We are able to find most things here but they are packaged much differently.
Here are a few examples ~
This is my baking cabinet, bottom shelf. From left to right: baking powder, baking soda, basil, chicken broth mix, sugar. Behind the sugar is brown sugar and salt. Also I have a few other spices (oregano, cinnamon and cayenne).
This is inside the refrigerator on the door. Top shelf: Philadelphia cream cheese, strawberry jelly, apricot jelly, yeast. Bottom shelf: two bottles of milk (1 liter each – sometimes it is sold in cardboard wax containers but we like the bottles best), mayonnaise, orange juice.
Chocolate, vanilla, and cherry ice cream.
For the ice cream – you can slice it or squeeze out in small lumps. We usually slice it and it tastes very good. The vanilla is especially creamy. We haven’t tried the chocolate yet but the other one you see is cherry and it is delicious. We also have a large bag of frozen strawberries that we take out for cereal and we have put them on ice cream as well.
Meat is usually sold in vacuum packed bags. I bought some chicken breasts and they were so large we got two meals and several days of sandwiches out of one breast. We also had a roast which was very good and we had several days of sandwiches, three meals of beef stroganoff and I made a big pot of stew which we still have. We bring our lunch to the office most days as it is just easier than going out.
We have not yet gone out to eat but we will. We have heard there is a Ukrainian “cafeteria” near here that has lots of delicious foods and the Clendenings usually eat for under $10 for both of them with lots of food and even taking some home.
This morning we had oatmeal with apples in it. The apples are very good here.