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Bargain shopping saves in the long run

1 GOT in trouble last week.

I kept procrastinating about
grocery shopping and ran out of
canned cat food three times. Four
of our five pussies love the stuff
(Ginger won't touch it). Emily
had to have radical dentistry a
couple of years ago, leaving her
with two teeth.

I don't know why they didn’t
take the last two — they don’t do
her a whole lot of good. One, a
bottom fang, only makes her look
silly when she smiles and the other
is a grinder with nothing” to
match,

Emily is a Siamese with a voice
that could break glass. She howls
for canned food.

Oddly, she still seems to
manage the odd bite out of the
communal bow! of dry chow.

Please understand that no cat
was starving — we made
emergency runs to 7-Eleven.

The point is that there’s no
point in running out of stuff you
know you'll need even if hell
freezes over.

For example, if you run out of
toothpaste, you'll pay nearly $2
for a 100 mL tube. If you watch
the flyers, you'll pay under a
dollar for your brand. If you
stockpile, you’H never have to
shell out double the price.

We paid $1.59 a tin for cat
food? Bought in bulk (case lots), |
pey roughly &8¢ for the same
product. Assuming that my cats
eat a tin a day, that’s $21.30 a
month before tax, saved.

I went out yesterday and bought
three cases of cat food. My bill
for 72 cans was approximately
$68, including tax.

{ went grocery shopping yester-
day with my oldest daughter and
nearly drove her nuts. As I diddl-
ed and fiddled, comparing prices
and searching for the best head of
tomaine, she tapped her toe. My
last purchase was a small block of
Kraft ‘‘old’’ cheddar and her
remark was, ‘‘Well, you finally
bought a brand name!”’

Her attitude is, ‘‘I buy what 1
want to eat.’? A lot of shoppers
have that approach and aren't a
bit offended to pay for what they
want. This is another good argu-
ment against
you’re hungry.

What happens when you get a
craving for Porterhouse? The
smart shopper has a couple of
adequate sirloins in the freezer,
bought at $2.99/lb. The
Porterhouse, at about $7/Ib. bites
a big chunk out of your wallet.
Aliso, you'll probably buy big
thick juicy ones when you’re
hungry.

Add mushrooms, prawns, a
Black Forest cake, a bottle of
‘vine and a fire log, just to round
Sut the evening.

We ail need to do that kind of
shopping once in a while. But if
vou do it every night, your budget
5 in big trouble.

The featured supermarket this
yveek is Superstore. Although
here is no North Shore outlet as
et, we receive the flyers and
“nany shoppers cross over.

«General: Cheese, ice cream and
«pple pie are this week’s free
oupon specials. They have no
‘yesh vegetables except avocados
estured this week but salad
reens have been reasonably pric-
dad everywhere these past few
veeks.

Focus on their fresh fruits for
esserts and noie the $l-off club
ack (three) assorted pudding
akes.

Breakfast products are featured
- no-name hot chocolate mix,

shopping when,

Barbara
NicCreadie

BUDGET BEATERS

frozen waffles, bagels, hot cross
buns, grain bread, pink grapefruit
and bulk prunes.

MENUS:
Thursday: Pizza pork chops (*),
steamed potatoes, spinach salad.
Friday: Tuna casserole with pasta
and peas, toasted bagels.
Saturday: Sirloin steak, stuffed
baked potatoes (with ham, sour
cream, green onions and cheese),
corn casserole (*).
Sunday: Barbecued’ pork ribs,
rice, mixed beans (*}. ps22n salad.
Monday: Baked <::4caroni and
cheese, coleslaw.
Tuesday: Pasta with meat sauce
and Parmesan cheese, Italian
bread, green salad.
Wednesday: Grilled ham and
Swiss sandwiches on grain bread,
fresh fruit salad (grapefruit, ap-
ple, kiwi, mandarins).
* Recipes follow.

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Pizza Pork Chops
4-6 meaty pork chops
l egg plus I tablespoon water
% cup fine dry breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon mixed Italian herbs
% cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 small tin tomato sauce
4-6 slices white cheese — jack,
Swiss or mozzarclis
Pinches of Italian herbs

Dip the chops in egg mix and
roll in a mixture of crumbs, herbs
and Parmesan. Brown on both
sides in oil.

Remove to a baking dish and
bake at 350°F, about 20 minutes.
Check for doneness by inserting a
sharp knife along interior bone.

Top wits drizzles of tomato
sauce and a slice of cheese.
Sprinkle with a pinch of herbs.

Return to oven unti? cheese
melts.

Corn Casserole

This is easy to make, can te
prepared with fresh kernels,
frozen or tinned. It serves six but
I find it doesn't go that far with
teens or those who are relieved to
see a vegetable they like.

2 tablespoons butter

Ys cup each diced onion and green
pepper

2 tablespoons flour

Ya teaspoen salt

Dash paprika

Y% teaspoon dry mustard
Pepper

% cup milk

2 cups corn kernels

1 egy, slightly beaten

Buttcred crumbs:

2 tablespoons melted butter

Y cup fine, dry breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Sait and pepper

Melt the butter in a saucepan
and add pepper and onion. Cook
until limp. Stir in flour and
seasonings and blend. Add milk
and cook gently until thickened.
Add corn and egg.

Stir to blend and turn into a
greased one-quart casserole.
Cover with crumbs. Bake at
350°F, 30 minutes.

[ often make this (doubled) as

part of an outdoor barbecue,
especially when we're doing salm-
on.
Quick Mixed Beans
Vs cup butter
1 medium onion, diced
i small green pepper, diced
% cup brown sugar
Y% cup vinegar
IT teaspoon dry mustard

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% cup ketchup

Dash Worcestershire sauce

1 f4-o2. tin) baked beans,
drained

1 tin kidney beans (either use 28
oz. or use }4-0z. and add 1 tin
lima beans, both drained)

un-

Cook the onion and pepper in
butter until limp. Add remaining

ingredients and heat. You can
serve this right from the stove —
it serves at least eight — or set in
the oven in a bean crock for an
hour or so on low heat.

It freezes, re-heats well and can
Stand on its own with crusty
bread. It goes well with ham and
potato salad.

NEW YORK

STEAK
Aged

New Zealand.

Strip Loin
$8.77 kg.

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