I eat a ton of fresh fruits and veggies back home and I was wondering how much fresh fruits and veggies are? Also would it be possible to forage for certain foods like banana's and coconuts?
Know it sounds crazy but I am literally the cheapest guy I know and I love haggling and bartering for stuff too...
I wouldn't recommend foraging as any easily found trees are probably considered to be 'owned' by a local.
Eat the fruits and vegetables that are in season and Thailand is very cheap.
Can you give some general price comparisons, based off going to an open market? For example I can buy banana's here in the states for 59 cent a pound, mango's range from about 65 cents each to about 1.50 each and oranges I can get 2 for a dollar.
I am just trying to get a general Idea of what to expect on my favorite fruits.
Suffice to say that if you shop at your local street market the produce is quite affordable. Most moobans (local neighbourhoods, suburbs, villages - it's a flexible term) will have morning markets set up where you can get your fresh fruits and veggies along with eggs, freshly slaughtered chickens (some live chickens if you prefer to wring its neck at your own convenience) and pork that was going oink oink oink a few hours earlier. It would help you tremendously to start learning how to say your numbers in Thai.
Another tip, when you get to Thailand, forget the exchange rate and base the price of things on what you earn in baht. Secondly, get your mind around the metric system.
The greengrocers' apostrophe is still alive and living on a teaching forum!
Bananas are not that cheap in Thailand and there are different varieties, unlike the huge ones that most people see in the States. Oranges are not the same either. They are what we would call tangerines or mandarins. You will pay through the nose for navels imported from Australia. Mango is cheap as are the best papaya and pineapples I have ever eaten. Rambutan and mangosteen are also cheap in season. There is a surprising availability of Washington state apples, Chinese apples, Asian pear, starfruit and guava. The watermelons are small and not so sweet.
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Also would it be possible to forage for certain foods like banana's and coconuts?
Yes. it's possible. But yes you might get shot. And yes, you might die.
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Bananas are not that cheap in Thailand and there are different varieties, unlike the huge ones that most people see in the States
In Foodland, I buy a pack of four bananas - the closest in size to what you will see in the USA - and I pay 20 baht (about 60 cents)
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Oranges are not the same either. They are what we would call tangerines or mandarins.
There is a huge variety of oranges here if you include imported and locally grown. The cheapest are the locally grown oranges but I think they're awful - all pith, peel and pip. The only oranges I really like are those ones from China that are like a baby clementine. They're about three dollars for half a kilo I guess.
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In Foodland, I buy a pack of four bananas - the closest in size to what you will see in the USA - and I pay 20 baht (about 60 cents)
maybe more expensive than here.
fucking bananas
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I am just trying to get a general Idea of what to expect on my favorite fruits.
245T probably.
OP - young bugger, keep off of my banana tree or I'll give you summat to skrike about. Think on, now. Just think on.
fucking mangoes
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Also would it be possible to forage for certain foods like banana's and coconuts?
Sure, why not? Although over here it's usually called 'shopping'....but "go to foraging" has a certain ring to it...
yesterday i go to foraging
Nick, how many banana'''''''''''''s, mango'''''''''''''s and pineapple''''''''''''''s did you get?
dunno...head's swimming...
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yesterday i go to foraging
Forty-four foreigners, forsaking Carrefour, foreswore fruit flies while feverishly foraging the fronds for farang.
Then they got shot.
Cool
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I eat a ton of fresh fruits and veggies back home and I was wondering how much fresh fruits and veggies are?
No one's discussed the price of veggies.
I'll start off.
Baby corn. Tesco Lotus charge about 20 baht for a bag of about 10 husks.
Thailand is also the number one exporter of baby corn.
Join me tomorrow for another 'Bangkok Phil vegetable factoid' - together we'll make our world a greener one.
One imported avocado cost me 80 baht last time I bothered.
I do the fresh market trip (Ooooh, get me! I'm just soooooo like the locals...ya ya! Oh, My Buddha, Koh Samet! Paulo Cuelho, Dido...) I get a lot for not much cash. And then throw it out in a week.
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And then throw it out in a week.
I usually leave it a month, that way I can throw it out with the bread and milk all at the same time. [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/cool.gif]
Every week I buy a bunch of spring onions. And every week I throw them out.
I remember a thread like this about a year or so ago.
It should go along with a comment like this :
The price of ff' fruit, my god aren't you going to be the life of the party.
Move to the sticks. My landlord brings me bananas every few days, which is a shame 'cos I hate them so have to sneak them away into a bin. and the teachers are always trying to force weird fruits down my throat.
Getting pretty good at pretending to enjoy the first bite then hiding the rest and going back to my 7/11 ham cheese toastie [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/grin.gif]
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my 7/11 ham cheese toastie
I'm so pleased that I'm not the only one that likes 'em!
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One imported avocado cost me 80 baht last time I bothered.
One of the few...err green stuff things I eat....60 odd Baht in Tops (imported), BUT....did just have them on special for 30 odd Baht...I love 'em.
Anyway...you don't need to forage...Thais are kind enough to leave plates of food on the pavement etc. for random strangers to eat....this is a FACT!!! [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/wink.gif]
^^ Have you tried their chicken pie? Little sausage roll shaped thing in plastic in the cakes and bread stand.
฿17 of bachelor heaven. [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/cool.gif]
today dragon fruits have gone up to 35 baht a kilo.
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Have you tried their chicken pie? Little sausage roll shaped thing in plastic in the cakes and bread stand.
Oooh, pie. I'll check on the way home. But whenever I like something and then go back for it regularly - they discontinue it. Is it just me?
...just bought Australian avocadoes at B49 each and noticed that homegrown avocadoes (from somewhere up north) are B99...it's that kind of marketing that ensures success of local produce...
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Oooh, pie. I'll check on the way home. But whenever I like something and then go back for it regularly - they discontinue it. Is it just me?
Yes. Yes it is.
Eau de poisson at 50 baht a litre may not have been the bargain you first thought... [image: http://www.ajarnforum.net/vb/images/smilies/grin.gif]
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just bought Australian avocadoes at B49 each and noticed that homegrown avocadoes (from somewhere up north) are B99...it's that kind of marketing that ensures success of local produce...
Tomcat, are you sure that's 99 each and not 99 per kilo?
I bought two local avocados at the weekend and they cost me about 45 baht for the two (half a kilo in weight)
Although the local avocados look the part (fat and smooth and round) they don't compare to the imported Australian ones. The local ones have a tendency to quickly go brown inside once they start to ripen. The Aussie ones are easier to catch when they are just right.
Of course nothing compares to an Israeli Carmel avocado but I'll save that for another time.
...I'll have another look at the sign, Phil, but I think all it had on it was a large B99...would obviously make more sense if it was for a kilo...