The Cottage Smallholder

Not exactly everything that I have brought back from England but some of the things I have also asked for

Yorkshire tea, cornflour (hoping not to be stopped by customs for carrying suspicious white poweder substances), vegemite, white dishcloths, face flannels (amazing that Denmark and Latvia seem to have them the size of small hand towels), and in a parcel from my mother are insect repellents without DEET, a dutch hoe (without handle), insect repellent clothing and some anti-wart cream.

Some of the things we bring back are because we are not yet able to read the labels sufficiently to be able to trust what we are buying and some because the alternatives are just not quite the same, like potato starch or white flour just doen't make custard like cornflour does.

For pectin why not use lemons? I haqve never used pectin

No it is not related to life in Latvia and it seems to work according to hubby but you can never be sure of these things as sometimes they do just disappear of their own accord.

........ and there's a sale on atm ........    

That's what happen with daughters ..... bless 'em!

Just realised my daughter's an expat too now