11 May, 2008
Cornucopia
Posted by Che Tibby under chatter, food, new zealand | Tags: finding cheap food, food crisis, it's not all bad |Second Chef seems to think I’m on some kind of crusade, and she could be right. But… take a look at all this food!!
What we have here is, some lemons left over from last week, and:
- Bananas - 1.27kg
- Kiwifruit - 720g
- Feijoas - 700g
- Mandarins - 1.66kg
- Oranges - 990g (and not Californian Navels, they’re New Zealand Valencia)
- Apples - 2.820kg
For a grand total of 8.16kg of fruit.
We also got a head of broccoli and some of those wee onions (they’re stronger flavoured, cost less, and have less waste).
And how much did you think this cost, and all from the Waitangi Park markets?
All is revealed after the jump.
Less than $16. I know because I took a twenty, spent $2.50 on some delicious dumplings from a stall there, and still had change.
11 May, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Although I’m not a formal vegetarian, I could happily live as one.
There is something ‘cheeful’ about most vegetables which say ‘Eat me’, and your display certainly indicates this. On the other hand, a slab of meat only says….’You’ve got to do something to me to make me edible’.
The other great thing about friut is that if you have too much of any, you can just liquidise it and drink it. You can’t do that easily with meat!
11 May, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I often do have too much meat, because my partner is a vegetarian, and no cut at a reasonable price per kilo comes that small. So I either cook things that are good cold the next couple of days (eg a small roast chook) or things that can be portioned and frozen (lots of hearty beef and lamb stews).
Che: I’m thinking that a separate blog for the frugal Wellington foodie would be a fine thing. Eg, I noticed today that both Moore Wilsons and the Kilbirnie Pak’n'Save have boned out lamb shoulders for 9.95 kg… it’d be great to have some sort of alert system going.
11 May, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Think how much more you would have bought if GST didn’t apply, you’d have no doubt not had the dumplings and bought more fruit. Have I mentioned I think GST off fruit and vege is the stupidist idea ever!
Don’t mind me, just ranting.
11 May, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Good going! I have an informal barter thing going with a friend. She gave me a couple of kilo of apples off her trees today along with some zucchinni and tomatoes. I think it will be chutney making this week.
12 May, 2008 at 9:17 am
@stephen. dude… that sounds like hard work
@richard. haven’t you got your own blog for this kind of ranty-ranty?
@art. yup. we kind of do the same. a friend with some outdoor space was giving us scallopini the other day.
13 May, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Even better: having your own fruit trees. I am currently waiting for a few more to grow and start producing, but in the meantime I have feijoas (which I trade for lemons), apples (which I cook with), and (I think) grapefruit (which I do not want and can’t get rid off). It’s nice just to have stuff there when you want it.
Of course, this requires having a backyard…
14 May, 2008 at 7:13 am
mmmmm…. grapefruit.
it’s good for breakfast if you don’t eat the pith. that’s where the real bitterness is.
cut in half and dig out the centre of the sections.
16 June, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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