Besides the obvious—not crushing people’s bread or putting the fresh meats/produce in the same bag as the can of brake fluid or bottle of shampoo or whatever

Regarding item organization... this USED to work. Like, the 70s early 80s, in the paper sack era. I have seen it. But over time, the bagging job, if it gets done at all by someone other than the cashier, is just throw shit in there willy-nilly. People don’t even use the common sense of grouping frozen items together.…

Very enlightening! When I was a child we were very poor and the only times I was served steak, it was something tough and very low grade. Likely my mother, who was a poor cook, overcooked it. When I got to college I was stunned at steak night at the cafeteria (yes the cafeteria) and I think I had a ribeye for the…

I’m surprised it’s not sandwiched between two jumbo Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

This. Just get the chill off and use the focused heat. An air fryer would be better if I owned one, I’m sure. 

You’re not the first person who has made a comment about recycling from the standpoint of energy use. But that’s not the point of recycling. It’s about re-using the finite commodities including the petrochemicals we make plastic from, and various metals, both to reduce landfills and to stretch the resources. We can…

I doubt that. It’s metal, it’ll get rinsed and shredded and processed. 

I think that’s not the regular Kroger Rotisserie chicken. I think it’s an organic offering, ie Simple Truth lable. The regular product, which I myself enjoy, has enough salt that when I make the leftovers into chicken salad it comes out way too salty; as in I may need to stop adding any salt at all to the mix and rely…

That name doesn’t sound familiar, but it was terrible sauce; it just tasted like herby milk.

I do use the Knorr’s as well, and I do like it; I use skim milk as the base, and add lemon as well. Or last week, lemon tarragon mustard. Tons of zingy flavor.

I found on the shelf hollandaise in ketchup sized packets at the local grocery store. The serving suggestion was stick a packet in a cup, snip the top off, and microwave to warm. Unfortunately, they tasted nothing like they should or even good at all.

Speaking of re-heating it, someone once commented in a forum I was…

From my vague memory of having that more than a decade ago, no. Vernors is like the halfway point between regular ginger ale and straight up ginger beer (albeit carbonated). It is LIQUID GINGER oh and there’s sugar and carbonation too. Well, the modern stuff isn’t that strong, but circa the 70s and early 80s yeehaw. I…

It’s a truism in Michigan that Vernors ginger ale is a miracle cure. As the formula has changed since I was a wee child and it doesn’t burn going down like it once did, I’m not sure that’s still true.

But perhaps a nice greek salad, a half piece of pita bread, and a single serving of Vernors to wash it down would be…

Not a shock. This is why the Federal minimum wage needs drastic adjustment. The cost of living has so outpaced it that the heel draggers are in a state of delusion thinking $8 is liveable. $15 is barely livable, even in lower-housing-cost Midwest areas. If the original minimum was adjusted for CoL and inflation it…

You have just justified a lifetime of dumpster diving.
By the lid handle do you mean the knob? I bet you can get that replaced.

yes.
Yes.
YES!!!

I routinely stick a towel into the door—to remind me to come back and empty it. 

So far I’ve only been missing condiments/sauces. That can still be a kicker when it’s the dipping sauce for tenders.

I’ve been pretty happy with my service from both GrubHub and DoorDash during the pandemic. I’m trying to not use them too much but just browsing the service let me know about FOUR Indian restaurants in…

This sounds like a job for my new Le Crueset cast iron frying pan. (I couldn’t afford the Dutch oven... now I’m baking everything in my frying pan.)

I would immediately get one of these but I already have a heated gravy boat from Crock-Pot. (Seriously.)

I love horseradish cheddar! I haven’t seen it since before the pandemic. ENJOY!