"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> (snippage)
>
> There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts. These
> days I don't care. I don't care if they look at what I buy, either.

I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I see an
elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals or person with
small children buying cheap cereal and fruit flavored drinks.

Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had three carts
heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food. No soda. A lot of
bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy and eggs,
lots of bread, some cleaning supplies and personal care items.

The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so they were
calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The bill came to over
$500. The cashier asked if this food was some for some event. The mom said
no. Just for them. I asked her how many there were. She said just the three
of them and that was their normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!

When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to maybe $80 a
week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us were big meat eaters
and we didn't buy much of our personal products there.

I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other daughter
was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't imagine
them eating that much chicken!

====

There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food bought,
ends up in landfill!!!

What a waste

On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Julie Bove"Â* wrote in message ...
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> (snippage)
>>
>> There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts.
>> These days I don't care.Â* I don't care if they look at what I buy,
>> either.
>
> I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I see an
> elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals or person with
> small children buying cheap cereal and fruit flavored drinks.
>
> Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had three carts
> heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food. No soda. A lot of
> bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy and eggs,
> lots of bread, some cleaning supplies and personal care items.
>
> The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so they were
> calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The bill came to over
> $500. The cashier asked if this food was some for some event. The mom said
> no. Just for them. I asked her how many there were. She said just the three
> of them and that was their normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!
>
> When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to maybe
> $80 a
> week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us were big meat eaters
> and we didn't buy much of our personal products there.
>
> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other daughter
> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
> imagine
> them eating that much chicken!
>
> ====
>
> Â*Â*Â* There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food
> bought, ends up in landfill!!!
>
> Â*Â*Â* What a waste
>
>
That does not happen in my house.

My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier
for asking. No one eats that much chicken.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...

On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> (snippage)
>>
>> There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts. These
>> days I don't care. I don't care if they look at what I buy, either.
>
> I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I see an
> elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals or person with
> small children buying cheap cereal and fruit flavored drinks.
>
> Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had three carts
> heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food. No soda. A lot of
> bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy and eggs,
> lots of bread, some cleaning supplies and personal care items.
>
> The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so they were
> calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The bill came to over
> $500. The cashier asked if this food was some for some event. The mom said
> no. Just for them. I asked her how many there were. She said just the
> three
> of them and that was their normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!
>
> When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to maybe $80
> a
> week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us were big meat
> eaters
> and we didn't buy much of our personal products there.
>
> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other
> daughter
> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
> imagine
> them eating that much chicken!
>
> ====
>
> There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food bought,
> ends up in landfill!!!
>
> What a waste
>
>
That does not happen in my house.

My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier
for asking. No one eats that much chicken.

===

Hopefully!

On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:18:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove"* wrote in message ...
>>
snip
>>
>> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other daughter
>> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
>> imagine
>> them eating that much chicken!
>>
>> ====
>>
>> *** There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food
>> bought, ends up in landfill!!!
>>
>> *** What a waste
>>
>>
>That does not happen in my house.
>
>My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier
>for asking. No one eats that much chicken.

I buy a lot of chicken at a time, also other meat. It's always on a
sale price and I take it home, portion it and freeze it. Weeks may
go by and I buy no meat of any kind at all. So much for viewing carts
and making assumptions.
Janet US

"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:18:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
>>>
> snip
>>>
>>> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other
>>> daughter
>>> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
>>> imagine
>>> them eating that much chicken!
>>>
>>> ====
>>>
>>> There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food
>>> bought, ends up in landfill!!!
>>>
>>> What a waste
>>>
>>>
>>That does not happen in my house.
>>
>>My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier
>>for asking. No one eats that much chicken.
>
> I buy a lot of chicken at a time, also other meat. It's always on a
> sale price and I take it home, portion it and freeze it. Weeks may
> go by and I buy no meat of any kind at all. So much for viewing carts
> and making assumptions.

No assumption here. The mom told me they would eat it all in a week then be
back for more.

I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze. I
also cook and freeze ground beef;
Salt and pepper only for seasoning. That way if the gardener wants something
to eat and I'm not here, he can take some out, nuke it and add it to
whatever. I always keep beans, rice and tortillas in the fridge along with
cooked and fresh veggies.

If I am making something like Pad Thai, I prefer to cook the chicken from
raw. I do keep some raw meat in the freezer but not a lot because I always
forget to thaw it out.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze. I
> also cook and freeze ground beef;

Silly girl. Just recently you denied ever cooking meat then
freezing it.

On 2019-06-24 8:28 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze. I
>> also cook and freeze ground beef;
>
> Silly girl. Just recently you denied ever cooking meat then
> freezing it.
>


Bingo. She used to write about doing that. I recently mentioned that and
she said she only did it once. If she could learn to tell the truth it
should be easier for her to remember what really happened instead of
lying about things and getting her lies confused.

On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:35:32 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-06-24 8:28 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze. I
>>> also cook and freeze ground beef;
>>
>> Silly girl. Just recently you denied ever cooking meat then
>> freezing it.
>>
>
>
>Bingo. She used to write about doing that. I recently mentioned that and
>she said she only did it once. If she could learn to tell the truth it
>should be easier for her to remember what really happened instead of
>lying about things and getting her lies confused.

double bingo. She recently said that she had only done that once.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2019-06-24 8:28 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze.
>>> I
>>> also cook and freeze ground beef;
>>
>> Silly girl. Just recently you denied ever cooking meat then
>> freezing it.
>>
>
>
> Bingo. She used to write about doing that. I recently mentioned that and
> she said she only did it once. If she could learn to tell the truth it
> should be easier for her to remember what really happened instead of lying
> about things and getting her lies confused.


Yes. I did do that once. I also said that I kept cooked ground beef and
chicken for taco salads.

What is with you people? Do you make hard and fast rules and then stick to
them no matter what? Things in my life change. Each day is different.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I buy large packs of chicken, cut in bite sized pieces, cook and freeze.
>> I
>> also cook and freeze ground beef;
>
> Silly girl. Just recently you denied ever cooking meat then
> freezing it.

No I didn't! I have always kept cooked chicken and ground beef for taco
salads.

People keep bringing up that incident where I got the meat at Albertsons
that was B1G2F. I had been told that it was really good meat so I got some
kind of pork that I was unfamiliar with and some seasoned steaks. The person
that told me the meat was good had bought some and taken it to the place
where my dad was living. He complained that it was the worst meat he'd ever
had. I don't usually buy their meat unless it's a ham steak or some
prepackaged name brand because I found that the regular meat they sell is
not good. I assumed something had changed given the high recommendation. The
person who told me this does not cook and had not eaten the meat.

Anyway... Because I had so much of that meat, I just cooked it all and put
the rest in the freezer. I wound up throwing it all out. My now ex husband
refused to eat it even freshly cooked. Said it was horrible. When my dad
backed this up, I tossed it.

People keep referring to this and claiming that I cook all of the meat I get
and put it in the freezer. I don't. I have raw meat in there and some cooked
chicken. Angela ate the chicken in a taco salad. She's no longer here. My
gardener sometimes feeds his dogs chicken. And I'm not always here to cook
it. So I told him I would cook some that had been cut in bite sized pieces
for them. Sometimes he eats some too. I buy it when I get a good sale on a
bulk pack.\

There may or may not be cooked ground beef in there. I used to season it for
tacos, but he doesn't like it that way. So I just season with salt and
pepper. Again, I only do this when I find a good sale on a bulk pack. Last
one I cooked was ground sirloin. I saw that he took a pack out to defrost.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Julie Bove"Â* wrote in message ...
> >
> >
> >"jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > > (snippage)
> > >
> > > There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts.
> > > These days I don't care.Â* I don't care if they look at what I
> > > buy, either.
> >
> > I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I
> > see an elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals
> > or person with small children buying cheap cereal and fruit
> > flavored drinks.
> >
> > Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had
> > three carts heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food.
> > No soda. A lot of bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen
> > vegetables, dairy and eggs, lots of bread, some cleaning supplies
> > and personal care items.
> >
> > The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so
> > they were calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The
> > bill came to over $500. The cashier asked if this food was some for
> > some event. The mom said no. Just for them. I asked her how many
> > there were. She said just the three of them and that was their
> > normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!
> >
> > When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to
> > maybe $80 a week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us
> > were big meat eaters and we didn't buy much of our personal
> > products there.
> >
> > I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other
> > daughter was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I
> > just couldn't imagine them eating that much chicken!
> >
> > ====
> >
> > Â*Â*Â* There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food
> > bought, ends up in landfill!!!
> >
> > Â*Â*Â* What a waste
> >
> >
> That does not happen in my house.
>
> My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the
> cashier for asking. No one eats that much chicken.

My bet is she was stocking a chest freezer and there was a good sale on
bulk chicken.

They do that here with .29-.39lb chicken leg quarters. They sell in
bulk packs of about 8-10lbs each and I might get 3-4 of them then
separate the drum sticks and freeze them in sets. For us 6 drumsticks
per pack and for the thighs, it's 4 per pack.

I'll end up with roughly 4 sets of drumsticks and 6 of thighs with a
stray vacuum seal mixed pack. We average chicken twice a week so
that's a 6 week or so load for us.

I don't mind folks peering at my cart. It's normally very friendly and
strikes up a little conversation. Had a nice one a few weeks ago with
a gentleman who did not appear to be used to grocery shopping. His wife
had just had twins and he had an 8yo boy in tow. He was carefully
selecting products he recognized and getting a little confused as his
son was pointing out sales (apparently his job when shopping with mom).

We were in the same isle so I showed him a game I'd played with
Charlotte when she was little. I'd bring a bag of change and everytime
she found an acceptable item for less, I'd hand her the change equal to
the difference. (Our brand specific items were not debatable though).
At the end, she'd normally have enough for a 'treat' (yes, I cheated a
little to make sure of that in the early days). He laughed and handed
his son his cell phone with the calculator and let him keep track of
his 'savings'.

I've also had folks ask me how I use (insert odd item in my cart) and
been happy to explain. That one happened yesterday over the lamb
shoulder. Lamb is still a relatively 'unknown meat' to many USA folks.
A young lady was trying to shave food budget to pay for a car bill and
lamb shoulder was on sale for 3.97lb. I passed on several super easy
recipes for it.

Carol

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/23/2019 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
>>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> (snippage)
>>>
>>> There was a time when I looked at other people's shopping carts. These
>>> days I don't care. I don't care if they look at what I buy, either.
>>
>> I always look at people's shopping carts. I am always sad when I see an
>> elderly person with nothing but small, cheap, frozen meals or person with
>> small children buying cheap cereal and fruit flavored drinks.
>>
>> Once at Winco, there was a mom with two teenage girls. She had three
>> carts
>> heaped full. I didn't see much in the way of junk food. No soda. A lot of
>> bulk packs of chicken parts, fresh and frozen vegetables, dairy and eggs,
>> lots of bread, some cleaning supplies and personal care items.
>>
>> The girls were fighting over the correct way to bag groceries so they
>> were
>> calling attention to themselves. I was next in line. The bill came to
>> over
>> $500. The cashier asked if this food was some for some event. The mom
>> said
>> no. Just for them. I asked her how many there were. She said just the
>> three
>> of them and that was their normal weekly shopping. I was shocked!
>>
>> When Angela I lived alone, our weekly shopping there amounted to maybe
>> $80 a
>> week. Granted, this was a few years ago. Neither of us were big meat
>> eaters
>> and we didn't buy much of our personal products there.
>>
>> I was still shocked. The mom and one daughter were thin. The other
>> daughter
>> was not thin but didn't look much overweight either. I just couldn't
>> imagine
>> them eating that much chicken!
>>
>> ====
>>
>> There are reports here in the newspapers, that half the food bought,
>> ends up in landfill!!!
>>
>> What a waste
>>
>>
> That does not happen in my house.
>
> My guess is the lady was just trying to get a rise out the the cashier for
> asking. No one eats that much chicken.

That could be.