The Eye

There are a few things that I enjoy that I cannot get here, and I recently found two of them whilst NOT looking. I can go to a website and buy them or there are a few specialist stores here to get them, but mostly they are very expensive, so I go without. Anyway, there are enough new things here to try, that it is no biggie. However, sometimes, just sometimes, I would like to get my hands on some of these items. Simple things too.

For example, for time to time I enjoy a bacon sandwich. Now I cannot get English style bacon here. Canadian bacon is not the same, so I have to put up with what I can get. I do miss the nice big lean meaty rashers, with just a strip of fat around the outside. Anyway, when I make a bacon sandwich, I like to add a little brown sauce. No, not ketchup. Anyway, whilst in Bi-Lo recently I came across London Chop Sauce. It was a bit pricey - $2.89 for a small bottle - but it said it was authentic, and imported from England, so I thought I would try it. It is good, and now, although I still have not found a supply of English cut bacon, the bacon sandwiches I make now have a familiar tasting accompaniment.

Around the same time, I found that Publix sell English Crumpets. Yummy, I like those just toasted with butter, and sometimes with just a little Philly on top too.

It is just the simple things in life…