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Post by MJ2.0 on Jan 22, 2017 13:08:56 GMT -5
I have become fascinated with making individual portions of various things in muffin cups. (The fact that silicone muffin cups are available in many sizes and lots of attractive colors and shapes has absolutely nothing to do with this. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it). I can make a bunch of different things and then freeze them for whenever I don't feel like cooking. The silicone muffin cups don't even need muffin tins; I just put them on a sheet tray to bake. And nothing sticks to them. Also, there are purple ones.
I make small omelets and little quiches and miniature meat loaves and tiny veggie casseroles and wee little pot pies in muffin cups. The possibilities are endless.
However, if there were a Panera really close by, I'd probably never cook again, especially if it had a drive-through window. Mini meatloaves are my jam! I just hate washing muffin pans. I also second freezing stuff or finding creative ways to reuse food. That's what I do. Or my easy go-to dinner for one is an Aldi black bean burger with a vegetable.... And possibly a side of fries (frozen, cooked in the oven). Or an egg sandwich/omlette with spinach.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jan 22, 2017 14:11:56 GMT -5
I don't like bagged lettuce, but do sometimes buy romaine as it lasts longer. Most of the time now, when I'm in the mood for a salad, I will buy one of the small ones WMT has, favorite is Chicken Sante Fe @2.98. Makes a good lunch or dinner and will have a slice of garlic bread if I have any. WMT bakery carries one that is 2 small loaves already full of butter & garlic in individual slices. I keep the bag in the freezer and take out 1 slice at a time, pop it into the toaster....done.
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 22, 2017 14:18:03 GMT -5
I have become fascinated with making individual portions of various things in muffin cups. (The fact that silicone muffin cups are available in many sizes and lots of attractive colors and shapes has absolutely nothing to do with this. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it). I can make a bunch of different things and then freeze them for whenever I don't feel like cooking. The silicone muffin cups don't even need muffin tins; I just put them on a sheet tray to bake. And nothing sticks to them. Also, there are purple ones.
I make small omelets and little quiches and miniature meat loaves and tiny veggie casseroles and wee little pot pies in muffin cups. The possibilities are endless.
However, if there were a Panera really close by, I'd probably never cook again, especially if it had a drive-through window. Mini meatloaves are my jam! I just hate washing muffin pans. I also second freezing stuff or finding creative ways to reuse food. That's what I do. Or my easy go-to dinner for one is an Aldi black bean burger with a vegetable.... And possibly a side of fries (frozen, cooked in the oven). Or an egg sandwich/omlette with spinach. Those Aldi black bean burgers are great! Try their frozen seasoned fries, brand name Season. I just put the burgerand fries on one pan and bake for 25 mins.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jan 22, 2017 14:20:27 GMT -5
Mini meatloaves are my jam! I just hate washing muffin pans. I also second freezing stuff or finding creative ways to reuse food. That's what I do. Or my easy go-to dinner for one is an Aldi black bean burger with a vegetable.... And possibly a side of fries (frozen, cooked in the oven). Or an egg sandwich/omlette with spinach. Those Aldi black bean burgers are great! Try their frozen seasoned fries, brand name Season. I just put the burgerand fries on one pan and bake for 25 mins. I really want to try those, but DS is weird about seasoned/spicy stuff and I can't justify buying two different types of fries.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 22, 2017 14:44:26 GMT -5
I love meatloaf and I have made it in muffin tins but my fat ass still goes back for them all LOL. I am a food addict. I love sauteed kale with garlic and butter and I can even over eat on that, though do get tired of it before the bag gets bad. I think we all try new things to see how things can fit in with our lives. Not only does this excite me I also get to eat and it is portion controlled.
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Post by dannylion on Jan 22, 2017 14:46:02 GMT -5
I have become fascinated with making individual portions of various things in muffin cups. (The fact that silicone muffin cups are available in many sizes and lots of attractive colors and shapes has absolutely nothing to do with this. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it). I can make a bunch of different things and then freeze them for whenever I don't feel like cooking. The silicone muffin cups don't even need muffin tins; I just put them on a sheet tray to bake. And nothing sticks to them. Also, there are purple ones.
I make small omelets and little quiches and miniature meat loaves and tiny veggie casseroles and wee little pot pies in muffin cups. The possibilities are endless.
However, if there were a Panera really close by, I'd probably never cook again, especially if it had a drive-through window. Mini meatloaves are my jam! I just hate washing muffin pans. I also second freezing stuff or finding creative ways to reuse food. That's what I do. Or my easy go-to dinner for one is an Aldi black bean burger with a vegetable.... And possibly a side of fries (frozen, cooked in the oven). Or an egg sandwich/omlette with spinach. Sounds like you need to get some silicone muffin cups. I get mine from Amazon. They come in various sizes. I find the larger ones better for meatloaves, but I just got some rectangular muffin cups that I'm going to try out with meatloaf. Food doesn't stick to the silicone muffin cups, so they are easy to clean. I never use metal muffin pans anymore.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 23, 2017 12:43:13 GMT -5
Dannylion....OMG..guess what I found out Saturday. Panera delivers !!! guess what I had for lunch. I do make homemade soup and stew and freeze it in single serve containers.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 27, 2017 14:36:26 GMT -5
I received hellofresh Wednesday when I got back from the hospital. It all got put away after looking through it. I got my blueapron box today. It's surprisingly a fair amount of food for one when you see it all. I have two oranges which if I don't use in a recipe I'll eat them for brekkie. I know some on here mentioned cost, like how it's not cheaper etc. That is not why I did it as I stated in my post.
Any questions, feel free to ask. I haven't cooked any yet.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 28, 2017 14:59:40 GMT -5
I know folks who have used the meal delivery services. No real complaints, but the people tend to fall into one of two categories: working two-parent households with small children who just don't have the time to cook and plan and shop, and older empty-nesters who don't want to bother cooking, planning and shopping. Either way, they see the money spent as justifying the time saved, however much it may be.
I looked at the cost vs. time factor, and for me, not really a savings. It's just two of us; DH is a picky eater anyway. I found the idea of a monthly box of produce from a local CSA to be a far better idea. Healthy stuff I could choose myself, locally grown, delivered to my door (or I can pick up) and I can use it or freeze it as I wish. With the CSA box, I am not limited to a meal of limited ingredients. With the produce box, I can add protein/grain to it (or go totally vegetarian) or cook down and make soup or sauce out of what I don't want to eat whole.
Sometimes it is not about the money. It's about what you can do with what you get in that box. Our local CSA farms have produce boxes that run $25-$35 per month. The delivered meals are less than that, but that's for 2 or 3 meals. And the produce scraps go into the composter for my spring garden. So there is very little waste.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 28, 2017 15:07:11 GMT -5
First meal was ok, I used the orange for dessert. One of the meals came with two potatoes (because the meals are for two) and it's isn't an integral part of that meal (potatoe wedges) I used half of one for hash browns for my breakfast.
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Post by gooddecisions on Jan 28, 2017 15:48:55 GMT -5
I could see the convenience if you don't like grocery shopping. But now there are so many stores that use a clickit app and you can shop online, pay for it and pick it up without even getting out of the car.
I don't understand the difficulty in cooking for one. It is easy enough to buy one steak, or pull out one chicken breast or shop directly at the counter and get one of anything. Rice, pasta, or any grains, just cook what you'll eat. You save a fortune of time and money not having to cook for a whole family and you get to eat what you are craving.
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Post by gooddecisions on Jan 28, 2017 15:50:33 GMT -5
And of course you can buy just one of any vegetable or fruit if that's all you want.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 28, 2017 16:00:16 GMT -5
I could see the convenience if you don't like grocery shopping. But now there are so many stores that use a clickit app and you can shop online, pay for it and pick it up without even getting out of the car. I don't understand the difficulty in cooking for one. It is easy enough to buy one steak, or pull out one chicken breast or shop directly at the counter and get one of anything. Rice, pasta, or any grains, just cook what you'll eat. You save a fortune of time and money not having to cook for a whole family and you get to eat what you are craving. I never had an issue with it either. If I had leftovers, I called them lunch for the next day. I still buy chicken breasts in large quantities (when they are on sale), wrap them individually, pop them in a plastic bag and pull them out when needed. Same for ground beef (I usually do that in 1/2 pound servings for the two of us). Fish I buy the day I am going to use it (seafood store is two miles away). Grains and pastas are stored in airtight containers, so I just take what I want to use. Supermarkets are good about breaking packages for you these days; I've never been refused a request. I keep chopped/prepped vegetables in my freezer - corn, green beans, peppers, onions, broccoli,carrots - in plastic bags for quick use. We cannot get fresh peas here, so I admit to buying the frozen ones. But most everything else is available year-round.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 28, 2017 16:07:09 GMT -5
I know folks who have used the meal delivery services. No real complaints, but the people tend to fall into one of two categories: working two-parent households with small children who just don't have the time to cook and plan and shop, and older empty-nesters who don't want to bother cooking, planning and shopping. Either way, they see the money spent as justifying the time saved, however much it may be. I looked at the cost vs. time factor, and for me, not really a savings. It's just two of us; DH is a picky eater anyway. I found the idea of a monthly box of produce from a local CSA to be a far better idea. Healthy stuff I could choose myself, locally grown, delivered to my door (or I can pick up) and I can use it or freeze it as I wish. With the CSA box, I am not limited to a meal of limited ingredients. With the produce box, I can add protein/grain to it (or go totally vegetarian) or cook down and make soup or sauce out of what I don't want to eat whole. Sometimes it is not about the money. It's about what you can do with what you get in that box. Our local CSA farms have produce boxes that run $25-$35 per month. The delivered meals are less than that, but that's for 2 or 3 meals. And the produce scraps go into the composter for my spring garden. So there is very little waste. Your CSA boxes are cheap compared to my experience. I think our subscription ran $600 for the season (May thru Oct). The problem I ran into was that I would receive 5 different greens in one box, and they'd go bad before I could get to them all. One box, in the middle of tomato season had ONE tomato in it. The one advantage was that I got to try things I hadn't tried before (garlic scrapes, kohlrabi), but the disadvantage was that I still had to supplement liberally from the grocery store and I could do no shopping until I received the box. There was simply more waste than I liked from the CSA boxes, and no way to salvage it.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 28, 2017 16:30:53 GMT -5
I don't like grocery shopping and I don't have a car. I think I said something about grocery shopping, oh it was that I overbuy, but I dislike it with a passion and have no car. I do cook steaks etc for myself. I have individually wrapped chicken breasts right now. Along with other reasons I have mentioned I am moving in a month and not sure where I am going, or if anything will be available right away so I am paring down my pantry. Also I wanted to try to new recipes. You can't buy two lettuce leaves, or a small kale, or fresh green beans. Yes there are plenty of things a oerson can buy if that is on their list. I couldn't even get a small enough piece of ginger one time for a recipe and that shit was expensive. YMMV.
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Post by naughtybear on Jan 28, 2017 16:41:55 GMT -5
Anyhoo, I found it fun to make something different and I am looking forward to making the rest. and that is all that matters to me.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 28, 2017 20:22:16 GMT -5
I know folks who have used the meal delivery services. No real complaints, but the people tend to fall into one of two categories: working two-parent households with small children who just don't have the time to cook and plan and shop, and older empty-nesters who don't want to bother cooking, planning and shopping. Either way, they see the money spent as justifying the time saved, however much it may be. I looked at the cost vs. time factor, and for me, not really a savings. It's just two of us; DH is a picky eater anyway. I found the idea of a monthly box of produce from a local CSA to be a far better idea. Healthy stuff I could choose myself, locally grown, delivered to my door (or I can pick up) and I can use it or freeze it as I wish. With the CSA box, I am not limited to a meal of limited ingredients. With the produce box, I can add protein/grain to it (or go totally vegetarian) or cook down and make soup or sauce out of what I don't want to eat whole. Sometimes it is not about the money. It's about what you can do with what you get in that box. Our local CSA farms have produce boxes that run $25-$35 per month. The delivered meals are less than that, but that's for 2 or 3 meals. And the produce scraps go into the composter for my spring garden. So there is very little waste. Your CSA boxes are cheap compared to my experience. I think our subscription ran $600 for the season (May thru Oct). The problem I ran into was that I would receive 5 different greens in one box, and they'd go bad before I could get to them all. One box, in the middle of tomato season had ONE tomato in it. The one advantage was that I got to try things I hadn't tried before (garlic scrapes, kohlrabi), but the disadvantage was that I still had to supplement liberally from the grocery store and I could do no shopping until I received the box. There was simply more waste than I liked from the CSA boxes, and no way to salvage it. Ours are probably less expensive because we grow locally year-round here in Florida, so there is considerable competition. Some CSAs do let you pick and choose what you want, in an effort to reduce the waste. And yes, those "customized" boxes cost more. I like them because they force me to try new stuff. I might find out I hate that new stuff, but at least I can say I tried it once. Shades of my mom admonishing me to try something once before I decide I don't like it, yanno. And ONE tomato? Dayum. That is a very lonely tomato. And note to Naggie - you can freeze fresh ginger, either whole or grated. Been there, done that. It does lose a little of its potency when frozen, but in a recipe like a stir-fry, it's fine.
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Post by imanangel on Jan 29, 2017 9:28:53 GMT -5
I have used Blue Apron and Home Chef. I have liked both of them. I tried them because I HATE grocery shopping and meal planning. Also, I am working long hours right now and do not want to have to think about what I am going to cook.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 29, 2017 9:42:32 GMT -5
I bought a small piece of ginger the other day to make beef and snow peas. It rang up for $0.09.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 29, 2017 9:52:07 GMT -5
Could you fix the spelling of delivery?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 29, 2017 10:38:46 GMT -5
Could you fix the spelling of delivery? <<Looking for my error, feeling bad then realized where you meant >> Gotta thank y'all for the muffin tin ideas - I did omelets in muffin tins this morning - we each had one and I have two left over for tomorrow. I used vegetable shortening to grease the tins, so no sticking or mess to scrub. DH suggested making a real quiche out of them the next time by using a pastry shell; I will certainly try that. It was such a breeze to do this - just pop them in the oven, then quick shower after my run while they bake - and they were done!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 29, 2017 11:56:33 GMT -5
Your CSA boxes are cheap compared to my experience. I think our subscription ran $600 for the season (May thru Oct). The problem I ran into was that I would receive 5 different greens in one box, and they'd go bad before I could get to them all. One box, in the middle of tomato season had ONE tomato in it. The one advantage was that I got to try things I hadn't tried before (garlic scrapes, kohlrabi), but the disadvantage was that I still had to supplement liberally from the grocery store and I could do no shopping until I received the box. There was simply more waste than I liked from the CSA boxes, and no way to salvage it. Ours are probably less expensive because we grow locally year-round here in Florida, so there is considerable competition. Some CSAs do let you pick and choose what you want, in an effort to reduce the waste. And yes, those "customized" boxes cost more. I like them because they force me to try new stuff. I might find out I hate that new stuff, but at least I can say I tried it once. Shades of my mom admonishing me to try something once before I decide I don't like it, yanno. And ONE tomato? Dayum. That is a very lonely tomato. And note to Naggie - you can freeze fresh ginger, either whole or grated. Been there, done that. It does lose a little of its potency when frozen, but in a recipe like a stir-fry, it's fine. Yep, ONE tomato. It was a fantastic tomato, and made a very good caprese salad, but only one. I was sooo pissed too, because the email I got from the CSA proudly announced tomato season. I would not have been unhappy if the whole box was stuffed with only tomatoes. I got a buttload of kale, and have come to the conclusion that I detest kale. I tried it a half a dozen ways, yuck. The strange thing is that I like greens of all sort, but kale leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The box was also short on fruit. 3 apricots, and 2 pears? Uh, that is not fruit for 2 people. Im thinking what happened was that the farms that provides the CSA are highly involved in the local farmer's market. This market, unlike others has incredible produce but is phenomenally expensive. I think that the farms divert most of he produce off to the market and the boxes get the leftovers. This town has a very well heeled market and will pay the price, but I draw the line at $7/lb tomatoes. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 29, 2017 12:05:59 GMT -5
I have used Blue Apron and Home Chef. I have liked both of them. I tried them because I HATE grocery shopping and meal planning. Also, I am working long hours right now and do not want to have to think about what I am going to cook. This is the reason why I like Kroger's/Fred Meyer's Click list. When I think of what to make for dinner, I add it to my order. It usually takes me a couple days, and when I'm done I place the order and tell them when I want to pick it up. They deliver my order all packed up to my car. Only way it would be better if they would put the groceries away. I have used it twice so far. It keeps me out of the junk food aisle, so winds up being cheaper. I get 5 free orders, then they charge $4.95, which is still less than what I spend in impulse purchases.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 29, 2017 12:11:46 GMT -5
You can't buy two lettuce leaves, or a small kale, or fresh green beans. Yes there are plenty of things a oerson can buy if that is on their list. I couldn't even get a small enough piece of ginger one time for a recipe and that shit was expensive. YMMV. I've never had any problem doing this. I can buy a knuckle sized piece of ginger and 3 green beans. For lettuce and kale, there are usually free leaves that you can bag up. Ginger is expensive, but they charged me 0.19 for the 5" piece I bought last week. You don't have buy a huge, honking piece, you can break off what you need.
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Post by milee on Jan 29, 2017 12:43:46 GMT -5
You can't buy two lettuce leaves, or a small kale, or fresh green beans. Yes there are plenty of things a oerson can buy if that is on their list. I couldn't even get a small enough piece of ginger one time for a recipe and that shit was expensive. YMMV. I've never had any problem doing this. I can buy a knuckle sized piece of ginger and 3 green beans. For lettuce and kale, there are usually free leaves that you can bag up. Ginger is expensive, but they charged me 0.19 for the 5" piece I bought last week. You don't have buy a huge, honking piece, you can break off what you need.I was going to ask this because lately I'm thinking that some of my produce buying habits may be redneck and socially unacceptable. I usually buy ginger at the little hole in the wall Asian market and the lady breaks me off a piece in whatever size I'd like, so when I go to Publix I do the same thing... but based on an earlier post was thinking maybe it's not kosher to break off your own piece? A few months ago a really nasty old guy yelled at me in the produce store for sniffing the peaches. Maybe there's some secret I don't know, but I've never been able to buy decent peaches unless I smell them and they actually smell like a peach. No idea why that's considered offensive - it's not like anything touches the peach but my hand, which is the same thing that everybody uses to pick through the peaches - but this old guy yelled at me for a long time about how I had contaminated the produce, etc. Maybe he saw it from an angle and thought I licked it or something? Anyway, I told him he was nuts if he thought that anything anybody did in the store was worse than what the produce was already rolled in***, so it was just a good reminder for him to wash whatever he bought, but after that I started to wonder if maybe it was considered rude to smell produce. If so, there are a lot of fruits I won't be buying anymore since that's one of the best ways to tell if it's any good. ***I used to pick produce on a neighbor's farm, so got a pretty good look at how produce is handled in the fields. First off, there are no bathrooms in the fields so the workers are using the bathroom where ever they can... and then going right back to picking produce without washing because of course, no sinks either. Then when the produce is picked it's put into a small picking container (never washed) which is dumped into the large shipping or sorting crates (also never washed.) Overnight, whatever mice, rats, snakes, possums, raccoons, roaches and other vermin live on the farm crawl in and around the empty packing crates which again, are never washed. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say someone's nose getting 1/2" away from the fruit before sniffing it is not the worst thing that has happened to your peach before you get it.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 29, 2017 13:46:46 GMT -5
I sniff fruit all the time. While it is not 100% guaranteed, smell does give you an idea if the fruit is going to taste.
If breaking off a piece of ginger is redneck, then I'm there too. I treat ginger like garlic, and like to have a fresh piece of it in the fridge at all times. I'll get about 3 stir fries out of a 5" piece. I don't think anyone could go through a full piece unless every dish they made had it in there.
****what is even grosser than produce from the fields is what is in your own mouth. I have a cast iron stomach, and have gagged on some of the mouths we have cultured. I'd sooner eat something dropped on the floor of the bathroom rather than some people's licks!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 29, 2017 13:51:19 GMT -5
I break off the ginger. Last time there was a piece already broke off in just the right size for me.
When green beans are in season you can buy them by the pound and just get what you need.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 29, 2017 13:57:59 GMT -5
I have used Blue Apron and Home Chef. I have liked both of them. I tried them because I HATE grocery shopping and meal planning. Also, I am working long hours right now and do not want to have to think about what I am going to cook. This is the reason why I like Kroger's/Fred Meyer's Click list. When I think of what to make for dinner, I add it to my order. It usually takes me a couple days, and when I'm done I place the order and tell them when I want to pick it up. They deliver my order all packed up to my car. Only way it would be better if they would put the groceries away. I have used it twice so far. It keeps me out of the junk food aisle, so winds up being cheaper. I get 5 free orders, then they charge $4.95, which is still less than what I spend in impulse purchases. Our local Publix started offering a similar service. I like the idea because of exactly what you mention - if you cannot see the impulse buys, you don't tend to buy them. I mean, not that I do - my DH, on the other hand...
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Post by milee on Jan 29, 2017 14:02:05 GMT -5
One of our local Walmarts (the nice one - was written up in the Wall St Journal a few years ago as being a test store for upscale stuff) offers online grocery ordering. I was very skeptical since their customer service isn't great, but have done the online ordering a few times now and been really impressed. Each time, they've had the entire order ready when promised, I wait less than a couple of minutes before they bring it to the car and it's been 100% accurate. Way exceeded my expectations. There's no charge for it, either! Which I suspect is only temporary as I can't imagine how they can continue to offer something like that with no charge. Cheapskate though I am, I'd pay a small charge if the service continues to be this good.
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Post by quince on Jan 29, 2017 14:12:21 GMT -5
The only time I have NOT broken off a piece of ginger is when I needed a lot to make ginger syrup. I also have broken banana hands when there are only enormous ones.
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