Food is Life

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So, we left of with Lidl. There are quite a few food shops in Aberdeen: There is Lidl and Aldi, the classical arch-rivals. Then there is Morrisons, M&S (yes, Mark and Spencers. Just they have a foodshop branch here also. And a buffet. And a bank! Oh, and they are also the company who offers food to buy on the London-Aberdeen airplane). There is Asda (Imagine a big Tesco, just near the sea shore). And then there are the smaller ones, like Tesco itself (only the express variants around here), Sainsbury, Farmfood, and some others. And they vary quite a bit when it comes to prices. And I mean, quite a bit.

Basically, Lidl and Aldi are the cheapest, with Asda, then Morrisons following up. When Vika told me that Morrisons is considerably more expensive, I though ok, probably like 20-30% difference in prices, right? Nope. Just to give you an example, fresh refrigerated half a kg beef in Lild is around 2.90/Kg. In Morrissons you can get it for 8...

Lidl and Aldi are cheap in Budapest too. But here, the fact that they are discount-stores really becomes visible. Pity they are about 30-40 minutes walk from where we live :P

Mind you, not every product has such a big price-gap. And some things are cheaper in one shop and some in another. Morrisons has a lot bigger selection, and if you want things like frozen vegetable, or good smoked cheese, you go there. (Or snickers ice-cream!!! :D )

The smaller shops can get pretty expensive, again, with the exception of some items.

Speaking of very expensive.... Beer!!!! Darn is it expensive here. You get some discount lager at Lidl for 1,36 pounds / liter. That's 450 Ft. Not too bad... expect it's yeah, cheap lager. But anything else, and man... Basically speaking, if you get beer for 1 pound (330 Ft!) / half a litter, that is the cheap end. A lot of the bottled beers go for 1,5 pounds... Basically, anything below 2 pound / liter can be considered cheap. And to add insult to injury, most of the cans are 440 ml...

Not all is bad though. The bottled beers are for the most part still 0,5 , and they are also crafted beers, with some of them having a real good taste.

Guiness: Expensive? Nope. 10 cans of 440 ml for for 640 Ft / liter. (True, they had a discount). But that is still below the 2 pound price line, and compared to the average prices, it's not expensive at all.

And if anybody wondered what rattles inside the can, here it is:

And then you find things like this:

Yup, one pint (568 ml) beer. (And yup, the Bud :P It's a pity they don't have the brown version). And a pint is what you get if you go in a pub too :D



But instead of brown Bud, they have brown... This :D (Meli? ^^):

Aaaand then you have cider: 2 liter edition. 2 pounds. Yup, that's 330 Ft per liter.... (Strongbow is still expensive here though...)

Fun part about buying alcohol: You have to be above 18, but if you look below 25, they need to and will ask for you ID. And same goes for buying kitchen knives apparently. :D Vika bought one, and the computer beeped, (they have self-service machines like in Tesco almost everywhere here), and the assistant came, looked at her, and said: 'Ok, lets see your ID'. And then she asked: 'You are not going to stab anyone in the back with it, will you?' XD.

No, no, of course not, we only attack our enemies face-to-face...

Oh, and while we are on the extra-large editions...

Do you guys see this????






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...What do you mean 'So what?'

THIS WHAT!!!




(And yup, you read it right. Only 2 pounds/The. Whole. Bag...)

Magnum anyone? 4 pcs, 1,75 pounds... That's 145 Ft/pcs...

Or 60 Ft snickers maybe?

Just 50 Ft if you get a discount :P

Vika's favorite :D

And one of mine ^^ . Pure smoothie, 100% fruit, great taste, 340 Ft/L.

In Morrisons (and some other shops) you can get another kind of  smoothie as part of your 3 pound meal-deal that contains no banana, only red berries. Tastes really great ^^

And to close the day off, here is our newest addition to the household >^^<



See you guys later ^^