# Stuff I miss about home - specifically. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611 "2002-08-19T16:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/21 "2002-08-20T12:20:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*The Drake, The Sherwood House, or The Rose and Crown? All of them have wonderful food. I’m thinkin’ Sherwood house for pizza. > \*\* Sherwood House is what I was thinking about! ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/22 "2002-08-20T13:22:49Z")
I’m in Korea on a one-year tour. You know, I’ve got it pretty good. We’ve got[ul][li]American food in the commisary[/li][li]Fast food on the base - Taco Bell, Burger King, and, just recently, Starbucks[/li][li]Video rental (not a huge selection, but still…)[/li][li]Not a large selection of beer, but they do have Sam Adams[/li][li]Single Malt Scotch (probably cheaper than retail.)[/li][/ul] I’m still ready to go home. I miss my wife. I miss our dog. And I miss driving. Only 20 more days! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/23 "2002-08-20T13:27:17Z")
Hey **Ginger** , wait until you do make it to one of those American Tims. and they don’t know what a double-double is… ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/24 "2002-08-20T13:49:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by angelicate \* > \*\*The only thing I miss from my year long living stint in Charleston is the Mellow Mushroom. \*\* \ Oh yeah? I worked there for a year and a half. I probably waited on you! 😃 Or served you a beer, or sat you at a table, or took your takeout order. In fact, that’s where we’re having our Mini-DopeFest this weekend.\ And **stofsky** , you really need to move to Charleston. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/25 "2002-08-20T14:12:57Z")
I’m from the NYC area, but lived in Buffalo for many years. Now that I’m out in New Mexico I can honestly say I don’t miss it at all. I DO miss my friends, though. I certainly didn’t miss shoveling all of that snow last winter! If I left here I would miss “my” mountain that is right outside my window. I would miss the sunsets over El Cabezon. I would miss the yipping and howling of the coyotes. I would miss the hordes of hummingbirds that frequent my feeders. I would miss the clean, dry-champagne air, and the aroma of junipers and piñons. I would miss all of my little lizard friends who sun themselves on my adobe walls! I would miss the huge sky and the endless vistas while driving down the highways. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/26 "2002-08-20T14:14:40Z")
After escaping Oklahoma I miss Braums Chicken Fried Steak Chicken Fried Steak sandwiches from Braums Oh yeah and my mom and my sisters ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/27 "2002-08-20T14:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\* > And **stofsky** , you really need to move to Charleston. 😉 \*\* Yeah, I know, but my boss specifically hired in Cola so that the hiree (me, yay) would be smack-dab in the middle of the territory. To continue hijacking, though, I’ll be in Chas the week of 9/16 working campuses, and could get away with an overnight if anyone’s interested in a few happy hour beers during the week (can’t get away with a weekend stay). ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/28 "2002-08-20T14:32:44Z")
I didn’t actually say what I missed from home. I will pretend I did it on purpose to pad my low post count. 🙂 I am a Texan implanted up in the great gay “north.” I miss food and friends. For food: I miss edible Tex-Mex food. You can’t get good Tex-Mex north of Austin. Hell, North of San Antonio it starts getting bad. I miss being able to order margaritas at local fast food places that are actually good. I miss limeade. Not the wussy sweet shit but the limeade that is actually really sour with just enough sweetness thrown in so you don’t gag on it. On that note I also miss sweet tea at restaurants. I miss being able to swim outdoors year round in both swimming pools, lakes, and the beach. I miss Hippy Hollow especially. I miss being in a food town. Up here there are a lot of restaurants but none of them are really very good. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/29 "2002-08-20T14:40:40Z")
**Zebra** , you had to mention Braum’s. Despite Mr. Braum’s hiring of Jim Varney to do the commercials (knowwhatImeanVern) and his removal of funding from OSU after they screened _The Last Temptation of Christ_, I do miss the peppermint candy ice cream. At least there are a few Sonics here, so I can get a Frito Chili Pie, if not a CFS sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/30 "2002-08-20T15:01:09Z")
It’s ironic, **Ginger** , I’m an American living in Ontario to go to school (and probably marry a Canadian girl, but that’s a different story). I have plenty of Tim Horton’s (how do you pluralize that? “Tim Hortons’”? “Tim Horton’ses”?), but I really miss [Dunkin’ Donuts](http://www.dunkindonuts.com). At the risk of sounding blasphemous, DD has much better coffee than Tim’s. DD’s also has flavored coffee, which is a huge plus. And I once asked for a corn muffin in Picton (Ontario), and the clerk and the future Mrs. G both looked at me oddly – “A what?” Sigh. Flavored coffee and a normal muffin, is that so much to ask for? You may feel that my coffee of choice is as inferior to your coffee of choice as I do, conversely, but I do recommend giving Dunkin’ Donuts a shot. They should have everything you love about Tim Horton’s, too. (Except maybe the diversity of the staff. And the knowledge of a double-double.) Let us know… > [@](#): > > \*\*\*Originally posted by heresiarch \* > Not a large selection of beer, but they do have Sam Adams > \*\* _high-fives **heresiarch** _ My man! A fine choice. That’s the other thing I miss up here – Boston beer. (I carefully refrained from saying “good beer”. :D) [The Beer Store](http://www.thebeerstore.ca/) does carry Sam Adams, but only the Boston Lager, nothing else. But it’s a long shot better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/31 "2002-08-20T15:01:59Z")
Native Bostonian (well, okay, just south of Boston), exiled in Alabama. I’d like to second D’Angelo’s. Their cheeseburger sub is _to_ _die_ _for_. And Furlong’s or Crescent Ridge ice cream. I miss snow. I miss watching snow fall, I miss snowball fights, I miss the smell in the air just before a good storm, I miss the quiet of everything after a snowfall. Hell, I even miss shoveling the stuff!! I miss seasons. Here we have “blistering hot” and “not quite as hot.” And I’m surrounded by pine trees, so nothing changes color in the fall. I miss a capital city that’s actually easy to get around in. And reliable, safe, cheap mass transit. And shopping that includes something other than Target, Wal-Mart, Sears, and J.C. Penney’s. I miss being able to actually understand what the people around me are saying. ::sniffle:: ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/32 "2002-08-20T15:19:49Z")
Okay, I’m not _that_ far from home, but there’s still stuff I miss:[ul] [li]Having a yard full of grass to walk barefoot in[/li][li]My own pool[/li][li]My pets![/li][li]Driving on a gravel road with the windows down and the sweet smell of honeysuckle flowing through the car[/li][/ul] I suppose I just miss living in the country in general, but the city isn’t _too_ bad. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/33 "2002-08-20T19:56:19Z")
I’m not from Canmore, but I really, really, miss **Valbella’s**. It’s almost worth getting on the ferry, driving across BC, through the Rockies just for a few ounces of their air-dried buffalo meat, so thin you can practically read a newspaper through it. Magic. ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/34 "2002-08-20T20:17:13Z")
**Skerri** We lived there from July 2001-July 2002, if you worked there during that time, we probably did cross paths, because we went in almost every time we went downtown. (We actually lived in Goose Creek, but I couldn’t think of anything I missed there.) Oh, and from TX, someone mentioned Blue Bell ice cream. God, I miss that stuff. Also, I really miss HEB. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/35 "2002-08-20T21:52:42Z")
Hey **Gingy** , despite my offence at not being listed as the thing you miss the most, I’d be quite happy to send you a mini-elephant, containing some Tim’s coffee. I presume you have a coffee maker to brew it in - e-mail me yer address and I’ll ship it off. 😃 I’m not sure how well the doughnuts would last in the mail, but the coffe will do just fine. As to the OP, I don’t actually miss anything from home, because I’m here. There are, however, quite a few things that totally pick my butt about this place… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/36 "2002-08-21T01:08:56Z")
Mmm. Blue Bell is great. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/37 "2002-08-21T04:53:18Z")
I never liked Delaware. It was always a place to get away from, and I’m much happier at school in New England. But home is close to the ocean. It’s not within sight, but you can smell it. I miss being able to go for a walk at night and smelling salt on the wind. Other than friends and family, that’s the sum total of my love of the state. ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/38 "2002-08-21T07:16:13Z")
As a Arkansas boy living in California -I miss Thunderstorms…real honest to god thunderstorms and torrents of rain. God I remember sitting and reading in a great cavernous library as it stormed and I would not have traded it for the world. I miss that big wonderful library too (2 huge stories where a boy of 8 could get lost in). -I miss old world architecture…the smell of history and old (everything is freakin new here) -I miss lightning bugs and the croak of frogs in a starry night -I miss the smell of exhaust and the kraketa sound of the cars at the local White River Speedway on Saturday night -I miss that wonderful feeling of coming out of a hot, humid day and into the path of a ice-cold air conditioner. -I miss a Sonic Burger with everything, tatertots, and a Cherry Limeade. GOD do I miss those burgers. -I miss glass bottled cokes, mello yello, and welch’s grape soda -I miss Ideal bread and honey buns with white frosting -I miss Cave City Watermelons…big, beautiful green watermelons that literally splash in your mouth. Sigh…I miss the Ozarks the most of all. Nature at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![bristlesage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bristlesage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bristlesage)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/39 "2002-08-21T07:26:02Z")
Hey, **andygirl** , do they have any Capriotti’s sandwich shops in the part of DE where you’re originally from? Because they just imported here to Vegas a little while back, and I am addicted to the Bobbie. For those of you not in the know, this is Thanksgiving in bread. Turkey (the “leftover” kind, not the coldcut kind), cranberry sauce (whole berry, not jelly), stuffing, and mayo. Whoo-wee, that’s a good sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611/40 "2002-08-21T12:06:17Z")
I was born and raised in Fern Forest where every night either it rained on our aluminum roof or every seemingly every single star in the galaxy came out to shine and the moon was so bright you could easily read a book and would cast dark shadows. Nowhere that I have been, and I have been many places, has let me feel feelings of comfort like I did in Fern Forest in my bed under my covers with the rain pattering on the roof. It’s as close as you can get to being back in the womb. And no place has air as crisp and clear to let the stars shine down so brilliantly, especially just after a good rain. We were the first land the wind touched after thousands of miles at sea. Sigh. Deep sigh. I also miss my volcanos. Some have lava and some have snow and the ohelo berries to pluck on the walk. And natural saunas. And natural hottubs and guavas to pick on the walk. And not just white but black and red and even a green sand beaches. If I was independently wealthy I would move back in an instant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-i-miss-about-home-specifically/124611.md?page=3)