Got the flu? That comfort food is going to cost you in Nunavut.
Hello hello! My wife, @arcticgypsy has had the flu for the past few days. I went to the local store to get her a small list of foods that she thought she could eat. Soup and crackers, grapes, and a frozen pizza for supper.
We have been up here for about 5 months now, so we aren't a stranger to most of the prices up here in Nunavut, Canada. All the items have to come in on a boat during the brief summer months where there is no sea ice. Once the ice comes in around Sept-Oct all goods that run out have to be flown in. That means stuff like fruit and veggies, milk, bread, etc. In springtime, the pop will run out and they will fly in some and sell it for $5 a CAN.
Now I am sick as well, and I'm wondering if it wasn't my wife who passed it to me, but the cost of these grapes!
They are tasty grapes and serving us well in our time of need.
The soup was also heckin' expensive at nearly $10 a can. Two cans of soup, $19.
Crackers are fairly expensive too. Thankfully they were on sale otherwise 4 sleeves would be $9
And a very cheap brand name of pizza. Well, cheap down south. People tell me you can get them at Giant Tiger for like $3 apiece. Sometimes there's even Buy 3 get 1 free deals going on.
Here, it's just buy 3 get 1.
It costs a lot to be fed up here and poverty is a rampant problem. If you can, please check out the Feeding Nunavut website to see ways on how you can help those less fortunate than yourself.
Ouch, hope you are both feeling much better now 😊
I guessed food would be more expensive where you live - but that is super expensive.
Is there scope for growing much in the long summer days and preserving for the winter?
Only indoors, really. The average high of July, our warmest month, is only 11 degrees Celcius. We can take advantage of that sunlight in our windows though! This is our first year up here so we are still making plans for ways to better our nutrition without breaking the bank. Not that we are eating bad, heh. All the good, nutritious foods are subsidized and relatively affordable when you take into account wages up here and the junk food isn't, so you're incentivized to eat well.
It will be interesting to see what you are able to grow indoors there.
Will you try anything like tomatoes or will it just not get warm enough for them?
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jeebus! I knew it was expensive that is rilicudous!