I know you guys over there are professionals at making and drinking tea...
And I'm sure there are a lot of people living here that are from over there that miss their British specialties. I just went to Super Walmart and bought Tetley's British Blend Tea and it is fantabulous!!! You might want to check it out!! I'm having some right now as we speak...

Super Walmart! That sounds big.

We can get it here. It's OK. You just need to use 3 bags per mug. Any tea not made for the British home market is just too weak for me.

I am a Yorkshire Tea girl, I adore it, it's strong, lovely and comes in a pretty box!!!

Super Walmart is the only place on Earth (that I know of) that while you wait to get your oil changed and new tires put on your car, you can get full grocery shopping done, buy a new comforter and sheets for your bed, buy new cd's and clothes and jewelry, get your hair and nails done and get a sandwich at Subway for the ride home...all in one gigantic store. The only thing missing is an apartment building so you never, ever have to leave. It really could have it's own zip (postal) code. A lot of people hate them, but I, for one, am eternally grateful on days when it is 30 degrees below zero at high noon and I only have to go to one place to get everything I need for two weeks without having to get in and out of my car with kids a hundred thousand times and get frostbite. Our Super Walmart just went in about a month ago and I've been there four times...maybe five. The only problem I have with them is the shopping carts aren't nearly big enough. But the prices are the lowest by far on groceries.

I like my tea strong, too. The British Blend is nice and strong. I have a little teapot I use that gets me about three good cups and I put in two teabags...sometimes three. Someday I'm going to hit one of you UK Chicks up for some real british tea. Someday...

I want one! My big supermarket hasn't even got a chemist yet! Rubbish.

Super Walmarts are wonderful Wonderful places.

But then I crave Tesco's and Sainsburys too - we have nothing like any of those here.

Super Walmart sounds like my idea of heaven - and my husband's idea of ****!

I'm just back from Tesco's. Topped up the freezer with frozen blueberries and raspberries and I got a lovely instant irish cream flavour coffee called Boaters (in a green jar). Gorgeous flavour and no calories.

You'll know --- WHAT IS MRS DASH????

I am desperate to find out, I use quite a few American recipe websites and lots of the recipes mention Mrs Dash.

Hello Sarah!

Here's a link to show you what Mrs. Dash is: http://www.mrsdash.com/

It's a wonderful line of seasonings and marinades that come in so many different flavors. I particularly like the lemon pepper kind and the garlic and herb kind.

YUMM!!

Thanks for that link - what a great product range. I think the nearest UK product to that would be the Schwarz range, except that Mrs Dash is salt free and most of the Schwarz range has a lot of salt in it.

Some of the dishes on that website look very, very yummy, I'm off to browse some more!

BTW, I do like you 'Progress... Not Perfection' tag under your avatar. It sums up exactly how I feel.

I tried the Tetley blend from Walmart when I first got here, yuck! It's just not the same for me . I've still got a bag and a half of Tetley that I brought back from my trip home at Christmas, should last me a while!

Super Walmart's are very handy, can pretty much get everything you want under one roof. Walmart has a bit of a bad reputation though for undercutting in some places. IIRC they own Asda too, in the UK. Huge chain.

There is a really, really funny South Park episode you should check out to get my meaning, it's called "Something Walmart This Way Comes". Hilarious parody.

Personally, I do my shopping at Walmart becuase in my tiny tiny town there isn't much other choice!

Walmart is definitely a love/hate thing. I love the convenience, but understand that impact it makes on small mom & pop stores. But, being a basically low-income family, I take the path of least resistance

Mrs. Dash is really good. I think it was originally made for people looking to season things that are trying to avoid salt/sodium, but it's so darn good that they've made different 'flavors'. It's great for a quick cheat to something like pork chops...put some olive oil on the pan, Mrs Dash and sautee them. Very yummy and whats quicker than a couple shakes of a spice jar? I'LL BET you can buy some on-line if you want to try it.

Lynne: I've seen that South Park episode. My husband is a South Park junkie. They had a similar episode involving Starbucks putting Tweek's parent's coffee shop out of business. That was a good one, too!! Sorry you didn't like the tea...I love it! Finally something strong enough that doesn't go white with a few drops of cream!

Techwife, I saw the Tweek's parents coffee shop episode just recently! Loved it!

Mrs Dash is the business, btw. Really good salt free seasoning. I use it on fish, chicken, pork, in soups. Very versatile.

Our little town (pop: 6,000) is getting a super walmart in the near future. There is a "regular" one about 12 miles away, and we already have 2 grocery stores, so why we need the SWM is beyond me. We are a service area for a much larger population but we've done alright til now! THere were a lot of protests before the city council about allowing them to build here, but it came down to allowing them to build within the city limits, where they'll have to abide by the building regulations and we'll get the sales tax, versus them building in the unincorporated, unregulated area just outside the city limits. Sigh, I guess they're coming. They've purchased the land and are applying for the building permits. I suspect it'll be next spring before they open though. We have lots of little mom and pop businesses that are definitely feeling threatened. However, we have no place that sells a lot of the stuff that WM sells, like clothes, housewares (except the small selection the grocery store have), etc.

I had to smile - I was in West London in my fave Lebanese coffee shop (no I didn;t eat any cakes) when a group of yanks came in and asked if they sold Maltloaf. I was able to tell them they'd get it from a supermarket as it is a brit thing rather than Lebanese.

I used to like the stuff before they 'cheapend it' with glace bloody cherries.