Wanderers

[warrior queen]

I got a google home mini for Xmas. I can tell it to add something to my shopping list, which I can then access from my phone. Super-convenient when I'm in the middle of cooking and see that I am about to run out of something! (Plus, I can make multiple lists which helps as I rarely shop at conventional stores - prefer local butcher, greengrocer, markets, bulk foods and 'unpacked'.)
I am a planner..... every week I plan for the coming weeks dinners and I stick to the plan for the most part.
Occasionally, I will feel like something different to eat or I can't be bothered cooking, and for them I have a few go-to meals ready in the freezer.

 

[thør]

There's always Dion.

 

[clistenovena]

I have to make a list but I do still wander a little.

Same here. List, but wander.

I mostly quoted you because I'm wildly applauding the links in your signature.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

I got no idea who Lance is, but you seemed the perfect 'go-to'.

Snickers has that effect on everyone here?

 

[pink]

Snickers has that effect on everyone here?

Oh noooooo. You gave yourself away on that one.

Lance is the only one on here who gives me shit about my weight, not even BB does.

Nice try.

 

[clistenovena]

And I always forget an item on the list. *Repeat trip to the store*

Did that today. The one damned thing I went in for and forgot to get it. I was distracted by blueberries. And a gluten-free brownie mix. And the guy with like 14 boxes of cereal in his cart.

OMG! Speaking of cereal!!

https://i.imgur.com/PdPO5XVm.jpg

Unicorns!! Most brilliant cereal box ever. How fantastic is that!

There's always Dion.

Never heard that song. I like it.

I've never heard of Snickers Xtreme, either. What's so Xtreme about it? And it's "Limited Edition" like that awesome cereal up there. ^^

I think I have a couple tangents going here...

Is it any wonder I forgot to get the one thing I went to the market for.

 

[Que]

Did that today. The one damned thing I went in for and forgot to get it. I was distracted by blueberries. And a gluten-free brownie mix. And the guy with like 14 boxes of cereal in his cart.

OMG! Speaking of cereal!!

https://i.imgur.com/PdPO5XVm.jpg

Unicorns!! Most brilliant cereal box ever. How fantastic is that!


Never heard that song. I like it.

I've never heard of Snickers Xtreme, either. What's so Xtreme about it? And it's "Limited Edition" like that awesome cereal up there. ^^

I think I have a couple tangents going here...

Is it any wonder I forgot to get the one thing I went to the market for.

Adderol. Ask for it, by name!

 

[Sinny]

Usually the one special item that brought me to the store, in the first place.

Then there is the text message “honey, can you get...” just when I pull into the driveway.

Cashiers know me well

I shack up with a guy who does this. Constantly. I still will go back into the store if I am in the parking lot. He is the only person I will do this for.

I have to make a list but I do still wander a little.

Hiya, sweet cheeks. Good to see you around. What are you cooking this week?

We'd love to go food touring with you. And with Zumi.

Fuck the hell yeah. I want to go on a taco tour with Zumi.

Enter taco joke here _________.

I make a list and then leave it at the house. I thought about putting "take the list" on the list, but that would be silly.

I think you and I could get into some serious trouble in the grocery store. Something involving dicks and push pins. ????
xo

Is your shopping a chore or an adventure?

My answer to that has changed through my adulthood. In my 20s when I was learning about food, I viewed the store as an adventure and would spend so much time wandering and building my food knowledge. Then came career. And kids. Now I am in a full blown career mode with little time off and kids who need lots of monitoring. Used to be shuttling. Now it is monitoring. That leaves only so much time for adventure cooking and wandering the store. Now I am more likely to dine out than to cook when I want a food adventure. In 5 years, cooking and store wandering will take a higher priority. Today it is just to nourish us. Just spent 90 minutes making everyone's lunches for the week. I was applauding myself for getting it down to a science. I can't remember the last time I really enjoyed assembling lunches for the whole family. Sad. But life stages are what they are.

I got a google home mini for Xmas. I can tell it to add something to my shopping list, which I can then access from my phone. Super-convenient when I'm in the middle of cooking and see that I am about to run out of something! (Plus, I can make multiple lists which helps as I rarely shop at conventional stores - prefer local butcher, greengrocer, markets, bulk foods and 'unpacked'.)
I am a planner..... every week I plan for the coming weeks dinners and I stick to the plan for the most part.
Occasionally, I will feel like something different to eat or I can't be bothered cooking, and for them I have a few go-to meals ready in the freezer.

Tell me what "unpacked" markets are.

There's always Dion.

 

[Not Normal]

Fuck the hell yeah. I want to go on a taco tour with Zumi.

Enter taco joke here _________.

MMMMMmmmm Sinny's taco...
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/b/b4/Homer_drool.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20100923210150

 

[warrior queen]

Tell me what "unpacked" markets are.

An unpacked store is where there is absolutely no packaging.
You take your own containers in (glass jars, in my case) tare them on the scales and then fill as much or as little of your ingredient as you need.
For example - I buy coconut flour and besan flour this way because I only use maybe 1/2kg each month, but the smallest I can buy in a regular store is a 1kg bag with plastic packaging.
I am living a waste-minimal life, so the more plastic I can avoid, the better!

Also, there are no plastic bags to put purchases in to go home as they are completely package free, so I bring a basket or calico bags (I have been doing this at all places I shop for the past 20 years or more, so this is second nature anyway.)

 

[Que]

I shack up with a guy who does this. Constantly. I still will go back into the store if I am in the parking lot. He is the only person I will do this for.



Hiya, sweet cheeks. Good to see you around. What are you cooking this week?



Fuck the hell yeah. I want to go on a taco tour with Zumi.

Enter taco joke here: I'd love a nibble.of your carnitas. Have you al pastor style in the pasture.. . .


I think you and I could get into some serious trouble in the grocery store. Something involving dicks and push pins. ????
xo



My answer to that has changed through my adulthood. In my 20s when I was learning about food, I viewed the store as an adventure and would spend so much time wandering and building my food knowledge. Then came career. And kids. Now I am in a full blown career mode with little time off and kids who need lots of monitoring. Used to be shuttling. Now it is monitoring. That leaves only so much time for adventure cooking and wandering the store. Now I am more likely to dine out than to cook when I want a food adventure. In 5 years, cooking and store wandering will take a higher priority. Today it is just to nourish us. Just spent 90 minutes making everyone's lunches for the week. I was applauding myself for getting it down to a science. I can't remember the last time I really enjoyed assembling lunches for the whole family. Sad. But life stages are what they are.


Tell me what "unpacked" markets are.

The best walk-abouts are in unfamiliar ethnic markets. I found a wonderful, nutty, five-rice blend in an asian store and longaniza sausage after decades of looking for "that chorizo from the Marriot in Cancun" only.to find I had wasted 40% of my l8fe asking for the wrong thing.

 

[Sinny]

MMMMMmmmm Sinny's taco...
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/b/b4/Homer_drool.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20100923210150

ALL YOUR TACO ARE BELONG TO US

An unpacked store is where there is absolutely no packaging.
You take your own containers in (glass jars, in my case) tare them on the scales and then fill as much or as little of your ingredient as you need.
For example - I buy coconut flour and besan flour this way because I only use maybe 1/2kg each month, but the smallest I can buy in a regular store is a 1kg bag with plastic packaging.
I am living a waste-minimal life, so the more plastic I can avoid, the better!

The world needs so many more of these.

We started composting five years ago and have our weekly garbage haul down to one bag. We also now have a huge pile of shit in a giant bin that we still haven't done anything with. Someday.

The best walk-abouts are in unfamiliar ethnic markets. I found a wonderful, nutty, five-rice blend in an asian store and longaniza sausage after decades of looking for "that chorizo from the Marriot in Cancun" only.to find I had wasted 40% of my l8fe asking for the wrong thing.

I have kind of the same story from about 20 years ago about holy basil. Sometimes figuring out the name of an ingredient will change your life and your Thai curry.

We are blessed here with all kinds of Asian markets. There is a chain of Korean grocery stores that is taking over this corner of the world and I love them for that.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

Oh noooooo. You gave yourself away on that one.

Lance is the only one on here who gives me shit about my weight, not even BB does.

Nice try.

Really? Hm.

1st of all dear, I have no clue who this Lance person is, but lately I seem to be accused of being all sorts of folks on this forum. So, you're not alone on that I guess. Frankly this paranoid schizophrenia thing seems to be consumed by a lot of posters here. The CDC failed to warn me about that one.

2nd, I don't recall us ever posting and most definitely wasn't aware of your weight problem - let alone giving you shit about it. BB? Yeah I kinda figured who he/she is. It's kind of obvious even to a new [person?] like myself. Or whatever you want to call me.


You'll have to pardon me for being somewhat of an enigma for the moment. I'm multitasking today and need to check if any European servers have connected. The US ones aren't that trustworthy. Back in a moment dear!

 

[clistenovena]

Adderol. Ask for it, by name!

That literally made me laugh out loud. Got looks and everything.

 

[warrior queen]

ALL YOUR TACO ARE BELONG TO US



The world needs so many more of these.

We started composting five years ago and have our weekly garbage haul down to one bag. We also now have a huge pile of shit in a giant bin that we still haven't done anything with. Someday.

I have composta worm farm planters and bokashi for organic waste, separate recycle bins for glass and metal, all paper gets shredded and composted, and a small bin for unavoidable plastics (medical, etc).
We have our rubbish down to about 1 small [biodegradable cornstarch] bag every 4 months.
So proud of my youngest for getting right on board with my crazy ideas to try and help the planet!
Just myself and my son living here atm.

 

[Sinny]

I have composta worm farm planters and bokashi for organic waste, separate recycle bins for glass and metal, all paper gets shredded and composted, and a small bin for unavoidable plastics (medical, etc).
We have our rubbish down to about 1 small [biodegradable cornstarch] bag every 4 months.
So proud of my youngest for getting right on board with my crazy ideas to try and help the planet!
Just myself and my son living here atm.

My bucket list is to get down to a bag a month. I am trying the super reduced consumerism thing. I cut out clothes shopping for all of 2017. I bought 2 pairs of jeans, a purse and some socks in October, but that was It for the entire year. This year I am seeing how long I can go without buying anything. I am trying to make it to summer with bras and shoes, but I think I might cave. There is one thing I know about this stage in my life. I have too much shit.

 

[Wrong Element]

I shop like so:

1. Things I buy routinely because we use them routinely
2. Things I know we need or have been asked to pick up (this is where a list would come in)
3. Things that we don't necessarily need but are on sale
4. Anything interesting that happens to attract my attention, which usually means something from the beer section

 

[Sinny]

I shop like so:

1. Things I buy routinely because we use them routinely
2. Things I know we need or have been asked to pick up (this is where a list would come in)
3. Things that we don't necessarily need but are on sale
4. Anything interesting that happens to attract my attention, which usually means something from the beer section

Give Arte a big squeeze for me!!

What is the one beer you are mad about right now?

 

[Que]

My bucket list is to get down to a bag a month. I am trying the super reduced consumerism thing. I cut out clothes shopping for all of 2017. I bought 2 pairs of jeans, a purse and some socks in October, but that was It for the entire year. This year I am seeing how long I can go without buying anything. I am trying to make it to summer with bras and shoes, but I think I might cave. There is one thing I know about this stage in my life. I have too much shit.

You need a Noor consultaion.

She knows clothes from the seams in and has minimized her sartorial options to some great basics.

 

[Sinny]

You need a Noor consultaion.

She knows clothes from the seams in and has minimized her sartorial options to some great basics.

Oh, yeah! I remember her thread from years ago about rehabbing old muk luks. I bet she has great tips.

 

[Wrong Element]

Give Arte a big squeeze for me!!

What is the one beer you are mad about right now?

Hey. she just walked in the door too.

Aside from the usual Ohio-based product, the annual Shiner birthday beer is tasty. I tried the Stone Buzzer Beater DIPA yesterday, and it was actually a good, smooth, not hop-insane experience.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

Oh noooooo. You gave yourself away on that one.

Lance is the only one on here who gives me shit about my weight, not even BB does.

Nice try.

Anyway, I'm back from whatever I was doing. Where were we?

 

[Sinny]

Hey. she just walked in the door too.

Aside from the usual Ohio-based product, the annual Shiner birthday beer is tasty. I tried the Stone Buzzer Beater DIPA yesterday, and it was actually a good, smooth, not hop-insane experience.

I have hop fatigue. It is like a giant contest here to see which brewery can put the most hops in a single IPA. I won't even order an IPA here anymore unless I have assurance the IBUs are in a normal realm and there isn't some notation of amacitrafuggle on the brewers notes. Lately I just order cider and say fuck it.

Tell Arte

 

[Que]

Anyway, I'm back from whatever I was doing. Where were we?

You were trying really hard to dissuade her from the notion that ypu are a poster that you don't know so can't have any idea whether you would benefit or suffer from the comparison.

FWIW: personally, I would take it as a compliment.

I would dial back a little on building a back story and just let that happen organically.

 

[Captainnumnuts]

You were trying really hard to dissuade her from the notion that ypu are a poster that you don't know so can't have any idea whether you would benefit or suffer from the comparison.

FWIW: personally, I would take it as a compliment.

I would dial back a little on building a back story and just let that happen organically.

Great insight! Still no idea what pink was on about. But if he's that cool, then I'll take all the compliments I can get.