What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today? (2018-2022)

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TastyReuben said:
How long does that last in the freezer like that?
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Just a guess but I'd say 12 months. I sort of "semi defrost it" and scrape the defrosted portion from the top - then back in the freezer. The cost of that amount was c. 40 cents so it's not a great loss if it deteriorates. What is a great loss is the amount of work that went into peeling it!

[Edit: Sorry, the cost was c. 80 cents I'm now informed]
 
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TastyReuben said:
Possibly, as I'm almost always in a good mood, and I like jawing with the employees.

Today, I went to a Kroger I've rarely gone to (just like I did last weekend), just for the drive and to see a different store. The woman who rang me up was about 80yo, and the girl bagging my stuff was probably 16 or 17.

When I was about done, I looked at the girl's name tag, and I winked and said, "McKenzie? Hey, maybe we're related...my last name's McKenzie!"

My last name is not McKenzie, but I just wanted to tease her a little. She was giggling a little bit when the woman at the register handed me my receipt and loudly said, "Here's your receipt, Mr. R... You saved $9.83 today, Mr. R...and you have 164 fuel points, Mr. R...Thank you for shopping with us today, Mr. R..." - of course she had my correct last name from my credit card swipe and she heavily emphasized my name each time she said it. :laugh:
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Busted! :scratchhead:
 
Mountain Cat said:
Actually... I don't weigh my own eggs. They are what they are.
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I don't either. Hence why I was surprised when I was told by someone my eggs were smaller (but have a much better texture and taste, and colour) than supermarket eggs.
I just noted that from time to time egg cartons refunded to me have weights and size classifications on them and hence knew 700g per dozen or 680g per dozen was size large.

I do weigh by birds though just before giving them worming tablets. It's a rough 2kg of 2¼kg type weighing, nothing more but does give me an eye on their overall health. Newly hatched chicks will also get weighed if they are not doing very well, so I can keep an eye on them.
 
The eggs that I weighed - using an accurate jewellers scale. I weighed all six in the box marked large eggs. This is the lightest & the heaviest:


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So, almost exactly 10 g difference between them - which is quite a lot really. 62.62g & 72.63 g.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I do weigh by birds though just before giving them worming tablets. It's a rough 2kg of 2¼kg type weighing, nothing more but does give me an eye on their overall health. Newly hatched chicks will also get weighed if they are not doing very well, so I can keep an eye on them.
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Haven't had to worm my chickens yet... BUT good to know! I do think weighing newly hatched chicks who are not thriving is a great plan.

I am planning on incubating some eggs this summer to grow up into new chickens - rather than letting the hens do all the work (just some of it).

Oh, to get back to the topic thread: I'm ordering more organic soy-free chicken free today. This comes in 2 twenty-five pound bags about 4 days after ordering.
 
morning glory said:
The eggs that I weighed - using an accurate jewellers scale. I weighed all six in the box marked large eggs. This is the lightest & the heaviest:


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So, almost exactly 10 g difference between them - which is quite a lot really. 62.62g & 72.63 g.
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Actually, I wish I'd weighed Chickpea's first laid egg - which arrived about 3 weeks ago. It was extremely tiny, which is why I knew it was hers. (She was born/hatched last June or early July - I can look it up - but her eggs are gradually increasing in size.)
 
This arrived - ordered from a specialist Asian shop. I saw it on Rick Stein's India - he noticed cooks adding this mysterious ingredient and discovered it was lichen. Apparently it adds an interesting cinnamon spicy taste to curry.

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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I can get rice flour (100% Australian) from the supermarket but it is almost gritty in texture compared to the stuff bought in the Asian shops.

This arrived courtesy of my hubby today... via Thailand

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There's a bag of that in our freezer! (I keep flours we don't use regularly in the freezer so they don't go stale.)
 
morning glory said:
What do you use it for?
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Rice Custard, Indian desserts often ask for it, some vegan cheeses, as a general thickener instead of cornflour etc.
It's a good thickener to use for gluten free dishes (not that that's why I'm using it). My last 2 uses were in making a vegan cheese and an Indian rice custard recipe.
 
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