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Default Himalayan Pink Salt

jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/23/2019 7:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 10:42:08 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove"* wrote in message ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 6/20/2019 7:15 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did some research. It's a finishing salt said to contain
>>>>>>> lots of
>>>>>>> minerals.
>>>>>>> Supposed to taste less salty than other said. It was
>>>>>>> suggested to eat
>>>>>>> it on
>>>>>>> buttered toast. I shall try that when I get some bread. I am
>>>>>>> fresh out
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> the bread outlet was closed by the time I got out that way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Salting buttered toast?* What's wrong with you?*
>>>>>>
>>>>> You have to ask?* She asked what to do with this salt it yet
>>>>> rebuts any
>>>>> suggestions.* And now she's gone to the bread outlet but oh, it
>>>>> was
>>>>> closed.* Wait... doesn't she claim to bake a lot of bread?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, she said she knows she can use the Himalayan Pink Salt
>>>>> Crystals
>>>>> as bath salts.* Personally, I wouldn't use bath salt grade salt
>>>>> crystals
>>>>> for cooking.* Hope that's okay with everyone.
>>>>
>>>> I did bake bread. The gardener has to eat gluten free bread. I
>>>> can make
>>>> gluten free bread and I do sometimes make GF quick breads. The
>>>> GF flour is
>>>> not cheap though. And he eats a lot of bread. It is $4.99 per
>>>> loaf at the
>>>> Franz Outlet. Sometimes I find it in the marked down section for
>>>> less.
>>>> They
>>>> also have a GF punch card. For every 10 GF products I buy, I get
>>>> a free
>>>> one.
>>>> They also sell GF cookies, crackers and various mixes. Cheaper
>>>> prices than
>>>> other places. And they sell things other than just baked goods
>>>> such as
>>>> milk,
>>>> butter, chips, spices, jam, honey, pasta and condiments. Their
>>>> selection
>>>> of
>>>> "other" things varies. I used to buy GF beef jerky there.
>>>>
>>>> I went there the following day. They were massively overstocked.
>>>> Lady
>>>> asked
>>>> if I wanted free bagels. I don't personally like bagels but
>>>> Angela does. I
>>>> got three free bags of blueberry mini bagels and 6 items from
>>>> the "free"
>>>> rack. Sometimes the free items expire on the following day but
>>>> usually
>>>> not.
>>>> I got one white and one whole wheat big round loaf of Seattle
>>>> Sourdough, a
>>>> restaurant pack (huge amount) of white dinner rolls and three
>>>> restaurant
>>>> packs of hamburger buns with sesame seeds all for free!
>>>>
>>>> I always give Angela whatever she wants of the free stuff.
>>>> Sometimes I
>>>> give
>>>> things to my friend in Shoreline if I'm going out that way and
>>>> they have
>>>> what her family eats. They have a narrow scope of what they will
>>>> eat. I
>>>> almost always get a free thing that I like. I always check the
>>>> free rack
>>>> on
>>>> the way in. Occasionally I will buy something for myself. All of
>>>> the free
>>>> stuff exp. June 25 or later. My gardener has goats. His goats
>>>> will eat
>>>> most
>>>> anything so I just go for the largest stuff I can get for free.
>>>> He feeds
>>>> it
>>>> to his goats.
>>>>
>>>> My entire front passenger seat was full of bread, about half of
>>>> which was
>>>> free! I am actually saving a lot of money by buying the bread
>>>> there. I
>>>> have
>>>> a punch card for regular stuff too. One punch for every $10
>>>> spent. When
>>>> the
>>>> 10 punches are filled, I get one item from the marked down
>>>> section for
>>>> free.
>>>> I have not quite figured out the system of what goes where. I
>>>> think it's
>>>> more a matter of what they have the most of and not the exp. date.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure by this point, you will have dropped out and not read
>>>> it all.
>>>> And now? I'm going to have dinner. I made a nice tuna salad with
>>>> Just
>>>> Mayo.

>
> Oh goody!* Fake Mayo!
>
>>>> I shall stuff a free pita bread with it and perhaps have a
>>>> couple of
>>>> Ruffles
>>>> potato chips on the side.
>>>>

> Ruffles have Ridges.
>
>>>>
>>>> *** You are very lucky to have so much free food!* I never see
>>>> anything
>>>> like that here!
>>>>
>>>> *** We do have a counter for things that are marked down, but
>>>> never free!
>>>
>>> There was a bread outlet in Oakland CA that did the same. I went
>>> in and
>>> bought a pack of English Muffins. Nothing else. They gave me 10
>>> free packs.
>>> We were all pretty horrified.

>>
>> They forced you to take the packages that you didn't want?* How
>> terrible
>> for you.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>

> And they were "all pretty horrified" at being given free stuff!* And
> of course she's going to go out of her way to give some free bread
> to her friend if she manages to drive by.* Sheesh.
>
> Jill


But you gotta admit ... Boolie Jove gottcha again. She trolled, and
you bit like a smallmouth Bass.

LOL