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>> On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 10:42:08 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> >> On 6/20/2019 7:15 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> >>> Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> >>>> 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?
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>>> >> 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.
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>>> > 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.
>>> > I
>>> > did
>>> > ask what to do with the salt. You mentioned a salt plank. Had I had a
>>> > salt
>>> > plank, I would have said that. You told me to use it in the bath. I
>>> > already
>>> > knew that and said that. Up until that point, Ed seemed to be the only
>>> > one
>>> > familiar with that salt. So I looked it up, saw the toast thing and
>>> > posted
>>> > it just in case someone else wanted to try it. This is a cooking group
>>> > and
>>> > that salt is pretty common, at least here. Perhaps it is not in the
>>> > land
>>> > of
>>> > no cell phones.
>>> >
>>> > And now? I'm going to have dinner. I made a nice tuna salad with Just
>>> > Mayo.
>>> > I shall stuff a free pita bread with it and perhaps have a couple of
>>> > Ruffles
>>> > potato chips on the side.
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> > 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.
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>> They forced you to take the packages that you didn't want? How terrible
>> for you.
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>> Cindy Hamilton
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>> Now, now, Cindy.
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>> Waste not, want not!
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> We were not forced to take them. I just wasn't excepting to get that much
> free stuff! At the bread outlet here, you probably wouldn't get anything
> free if you bought just one cheap item. Unless perhaps it was a day like
> when everyone was getting bagels.
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> Probably

That should have said expecting.

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Not a problem. It was obvious what you mean.