Last minute grocery deliveries

Bluesapphire all are welcome - I usually make too much!

What middle class first world problems !! ?

The usual put-down.

We know and yes, have donated to charity, I'm not unfeeling.

Of for goodness sake Susieq this thread is surely tongue in cheek. Lighten up!

My Sainsbury's order arrived today, and the only sub was that they sent a chopped up orange instead of a mango . Even the delivery guy was puzzled - it went back.

I had an order delivered on Friday with non-perishables, so todays was mainly veg and things like cream and custard.

The sub system at Sainsbury's is that they issue a voucher to the value of any difference in price between what you order and what they send, and I have just left them all on my account as they last for months. I put them against my Christmas order, and got £37 off. Not a bad Christmas bonus

We’ve been very fortunate to get home deliveries from Morrisons and Ocado since the start of the pandemic and are very grateful. Always polite and friendly drivers. Being CEV shopping would be very difficult without them. Our order from Ocado arrived today,everything except chocolate puddings which we can certainly survive without. I think all the delivery people deserve thanks for keeping going in these difficult times.

My Sainsbury's order arrived today, and the only sub was that they sent a chopped up orange instead of a mango .

Who buys a ready chopped orange?
As for it being a substitute for a mango

I don't know, and I know .

My forward planning paid off though. Mr Dog went in search of a mango and got one in Morrisons, so my Christmas Eve supper is saved.

We were told by email that our late evening Tesco delivery would be late because of problems on the road.

I sympathised with the delivery driver "Are you OK, was a tree down, an accident"?

"No", she said, puzzled, "They hadn't allowed for my meal break"!

Doodledog

I don't know, and I know .

My forward planning paid off though. Mr Dog went in search of a mango and got one in Morrisons, so my Christmas Eve supper is saved.

What are you eating?
Recipes welcome!

I stand by what I say ! None of this is tongue in cheek ! It is middle class twaddle!!

I had my Christmas Ocado shop delivered this morning. To my utter amazement, only one item was unavailable. In the afternoon I went to collect my turkey and accompaniments from M&S (double masked, for the first time ever) and everything was there. I even managed to get the missing item from my Ocado order too. After all the scaremongering from the media there were no shortages of anything it seems. Can hardly believe it.

Order delivered today from Waitrose, several substitutions, some more acceptable than others, main one being 2 tiny pots of Panna cotta as substitutes for 700g Christmas Panna cotta Star!! Asked for a refund. As we are isolating the driver kindly unpacked the shopping into our boxes outside and had driven off before we saw the goods.

Susieq62

I stand by what I say ! None of this is tongue in cheek ! It is middle class twaddle!!

Don't join in then.

Calistemon

Doodledog

I don't know, and I know .

My forward planning paid off though. Mr Dog went in search of a mango and got one in Morrisons, so my Christmas Eve supper is saved.

What are you eating?
Recipes welcome!

I am doing a lentil bake and salad, as my husband and daughter are vegetarian.

The bake is done in an Instant Pot, but any pressure cooker would do, or it would probably work on the hob if you stand over it and stir. I promise that it is 376% nicer than it sounds .

Here it is. You can substitute any veg for any other, really, so it's good for clearing out the bottom of the fridge.

The mango is to go in an avocado and mango salad. You stone and chop the mango and avocado and squirt lemon juice over. Then put leaves in a salad bowl (I like ones with watercress or rocket in to give that bitter taste), and add chopped spring onions, sliced red pepper and finely sliced spring onions. Add a splash of olive oil to the juice on the fruit, and toss the whole lot together. You can add chicken if making for meat eaters, and I sometimes add chickpeas if I want it as a lunch, but it's fine as it is for a side.

The two go really well together, but I don't think that subbing the mango for orange would be ideal. Maybe ok, but not great.

Absolutely susieq, I for one am having one small parsnip on Christmas day whilst whipping myself repeatedly, and I will consider myself lucky and know that my actions will absolutely help the most vulnerable in our society, I am sure you will be doing the same.

Thank you, the salad sounds lovely.

We really should eat more lentils !

Galaxy

Absolutely susieq, I for one am having one small parsnip on Christmas day whilst whipping myself repeatedly, and I will consider myself lucky and know that my actions will absolutely help the most vulnerable in our society, I am sure you will be doing the same.

You're lucky, I've decided to have one lentil.

Calistemon

Thank you, the salad sounds lovely.

We really should eat more lentils !

Tactfully put ?

I know the lentil dish sounds like workhouse fare, but trust me, it's really tasty.

Enjoy your lentil, Calistemon.

Yes I was being ironic and yes I can make dauphinoise

And BTW Xmas is ruined was a joke. Sigh!

Bazza sorry to hear you received butter barely in date from Ocado. I didn’t get any today, mainly because I have quite a stock of Lurpak with use by dates right into February. Guess it depends on the brand.

The lentils in my cupboard are probably out of date now - will that matter?
They're red ones.

I was very keen on them at one time but they do produce a lot of wind

Being out of date won't matter - just cook them for a bit longer. Add salt (if required) after cooking.

You really need brown ones for the recipe I posted, though. Green ones would be ok - ones that hold their shape, anyway. The red ones go mushy.