I know Fridays. I live for them every week. Fridays mean that mommy will be home for the next couple of days. Fridays mean I get to stay up late and watch television with mom and dad. Fridays sometimes even mean popcorn while watching b-rated movies on the Sy-Fy channel.
But, I’ve never heard of this Black Friday. It has to be bad. I say this for a couple of reasons. First, when mommy told daddy he would have to “survive” this day, daddy stopped laughing. Heck, for a minute I thought he was going to cry. He kept saying, “But, but, but”. Mommy didn’t listen to him. Second of all, you know something is bad when mommy laughs like the wicked witch from the east. Ooh shivers just hearing that in my head.
So this Black Friday thing, what can it be? Is it dark as black outside all day and it’s a Friday this Black Friday? Is it a plague or disease? Did someone not pay the light bill? Is it the end of days? Should I start stock piling my piggy chow in my bedroom? I’ll admit that this little piggy was scared.
I did what I do best. I squealed, ran to my bedroom and slammed my door. I then immediately started doing some research on my laptop.
ODP (oh dear piggies). It’s worse than what I thought! Did you know that the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, they call it Black Friday? Here’s the scary part. People get up voluntarily at 0400 hours to camp outside of stores to go shopping!. Thud – piggy down! 0400 hours is like way before even Old McDonald gets up at the farm. It’s before the birds start chirping. It’s before they even make the doughnuts at the Krispy Kreme. Heck, it’s before *I* even stir in my toddler bed. That’s early!
Mommy is going to make daddy go shopping with her on Black Friday at 0400 hours. Two words mom. How uncivilized. I can’t believe mom is going to get up before the break of dawn. But friends, don’t feel too sorry for daddy. I saw him the garage laughing and getting “ready” for Black Friday. He was pulling out his old pads from his football days. I think I even saw him with a hockey stick and a helmet. Oohh mommy – who is punishing who now? Snorts.
So daddy lied. He decided to venture out with mom to take a break from wrapping and they went down the street to a store. It wasn’t busy which was awesome. Daddy of course was looking around with mommy. That’s when mom found this package and started laughing uncontrollably inside of the store. In fact, mom was laughing so hard that she couldn’t breathe. Daddy didn’t know whether to call a doctor or an exorcist for mommy. That’s when she finally got a hold of herself and described to daddy about this video. Remember stores – it’s all about price placement and where NOT to put the sticker. OMP – Now I have the giggles – rolls with piggy laughter.
Welcome my friends to another edition of Shopping Around the World recipes!
This month we are opening the floor for you. You can post ANYTHING (desserts, appetizers, snacks, entrees) that you want to share. Just remember pictures and prices. So what will you post my friends? We can’t wait to see.
Now with mom/dad, sometimes the best thing they crave is a good old fashioned hamburger with french fries. Doesn’t that sound yummy? And mom does them in an unique way. So, let me present Mom’s Hamburgers and Fries.
Ingredients:
Buns – we get a package of 8 for $1.00 = that makes each bun only 0.13 each.
Hamburger Meat – Mom gets a package of ground sirloin that costs around $6.50 a package. Now one package will make 4 burgers = that’s only $1.63 per burger.
1 Tomato (which is optional). We got big beef steak tomatoes on sale for $0.99 a pound. One tomato costs us $1.28 and you only need one slice of the tomato per burger so the rest goes into a salad for the next day 🙂 So somewhere in the neighborhood of $0.21 per slice.
An egg. Yep, you heard it. 1 egg for each burger. Eggs costs $2.00 for a dozen = $0.17 each.
A baking potato because they are huge = $0.59 for one.
Now – the total price per Mom’s hamburger is around $2.75 – take that Mickey D’s restaurant. I’m not posting all of the condiment prices because that can vary.
How to Prepare:
Mom works on the potato first to get it started She cuts the potato in very thin slices and places in a bowl. She then salts them rather well and starts her fry daddy oil. Once the oil is hot, she drops the french fries into the oil to cook. Depending on how brown/crispy you want your fries, depends on the cooking time. Just watch them so they don’t burn.
During the cooking of your fries, plop your hamburger meat out into a bowl. Season your meat – salt, pepper, anything you normally use. Sometimes mom puts some Worcestershire sauce in it as well. With your fingers, gently mix it together – but don’t overwork. Once mixed, kind of flatten against the bottom of the bowl and with your hand make a cross sign – that way you are separating the meat into hopefully four even hamburger patties. Get your pan (preferably an iron skillet because hey we are in the south-LOL) hot and add just a little bit of oil to cover the bottom. Also during this time, turn your stove on around 300-350 degrees.
As your pan is warming up, take one section of your hamburger meat. This is the time if you want to add cheese inside of your burger you would do it here. What do I mean? Well sometimes mom will cut a piece of cheddar cheese and then wrap the hamburger meat around the cheddar cheese covering it. Just be careful after you cook it and bite into the burger because it will be H.O.T. However you do it though, patty your hamburger out and make a small dimple in the middle. Put aside and do the rest of your burgers.
Once the pan is hot, put the burgers in the pan to cook. We prefer around medium but some like it more cooked – your choice. While that is cooking, take your buns and put them on a cookie tray. Butter them lightly and stick them in the oven to toast – be careful not to burn your buns.
Once the buns are done, take them out and put what condiments you want on your burger. Once the burgers are done in the pan, take them off the burner and let them sit for a few minutes. After they have rested a bit, build your burger.
Thanks to everyone for another great edition of Shopping Around the World last month. It’s so awesome to see the various prices around the world – and the pictures with recipes!
Me and my pal Fozzie will be holding another Shopping Around the World scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Do a posting on your blog linked back to mine. That way we can keep track of all of the different prices and recipes.
This month we are opening the floor for you. You can post ANYTHING (desserts, appetizers, snacks, entrees) that you want to share. Just remember pictures and prices. So what will you post my friends? We can’t wait to see.
Please share this posting with your friends – the more the merrier. Come join the fun of Shopping Around the World – mark your calendars – Wednesday, May 25th!
Sometimes when daddy goes shopping he finds the most amazing things. Sometimes – and I’m just saying sometimes – especially during this time of the year placing the price tag is very important and can change everything. Just as in this case. Bet you never think of the show on television or this book again the same way – snorts with piggy laughter.
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores.
We here at the Hotel Thompson have been trying to eat better these days and with it being so darn hot, we have been eating a lot of salads. With that in mind, we took this month’s shopping adventure with the makings of one of our favorite week day meals.
1 – Head of lettuce. It’s funny how the price of a head of lettuce fluctuates so much. We went to Kroger where it was 0.99 a head. Publix had it for $1.19 a head.
2 – Seedless Grapes. We got a small bag of red seedless grapes, 1/2 pound, at Kroger on sale for $1.19 a pound. At Publix, they had the same for $2.39 a pound.
3 – Shaved Ham. Don’t tell Bacon okay. We got the store brand low sodium ham shaved at the deli at Kroger for $4.99 a pound. Publix brand for the same was $6.99 a pound.
4 – Cheese. We buy the block of cheese from Kraft and cut and shred what we need. A block on sale this week at Kroger was $2.50. Publix also had it for $2.50.
5 – Strawberries. In the summer time, it’s a fight for fresh strawberries. We love them and they are one of Bacon’s favorites. I like to slice them up and put them in salads. We bought a package from Kroger for $2.50. The same package at Publix was $4.99 this week.
Things also in this salad were chopped pecans and tossed with Catalina Dressing. The all time perfect summer salad in this Georgia heat!
Thanks to everyone for another great edition of Shopping Around the World. Seeing everyone’s different FIVE ingredient salads was awesome and eye opening! We took notes here at the Hotel Thompson and can’t wait to try some of these new recipes.
Me and my pal Fozzie started Shopping Around the World and it has become a huge hit. We all want to know if we are paying more or less than everyone else – snorts. We are going to do it again this month on Wednesday, June 24th.
Do a posting on your blog linked back to mine. That way we can keep track of all of the different prices. It should be interesting to see the differences between. Mark your calendar so you can do a posting with us.
ITEMS TO PRICE THIS MONTH
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores. Got it? And as always, pictures and recipes are greatly appreciated for our viewing pleasure… and of course licking the computer screen – snorts. Happy shopping my friends.
Come join the fun of Shopping Around the World – mark your calendars Wednesday, June 24, 2015!
Thank you very much for your ideas for the monthly listing. If you have an idea to be added to my on-going list, please send them to me at baconthompson@gmail.com ❤
Thanks to everyone for another great edition of Shopping Around the World. Seeing everyone’s different FIVE ingredient salads was awesome and eye opening! We took notes here at the Hotel Thompson and can’t wait to try some of these new recipes.
Me and my pal Fozzie started Shopping Around the World and it has become a huge hit. We all want to know if we are paying more or less than everyone else – snorts. We are going to do it again this month on Wednesday, June 24th.
Do a posting on your blog linked back to mine. That way we can keep track of all of the different prices. It should be interesting to see the differences between. Mark your calendar so you can do a posting with us.
ITEMS TO PRICE THIS MONTH
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores. Got it? And as always, pictures and recipes are greatly appreciated for our viewing pleasure… and of course licking the computer screen – snorts. Happy shopping my friends.
Come join the fun of Shopping Around the World – mark your calendars Wednesday, June 24, 2015!
Thank you very much for your ideas for the monthly listing. If you have an idea to be added to my on-going list, please send them to me at baconthompson@gmail.com ❤
Oh dear piggy heavens. Here are some more of mom and dad’s adventures. They went out unchaperoned and trust me I have found enough evidence on mom’s iPhone to blackmail those two for the rest of their lives – snorts. Enjoy my friends – snorts!
Oh dear piggy heavens. Mom and dad have been at it again. They went out unchaperoned. Rolls piggy eyes and shakes head. I found some “stuff” on mom’s iPhone. You are so not going to believe those two parents of mine. Enjoy my friends and don’t say I didn’t warn you – snorts!
Miniature pot bellied pig and friends - Bacon, Houdini, Hemi and all of the Rock Clan with Journalist Rocky the Squirrel all out looking for adventures from the Hotel Thompson.
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