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Juniper · 10-26-2009, 08:35 PM

Our Kroger has 4-packs of burgers too, fwiw.

OTOH, if you ask me, Kroger meat is so nasty it's not worth buying, especially the ground crap.

monster · 10-26-2009, 08:40 PM

Our Kroger just has Tupacs behind the meat counter.

lumberjim · 10-26-2009, 11:26 PM

word up, yo

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

We do. Still so much goes to waste. I was thinking that one of those vacume pack things might work better but the last thing we need is another kitchen toy.

Wouldn't vacuum packing crush the shit out of bread products?

TheMercenary · 10-27-2009, 02:09 PM

I think it just sucks the air out but I can't really tell you for sure how it would work with bread products. And given that bread has lots of air in it you could be quite right. I was trying to think of a way to remove or reduce the moisture content, which I would assume is mostly in the air artificially introduced when you put them in freezer bags. But again I could be over analyzing the thing as I do with many things I think about.

classicman · 10-27-2009, 03:51 PM

I have a very nice vacuum sealer and it would turn a loaf of bread into a brick in no time flat.

wolf · 10-27-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

you can donate them to homeless shelters.

Shelters, soup kitchens, and foodbanks are very particular about what they accept ... no open packages. Fresh unopened only.

(also, not all shelters around here feed people. The residents are responsible for feeding themselves, although the shelter does provide help with various vouchers and information about nutritional resources.)

monster · 10-27-2009, 11:06 PM

then mail them to ann arbor -they take fresh opened bread here.

Sundae · 10-28-2009, 12:07 PM

As with SamIAm, I have often lamented the poor choice available to single shoppers. But truth is, if you have a freezer, or a market near you, and/ or you're counting the pennies - you can make it work. Just does take a bit more time and effort. But then again so does looking after a family.

I separate and freeze items on date of purchase. Works equally well with FRESH bread products if eaten within a month. If it's grim when you get it out, throw it out for the birds, I mean you've paid the money anyway. If you're hungry enough you'll eat it, trust me.

Markets sell everything singly. From one egg to one sausage to one courgette. Doesn't have the same eat-by dates as a supermarket, but if you are prepared to shop twice weekly you will be okay. Just takes a little more meal planning.

Of course since I moved in the with 'rents I've benefitted from a far larger freezer, and can buy larger packs of discounted meat (Sunday morning, Sainsbury's - fantastic) that we will use in family meals, or meals for Mum and me.
I do admit I am so excited that I'm buying meat for 3 + 1 leftover I get carried away. Dad moans, "Can't get anything in the bloody freezer!" and I sulk. But it's only really about not having to separate into single portions.

And making a list.

Why don't they sell single gloves?
Because they want you to buy another pair.
I'd send you all our right handed ones (Dads is usual dishwasher and is left handed, so that's the one that wears out) but Mum uses the lone right ones when Grandad or the cats have an accident. Put a sign up somewhere in the neighbourhood. You might find a similarly thrifty lefty

SamIam · 10-28-2009, 12:19 PM

I don't use hamburger buns anymore. I just make hamburger sandwiches using two slices of regular bread. Works fine for me.

Sundae · 10-28-2009, 01:32 PM

Meurgh!
I just don't eat hamburgers.

Each to their own of course, but an ex tried to con me that rolling bread round hotdogs was the same as proper hotdogs. Did not compute.

And the ex conning me was not an ex con. FTR.

Pie · 10-28-2009, 02:50 PM

3 hours of naptime in an orthogonal dimension.

Sundae · 10-28-2009, 02:54 PM

Napalm...?

capnhowdy · 10-29-2009, 07:01 AM

Singles of every songs on every album.

Single socks to replace the ones kidnapped by the dryer.

Pints of motor oil.

monster · 10-29-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Singles of every songs on every album.

They do. Download.

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Single socks to replace the ones kidnapped by the dryer.

If you buy all your socks the same this is not longer a problem until you get to the last one, which probably has a hole by then.

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Pints of motor oil.

They do, it's just marketed differently. It's called Guinness

10-26-2009, 08:40 PM	#47
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10-26-2009, 11:26 PM	#48
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10-27-2009, 02:09 PM	#50
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I think it just sucks the air out but I can't really tell you for sure how it would work with bread products. And given that bread has lots of air in it you could be quite right. I was trying to think of a way to remove or reduce the moisture content, which I would assume is mostly in the air artificially introduced when you put them in freezer bags. But again I could be over analyzing the thing as I do with many things I think about. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-27-2009, 03:51 PM	#51
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I have a very nice vacuum sealer and it would turn a loaf of bread into a brick in no time flat. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-27-2009, 11:06 PM	#53
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	then mail them to ann arbor -they take fresh opened bread here. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-26-2009, 08:35 PM	#46
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Our Kroger has 4-packs of burgers too, fwiw. OTOH, if you ask me, Kroger meat is so nasty it's not worth buying, especially the ground crap.

10-28-2009, 12:07 PM	#54
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	As with SamIAm, I have often lamented the poor choice available to single shoppers. But truth is, if you have a freezer, or a market near you, and/ or you're counting the pennies - you can make it work. Just does take a bit more time and effort. But then again so does looking after a family. I separate and freeze items on date of purchase. Works equally well with FRESH bread products if eaten within a month. If it's grim when you get it out, throw it out for the birds, I mean you've paid the money anyway. If you're hungry enough you'll eat it, trust me. Markets sell everything singly. From one egg to one sausage to one courgette. Doesn't have the same eat-by dates as a supermarket, but if you are prepared to shop twice weekly you will be okay. Just takes a little more meal planning. Of course since I moved in the with 'rents I've benefitted from a far larger freezer, and can buy larger packs of discounted meat (Sunday morning, Sainsbury's - fantastic) that we will use in family meals, or meals for Mum and me. I do admit I am so excited that I'm buying meat for 3 + 1 leftover I get carried away. Dad moans, "Can't get anything in the bloody freezer!" and I sulk. But it's only really about not having to separate into single portions. And making a list. Why don't they sell single gloves? Because they want you to buy another pair. I'd send you all our right handed ones (Dads is usual dishwasher and is left handed, so that's the one that wears out) but Mum uses the lone right ones when Grandad or the cats have an accident. Put a sign up somewhere in the neighbourhood. You might find a similarly thrifty lefty __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-28-2009, 12:19 PM	#55
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I don't use hamburger buns anymore. I just make hamburger sandwiches using two slices of regular bread. Works fine for me.

10-28-2009, 01:32 PM	#56
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Meurgh! I just don't eat hamburgers. Each to their own of course, but an ex tried to con me that rolling bread round hotdogs was the same as proper hotdogs. Did not compute. And the ex conning me was not an ex con. FTR. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-28-2009, 02:50 PM	#57
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	3 hours of naptime in an orthogonal dimension. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-28-2009, 02:54 PM	#58
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Napalm...? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-29-2009, 07:01 AM	#59
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Singles of every songs on every album. Single socks to replace the ones kidnapped by the dryer. Pints of motor oil. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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