"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>I took my friend shopping yesterday to a Fred Meyer that was just
>>remodeled. For those not familiar with Fred Meyer, they are one of those
>>stores that sells most everything. They recently began selling some items
>>online. This particular store said the remodel was so they could sell a
>>greater variety of of food but they had to cut back on other things.
>>
>> The new layout makes no sense. The entire back of the grocery section
>> zigzags around with things like meat and dairy products but there are
>> odd, free standing coolers of things like ham. Makes it super hard to
>> find stuff. Even the produce section has a weird layout.
>>
>> But the weirdest thing was the sign overhead telling us that the boxed
>> meal kits were there. Say what? I had to peek because it clearly wasn't
>> stuff like Blue Apron as it wasn't a refrigerated aisle. What they meant
>> was boxed mac and cheese, Hamburger Helper and things of that ilk.
>>
>> My friend doesn't cook. She can make a few things like pot roast but
>> would be totally lost without things like seasoning packets and she
>> thinks stuff like Hamburger Helper are the way to go. I don't get it. If
>> you want something *like* Hamburger Helper, it's easy enough to do from
>> scratch. I just can't see the need for such things.
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> Obviously some people do because they seem to be popular. I dont' care for
> them much myself. What I found odd today was buying Gold Medal Flour which
> I don't usually have on hand but will need for holiday baking, when I
> opened it to transfer to a container, it said on the top of the bag to
> resist eating it until it's cooked, duh, does anyone really need that
> instruction? Is anyone hitting a bag of flour with a big spoon to eat
> mouthfuls of it? LOL

I remember my grandma playing a joke on one of my older boy cousins. She was
fixing to bake pies. She always saved her jar lids and used them to make
little pies for us kids. She told my cousin that he had better not get into
the sugar because if he did, he wouldn't get his own pie. Then she took me
outside where she was watering the flowers by her front door. She told me
that he'd be out in no time flat, choking. I asked her why? She just told me
to wait a minute and I'd see.

Sure enough came flying out the door, gagging and coughing. That's when she
told us that the white pile of powder sitting on the waxed paper was flour
and not sugar!

But if you think about... How many people eat cookie dough or cake batter
before baking? Probably a lot. I even know people who eat uncooked pasta.