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Expensive at €92.50 per litre
When I am in my local Tesco I like to take a quick browse through the beer aisle to see if there are any bargains.
I am a big fan of Bulmers cider, even having a ‘Bulmers’ custom license plate while I lived in California and custom ‘Bulmers’ t-shirts made.
I have always felt that Bulmers is priced a bit high but the price per litre during this trip was crazy – -€92.50 per litre!!
While the correct value is €4.44 per litre,how can such an error happen? Surely this stuff is all in a computer. I didn’t inform Tesco because it seems to be pointless – I have used their Tesco Feedback site but have never received a response to any of my feedback.
Hake fillet with Brooklodge Spice Rub
A few years ago a stallholder at a Farmleigh Food Market recommended Brooklodge Spice Rub (it was ‘Steak Rub’ back then).
Any time I cooked steak I would put a few pinches on either side before cooking. The cooked steak did not need any condiments, no salt, no steak sauce, no nuthin. It was fantastic stuff.
Last week I bought some hake fillets for dinner. Just before putting them into the oven my wife shook some mixed herbs on one fillet. I decided to try the Spice Rub on the other fillet. My wife said it was only for meat (and I thought the same) but the container said it is suitable for fish too.
Just like a steak with the rub, the fish was fantastic. The mix of salt, pepper, onion, garlic, cayenne, chilli, fennel, thyme and rosemary in the rub is just amazing. I highly recommend the stuff.