I have gotten those, put it in a slow cooker (with root beer of all crazy things) and then BBQ sauce for pulled pork. Its quite the crowd pleaser for get togethers.  Tastes like a million for 99 cents a pound a few hours slow cook time.

“...Convince your partner to force you to wake up in the morning.”  This sounds like a one way ticket to major conflict and/or a break up.

The value of a freezer when on a food budget cannot be overstated. A lot of folks don’t have room for one, but in the long run, it can be a big food dollar stretcher, especially for produce purchase in season.

There are all gas, all electric and duel fuel ranges - duel fuel is where the stove top is gas and the oven is electric. (I am in the US, that may vary elsewhere.)

I was basically talking about the oven portion, not so much the cook-top, but good advice.

Something I noticed about being able to have a gas range again after years of forced electric cooking, is that the electric oven bakes much drier. Be sure to add extra water/some type of moisture to the oven/dish or everything (especially meat) will come out really dry compared to gas. Also, the cook time tends to be…

I understand not liking a relative, especially an in-law, but to “pretend to like them” is disingenuous, but don’t have to to hateful or hostile either. Be courteous and civil, is all I am saying. Pretending to like them when you don’t will only make them more suspicious of your motives and make them assume you are a…

I would much rather someone hate me honestly than pretend to like me. I probably already know they hate me and probably know why, so pretending just makes me dislike them more.

I had the dog until he passed of old age (I was heartbroken) and did not get another for the same reason, and allergies (which were unknown when I got him).  

I love to entertain, so I had people over, and then they left, I locked the door, cleaned up and went back to doing me. I got a dog so I would have a reason to occasionally come home. I think living alone and being able to take care of yourself is an ESSENTIAL life skill. So many people stay in terrible situations…

Living alone rocks. No one else to mess your place up, move stuff around or just mingle in your karma. I did it for years (and will again) and its really a great way to live. I am not even anti-social. You can always go out and see other people (pandemic aside) any time you want, then and have a fortress of solitude…

A lot of classes I have taken were online and to actually learn the material I needed to memorize, I forced myself to write it (I used 3x5 cards so I could cross reference and add to them later as I found more information). Since I had to concentrate to write them legibly (terrible handwriting), I found remembering…

I got a little faint from just reading this, so thanks for the new paranoia. I can add to to the thousand other nightmares I already host.

My grandmother lived through the depression and she never threw anything away. She would take old clothes (t shirts are ideal) and cut them into strips, and roll them then braid them, and join them end to end forming a long “cord”. She would then take the cord, wind it helically, stitch it together as she went and made…

I don’t really drink (maybe once/twice a year, if that) but conventional knowledge says when everyone is getting out of something, that is the time to get in, so I think I may have to take it up and have a wet January, since every other month is dry (for me).

He is an asshole on a good  day. I do not know if there is a word in English for what he is on a bad one. :)

Revenge was had in the form of no one would drink the decaff so he was forced to make his own coffee for a change. If no one was drinking it, no one was making it. It opened my eyes to how easy it was for someone to sabotage it and I now make/bring my own from home. You never know what kinda of crap some lunatic will…

My boss decided we were all going to go decaf, but he didn’t tell anyone and put the decaff coffee beans in the regular coffee can (covering it up, so he knew what he was doing). I thought I was ill, felt like I was in a (bad) dream, dragging all the time and had awful headaches for days. I actually scheduled a doctor…

I can’t even imagine how hard it must be for alcoholics to maintain sobriety with all the family time. I don’t even drink and yet after a little time with family I want to slam back a few (I see it as less harmful than jumping off a cliff, which is the initial response). No one knows your weaknesses and how to push…

Yes, anyone can be reported, but if HR comes to you, the employee (especially 3 times) its not because of some frivolous unsubstantiated complaints. They will have done a full investigation and concluded that you are a repeat offender and willfully not correct your issues.