Last minute grocery deliveries

If only Ocado delivered where I live!

Germanshepherdsmum

I have my weekly slots booked up to 18 Jan. I always have them booked up 3-4 weeks ahead, only way to make sure I get them when I want. And Tesco’s delivery saver plan not only gives you free delivery Tuesday-Thursday it gives you access to Christmas and Easter slots a week ahead of release to everyone else.

I shop regularly with Ocado and they automatically book me a weekly shop on the day/time I like, as soon as the slots are released. They put in an "Instant Shop" of my usual items which I can obviously edit or cancel.
I don't get free delivery though!

I had an Ocado delivery early in the week, mainly for my Christmas lunch cockerel. Very disappointed that they couldn't supply various things including my milk - and no substitute milk sent either.
Also had a Waitrose delivery. Every time I logged on to edit my order there seemed to be yet another item that was no longer available and had to be removed from my order. On the day there was no red cabbage and they substituted a spinach mornay ready meal, not much use with roast Christmas lunch!
Really pretty disappointed by my Christmas online groceries this year, and we really don't want to go to a supermarket.

Oh dear muse, no prune juice. Time to bump that thread about - er - logs?

Hope your order’s OK Lizzie.

??. Mine’s just arrived. 2 of the 4 pkts of crisps missing. Sausages (but I’ve still last weeks in the freezer) No prune juice for DH. He will be ?. No rum that was on offer. Again, we have reserves.

No substitutions ?.

Glad I didn’t panic. Couldn’t have coped with queues and fighting over the last parsnip ??.

Susieq62

I am volunteering at Christmas so don’t have issues with deliveries, out of date butter etc! Happy to be able to afford to eat and warm the home! Hope you all have a great time !

Thank you. You too!

We picked up our click and collect at 7.15 this morning - no queue and quick turn round but when I checked the list back at home, I found the "small unsmoked gammon joint" had been substituted for 2 large slices of frying gammon. Nor worth going back to the store but it means no roast gammon as I had planned. We are not keen on fried gammon slices so might see if DD could use them and try for a joint next weekend. Bit disappointing but not the end of the world and there are other things in the freezer that I can use.

I haven’t had any deliveries, I have managed to shop in my local shops. I tried click and collect but it didn’t work for me, too many issues. I am lucky to live in a quiet rural area, it might have been different if I lived in a bigger town or city. I have to pop out to a local farm for my turkey and eggs then I am done! Making my own chocolates later on.

If you are eating then you are either getting deliveries or going to the shop to purchase items. Exactly the same as the rest of us then.

I am volunteering at Christmas so don’t have issues with deliveries, out of date butter etc! Happy to be able to afford to eat and warm the home! Hope you all have a great time !

Susieq62

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

I’m definitely not middle class and I appreciate deliveries or click and collect because I have mobility problems, am in pain every step I take and cannot walk round a supermarket.

If your butcher of fishmonger mixed up your order or ran out of your favourite cut of meat, I bet you would complain.

BigBertha1

Yes I was being ironic and yes I can make dauphinoise

Phew!

In the past I have always allowed a couple of days for “essential items so that somebody food pop out at the last minute if necessary- although most things can be bought in advance anyway. Things like parsnips, sprouts, cranberries ,cream, custard/brandy sauce or butter I would never leave until a Christmas Eve delivery.
However I was in Waitrose today and the shelves were groaning with Christmas fare and it was not even especially crowded, not like some years ago in Sainsbury’s where the queues stretched to the back of the store and the staff kept is cheerful by walking up and down the queues with chocolates and mince pies!
Think there may be a lot of yellow ticket (discounted) items by Friday for those who can hold their nerve.

Oh, ok, thank you.
As they are dry I thought they'd be ok.

I shall probably be making soup with them after Christmas although I may try a variation of that recipe (no chilli).

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.

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

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.

And BTW Xmas is ruined was a joke. Sigh!

Yes I was being ironic and yes I can make dauphinoise

Enjoy your lentil, Calistemon.

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.

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.

Thank you, the salad sounds lovely.

We really should eat more lentils !

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.

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.