I made a banoffee pie once, but my god was it sweet! I mean, I like sweet things, but it was tooth achingly sweet. A sliver was all I could eat at one time, and a cup of strong coffee alongside. It was too sweet for Mrs. ricepad to eat, and Spawn2 as well, so I never repeated it. Spawn1 liked it well enough, but as he lives 1500 miles away and when he does come home he wants other things, I probably won’t make it again.
ETA: I guess it’s still off-topic, but at least it ain’t political!
There’s a place in my town that makes an incredible banoffee pie, but one slice is enough for 3-4 peeps to share.
Thanks for the information. Sunshine loves sweets… cakes, pies, homemade candy, etc. – to the point I make up extra frosting for cakes, put it in a little Tupperware container, so she can add some more to her serving.
Too sweet – that is a challenge for my girl!! (LOL)
As a kindly reminder, please keep discussions about politics out of this thread.
Also, in light of the fact that the threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days, there is absolutely no reason, at least for now, to discuss tariffs when it comes to food prices, or grocery expenses.
If you do, please be advised appropriate and immediate action will be taken.
Thank you anticipatorily for your cooperation.
When I went to the grocery store on the way home from work yesterday I managed to score some free eggs! I got them using my Optimum card (a loyalty card from Loblaw grocery chain for those not familiar with it). For the past week I have been entitled to free eggs with some conditions - it’s exclusively for the no name brand, only the large eggs and we are only allowed one dozen. We actually had a choice of either a dozen eggs, a 1 lb. brick of no name butter, or a 3-pack of bell peppers. I already have a 1 lb. brick of butter which takes me forever to get through and veggies in the fridge I am trying to use up. Also, I ran out of eggs so guess what my choice was 
Our grocery stores in Canada rarely give anything away for free so I jumped on it!
I wish I could send you some – they are going on sale tomorrow $.67/each (limit four).
I’m going to grab a few – maybe make Sunshine some avocado toast or an avocado salad with the cucumbers I picked up, yesterday.
That’s interesting. I had an aunt and uncle that lived in Tucson. That aunt was my mom’s sister so when they would come to Montreal to visit my mom, my aunt used to tell me that avocadoes were cheaper in Montreal than in Tucson and they weren’t that far away from the US/Mexico border.
One store has avocados for 59 cents each this week under their superbowl party advertising. Avocado toast for lunches this week
Well that is about it for sale items this week… other than corn chips & cheese. I guess those items are on sale for the Superbowl??
Maybe I can make a “Frito Pie” but with corn chips instead of fritos??
The cheapest supermarket eggs in York, PA a few days ago. I don’t buy them there ever so I can’t comment on the price trajectory, but I’m planning to start noticing , just out of curiosity. All the eggs at this price were gone; in fact almost all the eggs packaged as a dozen at any price point were gone.
A week before tariffs were initially set to happen, this was the sale price for avocados in York, Pa.
I’m always amazed when artichokes in Castroville, artichoke Capital of the USA, where they’re grown, are the same price as what I pay in Toronto.
The weird thing about avocados up here, is that a single avocado might cost $3 or $4, in the same city a bag of small avocados in a net bag might cost $4. But every time I buy the net bag of 5 or 6 cheap avocados, I end up composting one or 2 of them.
I don’t think I ever end up ahead buying a bag of small avocados, vs picking out 1 or 2 avocados at full price.
What I find insane over the past year, has been the price of quince. $3-$4 CAD each. Anything I make with quince would require at least 3 of them.
I learned the same lesson buying those bags of little avocados.
It’s part of the reason I stopped shopping at Costco. I had way more food waste, because I had to buy bigger packages of things, when I only needed a small amount. Things would go bad or stale, or I’d get tired of them. It’s a privilege and luxury to be able to choose exactly what I want, and not buy in bulk. I’m also helping cut down on my waste by shopping like this.
I have been buying some dry goods at some bulk stores I like, where I can buy a really specific amount of what I need lately, too. One store on Roncesvalles in Toronto has olive oil and maple syrup available in bulk, which I have not tried yet. You can bring your own containers, if you like.
I agree. Those smaller “expensive” packages actually end up saving me money because I don’t have to keep throwing out stuff. Bigger packages are wasted on me. I keep my membership with Costco because I buy other things there, especially my contact lenses. I did once buy a beautiful package of prime steaks, and used my trusty vacuum sealer on them to stash in the freezer.
Heck, I’d save money going to a salad bar.
I realize it’s a luxury to shop small quantities, but I’m usually pretty prudent with my finances, so I indulge.
For a while, my typical Costco purchase was a big box of baby spinach, a wheel of cambozola, a jumbo pack of Bounty paper towels.
What is funny, is that at my local Costco, if another member has an overflowing cart with $800 of stuff, and they see you have 3 items, they almost never offer to let you go ahead of them in line. Costco brought back self checkout in ON, after I quit, so this issue may be resolved now.
Whereas at the regular grocery store, 4 times out of 5, someone will offer. I always offer to let someone go ahead if they only have a few items and I have a lot.
We aren’t nice like Canadians … 
I’m always amazed how much nicer Californians are, compared to Ontarians.
