Real cheese is expensive here no matter where you buy it. I now buy the 'Italian Hard Cheese' (of unknown specific origin or type) from Don Atilano. I buy smaller chunks than the Bega that you bought and I used to buy, but price overall works out about the same. Import costs are understandable, but it costs to import Australian cheese to the UK as well, but of course, they have more competition for similar there.
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We'll let you off this slightly-off-topic this once (or at least, I think we will)
Any decent, or otherwise desired, food (imported) is often more expensive - mike's imported goods, for example, are bought at shop prices in the UK and have to pay import fees (etc.?), so often end up double the UK price.
I find the best way to put this through my head is to look overall at my living costs - when cheap alcohol, inexpensive eating out, low rents, low annual property tax, minimal water rates, etc. are taken into account and offset against some high food (and other 'luxury' goods) costs, we are very much better off overall. It comes down to that saying "Don't sweat the small stuff" but look at the bigger picture. I know that in the UK (on a rough estimate) I would be paying about 70,000 pesos per month more for my 'equivalent' house costs alone (rent, tax, water) and so if I spend 5,000 extra here a month on more cheese ( ), or other food, it does not become an issue, as long as I don't compartmentalise everything.
But for those from countries where healthcare is usually free, that can be a big expense here that may be impossible to balance out.-
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This might be off topic but it's still about food, in this case cheese.
We forgot to get cheese when we went shopping this week so went back yesterday for it, i don't normally pay too much attention to the price of items like that but as it was the only thing we bought i was a bit surprised to see it cost 330p for 250g, this was Bega cheese imported from Australia, we always buy it as the other types we have tried are waxy, tasteless and won't even melt properly if we make cheese on toast.
To put this in perspective i checked the Asda online price for similar mature cheese and it cost £1.99 for 400g, that's 132p
I know its imported from Australia but it must have come business class.
Anyway we won't stop buying it but it will be sliced very thin from now on
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I think you got your F & C the wrong way round. Just saying.
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Last time I was at my gf's family's house I was served up some extremely raw and bloody fried chicken legs and thighs. I politely ate it and told her father it tasted great...only to be scolded by my gf for eating the raw chicken. She then scolded her father for undercooking the chicken, which, for some f'n reason, resulted in me getting nasty looks.
I thought I was winning some brownie points with the family by eating raw magic sarap trans fat loaded oily chicken but I guess sometimes you just can't win. I'm just glad they don't speak much English and I can play the clueless card, smile, look all confused and gives a shoulder shrug like an idiot during these family conflicts. Whatever, a bit of salmonella never killed anyone...did it? 
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