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Post by novastar6 on Feb 5, 2018 19:32:06 GMT
Somebody back me up here, you spend $6-10 on 2 sections of baby carrots, 1 of tomatoes, 1 of broccoli and 2 of celery, sometimes you get what, snowpeas, instead of a second celery section? Sometimes you get cauliflower, but the most common order is 2 carrots, 1 tomato, 1 broccoli, 2 celery. Why so much celery? People actually like this stuff? 2 broccoli would be very nice, for all you spend you get about 200 carrots, 50 tomatoes and FIVE pieces of broccoli, cheapos!
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Post by Sandman on Feb 5, 2018 20:27:18 GMT
Somebody back me up here, you spend $6-10 on 2 sections of baby carrots, 1 of tomatoes, 1 of broccoli and 2 of celery, sometimes you get what, snowpeas, instead of a second celery section? Sometimes you get cauliflower, but the most common order is 2 carrots, 1 tomato, 1 broccoli, 2 celery. Why so much celery? People actually like this stuff? 2 broccoli would be very nice, for all you spend you get about 200 carrots, 50 tomatoes and FIVE pieces of broccoli, cheapos! This is about what our veggie tray looks like where we shop. (giant eagle)  |
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 5, 2018 23:32:50 GMT
Very nice, this is a general idea of what they look like here, no matter the price you basically get the same thing, just bigger compartments.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 6, 2018 0:45:14 GMT
Mine looks like whatever is ready in the garden.
OK ... I know "not nice to gloat at the city dwellers"  BUT seriously ... filling a tray from individual packages works out much better $$$-wise and any that might be left over can go into the soup pot. Doesn't take all that long to cut up a broccoli and/or cauliflower, peppers etc to suit. |
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 6, 2018 0:49:15 GMT
Mine looks like whatever is ready in the garden.
OK ... I know "not nice to gloat at the city dwellers" BUT seriously ... filling a tray from individual packages works out much better $$$-wise and any that might be left over can go into the soup pot. Doesn't take all that long to cut up a broccoli and/or cauliflower, peppers etc to suit. LOL, I'd agree on the first point except the only one we can really grow is tomatoes. Definitely agree on the second part, the celery definitely comes in handy for potato soup, vegetable soup, toss in the baby carrots too. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 6, 2018 0:53:24 GMT
novastar6I find that those store bought "baby carrots" never really cook like regular baby carrots from the garden (or even like "adult carrots" for that matter  . Have read comments elsewhere about it and no one seems to know just why 'tis so and find them best eaten raw.
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Post by novastar6 on Feb 6, 2018 0:55:04 GMT
novastar6 I find that those store bought "baby carrots" never really cook like regular baby carrots from the garden (or even like "adult carrots" for that matter . Have read comments elsewhere about it and no one seems to know just why 'tis so and find them best eaten raw. I noticed that too, last year we cut up some full length carrots and cooked them with onion wedges, turned out great, we tried cooking some baby carrots with onion wedges too, didn't turn out the same. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Feb 6, 2018 1:00:09 GMT
novastar6Did you find that they weren't ~~~ not exactly crunchy but just sort of "not done" ? even tho' you had cooked them normal carrot time and everything else was done right ? The local buffet place sometimes uses baby carrots in their beef stew / pot roast and it's the same there. When they cut up big carrots, they are done ! Weird !
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Post by goz on Feb 6, 2018 3:25:03 GMT
I didn't know vege trays were a 'thing' and that sounds awfully expensive for what you get...though I guess it is the convenience.
In a normal shop, I buy all those things in bunches or more economic packages and cut up my own vege tray t have with dips or humous and use the rest in other ways throughout the week. Anything left over goes to my chickens or my compost. ( though I concur that it is not nice to boast of a large garden amongst city dwellers)
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