So this past week was another on the road - Sabrina and the family will finally return on Friday the 31st of August. Not much to write about so I'll give you a little hint as to what the grocery store looks like. I took these pictures this past spring at the local Carrefour, a French grocery store which is the most popular in China. I have been to the local Wal*Mart - but trust me it is much worse than what you'll see below. The pictures should pretty much speak for themselves.This is the way we buy our milk. It is ultra high temperature treated or UHT milk. It is sold warm and has an unfrigerated grocery self life of something like 6 months or so. We buy it and keep it in our pantry until we need it. It tastes a little bit different and I really only use it on my cereal and oatmeal. I get my calcium through a calcium pill and cheese. :)
Bread is a staple of our diet. It is extremely cheap and is available in just about every "farmer" & French loaf you can imagine.
This is something you find in the pet, I mean meat section of our grocery store. For about 158 Chinese yuan (about $22 US) you can buy your very own fresh live turtle. The eels are much cheaper as you can see...
Snakes are even cheaper yet but not as fresh....mmmm.
Care for some baked chicken or roast duck. It is easy to tell the difference because the head is left on the bird when they cook it and then hang it for you to pick and buy. A chicken like this costs about $2 US.
No this is not the fish cleaning station at our lake cabin on Devil's Lake....this is fresh fish - chopped into pieces just as if it came from the boat. The heads are used in a variety of dishes including fish head soup.
Now you see why we lose weight over here... because we eat so healthy. :)Until next time...
