Rita

Don't laugh but I start to miss my oatmeal with walnuts and raisins that I have every day. The stale bread rolls and coffee in hotels get "old" after a while.

concerned canuck

I miss nothing at all,not even poutine !<BR><BR>je ne regrette rien, m&ecirc;me la poutine !

silvana

it's hard.. but i think i can honestly say that there is nothing that i miss.<BR>you can pretty much get whatever you want. i'm not really the pickiest eater in the world, though. i try not to let the consumption, selection and pursuit of food consume my entire day like some people.<BR>food is just something you eat to stay alive, so you can do other, better things beside eat.

Pat

My my aren't we the superior one, Silvana. You never even think about what you would like to eat? Poor you.

Leslie

I'd have to say a medium rare burger, but I think that after being on vacation and eating meals out 2 or 3 times a day, that at least I get bored going to restaurants. It's not that I don't enjoy eating out and trying new things, but sometimes you just don't want to go into another restaurant and look at another menu. When that happens, I find myself a supermarket and buy a few ready-made items, or even go into the deli section.<BR><BR>Does anyone enjoy going into supermarkets when on vacation? I like to go down the aisles and look at the products. Sometimes the packaging is just so different -- mayonnaise and mustard in tubes like toothpaste. I also like to guess what the items are. I am also fascinated by the health and beauty aids. When I was in Prague, I went to Tesco and was amazed at the variety of shampoos and conditioners that were available - names familiar to me, but the assortment was amazing.

uncle sam

Good ole Texas BBQ brisket, really wet with tons of sauce and some cole slaw on a good bun with beans and followed by a couple of Shinerbocks!<BR><BR>US

sandi

after 2 weeks in Italy having the most incredible food, I did find that I missed very hot &amp; spicy food like Mexican and Thai.

StCirq

Even after a couple of months in Europe, there's nothing I miss. I do notice when I get home, though, that I sometimes eat peanut butter, which I don't normally eat, but which I may develop a subconscious craving for while away from it.<BR><BR>I can't believe the person who said he/ she missed really fresh seafood, unless he'she travels only in the interior of Europe (and even then....). One of the first things I go for when I get to Europe is the incredible variety of amazingly fresh seafood.<BR><BR>Honestly, I think I could move to Europe tomorrow and never miss a thing to eat. My cravings run in the other direction. I'm home for a few days or weeks and I'm dying for dozens of things I can only eat in Europe. Like lardons...lately I've had an unabating desire for a fris&eacute;e salad with lardons and a poached egg. I can get the fris&eacute;e if I look hard, and the egg is no problem, but I'm simply dying to find lardons or the equivalent...so far, no luck.

gb

Since we travel mostly by car, and do quite a bit of food shopping in the grocery store, we find pretty much what we want. On occasion I had a craving for a good salad, and it was a little hard to find a restaurant with big salad. But, it passes, and we substitute the craving with something else. I had to laugh in Paris that there was a little shop somewhere on or near the Rue Cler that sold American food products. $7.00 for a box of Kix. No craving is that great.

bkf

crisp but cooked vegggies in Spain and Thai in lots of places. I miss just hanging in the kitchen, I miss cooking and snacking out of the fridge. Own up to having a Starbucks in Tokyo; but no Mc D's ever in any country.<BR>Hot toast,maybe but Ilove to travel so if I miss it I get over it! but in some countries the monolithic cuisine makes realize what a melting pot we are....

Bob Brown

None. I sure don't miss the greasy burger doodles when I am in Europe. <BR><BR>On the contrary, I miss European food after I get home. Well, I don't miss Paris food. Raw fish and bloody beef is not my cup of tea. <BR><BR>But Austrian and Swiss mountain village food is something I like.<BR>The Wiener Schnizel I had in Heiligenblut, Austria, was better than that at <BR>Figenm&uuml;llers in Vienna. (I think I got that name right. Someone will correct me if I didn't.)<BR><BR>

dot

Aurelio's Pizza/Chicago suburbs

Ira

After only two weeks? Nothing.

rar

Been here over 2 months now, definitely having withdrawls from lack of In N Out, good Mexican food (&quot;Mexican&quot; food in Italy takes like ass), and Thai food! The problem with Italian food is that they have no idea what &quot;piccante&quot; really is.

mary

I have been living in Geneva for a year now and have not been back to the states during that time. I will return in 3 weeks time, first thing I will have is a soft pretzel in Philadelphia airport, next - a crab cake, and then - a big, juicy burger! Oh, yeh and Mexican food. Yum. And cannot wait to go shopping for cereal. Europeans are not big cereal eaters so the selection is very limited. Of course, if and when I move back to the US, I will definitely miss the food here - bread, cheese, and almond croissants.

Kat

Shrimp Creole and gumbo. My veins have Tabasco running through them, so I need my fix after a week or two of European cuisine.

xxx

<BR><BR>&gt;&gt;(&quot;Mexican&quot; food in Italy takes like ass)<BR><BR>Could be because you were mistakenly ordering burroitos instead of burritos.

gb

I live in Denver (no surprise) but grew up in Philadelphia. I miss soft pretzels too. My brother sent me a package from a company in Philadelphia that included a fresh hoagie, Tastycake, and soft pretzels. Yum

KT

St. Cirq, you can make lardons from good-quality slab bacon. Cut it up into those little pieces and fry it, adding a little vegetable oil if the bacon isn't fatty. At least, that's what all the recipes in Gourmet with lardons say, and it works for me.

Monica

I miss big salads. I have them for dinner at home about twice a week and no restaurant makes them like I do. I think mostly though I just get sick of eating out--I'd like to just grab a bagel and read the paper at my kitchen table, you know?