Value Range foods compared

[jennyjj01]

As sure as eggs is eggs...

I just made an occasional visit to Asda. and I couldn't resist buying 15 Just Essentials eggs. I'm conflicted as I usually buy free range.
Price was 10p each compared to my usual 20p.
The cheap ones are 'cage' eggs.

Am I an immoral and callous [expletive] paying HALF the price for cage eggs? Rhetorical. I don't care!

Regardless of morality, will I notice the difference? Will they keep as well?. Any suggestions for preserving them?

[jansman]

As sure as eggs is eggs...

I just made an occasional visit to Asda. and I couldn't resist buying 15 Just Essentials eggs. I'm conflicted as I usually buy free range.
Price was 10p each compared to my usual 20p.
The cheap ones are 'cage' eggs.

Am I an immoral and callous [expletive] paying HALF the price for cage eggs? Rhetorical. I don't care!

Regardless of morality, will I notice the difference? Will they keep as well?. Any suggestions for preserving them?

Egg is an egg. As folks know,I keep fowls,and eggs are available. However,sometimes they don’t lay,especially when older. So: I buy cage eggs. Farm foods do 15 for 99p. In fact,I often buy them and pickle them.

[jennyjj01]

As sure as eggs is eggs...
Price was 10p each compared to my usual 20p.
The cheap ones are 'cage' eggs.

Am I an immoral and callous [expletive] paying HALF the price for cage eggs? Rhetorical. I don't care!

Egg is an egg. As folks know,I keep fowls,and eggs are available. However,sometimes they don’t lay,especially when older. So: I buy cage eggs. Farm foods do 15 for 99p. In fact,I often buy them and pickle them.

Egg is indeed an egg. Apart from having more fresh or less fresh, I can't say my taste buds have ever said "Hmmm this egg is nicer than that egg". My taste buds can't tell if it was a free range , barn or cage egg or whether the hen was fed on corn or chemicals. Maybe that's just me and my bad cooking.

15 for 99p!!!!! Crikey! Thanks for that tip. That's another one crossed off the ASDA delivery.
I can honestly say I've never had a pickled egg. I'll take that to the grave*

* Unless, after TEOTWAWKI, and after I've got past Jansman's defences and eaten all his other foods, that's all that's left.

[jansman]

As sure as eggs is eggs...
Price was 10p each compared to my usual 20p.
The cheap ones are 'cage' eggs.

Am I an immoral and callous [expletive] paying HALF the price for cage eggs? Rhetorical. I don't care!

Egg is an egg. As folks know,I keep fowls,and eggs are available. However,sometimes they don’t lay,especially when older. So: I buy cage eggs. Farm foods do 15 for 99p. In fact,I often buy them and pickle them.

Egg is indeed an egg. Apart from having more fresh or less fresh, I can't say my taste buds have ever said "Hmmm this egg is nicer than that egg". My taste buds can't tell if it was a free range , barn or cage egg or whether the hen was fed on corn or chemicals. Maybe that's just me and my bad cooking.

15 for 99p!!!!! Crikey! Thanks for that tip. That's another one crossed off the ASDA delivery.
I can honestly say I've never had a pickled egg. I'll take that to the grave*

* Unless, after TEOTWAWKI, and after I've got past Jansman's defences and eaten all his other foods, that's all that's left.

You can always smash your eggs up and freeze them too. As for pickled, I love pickled all sorts! Right now there’s the above, cabbage , cauliflower, onions , beetroot and gherkins. With some cheese and bread, I can live on that!

I don’t freeze the eggs though, as we are reducing what we do freeze, mainly to save electricity tbh. *I* feel that this Winter is likely to be the start of real energy problems, and that’s where we are heading. It’s almost going to be like the 60’s when mum got her first fridge , and it was about 1980 before she got a freezer. We’ll be going the other way!

Must get more vinegar…

[GillyBee]

With the bird flu announcements many free range birds are back indoors anyway. I hope they have more space than the caged birds but I doubt it wil be generous.
I wish we could eat the cheaper eggs. The family allergy issues mean we cant touch chicken or eggs from hens so our only option is duck eggs at £6 a dozen. Come the apocalypse we will just have to do without. I already collect vegan recipes for eggless versions of family favourites.

[jennyjj01]

You can always smash your eggs up and freeze them too. As for pickled, I love pickled all sorts! Right now there’s the above, cabbage , cauliflower, onions , beetroot and gherkins. With some cheese and bread, I can live on that!

I don’t freeze the eggs though, as we are reducing what we do freeze, mainly to save electricity tbh. *I* feel that this Winter is likely to be the start of real energy problems, and that’s where we are heading.
Must get more vinegar…

I thought of freezing them, but freezer space is precious and I'm not inclined to bother. I might consider 'water glassing' some, but there's a question as to how effective that is with shop bought eggs. US shop bought eggs can't be water glassed because they get washed. But UK eggs? If they are unwashed, then water glassing MIGHT work. Anyone tried it?
Best and cheapest water glassing solution?

[Frnc]

Sainburys used to have 12" fresh pizzas for about £1 or maybe £1.10
They reduced the size to 10". This is 30% smaller. £1.

Yesterday it was £1.70!!
70% more £ for 30% less pizza.

I will be getting my pizzas from Aldi in future. They have 10" fresh ones for 99p and frozen for 69p!

[jennyjj01]

Lidl 'Simply' Tinned Peas!

What the heck were they thinking?

I'm familiar with the slight difference between ASDA own brand tinned peas and their own cheap range (not too much in it)
But today I was in Lidl and picked up a tin of Lidl Simply Tinned Peas. 30p seemed fair for the larger 400g tin. But I noticed what it said on the front.
"REHYDRATED peas in water"

What? Why? Are they having a laugh?

AVOID!

On opening the tin, it was full enough of round garden pea sized peas. They looked a bit grey and had visible whitish 'pre-shoots' a but like marrofat peas. The water looked a bit grey too.

The peas tasted like dishwater and in a first for me, I chucked them.

I don't know how they had been dehydrated, was it freeze drying or just warm air?
Who Cares? Why in gods name would they convert 300g of fresh peas into 10g of tiny rocks and then hydrate them back up again to fill a steel tin? If they are so good dehydrated sell them to me by the kilo in a bag or tub.

[Frnc]

Lidl 'Simply' Tinned Peas!

What the heck were they thinking?

I'm familiar with the slight difference between ASDA own brand tinned peas and their own cheap range (not too much in it)
But today I was in Lidl and picked up a tin of Lidl Simply Tinned Peas. 30p seemed fair for the larger 400g tin. But I noticed what it said on the front.
"REHYDRATED peas in water"

What? Why? Are they having a laugh?

AVOID!

On opening the tin, it was full enough of round garden pea sized peas. They looked a bit grey and had visible whitish 'pre-shoots' a but like marrofat peas. The water looked a bit grey too.

The peas tasted like dishwater and in a first for me, I chucked them.

I don't know how they had been dehydrated, was it freeze drying or just warm air?
Who Cares? Why in gods name would they convert 300g of fresh peas into 10g of tiny rocks and then hydrate them back up again to fill a steel tin? If they are so good dehydrated sell them to me by the kilo in a bag or tub.

Especially with the name "Simply Tinned" implying they pick fresh peas and pop them straight in a tin to preserve the freshness.

[GillyBee]

They sound like mushy peas without the "mush" factor.