Two Hits And A Miss

I can not be alone in noticing that my grocery bill seems to be getting smaller and that opportunities for great prices seem to be burgeoning. So ridiculously low are some of the prices that one can only infer a poorly concealed panic amongst even our leading retailers although under precisely what circumstances people would stop buying food I can not really imagine.

However, with some sincerely held reservations about the wellbeing of suppliers, I have been no less than delighted with some of our recent purchases both on price and quality. If you are prepared to manage your kitchen to accommodate some slightly short dates there are some stunning bargains on fruit and vegetables.

We bought two corn on the cob (ASDA £1) and they were delicious. We bought three small courgettes (ASDA £1 and reduced to 40p) and they became the centrepiece of an excellent vegetable medley. It is true that my boyfriend improves anything he lays his hands on in the kitchen but these were good quality products.

Much less successful were the Jan Jac dessert products bought in Tesco also for £1. Diifficult to complain about the price but the rice desserts are vanilla puddings which simply happen to have rice in them and are entirely unremarkable. My mother gave a similar verdict on their fruit jellies. Perhaps a less discerning audience of, say, partying five year olds would be perfectly happy.