I call lunch.
I just had Supernoodles and Sunchips becaus ethere was nothing else in the house. Curse you, shiftless lazy weekends!

Alt: Allowing for teh fact that we range from Aldi to Fortnum & Masons here, what supermarkets are the best for an all-round weekly shop?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:18, 105 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Tesco innit.
Fabregas has gone to Barca, I might have a little cry.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Tesco here is full of chavs and pikeys.
And that's relative to WESTON!
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:23, Reply)

ours is full of farmers and posh totty

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:24, Reply)

you killed b3ta again

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:26, Reply)

*cries*

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:27, Reply)

*hands over kleenex mansive, not used*

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:28, Reply)

Are you sure?
They seem a little.... sticky.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:33, Reply)

nbrand new box mate, buy 1 get 1 free innit.
that was Asda though.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Home-made chicken and peppers vindaloo, NAAAH NAAAH!
I don't do weekly shops, I work just around the corner from Waitrose so I tend to go most days after work and pick up what I need. This may be my downfall, but I rarely have a lot of unused crap piled up in my cupboards.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Did you make the vindaloo sauce yourself? There's loads of vinegar in it, right?
I understand the 'vin' in vindaloo is vinegar, also that it's not hot by definition, merely a little sour. The 'fuckloads of chilli' convention is peculiar to Britian.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Do you mean 'particular'?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:56, Reply)

My understanding is that it is a bilingual port-manteau word...
Viande = meat
Aloo = potato
It is a Goan dish created as fusion between local cuisine and that of Portuguese settlers in Goa. The fuckloads of chillis, I think, were to the Portuguese taste.
Someone could look this up and prove me wrong though...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Probably from the Portuguese vin d’alho (“wine and garlic sauce”),
Sorry. Portuguese was right though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Waitrose and Sainsbury's are the only non-pikey supermarkets.
M&S are OK but you cannot do your weekly shop exclusively there so they don't count.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:30, Reply)

M & S isn't a supermarket, full stop.
They have a food hall, but thay're still a department store.

I suppose Fortnum's is, as well...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:32, Reply)

BENTO BOX !!!!!! ^^
Oh man, I took my tablets about an hour ago at work, as they're due, and I feel really really out of it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Can you see spiders crawling up the walls?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I wonder if people really get that =S

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:21, Reply)

all your colleagues are totally watching you right now, don't do anything suspicious.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Whichever supermarket is most convenient
I used to have a Tesco just up the road, and one directly on my way home, and a giant one just by my gym, so pretty much did all my shopping there. Now there's a big Asda on the way home and a Sainsburys Local in the building, so them. I never do a big shop, it's always bits and pieces really.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:34, Reply)

I would love to shop solely at Sainsburys
but Tesco have the monopoly on everything near me. I do enjoy getting about £10 worth of free food a month via Clubcard though.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:36, Reply)

near me. I do enjoy getting about £10 worth of free food a month via Clubcard though in the Western world
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:37, Reply)

^this.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Sadly
you are right. I was spoiled in Leamington Spa and Warwick as there were more Sainsburys than Tescos!
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Not in Redhill, no
a big Sainsbury's in the centre and a little tinny Tescos in the outskirts.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Hahhah see how you like being bullied, Dame Shirley Porter you piece of shit scumbag.
They are GHASTLY. My pal Yeti's sister was a buyer for them and actually resigned and went to Sainsbury's because she felt guilty about their treatment of their suppliers.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:49, Reply)

I had no idea
but it's not surprising. Anyway, as I said before, I like Aldi and town markets for my shopping, but as there are none around me, Sainsbury's it is.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:01, Reply)

They are most unethical as an organisation. Ruthless bullies.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:06, Reply)

And that coming from you

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Precisely - Tesco's are on some next level bullying type shizzle.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:35, Reply)

i had ramen and doritos yesterday, dreadful lunch really
Alt I don't like aldi, the fact that their food is so cheap is hardly worth shopping there for that reason alone.
Sometimes quality does count.

There's some sort of mega grocers in the city, wegmans or something like that, apparently it's for the high class sort but i'd like to go in and see what they've got, maybe I'll dress like a tramp.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Lunch of champions!
Do you have a Whole Foods?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:41, Reply)

lunch of internet fatties more like

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:45, Reply)

Hola!
I just had a lovely lentils & bacon soup.

I like Aldi for my everyday shopping + market for vegs and fresh meat & fish. No Aldi or market in Redhill means Sainsbury's.

I just came back from holidays to an empty fridge myself; so big shopping tonight. Now, although I enjoyed my holidays very much, they always come with 2 problems:

1.- I ate too much, making myself sick several times (too much these days is not that much, really, but anything not soupy makes me sick)

2.- Coming back to a "normal" diet is difficult. I'm starving!!!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:39, Reply)

still morning sickness?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:41, Reply)

Not much of that now
that I'm taking my pills; it's the IBS it seems, not liking my bowels being squeezed all the time.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:42, Reply)

I know it has nothing to do with the question
but I thought it was ideal for the b3ta geeks:

whiteninjacomics.com/comics.shtml

Perfect combo!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:43, Reply)

I read a 720 page webcomic recently, that was a slow day, but a fantastic read.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:49, Reply)

Which one is it?
I'm busy at the moment, but you never know when you might need it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:53, Reply)

Stupidly named one called FreakAngels
But enjoyable.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:55, Reply)

I agree, that is a stupid name.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:56, Reply)

You'd absolutely hate it
I thought I was going to, but found myself really getting into it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Didn't you enjoy 'Twilight'?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:58, Reply)

I did.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:01, Reply)

No further questions, m'lud.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:02, Reply)

As a reader of Homestuck I laugh in your face.
5000 pages and several hours of flash, and it's still not done.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:07, Reply)

Sorry, I meant it was a slow day in that I had nothing else to do
So I just sat and read this entire webcomic (which was pretty poorly set out)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Just doing the "mine is bigger than yours".
It's good. Try Problem Sleuth, it's...weird.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:13, Reply)

I'll give them a look in, cheers!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:15, Reply)

I'm sure they'll love it if you do.,
www.animus-web.demon.co.uk/lookin/index.html
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:24, Reply)

whole foods, waitrose and m&s
are the 3 big ones on high st ken where i usually go. then i have a sainsburys local and a tesco express at the end of my road.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:45, Reply)

I have recently supplied Whole Foods.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:50, Reply)

You should chew before swallowing then.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Boom boom!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I was quite pleased with that one.
So don't Brush it under the carpet.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:56, Reply)

I am genuinely at a loss for a reply here.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:57, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:58, Reply)

My lunch was goooood
Just a portion of this, absolutely lovely And this is how it looked in the pan (before the rice was added)

Alt: Aldi is superb, but I can't get everything I want there, although that only tends to extend as far as name brands I use (i.e. Warburtons Toastie, Lea & Perrins, Heinz Ketchup, etc)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:47, Reply)

There seems to be a bit of a chorizo obsession on /ot
Or is is always you who mentions it?

*some witty comment about Darth's chorizo obsession*
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:09, Reply)

I've mentioned it a few times in the last couple of weeks
If I hadn't, I wouldn't have known the best way to prepare it for the pan. Turns out 0.5cm or thinner slices work very nicely.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:13, Reply)

As a man obsessed with the world of sausages I have to say I'm not overkeen on chorizo.
As a cooking ingredient it's OK but it's too paprika-ey, on the whole. A man once told me that cooking it in coca-cola is incredible - but I can personally vouch for cooking it in port. That's excellent.

I can think of a million and one other sausages I'd choose over it, though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:15, Reply)

Darth, give Monty his logon back, this isn't funny.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:16, Reply)

fried with black pudding
that is all
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:29, Reply)

And this is specially for Monty
www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2337#comic

I know, I know, I have a lot of comics to catch up. I'll stop with the links now.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:48, Reply)

That's brilliant!!! It's so funny!!!!!!!
*stoney-faced scowl*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I wasn't expecting you to like it
But for everybody else to do it.

And ey, you should be proud, you're the first person I mention here after my holidays, what does it say about me, eH?

BTW, I got you some black pudding. You didn't specify the type, so got you onion and rice Burgos black pudding, for cooking in bbqs.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:55, Reply)

You clearly fancy me.
I think you should face up to this, and sooner rather than later because people are going to get hurt.

Re your edit: I think I feel the same, now. Let's elope.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:56, Reply)

Yeah, it's probably that

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Sainsbury's for the once-a-month 'nice' shop
Asda for the weekly top up of fresh stuff. Tesco is well up it's own anus and too bloody expensive.
Waitrose as a payday treat, or if I want nice cheese.
(berk, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:59, Reply)

....which you do all the time, of course.
I have eaten some wondrous cheese this weekend. Nommity nom nom.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Naturally
however if I ate as much nice cheese as I would like, I would have a circumference as opposed to a waistline. Much like Al, really.

EDIT - on your recommendation I tried merguez the other day. Fuck me they're tasty.
(berk, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:02, Reply)

Damn right they are.
Glad to have been of service.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:05, Reply)

Do you know of anywhere that sells them?
They are proving a nightmare to source...
(berk, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:09, Reply)

www.natoora.co.uk/shop/butcher/sausages-and-bacon/merguez-sausages/prod11040.html
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:11, Reply)

They look lovely

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Have you used the Ginger Pig in Hackney?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Used him?
He's one of my best mates. You met him last week, do you not recall?

Jesting aside yes I have. Funnily enough Yeti used to live next door but one to them. It's just off the Lauriston roundabout.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:17, Reply)

Any good?
The butcher that is, not Yeti.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:17, Reply)

Fucking great, but not cheap.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Cool. I don't mind paying for good meat.
Fnar.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:23, Reply)

I tend to use Tesco for name brands, and also the reduced section of the shop
I've had some fantastic bargains from going in at the right time.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:01, Reply)

Morrisons or Tesco.
I do love asda and lidl though. No Aldis very near me.

Oh, and bacon sandwich.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Shows how little attention I pay
I thought you were veggie?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:14, Reply)

I came to my senses about a year ago.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:16, Reply)

Ahh, thank god for that.
One of my friends has been veggie for years, and admitted yesterday she misses some recipes, but doesn't think her body would be able to handle eating them again, do you know if there is anything medical behind it, or is she simply being a fuckwit?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:17, Reply)

I know of some people having bad reactions
But I was fine. Still don't eat that much, though. Get her to reintroduce slowly?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Aye, I'm probably not the best person for that
I can't remember the last time I ate a meal without meat in it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:23, Reply)

Fuckwit.
Might be a bit rich for the first couple of days but......
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Meat is a very complex protein for your body to break down, especially red meat
She's definitely exaggerating, but her first week back on the meat would likely be spent on the toilet.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Most of us take our meat orally, old boy.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

gloryholelols

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:26, Reply)

She's had quite a few gut problems recently, so I don't think they'd help.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Fuckwit. Utter gibberish.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

I thought as much

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Her first meal should be a fuck off rib-eye steak with a couple of fried eggs on it and
potatoes fried in lard.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:25, Reply)

And a punch in the fucking tits for pudding.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:32, Reply)

With a cunt punt during the brandy and cigars

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:38, Reply)

Give her some tube steak and see how she gets on

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Asda for us, cos it's closest (other than Lidl, which I can't bring myself to acknowledge)
There's a B&Q up the road from our Asda. This is worth knowing because yesterday Ms Foxtrot's sister dropped us at Asda and went to B&Q, then picked us up to drive home. She went to B&Q to buy knobs. She'd told us beforehand that she needed knobs, and on the journey home the two sisters had a protracted discussion about how many knobs she'd bought, what type of knobs they were and what she was going to use the knobs for.

Funniest car journey ever.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:11, Reply)

Funniest car journey Best wank
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:18, Reply)

That's a thread of its own, right there

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:20, Reply)

Sainsbury's as it's closest
the irony of local shops closing down is that I shop everyday, otherwise things go off. therefore i am the perfect candiadate to shop locally and support local business, however the shops are not open when I need them, ie in the evening and Sainsbury's is and therfore gets my custom.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:12, Reply)

Someone liven up this thread or start a new one
Or I actually commence my "best wank ever" thread as mentioned above
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:36, Reply)

I was hoping someone would start a new one tbh...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Aug 2011, 14:37, Reply)