Excess baggage?
By shellyjean •
Looking on a couple of other threads and having read a couple of blogs, tell me if I should pack in my excess baggage:
Canned pumpkin
Chocolate chips
pie pan
And in household goods:(not sure if they will ship food)
diet root beer
ziplock bags
book supply
Curious about:
Cookbooks(though seriously I can get anything from the internet, still, you got your tried/trues. . .) Is it hard to find US measure cookbooks?
Hi there,
Definately bring out the Splenda cause it cost a bunch here... I actually have a friend of mine bring it out for me each time she comes from the States...
All the other stuff you will get here - might be a bit pricier than what you would pay there but hey - as long as you can get it.
The root beer am not to sure about....
When i was in Qatar.Everytime i order ROOT BEER in the restaurant. People around me will stared like...duh! "beer""?? Specially, the local people. They think of me like im idiot....they will almost tell me..ah! gurl, we dont offer beer in public!...
I looooooveeeee root beer:-)
diet root beer is sold at megamart and various stores, I can hook you up lol it's A&W brand
I'm bringing the Splenda cause we just stocked up at Costco before we got the interview. That stuff is expensive and VERY lightweight:)
I appreciate the syrup suggestion and all the others.
How bout coffee? Do they have Foldgers (husband's fave). He is getting weird about the idea of not getting his (exactly the same every day lunch) preferred foods.
Airlines won't care about pumpkin :)
We also bring 1/2 gallon jugs of maple syrup from Costco over in our luggage because it's very very pricey here and we use a lot of it. I always use two ziploc bags to seal them, just in case.
Mandi, better stock up on cranberry sauce too!!! We'll take it all Mwa ha ha ah.
Splenda is available here in the diabetic sections of most grocery stores - I wouldn't bother bringing it with you SJ.
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Don't stress about the pie pan, I bought three of them and we'll be going to Sri Lanka for Thanksgiving - it's the same as second Eid (Al Adha.)
Mandi
I don't think the airline will care if I pack some pumpkin, will they? And Splenda. I know my family will have to learn to make due with what is there, but I don't want to mess with our first two, coming right up after we get there, holidays. Therefore the pumpkin and pie plate will travel with me on the plane.
We don't really need pop! It will just give them something to look forward to on the home visit. I want them to get out of those bad habits, and trying all the new things that will now be available to them.
Last year I had a heckuva time finding canned pumpkin for American Thanksgiving. The darn Canucks celebrate earlier and bought up all the pumpkin! Grrr ... ("Oh, Canada, glorious and free" except when you take all our pumpkin!)
Mandi
At the end of the day you get use to stocking up on what you like when you find it here, and if you can't then learn to substitute or do without. I stopped bringing food back years ago.
Our bed mattress was the best thing we brought over. Can't find the quality here.
I've only seen the diet root beer once, at Qmart at "The Mall" but it shut down a few months ago.
Haven't noticed it anywhere else except Megamart and the last time I looked it cost QAR12 per can - (that's about 3 USD - highway robbery)
there is a line of cookbooks published by
Australian Women's Weekly widely available in various stores here. I love them, there's a picture of everything and I've never made anything that didn't turn out well. They do use grams/kilograms for certain items = there are about 450 grams to 1 pound. Otherwise, they use cups, tablespoons etc. just like we do in North America.
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all 5 Thanksgivings I have had here. Just don't wait until the last minute and you'll be fine. I still have 3 cans from last year in fact. I can buy freezer bags practically anywhere. Decent choc chips come and go. Just stock up when they are here and put them in your freezer. I do buy cookbooks in the US each summer, only have found British ones here (besides the US current best sellers--which are expensive!) Diet root beer can also be found--sometimes. I tried to find a pie pan all last year and know they NEVER had a proper one at the grocery stores. I bought a new pie pan in the US this summer. My advice: don't bring food. My employer didn't allow it anyway, and most don't.
Fresh? I find very little of our produce to fall under the category of what I would call "fresh" ;)
Yes, bring some canned pumpkin just in case MegaMart runs out. You can find regular ol' ziplocs or generic ziploc-types .. .but the freezer bags that really hold up are not readily available unless you pay $$ at MegaMart. (That said, I haven't tried Shoprite.)
You can get FRESH pumpkin - much better option :o)
Thanks, some good info there. The kids will live w/o a lot of pop, just wanted some of the diet for special. . .we are not connoiseurs, so long as it makes a tollhouse cookie:) Pumpkin and ziplocks are important here, though.I am not going to worry too much about the rest, so long as thanksgiving(?) has pumpkin!
Best place for baking stuff (including chocolate chips) is Shoprite - they have Hersheys choc chips :D... One for me... One for the cookie dough...
Giant Stores do cheap freezer bags of every size imaginable but they're not the zip ones they're just the press shut ones..
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Canned pumpkin is sometimes available at MegaMart, but if you want some for this Thanksgiving then I would bring it with you just to be sure.
I did bring a HEAP of ziplocs with me from the U.S. They're pricey here and I have only found the good freezer bags at MegaMart for $$$. Seriously, I went to Costco and purchased a couple of packs of the Gallon and a couple of the quart. Haven't regretted it yet. . .BUT. . .I also had a 40' container and almost no furniture so it was a no-brainer for me.
You can get chocolate chips here, but in the event that you're a chocolate connoisseur don't count on the good stuff. The waxy-tasting Nestle is about as good as you'll get for chocolate chips.
Ziplock bags, chocolate chips and pie pans you can get here in almost all the shops (definitely Shoprite & Megamart).
Canned pumpkin - sorry don't eat it but they seem to sell every other kind of canned product here!
Cookbooks and books - Loads of places to buy books here so don't worry. A lot of people organise book swaps and the best place to buy them are all the table top sales!
Diet root beer - can't help you on that one but Shoprite seem to sell a lot of american brand drinks but they are quite pricey. I would be really careful bringing them over though in case they leak etc.
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I should have named the thread differently. Pretty sure I can bring the food, just wondering if we will be able to find those things easily in Doha or not. Thanks:)
Look man .. the easiest way to satisfy yourself is to call airport or cargo department ... I'm sure they will satisfy you!! cheers