Food Basket

Goat flesh

IF YOU must have goat flesh for that special national favourite curried goat, the meat should be on fair offer this week in meat shops and supermarkets as well as retail market butcher stalls.

Lower-priced downtown Kingston meat shops will offer the meat at between $90 and $100 per pound (454.55g), and the same prices will be quoted in most retail markets and meat shops.

Fancy plazas in uptown Kingston will ask more for the meat, however. The asking-price here will start at $120 per pound and go up from there.

Pumpkin

Golden-fleshed pumpkin for the soups, fritters or pies, is not over-plentiful this week in any retail market or vegetable shop.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is asking $25 for a pound (454.55g) of the popular vegetable this week, while most rural retail markets are asking between $25 and $30 for the same quantity.

Downtown Kingston's cheaper selling-spots are asking $25 to $30 for a pound (454.55g) of pumpkin at this time.

Breadfruit

Fruit-food favourite breadfruit is beginning to appear in bigger quantities in retail markets over the island at this time.

Rural retail markets are asking between $15 and $30 each for the fruit-food. The price-range in cheap-priced downtown Kingston locations goes from $20 to $40 each.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market has a price-range of $20 to $40 each for breadfruit. The smaller breadfruit for cooking costs less money, while the large roasters demand the higher prices.

String Beans

String beans for combining with carrots for that special vegetable treat, should be easy to come by this week in retail markets and vegetable shops.

Downtown Kingston's less-costly selling-spots will ask $50 per pound (454.55g) for the vegetables, while mid-island capitals like May Pen and Spanish Town will ask for $40 to $50 for that same quantity.

Most rural retail markets are asking $40 to $50 for a pound of string beans this week and Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is sticking to the $40 per pound quotation.

Pineapple / Mango Drink

Want to try a delightful fruit concoction? How about some Pineapple/Mango Drink? The 540-milligram tin will lessen your spending-money by $52.04.

Water, concentrate, pineapple juice, mango juice, sugar and ascorbic acid make up the fruit drink.

Other fruit drinks on offer include a wide range of fruit punch, and price per-tin varies with the label.

Oranges

Good stocks of popular citrus fruit orange are on offer this week in retail markets everywhere.

Mid-island capitals like May Pen and Mandeville have a price-range of $30 to $60 per dozen for the fruit at this time while downtown Kingston's less-costly selling-spots are asking $40 to $60 for that same quantity.

Most rural retail markets are asking $40 to $60 for a dozen oranges this week, and the price-range in Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is the same.

Escallion

Good supplies of popular seasoning-matter escallion are being offered in most retail markets and vegetable shops over the island this week.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is asking $40 for a pound (454.55g) of the condiment at this time, and the same price is being asked in a number of rural retail markets.

Downtown Kingston's cheaper selling-spots are asking the $40 per pound price as well. They are offering, too, generous bundles of escallion at $10 each.

Butter Beans

A tasty pulse which you can add to any of your meat stews, and which is being offered in a number of supermarkets and groceries is Butter Beans. The 280-gram tin will shorten your spending-money by $33.55.

Lima beans, water, salt, cane sugar, modified food starch and monosodium glutamate make up the produce.

Other tinned pulse on offer include broad beans, gungo peas and red peas in brine. Price varies with product.

Pickapeppa Sauce

An exotic sauce that is bound to improve the flavour of any of your meat or fish dishes is Pickapeppa Sauce. The 148-milligram bottle will shorten your spending-money by $64.10.

Tomatoes, onion, sugar, cane vinegar, mangoes, raisins, tamarinds, salt, pepper and spices make up the product.

How about giving it a try?

Solomon Gundy

Looking for a scrumptious spread-for-bread for biscuits? How about some Solomon Gundy? The 170-gram bottle currently being offered in supermarkets and delicatessen establishments will lessen your spending money by $94.90.

Minced red herring, soya bean oil, cane vinegar, escallion, scotch bonnet peppers, spices, onions and preservatives make up the taste-treat.

Sweet Potato

Tuber favourite sweet potato is not plentiful this week in retail markets, rural as well as urban.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is asking $30 for a pound (454.55g) of the tuber this week, and downtown Kingston's cheaper selling-spots are quoting the $25 to $30 per pound (454.55g) prices for the popular tuber.

Most rural retail markets are asking $25 to $30 for a pound of sweet potatoes this week, and demand for the staple is as good as ever.

Margarine

A tasty margarine product that can prove quite economical is Margarine. The 900-gram packet which is being offered in a number of supermarkets and groceries will lessen your spending-money by $114.00.

Palm stearin, hydro soybean oil, palm oil, edible tallow, water and emulsifiers, sodium benzoate, citric acid flavours and anti-oxidants make up the product.

You can use the margarine for cooking or for your pastry treats.

Macaroni and Cheese

A savoury tempter that you can pick up in a number of supermarkets and groceries as well as delicatessen establishments is Macaroni and Cheese. The 156-gram packet will cost you $28.94.

Enriched macaroni, wheat flour, folic acid, cheese sauce, whey protein, cheese culture, salt and sodium phosphate make up the product.

Macaroni and Cheese comes in a number of other labels, at varying prices of course.

Dasheen

The price you pay for a pound (454.55g) of dasheen this week will vary with your shopping-spot Madam Housewife.

Lower-priced downtown Kingston outlets will have a price-range of $15 to $20 for a pound, while most rural retail markets are sticking to the $20 per pound quotation.

Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is asking $20 for a pound of dasheen this week, and the tuber is in good demand.

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