Going out of Business Sale - Specialty Food

[veggiemelt]

I Fancy Food, a specialty food shop in my town, is going out of business. Their online store has a sale right now for 25% Off entire purchase. (And they give free shipping over $100)
www.ifancyfood.com

The code is 25OFF. It's a great store, and the only one of it's kind in our area. I am sad to see it go!

[alkapal]

got an email a few days ago -- 50% off.

[mcgeary]

Egad, what a find -- everything left is 50 percent off the lowest marked price. I just ordered a boatload of lovely stuff for a total of $55. Best deal: a bottle of 40-year aged sherry vinegar for $12.50. Some nice bourbon-barrel-aged vanilla, loose teas, and other things as well. Thanks for the tip!

[decolady]

Well, I went for a second order. This one had:
Blue Sappire Persian salt
Conichons in Vinegar
Haywards Traditional Onions
Honey Chili Sauce
Scallion Ginger Glaze
Bluegrass Bourbon Soy Sauce
Blood Orange Balsamic Sauce

I love shopping like this.

[meatn3]

Ouch! Just placed another order. New things have gone on sale, and many items are gone.
This is fun!

[jumpingmonk]

Good choice with the Bluegrass soy, my partent are doting on the bottle I got in my last order.

BTW one little warning, for anyone contemplating the monkey loungh barbecue sauce. There are sweet barbecuse sauces, and then there is this stuff. There's no way around it it taste like banana nut bread (my mon has actually expressed a desire to add it to her next apple pie!)

[iL Divo]

sadly I got there too late.
their lyles is gone.
they do have treacle though for those wanting heavy black liquid gold to cook with.
3 other things I clicked on to purchase are also gone, dang.
sort of like my grocery outlet closing down, that killed me.
now I gotta go to northern calif to pursue my addiction.

[meatn3]

My order had a little packing glitch. This company fixed it asap with courtesy and grace! I am very, very happy with my goodies!

[decolady]

I got my package yesterday. The packing materials were in line with other places where I order specialty foods and pottery. Postal service rules are to wrap in at least an inch of bubble wrap, have a minimum of 2" between each item filled with packing material and have a minimum of 3" between any item and the box. At least that's what they were when I was selling stuff on eBay some years ago.

I got:
Lyles Golden Syrup
Dutch Pancake Syrup
Smoked Trout (to try a recipe my SIL has been raving about)
Caperberries
Preserved Lemons
Bleu Saphir Persian Salt
Olives Vertes Luques

I've never tried those particular olives, the blue Persian salt nor Dutch pancake syrup before and decided a sale was a perfect time to start.

May go check and place another order.

[alkapal]

decolady, if you're near trader joe's stores, check out their tins of smoked trout.

[decolady]

Thanks for the heads up. The closest oTJ's is a couple of hours away from me, but I do get a chance to go shop there every two or three months. A trip is due to get some of their puff pastry, so I will check on the smoked trout also.

[cheesemaestro]

My order came yesterday, too. Same armored packaging, but the place I regularly mail order cheese and other specialty foods from does the same thing, so I'm used to it. I do hope that the "peanuts" are the biodegradable kind.

My order, one each of:

Dulcet Madras Curry Mustard
Pommery Moutarde de Meaux
Le Puy French Green Lentils
Garofalo Pappardelle
Les Moulins Mahjoub Sundried Garlic Spread
Les Moulins Mahjoub Spicy Sundried Tomato Spread
Les Moulins Mahjoub Traditional Harissa Spread
Lemon Bird Blood Orange Jam
Lyle's Black Treacle

[alkapal]

on their site, you can read that their peanuts are not the ones made from corn-something or another (so they won't melt if wet).

edit:
"""We don't use cornstarch based biodegradable peanuts because we're packing food. Cornstarch peanuts attract critters in all shapes and sizes. They also dissolve instantly so if anything in your box leaks or if it sits in the rain, then you'll end up with a box of goo."""

[cheesemaestro]

I hadn't thought about insects or the instant-dissolving nature of biodegradable peanuts, but it makes sense. I'll have to do a better job of not dumping the styrofoam ones in the trash. UPS Stores will usually take them for their own packaging needs if the peanuts are clean.

[alkapal]

i keep the packing innards and many boxes for sending my packages to family and friends for the holidays. oh, that thrills mr. alka. NOT.

[meatn3]

I received my box yesterday and am very pleased. Felt like I was on a fishing expedition dipping my hand into the sea of peanuts!

[alkapal]

did anyone see the info re the "lime green" packaging option? on checkout, i did not see it, but it seems like it was the default option; this was fine with me, as i would have selected it.

[alkapal]

yep...wrapped out the wazoo!

those hot pickled green beans are...HOT!

[LindaWhit]

I just got my order today at work - OMGosh, they used a humongous box and bubblewrapped the bejeezus out of every item, AND packed the box with packing paper AND packing peanuts! LOL I ended up removing the items from the box and carrying them home in separate bags:

I got:

> Tunisian Zataar Roasting Rub (the jar is cool, but the design also lessens the amount in the jar - so I'm not sure this is worth the money I spent - but we'll see!)
> 2 Miel de Romarin (Rosemary Honey)
> 1 Star Thistle Honey
> 2 Vipers Bugloss Honey (New Zealand) - and yes, I love honey. :-)
> 1 L'Oliver extra virgin olive oil
> 1 EvooRoo extra virgin olive oil
> 1 Blood Orange Balsamic Culinary Sauce

I'll be looking forward to trying things out - thanks again, veggiemelt!

[jumpingmonk]

I got mine as well today and I agree the packing seemed a little excessive given I only ordered 5 things to whit one bottle each of

The Rufus Teauge Meat sauce (I'm a big fan of the Honey Sweet Teauge, and was really hoping to re-stock my supply of that, but they apparently sold out of that flavor between when I made my list and when i actually placed my order the next day. I just hope that the meat sauce also proves acceptable.

Monkey Lounge Barbecue sauce

One bottle each of the Kentucky soy sauce and Kentuckyaki sauce (Ive been eager to try these since I head about them, and with the out of business dioscount the price was a lot less than what Zingerman's asks for it.

Colemans squeeze mustard (not something I'd eat, but my dad likes the stuff)

My othe problem with the packing is that the bubble wrap they are using is so klingy that getting the tape off did nothing to allow you to unwrap the bottles; I had to cut the wrap itself into peices with scissors before it would let go of its contents.

[nomadchowwoman]

You are not kidding--I just minutes ago rec'd my box--holy smokes on that wrapping; got my work-out unwrapping my goodies. And now I see why the honey I wanted was out of stock ;)

I bought doubles on most things so I could get the free shipping: green & black lentils, 40 yo sherry vinegar, arborio rice, vanilla, "hand-rolled couscous" (how posh!), L'Oliver OO. Very happy w/my purchases. Wish I'd gotten there a tad earlier. (Before LW anyway!)

[LindaWhit]

LOL on the Honey being out of stock. I sowwy. ;-D

Please Email me (check my profile) and I will be HAPPY to mail you a jar of the Miel de Romarin and Vipers Bugloss - you just aren't going to get the Star Thistle. :-)

(Seriously - send me an Email - I've got more honey than I know what to do with and I'll be happy to mail them to you!)

[cheesemaestro]

And now I know who got the last jar of the hand-rolled couscous I wanted. :-)

[LindaWhit]

LOL!!! Yeah, the site blocked me from getting something I had put in my cart...after I was done browsing over a period of 30 minutes or so, it said there were zero left of that item. Darnitall.

[nomadchowwoman]

LOL indeed! Looks like CH have put quite dent in the remaining inventory. Nothing like a "sale" to justify more "saving"!

[Beckyleach]

Thanks! Stocked up on my little vice (Lyle's Golden Syrup--three jars!) and got an excellent price on some fancy--and thus usually not allowed by my conscience) 40 year old Sherry vinegar. Yeah!

[John E.]

I noticed you are in Jonesborough. Did you happen to be around when the Great Food Truck Race was recording their show in your town?

[decolady]

veggiemelt, thanks for the heads up. I just placed a nice order. And I too am sorry to read you are losing this resource.

[alkapal]

the dried cepes are gone (glad i got the two i ordered), but i see they have a cepes + blend.... be aware, the containers look about a 1/3 smaller than my hand.

ps, the pommery mustard is an excellent value.

[alkapal]

even when i ordered on the morning of the 21st, the site only allowed me to get one of the spicy pickled asparagus jars, iirc. others were limited, too.

[LindaWhit]

Same last night; only able to get one of the Tunisian Zataar Rub and Star Thistle Honey.

[cheesemaestro]

Thanks for alerting us to this sale. I just placed an order for 10 items, even though there's not much room left in my pantry to put them! All of the Moulins Mahjoub products from Tunisia are extraordinary. I bought several, plus Pommery mustard, French lentils and Lyle's black treacle for baking. I didn't spend enough for the free shipping (it has to be $100 AFTER the discount), but anything up to $100 ships for only $9.95 to where I live (PA).

[meatn3]

I'm looking forward to my package. Bought some very nice vinegars for gifts. Thanks for the heads up. Sorry you are loosing such a nice resource. I lived in Smithville for several years, so know what a treat it is to find a shop like this!

[al b. darned]

I could go broke saving money!

Grab while the grabbing is good. I read this a couple of days ago, and filled up my basket, but decided to "think about it." Since that time at least three things I had picked out were gone today. As some famous dead person person once sort of said, "He (or she) who hesitates don't get none."

[LindaWhit]

Thanks for the warning, al b. Will place an order tonight - some things there I've not seen in my gourmet goodie travels. :-)

[mamachef]

Just placed my order and can't wait!! How sad, to see a cool little business like that go...and my grocery budget is protesting.......but a deal's a deal's a deal, right?
(I like to wrap dilled beans or asparagus in puff pastry and bake.....yummola, easy drinks app.)

[LindaWhit]

Oh my. This is DANGEROUS! I think I'll be doing some shopping this evening............. (my pie safe pantry is going to YELL at me for buying more stuff! LOL)

[alkapal]

veggiemelt, thank you for posting this. i just made a nice order -- and got lots of neat pickled vegetables -- snappers, asparagus, dilly beans, carrots -- plus french mustard, dried porcini, and a thai chili sauce. they also have lyle's golden syrup, fyi...

the pickled veggies are great for holiday hostess gifts, or as a snack with drinks...