Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

Lb of ground beef is $10 or more.

I sure hope you mean $10/kg! Ground beef was $4 per lb here
pre-Covid, $5 during Covid when meat plant workers were getting sick
and plants were shutting down for 2 weeks or more and re-opening with
better worker spacing but it's $6 today!

Stats Canada says core inflation is 3.5% and food inflation 6.5% but
the items I care about (fresh meat, fruit and vegetables) is easily
up 20%. Frozen and processed foods tend to be flat (so far).

I just bought a whole bunch of frozen vegetables that were on
special ($3.00 for 750 g packages), basically one of everything they
had.

And of course house prices are up 14% or even more in most markets,
(Oshawa 31%!!!) with lumber prices doubling (but dropping closer to
normal now).

I'm now soaking some black beans to do something with Sunday.

Roslind is making two pumpkin pies from half of a sugar pumpkin so
layer in the week I plan to make a Caribbean style black bean and
pumpkin soup with the other half.

I'll wing it but probably end up with something like this but with
leftover roast beef and a milder chile.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Spicy Bean and Salt Beef Stew
Categories: Caribbean, Beans, Beef, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 4 Servings

4 c Water
1/2 c Dried black or red beans
1 or 2 Scotch Bonnet chilies
3/4 lb Salt beef
1 1/2 c Tomatoes, chop, seed, peel
1/2 c Chopped onion
2 cl Garlic, minced
2 c Pumpkin, cubed
1/2 ts Ground cumin
1 tb Chopped fresh thyme

Heat water, beans and chilies to boiling in Dutch oven. Boil
uncovered 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.
Remove chilies; reserve. Heat beans to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer
covered for 1 hour. Seed and chop chilies. Refresh the beef in
several changes of water. Cut into 1-inch pieces. Stir meat,
chilies and remaining ingredients except the thyme into the beans.
Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 30 minutes,
stirring occasionally. Add thyme and simmer about 5 minutes more.

MMMMM

Cheers

Jim


... Forget pumpkin spice; it's Stew Season!

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JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-

I sure hope you mean $10/kg! Ground beef was $4 per lb here
pre-Covid, $5 during Covid when meat plant workers were getting sick
and plants were shutting down for 2 weeks or more and re-opening with better worker spacing but it's $6 today!

No... It's $10 a pound here. I'll take pictures next time I'm at no frills
if you want.

And of course house prices are up 14% or even more in most markets, (Oshawa 31%!!!) with lumber prices doubling (but dropping closer to
normal now).

...and why anyone would want to live in Oshawa I don't understand. The so called "nice" part of Oshawa has shootings almost every week. The "bad" or Downtown core where I live is filled with homeless people and drug addicts walking in the middle of the street begging for money.

Roslind is making two pumpkin pies from half of a sugar pumpkin so
layer in the week I plan to make a Caribbean style black bean and
pumpkin soup with the other half.

Very nice! I love pumpkin soup.

Shawn

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Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

house prices are up 14% or even more in most markets,
(Oshawa 31%!!!)

why anyone would want to live in Oshawa I don't understand.

Cause it's cheaper than Toronto and no worse than Hamilton?

Roslind is making two pumpkin pies from half of a sugar pumpkin

Her half pumpkin made far more than she realised. We ended up with
the two pies, 24 tarts plus a small bowl of pumpkin pudding. We gave
away a pie to her bachelor brother who is housebound and a dozen
tarts to Neekha's half brother, who was doing some yard work for us,
to take to his family.

I took the other dozen to work where they were very much appreciated.

later in the week I plan to make a Caribbean style black bean
and pumpkin soup with the other half.

I love pumpkin soup.

Tonight I microwaved my half pumpkin, cut side down, for 10 minutes,
peeled it, chopped it into bite size cubes and combined it with the
precooked black beans, a can of tomatoes, chopped leeks and minced
Chinese leaf celery, The broth was a mixture of chicken gravy, beef
gravy, tomato juice, bean cooking liquid and water seasoned with
cumin, garlic granules and hot sauce. It turned out just fine. I
think I'll throw in a can of corn when I re-heat the leftovers, and
call it Three Sisters Soup.


Cheers

Jim

... I can eat pumpkin tarts like Skittles.

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JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-

Cause it's cheaper than Toronto and no worse than Hamilton?

I suppose. More shootings then Hamilton too! That's a plus.

think I'll throw in a can of corn when I re-heat the leftovers, and
call it Three Sisters Soup.

That sounds like a good couple of meals.

Shawn

... No brain, no pain.
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