I still on paper own a business so I got this access pass for wholesale store and the whole inflation, crimpflation/shrinkflation, greedflation thing hasn't bothered me one bit. Whenever I'm baffled by the price on an item in a grocery store I'm like f*k it, let's buy a dozen wholesale instead. As a result, I now make batches. Started with soup. Spent 4 hours on beef burgundy but ate it 3 times in 2 weeks, not including puff pastry rolls. Feels more rich than having money. Kinda like having a huge stash of weed
Can make a roti pie in 20 min 2 out of 3 times. Near-magic. Next week I'll throw the other half of the hutspot above in a pan, make some onions, warm up a sausage and in 15min I got more than proper meal. Instead of what my wife calls 'empty calories'. It's like I've been doing groceries and eating wrong for most of my life. Pre-corona pandemic, I don't think we ever bought groceries for the
next day. Like never.
Now I'm like awww I already planned what I'm going to eat next week, wish there were more days or meals a day. At some point I may have to skip on that ham-cheese chicken thing from the Aldi. There's two things I buy from Aldi, that chicken thing and dutch potatoes (meaning vaccuumed sliced potatoes with bacon pieces for taste). Next week I'm going get a bag full of chicken, more lamb/beef mince, and more beef brisket from my Turkish butcher (I saw him come out the back with half a cow on his shoulder once, don't get that at grocery chain) and then stew some food to get through the season.