RamblingMad
I'm an 80s kid too.
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Since the pandemic started, it's been hit or miss by me. My local Fry's is the same. Maybe it's regional, but I struggle to get consistent produce at my grocery stores.Since when?
Since the pandemic started, it's been hit or miss by me. My local Fry's is the same. Maybe it's regional, but I struggle to get consistent produce at my grocery stores.Since when?
Gee why do you think that is? It must be your great economy.Since the pandemic started, it's been hit or miss by me. My local Fry's is the same. Maybe it's regional, but I struggle to get consistent produce at my grocery stores.
Since the pandemic started, it's been hit or miss by me. My local Fry's is the same. Maybe it's regional, but I struggle to get consistent produce at my grocery stores.
The cheap stuff is garbage. The good stuff is expensive, pretty much the same as ground beef which is expensive. It's a rather large chunk of money to put out.I don't get the angst over the cost of turkey. Compared to any other meat it's cheap. Even at 2 dollars a pound.
I use to love the Thanksgiving turkey meal. I grew up mostly Italian cooking. Then I got married and for every holiday or special day (birthdays and such) her family had turkey. I grew to really dislike it because it was no longer a special meal that came now and then.I
Id cook turkeys more often, but that would take the fun out of Thanksgiving.
The cheap stuff is garbage. The good stuff is expensive, pretty much the same as ground beef which is expensive. It's a rather large chunk of money to put out.
Folks are too use to sub-par quality. I would rather pay the money for something good as I'm feeding my entire family for one fabulous meal. I don't know how people eat the Butterball and similar junk. Ham on Christmas and Easter as well.
I can tell you a great way to use up extra clementines: cake!!
I have a great easy adaptation recipe for Orange cake that's actually made with clementines. Use your favorite vanilla box cake mix, and for whatever liquid they direct, substitute 1 part Clementine juice and 1 part Buttermilk, and then add 1 tbsp of clementine zest. Frost it with cream cheese icing. Everyone I know loves this cake, and it normally takes the juice of about 6 clementines to make it.
I tried it in just this situation; needed to use up some clementines, and it was a great discovery. For whatever reason, clementines create a much more orang-ey flavor than regular oranges. You can also use yellow cake mix, but orange-vanilla is one of my favorite flavors, so I prefer using vanilla.Thank you so much for this recipe. I've been looking for Duncan Hines orange cake mix, but they don't carry it where I live.
Your recipe sounds great and I can't wait to try it.
Ha! Not only do I have several near me, but they just opened up a new one, so they're one of the stores that sent me "$10 off $50" coupons. Unfortunately, I never shop there, they're way overpriced. And I lost my rewards card years ago, and never bothered to replace it, so I'd have to get a new one.Weeeeeeeee
Someone passed this along to me. Too bad I don't have one of these nearby.
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They're the hoity toity Kroger. HAHA.Ha! Not only do I have several near me, but they just opened up a new one, so they're one of the stores that sent me "$10 off $50" coupons. Unfortunately, I never shop there, they're way overpriced. And I lost my rewards card years ago, and never bothered to replace it, so I'd have to get a new one.
If I really want to switch it up, I'd go for duck instead.The cheap stuff is garbage. The good stuff is expensive, pretty much the same as ground beef which is expensive. It's a rather large chunk of money to put out.
Folks are too use to sub-par quality. I would rather pay the money for something good as I'm feeding my entire family for one fabulous meal. I don't know how people eat the Butterball and similar junk. Ham on Christmas and Easter as well.
If I really want to switch it up, I'd go for duck instead.
It's difficult to eat beef from any store as I still get beef from my ex father-in-law. The ex use to send it with my girls, but we're on a good page between us and she just calls me and I come grocery shop in her freezer, LOL. The stuff farmed in a manufacturing way is disgusting from meats to produce.Truth. Those cheap turkeys are about 10% chemical laden salt water anyway, which leads to mushy, gummy textured meat. Gross.
We buy a bone in, skin on breast from Whole Foods every year and I brine it myself. We usually get a 5 pounder, and it costs like $9/pound, but it tastes fantastic. The rest of the meal is dirt cheap to make so I splurge on the turkey. I also don't buy cheap ground beef. Grass fed is healthier for you so that's what we buy.
I've never been to a Kroger. I find Harris-Teeter confusing--they don't send out flyers, and when you check their website for weekly ads, they're in list form, versus flyer form, and I find them tough to browse for specials that interest me. There's one across from the high school that the kids call "The Teet".They're the hoity toity Kroger. HAHA.
As to the Harris Teeter weekly ads--you can view them in circular form. I've done it right here: https://www.harristeeter.com/weeklyadI've never been to a Kroger. I find Harris-Teeter confusing--they don't send out flyers, and when you check their website for weekly ads, they're in list form, versus flyer form, and I find them tough to browse for specials that interest me. There's one across from the high school that the kids call "The Teet".
We do have Food Lion, which is my go-to (after Walmart, Aldi's and Lidl). Food Lion has the same parent company as Hannaford, which was where I did some shopping when I lived in the northeast. It was great when I first moved here--it was an 800 mile move, so there was a lot of unfamiliarity, and seeing the same store brands helped my adjustment.
I actually tried today, and got the circular versus the list. I have no idea what I did differently, I've tried periodically for years. In any event, I will be cherry-picking some specials there tomorrow, and I just got another "$10 off $50" coupon in the mail today (for next week).As to the Harris Teeter weekly ads--you can view them in circular form. I've done it right here: https://www.harristeeter.com/weeklyad
I also don't get their circulars in the mail because I live about 8 miles from one. Apparently that's too far. My coworker gets the weekly ad though.
I actually tried today, and got the circular versus the list. I have no idea what I did differently, I've tried periodically for years. In any event, I will be cherry-picking some specials there tomorrow, and I just got another "$10 off $50" coupon in the mail today (for next week).