ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> Check my list for the "staples" (e.g. salt, sugar, cooking oil, flour,
> rice, milk, bread etc.) that need replenishing and restock on those. I
> also go to the fresh veggie section, see what's on offer, then I mooch
> over to the butchery and see "what looks good" in the way of roasts,
> steaks, chickens etc. I often buy boerewors too - LOL! I try and keep
> away from the herbs and spices <g> I have so many already, but love
> looking for anything 'new'... If I go near the fishmonger, I eyeball
> what fresh fish is on offer there. (Damn - no sole today). I usually buy
> enough stuff to make meals for the week, but then I "play it by ear"
> from day to day, depending on what we feel like eating... I do forget
> things sometimes, or decide to make something I find in one of my
> cookbooks that I hadn't thought about when shopping, so I might have to
> pop out to get the odd ingredients for that particular dish... Works for me.

it is pretty much the same here. I do most of the cooking, so I do most of
the shopping. I have a pretty good idea of the state of our staples like
flour, sugar, butter. If I notice that we are running low on something I
make a mental note to pick some up on the next shopping excursion. I
usually do my shopping on Fridays and get some fresh fish and something
special for Sunday dinner. My wife usually takes some meat out of the
freezer to defrost and when dinner time rolls around I figure out what I am
going to do with it. Occasionally we will take out some strewing beef to be
cooked up and then reheated the next day, and that is about the only time I
have to plan ahead.