The sales for the next couple days

I was in Pittsburgh this weekend so I haven't looked at grocery circulars yet. I came back with hatch chiles and a loaf of bread I like for sandwiches.

C-Town: Ajax dish soap is 69¢. Nice. Scalfani crushed tomatoes are $1.50. I can't remember if I like that brand.

Bravo: nothing

Key Food: Five pound bags of apples are 48¢/lb. 16 oz mushrooms are $2.98.

Ozzie's: they didn't even update it

Green Corner: They updated, but have nothing good.

Food Bazaar: 10 pounds of potatoes are $2.99. Nothing else is good, but if you are carrying 10 pounds it would be hard to buy much else anyway.

The Sales

Let's see what's on sale this week. Besides the parmesan from my last post. Today's also the day that Trump's tariffs go into effect. I might go stock up on liqueurs before that filters through the supply chain.

Ozzie's: They finally updated their online circular! So I will do them first. Several meats have ok prices: beef liver, london broil, chicken breasts, pork butt. All 3 types of pears are $0.99/lb. (Bosc, anjou, and bartlett. The 3 main types you ever see. I don't know the difference between any.) Green cabbage is 29¢/lb. Wow. Hellman's mayo is $4.50. Yesterday I saw that one of my roommates threw the nearly empty jar of mayo (there was still some left!) in the garbage (didn't even recycle it!) so now I'm on the hunt for more. $4.50 isn't good enough. Parmesan is on sale here too. I don't know if $12.99/lb is more or less than 30% off then 10% off at Whole Foods. I guess I'll go find out.

Food Bazaar: Red peppers are $1/lb. Mussels are $3 for 2 lbs. A 5 lb bag of grapefruit is $4.

Bravo: nothing good

C-Town: Yeast is on sale for $1.50. I have old yeast and tried making focaccia and it didn't rise at all. So maybe I will spend $1.50 so I only have new yeast around. Or maybe I'll try the less old yeast first.

Key Food: This circular isn't online. Maybe the sales are the same as at Ozzie's.

Green Corner: This isn't updated yet.

Western Beef: I looked at this, but there's nothing good.

A Parmesan sale post tariff? Whole Foods surprised me

I just got this in my Whole Foods email. The October 18 date stuck out to me, because I was planning to go buy parmesan before then because that's when Trump's tariffs on everything good kick in. Of course, I didn't know how long those prices would take to filter their way to the consumer. But now I am going to buy parmesan tomorrow after I get a flu shot. It's actually a bit more than 30% off for Prime members.

The sales this week

I should have done this when I was hungry instead of eating two peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.

Bravo: A big can of pineapple juice is $2. Those are good to have around. 7-up and Canada Dry type pops are 3/$4. Krasdale's version of tater tots are $2.50 for a bag. A 5 pound bag of potatoes is $1.50. That's the only thing so far that might get me in this store. Celery is $1.50.

C-Town: Boneless whole chicken breasts are $1.59. Since these go on sale so often, maybe I'll skip this time even though I love chicken piccata and chicken marsala. Tide Simply detergent is $1.99. Tuttorosso crushed tomatoes (and all other kinds) are $1/can. Celery is $1.50 here too.

Key Food: What a selection of things for $0.88! Zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, green pepper, plum tomatoes. That sounds like I should make ratatouille. Broccoli rabe is $1.48/lb. Celery is $1.48. So many 8s. Coke products are $1.25. You can get 5 lb bags of apples for $0.88/lb. I might do that. Red cabbage is still 49¢/lb.

Green Corner: They haven't updated their site. Neither has Ozzie's.

Food Bazaar: Bags of black or small red beans are 99¢. Frozen ravioli are $1.25 for 12 oz. 15 oz of sardines in tomato sauce are also $1.25.

Western Beef: I haven't gone here in a long while and I haven't included it in a long while. But Citibike is creeping closer to it so I am going to check its sales.

Chicken breast cutlets are 99¢/lb. Five pounds of onions for $2. Same sardine sale as Food Bazaar. Pears are 99¢/lb. A 44 fish stick bag is $6.

Planters Cheese Balls cans

I'm back with the Amazon affiliate links because I'm hungry and I haven't gotten around to writing the grocery circular ads.

You can buy 12 cans of these cheese balls (remember them?) for $20. Or you can get a 6 pack for $30. Or you can get a 2 pack for $14.

If you buy these, you could donate a can or two to me for alerting you to how good these are.

Excellent to take camping.

Things to buy for your kitchen (especially if you are Agnes)

On Saturday, I made fresh pasta in Agnes's kitchen. I kept looking for kitchen tools she didn't have. She said I should go on her Amazon and buy them. But I was cooking, so I am making this list. And maybe I'll get affiliate cents if anyone buys things through here.


Tongs: I was trying to lift all the pasta out of the pot into a bowl because I didn't want to drain the pot so I could make the next batch. Tongs would have been so much easier than trying to use two weird spatula things. Tongs are also good for serving salads, deep frying, and general touching. I picked these because they have a locking function to keep them more closed.


Squealer: Having a pasta toucher (as I usually call it) or a "squealer" as my dad once called it when he couldn't remember the name would also have helped make the pasta. This is one of my most used kitchen items. This one seems nicer than mine.




Fish spatula: I use this for all my turning and flipping. I don't think I've ever used it on fish. Rubber spatulas are not very good.

Serving Forks: It would have been nice to have a giant fork to serve the food with. I am in the market for serving forks myself and I am tempted to buy these.



Knife Sharpener: She doesn't actually need to buy this $6 knife sharpener because I can bring mine over sometimes if I remember. But it's great to have around! I was trying to slice her tomatoes and it was hard.



Wide mouth funnel: Lewis said to add this. He gave me one and it's pretty useful sometimes and only $5.



Zester/Microplane grater: I have this one and it's good. I had a different one and it was worse. I have no idea how it disappeared but this one's better anyway and it's less than $6.



Cheese knife set: This set is a little nicer looking than mine, which has wooden handles.

The Whole Foods in Williamsburg has self-checkouts now

I went at 8am because I was awake and it's going to rain today. It was nice and empty. I only bought a 3 liter can of olive oil. I was surprised by the self-checkout. There also are a lot more regular cash registers.

The oil cost me $19.89 after my discount for bringing my own bag.

What's on sale this week, now that I'm back and need food

Lots of posts today! I wonder what I will eat in the coming week.

Ozzie's: Still hasn't updated the website since August!

Green Corner:  Pork shoulder is $0.89/lb. (That's another thing you can't get cheap in Pittsburgh). I could celebrate Oktoberfest with that. Chicken quarters are $0.49/lb. Chicken cutlets are $0.99/lb.

Bravo: nothing i want to eat

C-Town: nothing i want to eat. even though i'm hungry. maybe this isn't a good time to write this post

Key Food: Iceberg lettuce is $1. Tomatoes are $1/lb. A pineapple is $2. I like them because they are decorative. Mozzarella is $2 for a pound. Gorton's seafood is 50% off, for all your fish taco needs. Butternut squash is $0.79/lb. It's soup time. (So is acorn, spaghetti, and kobucha.) Green or red cabbage is $0.49/lb. What a deal on red! That's a good price for green too. Tonic is $0.60.

Food Bazaar: As mentioned in a previous post:

Kielbasa is $2.50.

Brooklyn Harvest Market: Since I learned one is moving close to me, I'll check their circular to see what it's like. A 12 oz jar of roasted red peppers is $1.69. Mozzarella is 3 lbs for $5 here. I guess this store celebrates Columbus Day too. A fennel bulb is $2.

Not bad. Its sales seem like normal grocery store sales.

Coconut Milk in Pittsburgh

I just got back from a week in Pittsburgh. Delallo's had cheaper food than I expected, including a little glass jar of anchovies for $3.33 or so. I should have stocked up. I taught my brother how to make green curry while I was there. It involved buying a tub of it on Amazon then getting some coconut milk. We went to every store and it was so expensive. We checked Aldi, Shop n Save, Giant Eagle, and Walmart. I think the best we found was $1.60 at Target (that was after we got it somewhere else).

Then I looked through this week's Food Bazaar ad back in Brooklyn.

A new grocery store is coming to the neighborhood!

A Brooklyn Harvest Market is coming to Metropolitan Ave where White Castle used to be.

It has some other locations and I think they are too expensive, but I'm glad to see another one. People who live north of Metropolitan were stuck with C-Town and now they have an option.

It's supposed to open in the middle of next year.

Trump is raising the price of your parmesan

To get back at the European Union for subsidizing Airbus, the Trump administration is raising the price that American consumers pay for French wines and Italian cheeses. These will go into effect on October 18. The new tax we will have to pay is 25%. This also applies to prosciutto, luxury butters like Kerrygold, "liqueurs and cordials" e.g. Campari and Fernet.

I am so mad.

Better stock up. The Trump administration is doing this to protect Boeing. But we have to suffer.

A full list of products is here. And this article is also helpful.