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Strawberries - Maxela Eastern European foods, Charlestown

  • 03-06-2016 2:34pm
    #1
    spurious
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    Two kilo tray strawberries, buy one get one free - €4.50.

    picture.php?albumid=2386&pictureid=15418

    Delish.
    Cherries 2kg 11.87.

    Not sure if strawberries are just today.

    Maxela directly across from UStoreIt in Charlestown.


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  • #2
    the groutch
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    what country are the strawberries from?

    also my research suggests they're a wholesaler and don't sell directly to the public.


  • #3
    vicwatson
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    What county is "Charlestown" in !!


  • #4
    marno21
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    What county is "Charlestown" in !!
    Dublin.


  • #5
    spurious
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    the groutch wrote:
    also my research suggests they're a wholesaler and don't sell directly to the public.

    They are a wholesaler but also have a section to the left as you enter which is like a small supermarket open to the public. The majority of the building is the wholesale section.
    the groutch wrote:
    what country are the strawberries from?

    Poland.


  • #6
    Edward Hopper
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    Just doesn't seem right buying them from a shop when you can spend that bit extra to buy them at the roadside. Pulling in for the strawberry with the faint bouquet of diesel.


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  • #7
    brightkane
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    Edward Hopper wrote: »
    Just doesn't seem right buying them from a shop when you can spend that bit extra to buy them at the roadside. Pulling in for the strawberry with the faint bouquet of diesel.

    2 Kilos would cost a lot more than 'that bit extra' if buying Irish roadside


  • #8
    Edward Hopper
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    brightkane wrote: »
    2 Kilos would cost a lot more than 'that bit extra' if buying Irish roadside

    It's the whole experience though, not just the fruit.


  • #9
    spurious
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    All manner of exotic experiences in Maxela. :) If you've ever lived with anyone from over Russia/Poland direction you will know what to expect.


  • #10
    Edward Hopper
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    spurious wrote: »
    All manner of exotic experiences in Maxela. :) If you've ever lived with anyone from over Russia/Poland direction you will know what to expect.

    Pickled something?


  • #11
    spurious
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    Edward Hopper wrote: »
    Pickled something?

    Pickled everything from what I could see, plus numerous Creature of the Black Lagoon type fish.


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  • #12
    0lddog
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    www.polostores.net


  • #13
    vicwatson
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    Edward Hopper wrote: »
    Just doesn't seem right buying them from a shop when you can spend that bit extra to buy them at the roadside. Pulling in for the strawberry with the faint bouquet of diesel.
    Edward Hopper wrote: »
    It's the whole experience though, not just the fruit.

    And to find those roadside ones are actually from the polo shop and not the field next door !!! Aren't "Wexford" strawberries to be found on the roadside as far away as Donegal ! Crazy claims all over


  • #14
    vicwatson
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    marno21 wrote: »
    Dublin.

    Co.Dublin? Never heard of it


  • #15
    Gumbo
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Co.Dublin? Never heard of it

    Dublin 11.
    Beside Charlestown Shopping Centre.


  • #16
    Muahahaha
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    Co.Dublin? Never heard of it

    Charlestown is the part of Finglas near the m50 and Charlestown Shopping Centre. There's a Charlestown in Mayo too but that one doesn't have 2kg of strawberries for a fiver ;)


  • #17
    uli84
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    Is this offer still on anyone knows?


  • #18
    Bored.1e
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    Went there today only cherries left.


  • #19
    uli84
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    Aaah pity, might still go check today ;) if im around that is


  • #20
    MacTiarnain
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    Were these jam strawberries, e.g strawberries that would be best made into jam and aren't as good as the other strawberries?


  • #21
    gerrykiddy
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    This should be the real price of Strawberries. In Tesco UK, but not here, at £1.29 sterling for 400gm. They are marked slightly shape imperfect but we wouldn't eat them , would we.


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  • #22
    spurious
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    MacTiarnain wrote: »
    Were these jam strawberries, e.g strawberries that would be best made into jam and aren't as good as the other strawberries?

    No they were grand strawberries. I'd say they had to shift them quick though. Today, two days later, they're not looking so great. Any left tomorrow will be being made into puree to freeze.

    I was wrong earlier, they are actually Spanish strawberries, or were.


  • #23
    unkel
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    All of the Polostores (all around Dublin) have the 2kg crates for €4.99

    They fly out the shops though, obviously. But they do seem to get re-stocked.

    The strawberries are Spanish, just like in the OP. Very tasty. They are in season there late May, so not grown in glasshouses / polytunnels like the current Irish ones you can buy (and are pretty tasteless)

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  • #24
    vicwatson
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    TESCO have Irish 227g for €2.00, nice and tasty


  • #25
    cfeeneyinterior
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    Anyone know if they are available in the Galway poloshop? Save me the spin out?


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