Groceries
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If a turkey could fit in our freezer, I would buy one. But we have a tiny freezer even empty a turkey wont really fit well.
Turkey not .79/lb though here. Its .95/lb.
Food prices are climbing quicker then I have seen in the past. Less deals as well. Noticed pricing on many of the things I buy overall going up.
Things at Dollaramma that were 2.50 last year are 3 to 4 now that store is almost getting too expensive to deal with going there.
Turkey not .79/lb though here. Its .95/lb.
Food prices are climbing quicker then I have seen in the past. Less deals as well. Noticed pricing on many of the things I buy overall going up.
Things at Dollaramma that were 2.50 last year are 3 to 4 now that store is almost getting too expensive to deal with going there.
#1607
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Oh wow. Me and him would love that deal. Himself really likes turkey.
In NZ that would cost around CAD $80. They are a daft price here.
Jsmth321. Think outside the freezer.
You buy that incredibly priced turkey . Unfreeze and cook. You portion out assorted dinners, BristolUK style, over the best part of a week.
We do the same .
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#1609
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Remove it - carefully as it will fall apart - and let it cool before taking it apart by hand. It's really easy to remove the bones and spindly bits and add the bits of meat back to the pot. Fantastic soups or thicken it for a curry or whatever you fancy.
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Turkey drumsticks sold individually can be a great deal too. Bung one in the slow cooker with whatever ingredients and flavourings you want for 6 hours or so.
Remove it - carefully as it will fall apart - and let it cool before taking it apart by hand. It's really easy to remove the bones and spindly bits and add the bits of meat back to the pot. Fantastic soups or thicken it for a curry or whatever you fancy.
Remove it - carefully as it will fall apart - and let it cool before taking it apart by hand. It's really easy to remove the bones and spindly bits and add the bits of meat back to the pot. Fantastic soups or thicken it for a curry or whatever you fancy.
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#1611
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Now they're all year round and the main supermarkets have them too.
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Turkey drumsticks sold individually can be a great deal too. Bung one in the slow cooker with whatever ingredients and flavourings you want for 6 hours or so.
Remove it - carefully as it will fall apart - and let it cool before taking it apart by hand. It's really easy to remove the bones and spindly bits and add the bits of meat back to the pot. Fantastic soups or thicken it for a curry or whatever you fancy.
Remove it - carefully as it will fall apart - and let it cool before taking it apart by hand. It's really easy to remove the bones and spindly bits and add the bits of meat back to the pot. Fantastic soups or thicken it for a curry or whatever you fancy.
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I first noticed them at our local butcher/meat store. They would appear shortly after Christmas and Thanksgiving as if the store still had whole turkeys left which they'd cut up and sell as legs, wings, half breasts etc.
Now they're all year round and the main supermarkets have them too.
Now they're all year round and the main supermarkets have them too.
I'll have to look next time I go to a full service grocery, we do most our shopping at No Frills and Wal-Mart and never seen anything but whole turkeys, and No Frills doesn't even sell turkey year round, well other then sandwich meat.
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Had some money today so was able to get one of the No Frills turkey, despite the printed ad saying 0.95/lb they were actually 0.79/lb 14.67 in total.
If we had a freezer a turkey could fit in, I would have bought a couple for the future, but stupid mini-appliances. I had to check to see if it would even fit in the oven, just barely...lol
Not sure how many they had but only 4 left and only 1 with a price sticker so I grabbed that one.
If we had a freezer a turkey could fit in, I would have bought a couple for the future, but stupid mini-appliances. I had to check to see if it would even fit in the oven, just barely...lol
Not sure how many they had but only 4 left and only 1 with a price sticker so I grabbed that one.
#1616
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When I still lived in Southern Ontario my niece and I would go to Buffalo to buy the 19c/lb turkeys at TOPS just after American Thanksgiving. Like BEVS, turkey here in Australia is ridiculously priced. $10-12/kg so your 10 lb turkey would be about $50 here. I do buy just the leg or a thigh if I am making soup, though.
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When I still lived in Southern Ontario my niece and I would go to Buffalo to buy the 19c/lb turkeys at TOPS just after American Thanksgiving. Like BEVS, turkey here in Australia is ridiculously priced. $10-12/kg so your 10 lb turkey would be about $50 here. I do buy just the leg or a thigh if I am making soup, though.
#1618
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Yeah, but you have sensibly priced lamb. I'd rather shell out a bit more for a turkey once or twice a year and have access to a decent joint of lamb without a second mortgage. Even supposedly cheaper cuts (scrag end makes an excellent stew) is stupidly expensive here, when you can find it at all. I probably buy lamb chops a couple of times a year, and will spring for a leg to roast around Easter time - an unbeliever's culinary sop to his CofE upbringing - but that's about it.
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Yeah, but you have sensibly priced lamb. I'd rather shell out a bit more for a turkey once or twice a year and have access to a decent joint of lamb without a second mortgage. Even supposedly cheaper cuts (scrag end makes an excellent stew) is stupidly expensive here, when you can find it at all. I probably buy lamb chops a couple of times a year, and will spring for a leg to roast around Easter time - an unbeliever's culinary sop to his CofE upbringing - but that's about it.
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I like lamb but I only ever see it frozen from New Zealand in green packages, price wise
Looking at the save on website Lamb does have a premium, but seems all meat is pricey these days.
Spring Lamb Whole Bone-In 11/kg average.
Chicken breasts $8.80/kg
Whole raw chicken runs $8.58/kg (cheaper at almost all the store that sell roasted cooked chickens to buy the cooks vs raw.)
Pork Loin chops boneless $15.41/kg
We don't buy meat anymore on a regular basis unless on sale for a really low price.
Looking at the save on website Lamb does have a premium, but seems all meat is pricey these days.
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Spring Lamb Loin Chops 20/kg avg but only sold in 350g packages, Save On has it at 0.02 per g so 0.02 * 1,000g should be 20/kg I think.
Lamb shoulder blade average price $15.19/kgSpring Lamb Whole Bone-In 11/kg average.
Chicken breasts $8.80/kg
Whole raw chicken runs $8.58/kg (cheaper at almost all the store that sell roasted cooked chickens to buy the cooks vs raw.)
Pork Loin chops boneless $15.41/kg
We don't buy meat anymore on a regular basis unless on sale for a really low price.
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