Oysters! Mussels!

Food Bazaar has a sale on oysters and clams and mussels. The oysters and clams are $4 for a dozen. They're usually $5 this time of year, and that's still cheap. You can get 2 lbs of mussels for $2.49. If you're lucky enough to know someone who got an oyster shucker for Christmas, you should buy a dozen and drop by his house. And realistically, if you're reading this, you know someone who got an oyster shucker for Christmas.

No groceries for me

I can't buy any groceries until I'm in Pittsburgh. They'll go bad.

But watch out! I am going to hit the roof when I see the price of limes. And pecorino romano.

I do have to go to Brighton Beach to find some kvass today.

Citrus

I'm going to develop a signature non-alcoholic drink for a dinner party I'm hosting next week. And I think I need citrus.

I got a grapefruit, a pink grapefruit, a lemon, a lime, a juice orange, a tangerine, and 2 clementines. That cost me $2.60. I'd hate to see what Giant Eagle would want for that. I got every citrus they had except the navel orange.

Great Beer News

Baltika Extra Lager is back at Western Beef. The bottle is redesigned, but the price is still $1.88 for 51 oz. of 8% ABV lager.

Some Good Deals at Key Food

Orange juice was $1.69 for a carton, so I'm going to drink some screwdrivers when the sun sets. Colavita crushed tomatoes are still $1.50. C-Town charges a premium for them. The Key Food tomato sauces were 3/$1 and I want to make chili soon so those will be good. Eggs were $1.79, which is an ok price. It beats C-Town. Giardinera was $2. Rice is $1.49 for a pound. The 2 pound bags are $2.99, so I think I'll just save myself the penny and let them store the extra pound for more. That's penny-wise AND pound-wise. Milk is $2.69 for a half gallon. I have no idea if that's a good price. I can never run for president because despite buying milk and having a grocery blog, I don't know the price of milks.

They had buttermilk for either $2 or $2.50. Trader Joe's has it for $1.69, same brand. These buttermilks all expired yesterday or in 3 days. With prices like that, no wonder they have no turnover. With no turnover, no wonder they have prices like that. Not my problem--I'll wait til I'm at Trader Joe's.