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Skriven 2014-03-05 23:09:42 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  -> Remember we were talking expensive (and theoretically tasty) cheeses
->  -> being put on greatly reduced sale, though, not food samples of mozz
->  -> sticks... ;)  They hope that you'll be hooked into buying full price
->  -> later... (G)  I know... it's still quite the dream...  ;)   But it's
->  -> more like the knowing the quality of the product being shown...  ;)
->  -> 
->  RH> And knowing I'll never be able to afford it again.:-)
-> 
-> Unless it gets put back on SELL-IT-NOW pricing... ;)  Wegmans Organic
-> chicken and pork sausages are somewhat in that category... but
-> apparently many people are balking at the full price... I keep finding
-> those Tuscan pork ones at half-price with short dates...  ;)  The third
-> package of them just went into my freezer this week...  (G)
->  
I've learned to hit the Big Y on Monday mornings if I'm after some cheap 
gourmet items.  That's when a lot of it gets marked down.

->  -> Or left behind... some stuff no one would want...  :)
-> 
->  RH> Or should want.  Minute Rice falls into that category.  I did try
->  RH> their multi-grain version (with a fat coupon and on sale) recently. 
->  RH> It wasn't horrible.
-> 
-> Some things are useful for short-notice use... or soak up the extra
-> liquid use... ;)  I gave up on the boxed stuff for my pantry, though...
-> it tended to grow bugs before I'd get to it...  Wegmans came out with
-> some decent frozen microwave brown rice... that makes a better quick
-> fix...  :)

I've used similar here; it's not bad. I put some of those boxed mixes into 
the food pantry here.  Someone with no food might not have spices or sauces 
either.
  
->  -> Where was that one from...?  It does sound intriguingly interesting. 
;)
-> 
->  RH> These are German.  They're pretty good.  Then again, anything
dunked
->  RH> in dark chocolate is going to be pretty good.
-> 
-> True.  :)   The description reminded me a bit of the chocolate backed
-> digestives from England... they are a favorite here... ;)

Here too when I can find some.  Chocolate-dipped oatmeal cookies are even 
better.
  
->  -> Is that going to be real crab, or Krab...?  But you are correct, 
enough
->  -> cheese can camoflauge almost anything...  :)
-> 
->  RH> Canned real crab.  The other stuff is tasteless fake fish.  It's
->  RH> protein, but not much more.
->  
-> Ah, that's good, then... :)  Real crab should make the mac&cheese pretty
-> nice...  ;)  Krab can be partly real crab, but mostly white fish made to
-> somewhat resemble... it can be ok in some settings, but not in the same
-> category as real crab...  :)  

Krab is best reserved for kid food.  I ended up skipping it, which was fine 
since we hae too much food as it was.  

->  -> when actually out and about... and I'm not that much of a shopper...
->  -> it might be worth a check I suppose... :)
-> 
->  RH> It often is.  They vary, but a place like Big Lots gets interesting
->  RH> things too.
-> 
-> We've hit that at Christmas, when needing inexpensive gifts...  :) 
-> 
I hit it every so often; it's the best local source for odds and ends.

->  -> Exactly...  once upon a time, one knew where the food came from, and
->  -> did a lot of that "gruesome" prep work without a second thought.. ;)
-> 
->  RH> It might be enough to make me into a vegetarian. :-)
-> 
-> That's a lot of work at the source, too... ;)

True, but at least soybeans don't have stinky guts.
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