Finally a clue!
I have been frustrated, since coming to Saba, that the selection of side-dish pastas is so limited. Two of the three groceries in Windwardside have a selection of 4 different flavors of the Lipton pastas in a sealed aluminum coated pouch. It’s always seemed really limited to me.
While back in Seattle over Christmas I purchased boxed noodles by Farm house and Pasta Roni to pack in a box and ship to Saba. That was just a small part of the goods shipped to Saba but unfortunately they shared the box with Otter Pops for the kids. Well the box was not treated with care so some of the Otter Pops did some popping creating… liquid to be absorbed by the boxes of noodles. Without too much detail about the state of affairs when the box finally arrived, lets just say all but 2 boxes of noodles were thrown out and I’d say about 12 of the Otter Pops were empty leaving the rest to require washing and then drying.
Perhaps those Saba grocery owners aren’t interested in soggy merchandise, do ya think?! Perhaps since the only way to get groceries to the island is by boat… close to water… that means there is a likelihood of soggy merchandise.
The light is now on and I do understand. Perhaps for very similar reasons there are no Otter Pops on the island either, ya think?!
Regardless, rations (that survived the epoch journey) have been stowed, and we are now mostly good to go with what we have for the year!
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