Do you think something will become cheaper by the New Year? But in vain! We need to prepare for the fact that the price tags will not "bang" like a child, and we will celebrate the holiday anyway. Therefore, I am making New Year's supplies and preparations for food now.
Of course, it's too early to take the perishable, but it's time to buy and clean up something!
Main dish
Each hostess has her own traditional and signature dishes that are served on the New Year's table.
This can be roast beef, Wellington beef, baked chicken or duck, guinea fowl, large ruddy goose or turkey, as well as salmon steaks or baked trout / sturgeon / stellate sturgeon, or budget carp. All this can and should be purchased now, wrapped in two or three layers of cling film and in the freezer.
Believe me, these products, alas, will not be cheaper. And even if you change your mind about whether to bake a goose or fish, it will not be so offensive when, before the New Year, there is suddenly not enough money for them. You already have a plan B, just in case.
Beverages
I think all adults will agree with me that you need to buy drinks in advance, so that you don't run around later, if not enough, or vice versa, in search of decent wine / champagne / cognac.
There will definitely not be serious discounts of 70-80%! Moreover, the government is already wise and proposes to raise prices for alcoholic drinks. Of course, there is a temptation to start marking in advance due to the presence of gurgling supplies under the couch, as the situation overboard is only getting worse every day.
But I think we still have endurance and self-control, so we save a good wine and rub our pens in anticipation of the New Year holidays. You can also pomegranate juice / mineral water, if anything. But you also need to start buying them.
Canned food
Yes, that notorious canned green peas and not only him. We rarely cook Olivier salad for the New Year's table, we have it for Christmas or we plan it on New Year's holidays. But... Last year, I somehow lost sight of the need to stock up on a couple of cans of canned sweet corn and red beans in my own juice.
As a result, on December 31, I was chasing between stores in search of the coveted can of beans - it was everywhere, but only in tomato or baked. And I needed just the usual one, for an appetizer and a salad. Do not repeat such mistakes and if you are going to cook something with canned vegetables, mushrooms, fruits, olives, legumes and other products from a can - buy now!
The same goes for mayonnaise, as well as caviar and sprat. If the terms are normal and there is where to store - take it. Believe me, you will praise yourself for such prudence.
Sausage and cheese
It is difficult to imagine a Russian home meal without traditional plates with such cuts. Already now I am buying sausage and cheese for the New Year's table.
True, I still have only raw smoked sausage in my stash, and I rub the cheese on a grater and freeze it, so that it can be used later for salads or hot dishes.
Fish for a snack
Here you need to return to point # 1. Although I already buy pink salmon, chum salmon or salmon in carcasses. And cut them into fillets or steaks. Something will go to the main hot dish, something to delicious salads.
But mostly red, and not only this kind of fish, I salt myself and even sometimes smoke. It turns out delicious, budgetary and there is always something to treat.
In general, we are not worried, as everything will be fine! And with stocks, it's even better!
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