Jo on t'other thread wrote:Someone will collect my Dad*, he’ll have his dinner and ask where the sprouts were from, then ask where the turkey was from and then say (and this has become a saying in our house when something’s cheap**) “it’s alright though isn’t it!”
**Not saying the turkey’s cheap, it’s from Tesco but if it’s not from M&S it’s apparantly cheap. (Which reminds me of another saying in our house which also comes from something my parents always said - “it’s from Marks’s, it’s a good one”).
I laughed at this comment, but it also resonated with me.
Having gobbled at the amount we had to pay for a boxed cooked gammon joint (1.1kg) in Waitrose - £25 (I was expecting £15 tops
) - I grumbled to Mrs O that we'd not buy our traditional turkey crown there, I'd blinkin' well see what I could get at Aldi. The turkeys hadn't actually hit the shelves in Waitrose at the time of that visit, anyway.Not a lot of choice at Aldi, but did source a Two Bird Meat Crown for £19.99 (again 1.1kg and reduced from £22 something). I don't usually like going for these "concocted" mixed meat joints as they seem completely unnatural to me, but any port in a storm .....
Visited Waitrose again last Friday, and the festive turkeys were in store. Picked up one about the same weight (1.3kg from memory) and looked at the price ......
£49.83 !!!
