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Wednesday, February 13, 1991 - North Shore News — 34

Stock up as the cycle warrants

THE TOOTHPASTE (s) we're using — Macleans and

Close-Up — cost me 89¢ and
ml size.

They regularly sell for up to $2
atube. How come? Easy.

When Save-On featured
Macleans, | stocked up. Shopper's
cut the price of Close-Up and I
bought a lot.

Every time | see Nabob coffee
on sale for $1.87, I stock up — it
keeps. And, it tastes even better
when you know you've paid a
doliar less than if you bought at
the regular price.

One rule [ learned a long time
ago — buy when the prices drop
and buy enough to last about five
weeks. It’s odd, but prices seem to
rotate in that length of time.

There’s not much point in buy-
ing large quantities of stuff you
use occasionally. By the time you
get down to the last of it, you're
too old to chew it. But, staples
like toothpaste? Toilet paper?
Coffee? Buy a lot. Even a case
lot, if you've got the space to
store it.

Next lesson: buy spices in small
quantities. Bulk foods are ideal
for this. The shelf life of most
herbs and spices is six months,and
who knows how long the stuff has
been on the shelf before you
throw it in your cart?

Save shaker-top spice jars if you
don’: have a spice rack. Gum on
your own label, including the date
of purchase. When in doubt,
throw it out. Why ruin five bucks
worth of food with five cents
worth of stale spice?

Now, speaking of special prices,
turkeys were a bargain last week.
A reader called and said she’d
bought one but didn’t want to do
a re-run on Christmas.

it’s a bit early to look to the
barbecue so what could I suggest?
Here is a recipe that may sound
odd but tastes wonderful. The
kids call it:

Mom’s Weird Turkey
1 - 16 Ib. (approx.) turkey, com-
pletely thawed
Marinade:
Ys cup olive oil
8 big jolts Worcestershire sauce
4 big shakes each: seasoned salt,
seasoned pepper
2 tablespoons vinegar
Y% cup dry mustard

Remove giblets from turkey.
Dry the bird well. Mix marinade
together with a wire wisk and
smear over entire bird, inside and
out,

79¢ a tube, respectively, 100

Barbara
McCreadio

BUDGET BEATERS

And then:
6 strips bacon
1 onion
2 cups chicken stock
1 square (1 foot) old cotton sheet
or cheesecloth
Yz cup olive oil

Set well pasted bird in shallow
roaster. Lay bacon strips over
breast, tucking ends into wing and
leg crevices. Tuck onion in cavity.
Pour chicken stock in roaster.
Soak cloth in oif and lay lightly
on top of breast.

Roast at 300° about 15 minutes
per pound — allow an hour at the
end to make sure the internal
temperature on your meat ther-
mometer is up to 190° and to give
the meat a chance to settle for
easier carving.

For the last couple of minutes
in the oven, remove cheesecloth
and turn on your broiler. Watch
the bird carefully. This crisps the
bacon and gives a crackly top.

1 do not make gravy from the
pan drippings until the next day
— set the pan outside in your
covered barbecue or in the trunk
of your car — it’s cold enough
out there to keep it safe.

Next day, the leftover turkey,
with gravy, makes the best hot
turkey sandwiches you've ever
tasted.

ace

There's no sense in being weird
with your turkey unless you
follow through with unconven-
tional accompaniments. I like this:

SPECIALTY FOODS - ,

VALENTINE SPECIAL

PRICE VALID THIS STORE ONLY While quantities last

WHOLE / RAW
LE
| ALMONDS 1.99 tb.
' SULTANA

RAISINS 99 ib.
PITTED LARGE

- ‘ D

PRUNES 1.49 tb.
ROASTED NISALTED
BLANCHED 99
1PEANUTS . ib.
f SWISS FORMULA %
NATURAL off
VITAMINS

reg. price}

SEMI SWEET
CHOCOLATE
CHIPS

THOMPSON
RAISINS
sonst SALT, N/S
CASHEWS 3.99 Ib.
CELESTIAL SEASONINGS

TEA 24's 1.99.01

TEA
WINSTON HOUSE

mae 199.

German-style Potato Salad

Remove the bacon strips from
the turkey and crumbie. Cook the
remainder of the 500 g package
until crisp and combine with the
rest.
2 bunches green onions, chopped
8 new potatoes, red skins are best,
about the size of dilliard balls
celery is optional - as much as you
like
Dressing:
Y cup real mayon., aise
Ys cup sour cream
2 egg yolks
% cup Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon celery seed
salt and lots of freshly cracked
pepper
parsley

Combine bacon and onions.
Cook potatoes in their skins and
keep them hot. Whip dressing in-
gredients together and refrigerate
if you're making ahead. To serve,
add diced hot potatoes to bacon
and onions (celery). Toss with
dressing and garnish with parsley.

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BEST BUYS: All the stores are

featuring unusual vegetables in
celebration of the Chinese New
Year. This is a good time to try
some. Also, look for reduced
Prices on various bottled
Chinese-style sauces, prepared
foods and frozen foods.

BUY LOW: Best place in town to
buy standing rib - $2.98 Ib. Short
ribs, $1.98 Ib.; iceberg lettuce,
48¢, tomatoes (Ib.) same. Royale
8-roll, $2.88.

SAFEWAY: Bulk wieners, 99¢
Ib.; shoulder lamb chops, $3.99
Ib.; beef sausage, $1.89 Ib.;
Eversweet bacon, $2.29; Green
Giant tinned veggies, assorted, 88¢
ea.: Best Foods mayo, 750 ml,
$2.98: broccoli, 44¢ [b.; cauli-
flower, 58¢ Ib.

STONG'S: Pork butt reast, $1.58
Ib.; boneless top sirloin roast,
$2.98 Ib.; Cloverleaf products:
pink salmon, flats, $1.19; baby
clams, 89¢ - 142 g which is about a
short soup tin; mushrooms, $1.88
ib.; avocados, 49¢ ea.; can-
taloupe, 99¢ ea.

SAVE ON: Ducks, limit-2, 97¢
Ib.; small pork ribs, $1.97 lb.;

Kent bacon, $2.27; Royale tissue,
12-roll, limit-1, $3.98; iceberg let-
tuce, 38¢ ea.; broccoli, 48¢ Ib.
SUPER VALU: Limits: Impcrial
margarine, 454 g, 99¢ and
Foremost ice cream, 2 I, $1.98;
utility young ducks, 98¢  Ib.;
bone-in Gurkey thighs, $2.29 Ib.
{no hard job to de-bone!);
Cloverleaf pink salmon, flats,
limit-2, 99¢ with $10 order; broc-
coli, 49¢ tb.

LONSDALE QUAY: Longliner
Seafoods: Fresh sea bass fillets,
$9.50 ib.; fresh Nova Scotia sea
scallops, $12.99 !b.; fresh 4 to 6
pound spring salmon, $5.99 [b.;
fresh red snapper in cajun sauce,
$4.99 Ib.; fresh 8 oz. oysters,
$3.50 cach. The Sulmon Shop:
Marinated tuna in lemon herb,
$8.55 Ib.; vegetable tempura,
$6.49 Ib.; yellow fin tuna, $6.97
Ib.; barbecue salmon chunks,
$1.69/100g; clam meat, $4.49 Ib.
Saunders and Mclennan - The
Coffee Merchants: Mocha Java,
$i.77 100g/$8 Ib.; Columbia
Supremo, $1.66 100g/$7.50 Ib.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
59 DAY JANUARY SALE
We didn't like January one bit! Business is always exciting and fun in
January with our biggest sale of the year, but it was such a horrendous
month, were just going to do January again. All of the sale items...some
brand new inventory and ail the excitement of our January Sale --- except
this year, our January will have 59 davs!