International Foods
My first trip to the Co-op to stock up on the basics – when I am gone, Adventure Man eats out or eats peanut butter and crackers, so the cupboard is bare! He very thoughtfully stocked up on skim milk for me, but beyond that, I am responsible.
I have a small, discreet camera but I wasn’t fast enough this time. One of the store people came over to me.
“Madam, why are you photographing this shelf?”
I told him I have a friend (well, aren’t you my friends?) and we were looking at ways the world is becoming more international.
“Look,” I pointed out to him, “here on this shelf you have Louisiana right next to India!”
I’m not sure he grasped the concept. I know he found it very weird that I was taking a photo of the shelves. Maybe he thought the Co-op had hired a mystery shopper (ho ho ho hohoho) and I was working for Quality Control?
By the way, now that I have started checking all my foods for country of origin, did you know that every can of tuna that we buy in Kuwait comes from Thailand? I have not heard anything about problems with quality control out of Thailand, not the same kinds of problems as with China, but they certainly are packing a LOT of tuna.
Even tuna branded “Americana” – wouldn’t you think a tuna branded Americana would come from America? Wrong! It is also canned in Thailand.
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Many of our tuna offerings come from Thailand, too, although I understand that some brands come from Liberia, I imagine because there is a Lebanese expat community there. Some family must have the tuna concession!
I think I’ve also seen South African tuna here but that sounds just as odd as Liberian tuna – I’ll have to double-check.
There were also brands that came from Phil. like Alwazzan,some of their tuna were packed in Phil. and some were in Thai. BTW, i like Tuna specially when added to cucumber and tomato salad!
Little Diamond, Huh! Liberia! I know that they have really really COLD Atlantic currents down off the coast of South Africa and Namibia, but I hadn’t thought about Liberia. Wonder what the quality control is like there? :-0
Rieanne – I didn’t see any from the Phillipines this time, but it doesn’t mean there aren’t some there sometimes. EVERY can i checked was from Thailand, which I found weird. We like tuna, too! š