My food is problematic.

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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

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flea - Apr 15, 2020 5:23:02 am PDT #19817 of 30019
information libertarian

We did our first Kroger run in 12 days and spent $325, which I think is the most I have ever spent at a grocery store at one time. Our limiting factor is milk; we go through a gallon every three days. (Hello, 13 year old boy.) Also fresh fruit. Kroger had everything in plenty except yeast, bread flour and also most other kinds of flour, and toilet paper/paper towels.

It was hard, somehow. Partly because I didn't eat enough breakfast, I think, but also the mask was affecting me.


Amy - Apr 15, 2020 5:25:18 am PDT #19818 of 30019
Because books.

The masks are hard to get used to.

I'm finding I can't keep us in bananas for long without them turning, and we run out of milk quickly too.


Toddson - Apr 15, 2020 5:28:43 am PDT #19819 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I really dislike the masks. I have to climb a steep hill to get anywhere and I've been finding myself unusually short of breath at the top. Then I realized that the mask was making me feel smothered and that I was re-breathing the CO2 I'd just exhaled, which didn't help.


Steph L. - Apr 15, 2020 5:39:02 am PDT #19820 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism

We did our first Kroger run

Do you go to the one on Kenard? (Aka, The Kroger That Keeps Losing The Small Carts.) If so, were there small carts? (I'm a Northsider; we're very invested in the small carts.)


askye - Apr 15, 2020 5:43:31 am PDT #19821 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

We go through a gallon of milk in about a week. Not quickly enough to buy 2 gallons at a time. And we have limited space. The fridge is a side by side and even though the temperature is right for the rest of the fridge anything put in the bottom produce draw partially freezes so we don't really use that. The middle draw doesn't quite freeze things but it gets things a little icy.

The farmer's market here only runs in late April until end of September I think. They aren't opening yet and some of the farm's as re selling directly but right now they don't have a lot of things we eat or I'm not willing to pay the price right now.

We have 2 huge jars of peanut butter but we've barely eaten any peanut butter. I was talking to Matthew's mom about food and groceries and options and she didn't like any of the suggestions. Although she would be happy just eating corn bread and milk or pinto beans and corn bread. Although she prefers her pinto beans vs the way I make them. She does pinto beans, water, and bacon or ham. She will try some things but generally her taste is for very simple food, preferable heavy on starch and light on veggies.


Fred Pete - Apr 15, 2020 6:03:17 am PDT #19822 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.

I need to go to the grocery store tonight for a few things. First time in almost 2 week. I have a gallon of milk that I think is about to turn, so I'll finish that up with cereal for breakfast tomorrow. Muffins went moldy, so that's the last breakfast food I have.

Luckily, not much spoilage so far.


msbelle - Apr 15, 2020 6:04:10 am PDT #19823 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

She can make her own food askye.


sj - Apr 15, 2020 6:06:50 am PDT #19824 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

ltc is going through fruit and snack foods so fast, I can barely keep up with her. We've had groceries delivered once a week. I wish I could do every two weeks, but the fruit would definitely spoil if we ordered enough for two weeks.


Toddson - Apr 15, 2020 6:12:02 am PDT #19825 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

If your milk goes sour, it makes good biscuits or bread, if you feel like using it up. I've done that on occasion. Also, once when the city was snowed in, in the entire milk section there was one lone quart of buttermilk; I took pity on the poor thing and took it home to make, yes, biscuits and bread.


Katerina Bee - Apr 15, 2020 6:43:30 am PDT #19826 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

Wow, you guys are shopping at stores stocked with toilet paper? Color me envious.

I'm going out for food today. We are out of eggs, bananas and frozen breakfast sandwiches. If I see bacon or sausages I plan to snag them.