Expanding My Horizons
While cruising the aisles at the local Kroger this morning, I found an amazing bargain. A $6 package of Brie for only $0.10! Having never tried it before, I took a gamble and bought 3 packages. You know it's actually not that bad! The weird white rind is super stinky, but once you cut it off the cheese is quite good. :-) I certainly wouldn't pay the normal retail price for it, but I'd buy it for a dollar or two. :-D
I also found Baked Brie that was regularly $9.99 marked down to $0.10 which I might try tomorrow. All of it expires in the next few days, but I read online that ripened Brie can be frozen for up to 6 months. So in case I don't use it all I can freeze it. If I'd known that this morning, I'd have bought the whole lot!
Finding those great deals made it a little easier to throw out a perfectly good big bag of fresh spinach. For those of you in the US who haven't heard, there has been a big breakout of E coli which has been linked to fresh spinach. All of my local stores have pulled anything with fresh spinach from the shelves, including all of the mixed salad greens. I guess I'll be having sandwiches for lunch for the next few days instead of my usual spinach salad. :-( Even dieters can enjoy an occasional Fluffernutter sandwich. Yum!
posted by Jen @ 9:09 PM
5 Comments:
At 10:14 PM,
Kimberly said…
Good deals! I love it when that happens.
I had a spinach salad the night before last, and when I heard about the outbreak yesterday it scared the hell out of me. I seem to be fine though.
At 5:02 AM,
TitanThirteen said…
I've only just discovered the joys of baby spinach, so i'm glad you guys have the outbreak and not us lol
That special sure was a special! I've never tasted brie, but at that price i would definatly give it a go.
When i was pregnant with my second child, Rose, i developed a craving for camenbert cheese [i'd only ever tasted it once]. We had a fridge full of it. Then one day i couldn't stand the stuff any more and we had like eight packets still left in the fridge!
I didn't eat it again for 10 years lol
At 8:00 PM,
BigAssBelle said…
oh brie brie BRIE! love it. love it baked. love it baked with crusty little breads, olive oil, and and and and . . . ;-) what a deal! love kroger. love brie.
At 2:58 AM,
TitanThirteen said…
After reading this post, i thought, "Hmmm i wouldn't mind a bit of camenbert cheese right now with some crackers..."
So i went out and bought some. I had a bit and it tasted funny. I told Rose that she should try some because i lived on it during most of her gestation so she'll probaby enjoy it. So she tried it, and didn't like it.
The next day, we both had a suspected case of food poisoning!! lolol [well.... it wasn't funny on the day,but it is now]
At 8:56 AM,
Red said…
I'm particular about cheeses, too. I'd personally be skeptical of brie that is only 10 cents -- timing is everything with soft cheeses and when they're under- or over-ripe they can be pretty bad. Good brie found in the US (which is totally different than the real brie you find in France, thanks to the US's archaic restrictions on raw-milk cheeses), has a rich, almost buttery flavor. I can't imagine anyone not liking it! I particularly like to use it as a spread on tomato sandwiches. Oh, and the rind is perfectly edible, really. :-)
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