Buying Groceries in Korea You can't get as much as you used to get. Oh, and at home I don't eat that well as you can probably see. There is seriously a problem in Korea. Food inflation is going up and there doesn't seem to be much that we can do about it. This is an assortment of groceries that I bought at a local supermarket in a not so prosperous part of town. If the prices at this market are high then I expect that in other parts of Korea it is much higher. The carton of eggs I got were 3,500 won. That's for 10 eggs (and 1 was cracked). That's 350 won per egg. The kiwi were 3,000 won for 5 (600 won a piece). The cucumbers were 2,000 won for 3 (666 won per cuke). The rice were 2,000 a pack; bok choy was 1,500 for 3; chilies were 2,000 for 5; and the pumpkin porridge was 3,000 for 1 portion. Sooooo... my bachelor's dinner was curry and rice with 1 cucumber and 3 chilies with samjang. (I know, it's embarrassing but when you own a cooking school and do ...

I only have a minute or so to blog this because I have a conference to get to. Here is my first night and morning in Nova Scotia. I went shopping at Lawson's Drugstore in the morning and I am going to have to find a grocery store tonight. Cheers, Dan S'more Candy Apple Interesting Local at the Split Crow

Microwaveable Cupcakes! But are they good? 1 minute 20 in the microwave and they're done. Has anyone given these a try? Dan