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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: Goldaloupe? Now I've seen everything. |
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I was just in the supermarket and saw cantaloupe for 17,800 won.
Each.
But it did have one of those net carrying bags. And it's not every day you see a cantaloupe in the produce section. Especially in March.
Let's see. At today's exchange rate, that's $18.80 for one kinda small cantaloupe. Still seems a bit pricey to me.
I assume it was a cantaloupe. Sure looked like a cantaloupe. Can't say for absolute certain because I did not buy one. Maybe it was gold inside. That's it, it must have been a goldaloupe.
On the other hand, it was a comparative bargain considering the 49,000 won soup bone I saw in the freezer section.
This, by the way, was not some little market store out in the boonies.
Somebody must be raking in the dough in Korea to afford these prices.
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RobinR
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know if it was intended this way, but this thead is HILARIOUS |
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| A bottle of soju is $15 at the Korean restaurant in Las Vegas....your point???? |
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Siesta
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| I bought one of those melons last summer and was really excited thinking I'm gonna have me some cantaloupe soup. It was much cheaper then at around 7,000 won. It tasted nothing like a cantaloupe but rather a honeydew melon (looked like honeydew too on the inside). It was a bit strange cause after the rind was cut off, a thick portion of the outer part of the melon was really hard and tasteless but the inside was sugary sweet. |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:02 am Post subject: |
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The Grumpy Senator
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| A bottle of soju is $15 at the Korean restaurant in Las Vegas....your point???? |
Wow! $15 for a bottle of soju? Who would pay $15 for a bottle of soju? Did you?
I spent 3,300 won on one of those plastic liter bottles of soju when I got here. And I'm still trying to finish it. It smells like rubbing alcohol.
Hey, since you live in Nevada, The Grumpy Senator, could you tell me how much they are charging these days for a cantaloupe in the supermarket, please? And how much is a honeydew melon? An apple?
Thanks! |
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| idonojacs wrote: |
The Grumpy Senator
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| A bottle of soju is $15 at the Korean restaurant in Las Vegas....your point???? |
Wow! $15 for a bottle of soju? Who would pay $15 for a bottle of soju? Did you?
I spent 3,300 won on one of those plastic liter bottles of soju when I got here. And I'm still trying to finish it. It smells like rubbing alcohol.
Hey, since you live in Nevada, The Grumpy Senator, could you tell me how much they are charging these days for a cantaloupe in the supermarket, please? And how much is a honeydew melon? An apple?
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Hey Clownshoes,
I do not live in Nevada, I was merely pointing out the fact that items not produced in a counrty will generally be more expensive in that country. Cantelope (a tropical friut) is not grown in Korea and therefore must be imported. There will be a tariff added onto the value of the item, just like the soju at the Korean restaurant in Las Vegas. It is simple geo-economics. Before you start to attack someone, think about what you saying |
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idonojacs
Joined: 07 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:41 am Post subject: |
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The Grumpy Senator
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| Cantelope (a tropical friut) is not grown in Korea and therefore must be imported. |
It is? I'll have to take your word for it. I can't find any information on the the cantelope you speak of.
I presume you are not referring to cantaloupes, which were the original subject of this thread. They certainly aren't a tropical fruit. Unless you consider Canada part of the tropics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantaloupe
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The North American cantaloupe, common in the United States and in some parts of Canada, is Cucumis melo reticulatus.... |
I see they are also called muskmelons. They honeydew melon is a cultivar of the muskmelon. I had some cats once who absolutely adored eating honeydew melon.
I couldn't find any cantaloupe listed in the sale ads for Vons in Las Vegas. They do have two pounds of red or green seedless grapes for $2.29. And 10 pounds of California navel oranges for $10.
And then there's Rancher's Reserve boneless tri tip beef for $2.29 a pound. Round rump is $1.97 a pound. And boneless, skinless chicken breasts for $1.97 a pound.
I see they have Cuervo authentic tequila for $12.99 a 750ml bottle. It's not soju, but I could live with it. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| The Grumpy Senator wrote: |
| I was merely pointing out the fact that items not produced in a counrty will generally be more expensive in that country. |
Why are apples -- and other fruit grown in Korea -- more expensive, then? |
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Bibbitybop
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| For your bank account's benefit and the accounts of the poor, buy your produce from people on the street or local grocers, not the big chains like Emart or Lotte Mart. |
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