Yesterday I did my shopping, online as usual ? after all why would I want to drive to Tesco and fight my way through the crowds of shoppers to fill a trolley with heavy dog and cat food tins plus the occasional item for me ? only to reach the checkout and unload it all onto a conveyor, just to load it all up again at the end. Not only that ? after the drive home I have the unloading and finding cupboard space for it all?? no- it is not for me?.
I ordered all my items on the Tesco website ? it took half an hour from login to checkout and it will arrive at around 11.45 this morning.
Then I made pies?? Sunday dinner pies ? roast beef with all the trimmings under a shortcrust pastry top.
One for my uncle and his wife ? he will soon be 94 and still enjoys a pie?.. one for me and some friends who were coming over for dinner yesterday?..
a nice big one so nobody was left hungry??
And, one for the freezer ? for an evening when I want an easy dinner?
Much better than shopping – what do you think?
Oh and on the subject of pies ? look at this one that my daughter in law and i made when I went to visit?..
Cornish Pasty pie ? it was yummy!!!
Scrummy yummy ……. tummy rumbling now …….
How can I order one of YOUR pies online? They look yummy!
I hadn’t thought about the repetitive loading, unloading etc. I could do without all that but on the other hand I do like strolling round the supermarket checking out everything that’s on offer.
I love the decorative pie covers. I haven’t seen anything that fancy since I was a kid. Making something for the freezer at the same time is sensible. Have to admit when we want an easy dinner we just pull out a pizza!
You make such pretty pies. We’re all ‘watching our weight’ here so pastry’s a no go and there’s no way I’m putting the oven on in this heat. They do look good tho. Nah, I shop at the supermarket. It’s a chore but cheaper than home delivery plus I drive past the supermarket every night so only do a ‘big’ shop once a month or so. There’s only Adam and I at home so I tend to buy what I need each day.
Daddy P – oh yes – they were lovely!!! just the thing for a cold windy February day!!!
Grannymar – I wish I could – then I could give up work and enjoy baking instead of trying to find the time for it!!!!
Nick – I have problems with my hands and supermarket shopping leaves me unable to do the things I want to do – so its a wonderful alternative…. and …. it stops me wandering down the aisles finding things I don’t really need….. I feed my freezer everytime I cook – it makes easy meals easier!!!
Baino – Thank you – as a lifetime member of weightwatchers I know how to cook with the minimum of calories but the maximum taste – thank goodness! The supermarket is a long way from here so the cost of delivery is eased by the petrol I save too…….. heat? the only heat here is from my oven …. roll on summer!!!!
Aaaah, that Sunday lunch pie looks – and sounds – wonderful! Very beautiful artwork on the pastry, too! So, what do you put inside? Do you slice the beef, or cube it? And are there roast spuds, brussels, beans, carrots, stuffing balls and yorkshires? I can’t imagine yorkshires inside a pie…
Jay – They are gorgeous – and the filling depends on the meal ….. Christmas dinner pies have brussles and parsnip, turkey, bread sauce, potatoes and gravy – plus the stuffing and sausage meat. But others have whatever would be on the plate under a pastry crust.
The ones in the photos were roast beef cut into small pieces plus horseradish sauce, with cauliflower, courgettes cooked with garlic herbs and tomatoes, carrot and parsnip mash, potatoes and gravy…. I have put yorkies inside before but this time there was no room so they were on the side!!!!! Yummy!!!
How beautifully you have decorated those pies Kate.
I buy lots on line but have not got to doing the weekly shop that way yet. I guess the time will come but I will choose Acado having watched the on-line shoppers in my supermarket trying to do about 8 at once.