Yes, Thai food is wonderful. Yes, we enjoy it every day without getting tired of our options too often. However, we've been keeping a list of the American foods that we're pining for since we arrived, and we figured, since we're half way through our trip, that we'd share it with you. If you're a 23-year-old abroad for six months, these are the things you miss the most:
February:
Veggie bagel sandwiches (K)
Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies (K)
Bison burger and French fries (D)
Deluxe nachos (D)
Thin Mint Blizzard (D)
Chocolate chunk brownies (K)
Chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich (D)
March:
Umpqua dairy ice cream (K&D)
Safeway chocolate chunk cookies (D)
Orange juice (K)
Plums (K)
Cool Ranch Doritos (D)
Bagels and cream cheese (K)
Sour cream (K)
Lucky Charms (D)
Red Robin Salmon burger (D)
April:
Cupcakes (K)
Hot dogs (D)
Dip 'n Dots (D)
Mountain Dew slushy (D)
Tuna (melt) sandwich (K)
Cheddar cheese (K)
Mu shu pork (K)
Crispix (K)
Butterfinger Blizzard (K)
Perogies (K)
Apples (D)
Protein smoothies (D)
Guava & Mango shaved ice (D)
May:
Eggnog with nutmeg (D)
Applesauce (K)
Cherry coconut donut (D)
Homemade almond chocolate chip ice cream (K)
Mashed Potatoes (K)
Mexican food (K)
Blackberry Preserves (K)
So, please enjoy these tasty treats on our behalf, and appreciate the foods you take for granted! Meanwhile, we're having all your favorite Thai dishes for about $1 apiece and not cooking or doing dishes, so really, we don't have it that bad ;)
I'll never eat Corn Flakes or toast again once I'm back. For sure!
I got hungry looking at this list!!! Those cupcakes look amazing. Mom made some brownies, so I enjoyed those for you:) Interesting that D is craving hot dogs and a bison burger given the fact he is a vegetarian... I guess he has been craving those for longer than the time you have been there!!!
ReplyDeletehe's only a vegitarian in the states - there's no factory farming here to be morally opposed to. people kill their chickens the old fashioned way!
ReplyDeleteYea that is a chicken... but he misses a bison burger... do they have bison burgers??? I dont think so, so therefore he misses the factory farming cruel ways of death in order to enjoy his juicy bison burger;)
ReplyDeletei suppose so...though i'm unsure how bison are processed. they're not highly demanded, so they may not be factory farmed...hmmm. i forgot to add that i miss wine! and clean running water, but that's not a food.
ReplyDeleteHaha I love how most of the food that are missed are yours, and Derek misses protein shakes? haha. I will have a thin mint blizzard for you, no problem there!
ReplyDeleteLaura
I enjoyed looking at your lists of foods you miss because I am going to include some in your next box! I'm sending one tomorrow and it will have some Safeway Chocolate Chunk cookies! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, and some Blackberry preserves!
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