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Originally Posted by phenomshel
I think I may have to start buying meat somewhere else, or plan on going to the store every day for meat, instead of buying it during the weekly shopping trip.
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I may be one of the very few who love to shop daily. We don't do a 'weekly' shop nor store foods in the fridge. That's filled mostly with condiments, cheeses, sauces, and the like. The freezer is used for left-overs.
I tried doing weekly shopping as it really is more economical, but how do I know what I want to eat two days from now? I go to the markets and walk around, seeing what catches my interest or what looks freshest.
When I made my crockpot BBQ, I really wanted to use pork, but for some reason the shops didn't have any really nice shoulders for sale, and one place did have some good looking beef at low prices. We don't have to deal with the huge Agri-business foods or having two central mega-slaughter houses serving an entire country so the foods tend to be more locally grown/raised, and thus really fresh. We also still have a lot of individual vendors so I can go to a 'chicken store' or find a fish store on every shopping street. (When I first got here the chickens were sold alive, and killed and cleaned for you while you waited. They still do that with the fish, even in the supermarkets.)
I just ask my wife 'what 'country' do you want tonight?' then go shopping and plan the meal while in the stores. Tonight I'll be making a few Thai dishes but I still haven't decided on chicken, shrimp, or pork, or combinations of those. I'll decide when I'm in the marketplace.
Stitchawl