Mattsmom277
Active Member
Sounds like your difficult child is having a great time and I think it's great to hear of his observations. Very neat! The fact that his sport offers travel opportunities such as this, well what a wonderful bonus. I'm glad to read he is mingling with team mates and joining in their adventures.
For junk cereal my vote is on either the multi pack small boxes as recommended, or a box of Fruit Loops. There is also a terribly bad for you, but delicious, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. We don't buy these often because they tend to disappear nearly immediately. When I do purchase them, I take a small storage bag and portion out two servings for myself and hide them. Otherwise they tend to be gone before I get any. I buy a box a few times a year.
With baking mixes, not all brand names are created equal. Some cheaper knock off brands are just terrible tasting. Some are decent but it is kind of hit and miss, especially for someone without experience with them. I would suggest he select a brand name mix if he is buying one. Staff at the store he shops at will be able to advise him and probably will enjoy pointing things out if he lets them know where he is from and that these things aren't available to him back home.
I'm a Twizzlers girl for Liquorice. In Canada I haven't heard of the other brand mentioned here. There are also thicker kinds, Nibs are a great treat. They come in cherry and black.
I find our portions in restaurants daunting and I wish that companies would serve smaller portions. Many of us grew up being told to always finish our plate. The huge portions are often enough for two people. Sometimes three when a appetizer is also selected. easy child and I tend to share when we dine out. If we can't agree on what to order, often I ask when ordering of we may have take out containers for leftovers at the time we are served our meal. easy child and I then transfer a serving to the container before we eat.
We don't have Abercrombie where I live. I loathe the stores that blast music and the ones with all the scent. I simply do not shop at those type of stores. However have been dragged in when shopping with the kids to stores like that. I don't last long before I have a headache.
Back to supermarket things. My cousin moved to the UK quite a long time ago. She always heads back from a visit home, loaded down with things she can't find there and with items friends ask for. She often bakes for fundraisers so she picks up candies for decorating that aren't found in the UK. Your difficult child and his team mates may enjoy tracking down a bulk foods store. They can then purchase small amounts of various treats unavailable back home. My cousin is often asked to bring home miniature colored marshmallows. Also different brands of chocolate bars since so many from north America aren't available in other countries. Same with various flavored potato chips.
For junk cereal my vote is on either the multi pack small boxes as recommended, or a box of Fruit Loops. There is also a terribly bad for you, but delicious, Cinnamon Toast Crunch. We don't buy these often because they tend to disappear nearly immediately. When I do purchase them, I take a small storage bag and portion out two servings for myself and hide them. Otherwise they tend to be gone before I get any. I buy a box a few times a year.
With baking mixes, not all brand names are created equal. Some cheaper knock off brands are just terrible tasting. Some are decent but it is kind of hit and miss, especially for someone without experience with them. I would suggest he select a brand name mix if he is buying one. Staff at the store he shops at will be able to advise him and probably will enjoy pointing things out if he lets them know where he is from and that these things aren't available to him back home.
I'm a Twizzlers girl for Liquorice. In Canada I haven't heard of the other brand mentioned here. There are also thicker kinds, Nibs are a great treat. They come in cherry and black.
I find our portions in restaurants daunting and I wish that companies would serve smaller portions. Many of us grew up being told to always finish our plate. The huge portions are often enough for two people. Sometimes three when a appetizer is also selected. easy child and I tend to share when we dine out. If we can't agree on what to order, often I ask when ordering of we may have take out containers for leftovers at the time we are served our meal. easy child and I then transfer a serving to the container before we eat.
We don't have Abercrombie where I live. I loathe the stores that blast music and the ones with all the scent. I simply do not shop at those type of stores. However have been dragged in when shopping with the kids to stores like that. I don't last long before I have a headache.
Back to supermarket things. My cousin moved to the UK quite a long time ago. She always heads back from a visit home, loaded down with things she can't find there and with items friends ask for. She often bakes for fundraisers so she picks up candies for decorating that aren't found in the UK. Your difficult child and his team mates may enjoy tracking down a bulk foods store. They can then purchase small amounts of various treats unavailable back home. My cousin is often asked to bring home miniature colored marshmallows. Also different brands of chocolate bars since so many from north America aren't available in other countries. Same with various flavored potato chips.