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Jan 27th 2011, 12:36 am

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Like little alien testes

That's the ones. I bought them by mistake when I first got here, I assumed that the green colour was just the colour of the glass, until I open the jar and thought WTF !!

Jan 27th 2011, 12:46 am

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Another interesting thing seems to be the colourings and additives that are used here - especially amongst the drinks - Lime cordial is the colour of kryptonite and the home brand is almost identical to the eucalyptus toilet disinfectant.

I dont know if they still sell it, but in primary school used to do blue cordial at sausage sizzles, special days etc , it was the same blue as a bottle of domestos.

Blue colouring was banned in some countries for sending kids hyper, but you still get blue food here.

Probably a past fad now, last year of primary for us, the morning lunch box drink for many was a can of Mother or V, kids were high as kites but the school never banned it

Jan 27th 2011, 3:34 am

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Originally Posted by Swerv-o

I love raw onion too - Have to cut up two for chilli etc as I will have consumed one long before it gets into the wok.

My pet supermarket hates are:

1. Awful, terrible illogical layout. I think that both Coles and Woolies employ Stevie Wonder to do the layouts for them.

2. Portion sizes. How come they are either for feeding a family of 8 or not quite enough to satisfy a small dog? There never seems to be any middle ground.

3. Cheese. How can there be so many different varieties of cheddar style cheese that all taste the same - i.e. bland and of nothing - and only ONE type of blue cheese?

4. No cheap lo-cal lemonade. Sadly I really miss this from Asda - It was about 20p for 2 litres, and was a great mixer for fruit juice, cordial etc, and didn't make me fat. I used to buy bottles of the stuff but here I can't find a similar product.

5. Spice. how come everything is always 'Mild' or 'Medium'? Where do you buy the extra super hot stuff? This is particularly noticeable in dips (See Turban Explorer's comments). There are never hot dips for sale!

I'm sure there are more too. I also hate people who say "You should really go to your local <insert supplier here> instead of the supermarket." When I complain about quality/quantity/availability of stock. They may have time for trailing around a plurality of individual suppliers, but I don't! As Brian Potter said "All under one roof!"

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The illogical layout is designed to force you into every corner, tempting you all the way with great savings like 3c 'off' a can of beans.

Spicy? Yeh, I tend to make my own ... have found some super-hot chilli sauce that even I have to go easy on ... ABC Extra Hot Chili Sauce

Oh, and Cayenne Pepper is ace.

Suffice to say I add these to my portion only ...

I have given up trying to get a hot Thai/Indian takeaway and we rarely have them anyway.

Jan 27th 2011, 4:20 am

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When you pick the wrong queue, and to your horror (once you have decided it's too late to move to another queue) it's the elderly copper tin day out.

Jan 27th 2011, 7:33 am

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4. No cheap lo-cal lemonade. Sadly I really miss this from Asda - It was about 20p for 2 litres, and was a great mixer for fruit juice, cordial etc, and didn't make me fat. I used to buy bottles of the stuff but here I can't find a similar product.

Try cheap brands of fizzy mineral water - you get the refreshing fizz but no calories or artificial sweetener

Jan 27th 2011, 8:52 am

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Try cheap brands of fizzy mineral water - you get the refreshing fizz but no calories or artificial sweetener

Yep we always have soda/sparkling water to drink as is, or dilute with white wine or mix with real fruit juice.

Jan 27th 2011, 8:58 am

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Re: Supermarket Pet Hates...

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That's the ones. I bought them by mistake when I first got here, I assumed that the green colour was just the colour of the glass, until I open the jar and thought WTF !!

Don't forget the red ones.............

Jan 27th 2011, 9:08 am

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Ten types of sultanas, but no raisins
Four brands of "icing mix" with added wheat, but no pure icing sugar
Cornflour made out of wheat (does the UK have this?)
Labels on seafood that say "mix of imported and local product", tempting me to ask the deli assistant to pick out the Australian product for me

$4.17 at Woolworths

$1.70 at Woolworths

Some types of cornflour are milled from wheat but are labelled wheaten cornflour.

White Wings Cornflour is made from 100% pure corn
$2.58 at Woolworths

Jan 27th 2011, 9:13 am

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ABC....You are a legend

Jan 27th 2011, 9:20 am

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Re: Supermarket Pet Hates...

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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer

I am thinking of items like the dips, the absence of tasty ready meals (other than a meat lasagne that serves 10),

Ready meals have not really been an Australian "thing", hence no real variety.

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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer

cheese so bland it's cut into a variety of shapes to liven it up

Have you checked out the cheese in the Deli section of Woolworths ?

From:
Goats Ash Cheese to Jarlsberg, Gruyere and more...
and not to forget the Jindi Brie.

And supermarkets, in my opinion, is not that good. The independent Delis and markets, are a much better option for cheese.

Jan 27th 2011, 9:23 am

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Originally Posted by paulry

I haven't seen the giant tins. My OH has so far only bought several of the smaller ones which are good for a sandwich of quick salad but look troublesome for a larger meal. Will look out for them

We enjoy tuna rice too.

425 gram tuna $5.21

or 425 gram tuna $2.01 for the price concious

Jan 27th 2011, 9:26 am

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a) That the shop assistant only seems to be keen to put a couple of items in each bag despite there being loads of extra room

People complain when too many things get put in, and the bag tears on the way home.

People complain when too little is put in, and no one has an actual problem.

I begin to feel for the poor shop assistants, but at least I get a nice chat with my local ones. Oh I forgot, some people complain about that too

Jan 27th 2011, 9:28 am

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Re: Supermarket Pet Hates...

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$4.17 at Woolworths
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$1.70 at Woolworths
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Some types of cornflour are milled from wheat but are labelled wheaten cornflour.

White Wings Cornflour is made from 100% pure corn
$2.58 at Woolworths
http://www.homeshop.com.au/website/m...9830765356.jpg

Yes, but not all Woolworths carry them, as with Coles, there is a lot of variation between stores. I usually find that if I'm baking, I won't get what I need at Woolworths. As for the cornflour, my beef is that it's called cornflour when it's not. It's like those crabstick things - God know what they're made of, but it's sure not crab

Jan 27th 2011, 9:28 am

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c) That free range eggs are often sold by the same producers of the bastard caged battery eggs. Why do they think that someone would buy eggs produced by their happy wandering around chickens when in a nearby shed they've got 1000s rammed in suffering disgusting conditions?

I've never seen that. I would be interested to see examples.