Grocery shortages where you live?

shtgunal3

No shortage of tots at Aldi’s. I now have tots and leftover brisket. I may just have to try @The Cen-Tex Smoker Denver tots.

alaskanassasin

Hansm said:

we make our own tater tots. We buy very little pre-made processed food. Too much salt and chemicals. I agree on that Sweeter Tater Tots are Nas'Tay 

Do you have a recipe you care to share? Last ones I made were greasy as heck

dmchicago

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Tot FOMO is the worst. Never go full Tot FOMO.

I didn't want to be a wanker but he did only have sweet potato tots. Hard to have full tot FOMO with hippie tots. 

Hippy tots wbagnfarb 

JohnInCarolina

Hansm said:

we make our own tater tots. We buy very little pre-made processed food. Too much salt and chemicals. I agree on that Sweeter Tater Tots are Nas'Tay 

The problem with fresh potatoes is that they’re filled with polysaccharides comprising glucose monomers joined in 1,4 linkages.

lousubcap

Okay sports fans-  Better living thru chemistry.  If you have ever taken a pill...

Legume

alaskanassasin said:

Hansm said:

we make our own tater tots. We buy very little pre-made processed food. Too much salt and chemicals. I agree on that Sweeter Tater Tots are Nas'Tay 

Do you have a recipe you care to share? Last ones I made were greasy as heck

Was it a natural grease?

alaskanassasin

I hear you, they were loose and greasy. I never went back but I probably didn’t cook them fast enough or compress them tight enough. 

fiber_induced_deuce

Hansm said:

we make our own tater tots. We buy very little pre-made processed food. Too much salt and chemicals. I agree on that Sweeter Tater Tots are Nas'Tay 

I celebrate this.  It’s a breath of fresh air around here, but of course quickly mocked by the clowns that eat KFC and Taco Bell several times a week.

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

I hear you, they were loose and greasy. I never went back but I probably didn’t cook them fast enough or compress them tight enough. 

could be the starch. we have an odd dish here from the prince edward island area called rappie pie. you shed the potato, soak it, then fill a pillow case with it and twist it tight to remove starch and water. its a lasagna sized hash brown flavored with onion, celery, and stock. french arcadians and cajuns eat this and im not sure they use a clean pillow case

Mark_B_Good

So can you believe I had trouble finding onion rings yesterday, out of all things?? Crazy.

fishlessman

they have been hiding the onion rings in the onions

Legume

I have several bags of sweet potato onion rings.

Canugghead

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

Mark_B_Good

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

That's an amazing price. Best I can normally find brisket is around $7/lb (CAD of course).

My main challenge right now is freezer space. LOL.

Mark_B_Good

fishlessman said:

they have been hiding the onion rings in the onions

Dang that's a clever hiding spot!

Canugghead

Mark_B_Good said:

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

That's an amazing price. Best I can normally find brisket is around $7/lb (CAD of course).

My main challenge right now is freezer space. LOL.

Agree with freezer space problem, tired of squeezing/juggling so we added a 7.2 cu ft chest freezer earlier this month. Already have a large upright, small upright and fridge’s bottom freezer 

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

Mark_B_Good said:

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

That's an amazing price. Best I can normally find brisket is around $7/lb (CAD of course).

My main challenge right now is freezer space. LOL.

Agree with freezer space problem, tired of squeezing/juggling so we added a 7.2 cu ft chest freezer earlier this month. Already have a large upright, small upright and fridge’s bottom freezer 

Thanks for the heads up on brisket. I’ll see if I can make a break for it this weekend. We have a large standing freezer and the house we purchased two years ago came with a brand new chest freezer, so like you, we have many available options when also considering the fridge’s freezer space. 

Mr1egg

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

Thank you very much for letting me know, I’ve been wanting to try a overnighter. I’ll keep an eye out around me for this price. 

Mr1egg

Just found it at zehrs on the app Flipp…. I guess I’m doing a brisket this weekend!!

Canugghead

Mr1egg said:

Just found it at zehrs on the app Flipp…. I guess I’m doing a brisket this weekend!!

Yup we love Flipp!

lousubcap

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

Grab it now and deal with the space.  At a minimum you can wet age it for a good 3-5 weeks (some go longer) so that option mitigates the here and now!  

Canugghead

@lousubcap Agree, it's a no brainer, even eye of round is hard to find at 3.99

GrateEggspectations

Thanks again, @cannughead

While the deal on the brisket was great, my favourite part was the compliment I received from the cashier on my “big meat.”

I also picked up two whole tenderloins for breaking down into steaks - one for my in-laws. 

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

Canugghead said:

Heads up @Mark_B_Good
GTA Loblaws weekly special, whole brisket AA/Select $3.99 lb starting tomorrow.
@Mr1egg @GrateEggspectations @paqman not sure about your neck of the woods.
Edit: Around here whole briskets are not easy to find at any price, let alone 3.99

Grab it now and deal with the space.  At a minimum you can wet age it for a good 3-5 weeks (some go longer) so that option mitigates the here and now!  

While I would love to wet age, I fear that it may result in another zeppelin in my fridge! Have now had at least two go that way even when well within acceptable timeframes. 

lousubcap

@GrateEggspectations - for me every brisket undertaking is wet aged.  That said, I always think of your zeppelin creation. So far so good in dodging that experience.   

GrateEggspectations

lousubcap said:

@GrateEggspectations - for me every brisket undertaking is wet aged.  That said, I always think of your zeppelin creation. So far so good in dodging that experience.   

Better to be good than lucky any day. 😉

nolaegghead

nm

Mr1egg

Thinking about trying the turbo brisket method this weekend. 

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Thanks again, @cannughead

While the deal on the brisket was great, my favourite part was the compliment I received from the cashier on my “big meat.”

I also picked up two whole tenderloins for breaking down into steaks - one for my in-laws. 

Darn, missed out on the big meat compliments since I used self checkout. Was planning to get four but they had way too much fat...out of a dozen on display I settled for just two.


Also picked up some Free From birds

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Thanks again, @cannughead

While the deal on the brisket was great, my favourite part was the compliment I received from the cashier on my “big meat.”

I also picked up two whole tenderloins for breaking down into steaks - one for my in-laws. 

Darn, missed out on the big meat compliments since I used self checkout. Was planning to get four but they had way too much fat...out of a dozen on display I settled for just two.


Also picked up some Free From birds

nolaegghead said:

....but...if you're good, you don't need luck, right?

I suspect you have, but if you haven’t done Samin’s Buttermilk chicken, it is high time.