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Grocery Challenge - February 2012
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Please put me down for £2500
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Good news - well kind of. In my Ocado shop (delivered Sunday and full of special offers - my sis had a 25% off code and delivery on a Sunday was only 99p) one of my joints of beef had a great big hole in the plastic front!!! So I emailed them and they have refunded the cost (£6 and pennies) so my total has gone down overnight!
What are peoples views on using the beef? I guess it wasn't like that when it was picked and packed (must have happened in the van) and the bag it was in wasn't torn.... should I chuck it???Part time GCer, NSDer, Comper and (Bad)Flylady
A big shot is just a little shot that kept shooting ...0 -
Just had a little YS hunt in Mr T's for some packed lunch stuff (bread etc) so have updated my total.
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I would give it a good wash under cold running water - then cook!Good news - well kind of. In my Ocado shop (delivered Sunday and full of special offers - my sis had a 25% off code and delivery on a Sunday was only 99p) one of my joints of beef had a great big hole in the plastic front!!! So I emailed them and they have refunded the cost (£6 and pennies) so my total has gone down overnight!
What are peoples views on using the beef? I guess it wasn't like that when it was picked and packed (must have happened in the van) and the bag it was in wasn't torn.... should I chuck it???0 -
HI everyone I spent a £5.95p on A!di's Super 6 today but I am going to be able to make Blueberry Muffins and Lemon cake now mmm!! Anyway we had a ys pork joint yesterday and I did not know what to do with the left overs so I had a hunt and found this recipe http://allrecipes.asia/recipe/2054/pork-apple-pasties.aspx I loved it as did the kids and hubby i added 2 apples instead of one and a large onion and have enough for dinner tomo as well
February GC £261.97/24 NSDS 10/12
march 300/290 NSD 12/6
ARPIL 300/ 238.23 NSD'S 10/30 -
dittoFlorenceem wrote: »I would give it a good wash under cold running water - then cook!
and the fact it was free will make it taste even better
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Good news - well kind of. In my Ocado shop (delivered Sunday and full of special offers - my sis had a 25% off code and delivery on a Sunday was only 99p) one of my joints of beef had a great big hole in the plastic front!!! So I emailed them and they have refunded the cost (£6 and pennies) so my total has gone down overnight!
What are peoples views on using the beef? I guess it wasn't like that when it was picked and packed (must have happened in the van) and the bag it was in wasn't torn.... should I chuck it???
I would use it. Just run it under the cold tap, dry it with paper and cook it hot for the first 40 minutes to kill anything remaining then lower the heat for remaining cooking time.....Great minds think alike Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,836.47 in 9 months, against a £10k target The Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I have a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £2270.73 to the end of Oct
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2027 thread brand new and sparkling - feel free to join us and say what and how you are planning
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Good news ... one of my joints of beef had a great big hole in the plastic front!!! ... What are peoples views on using the beef? I guess it wasn't like that when it was picked and packed (must have happened in the van) and the bag it was in wasn't torn.... should I chuck it???
Good grief pipersky NOOooo!!!!!
As the very wise FlorenceEm has said, give it a very good wash with cold water and cook it as soon as you can. As you say, it probably happened in the van and personally I wouldn't worry about it at all. It may even taste better for having a bit of air rather than constrained by plastic! And it will definitely taste better for being free. :dance:
Take care,
Spigs
ETA: :rotfl:Cor, how quickly we all think alike and savour the thought of free beef!!! :rotfl:Mortgage Free October 2013 :T0 -
Will be setting my budget at £400 again for this month.
Was going to reduce it but as we will be doing Costco again this month I decided not to.
Good luck everyone!
BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
£5 exactly in the greengrocers on oranges, apples, bananas, lettuce, cucumber and brocolli.
staring into my teeny freezer...it desperately needs defrosted...just counted up 14 meals in it so plan to run it down and turn it off when i go to london for the weekend on Feb 17.
dunno what i'm gonna eat between 20th when i return and payday!!Save 12k in 2014 (my target: £10 000):
My savings: £4878.54/£7000
Joint account savings: £2685.57/£3000
Total:£7564.11/£10 000 (as at 26/10/14)0
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