The fresh meat section, for example, contains minced pork, pork tail, pork loin, boneless pork loin, pork loin rib, pork knuckle, pork chop, lean pork hind, pork belly, pork prime ribs, pork shoulder, pork soup bone, pork front hock, pork big bone, fresh pork maw, cooked pork maw, cooked sliced pork maw, pig's lard, pig's stomach, pig's kidney, pig's liver, pig's heart and, of course, pig's sweet intestine. And don't even get me started on the seafood. I asked the lady where the kosher section was but I don't think she understood me.
I'm sure it's out the back somewhere.
I have also discovered the following items which amused me (for various reasons):
(and while we're on the subject - here's one from America that I just found on my phone...)
Yummy.
Stupidly-named products aside, my shop is a very exciting place full of mysterious and wonderful ingredients, many of which I couldn't even assign a genre never mind a specific name. They have ready-peeled garlic cloves, which is an amazing invention, and tins of tuna with the mayonnaise already mixed in, which is an even better one. Oh and they sell 'black chickens'. I find these a little confusing. Unfortunately they seemed to have sold out today but I'll nab a piccie next time and we can brainstorm.
I was also surprised to discover, while browsing the dried fruits section, that amongst the raisin and apricots were packets of shrivelled up squid, calamari and octopi. I can see the argument that all dried goods should be kept in the same place but I just don't think these things belong together. I mean what if you got them confused and mixed them in with your muesli and yoghurt in the morning? Maybe this is a local delicacy though. Who am I to judge?
Oh and if anyone is wondering about how I'm managing to keep pesach out here (Passover to you heathens - put it into Wikipedia) well I decided that it probably wasn't going to happen this year as it would pretty much entail becoming anorexic for a week. But I did take a decision that I wouldn't have any bread in the flat. So I bought some crackers - the closest thing I could find to matzah (google Rakusen's) - and some peanut butter for me breakfast. And guess what? The peanut butter came with a free loaf of bread.
Hmmm...
Yummy.Stupidly-named products aside, my shop is a very exciting place full of mysterious and wonderful ingredients, many of which I couldn't even assign a genre never mind a specific name. They have ready-peeled garlic cloves, which is an amazing invention, and tins of tuna with the mayonnaise already mixed in, which is an even better one. Oh and they sell 'black chickens'. I find these a little confusing. Unfortunately they seemed to have sold out today but I'll nab a piccie next time and we can brainstorm.
I was also surprised to discover, while browsing the dried fruits section, that amongst the raisin and apricots were packets of shrivelled up squid, calamari and octopi. I can see the argument that all dried goods should be kept in the same place but I just don't think these things belong together. I mean what if you got them confused and mixed them in with your muesli and yoghurt in the morning? Maybe this is a local delicacy though. Who am I to judge?
Oh and if anyone is wondering about how I'm managing to keep pesach out here (Passover to you heathens - put it into Wikipedia) well I decided that it probably wasn't going to happen this year as it would pretty much entail becoming anorexic for a week. But I did take a decision that I wouldn't have any bread in the flat. So I bought some crackers - the closest thing I could find to matzah (google Rakusen's) - and some peanut butter for me breakfast. And guess what? The peanut butter came with a free loaf of bread.
Hmmm...
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News update: John Prescott came out as a bulimic on breakfast with Frost. Bad timing on your part mate - if Two Jags can do it then so can you, now put down that peanut butter sandwich and go grab some of that dried octopus with matza.
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