onmyown30
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That’s all I buy for pasta and been getting at amazon for years. Always such a better price than Walmart here in town
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Meemur
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Speaking of pasta cutters, the walmart one is back in stock. I had a similar one in college. This is good for occasional use and not overly expensive.
If you do a lot of pasta making and have a Kitchenaid Mixer, there is an attachment. Shop around: I've seen these a lot cheaper on eBay.
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If you do a lot of pasta making and have a Kitchenaid Mixer, there is an attachment. Shop around: I've seen these a lot cheaper on eBay.
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nomifyle
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SouthernBreeze
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Absolutely. I make a great London Broil using a packet of dry onion soup mix. Just place the meat in my crock pot, add a bit of water, and empty the packet over the top of the meat. Simmer in the pot all day, or until it gets tender. Meat will be very juicy with a fantastic savory flavor.
SouthernBreeze
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I stock a ton of spaghetti, macaroni, and egg noodle pastas. Pasta is a big part of our regular diet, more so than rice. When I use a package of any type, I replace with two. That way, I'm always ahead, and fully stocked. I like making things from scratch, but pasta is a different story. I like the ease of dumping it in boiling water, and drain.
nomifyle
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I do the same thing except I do not add water. I do brown the meat and it makes its own au Jus, lots of it. The onion soup mix makes wonderful seasoning.
God is good all the time
Judy
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
The families that fill up 4 - 5 shopping carts with dozens of the same products, like all the tp that is for sale. If they really needed that much, they could've ordered it from Sam's Club or the like. Instead, I actually saw that at HyVee and the manager didn't say anything at the time. That has changed now with limits.
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My definition of a hoarder is someone who grabs more than their share during a crisis. Stocking up over time to build a reserve is very different than going in and grabbing everything on the shelf when you know there are shortages and by doing so are causing others to do without. Personally I would not take the last item on the shelf unless I really needed it and would not just be adding to my pantry.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Well according to some idiots I see on faceborg more than one item of any given food is considered hoarding in their minds. I suspect that one they are lazy, two they're uncreative, and three they are attention whores, and going to the grocery store on a daily basis gets them their desired attention.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Same here and they come up from Kansas City and from Omaha as well with their trailers and they hit every store in the area.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
One of the things I learned this past summer is that if you are stocking up in advance, ie prepping, most people are still going to view you as a hoarder! My cousin was so pissed because he couldn't get h is precious ramen noodles, no amount of convincing him to stock up on those damned things would persuade him to do so. Nope he was mad at all of the families buying them for their kids who were now home 24/7. He kept insisting that they were hoarders. Its still hard to believe he's a Trump supporter with his mindset about prepping.
nomifyle
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I would have an issue with that too. Sometimes I buy the last thing, if I need it. I have stopped buying canning jars because I have a supply. I did buy a box of wide mouth lids the other day, but there were two cases of them. Last time I went to Kroger and I bought 6 bottles of their worchestire sauce, there were plenty. Sometimes I only get to Kroger once a year. Some people would call me a hoarder because I have a good supply of anything I need. Frankly I don't give a rats @$$ what people think. I have food I would share, but I would not share everything I have, except my with my grandchildren.
There was a woman that I know that I use to take her foods that I got in commodities, but she complained about some of it so I've not been back.
God is good all the time
Judy
mzkitty
I give up.
Bummer. We were going to go out to the store to finish up getting more of the sale items at Winn-Dixie. Wouldn't you know it nobody had left our parking lots, so we couldn't go out. Sigh.... We're not buying a bunch of heavy canned things and not have our favorite space near the door; it would be gone when we got back. Our complex management had sent out a memo saying they had created space for guests to park, but I don't think people are paying attention to it. Makes me mad. We'll have to wait until the day after tomorrow, I guess. If people are just visiting for New Year's, they should be gone by then. I hope.
BTW as far as "hoarding" -- I don't have enough money to actually hoard. I'm grateful to have SOME extra, you know? I don't know how the really poor do it.
BTW as far as "hoarding" -- I don't have enough money to actually hoard. I'm grateful to have SOME extra, you know? I don't know how the really poor do it.
I am surprised to see hoarding referred to on here. I never give it a thought. If an item is available and I want it I buy it.
Same for others. If they buy all of an item more power to them. Anyone of us could be called hoarders. According to some I definitely am. Just bought 2 more cases of toilet paper at Walmart.com and no one that saw my stash could say I needed it. To me it is game I play. Long days with nothing much to do.
Same for others. If they buy all of an item more power to them. Anyone of us could be called hoarders. According to some I definitely am. Just bought 2 more cases of toilet paper at Walmart.com and no one that saw my stash could say I needed it. To me it is game I play. Long days with nothing much to do.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I have a nice supply of TP, I go to the loo a lot, so go through a lot of TP.
No, I'm not going to get a bidet.
People's ideas on hoarding vary, to me not having a well-stocked pantry is a no go, I wasn't raised like that, even my best friend who is a liberal has a well-stocked pantry. Like me, she grew up with parents that would often find themselves laid off or even out of a job because mining and factory jobs were like that in the 70s and 80s.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
So can fresh milk and bread Also be frozen.
AND EGGS, IF YOU BREAK THEM FIRST and freeze them in serving size ( I put 2 in a bag) ziplock bags!
And just DUMP FRESH BERRIES into ziplock bags to freeze for later!
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
If you have the space, you'll have much better results freezing berries if you spread them out on parchment-lined tray and then freeze them. Put them in the bags once they are frozen. They will have less water when thawed and not be so soggy.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
OC bought both red raspberries and blackberries on sale for a very good price and that is what I did I put them out on a cookie sheet that was lined with parchment paper and froze them and then bagged them up after they were frozen. I'll be making jam this weekend and am looking forward to having some homemade blackberry and red raspberry jam on hand!
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Thou speaketh words of armageddon! No bacon??? Surely the world cometh to an end and quickly.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Soggy is unnoticeable when you add sugar and pour over shortcake and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I pretty thinly, (1/4”), slice the strawberries too, and the sugar makes em “soggy” and rich with juice, even if you dont freeze em. Otherwise, the cake is dry rather than soaked with rich, fresh strawberry flavor. Nowadays, I have been served terrible strawberry shortcakes by cooks who only cut the strawberries in half and then use little or no sugar to bring out the juice.
Martinhouse
Deceased
I've always wondered what is the purpose of spending money on parchment paper for doing this when I've never had a problem just carefully rinsing and draining the berries and then spreading them right on the cookie sheet. They come loose just fine once they are totally frozen, especially if one uses a very large cookie sheet that can be "twisted" diagonally just the tiniest bit to help the frozen berries pop loose.
Guess I'm just a cheapskate.
Guess I'm just a cheapskate.
Meemur
Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
My berries are generally fresh from the bush and usually wet. The parchment paper helps me. I have a gazillion rolls of it that I bought when a home store went out of business. If you don't have a problem with them being soggy, don't worry about it. I did, and that was the fix for it.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
WHY? If you are making jam it was a waste of time and effort to go to all the trouble you did. Just dump em in a bag and toss in freezer.
The really nice thing about the "individually quick frozen" berries (this also works really well for peas and sweet corn) is you can take as much or little as you want... a dozen berries for a quick snack, or 4 cups for a batch of jam.
I use the flexible plastic cutting mats you can get at the Dollar store for freezing this type stuff. They're really easy to flex and pop all the berries or veggies off them, and can be used as a funnel to direct them into a zip lock bag.
I froze 40 quarts of blueberries this year using this technique. I dump them into heavyweight, 2 gallon bags when they're frozen. I'd sure hate to have 2 gall9ns of berries frozen into a solid lump!
Summerthyme
I use the flexible plastic cutting mats you can get at the Dollar store for freezing this type stuff. They're really easy to flex and pop all the berries or veggies off them, and can be used as a funnel to direct them into a zip lock bag.
I froze 40 quarts of blueberries this year using this technique. I dump them into heavyweight, 2 gallon bags when they're frozen. I'd sure hate to have 2 gall9ns of berries frozen into a solid lump!
Summerthyme
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Well for starters he bought them about four weeks ago! That's why!
I didn't have the time and the plumbing in my kitchen sink was messed up and not working correctly so I froze them. That's why!
They freeze better and are less wet when you lay them out on a tray to freeze. That's WHY!
Also I have more than enough for one batch of jam and need to measure it out correctly to get a good batch of jam or two or three. That's why!
Not sure why this is such a big deal to you, you do you and I'll do my thing my way.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This^^^ I can scoop out a small amount for my yogurt or oatmeal!
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
This is a great, and reusable, idea, I'll look for these the next time I'm at the dollar store.
Aldi in Piedmont, NC today...no bacon; still no regular pepperoni but there was turkey pepperoni; meat (beef) was quite sparce; didn't look for pork chops; some of the chicken selections were sold out, too, eg, whole chickens. Other things were OK. Didn't go down the household aisle but there was one large empty pallet but I don't know what had been there. Prices seem a little higher overall. Store was not very crowded...maybe because NC has a curfew of 10 pm so New Year parties will be minimal, if at all. However, I think 2021 will begin anyway! :-)
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
my cookie sheets don't twist like that, I can remember my mom's twisting like that especially in the oven.
Martinhouse
Deceased
Hey! I remember those old cookie sheets of my mom's that would warp in the oven! The oblong cake pan did it, too! I remember it making that big bang noise while we were all eating supper if she had a cake or cookies in the oven to serve fresh at the end of the meal.
My cookie sheets don't do that, they just bend the tiniest bit when I apply a twist to them to pop things loose. I would never force them to bend.....they were expensive pans! And it's only the largest flat ones that even flex that little bit.
On an unrelated note.....Did you know that you can make a ten pound honeysuckle turkey breast fit into a 5 1/2 quart crock pot if you lay it sideways on a towel on the floor and step on it and sort of bounce down on it really hard? Best to leave the plastic and mesh wrappers on it while doing this, of course.
My old crock pot had a nice high domed lid, but it died and the only replacement I could find at the time had a metal-banded lid that is almost flat, barely rounded at all!
My cookie sheets don't do that, they just bend the tiniest bit when I apply a twist to them to pop things loose. I would never force them to bend.....they were expensive pans! And it's only the largest flat ones that even flex that little bit.
On an unrelated note.....Did you know that you can make a ten pound honeysuckle turkey breast fit into a 5 1/2 quart crock pot if you lay it sideways on a towel on the floor and step on it and sort of bounce down on it really hard? Best to leave the plastic and mesh wrappers on it while doing this, of course.
My old crock pot had a nice high domed lid, but it died and the only replacement I could find at the time had a metal-banded lid that is almost flat, barely rounded at all!
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packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
with the one cookie sheet you didn't put a cookie in the one corner or it'd pop off when the cookie sheet twisted in the oven.
Roadgeek
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One of the Four Horsemen is actually riding a pig.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Agreed, I love my new cookie sheets, got them from Aldi, they're so much nicer than what I had some 30 years ago.
Grounded Idealist
Hope Always
This is a great “pantry” recipe in that it can be made soley from items from one’s food storage supplies. I’m sure it could also be altered as needed to create a cooking sauce or other addition to make a simple/light meal much richer.
Thanks Barry! I’ll keep this one for the file.
SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Who doesn't have a freezer full of bacon?! I've always bought bacon, and stored it in my freezer. When I find the brand we like on sale, I load up on it.
Grounded Idealist
Hope Always
Add shredded cheese and you’ve got the sauce for homemade mac & cheese. Type of cheese and seasonings are your choice; the possibilities are endless!
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SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I make this same recipe for cheese sauce. You're right, endless uses for it.
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