Lucky trip to C-Town

I stopped in C-Town because I was buying duct tape and hair gel at the store on the block. They didn't seem to have anything I wanted so I walked to the exit, but it was blocked by a car and some people talking so I went to the entrance to leave. That's when I spotted some nice looking tomatoes for $0.69/lb. I wanted them, but I feel weird when I pay with a credit card and spend $3 or less, so I went walking to find something that was a good price that I needed anyway. That's when I spied a 3 liter can of Colavita olive oil on sale for $19.99! I thought I was running low on olive oil, but wasn't sure. It's too good a price to pass up and it lasts a long time in an unopened can. So that is what I bought.

I would have included pictures but Apple products are terrible and my phone Photos doesn't sync with my computer Photos anymore.

Post Lent

Lent's over. I could go back to buying cheap eggs if I want, but I figure I'll still buy cage free eggs to be nice to the chickens. I also have to try the farmer's market.

Yesterday at Associated I bought almost 7 lbs of chicken quarters for $0.49/lb. I imagine those chickens weren't treated very well. That is 7 lbs of chicken for less than the last dozen eggs I bought cost.

I'm inventing chicken noodle soup salad. It has cold chicken, raw celery, carrot, and onion, and some other stuff. It's not soup and it's not soupy. So far it's pretty good.

Expensive Eggs Update

I finished the last pack I wrote about this morning. They are no better than the cheap eggs. I also seem to have more trouble breaking them. The yolks break when I break them into a skillet. I don't know if that's because of the egg or because of me, but I'm blaming the eggs.

The only part I like more is the packaging. I prefer to recycle plastic over throwing away styrofoam. And I guess I like cage-free for the chickens' happiness.

I bought another dozen today. They are jumbo and cage-free but not organic, which didn't make them taste or look better anyway. They said they'd be $3.89 and they actually charged me that amount, which left me significantly happier than last time's shock.

I'll try farmers' market eggs too if I find some.

I gave up cheap eggs for Lent

I figured organic eggs might taste better, cage free eggs are nice for chickens, etc. And a bit more for eggs still isn't that much money compared to all the money I spend.

But now I'm starting to regret it. Associated had a sign saying these eggs were supposed to be $2.99 for a dozen. But they rang up as $4.49! That is so much per egg. And since I bring my own bag and pack my own groceries, I didn't see it until I paid. Maybe I'll just eat fewer eggs for a while.

A Pittsburgh price for pop

It's not often I can get 2 liters of pop in New York for under $1. But Associated was selling it for $0.89 if I spent $25. And I did because I wanted beef stew and fish tacos.

Amazon Fresh

Amazon Fresh delivers to my neighborhood in Brooklyn now. Temporarily, at least. So I am looking through prices. They're probably different in California.

-Limes are $0.50.
-You can get an organic avocado for $2.50, but what's interesting is you can get it either ripe or not ripe.
-Bananas are $0.49/lb, which is about the best price I can find in local stores.
-$1.39 for a can of clams. That's pretty good. Most other seafood has ok prices I guess.
-Herbs are bad prices.
-Eggs are expensive, but they've also been expensive at the store lately and I'm not sure what the going rate is.
-Lunch meat is expensive.
-Toilet paper is cheap.
-Pecorino romano is expensive. Over $14/lb

Shopping cart

I got my niece a buggy for Christmas. She likes it. Now she can like groceries as much as all her relatives.

I'm hungry. What's on sale?

I'm going to look through this week's grocery circulars and then maybe go buy food and eat it. I started by eating the rest of my cantaloupe from my last post. It was the best cantaloupe I can ever remember eating.

Key Food: $2 cantaloupe. I might buy more. Peaches are $0.99/lb. I like peaches too. Those are the only good prices in the store though, so I'll probably just go somewhere else.

C-Town: Eggplant is $0.79/lb! That's the cheapest I've seen it. I'll make more of that. Vine tomatoes for $1.29/lb looked good too. I haven't eaten many tomato sandwiches this summer.

Associated: They have $2 cantaloupes too. Their tomatoes are $1.49, so maybe I have to make the special trip to C-Town. And Starkist tuna is $0.69/can.

Western Beef:  $0.99/lb tomatoes. Spoke too soon. And avocados (both kinds) for $0.88 each. They have eggplant for $0.79/lb too, but it's so far away.

Well, the only thing I can think of eating is tomatoes this week.

Food Bazaar was so cheap!

Mussels are $1/lb! Cantaloupe is $1 each! Pints of cherry tomatoes are $1 each! Limes are a dime! Peaches are $0.99/lb!

I went to two stores today.

C-Town started carrying Muir Glen tomatoes, which I've been wanting to try. I got a 28 oz can of diced ones for $2 and ate some for lunch. They're pretty good.

Associated is selling Polly-O ricotta for $2.89 for 32 oz. That's a very good price, so I got it even though I don't know what to do with it really.

Let's see what's on sale for the week of the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo

Not just Cinco de Mayo, but Cinco de Fry-o and Cinco de Pie-o too.

Key Food changed its website! Cottage cheese is $2.  Sour cream is $1.69. Cantaloupe is 3/$5. Old El Paso flour tortillas are $1.50.

Food Bazaar: Avocados are $1. Cantaloupe is $1.50. Clams are $4/dozen. Tomatillos and jalapenos are $0.79/lb. That's half off a typical good price.

C-Town: Avocados are 4/$5. Sour cream is $1.50. Bananas are $0.49/lb.

Associated: Website won't work.

Western Beef: They want me to download a new version of Flash or something, and I'm not.

Grocery Round Up

Food Bazaar - last week they ran out of mussels when I tried to buy them the second time so I bought clams. They were $5/doz. This week they're on sale for $4. I don't go to Food Bazaar for anything but sea creatures because their line situation is a fiasco.

Western Beef - Don't bother

C-Town - bananas are $0.59/lb. Bumble Bee tuna is $0.88. Anything under $1 is good for tuna. Diet Mug Root Beer is $1.25. So are other Pepsi products. A 1 lb bag of sweet potato fries is $1.69. That's not much more than a sweet potato and you don't have to do the work.

Key Food: Gatorade is a dollar. That will be useful if I drink as much this weekend as I did last weekend. 32 oz of yogurt for $2 isn't bad. A sponge mop if $6. I need a mop.

Associated: Diet Mug root beer is on sale here too. Deli ham is $4/lb. I like that.