What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2023)?

[TastyReuben]

Some farm shop purchases:

Those are miscellaneous apples of varieties that aren’t easily found at home, along with some mixed plums.

 

[TastyReuben]

At the farmers’ markets today:

I’ll detail what we bought later.

 

[TastyReuben]

Regular market shopping:

 

[Yorky]

The last time I bought Stilton here it was ฿1,800.00/kg. I shared 500gms with a mate today which was ฿1,000.00/kg from our Western Food provider.

 

[TastyReuben]

Ok, I know I’ll miss something, and it’s packed away for the long ride home tomorrow, but today was farmers’ market day for us. We bought:

Four or five tomatoes
A melon
Garlic
Several varieties of cheese
Olive loaf
More potato chips/crisps
A cabbage
Six ears of corn
More peaches
More sausages (apple-maple & garlic-provolone)
Tastykakes snack cakes (some for me, some not for me)
Strawberries

 

[caseydog]

Ah, I think I heard something about that. I have a big bottle of it in the fridge, so I haven't had to buy any for quite a while.

CD

I just watched a video from CNBC on the Huy Fong Foods sriracha (rooster sauce) shortage. Very interesting story. It looks like David Tran, owner of Huy Fong Foods, may have shot himself in the foot. He lost his supplier, and over $20-million. To me, it looks like he got greedy.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYdU1X2p2ro

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

Ok, I know I’ll miss something, and it’s packed away for the long ride home tomorrow, but today was farmers’ market day for us. We bought:

Four or five tomatoes
A melon
Garlic
Several varieties of cheese
Olive loaf
More potato chips/crisps
A cabbage
Six ears of corn
More peaches
More sausages (apple-maple & garlic-provolone)
Tastykakes snack cakes (some for me, some not for me)
Strawberries

Gosh! You seems to buy a huge amount of food considering there are only two of you and MrsT is (was?) Weight Watching (I'm clocking up all the other posts you made here, about what you bought). The amount of potato chips (crisps) is phasing me.

 

[TastyReuben]

Gosh! You seems to buy a huge amount of food considering there are only two of you and MrsT is (was?) Weight Watching (I'm clocking up all the other posts you made here, about what you bought). The amount of potato chips (crisps) is phasing me.

The non-fruits-and-vegetables will be rationed judiciously over the coming months - most of that cheese will go in the freezer for now.

 

[caseydog]

The non-fruits-and-vegetables will be rationed judiciously over the coming months - most of that cheese will go in the freezer for now.

They won't be eating all those Tastykakes alone.

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

The non-fruits-and-vegetables will be rationed judiciously over the coming months - most of that cheese will go in the freezer for now.

I've never thought of freezing cheese. You can do that? What about soft cheeses?

 

[caseydog]

I've never thought of freezing cheese. You can do that? What about soft cheeses?

Yes, cheese freezes quite well. I've never frozen any really soft cheeses, but I've frozen crumbly and melty cheeses with no problem. I vacuum seal them first, of course.

CD

 

[LissaC]

I've never thought of freezing cheese. You can do that? What about soft cheeses?

I do that. Just freeze it, thaw it on the fridge the night before serving and it's good to go.

 

[Morning Glory]

I do that. Just freeze it, thaw it on the fridge the night before serving and it's good to go.

Well I just learned something!

 

[caseydog]

Well I just learned something!

In the dead of winter, on a below 32F/0C night, I like to cold smoke cheeses. I uses wood pellets in a smoke tube on one of my grills. In the past, I actually used wood chips and a soldering iron. No significant heat, just smoke. The cheese says cool, while the smoke penetrates the cheese. It doesn't take long.

After I cold smoke a bunch of cheese, I vacuum seal most of it and freeze it for later in the year.

I'll have to look though my archives to see if I can find some photos.

CD

 

[karadekoolaid]

Soft French cheeses freeze just fine.
When we can, we buy a huge chunk of Parmesan and freeze it.
The rest of the stuff, yep, you can freeze it, but it doesn't survive more than 2 weeks in my fridge because I've eaten it!