[Sca-cooks] regional shopping - was black pudding

[ysabeau]

I think it might also be a regional thing with in the U.S. One of 
the things I think is fun is to go into grocery stores when I 
travel. Things that we find common place down here are unheard of 
up North and vice versa. Seriously, I wouldn't expect to walk into 
a grocery store in, say, Pennsylvania, and find over half the 
aisle taken up by barbecue/grilling sauces and salsas.  

One of my volunteer jobs when I lived in Germany was teaching the 
incoming spouses how to shop on the economy. That included visits 
to the local grocery store and the farmer's market. One of the 
traditional warnings was that the white liquid in the milk bottle 
wasn't milk, it was liquid yogurt...quite a surprise if you are 
taking a big swig expecting milk. 

The other interesting thing is that they still hold to the 
tradition of only shopping for a few days worth of food at a time. 
That is why it is considered "rude" to just drop in on someone 
instead of calling and making an appointment. They want to make 
sure they have food to provide hospitality. This can be a strange 
concept for most Americans who shop for a week's worth of 
groceries at at time and usually have cupboards and freezers full 
of food as backup. Most German (and I think this is common across 
Europe) only have small refrigerators and even smaller freezers. 

Just thought I'd toss that bit of trivia out there. 
Ysabeau




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 01:02:46 -0500

>UlfR mentioned:
><<< I think the 3-year old has eaten more store bought 
blackpudding
>than malaches, but that is due to laziness and availability (every
>grocery store sells black pudding, but only a few sell blood).>>>
>
>Huh? Obviously there are some differences between the grocery 
stores  
>in Sweden(?) and the United States. :-)  I might be able to find  
>black pudding at a specialty store, such as Central Market or 
maybe  
>Whole Foods, but I'm not even sure of that.
>
>Stefan
>--------
 

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