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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Food, Melbourne Style

so, we have tried pretty hard to cook a couple of times a week, and this means that we have had sticker-shock many times over the past month.
exhibit a:  bananas
 - $14.99AUD/kg (that's about $8.50USD/lb)
exhibit b:  pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
 - $11.95 AUD/pint
exhibit c:  lunch meat - pick your poison - ham, turkey, bologne, etc
 - about $19.95AUD/kg
exhibit d:  chinese take out
 - $16.80AUD beef fried rice
exhibit e:  case of local brew
 - $44.95AUD...that hurts...
shopping at the local farmers market has proved more wallet-friendly, and we recently learned that all of the banana plantations were destroyed in a cyclone, so perhaps next year will be better...depending on how long it takes for a banana plantation to bear fruit???



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