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I am sad that there is no longer a toy in my kinder egg...

@Delancepants - always expect the unexpected / Spanish Inquision. This turned into a mini-rant about something seemingly unrelated, as a way of explaining about how the hidden costs can appear - so please bear with me. Regarding the "hidden costs" - There's not so many, but it helps to...

For another estimate on cost of living and the the groceries front - for two of us (+2cats and 1dog), after the monthly cost of $2300 (pesos) for bills and taxes and expenses and building rents and stuff, we have about $150 per day left over for food, clothing and entertainment. "Excess" varies...

what's wrong with an ATM? oh, ok - it's like western union. Sorry, np. Use a bank and paypal or something - I hate those places.

Hmm... A cave in a swamp in England.

Found some condimento para carnes from alicante that is an unusal mix, and some nice la campagnola pure concentrado de tomate - with the salsa inglesa, Argentine tomillo and condimento, it is different to traditional cottage pie flavour... It tastes similar enough to be like home, but different...

Today we tried making some traditional flapjacks from stuff here. Rolled coarse and fine oats are easy to find. Mascabo sugar is good stuff. Jarabe de fructosa, which is fructose syrup, since golden syrup isn't here, mixed with some nice honey, with butter. Puffed, salty and honey roasted...

Just to let you know, the English sauce (Kenko, Molho Ingles) was only 30$ at some store called natural flavour - It's a pretty close flavour to worcester(shire) sauce. It's also vegetarian, and about $100 less expensive than the import lee and perrins. Good stuff.

I saw this job... Think I might apply for it myself: https://buenosaires.craigslist.org/tfr/5344838173.html?lang=en&cc=us

Yes, RodolfoWalsh - they are dehydrated stock with thickener. BISTO stands for, Browning Instant Stock Thickener (in) One. Lots of people use it in the UK as a gravy additive for quick gravy - mix into the vegetable water and meat juice, et voila. it's used in lots of sauces and things, too...

Hi - there was some stuff in one of the markets near me that I think will do: Alicante seasoning packs for meat and veg, knorr meat stock cubes, onion salt and some maizena - i'll mix it all with bit of baking soda and chuck it in a pot together, soak in stock and let to dry - maybe it will...

Hello, I am trying to find the Argentinan equivilent of something like BISTO (browning, seasoning, thickening in one). I'm not trying to make gravy or stuffing from a packet. It's an ingredient for a homecooking recipe that requires it (or something like it). Is there anything like this in...