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No, but Tesco does

I was thinking that because tomorrow and monday's weather are set to be rather pants, most people would have gone away yesterday and today to take advantage of the sunshine. And I called it right. I was the only regular there, so had first dibs on absolutely *everything*. And there was loads too, what with them being shut tomorrow, and all marked down by 90%.

The majority of it was sandwiches, cooked meats, ready meals, bags of mixed salad leaves and packs of hot cross buns, but there were a few nice gems to be found.

Best buy was an organic free range chicken marked down from £8.07 to 81p. That's tomorrow's dinner sorted.

Also got some prawns for the girls at 20p a pack and some packs of chocolate eclairs might have also found their way into my trolley... The only non-reduced item I bought was a bag of onions - and those were on a 20p off promotion

I had a bag of onions for 99cents, as well as some ham slices on yellow sticker. There was an option for crab stuffed ravioli or Mexican shrimp stuffed ravioli for $2, but I passed. I did partake of the hog jowl special last week.

 

[Reynard]

I had a bag of onions for 99cents, as well as some ham slices on yellow sticker. There was an option for crab stuffed ravioli or Mexican shrimp stuffed ravioli for $2, but I passed. I did partake of the hog jowl special last week.

Neat

I'd have gone for the seafood, but that's because I just adore things like crab and prawns.

BTW, is hog jowl what we call pig cheeks over on this side of the pond?

 

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Neat

I'd have gone for the seafood, but that's because I just adore things like crab and prawns.

BTW, is hog jowl what we call pig cheeks over on this side of the pond?

Yes it is. A fine bacon substitute, I like it better in sandwiches or on hamburgers. The seafood was getting a little tiresome by the end of Lent.

 

[Reynard]

Yes it is. A fine bacon substitute, I like it better in sandwiches or on hamburgers. The seafood was getting a little tiresome by the end of Lent.

Ah, that's fair enough. I'm not an observer of Lent, but too much of anything definitely gets a wee bit boring after a while. That's why I like shopping on yellow sticker as I love the variety.

When you say bacon substitute, are they cured? Kinda curious about that. I've bought pigs cheeks uncured and they're lovely done in the crock pot with onions and cider.

 

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Just want to wish everyone a very happy Easter

 

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Ah, that's fair enough. I'm not an observer of Lent, but too much of anything definitely gets a wee bit boring after a while. That's why I like shopping on yellow sticker as I love the variety.

When you say bacon substitute, are they cured? Kinda curious about that. I've bought pigs cheeks uncured and they're lovely done in the crock pot with onions and cider.

Smoked, usually, is how I get hog jowls and ham hocks over here, as well as turkey tails and drumsticks. I can go to a grocery that offers them unsmoked, but I just hate stopping that early in my commute home.

 

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Smoked, usually, is how I get hog jowls and ham hocks over here, as well as turkey tails and drumsticks. I can go to a grocery that offers them unsmoked, but I just hate stopping that early in my commute home.

Ooooo, I love smoked ham hock! The hot deli counter in my local supermarket sells them - they call them a bacon joint. When I do buy one, I use it to make stock for soup, then the meat gets shredded for sandwiches. Can't beat that when clapped, along with a generous dollop of horseradish mustard, between two slices of buttered rye bread...

 

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P.S. The bread in my Easter basket is my home made rye and malted grain bread.

 

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Just want to wish everyone a very happy Easter

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P.S. The bread in my Easter basket is my home made rye and malted grain bread.

Very impressive!

 

[Fab Foodie]

The morning after the night before....

 

[Illaveago]

I woke up this morning with a strange quandary in my head...

What was more disappointing, Highlander 2 or The Phantom Menace ???

...no idea where that came from and i've no intention of watching either again to find out.

Perhaps they should combine the two and make a really dreadful film?
The Phantom Highlander Menace?
I started watching Silver Dream Racer? Last night and had to give it up. Did Victoria Wood direct it before she did Acorn Antiques?

 

[Illaveago]

Finally getting paper on the walls

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Today's?

 

[Illaveago]

My wife is / has been knitting a strange doll for our grand daughter, it is a bit like a queen in a pack of playing cards, reversible.

 

[lutonloony]

Really can't get away without my reading glasses anymore , on a more cheery note, just about to head off for club spin