Originally Posted by MegSnow (Post 11627630)

My food bills are astronomical at the minute as I've only just moved here and am building up the pantry. I have to say I don't find food shopping more expensive than England which probably says more about the UK than here. We can afford to eat steak each week (we're in Alberta which helps!), we buy in bulk at Costco and this makes the meat cheaper. Cheese is horrendously expensive especially considering its plastic, the cheese monster that is DS refuses to eat it so we treat him to the proper stuff we find in Costco. Dried herbs and spices are expensive so we took a trip to an Indian grocery store and stocked up. Fruit and veg are in better condition than the UK. Obviously it's not as cheap as Lidl or Aldi but I don't mind paying a few cents more than Tesco for better quality. All in all not as expensive as I thought it was going to be but we did move from Portsmouth which seems to think it's London with the cost of things. I think if you come from Wales, Scotland or the north of England you will find it expensive here. I think the challenge for me now is to menu plan and stick to a budget!

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 11636806)

Don't usually do much sausage, will buy only on special from a local butcher non spicy Italian sausage meat at $1.99/Ib for 'make your own sausage patties or rolled tubes and for meat balls. In a bowl, just add a number of eggs to the amount of meat as needed (one egg for each pound meat), seasoning, breadcrumbs (filler), any green leaves chopped. Make as many as possible, bag freeze them. Use as needed.

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 11636806)

boneless pork loin on special this week at $1.99/Lb ($4.44/kg).

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 11636822)

We have pork loin on sale too, 14.31/kg. The flyer claims to be a sale price.

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11636819)

Bloody hell, I just paid $2.30 per 100g for sausages. :(

Originally Posted by not2old (Post 11636830)

would that have been for the one sausage from the food truck outside Earls?

$23/KG for 'pig in a poke' is way too much

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11636833)

Oyama Cumberlands.

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11636833)

Oyama Cumberlands.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11636892)

Genuine Cumberland sausage?


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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 11636911)

Yes, they're a bit spendy but worth it. They loads of stuff that really good for picnics including big pork pies.

Good old Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy - Oyama Sausage Co.

Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly (Post 11636453)

Also, I paid more attention to the tenderloin I bought this week.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11639661)

It's in Superstore's flyer this week $10.99 a lb. It looks glorious.

On your personal recommendation(!!) I'm going to get some.

Are you feeling any pressure? :lol:

Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly (Post 11639675)

...As long as you barbecue it to a perfect medium rare and preferably season it with Montreal Steak Spice...

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 11639785)

We're all too scared of the barbie after not using it for so long. Even the rare times we did use it my wife was the cook; I was never keen...although I didn't object to eating :nod:

This is a bit daft and embarrassing but it's only in the last few months I've discovered what a difference it makes to a beef joint to have it roast on a high temp for half an hour and then reduce the temp for the rest of the time.

I've been spreading wholegrain mustard over them before cooking.