Does anybody know the hours and days of operations for the following stores:
Cultimara Supermarket
Bonaire Warehouse
Consales

Thanks for your help

Cultimara 7:30am - 7:00pm Mo-Sa
9:00am - 2:00pm Su
Warehouse 8:00am - 6:00pm Mo-Fr
8:00am - 1:00pm Sa
Consales 8:00am - 5:30pm Mo-Fr
8:00am - 12:00pm Sa

It look much nicer and with more spaces in between when I typed it. Don't know what happened.

Marion,

Thanks alot. This is very helpful. We arrive next month.

What about the More for Less supermarket?

Our group will arrive from Miami on Sept 28th and some people will be bringing frozen meat. But, Air Jamaica advised that we risk having our uncooked food confiscated. I think a better idea would be to purchase steaks on the island. My concern is availability of good steaks at reasonable prices. Any thoughts?

I've never heard of AJ confiscating any produce or meat heading for Bonaire...

Bone-in steak cuts are not that common here, but you can get excellent boneless loin and rib eye cuts here. It comes flash frozen in a large hunk from Argentina or Brazil. Go to Bonaire Warehouse or Consales to buy it. It's competively priced to U.S. beef prices.

Jake

Jake,

Some of the cuts are described in Dutch. I was afraid to purchase any of the frozen ones in Consales or the Warehouse not knowing the english (US) equivelent. Could you please supply some pointers?

Thanks - Tom

Tom, what pointers do you need? Post them here and I'm sure there are enough people wanting to translate.

I'll start:

Kalkoen = Turkey
Varken = Pig

Martin

Sorry I didn't specify. They were large frozen cuts of beef with different names on them in Dutch. I don't have any specific names - I should have written them down. But some looked like loin cuts, others like rib cuts and so on. Maybe you could give a translation of the types of beef cuts?

Thanks - Tom

Tom,

I'll give it a try. Maybe some of the others can correct and or complete me... If you'll miss anything, just post....

karbonade = chop
gehakt = minced meat
runderlap = steak
kippebout = drumstick

(some of the English terms can be "old fassioned", 'cause I'm using an old dictionary...)

Actually, they might be in Spanish too. They have "Lomito" which also has something in English on the package like "Heart of Round".

I've not seen the Dutch on Beef cuts.

However, for smaller cuts, already ready to cook (i.e. no longer frozen), I find the Bonaire Warehouse butcher's shop to be excellent.

Jake

We like the butcher at Cultmara, Yuri, he always takes very good care of us and his meat is great. We used to carry down but we have stopped, it's just easier to go the stores in Bonaire

We also have found the butchers to be most helpful at both Cultimara and Warehouse; but last time in Bonaire, I decided that a simple Dutch/English dictionary would be helpful in the grocery store for many other items (cans, jars, boxes)- I had forgotten that until reading this thread. Planning for 02/2003 so I'll add it to my packing list!

to who it may concern

at Cultimara most of the prepacked meats have both the local/dutch and english or american name on the packages some items however have a English name already.

Loinribs
porkchop
spareribs
whole legs
drumsticks
wings
most chicken parts are in english

also we have a selection of US beef cuts
ribeye
T-bone steak
flanksteak

and when ever you have a question ask in the store almost everybody speaks English.

best regards Yuri

Another trick is everything is in kilograms. So remember if you want 1 lb, ask for 1/2 kilo. That will get you about 1.1 lbs. (2.2 lbs to the kilo)

Cultimara also has some of the best chicken sausages. My kids love them.

Well, one area that Cultimara definitely wins in is having an Internet connected butcher! Welcome, Yuri!

Jake

Hmmm... Internet connected butcher? Now I am puzzled Jake. Cutting the beef via remote control?

You can also ask for a pound which translates to half of a kilo. It is called a Dutch Pound or in Papiamentu "liber". I still argue with my Dutch friends who insist that there is such a thing a Dutch pound. Internet connected butcher? Give a whole new meaning to bits and bytes, eh?