Independent Leyton Orient Forum

What varieties do you go for?

Bananas: I try to buy those from the carribean, not south American.
Apples: Pink Lady have the crispest and nicest taste
Clementines- Mandarins.
Potatoes- I try to buy the appropriate variety for use- waxy red skins potatoes for mash, Yellowy flesh jackets. Not sure who wins the middleground battle of Maris Piper vs King Edward

Tinned tomatoes- I've heard that peeled plum tomatoes are better quality than chopped. So even if you need chopped, buy peeled plum.

For mash get Smash great adverts.

Chips, chips and chips with a steak and kidney pie thrown in.

Oh and healthy yoghurt for breakfast with Bran Flakes.

These arent varieties.

Pink Lady's all the way. I can bear a gala but anything else is poor.

My fruit bowl is covered with Pink Lady stickers.

Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 11:34 am What varieties do you go for?

Tinned tomatoes- I've heard that peeled plum tomatoes are better quality than chopped. So even if you need chopped, buy peeled plum.

Cirio is my preference. Tastier Toms and thicker juice rather than the watery slop in cheap brands. Always plums rather than chopped too.

I always buy cheap plum Tom's and add a sqiurt or two of ketchup, balsamic vinegar

On warmer days I like ploughmans for lunch.
For me a fresh Tesco bloomer is hard to beat,
Lurpak slightly salted butter.
Mature Cheddar (Sainsbury's own brand is fine)
Haywards tangy pickled onions and piccalilli,
Branston original pickle
Granny Smith apple.
Celery and cherry tomatoes from Sainsbury's

Easy to get and taste good.

Pizza - Papa John's for takeaway or M&S for home cooked (the ones in the rectangular box)

With the disruption in my spud supply chain direct from Ballinacourty (usually Kerrs pink or Golden Wonder) I've had to make do with Maris Pipers, they are a poor alternative but the only supermarket potato I'd bother putting in a pan.

Best apples are jazz apples. Yummy. Have one every morning while walking the dog.

pie, mash and liquor !

Beradogs wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 3:27 pm Best apples are jazz apples. Yummy. Have one every morning while walking the dog.

I will try a Jazz then as it surely has to be cheaper than the Pink Lady.

Not sure re price. Knowing the mrs who does the shopping I can’t imagine they are the cheapest ones.

Mumm Champagne. Isabella's Islay Whisky, ROYAL OSCIETRA CAVIAR, I tend to go for Black Truffles. Bon appetit tout le monde.

Barmbrack
I have an unbelievable craving

I always buy a brand name article from the supermarket as I think they taste better. The one exception to this, for me, is
Heinz Baked Beans with reduced sugar. Uggh! absolutely disgusting.

Mrs Balls Chutney - yum yum.

Potatoes:
Absolutely love Jersey Royals. I remember when I worked at Danton's greengrocers in George Lane, it was a big "thing" when the first bag of Royals arrived (and they only got one 25lb bag), we used to have a queue of people wanting to buy some. Nowadays you get them anywhere - as much as you want. Lovely tasty new potatoes - although Ayreshire's are a very close second.

For mash I tend to prefer roosters. For a general purpose spud, I like Maris Pipers - great for roasts, saute, and chips - but they do tend to deteriorate around the turn of the year, so sometimes we have to get roosters for Xmas dinners, depending on when the Maris' go wrong.

Crisps: Seabrooks - best of all crisp varieties

Apples: Braeburn are a favourite, although I also like good old fashioned Cox's. Always try to buy British.

Pears : I like Williams, but Mrs Spike insists we buy conference. We can't buy both because, as Eddie Izzard noted - "Pears piss me off because they're ripe for about 5 minutes before they go off" - so we only get one bag at a time.

Crisps- kettle chips or walkers crinkles generally. The new double crunch cheese ones are very moreish too.

Rice- will buy Tilda if on offer as the factory is in Rainham.

I avoid cheap meat as much as possible

For the animal welfare thing and because of the shrinkage during cooking

Citurs- Clems or mandarins, cant be arsed with the mess of a proper orange