Went grocery shopping yesterday. The price for American apples was ridiculously low. I resisted. I will say, though, that checking labels now turns an otherwise mundane task into a patriotic event 🇨🇦. It also gets you to try different things that you wouldn’t have ordinarily tried.🤓 - ThreadSky

captcanuckles.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Went grocery shopping yesterday. The price for American apples was ridiculously low.

I resisted.

I will say, though, that checking labels now turns an otherwise mundane task into a patriotic event 🇨🇦. It also gets you to try different things that you wouldn’t have ordinarily tried.🤓

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davidedesantis.io•7 days ago

I'm as well changing my almond supply from US to Spain

captcanuckles.bsky.social•7 days ago

👍

marcellejuliet.bsky.social•8 days ago

As an American, please keep boycotting our goods!

donrowlett.bsky.social•7 days ago

As an American opposed to f47, I approve this message.

thebackwoodsfag.bsky.social•8 days ago

As an American, I'm begging you to boycott our products and encourage everyone you know to do the same. We desperately need our tangerine fascist Führer to feel the pain of his actions.

Midterms are November 3, 2026. We've got a year and a half to tank this regime.

kina48.bsky.social•8 days ago

Always check labels. Amazing what one can discover about where we are spending our money.👍🏼 Takes a little longer to shop but at the end of the day my conscience is at peace.

disappointmentfrog.bsky.social•8 days ago

Easier in Europe: they are not allowed for import into the EU due to pesticides considered very illegal and harmful to human health in the EU.

Hope this helps resist in the future.

kindagwenish.bsky.social•8 days ago

When I’ve looked into this I’ve often found that EU uses the same pesticides under a different name. Can you point me in the direction of credible sources that counter this? Interested in seeing what the differences are.

disappointmentfrog.bsky.social•8 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenylamine#Europe

kindagwenish.bsky.social•7 days ago

Will read up on this; thank you!

gdiplomat.bsky.social•7 days ago

We looked for European stuff too, and found some absolutely AMAZING Old Mill coffee-flavoured biscuits from the Netherlands. They taste like a toasted marshmallow without the sickly sweetness of the inside of one and it’s glorious.

captcanuckles.bsky.social•7 days ago

🤤

gdiplomat.bsky.social•7 days ago

Okay they say “wafers” on the package, not biscuits. For some reason I find it very endearing that the Dutch word for them is a conjunction (I think), “koffiewafel”.

Also got stroopwafels. Godly.

hoofrat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oooh, these sound amazing. Must take a trip to the nearest Dutch bakery/shop in the very near future to stock up on these and a few bags of salted licorice.