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Gregory Morrow[_390_] Gregory Morrow[_390_] is offline
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Default Hawaii groceries

brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:41:44 -0800, "Steve B"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Steve B > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I want to go to Kauai again. But this time, I want to ship over
>>>> staples I can get here very cheap instead of spending lots of
>>>> money for the same thing
>>>> there. Plus, there are some things available here that are hard
>>>> to find or
>>>> impossible to get there.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any experiences with shipping foods to Hawaii UPS? No
>>>> fruits or
>>>> vegetables. Mostly spices, specialty batter mixes, flavored oils,
>>>> sauces and marinades, stuff like that. Any inspection or
>>>> quarantine or caveats?
>>>
>>> No idea, but definitely ship a tube or two of real wasabi. It is
>>> impossible to find in stores in Hawaii, even though it's natually
>>> exactly what you want with all the fresh fish.
>>>
>>> Steve

>>
>> Fish and shrimp were priced a lot lower than I thought they would
>> be. And they were fresh. If you spearfish or take a fishing pole,
>> you can have it right out of the water.
>>
>> But that's what I'm talking about. My list has Tony's spice, New
>> Orleans Fish-Fri, Shrimp-Fri, flavored oils, spices, just some
>> specialty items, plus some common items that would save some $$ over
>> their prices.
>>

> I'm beginning to think this is a troll. Where pray tell will you do
> all this seafood cooking at a hotel, they'd toss your butt out for
> stinkin' the place up, they'd put the cost of all the furnishings
> including a new mattress on your credit card... and don't say they
> can't, you gave permission to charge you for damages when you signed
> in... they'd probably have you arrested for violating the fire codes.
> And if you're cooking fresh caught right on the beach you don't want
> to muck it up with all that crap you'd need to cover up the stench of
> that frozen garbage you eat at home... frozen seafood ain't worth
> eating, I avoid it like the plague. And who in their right mind goes
> on a pricey vacation and spends all their time mess cooking instead of
> seeing the sights? duh
>
> Ya know, I don't believe you've ever been to Hawaii, except by NatGeo
> channel. Nobody travels half way around the world to vacation all by
> themself (all you say is "I", not once did you say "we") for a week
> with their pantry... maybe instead of Anthony C's hot stuff you should
> think more about bringing along a hot piece of ass... I hear-tell
> hired clean pussy is indeed pricey on Hawaii.



Man, then the cybersquat would have "Entry Denied" stamped on her Hawaiian
visa...!!!


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Greg