......from someone who never wanted to be a food blogger! but sometimes is short of ideas for blog posts...........
Once I was sure the floods had subsided I did the final February shop which came to exactly £29. After the third shop someone said I'd not spent much this month but this tops up my February food total to £114.70 which is a little below average for an ordinary month.
This last shop of the month was a pot of parsley (79p, for dividing and planting out later), cabbage, carrots, apples, pears and grapes. Cheese, butter and Stork for cakes; Icing and castor sugar, yeast, cashews, pack of three small boxes of apple juice (always in the cupboard for grandchildren); a jar of Malt Extract so I can see what a malt loaf made in the bread maker is like and finally a pound of sausages from the proper butchers, which will be split into twos before freezing.
Proper sausages are quite expensive so nowadays I make two sausages feed me for two days- one day one sausage goes into a toad-in-the-hole and the next day the other sausage makes two sausage rolls. Every time I do this it reminds me of my Mum saying about our old neighbours that "they are so mean they only have one sausage each!". Two each was the norm in our house.
I don't buy sugar from Aldi - where most of my shopping came from - as I'm not sure of it's origin but at Asda they have Silver Spoon which is made in Suffolk or Norfolk.
On the other hand Aldi have more British fresh veg than anywhere else. We've got to do more to support our farmers.
I don't eat much meat nowadays but last week had an odd wish for an old fashioned stew and dumplings, something I've not made for probably 10 years. So maybe March's meat purchase will be some stewing steak or even better some neck of lamb chops - I bet I'll get a shock when I find the price!
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Sue
Surely it depends on the size of the sausage roll. I had a delicious one at Sutton Hoo two weeks ago - the right balance of meat to pastry
ReplyDeleteOne sausage on a plate with veg is what they had and what I meant to say- we had two each. The neighbour lived into her 100th year so having just eating one sausage at a time did her no harm!
DeleteStew and dumplings on a cold day is very satisfying. I haven't had stew for years.
ReplyDeleteI haven't either - but it's a plan
DeleteGood idea about the parsley. Now, where's my shopping list? xx
ReplyDeleteIt worked OK last year so should work again and last all year
DeleteGoodness, the mention of Malt Extract has take me back 60+ years. I didn’t know you could still get it.
ReplyDeleteUsed to love it, certainly in preference to the other teaspoon that was doled out to all bairns of our age!
J’nan
It made a nice loaf of bread in the bread-maker - not as malty as buying a ready made malt loaf but all good ingredients
DeleteYou naughty girl, you've stolen my posts title for tomorrow ... oh well we all have to eat and us bloggers all have to blog. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like minimal sausages too, when we occasionally have breakfast out on a Sunday morning, I order the veggie sausage bun and it comes with THREE Linda McCartney sausages ... I've been known to feed one of them to the dogs or even bring one home for future use.
Sorry for stealing your title!
DeleteSausages are one of those things that need to be 'proper'. Heavens knows what they put in cheap ones.
I can only eat one decent size sausage at a time now, although if it's a veggie one I'd manage two! I've not thought about the origin of sugar - good point.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
I've been buying bags of frozen Sweet Black Cherries - so handy when I'm out of fresh fruit. Just tip a handful into a fruit dish, they defrost quite quickly (or can be microwaved for a couple of minutes) and serve with some Cornish Ice Cream. Yummm. . . . .
ReplyDeleteThe price of groceries are budget crushing. I worry for those with growing children especially teen boys they can eat so much.
ReplyDeleteCathy
Stew and dumplings is one of my favourite comfort meals. Prices keep rising so hopefully you get a good sale on stew meat.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Not a bad food shop. My husband actually said that this time I've been away he's been clearing out the cupboards and freezer. I think I'll have to spend quite a bit when I get back to get stocks back up. I'll have to shop around as food here is a lot more expensive!
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