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Re: Groceries
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13019204)
Would you believe I have never had pulled pork in any form? It never sounds appealing and in pictures I always expect it to start wriggling :lol:
I just googled pulled chicken and it looks similar. |
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I love Giant Tiger.
Peaches, Plums, Nectarines (all beautiful and juicy) less than $2/lb. Bought 6 pounds. 3 lb Navels Bavarian bread Kozy shack Tapioca (yuk) $1 :blink: 2 lb Lean ground beef 2 bags mixed frozen veg 2 salmon fillets 4 packs wieners 2 tins spag sauce (for stepson when he wants something quick and easy) Big shepherd's pie (for when I'm feeling lazy) and A Queen comforter/quilt. $63 total :thumbsup: That stone fruit and oranges alone in other stores here would be at least $25 instead of the <$12 in GT. |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13021555)
I love Giant Tiger.
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Superstore finally had some of these
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...3dbaab8875.png And they were half price too. They are not particularly good, it's just nice to get some sausages that are not honey & garlic or Italian. |
Re: Groceries
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13021850)
Superstore finally had some of these And they were half price too. They are not particularly good, it's just nice to get some sausages that are not honey & garlic or Italian.
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When I lived in Ontario, I did almost all my shopping at Giant Tiger, I miss their prices.
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13021555)
I love Giant Tiger.
Peaches, Plums, Nectarines (all beautiful and juicy) less than $2/lb. Bought 6 pounds. 3 lb Navels Bavarian bread Kozy shack Tapioca (yuk) $1 :blink: 2 lb Lean ground beef 2 bags mixed frozen veg 2 salmon fillets 4 packs wieners 2 tins spag sauce (for stepson when he wants something quick and easy) Big shepherd's pie (for when I'm feeling lazy) and A Queen comforter/quilt. $63 total :thumbsup: That stone fruit and oranges alone in other stores here would be at least $25 instead of the <$12 in GT. |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13021919)
It's a bit of an odd taste. I like the Italian ones, hot for some things, mild for others. I rarely buy the honey garlic ones.
My local meat store does Donair ones. :blink: It's time my SD made me some more Cumberland sausages. I've hinted already :lol: |
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My friend bought this box by accident so I traded him for it. Has guacamole written all over it but my cilantro's rotten. I only want to make a cup anyway so will find a way.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...67575eeec.jpeg |
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Most grocery stores have rodents but seems this Wal-Mart may have had more than usual as Fraser Health shut down their grocery side at a store location.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...1fb778eaf4.jpg |
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13023943)
Most grocery stores have rodents but seems this Wal-Mart may have had more than usual
How much per lb? :sneaky: |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13024142)
I've never tried them but always willing to try new things.
How much per lb? :sneaky: |
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I bought the box on the strength of 4 cobs of peaches and cream visible, and there were 4 more under all those mandarins! I'll be eating corn on the cob every day into the weekend so it doesn't go bad. A friend told me this morning he saw .99 per ear of corn which seems awful high; I'd expect 3/$1 this time of year.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...66953f4b9f.jpg |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13027064)
I bought the box on the strength of 4 cobs of peaches and cream visible, and there were 4 more under all those mandarins! I'll be eating corn on the cob every day into the weekend so it doesn't go bad. A friend told me this morning he saw .99 per ear of corn which seems awful high; I'd expect 3/$1 this time of year.
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I couldn't help buying a few things while doing routines at physio. Little bit smoked fish, little beef, some buns, and also got 650g of lean ground sirloin for $3.50. The app is addictive.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...2c6139c469.jpg Then I thought, if I'm going to make finnan-haddie I'll use up my half & half so maybe go back for cream, and then thought, "Gee, I haven't had any pastry in awhile..." https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...32834b18b3.jpg |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13029313)
I couldn't help buying a few things while doing routines at physio. Little bit smoked fish, little beef, some buns, and also got 650g of lean ground sirloin for $3.50. The app is addictive.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...2c6139c469.jpg |
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Do any of you worry about the source of your food? Food miles? Animal welfare? Food quality, contamination?
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 13029465)
Do any of you worry about the source of your food? Food miles? Animal welfare? Food quality, contamination?
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Aside from avoiding Shrimps from Thailand I think the only time the source of food has been a concern for me was decades ago, not buying South African stuff.
Organic produce isn't as 'much more' as it used to be so that features in my supplies more than before. |
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 13029465)
Do any of you worry about the source of your food? Food miles? Animal welfare? Food quality, contamination?
Free range eggs $6.40 vs regular eggs $3.28, if I buy the free range, I can only buy a dozen which wont last 2 people very long, where I can buy 2 dozen of regular eggs. Organic milk $8.74 vs $4.65 Would be nice if we could pick and choose, but usually the better alternative is simply too much $$. We buy very little meat though, it's too expensive. But we also only have 1 week of the month we can self shop and pick what we are getting, the other 3 weeks, we just get what the food bank provides. |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13030149)
Steerpike and Bristol discuss plant-based meat substitutes in the Climate Change thread. I think everyone likes quality food (I know I do). As for food miles, I get some meat on the flashfood app that comes all the way from Australia, and if I or some other shopper doesn't buy it, it's going in the landfill. Ignoble end for such a traveller. I call buying it and using it a save. I buy chicken and pork and a little beef from the grocery store, just like most people, which means animal welfare isn't my prime consideration. I used to buy farmgate pork and I used to do a lot of hunting, but not for some time now.
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13030194)
Aside from avoiding Shrimps from Thailand I think the only time the source of food has been a concern for me was decades ago, not buying South African stuff.
Organic produce isn't as 'much more' as it used to be so that features in my supplies more than before.
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 13030201)
I have concern about it, but I don't have the luxury to pick and choose much, have to buy whatever is most affordable.
Free range eggs $6.40 vs regular eggs $3.28, if I buy the free range, I can only buy a dozen which wont last 2 people very long, where I can buy 2 dozen of regular eggs. Organic milk $8.74 vs $4.65 Would be nice if we could pick and choose, but usually the better alternative is simply too much $$. We buy very little meat though, it's too expensive. But we also only have 1 week of the month we can self shop and pick what we are getting, the other 3 weeks, we just get what the food bank provides. We were in the pet store getting cat and dog food and it's easier to trace the origin of their food than it is ours. I can get eggs at the farm and grass fed beef there but we don't eat much meat now and i am not keen on substitutes. Lentils and beans feature frequently but they aren't local. is it worth making an effort or are we all doomed anyway? |
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Some products just come from away if they aren't grown locally but they aren't always worth buying. Local cukes and tomatoes and lettuce we get in season are far better and cheaper than US or Mexican imports in winter. Whereas I might buy a bag of discounted tomatoes to make marinara in summer, in winter I'll just use a large $1 can rather than pay $3 or more for woody Mexican tomatoes. Those lentils and beans and peas start out here and go all over the world, just like mustard, so any pulses you buy in Canada should be classed as local. I've shoveled up sacks of spilled lentils and peas and beans at nearby inland terminals for use as carp bait, and while the peas weren't graded for human consumption the lentils made pretty good soup. That's real field to table! We grow all kinds of mustard and send it to France and other countries then buy it back as jars of Dijon, Poupon, etc. I could probably get a locally made jar of it for $6 at the farmer's market, but a very nice Dijon at Dollarama is $1.25, locally grown but prepared and packaged in France. Re-opening should mean the return of our mustard festival.
Looks like there are 4 cobs of corn in this box, and a good banana daiquiri party or 2. The bananas on the right look pretty green, demonstrating my positive attitude. :lol: I'm almost done the oranges from the last box and might squeeze half of them for juice this morning as a treat. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...09f55f7844.jpg |
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I buy local for all meat, poultry, fish and vegetables, and for most dairy. I do buy New Zealand cheeses (and wine!) sometimes, and in the 'off' season I buy cherries and table grapes from the US, but they're more a treat than a regular purchase.
Dry and canned goods, I buy dry pasta and tinned tomatoes from Italy and spices from India, nearly everything else is grown and produced locally. There are very few cage eggs available here now and I always buy free range. When my kids were little and I was struggling financially, it was always cage eggs. I used to look longingly at the free range ones but just couldn't afford them. Just on that - I'd been buying a particular brand of free range eggs here for a few years, lovely pic of the farmer and all his happy little chooks on the box. Then it came to light that while he indeed kept a couple of dozen chooks roaming around the place, he also had a huge shed with chooks crammed into tiny cages. Not happy (me or the chooks). Although it makes me feel good to buy local it's not a financial sacrifice so it's easy. Due to Oz's isolation imported fresh food is usually quite expensive, while locally grown is plentiful and thus less expensive. We all do what we can according to our food budget, can't always afford principles when you're trying to feed yourself and your family. |
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I just ate one of the bananas and the Del Monte sticker said Central America. Adios, Banana. I always check before going to pick stuff up in case there's something else to make the drive more worthwhile, and decided it might be fun to get the smoker out later and make some smoked fish.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...25dae20c0c.jpg |
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At the rate food prices are going, food in general will become a luxury.
For some types of food cheaper to go to Wendy's, can get a bacon jr cheeseburger for $1.89. Certainly can't make one at home for that price.
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 13030294)
It's difficult isn't it and a luxury.. I look to see where produce has come from and will buy Canadian for preference, indeed locally for preference. That's especially hard in the winter when it's mainly frozen food or root veggies that's available. The pre freezer winter diet of root veggies, pickle veggies, and whatever you can hunt doesn't appeal
We were in the pet store getting cat and dog food and it's easier to trace the origin of their food than it is ours. I can get eggs at the farm and grass fed beef there but we don't eat much meat now and i am not keen on substitutes. Lentils and beans feature frequently but they aren't local. is it worth making an effort or are we all doomed anyway? |
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Canada is the opposite, due to proximity to US and Mexico, imported produce tends to be cheaper, I can go to Wal-Mart or Super Store and buy imported fruit from US or Mexico cheaper than going to a fruit stand across the street grown here.
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
(Post 13030356)
I buy local for all meat, poultry, fish and vegetables, and for most dairy. I do buy New Zealand cheeses (and wine!) sometimes, and in the 'off' season I buy cherries and table grapes from the US, but they're more a treat than a regular purchase.
Dry and canned goods, I buy dry pasta and tinned tomatoes from Italy and spices from India, nearly everything else is grown and produced locally. There are very few cage eggs available here now and I always buy free range. When my kids were little and I was struggling financially, it was always cage eggs. I used to look longingly at the free range ones but just couldn't afford them. Just on that - I'd been buying a particular brand of free range eggs here for a few years, lovely pic of the farmer and all his happy little chooks on the box. Then it came to light that while he indeed kept a couple of dozen chooks roaming around the place, he also had a huge shed with chooks crammed into tiny cages. Not happy (me or the chooks). Although it makes me feel good to buy local it's not a financial sacrifice so it's easy. Due to Oz's isolation imported fresh food is usually quite expensive, while locally grown is plentiful and thus less expensive. We all do what we can according to our food budget, can't always afford principles when you're trying to feed yourself and your family. |
Re: Groceries
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 13030294)
We were in the pet store getting cat and dog food and it's easier to trace the origin of their food than it is ours
I was just saying in the food thread I bought some Soft Cod Roe from Amazon. Certified sustainable seafood - msc - on the tin but other than produced for John West Liverpool and Dublin, nothing. is it worth making an effort or are we all doomed anyway? |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13030452)
:lol:
I was just saying in the food thread I bought some Soft Cod Roe from Amazon. Certified sustainable seafood - msc - on the tin but other than produced for John West Liverpool and Dublin, nothing. When populations move away from where they may be drowned or burned and we're all living on top of each other spreading the latest covid variants around while other issues go untreated, it does make one wonder. :unsure: |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13030455)
The only real kippers you can get here come from Dundee. In one store in the whole city.
We are located in the heart of the Cathedral area in Regina, Saskatchewan. |
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Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 13030497)
This company sell Scottish Kippers - and will deliver (even small quantities if you pay for the shipping)- or you can collect. I'm seriously impressed with the variety of fish produce they have! :) Products – Pacific Fresh Fish
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One thing that's local is the trout. The fish farm at Lake Diefenbaker cranks them out and they're good. Every once in awhile the lake will flood and the prisoners will escape the pens and fishermen reap a bonus.
Wild West Steelhead - About Us Thanks to the genetic engineering that makes farmed trout grow so well (and a lot of skill), the Konrad brothers managed a couple of world record rainbows out of that lake. |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13030600)
One thing that's local is the trout. The fish farm at Lake Diefenbaker cranks them out and they're good. Every once in awhile the lake will flood and the prisoners will escape the pens and fishermen reap a bonus.
Wild West Steelhead - About Us Thanks to the genetic engineering that makes farmed trout grow so well (and a lot of skill), the Konrad brothers managed a couple of world record rainbows out of that lake. |
Re: Groceries
Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13030500)
Like I said, there's only one place that sells them here. I'm actually friends with the owner (though you never see him there). He sold the big warehouse and wholesale business up in Henderson industrial area for a fortune years ago but kept the retail store. At Christmas they bring in smoked eels and carp for the Germans. The only thing I buy there is kippers.
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Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 13030754)
Sorry for mentioning it - only did so in case it was one that you hadn't previously found. Never mind then... glad you got some :)
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I know I still have some gouda that won't have gone bad (but the brie will have to be tossed and maybe the liverwurst), so with these 2 and some sausage I should have some nice al fresco lunch this weekend.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...220f004f09.jpg |
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Picked up a couple of produce boxes this morning, so it's time to plan out a few meals.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...340c61cb88.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...6728ef973c.jpg |
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Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 13037037)
Picked up a couple of produce boxes this morning, so it's time to plan out a few meals.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...340c61cb88.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...6728ef973c.jpg |
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Flank steak could mean a lot of things, carne asada, beef bulgogi, rouladen; sky's the limit, really. I can make room to freeze the wieners and sirloin, but should probably pick it all up and get the flank steak marinating without too much delay. If the price of beef is going to go through the roof this fall I may as well snipe deals like this when I can and enjoy now.
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I considered buying a rack and cutting and freezing chops, but I think I'll pass.
As the half full jar of mint jelly ages gracefully in the door of the fridge.. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...26453176cd.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...6a00338655.jpg |
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Ive had a sudden desire for some of these
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...2a16b9f627.jpg The choices have changed since I used to buy them in the duty free shop returning from holidays. "Currently unavailable" on Amazon.ca and other Canadian sites. Found a couple of American sites but they want payment by paypal which I won't do. Amazon UK won't deliver them to Canada. The only site I found that looks like it might deliver to me wants $25-$37 a box plus delivery, whereas the real price is about £6 (just over $10) on AmazonUK (free UK delivery if I bought 4 packs, which I'd happily do) and about $12 on the site that wants paypal. I'm prepared to pay a bit over but not 3 or 4 times the going rate. A Bit Of Home doesn't have them. |
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 13039226)
Ive had a sudden desire for some of these
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...2a16b9f627.jpg The choices have changed since I used to buy them in the duty free shop returning from holidays. "Currently unavailable" on Amazon.ca and other Canadian sites. Found a couple of American sites but they want payment by paypal which I won't do. Amazon UK won't deliver them to Canada. The only site I found that looks like it might deliver to me wants $25-$37 a box plus delivery, whereas the real price is about £6 (just over $10) on AmazonUK (free UK delivery if I bought 4 packs, which I'd happily do) and about $12 on the site that wants paypal. I'm prepared to pay a bit over but not 3 or 4 times the going rate. A Bit Of Home doesn't have them. https://canada.desertcart.com/produc...oured-with-rum Save the money, buy Pims and have a rum or brandy or something with it :D |
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