In general, I'm more surprised that the digestives available in Boston are oriental in origin than that they should be available there. On the other hand, stores in oriental neighbourhoods tend to carry brand names that are more familiar to their customers. Is the store in such a neighbourhood?
Yah, the Super 88 tends to stock the Asian packages of various British delicacies and Stop and Shop and so forth tend to stock the "mainland British" packages. Things like McVitie's biscuits, Ribena, and such.
I'm often vaguely curious to see--for any given product--whether they set up an overseas plant or whether they just shipped the stuff out from the UK.
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Date: 2005-02-20 03:35 pm (UTC)They are a British Empire sort of thing.
Alas, they frequently contain eggs and I can no longer eat them (damn that egg allergy). But they are really stellar.
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Date: 2005-02-20 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-20 03:45 pm (UTC)Whatever the source, I find them delectable. Only the fact that I'm sensitive to eggs keeps me from inhaling them.
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Date: 2005-02-20 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-20 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-21 04:13 am (UTC)well, it makes sense, HK having been under commonwealth rule for so long. still, amusing.
some of the local stah markets have the more british/irish version in the irish foods section.
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Date: 2005-02-21 09:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-21 09:31 pm (UTC)I'm often vaguely curious to see--for any given product--whether they set up an overseas plant or whether they just shipped the stuff out from the UK.