tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post2073759277714689120..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: Saigon March 22, 2017Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-513811389819422352017-03-25T05:11:13.140-04:002017-03-25T05:11:13.140-04:00formaldehyde or other chemicals.
Don;t know, but ...formaldehyde or other chemicals.<br /><br />Don;t know, but hat's what we were told about the 33 beer in the sixties, but that didn't slow us down. :)<br /><br />===============<br /><br />The local shrimp (wild from SC) <br /><br />Yes, I buy the same in NC as it is better, I believe, although shrimp is one seafood that tastes OK after frozen.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-3592238511924432282017-03-25T05:07:36.143-04:002017-03-25T05:07:36.143-04:00Certainly.Certainly.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-59798002506738158672017-03-24T13:29:57.217-04:002017-03-24T13:29:57.217-04:00Brock, one concern: In America we fear eating Viet...Brock, one concern: In America we fear eating Vietnamese fish, because it's said to have formaldehyde or other chemicals. Especially the farmed fish.<br /><br />I noticed today the mahi-mahi I'd been regularly buying is sourced from Vietnam, though wild.<br /><br />The local shrimp (wild from SC) is ironically some of the cheapest seafood available for me. I know where to buy it almost straight from the fishermen, so I can get it cheap here.Weavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-40096814902202654972017-03-24T13:27:03.189-04:002017-03-24T13:27:03.189-04:00Ty for the explanation. Ty for the explanation. Weavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-4350540003081157002017-03-24T05:08:56.432-04:002017-03-24T05:08:56.432-04:00Maybe not as everything is fresh. My English frie...Maybe not as everything is fresh. My English friend Richard who stays here loses addition weight every 6 months and he is already skinny. He attributes it to the un-doctored food, I, unfortunately, don't have the same results......:)Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-29925526970147983942017-03-23T22:09:18.418-04:002017-03-23T22:09:18.418-04:00If I went there and saw that food, I'd come ba...If I went there and saw that food, I'd come back thirty pounds heavier and twice as happy.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-19440539412139903922017-03-23T04:37:55.255-04:002017-03-23T04:37:55.255-04:00I don't believe theInternet has affected them ...I don't believe theInternet has affected them so much but large department stores I am sure do, though these Ma and Pop stores sell at the minimum profit and since they also live there, a living is made.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-60861664203342828262017-03-23T04:06:14.585-04:002017-03-23T04:06:14.585-04:00They are pinky size and I spend about $40 a week o...They are pinky size and I spend about $40 a week on street food, but could do it for $20. The food pictured runs 60 cents to $1.30 and I split the meal each day for the most part.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-52417620114183816382017-03-23T00:01:59.061-04:002017-03-23T00:01:59.061-04:00Wow, that's a lot of great food! The crunchy ...Wow, that's a lot of great food! The crunchy fish, betcha can't eat just one!c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-64720221807601228722017-03-22T15:31:15.027-04:002017-03-22T15:31:15.027-04:00You take pictures of these lovely shops. I wonder ...You take pictures of these lovely shops. I wonder whether Internet shopping isn't undermining them as it does in other parts of the world!<br /><br />I think it's very conservative to admire small downtowns. Then Wal-Mart and other big box stores gutted the downtowns. Today the Internet is gutting the big boxes, which I hope results in some niche for a return of some small independent stores.<br /><br />Anyway, I think everyone likes seeing little shops. We all like downtowns, even if online shopping is so much more convenient. I try to avoid big box stores, shop from a mix of the other two. And big box grocery stores in the US can be great, some of them. Some older local chain grocery stores really join the community, are very local. It's nice. They offer the positives of the local downtowns I think, and their margins are low.Weavernoreply@blogger.com