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Doc_N said:maman said:Pollycat said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I do it too.Doc_N said:harz99 said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I was fortunate enough to come across a place advertising itself as a "salad farm". And that's what it is - a barn full of things they are growing in their poly tunnels or in their fields - absolutely beautiful quality and cheaper than any shops as it's direct from the producers. They also had a refrigerated bit that was stocked with other local produce - unhomogenised milk, organic yoghurt and the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads. The farmer was sadly apologetic and hoped it didn't offend me - I expect he gets criticised if a non carnivore wanders in. But as someone from a rural background I am well aware of having to manage all sorts of pests.
I want the biggest, glossiest, unmarked aubergine, the best matched leeks & courgettes (not one as thick as a baseball bat and one like a conductor's baton), the best pick (including colour) of family pack peppers, the family pack of mushrooms that suits what I'm cooking. That may be smaller ones or larger ones.
The stuff that arrives is frequently short-dated, poor quality, going off, and exactly the sort of thing we'd have avoided if we'd been doing the shopping ourselves. All this stuff Tesco push out about their pickers choosing the very best is just a downright lie - they aren't given the time to do it., quick & easy to pick & pack
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harz99 said:Rosa_Damascena said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I was fortunate enough to come across a place advertising itself as a "salad farm". And that's what it is - a barn full of things they are growing in their poly tunnels or in their fields - absolutely beautiful quality and cheaper than any shops as it's direct from the producers. They also had a refrigerated bit that was stocked with other local produce - unhomogenised milk, organic yoghurt and the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads. The farmer was sadly apologetic and hoped it didn't offend me - I expect he gets criticised if a non carnivore wanders in. But as someone from a rural background I am well aware of having to manage all sorts of pests.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Product comparison: Grissini Breadsticks.
Quite often, same price products at A & L are virtually indistinguishable, but these are breadsticks from opposite ends of the bread-stick continuum.
Aldi's "Savour Bakes" are very traditional - the solid, crunchy type of breadstick that deserves crumbling into hot Minestrone.
Lidl's "Rivercote" are lighter, crisper and much less dense - consequently quite moreish. They are also packed into two separate servings, preserving their crispy freshness.
Both: 125g for 55p7 -
Farway said:Doc_N said:maman said:Pollycat said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I do it too.Doc_N said:harz99 said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I was fortunate enough to come across a place advertising itself as a "salad farm". And that's what it is - a barn full of things they are growing in their poly tunnels or in their fields - absolutely beautiful quality and cheaper than any shops as it's direct from the producers. They also had a refrigerated bit that was stocked with other local produce - unhomogenised milk, organic yoghurt and the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads. The farmer was sadly apologetic and hoped it didn't offend me - I expect he gets criticised if a non carnivore wanders in. But as someone from a rural background I am well aware of having to manage all sorts of pests.
I want the biggest, glossiest, unmarked aubergine, the best matched leeks & courgettes (not one as thick as a baseball bat and one like a conductor's baton), the best pick (including colour) of family pack peppers, the family pack of mushrooms that suits what I'm cooking. That may be smaller ones or larger ones.
The stuff that arrives is frequently short-dated, poor quality, going off, and exactly the sort of thing we'd have avoided if we'd been doing the shopping ourselves. All this stuff Tesco push out about their pickers choosing the very best is just a downright lie - they aren't given the time to do it., quick & easy to pick & pack
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Rosa_Damascena said:Brie said:the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads.
But over all the problem is that animals don't realise what they are doing to cash crops and so can't be blamed for doing what comes natural. I doubt that the elephants were actually rampaging, maybe just taking a gentle stroll which if there are 30 of them would do significant damage. Much easier to forgive (by me as it's not my crop) than when I saw a hunt with horses and hounds cutting a wide path across a farmer's field in Yorkshire decades back. Probably destroyed about a third of the crop. To say nothing of what they might have done to any fox they were purposely chasing after.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Brie said:Rosa_Damascena said:Brie said:the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads.
But over all the problem is that animals don't realise what they are doing to cash crops and so can't be blamed for doing what comes natural. I doubt that the elephants were actually rampaging, maybe just taking a gentle stroll which if there are 30 of them would do significant damage. Much easier to forgive (by me as it's not my crop) than when I saw a hunt with horses and hounds cutting a wide path across a farmer's field in Yorkshire decades back. Probably destroyed about a third of the crop. To say nothing of what they might have done to any fox they were purposely chasing after.
@Cornucopia - you have put me in the mood for grissini, just when the shops are shut! Based on your evaluation I shall buy the Aldi and stick it in my cup-a-soup as the croutons are the best bit
ETA: no grissini in the house so will have to open up a packet of cream crackers to satisfy the crunch cravings now!!
No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Rosa_Damascena said:Brie said:Am I the only one that moves the cartons of veg to get to the fresher stuff below? Seems completely sensible way to do things to me!!
I was fortunate enough to come across a place advertising itself as a "salad farm". And that's what it is - a barn full of things they are growing in their poly tunnels or in their fields - absolutely beautiful quality and cheaper than any shops as it's direct from the producers. They also had a refrigerated bit that was stocked with other local produce - unhomogenised milk, organic yoghurt and the....errr....leftovers of a deer that decided to sample the salads. The farmer was sadly apologetic and hoped it didn't offend me - I expect he gets criticised if a non carnivore wanders in. But as someone from a rural background I am well aware of having to manage all sorts of pests.Not just rampaging through crop fields - this is current news
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We should be able to co-exist. Zim's argument is just bizarre, it's a big country given the population size, so re-routing the elephants should be possible if people can't stay out of their way.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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Decent haul of reduced price meat this week 12 chipolatas times 12 30% off £1.74 per pack. 6 pack of mini Melton Mowbray pork pies times 4, 90p per pack. 2 times 1Kg gammon joints £3.84 each. There was more but my freezer is full and I only just packed that lot in.Someone please tell me what money is1
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Re fruit and veg dates - you just need to understand the codes in order to find the freshest produce.
Several retailers now use Julian dates (https://people.biology.ucsd.edu/patrick/julian_cal.html) - often at the end of a code, so it will look something like 62DC318. You don't need to remember the actual number for each day, you just need to know that codes ending in, say, 320 are going to be fresher than those ending in 318.
Tesco uses codes in the format K:16 where K is November (11th letter of the alphabet = 11th month) and 16 is the 16th of the month. Again, once you know the code you just look for the highest number and that's the newest.
I don't have an Aldi nearby but I'm sure they will have done something similar.10
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