It took two visits to supermarkets plus one trip to a local market to convince me that something was wrong with egg supplies. There are none. A whole city without eggs.<\/p>\n
I asked two locals and both said that there had been a huge buy-up for Christmas feasting. One (with a wicked smile on her face) blamed the Portuguese for baking too many cakes.<\/p>\n
Basically, the majority of egg demand is supplied from imports as there seems to be no egg farming of sufficient volume in TL. When I asked some expats about their own egg supplies, a common response was disbelief that an agricultural economy had not wound up this sort of egg farming.<\/p>\n
Anyway, one of the locals said the next shipment from Singapore or Malaysia (I think), is two weeks away. In general, these imports are significantly cheaper than the OZ equivalent.<\/p>\n
A city without eggs for 3 weeks. That first omelette will be a monster.<\/p>\n
UPDATE : See my comment below for an update on the egg situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It took two visits to supermarkets plus one trip to a local market to convince me that something was wrong with egg supplies. There are none. A whole city without eggs. I asked two locals and both said that there … Continue reading