Week 10: Peach Dish
On a 5 star rating (low to high):Flavor:***
Price: $$$$
Variety: ****
Prep (Difficult to Easy): ***
Website: ****
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Other Codes? Vergilis
Shipping: Standard box. These are packaged in organza bags with a protein.
The Recipes: We chose Salmon Dill Croquettes, and Chorizo Sopes. However, i had chosen the week of april 26th for our date, and peach dish took it upon themselves to choose meals for the week before that and shipped us a box for that week which really irritated me. i was under the impression that i could choose my start date and that clearly wasn't so. They substituted a stroganoff dish for the sopes (we were really looking forward to the sopes). The recipe cards are folded, and you REALLY have to read them. I missed the sticker on the fish that said to keep it frozen, but it luckily didn't seem to affect the product.
Prep/Time: DH prepped the first meal, which took around 30 minutes. He helped with the second which was around 30 minutes as well (but slotted for 50 minutes). I felt like these used an absurd amount of dishes. I didn't like that this didn't really follow the step-by-step method of other cards where you understood why you were doing a step and how it was being used in the dish. i kept reading ahead to figure these things out. I've mentioned that i have a food allergy to soy. There weren't really allergy flags on this website, and, being southern, it was no surprise that i had to figure out my substitute for a lot of mayonnaise (which is something i'm used to doing, but worth mentioning)
Price: This is on the pricier side at only 2 meals for $50 (which is a guideline. Every dish is priced a little differently, with most- but not all- meals for 2 people being $25). Their promotions are also not great, so the trial was $40 for 2 meals.
Flavor: I was not a fan of the stroganoff dish they chose for us, but DH liked it fine. The salmon croquettes were as expected and yummy as was the salad.
Portion: These were kind of small, not excessively so, but the stroganoff was a one bowl dish and we added asparagus from our garden to round out our salmon dish.
Variety: There's ~8 things to choose from, with some of them being desserts, soups, or salads. Given this is a "southern" food site, i really expected more southern style dishes. We chose the salmon croquettes but...salmon is a northern fish...
Flavor: I was not a fan of the stroganoff dish they chose for us, but DH liked it fine. The salmon croquettes were as expected and yummy as was the salad.
Portion: These were kind of small, not excessively so, but the stroganoff was a one bowl dish and we added asparagus from our garden to round out our salmon dish.
Variety: There's ~8 things to choose from, with some of them being desserts, soups, or salads. Given this is a "southern" food site, i really expected more southern style dishes. We chose the salmon croquettes but...salmon is a northern fish...
Cancelling: There's a button on the website. Easy Peasy.
Extras: They send you some "extras". Our extras were some caramels, oranges, and a southern food magazine. I told my husband that given the name, i thought it would be more appropriate to send a mason jar of country peaches with each box.
Extras: They send you some "extras". Our extras were some caramels, oranges, and a southern food magazine. I told my husband that given the name, i thought it would be more appropriate to send a mason jar of country peaches with each box.
Overall: The food was good but overpriced. The presentation was sweet, but lacking the southern charm i expected. There was some miscommunication in the "week" system at sign up, and no allergy flags. Overall, i wouldn't repurchase this one.
Next week we're trying Saffron Fix!
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