Dr. Pepper is now in Costco for NT 469 for a case of 24 cans.
They have crappy small thin skinned Aussie potatoes now rather than the American baking potatoes they used to have.
The hot turkey sandwich is off the menu at Chiayi Costco 
At every Costco
Costco Neihu has organic chicken stock; Xizhi does not. Neither has had tinned tomatoes (small tins) for a while. Ugh.
I need the help of you, Mighty Foreign Sausages of the Skydragon City.
One of my coworkers will go to Costco in Taipei later this month, and he asked if thereās anything that Iād like to get from there. Iāve not been in Costco for 2 years, so Iām a bit rusty about their stock.
Things that I miss are:
a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
Is this stuff available at all/most Costco stores iN Taipei? If so, could anyone be so kind to take a picture with the phone and send it to me/link it here, so that I can give them to my coworkers and make his life easier?
[quote=āIbis2k12ā]I need the help of you, Mighty Foreign Sausages of the Skydragon City.
One of my coworkers will go to Costco in Taipei later this month, and he asked if thereās anything that Iād like to get from there. Iāve not been in Costco for 2 years, so Iām a bit rusty about their stock.
Things that I miss are:
a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
Is this stuff available at all/most Costco stores iN Taipei? If so, could anyone be so kind to take a picture with the phone and send it to me/link it here, so that I can give them to my coworkers and make his life easier?[/quote]
Iāve definitely seen FAGE brand Greek yogurt at Costco in Neihu before. Iām pretty sure Iāve also seen blue cheese. Real German sausages, on the other hand, Iāve never seen at Costco or anywhere in Taiwan for that matter.
I really miss properly-made sausages and hot dogs ;_;
Luckily, there are alternatives. For those of you who can eat sausages and assorted cured meats -disclaimer: these have too been taken away by Iconās doctors- there are several entrepreneurial foreigners painstakingly making each sausage by hand. We also have organic alternatives. A separate thread should be coming, if it is not in existence already.
For German sausages, try Omaās in Xinhai road. Imported.
That said, the so called āsausagesā or pork by products sold in slices -that do not deserve the title of ham- you find in Costco are exclusively fro Fulong. Biting into them does transport you to a polluted beach, with floating plastic bags and assorted detritus of humankind, including the occasional sausage like brown floater. For Gordon Ramsayās sake, do not buy what looks like pastrami. I repeat: do not!
Donāt worry, I donāt consider that stuff to be worthy of carrying the name āhamā !
Luckily, there are alternatives. For those of you who can eat sausages and assorted cured meats -disclaimer: these have too been taken away by Iconās doctors- there are several entrepreneurial foreigners painstakingly making each sausage by hand. We also have organic alternatives. A separate thread should be coming, if it is not in existence already.[/quote]
Hereās a sausages thread (not the double entendre one that got some traffic recently).
Iāve been enjoying Churchillās Sausages far too much. I suspect I didnāt really need to make fried eggs and baked beans and sausages a meal I have in normal rotation. Theyāre available in the freezers at Jasonās and City Super, so Iām not sure if you can get them out in Ilan. I have no idea how close they are to real German sausages, mind you.
Iām afraid we donāt have either here
[quote=āIbis2k12ā]a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
[/quote]
Dunno
No, but try the other sausage providers. Even Tianmu Butcher is safer on this than Costco.
Dunno but Jasonās has it. Cheap to make at home, though.
[quote=āDragonbonesā][quote=āIbis2k12ā]a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
[/quote]
Dunno
No, but try the other sausage providers. Even Tianmu Butcher is safer on this than Costco.
Dunno but Jasonās has it. Cheap to make at home, though.[/quote]
But where do you get the casings from if you make them at home?
[quote=ābackpacker24ā][quote=āDragonbonesā][quote=āIbis2k12ā]a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
[/quote]
Dunno
No, but try the other sausage providers. Even Tianmu Butcher is safer on this than Costco.
Dunno but Jasonās has it. Cheap to make at home, though.[/quote]
But where do you get the casings from if you make them at home?[/quote]
I took it as an a, b, c response: a) for cheese, dunno; b) for sausages, try other places; c) for yogurt, itās cheap to make at home.
Costco has Kirkland brand USA made 2 tub size boxes of greek yogurt, Hsinchu store anyway.
[quote=ālostinasiaā][quote=ābackpacker24ā][quote=āDragonbonesā][quote=āIbis2k12ā]a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
[/quote]
Dunno
No, but try the other sausage providers. Even Tianmu Butcher is safer on this than Costco.
Dunno but Jasonās has it. Cheap to make at home, though.[/quote]
But where do you get the casings from if you make them at home?[/quote]
I took it as an a, b, c response: a) for cheese, dunno; b) for sausages, try other places; c) for yogurt, itās cheap to make at home.[/quote]
Yes, that was the intent. I personally donāt cook with sausages much in their link-shaped form (I use them as an ingredient, e.g. as coins or minced), so casings arenāt an issue for me when I make homemade, which is generally the case (no pun intended); as far as flavorings go, thereās really no reason IMO not to make my own German, Spanish or Mexican sausages, and hanging them to dry in a fridge is easy peasy, as is smoking e.g. under an overturned wok. Usually I make fresh sausage, though, as Iām too busy with a 1-y.o. and 4-y.o. underfoot. For casings, ask local sausage makers. I got a box of artificial casings for free once by asking a supplier at a WTC trade show if I could buy a small amount, and since they didnāt sell small amounts, the lady nicely offered to mail me a āsampleā, which Iāve never used and might locate some day in my amazingly well-stocked hobbit hole, before I dodder off into senility.
[quote=ālostinasiaā][quote=ābackpacker24ā][quote=āDragonbonesā][quote=āIbis2k12ā]a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
[/quote]
Dunno
No, but try the other sausage providers. Even Tianmu Butcher is safer on this than Costco.
Dunno but Jasonās has it. Cheap to make at home, though.[/quote]
But where do you get the casings from if you make them at home?[/quote]
I took it as an a, b, c response: a) for cheese, dunno; b) for sausages, try other places; c) for yogurt, itās cheap to make at home.[/quote]
Hah, I meanāt the sausages, but thanks for the other 2, though Iām not sure why youād need casings for yogurt.
[quote=āIbis2k12ā]I need the help of you, Mighty Foreign Sausages of the Skydragon City.
One of my coworkers will go to Costco in Taipei later this month, and he asked if thereās anything that Iād like to get from there. Iāve not been in Costco for 2 years, so Iām a bit rusty about their stock.
Things that I miss are:
a) Blue Cheese / Gorgonzola (they had it few months ago, so I guess it should still be there)
b) Real German Sausages
c) Greek Yoghurt
Is this stuff available at all/most Costco stores iN Taipei? If so, could anyone be so kind to take a picture with the phone and send it to me/link it here, so that I can give them to my coworkers and make his life easier?[/quote]
Just went to Neihu Costco a couple days ago, hereās a picture of the Greek yogurt:
I didnāt see any blue cheese (and definitely no real German sausages)
On another note, theyāve doubled the price of sour cream!!! :fume: :fume: :fume:
Maybe they figured out there is a small segment of foreigners in Taipei that will pay whatever they charge for it. Or it could be the Taiwan Dollar going down driving the cost of imported goods up.