Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe it's a price point issue.... maybe I've not seen those because they're expensive. Stuff only gets picked up on my radar and registered when it's affordable in comparison with my usual alternatives

I've never seen a thing yellow stickered in Mr S 2 miles away.

I don't mind about BBE dates etc.... I'd eat them after the date, I check everything to see if it's green.... but, when buying, I have to assume the date's the date I have to eat it by, so I can evaluate how feasible it is to get through it "in time". If there's no chance ... I'd not buy; if it's physically possible to get through it all, I'll buy it .... and see what happens if I really don't get through it all.

I check in every supermarket for cheese/onion muffins ... however, I do find ath most shops run out of muffins/crumpets/similar early in the day and I am usually looking late in the day/evening, so maybe I've not seen the Tesco ones.... although I've not got a Mr T close to me so not been in one since last October.

The Sainsbury's ones are definitely 'taste the difference', I only buy them when the are over 50% off. I know what you mean about needing to consider whether you can get through things in time - it takes quite a lot of paying attention to when you are only catering for one, doesn't it? In that aspect, it is lucky I like eating (a lot).

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

The Sainsbury's ones are definitely 'taste the difference', I only buy them when the are over 50% off. I know what you mean about needing to consider whether you can get through things in time - it takes quite a lot of paying attention to when you are only catering for one, doesn't it? In that aspect, it is lucky I like eating (a lot).

For me its why I would hate to be without a freezer.

PasturesNew

With plain muffins, I use them (toasted) as a base for baked beans/scrambled eggs for a big breakfast (two muffins, each halved) .... or, when peckish, I'd just toast them with margarine for a snack (one muffin, halved).

I bought jam today too .... Morrisons 29p Strawberry..... although I do understand that jam on cheese/onion muffins might not be the best combo.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

.... It also results in lots of wattage ...

Wish I understood what this means.....

Spirit_2

lostinrates wrote: »

I don' tend to add salt to cooking most things ( roast pork is one exception, there are others, in fact, I salt most birds skins too...and so expect people to season themselves at the table. I would never add say, to say, chips. In fact I don't think I add salt at the table to anything.

I also put salt on crackling and roast fowl and in salad desing. That is just about it in cooking. We do add a little salt at the table. Having eaten some middle eastern home cooked meals I found the levels of salt in them to be way too much for my taste.

The lamb tonight tasted a little salty to me...as it was pre-prepared it had salt on it.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

With plain muffins, I use them (toasted) as a base for baked beans/scrambled eggs for a big breakfast (two muffins, each halved) .... or, when peckish, I'd just toast them with margarine for a snack (one muffin, halved).

I bought jam today too .... Morrisons 29p Strawberry..... although I do understand that jam on cheese/onion muffins might not be the best combo.

Well ...cheese eaten with fruit cake or membrillo.

I used to make cheese and apple scones, they were delicious.



Personally I detest those cheeses with fruit in them...but happily eat cheese with honey or quince jam, so....no reason to I guess.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Wish I understood what this means.....

Wastage. That one was an autocorrecti think. Hated 'membrillo' too.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

Just checking mysupermarket - Mr S flavoured muffins are £1.25 for 4. My "usual" yardstick is 6 bog standard muffins at Lidl for 65p. So they're off the price radar.

I generally only buy them when yellow stickered, but my usual would be the Sainsbury's basics (6 for 69p). What are the lidl ones like?

Just had a look and my 4 cheese and black peppers were 60p. An extravagance I know, but they are so nice (esp with the aforementioned marmite).

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

... it takes quite a lot of paying attention to when you are only catering for one, doesn't it? In that aspect, it is lucky I like eating (a lot).

It is a juggling act.... I have to consider the date of everything that goes in the trolley and choose when I want two things. e.g. if I am in Lidl once a fortnight, I might be wanting crumpets AND muffins.... but if both are dated for the next 2 days, I can't have both. That runs across everything I buy - and the whole basket of goods has to be considered against what I've got at home, what day of the week it is, what's in the basket and how I plan to use it.

I have a successful zero waste food policy ..... but it does irk me constantly having to reject items that I want as I had to choose.

The pizza I brought earlier came from the freezer .... and I'd have liked to get 2 as I know a frozen pizza'd be OK for a couple of days in the fridge.... but I also knew I was also committed to eating muffins as I'd bought them in the previous shop. And, in that shop, I'd already had to put back some meatballs (BBE today) because I couldn't have eaten all the meatballs and all the muffins in the time available.

lostinrates

Spirit wrote: »

I also put salt on crackling and roast fowl and in salad desing. That is just about it in cooking. We do add a little salt at the table. Having eaten some middle eastern home cooked meals I found the levels of salt in them to be way too much for my taste.

The lamb tonight tasted a little salty to me...as it was pre-prepared it had salt on it.

I cook lots of middle eastern food ( think its my favourite really) and just...leave salt out. Where its needed it gets added at the table.