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Based on almost same food items? US dollar to GBP, that'll be £7.50 shopping money. If I traipse to the local Chinese wholesalers', I'd be able to purchase:

£2.95 1 pack of 18-pc pork/prawn dumplings
£4.00 a pack of Chinese greens (choi sum?)

I'll steam the dumplings, blanch the greens served with a splashing of oyster sauce. For dessert, I will buy Haw flakes or a can of glass jelly drink with the change.

Gosh, maybe I should just go to yours for dinner.



Lola, I'm impressed that you even try jelly grass drink. Jelly grass...really folks is like eating jello..wobbly. I haven't tried jelly grass drink yet. It's more of the flavouring I suspect.

Geez, some foods in U.K. just look more expensive (never mind the currency conversions). That same packet of choi sum probably would be here around, $3.00 ....Canadian.

To Dotsie: the jumbo pork steamed bun, is made of white flour, water and I'm not-sure-what, filled with meat or veggie) and steamed to cook. My mother makes such buns. Other people might be more familiar with fillings of Chinese barbecued pork. The one I buy, has hard-boiled quail's egg inside with the pork. Well, for $1.50CAN it's a cheap lunch treat on the run.

Do we buy processed food groceries? Sometimes... pickles, sauerkraut, jar of hoisin sauce, vegetable broth soup powder, etc.

My partner (who is of German descent) and I live in middle-class Canada. We're part of mainstream as well. If you lived in Vancouver, you will discover over 300 sushi restaurants and take-outs. I'm serious..it is norm here.
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