Pandemic Dinner
Julie Bove wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 12/17/2020 7:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 12/12/2020 11:40 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> I have some things to use up that I bought at the start of the
>>>>> pandemic. One is that powdered Parmesan cheese. I also have a
>>>>> lot of Parmesan/Romano combo. For awhile, someone was eating
>>>>> about a pound a day, putting it on anything and everything.
>>>>> Then consumption stopped unless I made something with it in
>>>>> there.
>>>>>
>>>> (massive snippage)
>>>>
>>>> All I can say is I have not run out of food, haven't even
>>>> thought about "expiration dates" on things like dried cheese.
>>>> Somehow, I always manage to have a pantry full of food, even if
>>>> it might not be exactly what I feel like eating.
>>>>
>>>> "someone" (we all know you're hinting about 'Justin') was
>>>> eating about a pound a of powdered parmesan/Romano cheese a
>>>> day. Sorry, I don't believe it. You need a scapegoat for
>>>> throwing out food.
>>>
>>> If he wasn't eating it, then I don't know what he was doing with
>>> it. It was going somewhere!
>>>
>> There you go again, hinting he's maybe stealing food.* I have no
>> idea why you ever put up with it, other than the fact that you
>> are simply incapable being comfortable in your own skin living
>> alone.
>>
> Nonsense! You are doubting that he ate It've seen how much he can
> eat at one time. I will say that he doesn't generally eat three
> meals a day. Sometimes it\s one meal.
>
> I am perfectly comfortable here but there's a big storm rolling in.
> We coul lose power and then I might be cold. I have electric heat.
>
> I have decided, there is nothing I can say. You or someone else
> will twist it into something else because you love drama.
>
> I am in the process of transistioning over to my new computer. I
> doubt that I'll put the news server on it. I'm only on two
> newsgroups now and the other is essentially dead, save for one poster.
>
> Where I am not comfortable is here, on this nerwgroup. It has
> become a most unpleasant place.
>
>>> My pantry is full too. I just went through it and straightened
>>> it up. I wouldn't have to do that if I lived alone.
>>
>> Really?* If you lived alone you'd never have to go through the
>> pantry? I live alone.* I frequently go through my pantry (and the
>> freezer) and adjust things make note of what I have on hand and
>> what I might need to be replenished.* Living alone is no reason
>> not to keep things organized and be aware of what you have to eat.
>
> I didn't say that. I said I wouldn't have to straighten it out. You
> took what I said and turned the opposite way again. When I live
> alone, my pantry is always organized. There is also far less food
> in it. Yes, I will have to check dates on things. But I will never
> have to take all the cans of beans out and put the kidney beans in
> one row because they would have stayed in that row. And if I
> accidentally drop something, I will pick it up and put it back
> where it goes.
>>
>>> Nor would I have to keep nearly as much food as I do now.
>>
>> DUH!* If you made the mooch pay for his own food... good lord,
>> you'll never figure out you created and encouraged this situation.
>
> He buys food. We share some food. Again, I don't generally pay him
> cash. I do for some larger jobs. But our agreement was that he
> takes care of the day to day things in exchange for room and board.
> Doesn't matter if you like it or not, that's the agreement we made.
>>
>>> I am down to my last can of black beans. Had no luck getting
>>> them delivered.
>>
>> Cry me a river.
>>
> **** off.
>
>>> Have a Walmart order coming* any time now but they subbed a name
>>> brand for the Great Value. All of the subs were fine except for
>>> the lentils. They wanted to sub dried for canned. Don't need dried.
>>
>> Canned lentils?* Dried lentils only take about 20 minutes to
>> cook.* They aren't the same as dried beans.* Your excuses are
>> specious.
>
> I don't eat lentils. He does. I have dried. He eats the canned.
> Again, **** off.
Don't be mean. She's probably just jealous because she doesn't have
a gardener to caress her bush.
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