Enjoy the things you can afford
Brand: Morrisons Cost: £0.50 Found At: Morrisons In this time of uncertainty, I am the queen of discount deli food. For the past three weeks, the supermarkets have been pillaged for essentials: bread, eggs, flour, rice, pasta. Anything that will help get you through a pandemic or a hurricane has been whisked away... Continue Reading →
Brand: The Snaffling Pig Co. Cost: £1 Found at: Tesco What on earth are these?! Britain, what are you doing to yourself?! Stop it! This is literally a bag of deep-fried pig skin and bone. I understand that in “ye olden days” you needed to preserve every part of the pig for the long,... Continue Reading →
Brand: Sugimoto Found at: Bokkusu I hate it. I get it. But I hate it. Yogurt is just spoiled milk that we’ve tricked ourselves into being able to digest. I’m ok with that – it’s not as if most dairy products are much better, and everyone here knows how much I love dairy.... Continue Reading →
Brand: Sainsbury’s On the Go Cost: £3 Found at: Sainsbury’s This is one of those snacks that feels like it was created by a marketing team with a dartboard of buzzwords. It’s got pickles, it’s got root vegetables, it’s got turmeric – it’s got so many healthy things that you cannot call yourself health... Continue Reading →
Brand: Yaokin Found at: Bokkusu TINY POCKET PANCAKES! I’m a sucker for smaller versions of things – and these are particularly delightful. They taste almost exactly like pancakes with maple syrup – sweet and fluffy and full of maple nostalgia. On these cold, stormy winter days, there’s something so wonderful about being able... Continue Reading →
Brand: Dong Wang Yang (Looking East) Cost: £1.60 Found at: Oaka Supercity I went searching for moon cakes in Scotland in February and unsurprisingly met with very little success. I’ve been missing them lately but had forgotten that, even though there are many Chinese grocery stores in Glasgow, they are unlikely to stock a... Continue Reading →
Brand: Storck Cost: 11.90KR for 3 Found at: Willy:s Emil drinks dark coffee. Not Christian Bale’s Batman dark (where you drink it and think, “wow, that’s pretty heavy”) but something more akin to Grave of the Fireflies dark (where you take a sip and want to start crying). It’s the kind of coffee you... Continue Reading →
Brand: Wasa Cost: 7.95 Found at: ICA Yaaaaaas! 110% expected to hate this. It’s a shelf-stable sandwich made of cracker bread and “vegan oat filling.” What’s to like? But boy, was I wrong: this is 10/10 delicious. It’s basically adult cheese and crackers that you can put in your purse. The filling... Continue Reading →
Brand: Eat Grub Cost: £1 Found at: Sainsbury’s I was so confident when I bought these cricket snacks. I walked out of the Sainsbury’s with a self-righteous strut. “I’m going to eat these crickets,” I bragged to myself, as well I should. For DECADES I’ve been telling everyone that: a. we should eat bugs... Continue Reading →
Brand: Morrisons Cost: £2 Found at: Morrisons Years ago, I somehow got a hold of a free audiobook copy of Ken Albala’s “Great Courses” lectures on the history of food. (Its long and will make you crave food wherever you go, but I recommend it.) I spent many a long commute thinking about Indian... Continue Reading →
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