I’ve been busy – to quote John Lennon “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. I had an inspired idea for dinner tonight. Bacon & egg rolls.
I managed to burn the fabulous mustard marinated roast beef last night & make the lumpiest, driest yet somehow greasy mushroom gravy. Nothing salvageable from that roast, it was literally tougher than boots. It was an awesome display of bad cooking. The oven timer was stuck & I didn’t check the oven until it was time to get the potatoes on for mash & steam the broad beans before giving them a light fry with garlic. At least they were edible. The oven is jinxed. It took me twelve months to work out how I was managing to simultaneously burn & undercook items in the oven.
I have discovered since buying my fabulously expensive Jamie Oliver frypan, & getting remedial frypan use lessons from the lovely salesman at Myer, that I can now make super omelettes. Apparently cooking spray wrecks the non-stick coating on frypans. So I have tried the technique shared to me by Mark at Myer Parramatta, and now I am a l’egg- gend. I didn’t intend on buying a frypan which cost over $100 because I trash them, and mentioned this to the salesman. Essentially I said something along the lines of “I need a frypan I won’t trash”. I thought I had a sturdy looking one in my hand, but he upsold me, explaining the weight of the pan blah blah blah…made sense at the time, & has proven accurate. If I was still using cooking spray the pan would have a tar-like patina to it by now. So there you go.
I note that Coles is promoting “regular prices are down on products customers buy most…and they’re staying down!” – light milk is still $3.96 for 3L. IGA’s Daisy brand full cream is $3.95 for 3 L.
Let’s share receipts:
Woolworths Marrickville Metro 19 June 2010
Sanitarium Up & Go 6 pack $7.66
Calci Yum 250ml $1.69
Woolworths Light Milk 3 L $3.59
Frantelle water 24 pack 600ml $9.59
zucchini $6.98 / kg
bananas $1.78 / kg
broccoli $3.48 / kg
cauliflower (half) $1.49
Latina fresh beef ravioli 625g $6.99
Suimin noodles 70g $1.50
Nerada tea 100 tea bags $3.29
Kong Foo Sing Fortune cookies 100g $3.99
T/valley yogurt 230g $2.99
Lurpak danish butter 250g $3.99
Cadbury dairymilk chocolate 200g $3.69
Cadbury bubbly choc 175g $3.69
Coles Surry Hills 24 June 2010
Used the self-serve checkout, which is extra-ordinarily frustrating. That ‘item missing from the bagging area’ message drives me half insane. Mini-me Fabette finishes the job. I almost walked out from the Bondi Junction self-serve checkout recently leaving $150.00 cash hanging out of the cash out dispenser due to the aforementioned combination of child & ‘item missing from the bagging area’ white noise. Luckily I work well under pressure, because that combination is extreme.
Coles sub rolls 2 pack $2.15
Golden crumpets 6 pack $2.59
sliced mushrooms 375g $4.98
The Natural Confectionary Company snakefest 350g $4.22
Nestle Club Mint choc 200g $3.89
Nestle Crunch 200g $3.89
Arnotts Milk Arrowroot 250g $1.90
Arnotts Marie 250g $1.90
Calci Yum 250ml $1.69
Hercules click zip bags 75 pack $3.85
Coles no Sugar Aplle Juice 2L $2.55
Imperial mandarins $2.25 / kg
Bananas $2.49 / kg
Eve apples $4.98 / kg
extra sweetmint chewing gum $2.89
IGA Waterloo 25 June 2010
Primo bacon short rindless 175g $5.14
Mainland tasty cheese slices 210g $5.39
Mainland swiss cheese slices 210g $5.39
Greens chocolate mud cake mix 530g $1.99
Guerilla Grocery Choice Australia 