Yellow Sticker Bargains - What Should I Cook/Make?

[TheSoloChef]

I don't know about other supermarkets around the world, but here in the UK most of the top supermarkets use Yellow Stickers to highlight reductions on food that needs to be sold and/or eaten very soon (normally, the same day) so I thought I'd start a thread we can all post our Yellow Sticker Reductions and let people suggest random meal creations that use some or all of the items we have picked up.

Literally any item a supermarket sells could get reduced, from a 50" TV that's end of line to a pack of bacon or some broccoli!

Here's what I got today:

The beef mince will get made in to burgers and placed in the freezer for use another day, 1 pack of bacon will be fried and chopped up to go with some small boiled potatoes I have left over to make a nice potato salad (the rest going in the freezer) and that leaves me with these two items:

Some times you can end up with a very random selection of goodies but I've done alright this time - especially looking forward to the raw headless tiger prawns that are normally £4 but I got for just a quid!

What would you make with a piece of smoked cod fillet and half a dozen raw headless tiger prawns?

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I don't know about other supermarkets around the world, but here in the UK most of the top supermarkets use Yellow Stickers to highlight reductions on food that needs to be sold and/or eaten very soon (normally, the same day) so I thought I'd start a thread we can all post our Yellow Sticker Reductions and let people suggest random meal creations that use some or all of the items we have picked up.

Literally any item a supermarket sells could get reduced, from a 50" TV that's end of line to a pack of bacon or some broccoli!

Here's what I got today:

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The beef mince will get made in to burgers and placed in the freezer for use another day, 1 pack of bacon will be fried and chopped up to go with some small boiled potatoes I have left over to make a nice potato salad (the rest going in the freezer) and that leaves me with these two items:

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Some times you can end up with a very random selection of goodies but I've done alright this time - especially looking forward to the raw headless tiger prawns that are normally £4 but I got for just a quid!

What would you make with a piece of smoked cod fillet and half a dozen raw headless tiger prawns?

Nice idea for a thread.
Although I very rarely go in a supermarket so might have to include the ‘flash sales’ offers before check out.

I think the more retentive side of me would want reduced price prawns and fish to be cooked fast on a high heat and eaten immediately after the sniff test was completed

 

[TheSoloChef]

Nice idea for a thread.
Although I very rarely go in a supermarket so might have to include the ‘flash sales’ offers before check out.

I think the more retentive side of me would want reduced price prawns and fish to be cooked fast on a high heat and eaten immediately after the sniff test was completed

Strange as it may seem, I've never cooked raw prawns before so how would you cook them?

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Strange as it may seem, I've never cooked raw prawns before so how would you cook them?

In so many ways, in so many dishes I wouldn’t know where to start!
You could pick something you like to eat with prawns in it and go for it.

Essentially you treat them same way as cooked prawns but add them earlier to cook for a bit longer until they turn pink and are no longer floppy.
They are very easy to overcook which is a shame, so some folk cook them separately.
If for example you wanted to just fry them in a little garlic butter don’t move away from the pan, they are the work of moments and need to be sifted out before they curl to tightly into rubber balls

As they’re yellow sticker (aka eat me right now) I’d probably do something simple like your Cod with a creamy prawn sauce. There’s probably too many prawns there for one but I’d cook them all up today to be on the safe side and maybe save half for a prawn and avocado salad.. if you’re willing to give the avocado a go

 

[karadekoolaid]

I've never cooked raw prawns before so how would you cook them?

Quickly. they'll only need a minute or three. Once they start turning pink, they're done.
Overcook prawns and they become rubbery.

 

[karadekoolaid]

What would you make with a piece of smoked cod fillet and half a dozen raw headless tiger prawns?

1) Mexican fish tacos with prawn enchilada
2) Keralan Fish curry ( fish molee) with prawns
3) Thai red fish & prawn curry
4) Two Spanish tapas: fish croquettes and prawns Vizcaina

 

[TastyReuben]

Shrimp* and polenta?




*Warning: The OP assumes all responsibility in taking advice from me on what shrimp dishes to prepare, as I don’t know what I’m talking about where anything from the ocean is concerned.

 

[TheSoloChef]

I decided to pan fry the prawns in a little olive oil and halfway through I added a smidgen of garlic and some chopped chilli and they were delicious!

Not that keen on the smoked cod if I'm honest, but then that's one of the great things about the Yellow Sticker discounted items, you haven't paid full price so as long as you've got the time to cook them that day (or put them in the freezer) you can try something new and if you don't like it, then you've not wasted too much money!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Prawns look good. Nice size.
Did you notice any difference between cooking them yourself from raw as opposed to buying them pre-cooked?

 

[TheSoloChef]

Prawns look good. Nice size.
Did you notice any difference between cooking them yourself from raw as opposed to buying them pre-cooked?

They were juicy and tasty so no - other than being hot as I'd cooked them no difference from the ones I've had in the chiller section before. I must admit though, I still prefer my prawns cold as a snack or prawn cocktail rather than hot in a meal like this.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I decided to pan fry the prawns in a little olive oil and halfway through I added a smidgen of garlic and some chopped chilli and they were delicious!

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Not that keen on the smoked cod if I'm honest, but then that's one of the great things about the Yellow Sticker discounted items, you haven't paid full price so as long as you've got the time to cook them that day (or put them in the freezer) you can try something new and if you don't like it, then you've not wasted too much money!

Smoked fish dip for crackers and or crostini. Chopped celery, scallions, and mayonnaise with cod mixed in (and a little lemon juice if the cod is a little fishy). Red pepper flakes if you like a little kick.

 

[CookieMonster]

I shop (usually...) twice a week, and never ever on a weekend.... so it's Mon for MTW and Thursday for TFSS.
we do a weekly menu plan - so I know what's on the slate - and if I run across a highly discounted item on the plan . . .
I'm all over it - it goes on "tonight's" menu and sometimes that means a rearrangement of the weekly listing . . .

but, buying four yellow tag items? well, two seafooders - so I can see that - one meal including both....
but I'm not attracted to yellow tags for anything 2-3 days out - and above and especially seafood items.

this weeks "plan" - the home-shucked oysters have a priority - hence the oyster rockefeller in close sequence to the ham&oyster 'feast' . . .
I also use it to pre-trigger me for 'multi-day' preps - like soaking the dry beans for chili . . .