to me as an American. I like how you bought items for Christmas and the mugs are beautiful. Hope you had a great trip!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@rosemarymallin
Жыл бұрын
Have a discount grocery store here in Ontario Canada and found Heinz salad cream for 99 cents a bottle. Love your U.K. grocery haul.
@lindajacquot5391
Жыл бұрын
I agree that tea deserves to be served in bone china cups. I saw a few items I haven't seen since I lived in England decades ago, so I went on Amazon for a few little nostalgic treats that will go my under my tree this year. This video was truly a walk down memory lane! Also, we love the Terry's oranges too, and they are must-have traditional gifts for our entire family at Christmas. Thank you, Jane and Michael for reviving some very fond memories! ❤
@robinsaunders5099
Жыл бұрын
I admit when I would go to Spain before covid hit I would visit friend who moved to Spain and they would give me a big shopping list and take thing like bistro gravy and curry powder and stuffing mix lucky I order most thing from booker cash and carry so they had a year supply I would take my own washing powder due to Spanish washing powder make my skin itchy
@karenc6201
Жыл бұрын
I think the scratchings are called "Oreille de crisse" in Quebec, I don't know about in France.
@brendafarris7590
Жыл бұрын
Love your bone China mugs! Nice to have treats stowed away for the winter months.
@lovechangesus
Жыл бұрын
I love the UK hauls.
@lesleyannjacobs1383
Жыл бұрын
I am in South Africa and love Marmite. During Covid Marmite was unavailable and caused panic!! Luckily supply has been restored😁
@josephhoag2366
Жыл бұрын
We lived In Winsdor for a few months back in the 90s. When we came back to Texas for visits, I returned with jars of dill pickles, American peanut butter, chocolate chips, Hershey's cocoa (for baking) and roasted sunflower seeds in the shells....Carla H.
@adaly5115
Жыл бұрын
Oh my Jane I remember as a child when our relations visited from England, with all our shopping we requested from the shops. I specifically remember my packet of Spangle sweets and a Milky way that we could not buy here in Dublin. Enjoy your food comforts/treats from UK.
@janefoley5184
Жыл бұрын
After seeing your video, I now know what brown sauce is similar to in the US, I think it's what we call steak sauce. I wish you had shared the cost of each item. I always like to know what things cost in other countries. Thx
@lizscott6911
Жыл бұрын
Funny the things we all miss from home. When I lived in Rhodesia now Zimbabwe, we missed H.P. Sauce. So visitors always brought some with them.
@rogettesteele5322
Жыл бұрын
I live in the Midwest USA. It is always interesting what the favorite foods are in different countries. It is wonderful you purchased foods that remind you of the UK. Here in my area one of my favorite sweets are kolaches (originally from Czech areas in Europe). Thank you for showing and explaining what the different items are used in your recipes. A1 close up photography from Mike.
@penelopeprimrose90
Жыл бұрын
We have many Czech immigrant areas in Texas. We always stop and get kolaches when we are on a road trip. They are so delicious!
@janetharrah8407
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Nebraska. Kolaches were a holiday treat. I really miss the Runzas!
@fredalearhinan6693
Жыл бұрын
My husband is English. We have a lot of these foods here in Australia which makes for very happy husband...
@charlotterice7418
Жыл бұрын
Welcome back to blighty Froogs. As far as I am concerned you could have the whole of the UKs allocation of Marmite but I will wrestle anyone for a chocolate orange
@jacd8666
11 ай бұрын
So lovely and nostalgic to see that you like a lot of the things I do too. A bacon sandwich with brown sauce, to take me back 'home' is magic.......
@Aidan6378
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jane and Mike, I've been watching for a while now but I don't generally leave comments. However, I love the different perspective on this video. Normally we hear of people bringing stuff back to the UK from France but never vice versa. Thank you for another wonderful video. Personally speaking, I love Tunnocks though not the caramel wafer biscuits. Their teacakes and snowballs are amazing and were a tradition in my parents' house every Christmas growing up. I now have them in my house every year at Christmas, almost carrying on the tradition. Keep up the good work, folks!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@loveconnection1118
Жыл бұрын
I loved this.😊 I live in England and you never think of all the things you would miss if you left.
@muttersmenu2422
Жыл бұрын
Lovely shopping haul from the UK. In Oz I can purchase a limited range of English products but they are very pricey. Sounds like you and Mike enjoyed a fun trip across the briny😅
@rhondacromer1474
Жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Thank you for the hard work.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@penelopeprimrose90
Жыл бұрын
I have not heard of many of these things, but we do have the Terry's chocolate oranges here in the US and my kids love to get those every Christmas. I have also used the Pear's soap before.
@iriswelch3553
Жыл бұрын
I enjoy going to our German deli here in the US and getting things we grew up with, but they have also become extremely expensive. It was fun seer your selections!
@paulacostello6912
4 ай бұрын
What a fun video! I would say about half of your British grocery items are common products here in Canada and half are totally unfamiliar. For instance, you can get Marmite at most grocery stores, but I remember being at a sandwich shop one time with a list of types of sandwich available on the wall. One was Marmite. In brackets after, it said "If you don't know what it is, you won't like it." That about sums it up. Ditto Vegemite. I think you have to be started on them when you were a baby. Which I wasn't. lol
@FrugalQueeninFrance
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@tonideluca8569
Жыл бұрын
What great treats you brought back. I hope you and Mike had a lovely time. ❤
@bethanysherwood5930
Жыл бұрын
Is there a list somewhere, that tell you what you can't bring over anymore? It was part of our yearly "fun", we'd visit family, do chore-like things, then do a big Sainsbury at Dawlish, then the next day do a big Trago Mills shop, stop in Ivy bridge for fish and chips, go on down to the boat, and come home on the overnight.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
I’ll message you.
@lynnestait8011
Жыл бұрын
a few non-negotiables there - cant have a curry without some mango chutney on the side, and Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without piccalilli & a Terrys chocolate orange - I'm a lover of dark chocolate and occasionally find the dark choc Tunnocks wafer (blue packet) - and I completely agree with tea in a bone china mug
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Lynn
@Leelee...
Жыл бұрын
I would love that squash with the gooseberries.. I have only had gooseberry pie in Holland, where my mother was born... It seems we cannot get gooseberries here in the States.🤔
@marjimcmillan9265
Жыл бұрын
I very happily found a British shop very close to our house in the Tampa Bay area in Florida. I got a 4lb tub of Robinsons Mince Meat and made loads of mince pies and a friend recommended adding some to good vanilla ice cream, which was a delight!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Delicious
@pamplant3610
Жыл бұрын
I love those chocolate oranges. They are so good.
@sheilahughes3561
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful haul of good old British classics! I hope you had a lovely time in the UK!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@barbaraattwood2744
Жыл бұрын
I’d have bought that mug just for the box. Being a quilter I’m sure you’ll be able to use it for storage in your sewing room. Amazing the things you miss that we just take for granted being able to get them every day.
@RainbowObsidian777
Жыл бұрын
Good evening😊 Just saw your comment on Karen's Primelife channel. Sounds like a fun channel as well. new sub here.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for subbing!
@stacel1972
10 ай бұрын
This is a fun video. I enjoy seeing food hauls but particularly UK foods. Thank you!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@gladyschandler6724
Жыл бұрын
We were in London mid-Sept. Love the fish & chips the best
@marlenebolles1254
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I find it so interesting all the different things available in other countries! I often shop my local Aldi's and at Christmas enjoy getting some of the treats they carry from Germany. Enjoy your week!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@sheilahoness-dd9ws
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jane and Mike, glad to hear that you had a great week.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@victoriart95
Жыл бұрын
Vimtos nice hot too 😁. I buy cassis for my ribena fix as I dont go back often 😁
@sandrajune1172
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jane and Mike, your video made me a little homesick. I have lived in Australia for over 40 years now and love it, but there are still things I miss. It goes without saying I miss people first, but I also miss many food items, most of which I can get here, but they are so expensive. I still buy them though as a treat. Isn't it strange how we yearn for the tastes and flavours of our youth.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
@susansharp4162
Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, why bone china for tea? Does it hold the heat better? I'm in the US and I do like to have an afternoon tea.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
We believe it makes the tea taste better
@kazlee9213
Жыл бұрын
Shame we cant post you a few bits
@maryodwyer9827
Жыл бұрын
Oh how my mouth is watering.
@johnwilliams6900
Жыл бұрын
Evening Jane and Mike - what a very interesting video didn't appreciate how many of these products have been a constant in our lives
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@EowynBeloved
Жыл бұрын
What? No Cadbury's chocolates? LOL In Canada, I can get most of the things you mentioned. Very grateful there are so many British settlers here. Thank you for your sharing and your videos! I love to watch you every week. :)
@dorothyc7395
Жыл бұрын
Quite a few of my favourites there :) Terry's chocolate orange is my Christmas treat aswell. Marmite, you either love it or hate it (I never have liked it) but have always enjoyed Branston pickle sandwiches yes, Branston pickle on is own... And my grandma always had a jar of Piccalili in the pantry. Ribena - I think everyone in the UK was brought up on Ribena ! Thanks for sharing.
@jeniw7867
Жыл бұрын
I loved seeing your shopping spree - it brought back memories…..living in Oz we can get some of those things, Branston pickle, Heinz salad cream, Terry’s chocolate orange etc but I miss the Christmassy things ….and whenever I’d come back to UK I had to get myself some hula hoops to snack on !
@sandrawhitacre
Жыл бұрын
Oh my, I did enjoy the video. So happy you had a good time and could relax. Thanks Jane and Mike
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@lindaborthwick4858
Жыл бұрын
Instant Custard. I stock up on it when we are in Gibraltar. It's hard to get in Canada and the shipping fees charged by a lot of the "British" shops in Ontario to the rest of Canada is $$, often more than the products. My husband laughs but enjoys everything that I stuff into the suitcase. He's a prawn cocktail snack addict.
@debraholster4915
Жыл бұрын
I live in Texas, USA and love watching your videos. I’m quite the Anglophile and love to shop at our local British Emporium, when I can afford it! Now I have a lovely list of products to pick up and try next time I shop.
@clairekuchel-klassen7103
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your video today, thanks. I am preparing to return to Canada from my native land Australia. Well, I'll pass on the Marmite and will be finding room for Vegemite. I could never miss it enough to buy on Amazon. A great haul for you, I'm so impressed
@lesleyannjacobs1383
Жыл бұрын
South Africa has large Indian community and the go-to Indian Cookbook is titled Indian Delights. The basic curry powder in this book is made with 5 ml chilli power, 5 ml coriander, 5 ml cumin powder, 1 ml turneric. Fresh ingredients for the curry include minced garlic and ginger, onions and tomatoes. Rest of ingredients as required. Chilli can be increased for hotter or decreased for milder heat. For more complex layers of flavour other spices are added such as cloves, cardomom, cinnamon. Hope this is useful😊
@elizaC3024
Жыл бұрын
I am curious about Golden syrup? Is that liked a sweetened condensed milk? I had never heard of it.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Google says, What Is Golden Syrup? Golden syrup, also known as light treacle in the U.K., is an inverted sugar syrup, made by either refining sugar or by adding acid to a sugar water solution. It has a beautiful amber color and a texture similar to honey.
@elizaC3024
Жыл бұрын
@@FrugalQueeninFranceForgive me showing my age this morning. I hold technology in my hand, but still don't always think to use it.😅😅 Having graduated from high school with no computers in use. And no computer at college as well, I still lean on the advice of, if you don't know, ask questions, to learn. And strive to keep learning all of your life. I made corn cob syrup for the first time this year, and it resembles the flavor of honey as well. Yesterday I made apple scrap syrup as well. There was a large drop in maple syrup production this year, so these syrups will help make up the difference, and avoid paying triple the cost for maple syrup.
@amberatartimec2564
Жыл бұрын
I love so many of those too!!
@ivanahanus5101
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jane. Thank you for sharing your goodies haul. Each time I visit my children in the UK I always buy some treats for me and hubby to bring back home to South Africa. Thank you for all your videos, that help me to be more frugal. Blessing across the miles.
@julieking681
Жыл бұрын
Hello Jane, please could you put your xmas cake recipe on here because for some reason your blog won't load up on my laptop at the moment, thank you very much x
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
We’ve taken down our website as the annual cost was a not warranted as the website doesn’t make us any money but cost us money. I use Delia Smith’s Christmas cake recipe.
@julieking681
Жыл бұрын
ok thank you x@@FrugalQueeninFrance
@mollysmith6055
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing the goodies you purchased from home. It is always interesting to see. How nice you were able to find so many gluten free products. Someday I'd love to taste real Ribena as I grow blackcurrants and make my own syrup/cordial but have no idea how sweet (or not) it is. A question...have you ever made and frozen your gluten free lasagna after it is prepared? I'd love to make a pan for my daughter but don't know how the noodles will perform. In my small American city we have a decent selection of imported foods luckily. I am careful to always stock Lyle's golden syrup so I can bake my husband Anzac biscuits, his favorite cookie treat. They also bake wonderfully with a gluten free all purpose flour blend, by the way. Thank you again, Jane and Mike!
@rosemarydoran9907
Жыл бұрын
How wonderful you were able to bring back some items you can't find in Brittany or items that are more affordable from Britain. It is is kind of you to take requests from your British friends and bring them back items they like when you are going home; I'm sure they do the same for you. There is someone in my state of Nebraska that has made a business out of shipping local gift boxes containing food products unique to our state. It is nice that you can ship a box of local favorites to someone who has relocated and would like a "taste of home". I hope you had a wonderful trip home visiting family abd and friends.
@kerstinkiel5314
Жыл бұрын
totally agree with you on decaf tea. I never drink caffeine otherwise I'd be bouncing off the walls all night and I haven't been able to find any de-caf tea either. There's tons of night time tea in the stores but no de-caf. Luckily theyre very light to carry over to France.
@helenvwalker7919
Жыл бұрын
It is always interesting to see what other Brits bring back to Europe. Cream with Christmas pudding? I appreciate your extra desires because of your gluten intolerance though.
@susanjacks8830
Жыл бұрын
What a great haul from the UK!
@CherylAnderson0
Жыл бұрын
Love the video. If you haven’t already could you please do us a detailed tutorial how to make English coronation chicken? I want to make it and have never had it. When I looked up recipes online I found so many different variations I have no idea how it’s really supposed to be. Thank you
@bettylpower
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking about making Millionaire's Shortbread. First, I just sprinkled the shortbread with chocolate chips on top. Guess I'm old and set in my ways, but I didn't like the chocolate on my shortbread, so it's back to the plain old shortbread. Since food prices have gone through the roof, though, I use margarine instead of butter to make shortbread. I know you're not really supposed to do that. If groceries weren't so expensive, I wouldn't. Just trying to economize. 🙂
@lisatraxler683
Жыл бұрын
That was such fun to see!
@BrittanyLucy
Жыл бұрын
Piccalilli (or pick-the-lil as we call it for some unknown reason) seems to have become a French thing now, at least over this side of Brittany, it's on the shelves with the mustards, and Amora even do one, though I'm told it's rubbish by my husband who's the only one who eats it, too vinegary for me. But the Heinz one has French/EU packaging. (I know, I'm being one of those annoying people you allude to who say 'oh but we can get it here...' ). The crumpets are a funny thing, in our 26 years here, they've gone in and out of fashion and availability, both Carrefour and U have done their own brand ones at various times, and I gather they were trendy, along with scones, in Paris eateries serving 'le brunch' for a time, along with lemon curd which seems to have become assimilated and ubiquitous now, but crumpets are currently not to be found. We recently invested in a tea egg, and now drink all kinds of dainty French brews without milk at tea time, though nothing but a strong (large!) cup of Yorkshire will do in the mornings. Nothing will persuade me that stuff with the yellow label is drinkable. De gustibus... I guess!
@sandradavies2106
Жыл бұрын
Try the Vimto hot its lovely, we use to drink it after swimming lessons at our local pool, quite a long time ago I'm 80 years young now but i still have it especially after a walk in winter.
@sheila1013
Жыл бұрын
What great British favourites you have there Jane. 😃 Made me hungry just listening to your descriptions. 😆 Will be nice for you to enjoy them in your beautiful surroundings. 🤗
@FaithAnnNB
Жыл бұрын
Such an interesting video! I love seeing “favourites from home” 😊. My husband and I live in Canada, but many years back, we lived and worked for one year in the US. There were a few home comforts that I missed that year and would try to pick up every few months when we returned to Canada. I was surprised that there were any items that I couldn’t find, since US grocery stores are known for their enormous selection. I learned there were a few Canadian products and brands that I preferred (probably because they were what I was used to). Of course, I also found several new US items that I now miss being able to easily buy back at home.
@lisahaffner3337
Жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why it’s called minced meat when it’s fruit. My mom used to enjoy minced meat pie
@sargee97
Жыл бұрын
True traditional British food ❤️ great video Jane and Mike, kind regards Angeline ❤️
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@melisia8876
Жыл бұрын
Love the British food finds and the beautiful bone china tea cups! Getting the food finds you can't get anywhere else - priceless. Definitely fun treats for every day and Christmas (can you believe its October already?).
@Lexi-po1ur
Жыл бұрын
Nothing like comfort foods from home, many times those favorites we grew up with are not available where we are...the chocolate oranges brought back great memories...
@christinacollins3962
Жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid being taken out with my brother to the pub on a Sunday by my grandad while my mum was cooking dinner. We always had a packet of crisps and a vimto and he had a pint. This was in the midlands in the 60’s when Vimto wasn’t distributed far and wide as when we went to live in Wales they had never heard of it! When we moved to the Southeast where I still am it didn’t turn up in shops until the late 70’s. I love it but tend to make my own cordials not as I have been bitten by the preserving bug. I used to make lemon marmalade using Mamade until I discovered a recipe using lemons. The result is amazing and is a great favourite. If you fancy having a go at making your own Branston type pickle, I have an old recipe if you would like it.
@olivebobo6885
Жыл бұрын
I live in the US and I do this too. I can buy British stuff here we have a store called the British Pedlar very close to us and local grocery store has an international section. But there is always something that they don’t carry here.
@clarew7808
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting . I am from the uk and we go to west france on holiday. I love french food when i visit.
@addy088
Жыл бұрын
😊 i tried those ginger cookies last week in the UK and i bought a few extra to bring home, those are really good! I also bought lemon curd and mjnce meat, i Saw the orange chocolate but didn't try!
@mn4169
Жыл бұрын
you do a lot of this stuff yourself. the other stuff well not sure it was worth the trip
@FrugalQueeninFrance
Жыл бұрын
We don’t go to shop. We shop just because we are there for the week.
@mn4169
Жыл бұрын
@@FrugalQueeninFrance That I realize. I miss yorkshire pudding so I do them at home, bake crumpets too. Nice kitchen by the way
@hazelbrotherton8640
Жыл бұрын
A walk down memory lane with a lot of these items that I too miss here in the US especially the caramel wafers from my childhood. Thank you Jane and Mike
@juliejames3338
Жыл бұрын
hiya, living in the charante we are quite fortunate as our local charity shop has an english section where we can get our warburtons toasty bread; we have also recently used the trading post, so we can get our english sausages; bacon and pies: life is grand; but so nice to get your english treats
@rubyred8845
Жыл бұрын
❤
@sophiawolthof1238
Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@withoutlimitsbudgets64052
Жыл бұрын
May I ask how much it cost to take the ferry over to the UK and back? Would it be more economically friendly if you were able to shop maybe once in the UK every month if it’s cheaper to take the ferry and come back and get groceries from the UK versus groceries there in France? Do they have a limit on what you can bring back to France or do they have items that you’re not allowed to bring back to France? Why did y’all move to France if you guys are British And why did you not stay in the UK? Last and final question is there in France do you guys speak French because I would think it would be very difficult to go to the front stores and try to buy things when you don’t read the labels? Sorry for all the questions just some things I wanted to know and also I love your channel my husband and I are looking at moving to northern France in the future And may be crossing back-and-forth into England to get our groceries because I did hear that the price of food in France is much higher than that in the United Kingdom. 4:49
@FrugalQueeninFrance
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The ferry cost 600€, for two adults, a car and of course our two dogs who go every where with us. . We moved to France along with the 300,000 other Brits who moved to France as we love the quality of life in France. There was no fault with the UK, we had a good life there. We just preferred France. We do speak French albeit imperfectly and we’re very much learners, we can read French well and comprehend French well but our spoken French needs constant practice.
@erinlavigne6644
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Whenever I go to the UK, I bring back Colmans Mustard, HobNob biscuits, Chutney and instant soup packets. Oh, and of course, Thorntons Toffee. I am limited as to what I can bring back in a suitcase to Florida. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks, Jane and Michael!
@FrugalQueeninFrance
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Thank fully we take the car and can bring back quite a lot if we wanted to
@belindacopson2390
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I would be sad without Marmite or Ribena! This was a fun video.
@teresaearl5688
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Interesting to see what you bring back, thanks for sharing.
@robinkline5600
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I too love that orange chocolate and luckily we can buy it in the U.S. where we live.
@rebeccahildred6647
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Lovely video Jane and thank you for a timely reminder for stocking up early for Christmas. My daughter is returning to Florida on the 9th Oct for another year (maybe longer) to work...and we just went on a stock up of things she can't get there or they are so expensive she won't buy them! Yes, marmite is one thing she takes back and Cadbury's chocolate too! Looking forward to you posting any videos regarding preparing for Christmas and what you do in France to celebrate.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
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Thanks so w
@corinneleppard1933
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Ooooh, marmite on crumpets! I always have those various pickles and sauces in our cupboard, as well as golden syrup. The syrup reminds me of my dad; he always had it on his pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, which was the only time we had pancakes growing up, plus he loved golden syrup sandwiches, he had such a sweet tooth! I grew up with Ribena, both hot and cold. The mugs you bought are lovely.
@FrugalQueeninFrance
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Thanks so much for watching
@robynsmyth7058
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That was so much fun to watch 😊 Thanks for all your videos xxx
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