What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

[badjak]

I've had that sweet potato "pasta",
Except: I thought it was green pasta. There was no English on the packaging.
They get very slippery when you cook them.

 

[badjak]

Literally, in the wrong hands it's dangerous! The most difficult nuts to crack I find are the almonds - in the past I've had to smash them open with hammer (that makes a right mess though) but these nut crackers open them with ease!

Have you tried macademia nuts?
They are as bad as almonds.
We used to take almonds back to the garage where my dad had a vice and crack them there!
Later on we had a nut cracker like the one on the left in your picture. I wonder where that one has gone to...

 

[TheSoloChef]

Later on we had a nut cracker like the one on the left in your picture. I wonder where that one has gone to...

My parents still have theirs but I had to get mine off of eBay - Crackerjack Nut Crackers is what they were called I believe.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I found an asian supermarket today.... it was like being a kid let loose in a candy store!

Irresistible, aren't they?
Until you arrive home 4 hours later, $500 lighter, and wonder what on earth you're going to make with dried chrysanthemum leaves and 2 kgs of Szechuan flowering cabbage...

 

[Z-Cook]

I found an asian supermarket today.... it was like being a kid let loose in a candy store! the teenage girl on the til was very helpful and completely bemused by this +50 yr old getting so excited!

We have to drive very far to get to any real Asian supermarkets so vicariously sharing your excitement!

 

[Barriehie]

I found an asian supermarket today.... it was like being a kid let loose in a candy store! the teenage girl on the til was very helpful and completely bemused by this +50 yr old getting so excited!

Fermented(?) Soybean Paste (Chinese)

• SatNavSaysStraightOn
• Wednesday at 5:41 AM

I just happened to need onion powder, that is not that exciting!
I had fun.

And in woolies, I got some bread and some strawberries!

Google says...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We have to drive very far to get to any real Asian supermarkets so vicariously sharing your excitement!

yeah - this is about 85 km away (+52 miles), so not exactly close. But in Australian standards, it is next door!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Irresistible, aren't they?
Until you arrive home 4 hours later, $500 lighter, and wonder what on earth you're going to make with dried chrysanthemum leaves and 2 kgs of Szechuan flowering cabbage...

I was surprised when the total bill only came to AU$88 which is about GBP44 or US$55. It will have cost 25% of that in fuel alone if I had not had a hospital appointment in the area

 

[badjak]

Today was just a small shop.
Lacking freezer space.
So just chicken feet for the boys,
Soy sauce, carrots, cucumber, apples & potatoes for me

 

[Barriehie]

Harvested the last of my cayenne chilies, the ones in the box.

Combined with what I've already got this is my going into winter pile.

 

[Gone Hiking]

While out running errands this afternoon, I swung through a local butcher shop to see what might interest me. I just mentioned in another thread that I really should start buying brisket instead of chuck roast due to cost, but one chuck roast that I spotted had such fantastic marbling that it stood out in the case among all the others and I couldn't resist, lol. It's now vac-sealed and in the freezer. I also picked up a small chunk of smoked Lebanon Sweet Balogna to snack on.

 

[TastyReuben]

While out running errands this afternoon, I swung through a local butcher shop to see what might interest me. I just mentioned in another thread that I really should start buying brisket instead of chuck roast due to cost, but one chuck roast that I spotted had such fantastic marbling that it stood out in the case among all the others and I couldn't resist, lol. It's now vac-sealed and in the freezer. I also picked up a small chunk of smoked Lebanon Sweet Balogna to snack on.
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That chuck roast does look good.

We love Lebanon bologna here, I almost always have some, but I do prefer the regular to the sweet…though I wouldn’t turn down either one.

 

[Barriehie]

That chuck roast does look good.

We love Lebanon bologna here, I almost always have some, but I do prefer the regular to the sweet…though I wouldn’t turn down either one.

I'll eat any of it!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Can't comment on the steak, because I don't eat it, but the "Lebanon bologna" looks interesting. Never heard of it. Is it Lebanese, or Italian, or a US speciality?

 

[TastyReuben]

US speciality?

Bingo, named after Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It’s important to get the pronunciation right - it’s not LEB-a-non, like the Middle Eastern country, it’s LEB-nin, just two syllables, and that last one barely makes it out.

ETA: here’s me eating a Lebanon bologna sandwich a couple of years ago:
What did you cook or eat today (June 2023)?