OS food shopping in London SE5/SE15

dronid

Goldilocks wrote:

you think thats bad!! I had a plaintain thrown at me in Brixton once...he said.." Baby, can you cook!"

Well, it's an approach I suppose. I have to say you do seem to get lot more vegetable related incident than I do.:D

I have been told you can get bones for soup/stew at Borough market for free. Again, need to assert myself and ask for some - and I was there this afternoon! I think supermarkets have trained me to not want to be hassled by people being helpful! It's really bad!:o

Goldilocks_2

Okay so i went to Peckham on Saturday and got my oxtail..
Big and chunky £6.99 for 2 kilos. (have no idea if that is a good price or not?)
Not scary at all... but a bunch of very interesting characters..
also picked up a few crab claws as a little treat.. yum yum..

Bargain_Rzl

Oooooh, which shop did you go in? And was the oxtail fresh or pre-frozen?

Another question for the locals... has anybody ever tried shopping at Rose Brothers fishmonger in Walworth, on that little parade of shops between the Aylesbury and Heygate estates? If so, any good?

astonsmummy

Wow i cant beleive how many people are from that area! i live near brighton but am originally from london, born in st thomas hospital lambeth with a silver shovel :rotfl: lived in brixton then.
My sis lives in clapham and goes to brixton market for meat and fish especially, i love it down there but there is so much to choose from!

Goldilocks_2

Bargain Rzl- the Oxtail was fresh.. not sure the name of the store but it is the first butchers you come to when walking up the high street(subway on the corner) on the same side. the store looked very clean too which was very important to me

Pattie1968

I'm also in SE15 and I like the local shops on Nunhead Lane/Evelina Road, they have a butchers, green grocers, bakery and a fish mongers. I also go to Dennis butchers opposite the peckham bus garage on Queens Road!!

Goldilocks_2

Bargain Rzl.. have you found any new gems in SE5/SE15??

Bargain_Rzl

Not in the immediate vicinity, but I DID pay a visit to Lewisham Market a couple of weeks ago and bought:

Sweet potatoes, heaped bowlful (filled half a carrier bag), £1
Apples (Cox's by the looks of them), heaped bowlful (more than 20 apples), £1
Leeks, 3 huge ones, £1
Bananas, 4 small ones, given free with the leeks!
Butternut squash, 2 large ones, £1

I was on the bus with all of this in carrier bags, plus some things from the homewares dept at TK Maxx, and my arms were nearly dropping off by the time I got home (especially as I had to walk the long way round from Peckham Road thanks to that bloke getting stabbed to death in a fight at the end of my street - lovely :rolleyes:) so the moneysaving downside of all of this is that I have resolved to invest in a Wally Trolley!

fatfreemummy

have enjoyed this thread originally from SE5/SE15 area don't forget when out shopping to try the old London fav pie and mash at Manzes in Peckham or Arments in Westmreland Road no longer living in London so is a rare treat.

stefejb

fatfreemummy wrote:

have enjoyed this thread originally from SE5/SE15 area don't forget when out shopping to try the old London fav pie and mash at Manzes in Peckham or Arments in Westmreland Road no longer living in London so is a rare treat.

ohmigosh - manzies - yum - that takes me back 15 years