The English can’t even order chippy food right. You want high level food, come to the emerald Isle. If your plate doesn’t have 11 different potato sides on then it was “cooked” by a fucking ball bag.

    IndustryStandard

    Market food isn’t cheap here but the quality is off the charts. Then again, California, we’re lucky with the climate.

    Been a warm and dry winter (which means we’ll all be dying from a forest fire in 8 months’ time), so the asparagus has been sprouting early. Fresh asparagus is immense.

    EDIT one dude at the bar a few years back called our asparagus salad “asssss-par-ahhhh-gus” which was odd.

        jonattonyeah LOL….I have 2 bunches of asparagus in my fridge right now for that very reason 😆

          IndustryStandard I moved to CA from Florida, and before that, Missouri, and I can say with absolute certainty that the prices here are definitely higher than in either of those two places. I haven’t lived in the Northeast, but per Google, we’re about the same here as prices in the Northeastern US. So, yeah, I feel you. I tend to buy groceries a couple weeks at a time (mostly) and spend about $200/trip also. Also depends on where you shop and what you’re buying. I try to buy as much organic/CSA stuff as I can, but there are definitely cheaper ways to shop.

              Kells77

              Would you say, Kels, that markets are set up for families over this way? The difference in price between a Safeway and a Whole Foods is marginal at best for one or two people. But you get into the household pricing - 4-5 people - and you really see the difference.

                  jonattonyeah Yeah, I would agree with that. I mean, I’ve never really shopped for a household, given that I love living by myself and have no kids, but when you’re talking about buying things in a larger quantity, the costs do add up fast. I have moved towards eating less meat after moving here, mostly because of the cost, so I can’t even imagine what it would take to feed a household.

                    jonattonyeah
                    My American friend is a manager of a food market is Seattle. A lot of the food is all locally grown and is outstanding by all accounts. She also gives out food vouchers to the people who can’t afford it.

                      I think you’ll find the city with the most Michelin starred restaurants is London.

                      Or the capital of the world as I like to call it.

                        And a lol for Mono’s outstanding work in this thread!

                        Smallman1 I think you’ll find the city with the most Michelin starred restaurants is London.

                        Or the capital of the world as I like to call it.

                        Incorrect. It’s Tokyo (total number), Bray in Ireland (most Michelin Stars per capita)

                            -si- Irish cuisine consists of a cheese toasty.

                            • -si- replied to this.

                                bosstrabs only thing Bray has the highest per capita is Indian ink

                                  The amount we spend on food/drink shopping for a family of four is eye watering, especially during lockdown. It is the single biggest cause of argument between my wife and I. Still what is saved on commuting..