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yaofeng Aruba Lover
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 49 Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:44 am Post subject: Price of honey |
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Over the years I brought home cheeses, coffee and stroopwafel coming to Aruba. That's about it. We know the cost of living in Aruba is not low. Recently I found one more thing worth bringing home. It's honey from the Dominican Republic. If nothing else it is really cheap. At AFL$3.6 for a 24 oz bottle, that is only $1.37 a pound. The only downside is I usually travel to Aruba without checked in luggage. Going home I have to check it in and wait 20 to 30 more minutes to pick up the bag at Newark. _________________ 81st trip November 15-21, 2020 |
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JohnT Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 855 Location: Ormond Beach, FL
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Honey sounds good!
Want to please people with another sweet treat?
Buy some packages of "amandel speculaas" at Super Food. Jumbo brand.
They are excellent gingerbread-type cookies with micro-thin sliced almonds on them.
My "co-workers" at my volunteer "job" gobbled them up yesterday. _________________ Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be - Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961) |
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:33 am Post subject: |
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JohnT wrote: |
Buy some packages of "amandel speculaas" at Super Food. Jumbo brand.
They are excellent gingerbread-type cookies with micro-thin sliced almonds on them.
My "co-workers" at my volunteer "job" gobbled them up yesterday. |
I love those! Bought some for my mom one year for Christmas, too, and she loved them as well! _________________ ~Amy~®
Playa del Carmen, MX - March 2017
34th trip to Aruba - May 2017
Munich, Salzburg, Prague - June/July 2017
35th trip to Aruba: New Years Eve 2017/2018 |
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dutchdushi Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 132 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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This is a special candy we eat for Sinterklaas (the one we celebrate on 5 December). Love it! |
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yaofeng Aruba Lover
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 49 Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I have kept a steady supply of stroopwafel, gouda, edam, camembert, brie and even goat cheese and blue from Aruba in my house. We know they are originally from Europe but no matter. I also brought Amandel speculaas home a few times. You know how it is, one good thing about Aruba is you can shop as if you are in Europe without going to Europe. I also love the French bread from Kong Hing. The New Food Center in San Nicolas has that everyday.
In Aruba you can also buy specialty food items from all over the Caribbean. Christmas is not too far away. You'll see Ayaca (Hallaca) in the freezer section after Thanksgiving. _________________ 81st trip November 15-21, 2020 |
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JohnT Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 22 Jul 2002 Posts: 855 Location: Ormond Beach, FL
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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dutchdushi wrote: |
This is a special candy we eat for Sinterklaas (the one we celebrate on 5 December). Love it! |
Special candy?
Quite a few years ago (like 2001 or 2002 before I retired), my co-worker whose parents were born in the Netherlands asked me to look for "drop" candy. Whatever I bought at that time was very pleasing...brought back good childhood memories for her.
So this year, I decide I will again try to buy some "drop". Not sure what I got, but it tastes like salty licorice. It is definitely an acquired taste. I like salty things. However, this is a real test. Maybe Americans can imagine rolling some licorice in table salt.
Super Food just seems to have more products made in the Netherlands. I went shopping with my friend who loves to cook. I saw that he put a can of Unox "tomatensoep" (maybe I spelled it wrong), but I would have known that it was not tomato juice. Anyway, we all enjoyed a mug of tomato soup with vermicelli and little meatballs in it. We added extra basil to it, but the taste was good without it. _________________ Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be - Grandma Moses (1860 - 1961) |
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dutchdushi Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 132 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, you have different types of drop, ranging from soft and sweet to hard and extra salty. Look for words like zacht en zoet, avoid zout or dubbel zout. That will help you. Loved your remark on buying the tomatensoep. Made me laugh. I understand the Dutch language must be difficult for you. |
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