The Grocery Store

As per an earlier request by Matt's mom, we just had to write about the grocery store here.

First of all, the one we found and have been using is very convenient as is directly across the street from our school (about a ten minute walk away from our apartment). When we are going to buy heavier items, we take a granny cart with us (the owners of our apartment have one) so we don't have to carry the huge amounts of water we're drinking.

The grocery store is much, much smaller than the huge chain grocery stores in the States and is perhaps closer in size to a standard Trader Joe's. But what is also so great about it is that is filled to the brim with kosher foods. Everything inside is kosher, so we don't have to spend the huge amount of time looking for a hecksher on each and every item that we did in the States.

Since most items in the store have Hebrew labels, we at first found the fruits and vegetables area the most user-friendly. However, we have been branching out and trying new things. Some things are easy to tell what they are from the packaging, like pasta, while others take a bit of guesswork (like pesto).

One surprisingly difficult item to find was butter. It's almost like they hid it because it only comes in very small containers and is not in the usual rectangular boxes we're used to. We've also discovered that Diet Pepsi is called "Pepsi Max" here, which doesn't quite make sense.

There are separate counters to get meat and cheeses but only Jean has been brave enough out of the three of us to try that out so far.

However, we have found sliced turkey, mini-pizzas, pitas, pareve bread, orange juice, Coke, and lots of fruits and veggies so far. Our big find for today at the grocery store was Sweet & Low...it's definitely the small things that make the difference.

Here's a picture of our grocery store.