Preserved Bamboo shoots?? NOT!!!!

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 17:20

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  thing is, in China, real food is getting scarce... cardboard processed used to be more expensive compared to pork..

  not anymore..

  this, on the other hand, is cheaper than bamboo shoots.. which has to be harvested..

  besides, i won't put anything past the idiots in PRC.. Mao destroyed any morality in them..

  btw.. i went to Giant a while ago.. guess what? no bamboo shoot available!!

  tat time the Maling thingy alrdy dun have chao san si alrdy

• the Bear

  23 Mar 08, 17:34

  simi si "chao san si" ?

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 18:18

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  simi si "chao san si" ?

  
  the one w/ bamboo shoot & meat

• Rhonda

  23 Mar 08, 21:09

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  tat time the Maling thingy alrdy dun have chao san si alrdy

  No more Chai San Si?!!! 

  OK, tomorrow, I shall hop down to the Asian grocery stores and stock up on them!    Recently, it was hard to find the Bak Ting (Spiced Pork Cubes) from my favourite brand, now, it's Chao San Si! 

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 21:12

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  No more Chai San Si?!!! 

  OK, tomorrow, I shall hop down to the Asian grocery stores and stock up on them!    Recently, it was hard to find the Bak Ting (Spiced Pork Cubes) from my favourite brand, now, it's Chao San Si! 

  
  from 7th mth alrdy no stock

  at least now, started to have luncheon meat and some unstable consignmnet of pig trotters, pork ribs and stewed pork

• Rhonda

  23 Mar 08, 21:21

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  from 7th mth alrdy no stock

  at least now, started to have luncheon meat and some unstable consignmnet of pig trotters, pork ribs and stewed pork

  Eh?  Here, I can still find those leh!

• Rhonda

  23 Mar 08, 21:22

  I was quite thrilled to find Yeo's canned food and packet drinks, as well as Ayam Brand's canned food here! 

  And there's a wider range of all manner of chilli sauce here than in Singapore!    Grocery-wise, I like it here better!

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 21:29

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Eh?  Here, I can still find those leh!

  
  cos it's AVA's ban ma...

• stellazio

  23 Mar 08, 21:30

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Eh?  Here, I can still find those leh!

  the aussie's are known to be slow and stop work at 5. so they have yet to clear up on the prc products.

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 21:32

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  I was quite thrilled to find Yeo's canned food and packet drinks, as well as Ayam Brand's canned food here! 

  And there's a wider range of all manner of chilli sauce here than in Singapore!    Grocery-wise, I like it here better!

  
  Singapore ar.. actually have lots of brand... but cos of some supermarket politics, end up it's restricted to the more popular brands

• the Bear

  23 Mar 08, 21:32

  i dunno.. eating.. processed chopsticks..

  

• stellazio

  23 Mar 08, 21:33

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  Singapore ar.. actually have lots of brand... but cos of some supermarket politics, end up it's restricted to the more popular brands

  supermarket have politics?

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 21:49

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  supermarket have politics?

  
  you wanna sell your product, need display money you know

  thot you biz dip grad, you should know abt something ba

• Rhonda

  23 Mar 08, 22:17

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  you wanna sell your product, need display money you know

  thot you biz dip grad, you should know abt something ba

  Oh yeah... the better and more prominent the display area, the higher the premium!    Marketing and Advertising.

• Rhonda

  23 Mar 08, 22:18

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  the aussie's are known to be slow and stop work at 5. so they have yet to clear up on the prc products.

  

• sbst275

  23 Mar 08, 22:25

  Originally posted by Rhonda:

  Oh yeah... the better and more prominent the display area, the higher the premium!    Marketing and Advertising.

  
  I cannot remember

  it also covers merchandise tat does not meet the supermarket's sales 'target'... but all the funny laws

• elindra

  23 Mar 08, 23:15

  Anyway wait till I'm a bit more free and bo liao and I'll try out that recipe to see if it actually works

• cApitaland

  24 Mar 08, 00:01

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  I prefer water into wine.

  i was thinking the same thing.

• Rhonda

  24 Mar 08, 09:11

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Anyway wait till I'm a bit more free and bo liao and I'll try out that recipe to see if it actually works

  It won't. 

• Wanda

  25 Mar 08, 14:40

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  I cannot remember

  it also covers merchandise tat does not meet the supermarket's sales 'target'... but all the funny laws

  
  Indeed, supermarket politics is common. Suppliers have to see the face, sar-kah and give festive presents to some buyers (usually those who rose thru' rank & file type) so that their products will remain on choice location on the shelves.

  I received the same email and I thot it was fake too...it's just too much work and too much time to convert chopsticks into cheap food. 

• EarlNeo

  25 Mar 08, 15:20

  Had to be a hoax. Bamboo belongs to the grass family and grows at a very fast rate. Harvesting shoots is relatively cheap and fast as compare to soaking chopstick in jars of preservative for god know how long.

   

  If u are afraid, just go for the full shoots can instead of those pre-cut/sliced shoots. I bet u cant fake those.