whoisjohngalt
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 29, 2017 14:22:23 GMT -5
I don't like grocery shopping and when I was living alone, I shopped at my-culture store for pre-made stuff.
It's not just the shopping part for one person that's annoying. I completely get not wanting to cook and clean for one person unless you enjoy those activities. It doesn't take any less time or effort than cooking for larger family.
There are a few things that I make only for myself bc my family doesn't like a recipe, but if I ever find myself living along - there is a very good chance my stove and oven will be used a LOT less.
That's why I don't get the desire for Blue Apron type of deals for a single person.
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Post by milee on Jan 29, 2017 14:54:02 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. Wait, you mean breaking off only the number of bananas you want from the bunch is a produce foul as well? Dang, I'm going to be banned from the produce section soon.
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Post by swamp on Jan 29, 2017 14:58:32 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. Wait, you mean breaking off only the number of bananas you want from the bunch is a produce foul as well? Dang, I'm going to be banned from the produce section soon. Me too.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 29, 2017 15:01:39 GMT -5
Also guilty of breaking up banana bunches.
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Post by taz157 on Jan 29, 2017 15:05:33 GMT -5
Also guilty of breaking up banana bunches. Yeah that.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jan 29, 2017 15:15:03 GMT -5
Even though I'm alone I rather enjoy grocery shopping. What I don't like is having to cook anything I am bringing home. As I've said before, I'm done with the cooking stuff. I can buy anything I like bring it home and within 3 minutes dinner is ready, then I toss out the wrapping. I do buy bananas, in fact I bought 4 today. Also discovered a Walmart mini-salad on clearance for $1.49, that will be lunch tomorrow at the VA.
Tonight is Wendys chili that I bought a few months ago. Will have a slice of garlic bread with it. I still have 3 more containers of chili and hope to have the freezer empty by the first of April.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2017 15:23:45 GMT -5
On the ginger front you can buy a big piece and freeze it. I don't even peel it first, I grate it frozen and the peel melts into the dish.
It lasts freaking forever when frozen.
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Post by milee on Jan 29, 2017 15:53:41 GMT -5
Based on my discovery that my produce section behavior is downright heathen, I'm formally requesting a "heathen" emoticon. It should be the normal smiley type face but with a bone in the hair... I can think of several times where the heathen emoticon will come in handy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2017 16:00:37 GMT -5
Ginger isn't heavy. I once broke off a piece and had a hard time getting the ch Ct out to even register it because it weighed almost nothing. I haven't tri d that again. It'll get used...
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 29, 2017 19:14:28 GMT -5
milee - so knowing what you know - how do you clean produce, especially things like raspberries that are very "fragile". Do you simply wash it or use some kind of spray?
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Post by milee on Jan 29, 2017 19:37:02 GMT -5
milee - so knowing what you know - how do you clean produce, especially things like raspberries that are very "fragile". Do you simply wash it or use some kind of spray? Wash, wash, wash. Raspberries and mushrooms - fragile and absorb water - are hard to wash well, but I just wash them as best I can. Raspberries - rinse and gently shake for about a minute. Mushrooms - brush off all visible debris and then rinse for 10-20 seconds. Not perfect but better than nothing. See - this is where I need that Heathen emoticon. I don't spring for organic everything, but I'm more likely to pay the extra for organic if it's on the Dirty Dozen list or if it's hard to wash.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jan 29, 2017 20:13:10 GMT -5
Another banana bandit here. Who knew we are such horrible rule breakers
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jan 29, 2017 21:13:51 GMT -5
I break apart banana bunches too. I bought two just yesterday. I like them a little green and all the singles were too ripe.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Jan 30, 2017 8:51:10 GMT -5
Who the heck made up a rule about breaking up banana bunches. I've done it since I first started grocery shopping and that was back in the dark ages. Is this a new age rule no one told me about?
Heck I even break up the tomatoes that are "still on the vine" so to speak. Am I committing a cardinal sin by not buying all 4 or 5 that are attached?
This seems to be a good excuse for me not to grocery shop any longer. I hate to cook so now I totally have a reason to never darken a grocery store's doors again and eat every meal out. Thanks folks for setting me free. Who says these boards don't offer up help when needed. TY TY TY you all!!
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jan 30, 2017 9:18:55 GMT -5
I try not to break up bunches unless I need to. I know one place I shop started charging differently for the singles/broken-up bananas. I don't know why though - it's all the same product. Re: ginger - I only deal with ground ginger. I do lightly squeeze and smell produce. Peaches/nectarines for me need to be firm yet somewhat yielding. With berries, I try to inspect them all before putting them in the cart. I don't touch them but I do shake the container a bit and look from all angles. milee , I know years ago there was a produce spray that was sold in the store I worked in as a HS student. My parents bought it and I thought it worked pretty well.
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Post by dannylion on Jan 30, 2017 11:12:47 GMT -5
There is absolutely nothing wrong with breaking off whatever amount of bananas you need. Sheesh. Who makes up these "rules?" There are enough real rules to remember without making up imaginary ones. Each banana comes in its own package; the fact that one banana might be attached to another banana is irrelevant. It's not like breaking off just one clove of garlic from a bulb. That would be wrong. That would be breaking open the package. Breaking into a banana and trying to buy just half a banana would be wrong. And weird. Breaking off one banana because one banana is all you need to buy is fine.
Wow, it's hard to stop spelling banana when you get to the end of the word. I just want to keep going .... banananananana.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 30, 2017 12:40:19 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. I've used it at our local (also the nice one) Walmart and have been happy with it. I also like that any substitutions are charged at the original price so if I asked for generic but it's out, I'm not getting charged extra because they didn't stock correctly.
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Post by whoami on Jan 30, 2017 12:49:34 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. I've used it at our local (also the nice one) Walmart and have been happy with it. I also like that any substitutions are charged at the original price so if I asked for generic but it's out, I'm not getting charged extra because they didn't stock correctly. Ive stopped letting them sub. I got like 10 2L bottles of diet coke to replace a 12 pack....Ive also gotten things like shrimp flavored whatever to replace beef flavored.... Some of the subs are just too random. I will say that since I unchecked the sub box, far fewer items are not delivered than were ever subbed...which leads me to believe they were subbing things for whatever reason for items they did have in stock.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 30, 2017 12:56:07 GMT -5
I do have a few things I won't let be subbed but for most of it I just don't care that much. If they start subbing weird stuff then I'll worry about it. I don't think I'll be using it every week but it's handy now and then when I'm short on time. (Or when I twisted my ankle)
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jan 30, 2017 13:01:24 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. I've used it at our local (also the nice one) Walmart and have been happy with it. I also like that any substitutions are charged at the original price so if I asked for generic but it's out, I'm not getting charged extra because they didn't stock correctly. So far, the only substitutions I've received have been size. For instance, I order 18 oz sour cream and received 24 oz. Not a big deal. I did discover that it is better to be more descriptive.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 30, 2017 14:57:38 GMT -5
I haven't had a lot of items subbed, but each time the person bringing it out told me what was subbed and if that was okay. So if I just said no then it would have been taken off.
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Post by hoops902 on Feb 9, 2017 14:22:52 GMT -5
Also in on the Wal-Mart grocery pickup. Have only used it a few times, but my wife loves it. She can plan ahead, set up the order, and pick it up easily with baby in tow. We have had quite a few things subbed, not big deals, but have gotten some items we weren't keen on (got some Kaiser buns for sandwiches as subs, we got a lot more than we originally ordered, but they tasted a lot different). Seems like a great idea though. We've gotten lots of fresh fruit and vegetables and to this point have not had any problems (which I feared we might given we aren't picking them out).
It's worked out pretty nicely so far. It's a lot easier for me to "help" with it too, since it's on the app. Before if I went with her to help out I'd take half the list, but I'd inevitably pick out the "wrong" thing because her lists are geared towards her just knowing what she wants. Now we run out of something, I have the package right there in front of me to enter into the app and pick the right thing. It's also helped us try out some new things that we normally wouldn't have gotten because we're so focused on just getting the shopping done when we go to the store (like who knew I'd like long grain rice with quinoa...certainly not I).
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Post by Happy prose on Feb 9, 2017 15:31:33 GMT -5
milee - so knowing what you know - how do you clean produce, especially things like raspberries that are very "fragile". Do you simply wash it or use some kind of spray? I wash all berries in a bowl with water and white vinegar. I let it sit for about 10 minutes and rinse. Makes the berries last longer too.
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