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yaofeng · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:44 am Post subject: Price of honey

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.

JohnT · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:01 am Post subject:

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.

~Amy~® · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:33 am Post subject:

dutchdushi · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:58 pm Post subject:

This is a special candy we eat for Sinterklaas (the one we celebrate on 5 December). Love it!

yaofeng · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject:

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.

JohnT · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject:

dutchdushi · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject:

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.