Bulk buy lentils
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Had a look but can't see anything below just over £2 per kg.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
I find the best place for bulk buying is your local Asian supermarket wholesaler. Many have an online presence/delivery service too.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
This.
Works out at £1.56 per key from my local wholesaler for red split.
Global foods is great. I tend to stock up about once a year from them, though it might be a bit of a trek from the frozen north.
Don't have one.
Riklet
procrastinación
Ring up cos they might well deliver for orders over 50 quid etc. They probs do catering trade and you can set up an account.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
I've found Tesco's world food section and Morrisons offers are cheap as usually they have the 2kg bags for £3.50. This depends on branch. Woolwich Tesco's has an immense store room and good world food section. Alternatively have a word with a local Asian/African food cash and carry/ supermarket and see what they can do. Often they are are working on very low margins and happy to help out.
No one reads anything properly anymore!
I don't have one. I live in a shitty town in the north where even fucking orzo is an exotic food.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Have you considered seeing if you can bulk buy orzo in your local Asian supermarket?
Why not just buy them from Tesco at £1.80/kg? https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/262876719
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
I remember the time in college a canny flatmate took his turn at the monthly budget and decided that the best way to maximise the drink-to-food dichotomy was to "invest" in a very big bag of lentils and a very large quantity of frozen fish.
The number of meal choices that could please everyone that could be made out of a a combination of fish, lentils, ketchup, a few spices and the emergency stock of baked beans was rather limited. That was a long month!
The number of meal choices that could please everyone that could be made out of a a combination of fish, lentils, ketchup, a few spices and the emergency stock of baked beans was rather limited. That was a long month!
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Can't you just smash your spaghetti up and sand the edges down a bit?
nogojones
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Personally, I'd have to be eating lentils daily to consider buying in bulk - they are more prone to aspergillus and mould contamination than dried beans and aren't as safe to store long-term/eat past their best before date, you have to be a bit careful with them.
A couple of months worth at a time is probably safer, although I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to storing food due to having a warm damp flat.
A couple of months worth at a time is probably safer, although I tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to storing food due to having a warm damp flat.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
That is probably closer to the truth than I'd like to admit!
The culprit however, last time I heard of him, he was making a fortune out of scrap metal in the Caribbean!
Taking the piss now.
Tbf I was only thinking of 5 to 10kg at a time.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Remember eating loads of baked beans when the supermarkets fought the Great Baked Bean Wars back in the day. Used to buy trays and trays of the fucking things because I was skint.
That period of time is probably solely responsible for global warming given the amount people must have eaten because they were so ridiculously cheap.
lazythursday
Well-Known Member
I am something of a connoisseur of shitty northern towns and live in one myself, and am struggling to think of one that doesn't have at least a small Asian community or is reasonably accessible to another town that does. Unless you is in Cumbria.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes, sojourner , are you sure you’ve looked properly?
Wow.
Struggle no more then as I prove to you that I know my own fucking town. St Helens is a place where 98% of the population considers themselves White British.
8ball
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Someone ought to mention it.
8ball
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Maybe. Just not me.
lazythursday
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OK fair enough, I've been to St Helens.
But what, thirty mins on the train to Liverpool / Manchester/ Preston? And there are Asian shops in Warrington and Wigan and Skem according to Google. Depends how badly you want the lentils I guess.
8ball
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I wouldn’t have thought of a butcher if I was looking for lentils.
I wouldn't. But it does call itself a grocers despite the name and the pics show it stocks a lot more than meat.
Quality halal butcher St. Helens - Google Search
