Over the years, I have seen gas wars, cigarette wars, milk wars, but never an egg war! Actually, it is kind of nice. During the past three months or so, I have not paid over 89-cents per dozen for eggs. Yesterday, I was in Aldi's to pick up salad and bread and they had eggs at 54-cents. Today, I was in another Aldi's for bacon that I had forgotten to get yesterday. This latest Aldi's had eggs for 44-cents. And before you ask, no, the dates were not near expiration. They were for the normal time frame for eggs.
Since Albertson's has purchased Tom Thumb from Randall's or Safeway---which every one it was at the time, they have shared weekly ads and made digital coupons attractive. Now that Kroger's has eliminated my senior citizens discount of 10% I don't mind shopping different stores. Sprouts, Trader Jo's, HEB Central Market, and sometimes Fiesta and El Rio Grande for spices.It's getting to be chili weather and I make a big kettle and freeze individual servings that last me through the winter. So, between Aldi's and the Al-Thumb boys, eggs have been spectacular!. Fried, poached, hard boiled (eaten sliced up in salads or deviled) and perfect moist and fluffy scrambled
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| This was what I was looking at while I ate my Krispy Cream glazed and drank my coffee yesterday. |
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| The berry crop this year is record breaking |
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| I named her Gertrude. She is my favorite out of all the bronze cows in this herd. |
. An yes, I have finally nudged my weight loss off that plateau where it seem to have anchored itself during the early part of the year.
Aldi's had massive-sized premium chicken breast for a spectacular price and I froze them. I'm thinking tonight that I might not even buy a turkey this Thanksgiving and cook a couple of those big chicken breast. With dressing and all the trimmings...it will work for me. Although I have cooked traditional 12-16 pound turkeys before and alternate with ham for Christmas. One year Ham on Turkey day and Turkey on Christmas day and the next year, just the opposite. In fact, having those chicken breast will honor those hens that laid those super cheap eggs! My breakfast is 600 calories every morning. With black coffee which has no calories. Then, I try to do a 550 lunch and a 450 dinner. Sometimes... I cheap a bit. But all in all I'm pretty loyal to the ole diet. It's not hard with steaming vegetables, both fresh and frozen with a three ounce meat--pork, chicken or wild catch salmon. Any hamburger that I get, comes in a tray at In-n-Out . I've stopped french fries and only do the hamburger thing 2,sometimes 3 times a month. Now, I'm loyal to Whataberger, but they lost me on the price. My next best is In-n-Out. I like the taste, the price and and the drive through, the outside picnic tables or the inside atmosphere reminds me of my high school days and the White Hut burgers that were so good.
So, say a little prayer for them chickens that they can continue to lay them super cheap eggs for us old folk in Dallas and we will thank y'all!
