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?

Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
$350.

Steve

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

"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.

Steve

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.

brooklyn1 > wrote:

>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

He said he's doing a condo swap.

I've stayed in four different condos in Hawaii, and with the
easy availabilty of fish in the markets (and sometimes, straight
from fisherperons) it's definitely the way to go. But you
truly do need all you other desired ingredients. So shipping
them out there might be the way to go.

Especially as many (not all) condo owners toss out any leftover
olive oil, soy sauce, mustard etc. between guests -- items
for which someone paid triple in a Hawaii grocery store.

Steve

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:38:28 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>>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
>
>He said he's doing a condo swap.
>
>I've stayed in four different condos in Hawaii, and with the
>easy availabilty of fish in the markets (and sometimes, straight
>from fisherperons) it's definitely the way to go.

That's pure sillyness... why travel half way around the world to hang
in a kitchen most of the day... you should have stayed home and saved
all that air fare instead of bitching about the price of muffin mix.

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...!!!


--
Best
Greg

I'm sorry. Am I speaking Hawaiian or Martian or some oediphthong dialect?

I said I trade house for house. HOUSES HAVE KITCHENS. I'll take a condo,
too. They also have KITCHENS!

Must be some really good weed going around, or shrooms are shrooming.

Steve

On 12/27/2009 10:24 AM, brooklyn1 wrote:

> I hear-tell
> hired clean pussy is indeed pricey on Hawaii.

Well, at least you got that one right. I think you'd be more interested
in the hot dogs made of Spam that's sold here. It's something like $3.60
for a package 8. Although we love Spam here, that's way too much for us
local folks. You rich mainlanders OTOH, probably could well afford it.

I noticed a bunch of pineapples at the local Safeway, only $.49/lb.
That's a good price. It was unusual to see so many pines at the store
and the next day I read in the Star-Bulletin that the last pineapple
grower in the state has it's final harvest. I guess it was a clearance
sale of the last commercial pines grown in Hawaii. That's all folks! :-(

> Well, at least you got that one right. I think you'd be more interested in
> the hot dogs made of Spam that's sold here. It's something like $3.60 for
> a package 8. Although we love Spam here, that's way too much for us local
> folks. You rich mainlanders OTOH, probably could well afford it.

Read that Hawaiians eat more Spam per capita than any other state. They
grew to like it from when GIs were there. They use it to cook all sorts of
things. I like mine fried with some mustard on a sandwich.

Steve

In article >,
"Steve B" > wrote:

> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
> $350.

I encourage you to google "UPS shipping rates" and apply some math. If
your idea is valid, bigshot capitalists are getting dumber, and I don't
think that's the case.

leo

Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:

>I encourage you to google "UPS shipping rates" and apply some math. If
>your idea is valid, bigshot capitalists are getting dumber, and I don't
>think that's the case.

I think it's valid. Say you stay 2 weeks at a condo in Hawaii,
cook most of your meals, and use a lot of the products the OP
described. You could easily spend $300 in Hawaii for products that cost
$100 on the mainland, and perhaps $50 to ship.

Furthermore gas is expensive in Hawaii, and pre-shipping saves you
from having to drive around shopping for what you need. Not
to mention the hassle factor.

Steve

"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
>> was
>> $350.
>
> I encourage you to google "UPS shipping rates" and apply some math. If
> your idea is valid, bigshot capitalists are getting dumber, and I don't
> think that's the case.
>
> leo

I'm sure that licensed businesses may be limited on their shipping
practices. I'm talking about shipping some of my favorite cooking staples
for personal use. I read some of the restrictions, and "personal use" is a
phrase that is used a lot.

Steve

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.

Instead of shipping your staples, pack it in your carry-on and your
luggage. On most airlines, you can pack 40 lbs in each carry-on, you
just have to keep liquids under 3 oz. I have carried meat in luggage
with no problem, but check with TSA and your airline to make sure.


Becca

Becca wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Instead of shipping your staples, pack it in your carry-on and your
> luggage. On most airlines, you can pack 40 lbs in each carry-on, you
> just have to keep liquids under 3 oz. I have carried meat in luggage
> with no problem, but check with TSA and your airline to make sure.
>
> Becca

3oz only applies to carry on. You can pack larger liquids in checked
baggage, though I would recommend repackaging only the quantities you
will need in good leak proof Nalgene bottles and packing those inside
big zip lock bags.

Pete C. wrote:
> 3oz only applies to carry on. You can pack larger liquids in checked
> baggage, though I would recommend repackaging only the quantities you
> will need in good leak proof Nalgene bottles and packing those inside
> big zip lock bags.
>

We fly to San Juan in 12 days. Since the Nigerian BVD-Bomber escapade,
we will wait and see TSA's new flight restrictions. :-( Flying just
isn't fun anymore.


Becca

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:56:42 -0600, Becca wrote:

> Pete C. wrote:
>> 3oz only applies to carry on. You can pack larger liquids in checked
>> baggage, though I would recommend repackaging only the quantities you
>> will need in good leak proof Nalgene bottles and packing those inside
>> big zip lock bags.
>>
>
> We fly to San Juan in 12 days. Since the Nigerian BVD-Bomber escapade,
> we will wait and see TSA's new flight restrictions. :-( Flying just
> isn't fun anymore.
>
> Becca

it's never been 'fun.' now, it's just painful.

your pal,
blake

Becca > wrote:

>Instead of shipping your staples, pack it in your carry-on and your
>luggage. On most airlines, you can pack 40 lbs in each carry-on, you
>just have to keep liquids under 3 oz.

This may be changing as we speak.

Steve

"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> Becca > wrote:
>
>>Instead of shipping your staples, pack it in your carry-on and your
>>luggage. On most airlines, you can pack 40 lbs in each carry-on, you
>>just have to keep liquids under 3 oz.
>
> This may be changing as we speak.
>
> Steve

Ya got that right. It used to change weekly. Now, I think it's hourly.

Steve

"Steve B" > wrote in message
...
>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?
>
> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
> was $350.
>
> Steve
>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540...96065#34596065

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?
>
> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
> $350.
>
> Steve

You can pack that stuff in your checked bag for less than UPS shipping.
If you really need to ship stuff, USPS priority mail flat rate boxes are
the most economical method.

On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:23:24 -0800, "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?
>
>Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
>$350.
>
>Steve
>

I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
Spices, I understand more, because you use tiny bits. But Kauai has
COSTCo which has good prices and excellent meat etc. $350 for 2 weeks
while on vacation, sounds okay. Unless it is a part of traveling that
you enjoy. You know, pack as much of your own stuff and just
transport to a new location.

And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
easily.

I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!

aloha,
Cea

pure kona wrote:
>
> And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
> local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
> easily.
>
> I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!

It may make some sense to bring a few things otherwise costly, but half the
fun of a vacation to me is finding out what the locals do and where they
shop. I don't know that I'd want to live on poi for three weeks though.

"pure kona" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:23:24 -0800, "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?
>>
>>Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>>went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
>>was
>>$350.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
> I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
> thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
> Spices, I understand more, because you use tiny bits. But Kauai has
> COSTCo which has good prices and excellent meat etc. $350 for 2 weeks
> while on vacation, sounds okay. Unless it is a part of traveling that
> you enjoy. You know, pack as much of your own stuff and just
> transport to a new location.
>
> And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
> local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
> easily.
>
> I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!
>
> aloha,
> Cea

The last time, we bought lots of things in Koloa. We should have gone to
Luhuie, but didn't. Prices at a large store there were better. I have two
vacation rentals in Vegas, and I'm trying to trade a month or two in Kauai
for time in our Vegas houses. So, I would be there long enough to justify
taking some supplies. If I can get a deal on airfare, it would be a pretty
cheap vacation. If there's a Costco there, I'll definitely go there. I
think that there are just some things I cook with that would be hard to find
in Kauai. Olive oil was $21 in Koloa.

Steve

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:03:54 -0800, "Steve B"
> wrote:

>
>"pure kona" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:23:24 -0800, "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?
>>>
>>>Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>>>went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
>>>was
>>>$350.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>
>>
>> I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
>> thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
>> Spices, I understand more, because you use tiny bits. But Kauai has
>> COSTCo which has good prices and excellent meat etc. $350 for 2 weeks
>> while on vacation, sounds okay. Unless it is a part of traveling that
>> you enjoy. You know, pack as much of your own stuff and just
>> transport to a new location.
>>
>> And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
>> local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
>> easily.
>>
>> I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!
>>
>> aloha,
>> Cea
>
>The last time, we bought lots of things in Koloa. We should have gone to
>Luhuie, but didn't. Prices at a large store there were better. I have two
>vacation rentals in Vegas, and I'm trying to trade a month or two in Kauai
>for time in our Vegas houses. So, I would be there long enough to justify
>taking some supplies. If I can get a deal on airfare, it would be a pretty
>cheap vacation. If there's a Costco there, I'll definitely go there. I
>think that there are just some things I cook with that would be hard to find
>in Kauai. Olive oil was $21 in Koloa.
>
Sometimes, you just have to bite the bullet.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"pure kona" > wrote in message

> And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
> local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
> easily.

Yes, I bought a tube of wasabi at the new grocery store in
Waikaloa Beach Resort. However, it was 100% horseradish and
0% wasabi. I prefer the ones that are at least partly wasabi.

(Tangentially, I think they must have figured out how better to
cultivate wasabi recently, because genuine wasabi is
getting easier to find. Some tubes are now 100% wasabi.)

Steve

"Steve B" > wrote:
>
>The last time, we bought lots of things in Koloa. We should have gone to
>Luhuie, but didn't. Prices at a large store there were better. I have two
>vacation rentals in Vegas, and I'm trying to trade a month or two in Kauai
>for time in our Vegas houses. So, I would be there long enough to justify
>taking some supplies. If I can get a deal on airfare, it would be a pretty
>cheap vacation. If there's a Costco there, I'll definitely go there. I
>think that there are just some things I cook with that would be hard to find
>in Kauai. Olive oil was $21 in Koloa.
>

Huh? Pretty decent evoo costs $21/liter at typical stupidmarkets on
the US mainland. Perhaps in Hawaii they have evmo for cheap
(macadamia oil).

"pure kona" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:23:24 -0800, "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?
>>
>>Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>>went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
>>was
>>$350.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
> I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
> thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
> Spices, I understand more, because you use tiny bits. But Kauai has
> COSTCo which has good prices and excellent meat etc. $350 for 2 weeks
> while on vacation, sounds okay. Unless it is a part of traveling that
> you enjoy. You know, pack as much of your own stuff and just
> transport to a new location.
>
> And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
> local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
> easily.
>
> I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!
>
> aloha,
> Cea

Where is the Costco in Kauai? I was there Christmas a year ago, and there
was none.

Steve

Steve B wrote:

> Where is the Costco in Kauai? I was there Christmas a year ago, and
> there was none.

It says it opened in 2006:

http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/Ware...ouseNumber=640

nancy

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:46:12 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Steve B wrote:
>
>> Where is the Costco in Kauai? I was there Christmas a year ago, and
>> there was none.
>
>It says it opened in 2006:
>
>http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/Ware...ouseNumber=640
>
>nancy
Bob, my husband is from Kauai, and his 2 brothers and a sister live
there and they were so excited when COSTCO opened, apparently in 2006!
(When COSTCO opened in Kona about 15 years ago, we felt the same
excitement!)

Lihue is small enough that with the map Nancy showed in the COSTCO
post, Steve ought to find it easily. You will pass Kukui Grove
Shopping Center (where Costco is located) to go out to Koloa.

Yes small stores like in Koloa would indeed have extraordinary prices

Have fun no matter what!

aloha,
Cea

"pure kona" > wrote

> Lihue is small enough that with the map Nancy showed in the COSTCO
> post, Steve ought to find it easily. You will pass Kukui Grove
> Shopping Center (where Costco is located) to go out to Koloa.
>
> Yes small stores like in Koloa would indeed have extraordinary prices
>
> Have fun no matter what!
>
> aloha,
> Cea

Musta drove right by it or close. We went all the way to Hanalea one day,
and to Lihuie several times. And past. Dang.

Steve

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:44:59 -1000, pure kona >
wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:23:24 -0800, "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?
>>
>>Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>>went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
>>$350.
>>
>>Steve
>>
>
>I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
>thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
>Spices, I understand more, because you use tiny bits. But Kauai has
>COSTCo which has good prices and excellent meat etc. $350 for 2 weeks
>while on vacation, sounds okay. Unless it is a part of traveling that
>you enjoy. You know, pack as much of your own stuff and just
>transport to a new location.
>
>And those tubes of wasabi suggested in another post? If you go to a
>local store, I know you can find them. I buy them here in Kona very
>easily.
>
>I hope you enjoy your stay on Kauai, no matter what!
>
>aloha,
>Cea

I absolutely agree... if you need to bring your own food then you
can't afford the trip... and that means you really won't enjoy
yourself anyway, every cent spent will give you agita. And anyway,
why travel so far to a distant land and not eat the local food (which
ain't very pricey, not everyone in Hawaii is wealthy, far from it),
kinda moronic spending thousand$ on transportation when what you're
saying by wanting to bring food to save a few bucks is that you can't
afford to eat too well at home either. On a one week stay cooking
ones own meals can actually cost more and won't be so good as eating
at the local joints... why travel all the way to Hawaii just to eat
specialty batter mix... WTF is specialty batter mix anyway, is that
like a box cake?

I've done plenty of traveling in my life, especially to the tropics...
I would avoid fancy hotel and restaurant foods at all costs, may as
well have stayed home. When I'd stay on the Belize cays I'd rent a
tiny cabana on the beach for a week, $10/day... no hot water other
than from the solar tank on the roof, was really just a tiny bedroom
with a mini terlit. The street venders from town would stroll by
often with delicious local foods, cost so little I'd offer them more
to ensure their return. One of the traditons on the cays was that the
townspeople would cook extra and when they saw tourists strolling past
on those hot dusty streets they'd envite them in to eat dinner or
lunch with the family... they'd actually have a sign out on the picket
fence with the day's viands and the prices, was cheap but good and
plentiful, mostly seafood you'd pay a fortune for back home... lobster
was dirt cheap, a big platter of conch steaks with tropical produce
and baked goods was wonderful... getting hungry... where will I find
fresh from the sea conch and fresh picked tropical produce in the
Catskills... and there coconut, pineapple and local rum was
practically free, and cashew wine was free... everyone made their own
and was offered in exchange for the company. Going to the tropics and
staying at a fancy schmancy American hotel is not a vacation, that's
an exercise in conspicuous consumption. It never occured to me to
bring my own food to Belize.. back then the only important product to
pack was plenty of TP, was very little available and very dear... like
$5 a roll of a no name brand, a telephone book was better. But now
Belize has its own TP factory, Rose's. In fact I bought a lovely
piece of property from the owner, I posted pictures previously... ten
years later sold it to some very wealthy NYC socialite at a huge
profit... good seaside building lots on th eBelize mainland are rare
and expensive, all reclaimed from the sea by sand pumpers, piped
ashore from way out at sea on barges... the Belize coast is below sea
level (The Mosquito Coast).

I would travel from Belize City out to the cays on Chocolate's speed
boat, I wonder if he's still around, he'd have to be 90 now. I have a
load of speed boat pics at sea I never bothered to scan. I never did
learn SCUBA but I did plenty of snorkling, still have all my gear but
haven't used it in some ten years.

I really don't see the point in US mainlanders, especially from the
east coast, going to Hawaii when for a mere pittance they can
experience the real deal only a small hop, skip, and a jump from home,
Hawaii is much too commercialized. I never visited Hawaii but I met
plenty of folks in Belize who have, and once they experienced Belize
would never do Hawaii again.

Click all the links, you won't be wasting your time:
http://www.islandexpeditions.com/art...les-globe2.htm

Took me a while to find this and scan it but that's me on a tropical
vacation... 1991 - Cay Caulker... next pic is of who took my photo and
sittin' in that other chair but I ain't showin' my rosta gal.
http://i48.tinypic.com/of1p5k.jpg

One day I have to sort my thousands of Belize photos and scan some,
too bad there were no digicams back then or I'd have many more and
much better.

brooklyn1 > wrote:

>On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:44:59 -1000, pure kona >

>>I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
>>thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?

>I absolutely agree... if you need to bring your own food then you
>can't afford the trip...

I travel between 8 and 10 weeks each year. During this time,
I pay the same attention to food prices that I do at home.
I do not randomly buy overpriced stuff; only sometimes as part
of a deliberate splurge.

In the case of an extended visit to Hawaii, grocery prices
are definitely worth looking at.

Steve

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:03:04 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

>brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:44:59 -1000, pure kona >
>
>>>I guess I am used to prices here, but I question why after spending
>>>thousands (?) of dollars to come here, you want to bring your food?
>
>>I absolutely agree... if you need to bring your own food then you
>>can't afford the trip...
>
>I travel between 8 and 10 weeks each year. During this time,
>I pay the same attention to food prices that I do at home.
>I do not randomly buy overpriced stuff; only sometimes as part
>of a deliberate splurge.
>
>In the case of an extended visit to Hawaii, grocery prices
>are definitely worth looking at.
>
>Steve

Checking prices where one shops regardless home or away is
a lot different from bringing groceries from home when vacationing
away from home... even when eating at restaurants folks check the
prices regardless where. If someone can't afford to eat where they're
going on vacation then they have no business vacationing there... any
six year old who can budget their allowance can fathom this logic.

This Hawaii thing reminds me of people who are willing to pay $200 for
a ticket to a football game but them bitch about the price of hot dogs
there... definitely something terribly amiss with the computational
part of their brain... when I say amiss I mean that part is missing...
normal brained folks wouldn't pay $200 to watch a bunch of over sized
infantile morons kick a ball around... and they'd have the basic
common sense to realize they can buy a whole package of tube steaks
for less than the price of one at the freak circus. What a freakin'
ukelele! LOL

brooklyn1 > wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:03:04 +0000 (UTC),

>>I travel between 8 and 10 weeks each year. During this time,
>>I pay the same attention to food prices that I do at home.
>>I do not randomly buy overpriced stuff; only sometimes as part
>>of a deliberate splurge.

>>In the case of an extended visit to Hawaii, grocery prices
>>are definitely worth looking at.

>Checking prices where one shops regardless home or away is
>a lot different from bringing groceries from home when vacationing
>away from home... even when eating at restaurants folks check the
>prices regardless where. If someone can't afford to eat where they're
>going on vacation then they have no business vacationing there... any
>six year old who can budget their allowance can fathom this logic.

Hawaii is a unique case because there are sky-high prices on
shelf-stable grocery items that you could easily bring with
you... so why not do so?

I will say I've never shipped ahead food while traveling...
I've sometimes shipped ahead some items that were for
whatever reason inconvenient to haul onto an airplane,
and the basic concept of shipping ahead food items does
not seem strange to me as it does to you.

Steve

"brooklyn1" > wrote

> I absolutely agree... if you need to bring your own food then you
> can't afford the trip

<tons of drivel snipped>

Pardon me, but I can't remember when I last asked anyone how I can spend my
own money.

I got a new computer recently. Now I remember some of the plonksters from
before.

plonk .........

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?
>
> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it was
> $350.
>
> Steve
>
>

I'm jealous!

I don't think you'd have a problem with processed foods or
spices. No fruit, nuts, or meat.

Can you live for a week or two without your usual diet?
I suggest "going native", eating, cooking, and buying the way
they do, at farmers' market stands rather than Safeway. Buy
local fruit and vegetables, not stuff imported from South America
during the winter via the mainland. Go easy on meat, eat more
fish. We found shrimp was a good buy on our last trip, so good
that I got gout from so much of it. :-(

We also ate a lot of Thai and other Asian takeout, cheaper than
eating in the restaurants if you factor in restaurant prices for
beer or wine.


gloria p

"gloria.p" > 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?
>>
>> Hooooooooooey, the prices there are high, except, ironically, liquor. We
>> went to the grocery store and got groceries for three for a week and it
>> was $350.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I'm jealous!
>
> I don't think you'd have a problem with processed foods or spices. No
> fruit, nuts, or meat.
>
> Can you live for a week or two without your usual diet?
> I suggest "going native", eating, cooking, and buying the way they do, at
> farmers' market stands rather than Safeway. Buy local fruit and
> vegetables, not stuff imported from South America during the winter via
> the mainland. Go easy on meat, eat more fish. We found shrimp was a good
> buy on our last trip, so good that I got gout from so much of it. :-(
>
> We also ate a lot of Thai and other Asian takeout, cheaper than eating in
> the restaurants if you factor in restaurant prices for beer or wine.
>
>
> gloria p

Our last (and first) trip was a learning experience, hence this thread. I'd
surely do a lot of things differently. But we did get to drive the whole
island, and lots and lots of the backroads. This time, I'd take an entire
new tack on it. And that is why I want to stay for longer than one week.
I'd stay three months if I could swing it.

Steve