Subj : Local Meats was: Knuckle
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jan 27 2023 17:19:00

On (26 Jan 23) Shawn Highfield wrote to Ruth Haffly...

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> So you're still covered with good chicken. We tried a 10# bag of leg
 RH> quarters from a low cost grocery store once--and wrote the store off
 RH> our (mental) list. Between the poor quality of the chicken pieces and
 RH> lots of past expiration date stuff on the shelves, it wasn't a store
 RH> we'd prefer to shop at.

 SH> We're lucky, there is a low cost grocery store in Ajax (Sals Grocery)
 SH> that has amazing meat at great price.  Like your experience the rest
 SH> of the shelvs are expired.  However it's still good.  I bought 2
 SH> cartons of "Organic" tomato soup for $1.  It was over a year expired
 SH> but tasted just fine and neither of us got sick.   That expiry date
 SH> doesn't mean anything to me unless it's milk or yougart.

Depends on what it is, how long it has been expired as far as I'm
concerned. Most things just lose a bit of quality but, as you
mentioned, dairy goods go bad. I'll let things go on my shelves past
expiration but I know how they've been stored.


 SH> Of course we are the working poor here in Ontario so we have to find
 SH> any deal we can.

We aren't working (but for my sporadic sewing income), just using Social
Security plus Steve's military retirement/disability income. Not hurting
but cutting back somewhat on what we buy. The freezer is quite full so
we're trying to eat out of that as much as possible, still buying fresh
fruits & veggies, eggs, breads (until I can get back to baking), almond
milk, etc.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


.... It isn't hard to meet expenses...they're everywhere!

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