Saturday, 2 February 2019

Sauces For Courses

Apropos nothing in particular, two products I've recently discovered and greatly enjoyed. 
Stokes Coronation Sauce - I paid £2:50 for a 360gm jar in a Garden Centre shop at the end of December. I used about a third of the jar stirred into some chunks of chopped cooked chicken and served with a salad and bread for a light lunch.The same again filled two jacket potatoes - and I chopped what was leftover a little more finely to fill sandwiches the next day. I still have one third of the jar remaining in the fridge. 
It has a lovely flavour - not too spicy, fruity and delicious. Definitely a useful store cupboard standby. More info here**
Liz and Steph both recommended this Peanut Butter powder. It was on offer, £3ish in Aldi/Lidl [one or t'other, I can't remember] It is currently £4 for 225gm in Sainsbury's. It makes an easy satay sauce, and with some oats, banana, milk and yogurt, it whizzes up to make a lively smoothie.
However, it doesn't make up into regular peanut butter very well, IMHO, it's an ingredient, not a spread for your toast.
**I have yet to taste a Stokes product which I have not enjoyed - but prices vary enormously from store to store. They are really rich in flavour so I don't need much, which makes them more economical. I watch out for bogofs in Waitrose and Sainsbury's.
Unilever announced this week that they are stockpiling Magnums ahead of Brexit. I don't eat ice creams at this time of year. Steph's just won vouchers for a year's supply of Breyers Ice cream, clever girl! 


The best sauce I've eaten this week was some homemade mango chutney. Liz got a bowlful of fruit very cheaply from East Street Market SE17, and it was delicious. Rosie loves it and refers to it as mango chupney so that is what Bob and I now call it too. 
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8 comments:

  1. Alizabethy2 February 2019 at 09:38

    I, too, am a great fan of Stokes Sauces and especially love their Sticky Pickle in cheese sandwiches!

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    1. Angela3 February 2019 at 07:41

      I've not come across Sticky Pickle. I shall look out for that.

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  2. Margie from Toronto2 February 2019 at 19:32

    I love chutneys & relishes and try to pick up some interesting sauces now and again. You seem to get a nicer variety though in the UK.

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    1. Angela3 February 2019 at 07:43

      We do seem to have an amazing range of preserves here in the UK. If it grows, we pickle it!

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  3. Kezzie2 February 2019 at 23:23

    How did she win the Ice-cream supply??? Does she get it all in one go or a bit a month? Makes me think of Willy Wonka! I've not tried either of the products you mentioned (aside from the Magnums)!

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    1. Angela3 February 2019 at 07:45

      I think it was an onli e competition. She is expecting to get a book of vouchers - which she's generously offered to share with the family.

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  4. Bless3 February 2019 at 00:35

    Rosie is too cute and has very good tastes! Mango chutney is one of my favorites!

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  5. Angela3 February 2019 at 07:47

    When I was Rosie's age, I knew nothing about mango chutney. But there was a product called PanYan Pickle which I was very fond of in my childhood.

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