When the value range is better!

[truck71]

Couple of weeks ago I bought a value pack of bacon in Sainsburys, labelled up as cooking bacon. It was ludicrously cheap (£1.15 for 640gms) and it piqued my intrigue. Anyway, turns out it's mainly run of the mill cuts of back and streaky bacon that hasn't gone through the cutting process quite right leaving odd shaped cuts. I haven't looked back since, bought some this afternoon and it looked like two piles of best back bacon side by side. On opening it tonight the cuts hadn't been sliced leaving a great big steak in place of 10 or so slices. Made a fantastic supper with baked new potatoes and peas, cost of ingredients probably under a quid.

So, what have you discovered that with a bit of imagination (or maybe as it comes) has over delivered?

Edited by truck71 on Wednesday 25th March 20:54

[truck71]

Excellent, keep em coming. Turbot with mangled heads at £4 a kilo- they're hardly beautiful un mangled! Top value.

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jogon said:

Those small North Atlantic/cold water prawns, only ones I now buy as hate farmed, the premium super market offerings which are 'fresh' have just been allowed to defrost and exactly the same as the cheaper versions in the freezer. Defrost them your self.

I had a look at these yesterday, the price per kilo was circa £19.00 for the fresh raw ones (clearly defrosted as you say) and about £17.50 a kilo for the frozen raw ones. I went for the fresh as I counted on the frozen ones having a greater water content (rightly or wrongly?).

Any pointers on where to buy these at a better price? (above was Sainsburys)

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Du1point8 said:

Billingsgate if you are London based.

I don't know the prices this year but if you like fish that place can't be beaten, you would only need to go once a month and freeze the extras.

Large prawns (as in fking huge ones) were £8-10 per kilo.

If Billingsgate doesnt appeal to you, chinatown or any oriental supermarket and head to the prawn section and they are £12-14 per kilo for the large tiger prawns.

Been toying with going to Billingsgate, I've got plenty of time right now. Can you just rock up and wander the stalls? Are there minimum quantities you have to purchase?

[truck71]

So todays brief shop in sainsburys has yielded basics salmon fillets @ £11.00 kilo (nice dark flesh with small fat lines rather than the horrid peachy stuff that you can end up with) and a Cadburys flake Easter Egg @ £0.82 per 100grams (cheapest bar of cadbury chocolate was £1.00 per 100grams). Unfortunately my nearest value Supermarkets are all over 3 miles away and would no doubt deliver better savings.

May try and get to Billingsgate on Wednesday, bit of an early start mind.

Edited by truck71 on Monday 30th March 13:08