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Well, the dry ice itself is quite cheap, it's the shipping cost it adds on Isaac Send a noteboard - 13/09/2011 06:10:40 PM
The biggest variable, at least from my perspective, is the cost of the dry ice, 'cos I have no idea what the rate would be, but the cost of 20 pounds of burritos plus shipping should be a little over $150. These are the ones I have in mind (apparently they've gone to 2 lb. 8 packs, though how much that is with ice attached I'm not sure) and that would be about 80 burritos that would be around $400 here.


Dry ice usually gets sold in 10+ pound amounts at about $1 a pound, cheaper in mass of course, kind of similiar price range to bags of ice at the convenient store, it gets pricey only because you also have to pay freight on the ice and the stuff its keeping cool. I do happen to know - for some rather bizarre reasons - that FedEx actually does do dry ice shipments to Europe with a max package weight of 150 pounds and that you're typically paying about $8 a pound to ship to Europe on 2 day schedule, if you figure you're doing roughly equal quantities of burrito to dry ice you are looking at around $16-20 a pound for your burrito cost, or about $4-5 a burrito... ironically what you're are apparently paying. I believe there are actually some online companies that specialize in shipping items this way to travelers suffering grocery nostalgia in foreign lands, they might be cheaper. Alternatively tortillas are pretty durable and I'm sure the other ingredients are all around, Europe's not that backward about grocery options, at least Germany wasn't but that may not be a fair comparison, so ultimately you are probably better off just making your own and freezing them.
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Dear people of a technological, inventy and entrepreneurial bent: I need your help. - 12/09/2011 06:42:51 PM 688 Views
dry ice *NM* - 12/09/2011 06:45:39 PM 186 Views
This stuff? - 12/09/2011 06:57:55 PM 591 Views
No, not that stuff. That's an evil pretender. - 13/09/2011 06:05:42 PM 385 Views
Make sure the country you are shipping to allows dry ice packages, then go to this site - 12/09/2011 07:01:04 PM 551 Views
I may have to look into this, thanks. - 13/09/2011 02:58:48 AM 510 Views
Wow, I just realized what a grammatical nightmare that post of mine was - 13/09/2011 03:35:10 AM 520 Views
Also, rich old ladies shipping cakes. - 13/09/2011 03:46:49 AM 410 Views
I can't say that surprises me - 13/09/2011 04:21:35 AM 401 Views
No biggy. - 13/09/2011 03:54:18 PM 715 Views
Well, the dry ice itself is quite cheap, it's the shipping cost it adds on - 13/09/2011 06:10:40 PM 554 Views
I'm confused on exactly where you're talking about shipping to/from, but it's probably not worth it. - 13/09/2011 03:42:50 AM 431 Views
TX to Norway. - 13/09/2011 03:35:43 PM 636 Views
I'm sure it's at least worth looking into - 13/09/2011 04:23:55 PM 537 Views
Yah, the time issue looks like the real problem. - 15/09/2011 12:46:23 PM 662 Views
But USPS is not UPS/Fedex - 13/09/2011 05:22:21 PM 379 Views
They'd probably do it, but not quickly enough, as Aemon noted. - 15/09/2011 12:41:18 PM 388 Views
That's not fast enough. - 14/09/2011 12:42:26 AM 405 Views
Ah, I didn't think about the time factor; good point. - 15/09/2011 12:39:54 PM 401 Views
you are craving frozen grocery store burritos LOL - 13/09/2011 03:44:06 PM 417 Views
I have MOSTLY simple tastes. - 15/09/2011 01:00:45 PM 688 Views
next time you come home try the chocolate Moolenium Crunch - 15/09/2011 02:09:56 PM 455 Views
I'll make a note of that, thanks. - 15/09/2011 05:13:53 PM 701 Views
I don't know if that would work for NZ to the UK. - 13/09/2011 06:04:52 PM 429 Views
Make sponge toffee yourself and add it to vanilla ice cream - 12/09/2011 07:06:20 PM 550 Views
Thank you for the recipe. - 13/09/2011 06:12:01 PM 590 Views
thermos flask? *NM* - 12/09/2011 07:15:32 PM 163 Views
Dear Rebekah, I am afraid you have misunderstood this. - 12/09/2011 07:43:23 PM 454 Views
Bah! Bah I say unto thee! - 13/09/2011 06:12:44 PM 400 Views
That sounds delicious, and also as though you could make your own. - 13/09/2011 02:51:10 AM 426 Views
But I'd be so disappointed when it didn't work out. - 13/09/2011 06:14:41 PM 421 Views
Ooh, thank you! - 13/09/2011 06:23:02 PM 491 Views
Argh. - 13/09/2011 06:27:02 PM 400 Views
Re: Argh. - 13/09/2011 06:29:32 PM 403 Views

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