I’m trying to troubleshoot some issues with my breadmaking and I’ll always get a reply like “we’ll get a Dutch oven or a pizza stone!” Like don’t you think after all the effort I’ve been going through in making bread (it’s obvious from my posts) that I would have if I could have?
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Another thing that annoys me, and it’s not really anyone’s fault, is advice that is very American-centric. So, the assumption to buy in bulk or having the vast variety of options at a store.
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It bothered me initially when I moved to Ireland the inability to buy in bulk, and the lack of brands compared to a store in Canada. But everyone’s living space is so much smaller and fewer people drive that it makes sense.
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The largest bulk purchase I have made, ever, has been beer and flour. And that’s been from online places in the last month.
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I do love you, my North American friends. But shopping and storage are very much not the same in Europe.
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Also, for some reason that I do not understand, Ireland just does not have access to certain things. For instance, you cannot buy an Instant Pot here. Or at least I haven’t seen any on any sites that sell small appliances.
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And for some reason unbeknownst to me, the UK shops that normally we can get things from just won’t ship certain things. UK Amazon is our amazon too, but a lot of places will not ship to Ireland. Many other stores that are in both countries will have more products in the UK
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Again, no one’s fault that this happens (at least not the folks giving advice) I just wish people would stop assuming everything is like North America.
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It was a shock when I moved here that I couldn’t just buy everything I needed at one place. I have to go to minimum two these days to get stuff for lockdown purposes. In normal times it’s upwards to 4, 5, or 6 depending on the week.
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My local shop doesn’t carry dried pulses for example, and doesn’t restock its spices, or it does very rarely. So I have to go to other shops that are further away to get spices and things like dried lentils.
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It can be frustrating but the shops are much smaller. My local shop is maybe the size of two gas stations put together, if I had to approximate the size.
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