tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post1812937941101601037..comments2023-06-21T16:47:50.998+02:00Comments on A year down the line (well 7 years now): SupermarketsRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-75309729648017741002010-06-17T17:56:51.510+02:002010-06-17T17:56:51.510+02:00Feel free to rant :-)
I love the markets too and u...Feel free to rant :-)<br />I love the markets too and use the local shops. Just shop wherever the produce is best and/or cheapest. And sometimes the convenience of the supermarket hits the spot. Here the supermarket feels much more like an employer of the local village women rather than a mega corporation!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-57381500123600312562010-06-17T17:36:33.963+02:002010-06-17T17:36:33.963+02:00why compare? if I wanted the shops I had at my ol...why compare? if I wanted the shops I had at my old 'home', I would have stayed there?! I far prefer market days and scouting out the local growers, forming my relationships with them ... and buying the absolute minimum from a supermarket that is part of some mega-corporation I left the states to get away from. When the market isn't possible, I support the local village purveyors (boulangerie, boucherie, small market run by a local family) ... the way of life that I came here for but slowly dies because of the same commercialization that is a ravenous world machine whose appetite is never satisfied.<br /><br />/rant. :PNon Je Ne Regrette Rienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-19687089782772624082010-06-04T19:38:44.477+02:002010-06-04T19:38:44.477+02:00Only now after fifteen years I'm starting to f...Only now after fifteen years I'm starting to find nice shops here in India - some of them are very good to be honest, but a bit far away!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-31259965072900845982010-06-03T22:01:15.358+02:002010-06-03T22:01:15.358+02:00Yes to the long handled dustpan and brush..I broug...Yes to the long handled dustpan and brush..I brought one back from Costa Rica - minus handle, replaced once at home - and it is the envy of all...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-34993899638234567012010-06-03T13:48:21.408+02:002010-06-03T13:48:21.408+02:00What I loved in HK was finding a surprising someth...What I loved in HK was finding a surprising something that is really cheap - dried mushrooms I remember. Or coming across something you'd given up on. Or something like the long handled dustpan and brush that is so useful for scooping up the mouse the cat has just brought in and obviously what everyone uses there.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01944155516559194389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298010393460618333.post-77112766901939261712010-06-03T12:28:36.348+02:002010-06-03T12:28:36.348+02:00I've given up on finding things I want or need...I've given up on finding things I want or need in Turkish supermarkets...it's impossible. I've just learned to adapt or changed my menus completely.<br /><br />We do have smiley assistants though...but they are sooooooo slow!Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.com