Today, we hope, marks the last grocery store excursion that we will be having. By that I mean that we are hoping that from hence forth, we will be only having to shop at the Hunger Mountain Co-Op to supplement our diet. This could be done in most places by going to a Whole Foods or other chain that has a massive amount of bulk bins. The Co-Op is great for flour, soy sauce, peanut butter, pasta, nuts, and spices in bulk at low low prices. By buying just what we need for the month in bulk, we save money and get exactly the amount we need. We believe that once we start getting our CSA that only the bulk items will be needed to round out our diet.
So, this final run to the grocery store included some of our favorites: deli meat and cheese (gotta love a good sandwich), anchovies in a jar (the oil is a great flavor supplement in sauces), white Cabot cheddar and butter,Green Mountain Gringo Salsa (the best jar salsa around made with whole foods), some on sale organic pork, and lots of lettuce to make yummy salads until we get the share. Two more weeks until we are up to our eye balls in fresh produce and eggs!
Also today we received our Bulk Meat Order from Pete's Greens which was HUGE.
Right there ladies and gentlemen is a 8.3 lb chicken. I will call him Chiczilla. He is currently defrosting in our fridge awaiting his dismemberment. Also enclosed was London Broil and 2 racks of lamb. That's right, now we have 3 delicious racks of lamb. Can anyone say dinner party?
Seriously, it is the biggest fucking chicken I have ever seen!! I am going to make a huge amount of stock out of it, hopefully it's got the giblets. I am going to do a post on stocks and share some of my secrets with you. Well they're really not secrets, just traditional French cooking, but it should be helpful non the less. Anyway, can't wait for the CSA to start and we can really get pumping on the posts.
--- Chef Z and M.B.
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