by asdf
Thu Oct 13th, 2005 at 10:13:36 PM EST
Ok, I'm leaving on my holiday to North Platte, Nebraska tomorrow. Here's a picture of the North Platte railroad yards.

You may recall that I was going to try a cross-cultural shopping expedition on this trip. See below for current shopping list.
What I have for a shopping list right now is as follows. If I see anything new before I leave, I'll try to add it.
2 liter of Milk
2 pounds of freshly made bread (not blown up in store)
2 different kinds of equally freshly made breadrolls (local tradition, only available in that part of the country)
1kg of organically grown local vegetables that are in season.
1 pound organically grown local fruit that are in season.
1Kg potatoes (local)
1Kg beef silverside (local)
1Kg pork spae ribs (local)
1Kg chicken breasts (local)
200g pork dripping
bulb of Garlic
sweet paprika green-yellow long 'Hungarian' sort, for eating
sweet paprika yellow-red long 'Hungarian' sort, for cooking
sweet paprika red round "cherry" sort (sorry am not sure of the English name)
sharp paprika dark green
very sharp paprika bright red Southeastern Hungarian sort
large watery tomato, for cooking
medium-sized tomato, sweet, for eating
mini tomato, for sandwitch ingredient & parties
red radish
white radish (big, long)
'normal' onion
small onion, with green
red onion
carrot
turnip
celery
courgette
eggplant
sour cabbage
red cabbage
1 VW Polo standard, cheapest model - but you want a Polo
10 kw/hours of electricity
10 k/hours of gas
50 liter of diesel
1 dentist appointment with root treatment
1 bus ride back and forth, duration of one trip 35minutes