Experiences in San Diego

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Jan 29th 2012, 5:31 am

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Steerpike

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Re: Experiences in San Diego

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Originally Posted by Bluegrass Lass

Dilute juice is not common here. In fact, before I visited the UK (I'm American), I had never seen or heard of it before. Your best bet would probably be buying it from Amazon. Or buying regular juice, and diluting it to your taste. Or you could buy the frozen juice concentrates and dilute to your taste.

"dilute juice" is one of those oddities from the UK that I find hard to comprehend. I grew up drinking them, so I can see that they have a 'comfort' element, but in the US, you can find a plethora of fresh juices that are healthier, cheaper, and taste better (of course that's a matter of ... taste!). The fresh juice section in a typical grocery store is overwhelming, with 20 or 30 different ways to buy orange juice alone - no pulp, some pulp, extra pulp; never frozen; not from concentrate; frozen concentrate; pasteurized; Florida; etc etc. You can probably find 20 variations on pomegranate juice alone these days!

Jan 29th 2012, 6:06 am

#17

toopie28

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Re: Experiences in San Diego

If you cook a lot how about buying from Costco. It's in bulk but cheaper than the supermarkets. Cook and freeze.

Also, good prices at Trader Joes.

Cost Plus has brit foods too - like heinz beans, ambrosia rice puddin', biccies and good ole Cadbury's...