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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 13, 2021 10:15:27 GMT -5
To get to a second grocery store for me is twenty miles. That town does have 4. Yeah, I don't think I could ever be a rural or even a small-town guy. Admittedly, I don't utilize all the advantages of being in a more urban area, but I am way too much a creature of convenience to not have easily available options close by. Way too much work otherwise.... I think it depends on your idea of work. To me, letting things run out and making numerous runs to 4 stores seems like way more work even if the stores are close by. To me convenience is having everything on hand at home especially since I hate shopping. While Sam's Club is 26 miles away I only make one trip a month and take care of 90% of our needs in that one trip. I might stop once or twice a month at the grocery store on the way home from work in addition to this, but there are months I don't need to. Milk is about the only thing I get often and I just grab a gallon at the gas station when I'm there. It's the cheapest place for that anyhow. I seriously only buy paper products and cleaning supplies maybe once or twice a year...but I have lots of storage space.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 14, 2021 9:25:50 GMT -5
DH was questioning how we run short on microchips. He thinks the shortages are BS. I work in electronics and the chip shortage is real for us, but it was getting bad pre-covid already. Covid just made it worse.
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Post by daisylu on Jun 14, 2021 11:15:59 GMT -5
So glad we made the switch to Christmas cash/gift cards the last couple of years. I know some people find it tacky, but I can appreciate it when one of my relatives gives me a gift card to my favorite restaurant. Shows they know what I like, and we all have enough "stuff". Except for the small niece (6yo) & nephew (4yo) who get toys.
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Post by Tiny on Jun 14, 2021 11:59:30 GMT -5
Bananas are weird. Once bananas get to "it's a Today or Tomorrow banana" stage - you can put them in the fridge and they will remain at the Today/Tomorrow stage for 3 or four days (they stop getting ripe). The peel may turn brown/black but the inside is still fine, firm and the right "Today" consistency/sweetness. You pretty much have to eat the banana the day you bring it back to room temperature... the peel gets icky if you don't use the day you pulled it out of the fridge.
I've never put a green banana in the fridge for later - so I'm not sure what happens to the peel or if when they come out of the fridge they can be left on the counter to ripen over a couple of days.
If you freeze a banana (in it's peel) - it stays at the same stage and gets gushy when thawed. The peel also turns brown/black. Thawed gushy gross looking bananas are good for baking or putting in oatmeal/yogurt or as the "jelly" on a PB&J.
I put overripe bananas in the freezer and use them up later.
Bananas are weird.
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Post by tskeeter on Jun 14, 2021 14:25:52 GMT -5
Bananas are weird. Once bananas get to "it's a Today or Tomorrow banana" stage - you can put them in the fridge and they will remain at the Today/Tomorrow stage for 3 or four days (they stop getting ripe). The peel may turn brown/black but the inside is still fine, firm and the right "Today" consistency/sweetness. You pretty much have to eat the banana the day you bring it back to room temperature... the peel gets icky if you don't use the day you pulled it out of the fridge. I've never put a green banana in the fridge for later - so I'm not sure what happens to the peel or if when they come out of the fridge they can be left on the counter to ripen over a couple of days. If you freeze a banana (in it's peel) - it stays at the same stage and gets gushy when thawed. The peel also turns brown/black. Thawed gushy gross looking bananas are good for baking or putting in oatmeal/yogurt or as the "jelly" on a PB&J. I put overripe bananas in the freezer and use them up later. Bananas are weird. Bananas are harvested green and kept refrigerated to keep them from ripening. A few days before bananas are delivered to the grocery store, bananas are transferred from the refrigerated warehouse to a “tempering” warehouse space where the bananas begin to ripen. I think it would work just fine to refrigerate your partially ripened bananas when you get home from the grocery, in order to delay when they get completely ripened. Then pull them from the fridge as you use them, allowing a few days on the counter before you consume them.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 14, 2021 14:44:01 GMT -5
DH was questioning how we run short on microchips. He thinks the shortages are BS. I work in electronics and the chip shortage is real for us, but it was getting bad pre-covid already. Covid just made it worse. I thought you were a nurse. 🥴
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Jun 14, 2021 15:04:21 GMT -5
I work in electronics and the chip shortage is real for us, but it was getting bad pre-covid already. Covid just made it worse. I thought you were a nurse. 🥴 Nope. I wouldn't be so poor if that were the case! I did complete a year of nursing school back in 2005. Maybe that's why you think that.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 14, 2021 16:10:17 GMT -5
I thought you were a nurse. 🥴 Nope. I wouldn't be so poor if that were the case! I did complete a year of nursing school back in 2005. Maybe that's why you think that.
Hearing that and making assumptions for 15+ years sounds about right for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2021 17:43:34 GMT -5
Bananas are weird. Once bananas get to "it's a Today or Tomorrow banana" stage - you can put them in the fridge and they will remain at the Today/Tomorrow stage for 3 or four days (they stop getting ripe). The peel may turn brown/black but the inside is still fine, firm and the right "Today" consistency/sweetness. You pretty much have to eat the banana the day you bring it back to room temperature... the peel gets icky if you don't use the day you pulled it out of the fridge. I've never put a green banana in the fridge for later - so I'm not sure what happens to the peel or if when they come out of the fridge they can be left on the counter to ripen over a couple of days. If you freeze a banana (in it's peel) - it stays at the same stage and gets gushy when thawed. The peel also turns brown/black. Thawed gushy gross looking bananas are good for baking or putting in oatmeal/yogurt or as the "jelly" on a PB&J. I put overripe bananas in the freezer and use them up later. Bananas are weird. Bananas are harvested green and kept refrigerated to keep them from ripening. A few days before bananas are delivered to the grocery store, bananas are transferred from the refrigerated warehouse to a “tempering” warehouse space where the bananas begin to ripen. I think it would work just fine to refrigerate your partially ripened bananas when you get home from the grocery, in order to delay when they get completely ripened. Then pull them from the fridge as you use them, allowing a few days on the counter before you consume them. I'm working to perfect my Aldi banana cycle. Friday I bought 2 semi-ripe regular bananas for Sunday and Monday breakfasts. Today I bought 5 organic, slightly yellow, bananas which should be close to perfect when we return from vacay Thursday. Then they will go in the fridge to develop black skins while remaining at perfect texture and flavor for another week. I have 6 Aldi pears on the window sill which will possibly be refrigerator-ready by our return, and a sack of Aldi mini avocados on the counter which should be fridge-ready too.
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