Costco Do You Really Save Money

Is Costco worth the membership cost and buying in bulk?

I have to say it is. We just saved some serious dollars on our last visit. Helen and I went yesterday. We bought a total of 20 products.

Our total bill was $330.69.  It is not easy to dig up comparisons on all the products, but I did look up 8 of them. The quality of all the items were equal to or better than what was available at other suppliers, and the return policy is fantastic.

We saved some serious money

On the 8 items, we saved $146.38.  We also saved on the other 9 items but quality and size were to difficult to find comparisons

Fantastic $330 instead of $476

I have to say that paying $330 on what would have cost more than $476 was a great feeling.

None of the items we bought were on special or had coupon savings.

Way to go Costco.  If you have any questions regarding Costco in Australia ask them here or on our Facebook Page

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In Australia You Can Have Costco Products

Delivered to Your Home.

You Don't Even Have to Be a Member

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Good Eating - Low Cost - If you see a bargain take advantage of it.

A Great Price on Pork Shoulder Is Always Good

When we are out grocery shopping I keep an eye open for bargains. Recently we were at Coles Supermarket, near our house.
We were just getting some milk and eggs, but I normally take a look at the meat section to see if there is something on sale.

There was. They had pork shoulder on sale for $6.50 a kg. 
Last week I bought some to make Pork Jambalaya, and paid $10.00 a kg.  A real bargain if you have a use for it.

And I Had a Use For It

It was cryovaced and had a use by date over 2 weeks away.

Pork shoulder makes a nice pulled pork.

Smoking it in your BBQ or smoker is the best, but if you don't have the time and want to take advantage of the sale; consider cooking it your slow cooker.  It does a surprisingly good pulled pork.
Put it on low before you go to work and when you get home you have the makings of a good meal.

Helen suggested cooking it with just a basic pork rub and not not putting a sauce on it.
Her idea was to portion it out into a few containers and have different meals with it. She figured we could add the appropriate sauce when we made the meal.

Cooking Just

About  Finished 

First Day Was 

BBQ-Pulled Pork
Sandwich

Helen 

Doesn't Like Coleslaw

On Her Sandwich

Grandpa
Does

But We Both

Like Slaw

On The Side 

Future Meals From The Same Batch

Will Be

• Burritos with the pork mixed with Mexican spices, along with black beans and rice.
• Toasted pulled pork and cheese sandwiches with a side of slaw.
• Cajun Spiced Pork in a roux gravy over rice.

Thank You To My Visitors form Croatia, France and Macedonia

Isn't the internet great

Here is a Brooklyn born, California Boy (Grandpa Now); Living in Australia and he is sharing advice about American Style cooking with people from Croatia, France and Macedonia.

Cevapcici & Ajvar

I love making sausage, the first type I ever made was Cevapcici. I had friends over and we really enjoyed it. When I called my friends, to invited them, one of them said that he would bring some ajvar. That first jar started my love of ajvar.

Ratatouille

With all the delicious French Food I always get fixated on Ratatouille. It had to take the mastermind of food to come up with such an uncomplicated dish that satisfies the soul, without a drop of meat. 

The Common Ground

All the above foods have one thing in common with the food I love to cook and eat. They have all stood the test of time. It isn't a fad. It is just good food.
It doesn't cost an fortune, anyone can make it, and it is more fun to eat; when you are sharing it with family and friends.

Thank you for dropping by, and feel welcome to stop by whenever you want. 

 All The Best
Grandpa, Larry

Homemade Chicken Stock - The Healthy - Unsung Hero Of Great Dishes

Many people think making stock is a lot of troubleIt isn't. And making your own is economical

Usually we just freeze chicken bones and make the stock from them, but sometimes we use a whole chicken. In the video I use a big chicken, it cost a bit over $10.00 but it provided us with 2 litres of stock (Campbell's cost $4.00 a litre) But homemade is tastier, fresher, has not additives. 

In addition to the chicken stock

We had enough chicken to make 4 dinners, and some snacks for our dog.

Give it a go. Make your own stock, use it. When you make it there are no additives, you control the salt and it just flat out taste 100 times better.
We use stock in stews, when making mexican beans, sauces. I even use it to make a quick gravy if we need it.
Use your imagination and you can come up with heaps of ideas, basically if the recipe calls for water you can use, homemade, un-salted chicken stock. Of course, you might not want to use it to make a pie, or cake. But hey! it's yours use it where you want.