tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post1305307348248015093..comments2023-05-11T14:42:01.345+03:00Comments on How to Be Israeli: Grocery shopping like an IsraeliMaya / מיהhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-42274894738209728392011-12-29T21:45:36.022+02:002011-12-29T21:45:36.022+02:00loved the discussion as I will be there for a mont...loved the discussion as I will be there for a month shopping in the shuk and soo-pear. Thanks for the tips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-35423656388016350342011-12-15T07:18:30.903+02:002011-12-15T07:18:30.903+02:00>> The horse-drawn carriages in Lebanon so...>> The horse-drawn carriages in Lebanon sound amazing! We would never have anything like that in the States. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />it's going on RIGHT NOW in the Greek neighborhood of Baltimore.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160350570530717935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-18255060652099469472010-03-14T05:18:29.993+02:002010-03-14T05:18:29.993+02:00my favorite line of all time? "cool as a mela...my favorite line of all time? "cool as a melafefon"-- awesome! :)Minnesota Mamalehhttp://tcjewfolk.com/category/minnesota-mamaleh/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-66258572301347164282009-11-30T15:22:51.744+02:002009-11-30T15:22:51.744+02:00I think Machsan as part of store names started off...I think Machsan as part of store names started off as a translation for depot... so I guess it's actually a kind of semi-americanization that went wild.Daphnahttp://www.daphna.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-53542473113507514392009-11-30T02:37:15.622+02:002009-11-30T02:37:15.622+02:00re: "shtayim plus echad"-- I actually wr...re: "shtayim plus echad"-- I actually wrote in one of my blog entries about the first time I went shopping and got soap: "2 + 4" I thought, "buy two get four free-- WTF?" Now I know better.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998449224208701190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-80020167387365100352009-11-23T00:47:36.664+02:002009-11-23T00:47:36.664+02:00I had totally forgotten about the 1 + 1 and the 1+...I had totally forgotten about the 1 + 1 and the 1+ 2. That was a bit confounding until it was explained to me.<br /><br />I spent the first year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem. This brought back some fond memories...thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-67709330218483282982009-11-19T11:41:15.737+02:002009-11-19T11:41:15.737+02:00haha... Toby, I've done that too! That's r...haha... Toby, I've done that too! That's right-- shteim ploos echad is actually written as "1+2"!Maya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-39395527540200919872009-11-19T09:36:05.865+02:002009-11-19T09:36:05.865+02:00Great post!
By the way, I every so often see a 1+...Great post!<br /><br />By the way, I every so often see a 1+2 sign and think, "Wow! buy one, get two free!"<br /><br />One of my craziest grocery store adventures is here: http://atimeofthesigns.blogspot.com/2008/01/kitchen-tip-i-learned-tonight-at.htmltobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539537363084834903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-7877947276229395852009-11-18T19:36:04.468+02:002009-11-18T19:36:04.468+02:00Is letting people in front of you if they only hav...Is letting people in front of you if they only have a couple things an Israeli thing? My family and I have always done that (within reason: if we only have 5 or so items, we'll politely ask them to wait, but if we've got 20 or so, we'll let them go first). As a cashier, if a customer is taking a long time (i.e. they had to leave the counter to find a replacement item), I'll usually ring in the next customer while I'm waiting for that person to return.<br /><br />The horse-drawn carriages in Lebanon sound amazing! We would never have anything like that in the States.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099017972456573744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-20236245699731837962009-11-18T17:25:15.626+02:002009-11-18T17:25:15.626+02:00oh, here's a comment from my friend studying i...oh, here's a comment from my friend studying in Lebanon, just to prove that everything isn't the same in both countries:<br /><br />Completely different here. Supermarkets here usually sell only non-perishables, bread and dairy, and you have to go to the vegetable store to get vegetables, and to the butcher to get meat. While people never speak to you at the counter except to tell you the price, if you look indecisive or lost for more than a second someone will come up to you ... Read Moreand ask if you need help. If you explain you are merely thinking about what you need (which I do at the grocery store), they ask "so can I help you find something while you're remembering everything else?" and so on.<br /><br />Also there are random horse drawn carriages all over the place (I've never been able to figure out if they have a schedule.) selling one random type of produce, which is convenient if say, you were walking to the store just to get bananas, and a banana truck comes by. Do you have anything like that?Maya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-88782024920685579922009-11-18T17:24:44.092+02:002009-11-18T17:24:44.092+02:00Dina, that's hilarious!! I would have felt the...Dina, that's hilarious!! I would have felt the exact same way had I been told to do that! I would have probably looked so guilty walking out that I would have been stopped by the security guards, too. :) The 5 shekel coin is a good suggestion! Even better is to get one of those key chains that stands in for a five-shekel coin... I have one that looks like a chamsa. Even better, I can pull it back out of the cart so I don't leave it dangling there (which is pretty dangerous). <br /><br />ng, I don't mind the cutting-in-line thing. It's kind of nice... there is no discernible express line in our grocery story (I believe there is one, but people's carts seem just as full there) so this creates a defacto express lane if you're only buying one or two things.Maya / מיהhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09871125878143128412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-42932150543474439952009-11-18T14:52:28.280+02:002009-11-18T14:52:28.280+02:00You got it covered, very well.
Well, maybe we coul...You got it covered, very well.<br />Well, maybe we could add always to have a 5 shekel coin or a plastic thingy handy to unchain an agala cart. <br /><br />You asked for a supermarket adventure? Here's my worst one:<br />Once I bought peanut butter at the big mehadrin machsan super next to Jerusalem Central Bus Station. Back home, I opened it and found that half of it had been eaten. Feh.<br />Not to be a fryer, next trip to the city I returned it to the Customer Service desk and said I wanted an UNopened jar of PB. The woman said "OK, just get a new one." I said, "How will the cashier know not to charge me? Maybe you give me a petek?" <br />Can you believe? She said, "Just put it in your bag." There was no convincing her otherwise.<br />Maya, I've never stolen anything in my life. I would have died of embarrassment if someone had seen me putting peanut butter in my backpack. <br />But I did it, "not to be a fryer." <br />What a strange store!Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5746038026718535483.post-83884861033428150822009-11-18T13:54:23.003+02:002009-11-18T13:54:23.003+02:00If you have just one or two items, Israelis almost...<em>If you have just one or two items, Israelis almost always let you cut in front of them in line if you ask.</em><br /><br />I absolutely never let anyone cut ahead of me, and if the store employees allow it, I don't shop in that store.NGhttp://ngng.co.il/noreply@blogger.com