Cost of Groceries!
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You mistakenly believe the savings are on cheap "supermarket" type brands.
It may not be Häagen-Dazs, but they're not el cheapo brands either. They are simply big reductions on the normal prices. But if you're not interested, that's up to you.
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As for cheese, do you really need the best cheese for making a sauce, Lasagna or a toastie?
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I fear that you mistake me for a food snob. It's not the case. Why just last evening I ordered a round of Rhubarbtinis without even thinking to check the organic certification, if any, of the rhubarb constituent.
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I dont think excellent canadian chedar does have to sit around for 7 years... "extra old" here is something like two years. Old is 15-18 months.
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Nope. My cheese knowledge is based on picking up random chunks of the stuff at the market and struggling to remember the names of the ones that were really good or really bad. How the cheese gets to the market is a mystery to me though I believe it relates to cows or sheep or goats or udder animals.
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Nope. My cheese knowledge is based on picking up random chunks of the stuff at the market and struggling to remember the names of the ones that were really good or really bad. How the cheese gets to the market is a mystery to me though I believe it relates to cows or sheep or goats or udder animals.
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I guess its driven by what the customers want. I dont really like the really tangy crumbly stuff myself. I have found it locally though, I think it was a 2 year old Maple Dale or something like that. It won an award IIRC.
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Ah, I'll look out for that. Balderson's 5 year old is good and crumbly.
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http://cheeseloverca.wordpress.com/t...eese-festival/
Upon reflection it might have been a 5 year old MapleDale cheddar. dbd probably doesnt shop at NoFrills, so may have missed the opportunity to try it
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Will you be off to Picton then?
http://cheeseloverca.wordpress.com/t...eese-festival/
Upon reflection it might have been a 5 year old MapleDale cheddar. dbd probably doesnt shop at NoFrills, so has probably missed the opportunity to try it![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
http://cheeseloverca.wordpress.com/t...eese-festival/
Upon reflection it might have been a 5 year old MapleDale cheddar. dbd probably doesnt shop at NoFrills, so has probably missed the opportunity to try it
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Meanwhile back to food prices....
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Has anyone else noticed there grocery bill going through the roof recently. I live alone and had a budget of $200 A month for food, ive spent $300 so far! i went grocery shopping yesterday and was astonished at how everything has gone up. even in No Frills. for instance tinned tomatoes used to be 88cents now there $1.14 thats a 26 cent increase!
and spring onions, used to be 3 for 99cents now you only get 2.
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and spring onions, used to be 3 for 99cents now you only get 2.
this is getting ridiculous!
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Finest Cheese at the mo... Cornish Cruncher from Marks. Absolute mouldy heaven
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I was back home for the 1st 3 weeks of April and must admit that it was nice to go and buy the cheese that I like instead of looking at whats on offer - I refuse to buy the rubber rubbish that passes for cheddar here. Not because Im a snob but just dont see the point as I dont tend to cook with cheese.
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You can buy mature Canadian cheddar in tesco for about half the price you can here
I used to love going to the farmers markets around Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire on a sunday morning and buying the local varieties
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You can buy mature Canadian cheddar in tesco for about half the price you can here
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I got 500g of 6 year old maple dale for $6 the other day. Good cheese, good price.
Maybe i am lucky to be in the Ontario dairy belt, but within a short drive I can take in the Maple Dale, Empire and Black River cheese factories (and the Black Diamond plant too, but the least said about that the better!)
Maybe i am lucky to be in the Ontario dairy belt, but within a short drive I can take in the Maple Dale, Empire and Black River cheese factories (and the Black Diamond plant too, but the least said about that the better!)
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It's ok they do weight loss drugs in bulk too, to make up for it
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