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Post by tod2 on Aug 23, 2013 16:44:40 GMT
Not quite the supermarket food aisle.......not the gardening section either, but it could well be!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 17:11:39 GMT
I might need some of the seeds before I use the fertilizer.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 2, 2013 22:59:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2013 21:03:36 GMT
Today I had to go and buy Z cans of "Bonjour" chicory made by Ricoré. I saw that the supermarket had 10 different types of these chicory items in nearly identical cans. It is a world completely unknown to me.
Apparently this item is destined for a friend's mother who lives in João Pessoa, Brazil, and who is addicted to the stuff. I decided that I would go and buy a 3rd can tomorrow, just to be excessively nice.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 24, 2013 23:59:22 GMT
So your friend living in Brazil is visiting?
A friend is travelling to Cuba this week. So you can imagine all the stuff she has to take to people there...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 6:16:03 GMT
No, I am theoretically going to Brazil tomorrow.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 25, 2013 12:07:43 GMT
Bon journee` Kerouac! I thought they always associate drug smugglers with coffee/chicory? Hope to heavens they don't ask you " Why are you bringing coals to Newcastle?"
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Post by lagatta on Sept 25, 2013 15:14:47 GMT
Just so he doesn't try taking coffee to Brazil...
Have a good trip, and happy springtime!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2016 5:32:31 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Mar 3, 2016 12:21:46 GMT
Yes, I enjoyed that. I'd like to get some of that type of boudin. We have boudin créole, but it is the type made in Haiti and the French Antilles.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 16:13:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 17:32:07 GMT
Hhmmm. You know, I'm not really tempted by anything there. Now I don't have to feel like I'm missing out on Picard. I might buy pre-stuffed pasta, as long as it was unsauced, but the rest? Nah.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 17:39:22 GMT
Actually, I quite like the frozen vegetables because they allow me to buy vegetables that are out of season without feeling guilty or damaging the planet (fresh green beans are flown to France from Kenya in the winter).
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Post by bjd on Mar 9, 2016 19:55:46 GMT
I don't buy their prepared stuff either. I buy frozen peas, some fruit out of season and ice cream, and sometimes fish.
One year in Paris we spent a week with only a microwave oven and a Picard next door. After a few days of prepared food, we were really longing for some home-made food. The Picard stuff is okay once in a long while, but does tend to taste industrial.
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Post by mossie on Mar 9, 2016 21:39:39 GMT
(fresh green beans are flown to France from Kenya in the winter). Before old airliners are put out to grass in the desert, some get a new life ferrying in fruit and vegetables from around the world to keep our shops stocked with 'fresh'. A large amount of the stock is out of season here, but in season on the other end of the world, and some is impossible to be grown in our climate.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 10, 2016 6:12:41 GMT
I am always amazed that South Africa imports loads of vegetables from Kenya. All the tiny cute little green beans, baby corn, mange tout, etc. etc. WHY? Our climates are almost identical - It can only be to do with big business creating jobs where the work force is reliable.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 11, 2016 7:28:39 GMT
I could easily make the salmon and potato/sweet potato gratin at home. One thing I've been buying frozen is Portuguese-processed fish. Some people wouldn't like it because the slices have bones, but it tastes like fish and isn't overpriced.
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Post by lagatta on Aug 26, 2016 19:49:46 GMT
Is there a newer thread on this topicT Here is a guide (fairly accurate) to supermarkets in Amsterdam: www.amsterdamtips.com/tips/supermarkets-in-amsterdam.phpThough it failed to mention how many fairly decent butter cookies there are ("cookie" is the anglicised spelling of the Dutch word for "little cake"), how much Indonesian food has become mainstream Dutch, like Indian food in the UK, or the love of smoked sausage and kale for stamppot. The list of Lidls also failed to mention the one closest to where I stay these days when in Amsterdam East: Lidl Soerabajastraat 4, 1095GP, Amsterdam Notice the old Dutch spelling of an Indonesian island.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2016 20:24:06 GMT
I think about the only Dutch supermarket where I have shopped is the one in Magna Plaza, the old central Amsterdam post office. It is/was more of a superette. The new shops in the central rail station are just as good when you're in a hurry.
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Post by lagatta on Aug 26, 2016 21:02:53 GMT
Odd, as there is a very large Albert Heijn in a building adjacent to Magna Plaza. Plenty of fresh products as well as ready-meal stuff, and as it is in the central tourist district, lots of junk food and booze.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 10, 2019 20:29:57 GMT
Is Aldi losing it's glitter? I've been a fan for some time but lately the quality has disappointed. Pack of 2 gammon steaks only had one, pack of 3 thin cut beef steaks had one good steak on top but two lumps of gristle below, 4 turkey steaks tonight had one steak and 3 rashers. Complaint to Aldi was met with a certain degree of indifference.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 11, 2019 9:23:47 GMT
Aldi have refused me a refund as I don't have the packaging or receipt (who keeps shopping receipts?). I have informed them that I shall no longer shop there.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 11, 2019 10:42:34 GMT
Actually, I keep the receipts for a few days. Not on purpose, usually.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 11, 2019 12:05:58 GMT
It’s ridiculous. All of these items were bought a while back and stored in the freezer.
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