tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post2470255216715371884..comments2023-05-30T00:07:40.699+10:00Comments on Once a waitress, always a waitress: A Tasmanian shopping list.Nolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832101520413940500noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-29679483059371554572009-04-14T18:59:00.000+10:002009-04-14T18:59:00.000+10:00Hey Mary,
I hear the mega mountain walk was good ...Hey Mary,<br /><br />I hear the mega mountain walk was good fun. Sorry I couldn't make it, has to do homework, as always.<br /><br />The market stall is the big long wooden table, and the mushrooms come in plastic bags. Up near the Summer Kitchen end, but not that far up. Opposite Cargo? About there.<br /><br />Can never tell exactly where after battling through 30,000 people who WALK SO SLOW I CANT BELIEVE IT!Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04832101520413940500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-91172668695882940312009-04-14T18:49:00.000+10:002009-04-14T18:49:00.000+10:00Oooh - I'm intrigued as to the location of said ma...Oooh - I'm intrigued as to the location of said market stall..... I THINK I may know the one that you're referring to....Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02307988765084561924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-79040815497850038742009-04-14T12:51:00.000+10:002009-04-14T12:51:00.000+10:00Thanks for your comment Lisa. I think if I was res...Thanks for your comment Lisa. I think if I was responsible for people other than myself I wouldn't be anywhere near as organised with my hunting and gathering.Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04832101520413940500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-13717406428016262772009-04-14T07:22:00.000+10:002009-04-14T07:22:00.000+10:00Woolworth's? Oh my god, we had those here for so ...Woolworth's? Oh my god, we had those here for so many years; now all gone I believe. The photo is fantastic as I never knew they were outside the States--unless of course, they're a completely different entity, which would be even more fascinating! (I swear I read the rest of your post!)<BR/><BR/>I love canned tomatoes, but the Pomi brand from Italy, in the funky little carton, is so fresh it's almost scary. They are terribly spendy so I only buy them when I have extra money at the end of the month but they are so worth it.<BR/><BR/>I miss being a proper gatherer; with twins under four I shop when it's convenient these days but I figure I can live vicariously (as I usually do) through you. I have, however, started making time for better trips and I'm coming up trumps most days.<BR/><BR/>Great post!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539467429501625137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-83086072216641530342009-04-11T19:25:00.000+10:002009-04-11T19:25:00.000+10:00I love Italian canned tomatoes. There are certain...I love Italian canned tomatoes. There are certain things you just can't buy locally, and canned toms are one of them <BR/><BR/>(although I know, Maggie, that your flatmate grows fantastic, albeit deformed, tomatoes in your own backyard...)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428973718837465589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-66986587877890942292009-04-09T05:15:00.000+10:002009-04-09T05:15:00.000+10:00Thanks for the thoughtful response to my question,...Thanks for the thoughtful response to my question, Maggie! I have a little currency conversion widget on my computer, and I used it quite a bit to calculate the costs you shared. I think it’s great that you buy locally grown foods as much as possible, though living on an island makes that hard sometimes, I know! And sometimes, when the price differential is great, it really is hard not to choose something imported.<BR/><BR/>I don’t really know how these costs compare with the mainland U.S. (I haven’t really lived there in over five years), but they seem very reasonable for Hawaii. Echoing what you said, a lot of Hawaiian fruit sold in groceries are rejects that the exporters didn’t choose, and it’s expensive! That’s where farmer’s markets come in, thank god…or the roadside fruit stands, when I can’t drag myself out of bed early enough to make it to the FM. Salamanca Market sounds pretty great.<BR/><BR/>In the end, I’m not a very wise shopper because I pick a recipe and then look for the ingredients to make it. I should follow your habit of shopping for a good deal and then determining what to make based on what I have. Although I cook all the time, I’m still not sophisticated enough in the kitchen to improvise.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for posting this. I definitely found it interesting! Oh, I almost forgot. When I lived in Vietnam and wanted to buy milk, I always chose Tasmanian brands – not for the price, either, but because it was the best!Sapuchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174078725199024297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654323351013038175.post-86387343976282740132009-04-08T05:14:00.000+10:002009-04-08T05:14:00.000+10:00I think it's really neat how you shop! And best of...I think it's really neat how you shop! And best of all it looks frugal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560230864623101588noreply@blogger.com