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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 548 Views
dry ice *NM* - 12/09/2011 06:45:39 PM 139 Views
This stuff? - 12/09/2011 06:57:55 PM 430 Views
No, not that stuff. That's an evil pretender. - 13/09/2011 06:05:42 PM 249 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 386 Views
I may have to look into this, thanks. - 13/09/2011 02:58:48 AM 364 Views
Wow, I just realized what a grammatical nightmare that post of mine was - 13/09/2011 03:35:10 AM 372 Views
Also, rich old ladies shipping cakes. - 13/09/2011 03:46:49 AM 272 Views
I can't say that surprises me - 13/09/2011 04:21:35 AM 264 Views
No biggy. - 13/09/2011 03:54:18 PM 552 Views
Well, the dry ice itself is quite cheap, it's the shipping cost it adds on - 13/09/2011 06:10:40 PM 396 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 294 Views
TX to Norway. - 13/09/2011 03:35:43 PM 482 Views
I'm sure it's at least worth looking into - 13/09/2011 04:23:55 PM 385 Views
Yah, the time issue looks like the real problem. - 15/09/2011 12:46:23 PM 497 Views
But USPS is not UPS/Fedex - 13/09/2011 05:22:21 PM 237 Views
They'd probably do it, but not quickly enough, as Aemon noted. - 15/09/2011 12:41:18 PM 248 Views
That's not fast enough. - 14/09/2011 12:42:26 AM 268 Views
Ah, I didn't think about the time factor; good point. - 15/09/2011 12:39:54 PM 245 Views
you are craving frozen grocery store burritos LOL - 13/09/2011 03:44:06 PM 278 Views
I have MOSTLY simple tastes. - 15/09/2011 01:00:45 PM 532 Views
next time you come home try the chocolate Moolenium Crunch - 15/09/2011 02:09:56 PM 306 Views
I'll make a note of that, thanks. - 15/09/2011 05:13:53 PM 521 Views
I don't know if that would work for NZ to the UK. - 13/09/2011 06:04:52 PM 306 Views
Make sponge toffee yourself and add it to vanilla ice cream - 12/09/2011 07:06:20 PM 382 Views
Thank you for the recipe. - 13/09/2011 06:12:01 PM 435 Views
thermos flask? *NM* - 12/09/2011 07:15:32 PM 115 Views
Dear Rebekah, I am afraid you have misunderstood this. - 12/09/2011 07:43:23 PM 310 Views
Bah! Bah I say unto thee! - 13/09/2011 06:12:44 PM 264 Views
That sounds delicious, and also as though you could make your own. - 13/09/2011 02:51:10 AM 279 Views
But I'd be so disappointed when it didn't work out. - 13/09/2011 06:14:41 PM 287 Views
Ooh, thank you! - 13/09/2011 06:23:02 PM 364 Views
Argh. - 13/09/2011 06:27:02 PM 271 Views
Re: Argh. - 13/09/2011 06:29:32 PM 283 Views

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