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Mongoloid

#61 July 19, 2008, 09:34:23 am

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damnit i thought of this last week and didnt post it

i was planning on getting a PO box and letting everyone send me shit.
im very skeptical about getting food in the mail tho.

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Christophomicus

#62 July 19, 2008, 12:04:03 pm

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Quote from: Carius on July 19, 2008, 09:00:17 am

Christo mentioned like ONE LOCATION off the top of his head that sells Dr Pepper and to hell if I'm going to travel to a fucking boat harbour to get it.

Chef: You chose VEGEMITE out of all of those things?
Fuck, how many jars of that shit do you want?

Man, it's like a 20 minute walk for me, so maybe a 15 minute walk for you. But you ride your bike so I guess you could probably cut that down to 10.

Chef: Be careful with vegemite. Despite what Carius says I would not recommend multiple jars until you're used to it!

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ase

#63 July 19, 2008, 01:19:12 pm

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how much does it cost to send a package of food from the U.S. to Australia??????? this will influence my decision!!!

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Jayce

#64 July 19, 2008, 01:29:06 pm

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Prohibitions for Mailing Outside of Australia
* Coins
* Bank notes
* Currency notes (paper money)
* Firearms, guns, gun parts
* Securities of any kind payable to bearer
* Traveller's checks
* Platinum, gold, and silver (manufactured or not)
* Precious stones
* Jewellery – and other valuable articles are prohibited however costume jewellery is permitted
* Fruit cartons (used or new)
* Goods bearing the name "Anzac."
* Goods produced wholly or partly in prisons or by convict labour
* Perishable infectious biological substances
* Radioactive materials
* Registered philatelic articles with fictitious addresses
* Seditious literature
* Silencers for firearms
* Used bedding.

Just check your main postal service under the international posting permissions and things like that before considering sending things first I'd say...
Looking at this I've luckily dodged them all but yeah, for future reference we can't send any of that...

Going on the average price, sending something of like 1kg (probably maximum really) looks to be around $15 AUD to the US, though I could be mistaken...

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Alec

#65 July 19, 2008, 03:01:38 pm

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Quote from: headphonics on July 19, 2008, 03:16:21 am

Is it seriously hard to find Dr Pepper, man? I can't even imagine that! It's all over the place, here.

A life without Dr Pepper.... it aint no life at all

Man where do you live? I mean, Dr. Pepper is very common where I live and in a lot of southern states, but some states (florida, at least), it's impossible to find.

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Cheshire Cat

#66 July 19, 2008, 03:25:11 pm

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My spanish friend was telling me about Congitos, which means 'little people of the congo' or something similar.

As far as i'm aware they're little brown chocolate balls with a steriotypical black man clenching a spear on the front, which just isnt on.

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Jayce

#67 July 19, 2008, 03:26:14 pm

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Quote from: Alec on July 19, 2008, 03:01:38 pm

Man where do you live? I mean, Dr. Pepper is very common where I live and in a lot of southern states, but some states (florida, at least), it's impossible to find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper

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Dr Pepper is also available in Japan and South Korea. Although not locally bottled in Australia or New Zealand Dr Pepper is imported by USAFoods[2], an all American grocery importer located in Melbourne, Australia.

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Carrion Crow

#68 July 19, 2008, 04:06:31 pm

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Quote from: goldenratio on July 18, 2008, 03:49:42 am

ive heard people in the uk don't have oreos? i will trade someone in the UK oreos.

They brought them in in the last year.

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Alec

#69 July 19, 2008, 04:16:25 pm

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chainer: Okay, maybe it was just where I was. I spent a few days around disneyworld and nowhere had it. It was VERY disappointing.

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Calunio

#70 July 20, 2008, 02:11:16 am

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I'm also a bit skeptical about mailing food. Once my cousin posted me a letter with a piece of crackers with cream cheese, and it never arrived.

But when I sent her crackers inside a plastic envelope, it did... so...

Ok, here are some stuff that are don't know if are originally Brazilian, but are common around here.

Pé-de-moleque (something like "kid's foot")
It's a sweet made of peanuts. Nice.

Rapadura (something like "hard to sweep")
Don't know what it's made off. But it's hard and tastes good. Usually home-made, never seen one of those for buying.

Goiabada
A sweet thing made of goaba. People usually eat it with cheese, but I don't like cheese.

Paçoca
Also made of peanuts. Very strong sweet taste.

Cocada
Made of coconut. Very nice.

I'll post when I remember more.

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ase

#71 July 20, 2008, 03:08:33 am

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Krówki are probably my favorite polish candies. They're these really soft and crumbly caramel-filled things that are just ridiculously delicious.

My second favorite are probably Pierniki which are these amazing gingerbread-ish/cinnamony/chocolate biscuit cookies often shaped as hearts (especially by their most popular brand) and usually contain a delicious marmalade center

I also really like "Delicje Szampanski" which are apparently described as "Polish apricot 'Jaffa Cakes'." They're these biscuit cakes covered in dark chocolate and filled with a variety of gelatin fillings such as orange, cherry, blueberry, apple pie, or apricot. I'm beginning to see these imported to local supermarkets so I guess theyre not very exotic anymore.

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goldenratio

#72 July 20, 2008, 03:40:38 am

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damn ase i want some of that shit but we are both in america and i have nothing cool to offer you

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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ase

#73 July 20, 2008, 03:44:02 am

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oh yeah to anyone who doesnt know me, I *LIVE* in the US but there's a fairly large polish community here so theres lots of little polish stores with imported polish goods so i can get my hands on anything i want

idk gr you are in LAS VEGAS so maybe you have some edible thongs or something you can offer me

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crone_lover720

#74 July 20, 2008, 03:44:53 am

PEW PEW PEW
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send those t o me ase. I'll upload pictures of what I can get if my camera usb cord ever shows up

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headphonics

#75 July 20, 2008, 03:54:32 am

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Quote from: goldenratio on July 20, 2008, 03:40:38 am

damn ase i want some of that shit but we are both in america and i have nothing cool to offer you

not necessarily! you live in vegas which is a city and like all city it has a significant multicultural population i'm sure, which in turn means there are probably a lot of stores run by foreign people specializing in foreign food. around here there are a lot of asian and arab markets, but i know of a russian supermarket (the name is seriously like 27 letters) nearby, and many other random european ones, so you know, you might have access to some stuff he doesn't.

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goldenratio

#76 July 20, 2008, 04:03:23 am

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good point i guess ive never really gone looking for that kind stuff before. ill have to ask my girlfriend she's lived here her whole life so im sure she knows of some places like this i can check out.

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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the_bub_from_the_pit

#77 July 20, 2008, 04:23:45 am

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Quote from: A Short Eternity on July 20, 2008, 03:08:33 am

My second favorite are probably Pierniki which are these amazing gingerbread-ish/cinnamony/chocolate biscuit cookies often shaped as hearts (especially by their most popular brand) and usually contain a delicious marmalade center

I also really like "Delicje Szampanski" which are apparently described as "Polish apricot 'Jaffa Cakes'." They're these biscuit cakes covered in dark chocolate and filled with a variety of gelatin fillings such as orange, cherry, blueberry, apple pie, or apricot. I'm beginning to see these imported to local supermarkets so I guess theyre not very exotic anymore.

holy shit I have both of these sitting in my drawer and they are AMAZING (Pierniki are better, though). I always used to eat that shit in russia and it was a relief knowing they have them here too

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Woman

#78 July 20, 2008, 04:53:27 am

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I really, really want some Vegemite or Marmite! I had it once when I was like 12 and I really liked it, except you can't get it in America anymore! I've done something like this before, from the UK, and I got these awesome candy hippos made of wafer and covered in vanilla frosting, but I can't remember the name of them. SO YEAH add me to the list I live in Washington state.

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Christophomicus

#79 July 20, 2008, 05:58:44 am

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Woman, if you give me or Carius your address, we can send it out in the next few days. If you're really desperate, can probably do both Vegemite AND Marmite!

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Lord Kamina

#80 July 20, 2008, 06:54:50 am

MAZIIIIIN GO!! PILEDER ON!!!
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I probably forgot to mention... I can get a lot of Japanese/Korean/Chinese/Arabic shit at specialty stores too...

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