The 3 worst words..."Christmas food shop"

Dammit, wife has just said we'll do the Christmas food shop later. The 3 worst words in the year. I can handle shopping for presents, that's vaguely interesting. But there is nothing good about the food shop, hours of comparing Brussels Sprouts and which type of fat will suit the potatoes, the endless lugging in and out of the car, the eye watering bill for one meal and a few days of leftovers...I'm depressing myself at the thought of it...

Dr Crayfish

No one is forcing you to do these things. Well maybe your wife is.
There seems to be some kind of crazed collective psychosis in charge of the population right now. I work near Grafton st and was out an hour ago. It's so wrong. I just can't understand why so many people go nuts for this stuff.

I was listening to Newstalk yesterday and a guy was interviewing people on the street about getting into debt at Xmas.
He interviewed a few obvious junkies with 6 kids etc, and they were saying they had to borrow 3 grand off loan sharks for f*cks sake.
No sympathy at all. How can you be that stupid?

nullzero

People in Aleppo have no idea of the trauma you are about to experience.

Dr Crayfish

The food is the only part I like! It's all the crap people buy that will end up in landfills in a couple of months that makes my heart sink every year.

whoopsadoodles

Christmas food shopping is the best food shopping of the whole year. It's what going food shopping as a child would be like. Just buy whatever you like. Seven types of Cheese? Oh yeh puhleeeease. Tin of coconut creams? Oh well it is Christmas. Bottle of baileys? Yes, but for the visitors of course!

Fcukin love Christmas food shopping.

Cee-Jay-Cee

We done ours earlier this morning, €183!!!!

Dr Crayfish

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I was listening to Newstalk yesterday and a guy was interviewing people on the street about getting into debt at Xmas.
He interviewed a few obvious junkies with 6 kids etc, and they were saying they had to borrow 3 grand off loan sharks for f*cks sake.
No sympathy at all. How can you be that stupid?

People do lose all sense. My 2 year olds birthday 2 weeks ago, Christmas this weekend, 2 huge presents that cost about €400 new, paid €150 on Done Deal and they're in perfect condition. Alas it's no use for the food and drink, reckon that'll be a couple of hundred. Now 6 kids is a tough one, but 3k is madness.

Father Hernandez

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Christmas food shopping is the best food shopping of the whole year. It's what going food shopping as a child would be like. Just buy whatever you like. Seven types of Cheese? Oh yeh puhleeeease. Tim of coconut creams? Oh well it is Christmas. Bottle of baileys? Yes, but for the visitors of course!

Fcukin love Christmas food shopping.

+1

What dya think about these rashers and sausages, we;ll need more for Christmas morning.

Ahh yeah g'wan someone will eat it.

For alcohol too it's great, do we need another bottle of Jameson?
Sure!

It's exactly what going food shopping as a child would be like.

myshirt

Newsflash people - the shops won't be closed for too long. You don't need to buy enough food that allows one to bunker down for 6 months!

Father Hernandez

Father Hernandez wrote: »

What dya think about these rashers and sausages, we;ll need more for Christmas morning.

Ahh yeah g'wan someone will eat it.

For alcohol too it's great, do we need another bottle of Jameson?
Sure!.

I'm the Scrooge rolling eyes and saying "we won't use it", "that'll go off when we're a quarter way through", "we've never eaten pate any time we've bought it and we won't start this year" etc. etc.

andekwarhola

One thing we definitely need is another thread about consumerism at Christmas.

Kichote

You can't bate the Christmas day food shop you're bound to meet a bunch of people in the shop you havn't seen in years. Hate going into these big multinational conglomerate places and giving them money but it's worth it for the social occasion

Toto Wolfcastle

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Christmas food shopping is the best food shopping of the whole year. It's what going food shopping as a child would be like. Just buy whatever you like. Seven types of Cheese? Oh yeh puhleeeease. Tin of coconut creams? Oh well it is Christmas. Bottle of baileys? Yes, but for the visitors of course!

Fcukin love Christmas food shopping.

I was thinking that earlier too. Usually when I go shopping I stick to the list and get in and out as quickly as possible but this morning I sauntered around checking out all the Christmassy food in case there was something I didn't need but wanted.

RobertKK

There is only so much food one can eat...so less of what one normally buys and more of other types of food...I haven't bought that much Christmas food this year, compared to other years.

Parchment

I enjoy it - i do the shop each year with my mom, its almost a tradition at this point. We only buy what we need and its not a horrible experience for us.

We bring a list, get whats on it and thats it! no problems or stress.

Barry Badrinath

Worst thread ever.

Just as 3000+ food parcels were handed out to the less fortunate by the Cappuchin centre in Dublin this morning.

Poor you OP.

Poor you.

RobertKK

Online shopping is the easiest way and you avoid the crowds and looking for a parking space.

Birneybau

I imagine 'You have Aids' are 3 worse words, in that order anyway.

RobertKK

Birneybau wrote: »

I imagine 'You have Aids' are 3 worse words, in that order anyway.

Well it would be better than 'you have ebola'.

ibarelycare

nullzero wrote: »

People in Aleppo have no idea of thee trauma you are about to experience.

Frosty McGiggleShaft wrote: »

Worst thread ever.

Just as 3000+ food parcels were handed out to the less fortunate by the Cappuchin centre in Dublin this morning.

Poor you OP.

Poor you.

Oh god shut up.

Mr. FoggPatches

Birneybau wrote: »

I imagine 'You have Aids' are 3 worse words, in that order anyway.

In any order IMO
That moment in star wars where Yoda tells Hans solo 'AIDS, you have' is truly harrowing.

andekwarhola

nullzero wrote: »

People in Aleppo have no idea of thee trauma you are about to experience.

Actually, the overblown dinner tastes even more delicious when foregrounded by the misery of emotive student political causes.

Barry Badrinath

ibarelycare wrote: »

Oh god shut up.

If I was to pick anyone on here to take their own advice it would be you.

Iv heard less whines from one armed lepper midgets whose job is to lift things from the top shelf.

Check yourself

whoopsadoodles

Will yis all shut the fcuk up and have a tunnocks teacake for jaysus sake.

McDermotX

I don't bother with all that....

I usually wait until Christmas morning, and then stick my head out the window, at whichever young punk is trespassing on my property and tell him to go and buy the prize turkey that was hanging up in the poulterer at the corner, and tell them to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. I say to him that I'll give him a shilling, but if he comes back in less than five minutes and I'll give him half-a-crown.

It's a small price to pay, but it's worth it if it means being a complete prick the rest of the year.

Atari Jaguar

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Christmas food shopping is the best food shopping of the whole year. It's what going food shopping as a child would be like. Just buy whatever you like. Seven types of Cheese? Oh yeh puhleeeease. Tin of coconut creams? Oh well it is Christmas. Bottle of baileys? Yes, but for the visitors of course!

Fcukin love Christmas food shopping.

And the visitors mysteriously never arrived
Well I suppose I'll drink it myself, don't want it to go off.

whoopsadoodles

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

And the visitors mysteriously never arrived
Well I suppose I'll drink it myself, don't want it to go off.

Ssssshhhhhh.


Ssssshhhhhhhh.

mzungu

Stick on a pair of headphones, take the medicine like we all have to, compare the sprouts 'n' spuds and think of Ireland.

Barry Badrinath

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Will yis all shut the fcuk up and have a tunnocks teacake for jaysus sake.

Need a midget to get the box off the shelf?

I know one.

whoopsadoodles

Frosty McGiggleShaft wrote: »

Need a midget to get the box off the shelf?

I know one.

Don't be so harsh on yourself buddy.

BrokenArrows

Deleted User wrote: »

Dammit, wife has just said we'll do the Christmas food shop later. The 3 worst words in the year. I can handle shopping for presents, that's vaguely interesting. But there is nothing good about the food shop, hours of comparing Brussels Sprouts and which type of fat will suit the potatoes, the endless lugging in and out of the car, the eye watering bill for one meal and a few days of leftovers...I'm depressing myself at the thought of it...

Ask your wife to make a list of everything that is needed and you will do the shop alone. It will be far easier, quicker and cheaper.

Atari Jaguar

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Ssssshhhhhh.


Ssssshhhhhhhh.

I AM FULLY CAPABLE OF STUFFING A TURKEY. WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTLE OF BAILEYS

Birneybau

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

In any order IMO
That moment in star wars where Yoda tells Hans solo 'AIDS, you have' is truly harrowing.

Have you Aids, hmm?

whoopsadoodles

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

I AM FULLY CAPABLE OF STUFFING A TURKEY. WHAT ABOUT THE BOTTLE OF BAILEYS

You don't need to stuff the bottle of baileys silly. :rolleyes:

Spanish Eyes

I popped into the local supermarket this morning.

Yikes the amount of alcohol being purchased was mind boggling, and as for the trolleys laden down like prepping for Armageddon was just a disgrace.

I will do better next year. Promise.

Macy0161

Frosty McGiggleShaft wrote: »

Worst thread ever.

Just as 3000+ food parcels were handed out to the less fortunate by the Cappuchin centre in Dublin this morning.

Poor you OP.

Poor you.

Could've been worse - Glen Hansard might've shown up with a guitar.

s4uv3

Mmmm cheese. Fcuk me I love cheese.

Birneybau

s4uv3 wrote: »

Mmmm cheese. Fcuk me I love cheese.

Not a good enough reason

s4uv3

Birneybau wrote: »

Not a good enough reason

No, you're right. I have a kind heart on Saturdays, how's that?

I want to be buried surrounded by cheese wheels, pringles, and mounds of toblerone.

Mr. FoggPatches

Birneybau wrote: »

Have you Aids, hmm?

Mood killer, innit!

whisky_galore

They way people are shopping, you'd swear we were heading into a nuclear winter.

s4uv3

whisky_galore wrote: »

They way people are shopping, you'd swear we were heading into a nuclear winter.

I had a dude try and order three months worth of stuff last week "because Christmas".
I actually laughed at him and very nicely told that we're closed for one extra day and told him to come round to himself.

Kichote

This place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha

Everything shuts down around the 15th-18th of December and nothing re-opens until the middle of January. C'dya imagine if they tried that here?

Atari Jaguar

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

You don't need to stuff the bottle of baileys silly. :rolleyes:

I'll be stuffing it into my jacket cos 20 euro for a bottle is a disgrace

Who's the real thief here?

Conall Cernach

Just tell her you can't go because the boss wants to see you in the office about something important. Then go to an off licence and buy a bottle of whiskey and go home while she is away doing the shopping. Claim that the boss gave you the bottle as a present then drink the bottle together, perhaps making herself an Irish coffee to relax after all that work, and chance your arm.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

Don't leave your house to shop. Supervalu even have an app which makes it ridiculously convenient.

Shopping List

Description Qty Price
Ferrero Rocher 1 €9.00
SuperValu Orange Tray 1 €1.89
Clonakilty Pudding Chubb Black 1 €2.77
7up Free 2 €4.78
SuperValu Signature Tastes Banana Shallot 1 €1.49
SuperValu Signature Tastes Piccolo Tomato 1 €2.79
Uncle Bens Rice Basmati 1 €5.19
Airwick White Vanilla Bean 1 €2.52
Boyne Valley Pure & Natural Honey 1 €2.95
Schwartz Refill Paprika Refill 1 €2.43
Lily O'Briens 16 Chocolate Collection 1 €8.00
SuperValu Fresh Herb Chives 1 €0.99
SuperValu Fresh Herb Flat Parsley 1 €0.99
SuperValu Onion Net Dutch 1 €0.69
Roma Pasta Spaghetti 1 €1.39
Brancott Estate Pinot Grigio 6 €66.00
SuperValu Chopped Tomatos 3 Pack 2 €3.98
Roma Pasta Range Conchiglette 1 €1.86
SuperValu Scallion Bunch 1 €0.79
SuperValu New Season Wrapped Broccoli Crown 1 €1.09
SuperValu Irish Chicken Goujons 1 €4.00
CMP Fresh Cream 1 €3.89
Roma Risotto Rice 1 €3.15
Knorr Stockpot Chicken 4 Pack 1 €1.95
Knorr Stock Pot Beef 4 Pack 1 €1.95
SuperValu Family Value Mushrooms 1 €1.29
SuperValu Lemon & Lime Pack 2 €1.98
SuperValu Light Milk 1 €2.19
SuperValu Crab Meat Promo 1 €4.39
Keogh's Rooster Carry Pack 1 €5.00
SuperValu Signature Tastes White Pudding 1 €1.50
Superquinn Pork Sausage 1 €4.00
Denny Cap Rasher Traditional 8's 1 €3.00
Glenilen Farm Natural Live Yoghurt Strawberry 4Pk 1 €2.00
Batchelors Red Kidney Beans 3 Pack 1 €2.39
SuperValu Pork Stir fry Strips Promo 1 €4.00
Peroni 12 Pack Bottles 2 €34.00
Gourmet Garden Garlic Herb Blend 1 €2.00
Innocent Orange & Mango Juice 1 €2.00


Substitution Policy: Allow
Estimated Order cost:* €207.52
Service charge:* €0.00
Special Offer Savings --€15.64
Vouchers used

We're getting a lot more stuff than usual this week so we can barricade ourselves in when he gets his holidays. Also expecting a lot of parties so taking advantage of the excellent booze offers. I got my holidays today and fully intend on only going out to socialise between now and Christmas. F shopping.

Kichote

You'll need more black pudding than that surely

CaptainR

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

I'll be stuffing it into my jacket cos 20 euro for a bottle is a disgrace

Who's the real thief here?

Lidl Irish country cream 70cl for €6.79.

You're welcome.

Atari Jaguar

CaptainR wrote: »

Lidl Irish country cream 70cl for €6.79.

You're welcome.

Sorry but that's not baileys

gramar

CaptainR wrote: »

Lidl Irish country cream 70cl for €6.79.

You're welcome.

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

Sorry but that's not baileys

Irish country cream...sounds like farmer's ****.

whoopsadoodles

Baileys is €12 in SuperValu.

So it is.

I had some baileys hot chocolate last weekend.