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I think my "local" Butchers is around 15/20 miles away. There are four supermarkets within 10 miles of where I live.
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igorgetmeabrain wrote:Well, exactly. Yes, I buy fish in my weekly shop. Cunningly, I eat it before it goes off.
I noticed last night they have dates on the packaging when you are meant to use stuff. I intend to use this to help me plan my meals in future.Â
I buy fresh when I can, but the tradition of opening 9-5 seems a bit daft nowadays.Â
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I have no local butchers/fishmongers/etc. I have a Tesco Extra within spitting distance though. Plus, I probably couldn't afford to shop in a local butcher etc anyway, as they're generally more expensive than supermarkets (are they not)?
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Send messageMore expensive but better quality. Markedly better. Get what you pay for etc. Perhaps eat better quality meat but eat meat less often?Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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Tempy wrote:I think my "local" Butchers is around 15/20 miles away. There are four supermarkets within 10 miles of where I live. I live at my parents, but if I lived alone, I couldn't drive so this is where the problem arises.
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I did a little research, there is one that I didn't know about that is 5 miles away. The closest after that is around 15, yep.
There are still 4 super markets within closer proximity than the butchers. Then there are opening hours of course, I leave the house at 0700 and get back at 1830. Now that leaves the weekends fine for me, but I don't do the shopping, my parents do.
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Tempy wrote:I did a little research, there is one that I didn't know about that is 5 miles away. The closest after that is around 15, yep. There are still 4 super markets within closer proximity than the butchers. Then there are opening hours of course, I leave the house at 0700 and get back at 1830. Now that leaves the weekends fine for me, but I don't do the shopping, my parents do. I'm just pointing out why supermarkets have taken over. I don't think it is a good thing.
It's rubbish but then if you run your own business you need to be adaptable as well. If I had a retail shop ( and not necessarily food stuff) I would be more inclined to open from 11-7 than 9 -5 a couple of days a week. Â
I always get something from the local farmers market, like @skerret says, the meat is much better quality in general. Its more about the timing. The local butchers is in the arse end of town as well. Been there for about 50 years, so it is doing something right. It still has the sawdust smell when you walk in.Â
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Skezz always goes on about these awesome local markets and stuff he has in Melbourne, and all the bespoke food he can source and all that jazz and I do respect his sense in that matter, and envy him for having access to it but it simply isn't real life for many people.
When I live on my own i'll endeavour to be smarter with my shopping, but in my family 'unit' my Mum still does the weekly shop, her yearly budget was slashed by after she was made redundant from a job she's had since she was 21, it took her 6 months to get back into fulltime work and her current job pays her roughly £10k less than her previous job. They were already 'living to their means' on the previous salary, so more cutting back has happened since.
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Was I talking to you Temp, was I?Tempy wrote:Yeah, where from? 20 miles away? This is the issue.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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Skreeet lives the life I want, probably knows all the market traders who wish him g'day as he rollerskates by with his walkman and tube socks on collecting fresh organic produce in brown paper bags or something.Ross Kemp Investigative Journalist
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Agree with all that and if I can add a retrospective caveat to all I say on the matter, it's that you get what you can and I'd never suggest you do otherwise. My high falutin' eating habits are only so because I can afford it and have access to it, but as I say I am lucky. I don't suggest all who follow me do likewise and am well aware it's not so easy for most.Tempy wrote:Skezz always goes on about these awesome local markets and stuff he has in Melbourne, and all the bespoke food he can source and all that jazz and I do respect his sense in that matter, and envy him for having access to it but it simply isn't real life for many people. When I live on my own i'll endeavour to be smarter with my shopping, but in my family 'unit' my Mum still does the weekly shop, her yearly budget was slashed by after she was made redundant from a job she's had since she was 21, it took her 6 months to get back into fulltime work and her current job pays her roughly £10k less than her previous job. They were already 'living to their means' on the previous salary, so more cutting back has happened since. This world of farmers markets, butchers, local greengrocers etc just doesn't exist for a lot of families, for a lot of reasons many of which are just far outside of 'poor food education'.
While I'm here, I finally got my favourite brand of quark, four tubs of it! Bless the local organic grocery.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:Skreeet lives the life I want, probably knows all the market traders who wish him g'day as he rollerskates by with his walkman and tube socks on collecting fresh organic produce in brown paper bags or something.
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Bar the skates, that's pretty bang on.XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:Skreeet lives the life I want, probably knows all the market traders who wish him g'day as he rollerskates by with his walkman and tube socks on collecting fresh organic produce in brown paper bags or something.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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Her name is Justine.revelthedog wrote:
He is thrown an apple form the cute girl on fruit stand every morning as well. every morning..XTC_NRG_4_DARKRAVER wrote:Skreeet lives the life I want, probably knows all the market traders who wish him g'day as he rollerskates by with his walkman and tube socks on collecting fresh organic produce in brown paper bags or something.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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Wouldn't it be nice if your local greengrocer, butcher and fishmonger all set up shop right next to each other every 4 or 5 miles or so in any direction? They might also want to include a general store with convenience items in a little plaza where everyone who walks in can just filter from one shop to another and maybe pay for everything at the end in one go, no muss, no fuss but all the joy of local shopping. Do I dream a dream? Perhaps I do. But what a glorious dream it is.
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It could be called All Shops All Directions!! or ASAD..Sometimes here. Sometimes Lurk. Occasionally writes a bad opinion then deletes it before posting..
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Nah, that immediately made me think of One Direction. Dream is spoiled.
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Balls out, not a care in the world.Birdorf wrote:I'm finding it hard to shake the image of a rollerskating Skerret, hopefully it'll pass.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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I have a cupping system.Brooks wrote:You'll care if you fall over.Skerret's posting is ok to trip balls to and read just to experience the ambience but don't expect any content.
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Skerret wrote:Agree with all that and if I can add a retrospective caveat to all I say on the matter, it's that you get what you can and I'd never suggest you do otherwise. My high falutin' eating habits are only so because I can afford it and have access to it, but as I say I am lucky. I don't suggest all who follow me do likewise and am well aware it's not so easy for most.
While I'm here, I finally got my favourite brand of quark, four tubs of it! Bless the local organic grocery.
Aye, I've not got a probelm with what you post on the whole, more just the general attitude of plenty of folks on the matter.
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