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blackjack

Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: supermarket add one item |
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If you could add one item to the supermarkets (your local supermarket, costco doesn't count) in korea what would it be?
for me it would be fresh "western" herbs- basil, coriander (cilantro for NAs) thyme, rosmary, sage, dill, etc
so what about you? |
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curlygirl

Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Location: Pundang, Seohyeon dong
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Cottage cheese. Can't find it at E-mart or Homever (but maybe I'm not looking hard enough). |
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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Location: Pocheon
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: |
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Refried Beans |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Old Dutch potato chips. (Salt and Vinegar, ketchup, Jalepeno, Taco, Nacho, dill pickel). Also chip dip (onion, bacon, can't remember the other flavours). |
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Smee

Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Coffee. Just your run of the mill, $8-10 big ol' tin of coffee like you'd find in any supermarket back home. The Home Plus a twenty-minute walk away has a small selection of expensive stuff that not even I could justify paying for. I ended up buying a pouch for about 20,000 won, and that was the cheap stuff and will last me about a month. The other kinds were, like, $20 or $30 for what'd amount to a week's worth. The grocery store in front of my apartment only sells instant coffee. Two rows of instant coffee. |
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bejarano-korea

Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Fray Bentos corned beef (Industria Argentina or it doesn't count) |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Smee wrote: |
Coffee. Just your run of the mill, $8-10 big ol' tin of coffee like you'd find in any supermarket back home. The Home Plus a twenty-minute walk away has a small selection of expensive stuff that not even I could justify paying for. I ended up buying a pouch for about 20,000 won, and that was the cheap stuff and will last me about a month. The other kinds were, like, $20 or $30 for what'd amount to a week's worth. The grocery store in front of my apartment only sells instant coffee. Two rows of instant coffee. |
Costco sells 3 pound tins of coffee, 100% Columbian, for 10,000 won. It's good. |
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cdninkorea

Joined: 27 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: |
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curlygirl wrote: |
Cottage cheese. Can't find it at E-mart or Homever (but maybe I'm not looking hard enough). |
My brain says the same. My stomach says Ben and Jerry's Half Baked ice cream. When I first got here it was available in Korea. Not anymore.
BTW you can get cottage cheese at black market shops. But be prepared to pay 7,000 won for a litre of it. |
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Beer Man

Joined: 16 Nov 2007
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: |
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Micro-brews. The imports you can get here are good, but I miss The Beer Store in Canada, where you've got all kinds of fun stuff to try. There's some awesome micro-brews from Quebec that I really miss. |
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VanIslander

Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:36 am Post subject: |
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juicy sweet red apples
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bacasper

Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Cerriowen wrote: |
Refried Beans |
Ditto |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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cottage cheese..oh god...i want some |
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jackson7
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Kim Jong Il's Future Fireball
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Jell-O no bake cheesecake mix. Please tell me where there's an alternative. Only milk (for the filling) and butter (for the crust) needed...both of which they amazingly have here! |
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Bibbitybop

Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Ever since the Beastie Boys released "Boomin' Granny," I've loved looking at old, fat ass American and Mexican women in the Southern use bending over at the checkout line reaching for their dropped coupons.
I'd add some of those. |
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ella

Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Yes, cottage cheese! That's one of my main sources of protein as a vegetarian. |
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