New Heinz Barbecue Sauces

I was in Western Beef yesterday (which I don't like anymore because it's not cheap anymore) and I saw Heinz BBQ sauces. Those are new. Heinz used to (still does?) make Jack Daniels sauce. Heinz merged with Kraft, which has cheap sauces. This article explains how they'll be different. (In short, Heinz ones are fancier.) I don't eat a lot of barbecue sauce and I have too many condiments in my refrigerator already, but I'd like to try the vinegary Carolina style one.

Cheapest avocados in American history?

Key Food has avocados on sale for $0.65 each, which is the cheapest I've ever seen. I wonder if that's the cheapest they've ever been. A long time ago, when you could get a can of tuna for a dime, I doubt avocados were cheap. They were probably more of a luxury good. Now we have NAFTA.

Cheap pork butts

Associated has pork butts for $0.79/lb. Time to make vaguely Vietnamese pork tacos. They're so good.

The flyers were liars!

Key Food said it would have 16 oz Polly-O mozzarella on sale for $1.99, but there was no sign. I ended up only getting peanut butter, 2 for $4 (must by 2 :( ). Then Associated didn't have a sign on the Spike salsa, which was supposed to be $1.69.

I hope Bravo actually has tuna on sale tomorrow. $0.69/can.

I got lots of good deals at Bravo.

Frozen broccoli for $1/lb. Pinto beans for $1.19. Cabbage for $0.33/lb. Muenster for, well, I forget but it was cheap. I went when I was hungry and bought everything. Then Eric went later and bought 40 pizza rolls for $3 and we ate them with ranch dressing and got fat. I'm going to go back for a dozen jumbo eggs for $2. I don't buy fancy eggs anymore because I'm out of money.

 

Bravo Mint

I've been shopping at Bravo a bit more lately, mostly to buy potatoes. This mint price is absurd. Cilantro was only $0.79. I guess they want you to eat that.

A new grocery store! Grand Market!

I was looking for jobs today and I found out a new grocery store is opening around the corner for me. This will be the 5th grocery store within 4 blocks of my apartment. It's called Grand Market and it's at 247 Graham Ave, at the corner of Maujer.

Yellow Mustard

Heinz tried reintroducing yellow mustard and getting people to pair it with their more famous ketchup. I got a bottle at Associated when it came out. Today I was browsing the mustards there in anticipation for the 4th of July and I noticed it was gone. It's been replaced by 2 or 3 new flavors of French's yellow mustard, like a chipotle one and a brown sugar one.

Egg shortage!

Millions of chickens had to be killed because they had the flu and now there is an egg shortage. Regular eggs cost just as much as the fancy cage-free organic eggs I started buying during Lent: $3.79

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.