If I dared go to the supermarket again! / myLot

By marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

Chile

July 14, 2024 5:32pm CST

I bought a couple of artichokes from the supermarket. They were expensive.

I imagined that I´d cook them and share them with Anita. I´m glad that she is not coming soon. I took them out and they were the tiniest I had ever seen. So they are boiling in a smaller pot and I´m promising never to buy artichokes online again. It seems that the only groceries that you can buy online are either dry goods or something that is sold by their weight. I should try to go to the supermarket. Maybe I could check if I still have a cart with wheels that I used to take to the farmers market years ago. I´m old.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84810)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Jul 24

Nothing beats in-person shopping.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

15 Jul 24

Absolutly. Specially veggies and fruit.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (84810)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

15 Jul 24

@marguicha Yep. Some things I simply refuse to buy online.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

15 Jul 24

@kaylachan The first time I bought online, I ordered chard (thinking about a quiche). I picket it from the bag they brought and threw them into the garbage can immediatly.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135784)

• Marion, Ohio

15 Jul 24

Maybe you could get a ride sometime

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

15 Jul 24

That might not be a bad idea either. But I would have to make a list and find where to place everything. If I go to the farmers market I could even get some fresh fish.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

16 Jul 24

@wolfgirl569 I could go in an Uber. I don´t have anyone who would take me nearby.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135784)

• Marion, Ohio

15 Jul 24

@marguicha Ask around, maybe you can

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

15 Jul 24

I would be very annoyed!! I am appalled at the price of a head of lettuce! It's over $3 at most stores around me. I'll be planting lettuce in the Fall garden!

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

17 Jul 24

@marguicha So crazy!!

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

17 Jul 24

@kareng Here they have discovered how to blame everything for the high prices. If it is not the drought, it is the rain. If it is not the cold, it is too much heat

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

15 Jul 24

Here they are around $2. But we earn less than you do in your country. Now I only buy iceberg lettuce and take out 2 leaves for each salad. And I´m using more cabbage which is cheaper.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208952)

• United States

15 Jul 24

I guess if you need a cart, you should use one.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

16 Jul 24

I bought years ago a 2 wheel cat for me and another for Leticia. We filled both of them at the farmers market near the hospital. Before the pandemia I went every 3 months to the hospital to check my lymphoma. When the covid started I decided I would risk cancer instead of getting the covid. Then there were no vaccines.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Jul 24

We were given a shopping trolley by Vince's brother but we haven't used it yet. Mostly we divide the shopping up between four bags and take two each. But it does limit the weight we can bring home.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

16 Jul 24

I loved those cartts. They had 2 wheels and you can fill them and it does not weight as bags do.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

17 Jul 24

@JudyEv I should have them at hand. I always buy more than what I thought at first.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Jul 24

@marguicha Yes, that's the sort. We haven't used it yet but one day we will.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (59231)

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15 Jul 24

I am very picky about buying produce, I want to pick out my own if at all possible. I'm sorry they are so tiny. Do they sell them by the piece, or by the pound?

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

15 Jul 24

They sell it by the piece. That´s why they were so tiny.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

17 Jul 24

@MarieCoyle You have to pay for that. It is not easy to live alone.