It's already been Yuletide. I kept the article in the reading list a week ago.
It's easy to understand, but a lot of English expressions in it.
Christmas dinner set to cost less this year
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3y61qq41o
checkout - at the supermarket checkout
lb - pronounce 'pound' < Latin 'libra'
digging deeper < dig deep
tot up (British)
all the trimmings < trimming
tighten their belts < tighten your belt
granule
icing
whopping - a whopping 26% increase
spud
lift [Collins]If you lift root vegetables or bulbs, you dig them out of the ground.
perishable - accent
stockpile
yellow sticker
meat joint
It's good to know
[quote] noting that supermarkets usually fight for customers with cut price "potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels spouts".[unquote]
This is also good to know
[quote]While loss-leaders are good for shoppers, Mr Futter stressed these below-cost prices "don't show the true cost to the farmer" and can generate a lot of food waste. "People think that food is cheap to produce - that's not true."[unquote]
I didn't know that butter and cheddar can freeze to stock up.
[quote]Use your freezer: Christmas foods that freeze well include butter, meat joints and some cheeses like cheddar.[unquote]
I didn't know that there was a turkey farm near Slough. Turkey sounds American. I prefer roast beef and vegetables for Christmas.
I don't like 'Christmas essentials' which described in the article. I don't like turkey, pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and mince pie...especially supermarkets' packaged one...yuck.
I was totally stunned by the sage and onion stuffing sandwich... it's traditional British food, indeed.
TRADITIONAL Sage and Onion STUFFING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nQ3fM1bRE
It's easy to understand, but a lot of English expressions in it.
Christmas dinner set to cost less this year
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3y61qq41o
checkout - at the supermarket checkout
lb - pronounce 'pound' < Latin 'libra'
digging deeper < dig deep
tot up (British)
all the trimmings < trimming
tighten their belts < tighten your belt
granule
icing
whopping - a whopping 26% increase
spud
lift [Collins]If you lift root vegetables or bulbs, you dig them out of the ground.
perishable - accent
stockpile
yellow sticker
meat joint
It's good to know
[quote] noting that supermarkets usually fight for customers with cut price "potatoes, carrots, parsnips, Brussels spouts".[unquote]
This is also good to know
[quote]While loss-leaders are good for shoppers, Mr Futter stressed these below-cost prices "don't show the true cost to the farmer" and can generate a lot of food waste. "People think that food is cheap to produce - that's not true."[unquote]
I didn't know that butter and cheddar can freeze to stock up.
[quote]Use your freezer: Christmas foods that freeze well include butter, meat joints and some cheeses like cheddar.[unquote]
I didn't know that there was a turkey farm near Slough. Turkey sounds American. I prefer roast beef and vegetables for Christmas.
I don't like 'Christmas essentials' which described in the article. I don't like turkey, pigs in blankets, sage and onion stuffing and mince pie...especially supermarkets' packaged one...yuck.
I was totally stunned by the sage and onion stuffing sandwich... it's traditional British food, indeed.
TRADITIONAL Sage and Onion STUFFING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5nQ3fM1bRE
