Food in the time of a pandemic

[Shelby]

18 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

Wowzie!

Yeah  *faint*

[heidih]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

Been getting these different spring broccolis lately...

 

 

Left is known as spigarello; on the right, raab.

 

The spigarello really would've benefited from blanching, which I'll def do to the raab...

 

 

Beautiful greens, Spring tonic time young man   

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, Shelby said:

I forgot to add..and don't faint....

 

I was out of heavy cream.  I use it quite often.  

 

O M G the price.

 

$9.55 for a quart.

That  price is shocking. I'd have to think hard before buying it.

[Porthos]

A Southern California chain supermarket put boneless beef short ribs on sale this week for $3.99. Given that chuck roast is running $7-8/lb, I think it's a bargain. I bought enough for 3 meals for the 2 of us.  I'm braising some for tonight's dinner. If I'm happy with them I may go back and get more into the freezer. I don't see 5-6 lbs total of meat fitting into the "hoarding" category.

 

For the 2 of us I typically prepare about 12 oz total of whatever meat I'm using for dinner.  Hoping to pick up some wild-caught salmon from Costco soon. I'll serve larger portions of that.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

For anyone still needing yeast, Supermarket Italy has SAF red and gold in stock, limit three pounds per variety.  I was not running out but I'll sleep better with an extra pound in the bedroom.

 

 

[weinoo]

13 hours ago, Shelby said:

I forgot to add..and don't faint....

 

I was out of heavy cream.  I use it quite often.  

 

O M G the price.

 

$9.55 for a quart.

 

12 hours ago, ElsieD said:

 

Wowzie!

 

12 hours ago, Shelby said:

Yeah  *faint*

 

11 hours ago, Porthos said:

That  price is shocking. I'd have to think hard before buying it.

 

I dunno - at the farmer's market, and when I order high-quality cream for delivery, it's often $5+/pint.

Like this stuff...

Heavy Cream 12oz. - Ronnybrook Dairy

Is $6.

[rotuts]

Pandemic Baked Potatoes :

 

 

CSO'd until very crispy , split . 

 

now the Pandemic amendments :

 

Hormel Canned Chilli , no beans , micro'd  w melted TJ's   House Cheddar.

 

a little window-sill  shrubbery 

 

Soooo  delicious !C

[kayb]

I buy a fair amount of heavy cream in the summer, for creme fraiche and whipped cream on fresh fruit. I think I usually pay ~$3 a pint at Aldi. Don't know that I'd spring at $9.55 a quart.

[weinoo]

1 hour ago, kayb said:

I buy a fair amount of heavy cream in the summer, for creme fraiche and whipped cream on fresh fruit. I think I usually pay ~$3 a pint at Aldi. Don't know that I'd spring at $9.55 a quart.

Of course - just pointing out that it's not that far-fetched, nor is it that expensive if buying high-quality, local dairy stuff.

 

Same with milk from local dairies, grass-fed cows, etc. I received a quart of milk - grass-fed cows, unhomogenized cream on top, in a delivery last weekend. The taste difference between that and the commercial stuff is quite evident.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

20 minutes ago, weinoo said:

Of course - just pointing out that it's not that far-fetched, nor is it that expensive if buying high-quality, local dairy stuff.

 

Same with milk from local dairies, grass-fed cows, etc. I received a quart of milk - grass-fed cows, unhomogenized cream on top, in a delivery last weekend. The taste difference between that and the commercial stuff is quite evident.

Indeed.   St. Benoit is why God invented cows.  

Strauss heavy cream is in a class of its own.

Edited June 11, 2020 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[Porthos]

@weinoo @Shelby  I never buy quarts of heavy cream. I was thinking about what a pint costs and transferred that thinking  into $9 a pint. Mea culpa.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I've been buying Harrisburg Dairies heavy cream from amazon, $5.49 per quart.  Three bottles in the refrigerator.  Good stuff I think.  I've also been getting their buttermilk for Momofuku.

 

[MokaPot]

I've never purchased a quart of heavy cream, only smaller quantities. IMO, heavy cream is simply more expensive to begin with. It is cream, after all (a concentrated-type product). Then you factor in organic, grass-fed, etc. Plus, it needs to be transported in a refrigerated container. Plus the animal, the farm, the workers, etc. If I wanted it / needed it, then I'd pay the price ($9.99 or whatever).

[weinoo]

25 minutes ago, MokaPot said:

I've never purchased a quart of heavy cream, only smaller quantities. IMO, heavy cream is simply more expensive to begin with. It is cream, after all (a concentrated-type product). Then you factor in organic, grass-fed, etc. Plus, it needs to be transported in a refrigerated container. Plus the animal, the farm, the workers, etc. If I wanted it / needed it, then I'd pay the price ($9.99 or whatever).

 

Exactly.  In the cases mentioned above, supporting a certain type of agriculture becomes a byproduct of your purchase.

Also, as I often like to do when someone is aghast that I might spend $8 on a pound of imported pasta, factor in the cost per serving and compare that to what I pay in restaurants. Certainly, that $8/lb. doesn't seem all that bad.

 

[MokaPot]

I'm not saying you *have* to buy organic, grass-fed (cream), etc. There are personal budget issues to consider. Just trying to calculate how the price for a quart of cream could arrive at $9.99. When possible, when it's in my budget, I do like to buy organic.

[Smithy]

My husband keeps a kegerator worth of his everyday beer when we're at home. Early this week he called for a refill. Of his usual, Busch Light^*. The bottle shop just called: they can't get it. Because the supply is completely out. Why? Because the distributor is in Wisconsin, and that state's bars reopened last weekend. I guess there's a whole lot of celebratin' going on.

 

Oh, still available: Bud Light and Michelob Ultra/Light/I forget. So there are some beers even lower on the totem pole than Busch Light!

 

He went for Blue Moon Hefeweizen instead.

 

*(His kegerator is safe from me.)

[Kim Shook]

Look what Mr. Kim found at Kroger yesterday:

[Smithy]

It's nice to see King Arthur's products getting back into play. I found some of their AP unbleached flour yesterday; between that, the above-noted bread flour, and some dark rye flour (Bob's Red Mill) I found I've been having fun baking bread again. I'll post more about that in the bread topic.

[Katie Meadow]

3 hours ago, weinoo said:

 

Exactly.  In the cases mentioned above, supporting a certain type of agriculture becomes a byproduct of your purchase.

Also, as I often like to do when someone is aghast that I might spend $8 on a pound of imported pasta, factor in the cost per serving and compare that to what I pay in restaurants. Certainly, that $8/lb. doesn't seem all that bad.

 

Use of heavy cream in large quantities is a splurge no matter how you look at it. Might as well get what makes you swoon and.... enjoy!

[Jacksoup]

I still have the bag of KAF bread flour and some yeast I bought in early March.  I have not made yeast breads for over 30 years.  Since I’m working full time from home and the bread supply has been fine here,  I haven’t made any bread.  I have a slow work period coming up next week, so may just try to relearn, mainly because all of your breads look really good.

[haresfur]

On 6/11/2020 at 9:45 AM, Shelby said:

I forgot to add..and don't faint....

 

I was out of heavy cream.  I use it quite often.  

 

O M G the price.

 

$9.55 for a quart.

 

Cheap for Australia

[ElsieD]

1 hour ago, haresfur said:

 

Cheap for Australia

 

What???

[heidih]

2 hours ago, ElsieD said:

 

What???

 

think an island plus no dairy price supports

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Wouldn't no dairy price supports translate to lower prices for the consumer?

 

[heidih]

42 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Wouldn't no dairy price supports translate to lower prices for the consumer?

 

 

Not to get political but I think = less farms  https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/mpsp04.pdf