GadgetGuy
(Formerly Shermie)
Bought some celery yesterday.
What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2023)?
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Bought some celery yesterday.
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You don't have to use it to actually make a shopping list. In fact I had to hunt for the area that generates those pie charts because I do infrequently look at it.
I know my diet is healthier than most.
DOH! I forgot to buy celery today at the grocery store.
CD
A few things today (I needed an excuse to run into town and get a 50¢ McD’s double-cheeseburger):
More soup, different varieties this time - I think I’m set for soup for the rest of the year. Normally, I’d just make soup, but for whatever reason, my soups come out at more WW points than ALDI’s, so that’s what I’ve been sticking with.
That wine is their premium wine - $8US!
- Seriously, though, my in-town Kroger doesn’t even carry rioja, so when I saw that at ALDI, I grabbed it right up.
Peppercorns were 3-for-2, which I’d gotten stuck in my head as 3-for-1, so I was a little let down when I got charged what I thought was an extra three bucks or so…until I actually read the deal.
That’s about the best I’ve seen strawberries look lately, so I bought them. Those pears…oh my - as soon as I walked into ALDI, all I could smell were those pears, and they’re delicious.
I usually find no middle ground with ALDI fruit, it’s either spectacular or not fit for livestock - no in-between.
More soup, different varieties this time - I think I’m set for soup for the rest of the year. Normally, I’d just make soup, but for whatever reason, my soups come out at more WW points than ALDI’s, so that’s what I’ve been sticking with.
That wine is their premium wine - $8US!
- Seriously, though, my in-town Kroger doesn’t even carry rioja, so when I saw that at ALDI, I grabbed it right up. Peppercorns were 3-for-2, which I’d gotten stuck in my head as 3-for-1, so I was a little let down when I got charged what I thought was an extra three bucks or so…until I actually read the deal.
That’s about the best I’ve seen strawberries look lately, so I bought them. Those pears…oh my - as soon as I walked into ALDI, all I could smell were those pears, and they’re delicious.
I usually find no middle ground with ALDI fruit, it’s either spectacular or not fit for livestock - no in-between.
That wine is their premium wine - $8US!
Hmmmm, got plans for Sangria in the near future?
CD
Not for what you’re thinking, if I’m catching your drift, but I generally always have plans for sangria in the near future.
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Whilst we were at the Canberra Floriade yesterday, we picked up some more balsamic glazes and I found a company that does truffle related products where some do not include dairy!
Bitter melon (Indian variety, I think).
I love these - also known as karela. Its certainly bitter. What will you do with it? I have a recipe here: Recipe - Bitter Gourd (Karela) Curry with Eggs
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Shopping soon for tin tomato cream bacon ( fillet mignon tomorrow) paprika and turmeric.
Asparagus but if not in will swap for spring carrots. Its spring here.
Russ
Asparagus but if not in will swap for spring carrots. Its spring here.
Russ
I love that and I love those charts. I use Microsoft To Do for my shopping lists and chores, I'd love to get charts like those but Microsoft to do is very easy to use and I'm very familiar with it by now.
You eat very healthy. I wish I could be more like that but I can't bring myself to enjoy fruit and I haven't found many vegetarian dishes I like.
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We decided to head inland to the Japanese cultural gardens for a nice quiet day out, only to find that we'd landed on the 1 day a year they are packed to the rafters with a Japanese blossom festival.
On the bright side, it did mean that I was able to pick up some local produce...
On the bright side, it did mean that I was able to pick up some local produce...
From the international market:
Those two lunchmeat varieties are from a local company (Blue Grass Meats) - black pepper loaf and Dutch loaf (which has nothing to do with your fine people, Windigo ). They’re considered very old-fashioned (actually, another name for Dutch loaf is old-fashioned loaf), but I love them.
Take a look at the weight on that hunk of mozzarella. I asked the deli worker if he could cut me off a single hunk that weighed around a pound - “Sure!”
He nailed it. It’s 1.08 pounds. Damn near perfect. When I ask for that at Kroger, the answer is always, “I don’t know…I’ll try…,” and then I get a package containing a half-pound hunk, a quarter-pound hunk, and a few slices to make up the rest.
Trying me some loose Scottish breakfast tea - next cuppa I brew, I’ll raise ta ye, SatNavSaysStraightOn !
I’m afraid I couldn’t resist the Christmas tea!
I got the Madeira for a recipe - never bought nor drank that before, but it’ll fit on my shelf of fussy Victorian tipples, alongside my port(o) and sherry.
I bought it for a recipe, which didn’t specify dry, medium sweet, or sweet, but the two sweet varieties were twice the cost of the dry (same maker for all three), so dry it is.
As someone who doesn’t like fish, you might be wondering why I have anchovies and anchovy paste - I wanted anchovies for a new pizza sauce I’m trying, and I’ll use them for something like that, where they blend up or cook down to nothing.
I couldn’t find the anchovies, so I grabbed the paste as a substitute, because I use that in my current pizza sauce recipe, but then I found proper anchovies on display in another part of the store.
Since the international market is the size of a small town and I’m not the type to just set stuff back on the shelves any old where…I bought both.
I said I like my bananas green!
Those apples are all locally-grown: Cortland, Blondie (never heard of those), and Jonathan - .88¢ a pound.
Those two lunchmeat varieties are from a local company (Blue Grass Meats) - black pepper loaf and Dutch loaf (which has nothing to do with your fine people, Windigo ). They’re considered very old-fashioned (actually, another name for Dutch loaf is old-fashioned loaf), but I love them.
Take a look at the weight on that hunk of mozzarella. I asked the deli worker if he could cut me off a single hunk that weighed around a pound - “Sure!”
He nailed it. It’s 1.08 pounds. Damn near perfect. When I ask for that at Kroger, the answer is always, “I don’t know…I’ll try…,” and then I get a package containing a half-pound hunk, a quarter-pound hunk, and a few slices to make up the rest.
Trying me some loose Scottish breakfast tea - next cuppa I brew, I’ll raise ta ye, SatNavSaysStraightOn !
I’m afraid I couldn’t resist the Christmas tea!
I got the Madeira for a recipe - never bought nor drank that before, but it’ll fit on my shelf of fussy Victorian tipples, alongside my port(o) and sherry.
I bought it for a recipe, which didn’t specify dry, medium sweet, or sweet, but the two sweet varieties were twice the cost of the dry (same maker for all three), so dry it is.
As someone who doesn’t like fish, you might be wondering why I have anchovies and anchovy paste - I wanted anchovies for a new pizza sauce I’m trying, and I’ll use them for something like that, where they blend up or cook down to nothing.
I couldn’t find the anchovies, so I grabbed the paste as a substitute, because I use that in my current pizza sauce recipe, but then I found proper anchovies on display in another part of the store.
Since the international market is the size of a small town and I’m not the type to just set stuff back on the shelves any old where…I bought both.
I said I like my bananas green!
Those apples are all locally-grown: Cortland, Blondie (never heard of those), and Jonathan - .88¢ a pound.
Used my tea stand to make a nice alternative to a fruit bowl:
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