Fooducate.com has an article on “The Chips Revolution – Not Just Potato and Corn Anymore” (“Kale chips, bean chips, you-name-the-veggie-we-have-it-chips”), and one on Bolthouse Farms' new advertising campaign to sell fresh vegetables as sexxxay. Hey, if it gets people eating their veg it works for me. Chow.com has a roughly-six-PointsPlus-per-serving split pea soup to make in the slow cooker, better than two dozen holiday roasts (content note: sensitive souls may want to exercise caution as #9 features a photograph of a roasted suckling pig), and loads of videos: how to do “easy slow-roasted prime rib”, a “sneaky breakfast remedy for hangovers” (one tablespoon each of bourbon and maple syrup: mix, warm in the microwave, pour over your breakfast oatmeal or yogurt), Supertaster reviews of a Swiss Colony gift box and lutefisk, and an analysis of that eternal question, is it safe to eat raw cookie dough (no). And at Summer Tomato, I find “6 tips to make dessert worth it”.
All manner of recipes! Grist has ideas for edible gifts that aren't cookies: DIY granola, flavored salts, pesto (for some reason they're doing nettle pesto: nettles do not occur in our counties nor do I or the Agricultural Extension people recommend introducing them), lemon curd (“like jam but it's decadent and British”), vin d'orange (start it now for next year). Simply Recipes has roasted butternut squash with radicchio (that's spelled the same way as on the webpage, so my spell checker can just shut up), Smitten Kitchen has cauliflower feta fritters (I know, I know, but as she points out, “In a December that is to the gills with buttery cookies, decadent cheese plates, stiff drinks and rich roasts, they might even be a little island of moderation”), and Snack Girl has a Christmas salad (kale like holly with tiny tomatoes) and her Top Ten Recipes from 2012.
National Cocoa Day – the beverage – is either today or tomorrow, my sources cannot agree. They do however agree that cocoa and hot chocolate are different things (cocoa made with cocoa powder, hot chocolate from chocolate candy melted into hot milk). In commemoration of the poor ickle piggie mentioned at Chow.com above, the 18th is Roast Suckling Pig day. The 16th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day which let us celebrate with respectful abandon. The 17th is the first day of Saturnalia. And I've finally managed to find out an explanation for why tomorrow is National Ice Cream and Violins Day: December 13th, 1903, the US Patent Office granted Patent Number 746,971 to Italo Marchioni for his invention of a machine to make molded ice-cream cups; and the same date in 2010, violinist Ben Lee of FUSE broke the Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player, by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 58.515 seconds, over 14 notes per second. And yeah, that violin has glitter on it. And a pickup.
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, Gingerbread House Day, one date for National Cocoa Day
December 13th: Another date for National Cocoa Day, National Ice Cream and Violins Day; 1827, the first Delmonico's restaurant opens in New York
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Cupcake Day -- or possibly National Lemon Cupcake Day, this is another on which my sources differ
December 16th: Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day; 1843, A Christmas Carol first published
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day; 1863, Frederick Walton of London patents linoleum
Oh, and Happy Sound Test Day! (1-2, 1-2, 1-2 … )
Albertson's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, $4.77/lb (limit 1)
Beef herb crusted standing rib roast, bone in, $6.27/lb
Beef ribeye roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef New York roast, bone in, $4.47/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/eye of round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb
American Chef whole boneless hams, 4 lb, $19.99 ea, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork half loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Albertson's cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 88¢
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$3
Reese artichoke hearts, 14 oz cans, $3.49
Fresh Aisle olive oil, half litre bottles, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Baked” or “Steaming” entrees, 5/$10
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Red or Golden Delicious apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Yams/sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Sweet onions, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks or London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, value pack,
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Del Monte veg, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Texas grapefruit, 3/99¢
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 3/99¢
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, 2/$5
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, “oven ready”, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb (trimmed, $1 higher)
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $6.97/lb (small end, $1 higher)
Beef chuck, shoulder, top/bottom/eye of round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, 97¢/lb
Flame Crafted ham, $6.99/lb (“available in select stores”)
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69
Kroger whole boneless hams, $2.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Private Selection rack of lamb, fresh, 8 rib, $13.99
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/24 lb, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger veg, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Progresso soup incl Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, 3/$5
Birds Eye frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Fresh green beans, $1.99/lb
Golden or red yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York roast, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, $11.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature “semi-boneless” leg of lamb, $7.99/lb
Safeway smoked ham, whole or shank half, 99¢/lb (rump half, $1.19/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan true cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or shingle, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz tubs, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Lucerne sour cream, 16 oz tubs, $1.69
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢ ea
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Campbell's “100% Natural” soup, 18 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Apples, Red Delicious or Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” (tiny yellow) tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$6
GreenLine fresh green beans, 12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
All ground chicken/pork/lean beef/lamb/turkey breast, 50% off
All bulk foods from bins, 25% off
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential cut” whatever that may mean, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $11.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, center cut, $2.99/lb (chops $1 higher)
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Rack of lamb, French-cut, $14.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blackberries, 5 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or grey squash, 88¢/lb
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