Finding fresh beef in Costco
All Costco beef is imported and therefore frozen. The fresh beef is defrosted before sale. I reckon the pork and chicken probably is, too. Online prices at their app are…
expensive
Look what I found!
I know it’s available on Shopee, but after the last time I ordered via Freezer Delivery… I don’t trust it to be delivered frozen or kept frozen properly. So I…
Travel Safely, good people of Taiwan!
In many European cities, esp. around tourist zones those who look like they have money can become easy targets. Some friends were robbed in Spain in Madrid, I guess because…
Getting Documents for use abroad
We’re located in Taiwan. Boy! Is it expensive to get two documents approved for government use here? That’s NT$5000 a piece! I did it before using DHL to ship the…
Making Yogurt: Will it set?
People say you can’t make good set yogurt with UHT milk. Does this prove them wrong? I’m not sure if this is a success since I haven’t been making yogurt…
Where can I buy yogurt starter?
I use the Easiyo maker with their own yogurt mixes. Only the 2nd one didn’t work out so well, mostly because I didn’t know how to recover the runniness (longer…
Wa! No more Sitestripe? Why???
Yes. I got a reminder yesterday. I’ve put my site on maintenance mode for a few weeks, while I consider my options. I used to use Amalinks until Kompelling LLC…
Milk, butter and cheese are all expensive in Taiwan. Why?
So it farmers get NT$27.7 for a liter of milk. $3billion / 108000000 liters of milk. ChatGPT says it’s about NT$32 for farmer’s rates in Ablerta. I guess global input…
Hongshulin MRT to Zhishan MRT by Youbike! Slower, more expensive, but more fun!
Today’s cycle ride via Youbike. I had to go to Hongshulin to find one! It was a bit rickety! I took nearly 2 hours! Including a coffee break. Google says…