Oh it’s another of my favorite days to blog – Bacon and Fozziemum’s “Shopping Around the World” where we all go shopping and compare prices on a specified list of “THINGS” !!! It’s so cool to see what the differences in prices are around the world since bloggers are EVERYWHERE and so many pawticipate in this fun event………… so “on with the show” !
Here’s what we were supposed to shop for this month AND I’ll post what I experienced while shopping:
- Seasons are changing – what do you pay for HVAC this time of year AND what temperature do you keep your thermostat set on? WELL, this one is easy – right now we are in a funny “early Spring” transitional phase. We aren’t using HVAC at all – we either have windows open or closed to take advantage of Mom Nature’s beautiful early Spring weather. Most of our days are in the high 60s/low 70s and our nights are in the 40s and 50s. If we DO turn on the heat on a rainy/damp/colder day, we set the thermostat at 70. If we have to turn on the A/C on a hottish kind of day, we keep it at 70. So this time of year we’re not paying enough to even MENTION because we just rarely need either heat or A/C!
- Favorite Meat: My Mom has 1,001 ways to make stuff from ground beef
3. Favorite Vegetable: How about potatoes? My parents ONLY buy Yukon Gold potatoes………….
4. Random Item: Our random item this month is fresh corn on the cob – another fave for a cookout…..
5. Homemade Dish including Ingredient Prices: Mom’s favorite “quick to make” dessert is blueberry cobbler (EASY PEASY)
Ingredients: Butter ( 16. oz. Lake O Lakes butter is $4.85)
Bisquick ( 20 oz. box $2.79)
Sugar (2 lb. bag $1.89)
Milk (32 oz. 2% milkfat milk is $1.79)
Blueberries (6 oz. pkg. fresh blueberries $2.99)
Recipe (just in case your mouth is watering and you must have this cobbler immediately):
6 tablespoons melted butter
1-1/4 cup Bisquick
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup milk
3 cups blueberries
Preheat oven to 350 – pour melted butter into 8 or 9 inch square baking dish. In bowl whisk Bisquick, sugar and milk and pour over the butter. Sprinkle the blueberries over the top. Bake 2-47 minutes until golden brown and serve warm (preferably with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!).
Now – excuse me while I go see what the REST of you have done with your “Shopping Round the World” posts today!!!!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
Blueberry Cobbler seems so mushy.
Can I top it with condensed milk?
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It’s delicious! Condensed milk will certainly work – will be very RICH as condensed milk is of course kind of sweet and thick……YUM!
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I’m craving for that thick and sweetest form of milk, the condensed milk. It’ll make the recipe pop up 😛
BTW, how was your weekend? Did you prepared anything new?
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Weekend was good……..Mom went to the plant store and bought a bazillion new plants for my yard……..even some catnip!!
Sammy
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That’s really nice. Beautiful yard you have that means.
I have a small kitchen garden with various vegetables and a few flowering plants.
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Gardens of all sizes, shapes and locations are GREAT!
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Sammy you had me at cobbler…oh my…oh dear…mmmmmm…i think the way you heat and cool is perfect…we do the same in summer as we have no AC so just ceiling fans and open windows..of course we keep the curtains closed on super hot days then when the heat leaves in the afternoon open them up and all the windows..the trees outside all act like an AC..except when we have mid 40c days one after the other..your Yukon gold spuds look yum..i love dutch creams and kipflers..of course my harvest this year was the size of my palm hahaaha..thanks so much for shopping with us and the super recipe..i will be saving all the recipes i think 🙂 loves Fozziemum zxxx
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The cobbler recipe is so ridiculously easy it’s almost like cheating but Mom says it’s delish so that’s what matters right? Guess what – we had to turn on the heat last night and it will be on tonight as it’s been COLD COLD COLD!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Oh i think cheating makes no difference Sammy 🙂 it’s the flavour!! and with the cool weather that is on my bookmark 😉 stay warm Sammy loves Fozziemum xxx
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My human never cooks – her boyfriend is the one who is usually in the kitchen – but she should surprise him with that blueberry cobbler recipe when he gets back from his shows back east! He loves blueberries and gives me cantaloupe, so he deserves a treat!
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Oh that would be a nice surprise for your human’s boyfriend – blueberry cobbler is nommy – sometimes I get some of the ice cream! I’ve never tried cantaloupe Summer but I know you like it – I’m gonna see if Mom will get me some next grocery trip!
Hugs, Sammy
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Love the addition of a dish, ingredients and recipe to this series. Your blueberry cobbler looks yummy!
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The cobbler is SO DARNED EASY to make too – Mom makes it a lot – with different fresh fruit in it – peaches are delish!
Hugs, Sam
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your potatoes look great, ours are more white… I like your corn on the cob, we have it here without the cob but for horrible prices :o)… and is there a way how to attach your blueberry cobbler to a mail?
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HAHA on the cobbler………I bet your Mom could make that for you! Maybe she could add pieces of chew-bone instead of blueberries for you??? The Yukon Gold potatoes are extra delish – Mom used to only buy white potatoes but someone said to try the Yukons and she’s ONLY bought them for a few years.
Hugs, Sam
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Wow,than,s for the rece pals. It does look yummy. Have a great weekend!
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Easy peasy cobbler and OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so yum!
Hugs, Sammy
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Happy Friday, Sammy. That cobbler looks easy and yummy!
Enjoy your weekend!
Love, Sundae
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Easy and yummy are two of my Mom’s favorite words!
Love, Sam
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ALL those foods work for me!!! Especially the ground beef… Grill and add cheese for CHEESEBURGERS! That cobbler! Yes vanilla ice cream or cream poured over the top is a must! I am going to be trying your recipe… with peaches?
Good Morning!
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Oh man oh man peaches are FABULOUS in that cobbler…..same with raspberries and blackberries!!!! YES on cheeseburgers…….hamburger is a wonderful thing! HAHAHA
Hugs, Sammy
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Oh darn….we missed this AGAIN 😦 We sure wish we didn’t have to use A/C right now….the electric bill is creeping up. It was $142 this month and that’s going to double by summer.
Please send cobbler to Florida…..thanks!
The Florida Furkids
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HAHAHA!! The shopping thing is tons of fun – maybe I’ll try to remind you next month!!!!! We will be turning on the HEAT tonight – it’s very cold here……..VERY!
Hugs, Sammy
p.s. the cobbler is EASY PEASY AND YUM
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OMP! That dessert looks like heaven on a dish my cousin! LOVE IT. I admit that I licked my computer screen once… maybe twice. XOXO – Bacon
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Same here……….and when Mom makes it I sometimes get to lick it FOR REAL!!!!!
Hugs, Sam
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Thanks for the recipe, that blueberry cobbler looks yummy.
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YUMMY and SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO easy!
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OMD OMD that DESSERT looks MARVELOUS… WE really love the Shopping days.
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Shopping days are FAB aren’t they?
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That dessert is soooo of my diet.
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Mom makes that all the time – with different fruit but I usually get a tiny “sample” of ice cream so I’m glad she makes the cobbler! HAHA
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MOM WANTS SOME DESSERT!!! OMCS…
HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF
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That stuff is DY-NO-MITE (especially with ice cream!).
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This shopping list is making us hungry!
That’s so nice that you aren’t having to use your HVAC! We have our on, but the weather has been cool enough that it isn’t having to run too much, especially at night. We keep the air on 75 during the summer, and the heat on 67. Otherwise our bill is just too high!!!
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Tonight we’ll need to turn on the heat – we had a weird spring day – in the 30s! What’s with that?!?!?!?!
Hugs, Sammy
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No heat!! OMC…we couldn’t take that. Your prices do sound similar to ours and usually you are cheaper but meat is a ridiculous price. That Blueberry Cobbler looks so good, mom’s going to copy the recipe down and get bisquick the next time she goes shopping. She is unable to pound pastry so would like to just mix it.
Hugs,
Jean and Shoko
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The cobbler is GREAT with a any fruit in it…………..yes – we just haven’t had to use the heat OR a/C yet this Spring but those kind of days are few……….we’ll be using both of them I’m sure. In fact tonight it’s COLD so I think Mom will be turning it on for sure!
Hugs, Sammy
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Hmmmm…. that beef looks YUMMY!!! (*licks chops*) Not that we have ever tasted beef. but still… 😉 Smooches and a happy weekend to ya! 😀 xx Roxy & Tigerlino ❤
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I actually enjoy getting an itsy bitsy piece of meat once in a while but most of the time the only meat I’ll come near is BACON!
Hugs, Sam
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Not long now till you get your bacon… 😉
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Cool Sammy, we furgot all ’bout shoppin’. Mommy used to be da hamburger meat queen. MOL Have a gweat Furiday.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hamburger is sure handy stuff isn’t it? I’ve never been big on meat but once in a while I like just a bit. Bacon is the exception to that rule of course!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Yep weez not have da hooman stuffs vewy offen but we member it wuz good.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Sounds like a very tasty cobbler. We have blueberries, Bisquick and all the rest of the stuff – gotta go get Mom to make one for Dad (and us).
Woos – Ciara and Lightning
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EASY PEASY which is my Mom’s favorite kind of recipe! WINK WINK!
Love, Sammy
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The mom says the blueberry cobbler looks delish! We’re cats, so we’re not fans of blueberries, though. But Wally says if you put some whipped cream on it, he’d eat it.
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Whipped cream OR ice cream are FAB on cobbler of ANY kind! I’m with Wally 100% on that!
Hugs, Sam
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That cobbler looks delicious and mum thinks she will make it, but she doesn’t know what bisquick is. She buys her potatoes from a nearby farm for £5 (about $7.50) for a big sack. She doesn’t know the weight but is probably at least 30 pounds, so they are very cheap.
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Bisquick is one of those mixes in a box that has all the stuff in it already to make pancakes, waffles, biscuits, a coating for fried chicken, etc. If you google “Bisquick” I’m thinking you can find the ingredients that are in the box and just replicate that with regular stuff from the pantry – Bisquick is a “shortcut” for baking and Mom loves it. She’s making pancakes with it for breakfast this morning!!!!! WOW on the potatoes – Mom has often said she thinks she could buy most of the stuff she gets at the grocery from farmers markets around here but it’s just “easier” to go to the grocery. Dad and Mom DO get their tomatoes and corn from the farmers market ALWAYS though!
Hugs, Sammy
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Thanks for explaining the Bisquick.
Because we live in the country we are closer to the farm than the grocery store to buy the potatoes. Mum grows her own tomatoes, but they are not usually ready until the end of July. She grows the small cherry tomatoes too and eats them like sweets every time she walks past the greenhouse.
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We have a tomato plant (just one) every year on our back deck in a big pot. Mom has already planted this year’s “BEtter Boy” tomato plant and it has blossoms on it. Mom and Dad love love love their little homegrown tomatoes. Mom has done the cherry tomatoes before and like your Mom, used to go out and pluck some and pop them in her mouth to enjoy – they’re always SO sweet!!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Hey Sammy!
Wow, I love our shopping day too! I that burger would make super doggy foodables. BOL/MOL My Dad is drooling all over my Mr Dell since he saw that cobbler. YUM
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
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HAHA…..lotsa peeps said that cobbler recipe which is so EASY PEASY has inspired them to make it and my favorite part of when Mom makes it is the ICE CREAM……I do like a lickety lick of that stuff!
Happy weekend!
Love, Sammy
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Hey! Your Mom’s Blueberry Cobbler is almost the same as my Mom’s Peach Cobbler!
And wes loves the shopping trips, mes is going to has to gets Mommy to pawticipate.
Kisses
Nellie
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The cobbler Mom makes with Bisquick is DELISH with peaches too………….and I hope you decided to pawticipate in Bacon’s shopping thing – it’s TONS of fun to see what everybody pays for stuff isn’t it?!?!?!
Happy Cozy Caturday!
Love, Sammy
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Now Mom wants cobbler…though she’d prefer peach! She says she’s going to try Mom Pam’s recipe the first chance she gets. XOCK Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Yum! Thanks fur the recipe! The human just HAS to make some!
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