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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 21st 2023, 7:20 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Deals this week:
I bought mango coconut milk ice cream for 50 cents a pint. Went back to get some more and the bastards had cleaned out the store. :frown:

I also got a 1 kg bag of dry chickpeas...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 5th 2022, 5:55 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

As it's getting close to Halloween, have anybody noticed if the supermarkets are selling the monster cereals like Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 15th 2022, 5:54 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I feel your pain. I went to get some fresh chilies and they have gone up $1.50 a packet. I'm not buying anything anymore and they can all just SMBSC.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 11th 2021, 8:25 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

When I lived in Connecticut the roadside farms were selling 12 for a dollar.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 18th 2021, 7:05 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Giggity
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 13th 2020, 8:02 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I have a community garden plot which is like an allotment but with no shed, cider or TMS. So apart from the produce a bit rubbish. :(
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 10th 2020, 6:55 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Grow your own vegetables. That's what I do.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 10th 2020, 6:46 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

err-indoors has got back on the, "don't consume seared animal flesh." That kind of sentiment is not a good look on her tbh, I'm all like, I'm going to celebrate that braised rabbit cacciatore.

I...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 8th 2020, 7:36 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Spaghetti hoops, liver, cooking apples, margarine, doilies, sultanas, tins of fruit cocktail, jelly, stout.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 2nd 2020, 4:15 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Just spent far too much on a tin of post-organic, ancient strain Mesopotamian chickpeas. I hate the realization that at best I've become middle-class. :sick:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 19th 2019, 12:43 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Apparently we don't buy groceries anymore we select produce.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 15th 2019, 9:20 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

HID has banned all cheese from our place. I have to go out to have a pizza. I'm feeling a lot of empathy with North Koreans. :(
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 14th 2019, 5:29 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I hate supermarkets, they’re full of evil things.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 1st 2019, 12:14 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I did that with pistachio nuts the other day. :o
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 23rd 2018, 8:01 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I don't go there often but No Frills' baked beans in tomato sauce are okay. I'd recommend draining off most of the liquid, I think that's the bit that has most of the sugar, anyway, for 80 cents...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 15th 2018, 10:08 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

The last time I picked up some chicken that said it was a 100% Canadian. That's got to the Trump Effect.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 3rd 2018, 9:40 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I agree with on all counts. We use Save On on Cambie, it has the benefit of a liquor store across the street and EB Games around the corner.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 1st 2018, 10:18 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I worked for one of the big US soda beverage companies at their head office back in the early 00s and in every little break room or alcove they had big fridges full of all their brands/products and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 24th 2017, 5:15 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I know, you can't have Christmas without lager. :thumbup:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 24th 2017, 1:29 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Thanks for the advice but the offer has been rescinded due to her setting up the dining room table ready for Christmas dinner. I thought that just entailed putting out plates, knives and forks and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 22nd 2017, 8:34 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

HID [her-in-doors] said she'll make breakfast on Christmas morning and asked what would I like? After the initial shock of her acknowledging that we actually have a kitchen, I'm not sure what to ask...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 22nd 2017, 8:06 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

Kippers
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 27th 2017, 4:26 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

:rofl:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 27th 2017, 3:22 am
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

How come the so-called dollar stores sell stuff for a lot more than a dollar?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 26th 2017, 8:55 pm
Replies: 2,677
Views: 259,495
Posted By Oink

Re: Groceries

I think that just about sums it up. :rofl:
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