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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #25 on: 10 November, 2017, 10:55:26 pm »
Anyone have a suggestion as to where to buy dried chickpeas by the way as non of the shops I have tried sell them.

https://www.spicesofindia.co.uk/acatalog/Beans-Lentils-and-Pulses-p1.html

Lidl fruit and veg is cheaper than Tesco, and often it's much better quality.
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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #26 on: 11 November, 2017, 12:56:30 am »
I'm surprised to hear that tinned chick peas are so variable. Who wants to volunteer to do a taste test?

It's a phenomenon I observed when making a recipe that required two cans of chickpeas. We had one can of Supermarket Own Brand A in the cupboard and one can of Premium Brand B. When I tipped them out into the colander to drain, the contents of the two cans looked very different, so I tasted them and they tasted very different too.

Not that there was anything particularly wrong with the supermarket chickpeas, they would have done just fine in the recipe, but I definitely preferred the more expensive ones.
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hellymedic

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #27 on: 11 November, 2017, 02:23:30 am »
OTOH KTC Creamed Coconut is flagged on my Shopping list as a Do Not Buy. Other KTC stuffs seem fine and are cheap & cheerful.

Some offerings from Fudco and Cofresh are VERY nice and are also cheap.

Ruff Nuts are my favourite.

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #28 on: 11 November, 2017, 05:53:10 am »
FudCo?  The Inappropriately-Named Businesses thread is over there <<<

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #29 on: 11 November, 2017, 08:50:29 am »
Yes, tinned chickpeas vary. Cheapo 'EastEnd' ones (or was it Aldi) have a grey tinge and a stale taste. The better ones are plumper with a more vibrant colour and flavour.

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #30 on: 11 November, 2017, 12:40:22 pm »
If you are close to York, then you could try Alligator.

Blimey is Alligator still going? I remember going there in the 1980s when that and the beer and cheese shop round the corner were the height of cool foodie stuff in York.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

hellymedic

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #31 on: 11 November, 2017, 12:49:42 pm »
FudCo?  The Inappropriately-Named Businesses thread is over there <<<

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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #32 on: 11 November, 2017, 12:55:09 pm »
I try to get pulses and spices from the Asian shops as they have a wider variety, they sell bigger quantities for much less moneyvthan Schwartz etc, and I suspect the higher turnover means things are fresher.
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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #33 on: 11 November, 2017, 01:36:56 pm »
The lack of Asians means a distinct lack of Asian shops in North Yorkshire unfortunately. Next time I am in Leeds I will have to have a ferret arround.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #34 on: 11 November, 2017, 02:18:20 pm »
I put a link in a post above for an online shop.
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ian

Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #35 on: 12 November, 2017, 06:23:13 pm »
Don't they just stick some calcium chloride in cans of beans to firm them up – that might be the difference? It's what my gran used to do with marrowfat peas (and then dye them luminous green with food colouring that I suspect is now banned under several international treaties).

I generally opt to pay more for groceries not because they taste better but I figures it's less likely that someone or something got fucked over to put that product on the shelf. Or at least not fucked over quite as much.

Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #36 on: 13 November, 2017, 01:03:43 pm »
I put a link in a post above for an online shop.

Thanks I had missed that.

Went to Morrisons at the weekend and they had dried chickpeas. Mrs Pcolbeck pointed them out and said I'm just useless at looking for stuff.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Cheap versus expensive
« Reply #37 on: 27 November, 2017, 04:49:11 pm »
If you are close to York, then you could try Alligator.

Blimey is Alligator still going? I remember going there in the 1980s when that and the beer and cheese shop round the corner were the height of cool foodie stuff in York.
Beer and Cheese shop closed about 2 years ago.

Alligator is thriving, being run by Steve, one of the original founders.

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