Why always bulk packaging

As a guy who lives alone, and there are many people who do, why is it that all the supermarkets insist on packaging things like vegetables and meat etc in bulk family packs.  I have yet to find stuff packed for one, that I do not need to repack upon purchase so I can freeze it.  Or I am forced to eat the same food for days in a row so as not to waste.   I am do not like wastage or throwing things away.   There are many things I hardly buy anymore because I as a single person cannot consume them before they go off.

I would love to challenge our supermarkets to start a line for the single people and see if it takes off,

Some vegetables are sold loosely which I can gladly partake of but those that are packaged are not that easy for me which results in me rather not having them and hence seldom eating vegetables anymore.

Chocolate Truffles

Ingredients:

• 250gr Dark Chocolate
• 1 Large Egg Yolk
• 125gr Butter/Margerine
• 4 tblspoon Rum/Brandy
• cookie cups (small)

Cocoa Powder or Vermicelli
Method:

• Melt chopped chocolate over low heat in a double boiler
• Beat egg yolk and butter until soft and creamy.
• Allow melted chocolate to cool a little then add a little at a time to butter mixure
• Add the alcohol
• Put mixture in fridge to harden
• When set take a teaspoon at a time roll into shape by hand and dip in cocoa/vermicelli coating
• Place Truffles in individual cookie cups.
• Put in a container, cover and refrigerate to set.

Makes approx 25 truffles
after a couple of hours prepare to indulge.

Crumbed Chicken or Meat a nice alternative way

Ok so the most common way is to buy bread crumbs from your supermarket, but here is a very tasty and easy alternative.
I buy a large packet of Crisps (your favourite flavour) and a transfer those into a plastic bag, take a rolling pin and I crush them into crumbs (normally I do a third of a packet at a time so as not to over fill the plastic bag.)
I then use melted butter or oil  and dip my chicken or meat or brush it on, then i roll my food in the crumbed crisps.

The famous mistake cake

BEAT AND BAKE CAKE

Known  as Beppe’s  Mistake Cake

INGREDIENTS

4oz (125gr)           Butter

1 ¾ Cups              Self Raising Flour

1 teaspoon         Baking Powder

2                              whole large Eggs

1 teaspoon         Vanilla Essence

2 teaspoon         Almond Essence (or essence to taste)

½  Cup                   Milk

METHOD

Sieve dry ingredients in Mixer Bowl.

Mix & beat all ingredients together

Pour in a buttered and floured cake tin (7” (175mm) diam  or rectangular cake tin)

Bake for  +/- 45 minutes @ 375 F (190 C)

Let cool for 5 minutes in tin, then remove from tin and let cool on a rack.

Omellet with sherried potatoes

Ok so I have had this thing about wanting to make an Omellete with Potatoes cooked in sherry, so tonight I took the dip. All I can say is yummy. I want more.

Alone

I have spent the last few days completely alone, bar for my computer, I ventured out once to get some cigarettes and once when there was a fender bender outside. Basically I have seen no one and been in isolation, mostly working on a project.  Its weird how one finds oneself going stir crazy. I have been talking to myself quite a bit.
The only thing i have had for company has been my tv and dogs.

Thankfully this evening should bring a visitor, otherwise i might not make it.

Most of my time has been taken up listing products for sale on a website: you can see them if you visit Bid or Buy ( the link should be on my blog.

Some things I love having when cooking.

Essential ingredients I love to have around to use in my cooking.

Mushrooms, I love one chopped up in my food, invariably at least one makes it into my pan. Onions also very nice to go in, there is invariably one in my fridge which i cut one or two rounds off a day. Garlic, both the whole cloves and some chopped are around.  Some herbs like parseley, Paprika, Pepper and Salt.  Baking powder, ok I love making ommelets and Baking powder makes them nice and fluffy.

Garlic is of course for medicinal use its very good for the blood.

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