Quoting Shawn Highfield to All <=-
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Took the pictures today at No Frills which is a cheap grocery store.
JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-
But it's not cheap!
I still don't understand why Ontario is more expensive than the NWT though!
ground. aLter tonight we'll have a tossed salad with chopped pea pods, flowers and leaves with lots of celery and scallions in it to go
with the roast.
Quoting Shawn Highfield to Dave Drum <=-
I won't even try to tackle the CA$8.00/500g ground beef.
Crazy stuff right?
JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-
kilos each and a small Thanksgiving Butterball turkey (6 kg for
$30). (The turkey is free on a $300 grocery order but that's not
going to happen when I'm shopping for 2 people). So 10 kg of cheap
meat; I know what's on the menu for the next 44 suppers!
On 10-02-21 23:18, Jim Weller <=-
spoke to Shawn Highfield about food prices <=-
After weeks of no deals other than pork, lean ground beef is
now $8.80/kg ($3.99/lb) again. I bought 2 large trays of it, about 2
Dale Shipp wrote to Jim Weller <=-
After weeks of no deals other than pork, lean ground beef is
now $8.80/kg ($3.99/lb) again. I bought 2 large trays of it, about 2
How lean? 73%, 80%, 85% or 90+%?
We went to Lidl yesterday and bought two pounds of pre-formed hamburger patties of 80%. The stated price was US$4.42 per pound. When we
checked out we discovered a discount of US$4.42 on the purchase.
Neither Gail nor I had noticed a sale sign.
We are leary of pre-formed patties, but the ground beef packages were larger than our freezer can accomidate right now. It is still full
with things we brought with us (e.g. 2 lb of pastrami).
We really wanted a hamburger we could cook ourselves instead of what
the restaurants are serving which is totally grey Medium well. The 5
1/3 ounce patties made a good burger and I managed to get some pink showing. Maybe next time I'll get more. They did taste a lot better
than the hockey pucks being served in the restaurants here.
On 10-04-21 05:08, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about food prices <=-
We went to Lidl yesterday and bought two pounds of pre-formed hamburger patties of 80%. The stated price was US$4.42 per pound. When we
checked out we discovered a discount of US$4.42 on the purchase.
Neither Gail nor I had noticed a sale sign.
We are leary of pre-formed patties, but the ground beef packages were larger than our freezer can accomidate right now. It is still full
with things we brought with us (e.g. 2 lb of pastrami).
Depends on what is used as a "binder" in the patties. I get preformed
beef and pork patties from Humphrey's and they taste like beef or
pork, full stop. I have bought preformed "burger" patties from a couple
of other places (Meijer and Shop & Save) and the taste and texture were
a bit "off".
Your facility's commisary has to follow all the "rules" WRT food
safety, etc. That does not make for a good tasting result for most
people. More like the ground meat patties that I used to get in school lunch rooms.
Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-
We went to Lidl yesterday and bought two pounds of pre-formed hamburger patties of 80%. The stated price was US$4.42 per pound. When we
checked out we discovered a discount of US$4.42 on the purchase.
Neither Gail nor I had noticed a sale sign.
We are leary of pre-formed patties, but the ground beef packages were larger than our freezer can accomidate right now. It is still full
with things we brought with us (e.g. 2 lb of pastrami).
Depends on what is used as a "binder" in the patties. I get preformed
beef and pork patties from Humphrey's and they taste like beef or
pork, full stop. I have bought preformed "burger" patties from a couple
of other places (Meijer and Shop & Save) and the taste and texture were
a bit "off".
Based on our first taste with two of the patties we cooked, I sort of doubt that there is any binder in them. The uncooked beef was loose,
the cooked beef had decent flavor and mouth feel.
OTOH, as we reported long ago, we once got preformed beef patties from BJs. The uncooked beef was firm with well formed edges. The cooked
beef could not be cut with a fork and even needed considerable effort
to cut with a table knife. We attempted to make chili out of the remainder of the patties, cutting them into bite sized pieces. Even
that was a failure. After cooking for several hours, the beef chunks
were firm and not hardly chewable.
Your facility's commisary has to follow all the "rules" WRT food
safety, etc. That does not make for a good tasting result for most
people. More like the ground meat patties that I used to get in school lunch rooms.
That is mostly true, and the food is also cooked to "LCD". Very few dishes have any spicy flavors. We have taken to carrying little dollar store containers which hold a few ounces and filled with spice
concoctions we created.
On 10-05-21 10:58, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about food prices <=-
That is mostly true, and the food is also cooked to "LCD". Very few dishes have any spicy flavors. We have taken to carrying little dollar store containers which hold a few ounces and filled with spice
concoctions we created.
Many/most food service commissaries are LCD in their spicing. That's
why there is salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard and (sometimes) hot sauce
on each table. And Tabasco in military MREs. When I was messing about with a form of state guard in California - and with a Civil War re-enactment group I always packed a supply of garlic salt in my "possibles" sack. I was the most popular presence in nearly any
bivouac. Bv)=
Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Many/most food service commissaries are LCD in their spicing. That's
why there is salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard and (sometimes) hot sauce
on each table. And Tabasco in military MREs. When I was messing about
with a form of state guard in California - and with a Civil War re-enactment group I always packed a supply of garlic salt in my "possibles" sack. I was the most popular presence in nearly any
bivouac. Bv)=
Actually, there are no salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or anything else
on the tables. Most likely this is because they are doing Covid mitigation by cleaning each table before it is used again. Trying to clean those things would add additional burden and they are very short staffed as it is. If you ask for salt or pepper, they give you the
little paper packets. Butter is given out on demand in the little
packets also.
That is why I carry a paper bag down with a zip-lock back of those
pepper and salt packets, along with containers of sauces for the dishes that need them.
Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-
a small Thanksgiving Butterball turkey
We have a turkey in the freezer for
Thanksgiving, but we always do the US thanksgiving as my birthday falls
on ours so often (oct 11). This way I still get my birthday seafood.
JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-
Turkey is good food. Have two!
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