Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???

"tomkanpa" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>

Can't say for sure but there is a big difference in the quality of wheat.
Some wheat will have more starch than others, some more gluten. Some just
taste better. The better the wheat, the better the flour.

Paul

tomkanpa wrote:
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???

Well there's one way to find out. Buy both both the Robin Hood and
Pillsbury flours. Carefully open each one. Dump the contents of one
into a container. Pour the bag of the other flour into the empty bag.
Pour the flour you poured into the container into the other bag. In
other words, switch the flour from one bag to the other. Carefully
glue both bags shut. Give your wife the one that says Pillsbury and
see if she says anything about the cookies and pie crusts tasting
better.

tomkanpa wrote:
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???

Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
;-( -aem

aem wrote:
> tomkanpa wrote:
> > Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> > Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> > was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> > reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> > Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> > they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> > The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> > Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>
> Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
> would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
> she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
> who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
> buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
> ;-( -aem

If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
then they definitely have problems.

On 18 Dec 2005 16:09:27 -0800, "tomkanpa" > wrote:

>Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???


Though I am unfamiliar with the particular flours you mention, there
can, indeed, be a difference in flours. For one thing, protein
content can vary as can the type sofa wheat, soft or hard.

Pillsbury has a 10.5% protein content.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ggda/flour_test.htm

Robin Hood seems higher, by my own calculation, granted, but it is
trickier to find online. They list their AP flour as having 4.2 grams
of protein per 35 gram serving. That looks like 12% to me. Good bread
flour.

http://www.robinhood.ca/product.deta...d=31&prodcid=9

Boron

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:29:18 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On 18 Dec 2005 16:09:27 -0800, "tomkanpa" > wrote:
>
>>Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>>Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>>was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>>reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>>Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>>they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>>The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>>Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>
>
>Though I am unfamiliar with the particular flours you mention, there
>can, indeed, be a difference in flours. For one thing, protein
>content can vary as can the type sofa wheat, soft or hard.

"SOFT"...not sofa...darn speel chucker.
>
>Pillsbury has a 10.5% protein content.
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~ggda/flour_test.htm
>
>Robin Hood seems higher, by my own calculation, granted, but it is
>trickier to find online. They list their AP flour as having 4.2 grams
>of protein per 35 gram serving. That looks like 12% to me. Good bread
>flour.
>
>http://www.robinhood.ca/product.deta...d=31&prodcid=9
>
>Boron

tomkanpa wrote:
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>



Different brands of flour differ in their gluten and moisture content,
but I wouldn't let her guilt you into feeling blame. In my experience,
different all purpose flours don't make much of a difference in recipes.

gloria p

On 18 Dec 2005 16:52:40 -0800, "aem" > wrote:

>
>tomkanpa wrote:
>> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>
>Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
>would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
>she wanted?

That's what I thought when I read his post! But I'm familiar with the
scenario; it's something my father would do.

> Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
>who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
>buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
>;-( -aem


Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On 18 Dec 2005 16:39:25 -0800, "djs0302" > wrote:

>
>tomkanpa wrote:
>> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>
>Well there's one way to find out. Buy both both the Robin Hood and
>Pillsbury flours. Carefully open each one. Dump the contents of one
>into a container. Pour the bag of the other flour into the empty bag.
>Pour the flour you poured into the container into the other bag. In
>other words, switch the flour from one bag to the other. Carefully
>glue both bags shut. Give your wife the one that says Pillsbury and
>see if she says anything about the cookies and pie crusts tasting
>better.

Ha- my father did something like that once. He bought cheap
mayonnaise and put it in a Hellman's jar.

Once was enough

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

In article . com>,
"tomkanpa" > wrote:

> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???

Well, they're all made by the same people now, IINM. General Mills
makes Robin Hood and Pills. Drop them a line or ring them up and ask.
I've used all three without any difference in outcomes.
--
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com, updated 12-18-05 - Church review (I think
I'll become a critic - Rob's been calling me one for years!)
and a toffee recipe.

"tomkanpa" > wrote in message
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>

Most bakers are picky about the flour they use. My wife prefers King Arthur
as breads rise better and have better texture.

Gluten content, winter wheats,a nd a bunch of other stuff contributes to how
a flour works. Some are better for certain application than others. Try the
quiz here. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/flour/

tomkanpa wrote:

> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>

There is a difference in flours even amongst brands. I know there is a
difference between Canadian flour and American flour as well. I don't
think - but could be wrong on this one - that you would notice a real
difference in flour for pie crusts. What I would pin the difference on
would be the shortening or handling for that not the flour. I know for
a fact that differences in the gluten in white flour will affect breads
and does make a difference when making sour dough starter. I'm not a
real big cookie maker so can't help you there. IMO, if cookies are dry
it would be from not enough butter or fluids, not the flour brand.

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
>
> "tomkanpa" > wrote in message
>> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>>
>
> Most bakers are picky about the flour they use. My wife prefers King
> Arthur as breads rise better and have better texture.
>
> Gluten content, winter wheats,a nd a bunch of other stuff contributes to
> how a flour works. Some are better for certain application than others.
> Try the quiz here. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/flour/

After moving from Seattle area many years ago, I started using Kingarthur
because it was very reliable and did a good job for me in making breads.
Now that I've discovered Wheat Montana I am using it a lot. I don't think
it is as easy to find at King Arthur, though. Some BJ's sell King Arthur
all-purpose flour. I buy it in 10# bags for about 37 cents a lb.
Dee Dee

"djs0302" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> aem wrote:
> > tomkanpa wrote:
> > > Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> > > Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> > > was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> > > reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> > > Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says
that
> > > they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> > > The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or
is
> > > Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
> >
> > Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
> > would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
> > she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
> > who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
> > buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
> > ;-( -aem
>
> If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
> then they definitely have problems.

No shit. Way over dramatic.



Shaun aRe

"tomkanpa" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>

Yes. First of all, there will be qualoity differences. I can't speak to
these brands but you can expect that cheaper flour may be older, come from
less desirable wheat, and so on. Second, flour differs in its protein
content. AP fours should be similar but they may not be, and this can make a
big difference. Look in the nutritional panel - it usually gives grams of
protein per 30 grams of flour. 3g or so (10%) is typical for AP flour. Lower
values are typical of "soft" flout for pastry and buscuits, higher values
for bread flour.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

"Shaun aRe" > wrote

> "djs0302" > wrote

>> aem wrote:

>> > Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
>> > would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
>> > she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
>> > who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
>> > buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
>> > ;-( -aem
>>
>> If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
>> then they definitely have problems.
>
> No shit. Way over dramatic.

I understood what they were saying, and it had zippedy dooda nothing
to do with the flour.

nancy

"tomkanpa" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???

I don't specifically know abut the 2 braind but YES there are differences in
flours and how they are made.


see below from Epicurious;

Dimitri



flour
n. The finely ground and sifted meal of any of various edible grains. Giant
steel or stone rollers are used to break and grind the grain. Most supermarkets
carry steel-ground flour, meaning it's crushed with huge, high-speed steel
rollers or hammers. The heat that is generated with these high-velocity machines
strips away the WHEAT germ and destroys valuable vitamins and enzymes. The more
naturally nutritious stone-ground flour is produced by grinding the grain
between two slowly moving stones. This process crushes the grain without
generating excess heat and separating the germ. Stone-ground flours must usually
be purchased in health-food stores, though some large supermarkets also carry
them. A flour can range in texture from coarse to extremely soft and powdery,
depending on the degree of bolting (sifting) it receives at the mill. Wheat is
the most common source of the multitude of flours used in cooking. It contains
gluten, a protein that forms an elastic network that helps contain the gases
that make mixtures (such as doughs and batters) rise as they bake. All-purpose
flour is made from a blend of high-gluten hard wheat and low-gluten soft wheat.
It's a fine-textured flour milled from the inner part of the wheat kernel and
contains neither the germ (the sprouting part) nor the bran (the outer coating).
U.S. law requires that all flours not containing wheat germ must have niacin,
riboflavin, thiamin and iron added. (Individual millers sometimes also add
vitamins A and D.) These flours are labeled "ENRICHED." All-purpose flour comes
in two basic forms - bleached and unbleached - that can be used interchangeably.
Flour can be bleached either naturally, as it ages, or chemically. Most flour on
the market today is presifted, requiring only that it be stirred, then spooned
into a measuring cup and leveled off. Bread flour is an unbleached, specially
formulated, high-gluten blend of 99.8 percent hard-wheat flour, a small amount
of malted barley flour (to improve yeast activity) and vitamin C or potassium
bromate (to increase the gluten's elasticity and the dough's gas retention). It
is ideally suited for YEAST BREADS. The fuller-flavored whole-wheat flour
contains the wheat germ, which means that it also has a higher fiber,
nutritional and fat content. Because of the latter, it should be stored in the
refrigerator to prevent rancidity. Cake or pastry flour is a fine-textured,
soft-wheat flour with a high starch content. It makes particularly tender cakes
and pastries. Self-rising flour is an all-purpose flour to which baking powder
and salt have been added. It can be substituted for all-purpose flour in yeast
breads by omitting the salt and in QUICK BREADS by omitting both baking powder
and salt. Instant flour is a granular flour especially formulated to dissolve
quickly in hot or cold liquids. It's used mainly as a thickener in sauces,
gravies and other cooked mixtures. Gluten flour is high-protein, hard-wheat
flour treated to remove most of the starch (which leaves a high gluten content).
It's used mainly as an additive to doughs made with low-gluten flour (such as
RYE FLOUR), and to make low-calorie "gluten" breads. All flour should be stored
in an airtight container. All-purpose and bread flour can be stored up to 6
months at room temperature (about 70°F). Temperatures higher than that invite
bugs and mold. Flours containing part of the grain's germ (such as whole wheat)
turn rancid quickly because of the oil in the germ. Refrigerate or freeze these
flours tightly wrapped and use as soon as possible. Other grains - such as
BARLEY, BUCKWHEAT, CORN, OATS, RICE, rye and TRITICALE - are also milled into
flours. flour v. To lightly coat a food, utensil or baking container with
flour. Flouring food to be fried facilitates browning, and coating foods that
tend to stick together (such as chopped dried apricots) helps separate the
pieces. Flouring a pie, pastry or cookie dough will prevent it from sticking to
a work surface; flouring your hands, rolling pin or work surface prevents dough
from sticking. Dusting greased baking pans with flour provides for easy removal
of cakes, breads and other baked goods.
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 1995 based on THE FOOD LOVER'S
COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.

"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
...

> "tomkanpa" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>>
>
> Yes. First of all, there will be qualoity differences. I can't speak to
> these brands but you can expect that cheaper flour may be older, come from
> less desirable wheat, and so on.

Not always, and especially not around the big baking seasons, Christmas and
Easter. Beginning in early October (for the Christmas season), manufacturers
begin offering deals on the basic baking items. Whether the store actually
passes on the price breaks to the consumer is a separate question. But, the
lower price is not a clear indication of quality.

In article .com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
> would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
> she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
> who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
> buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
> ;-( -aem

Unless their budget is so tight that those pennies count, I agree.
On the occasions that Rich goes to the store for me, he buys the brands
I specify. I usually don't specify a brand, so he figures if I did, it
matters.

Regards,
Ranee

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In article .com>,
"djs0302" > wrote:

> If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
> then they definitely have problems.

It's not the flour that's the issue. It's the doing something the
opposite of what was asked of you, when it was made clear that it was
important to the person who did the asking for no reason other than
saving a few cents.

Regards,
Ranee

Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

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Ranee Mueller wrote:

> In article .com>,
> "aem" > wrote:
>
>
>>Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
>>would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
>>she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
>>who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
>>buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
>>;-( -aem
>
>
> Unless their budget is so tight that those pennies count, I agree.
> On the occasions that Rich goes to the store for me, he buys the brands
> I specify. I usually don't specify a brand, so he figures if I did, it
> matters.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
>
> Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
> http://talesfromthekitchen.blogspot.com/

DH does the same for me. I have specific brands and that's that.
Sometimes that ends up in a funny situation. Once 5 Roses flour was on
sale. DH took my grocery list and seeing the *5* thought I wanted 5
bags of *roses* flour not *5 Roses* flour. He brought home 5 - 10 kg
bags of 5. Let me tell you it sure took awhile to use up that flour
since even then I used very little white flour!

Ranee Mueller wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "djs0302" > wrote:
>
>
>>If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
>>then they definitely have problems.
>
>
> It's not the flour that's the issue. It's the doing something the
> opposite of what was asked of you, when it was made clear that it was
> important to the person who did the asking for no reason other than
> saving a few cents.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
>
> Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.
>
> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
>
> http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
> http://talesfromthekitchen.blogspot.com/

If you save a few cents on most of your food items, it adds up

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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Ranee Mueller wrote:


> Unless their budget is so tight that those pennies count, I agree.
> On the occasions that Rich goes to the store for me, he buys the brands
> I specify. I usually don't specify a brand, so he figures if I did, it
> matters.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee

You know how you might clip coupons for products you're not immediately
in need of or perhaps only going to buy and try if they go on sale and
the coupon makes them near free? I once had a running shopping list, and
also had cut the coupons out of the weekly insert paper and left them on
the counter. Hubster just grabbed list and coupons and bought everything
I asked for PLUS every thing I'd cut a coupon for. LOL He assumed I
meant for him to buy it all.

"Goomba38" > wrote

> You know how you might clip coupons for products you're not immediately in
> need of or perhaps only going to buy and try if they go on sale and the
> coupon makes them near free? I once had a running shopping list, and also
> had cut the coupons out of the weekly insert paper and left them on the
> counter. Hubster just grabbed list and coupons and bought everything I
> asked for PLUS every thing I'd cut a coupon for. LOL He assumed I meant
> for him to buy it all.

Oh, that is so funny. That happened to me once, I made up a list for all
these things, maybe I needed them, maybe I was thinking, it's on sale,
maybe I'll get it maybe I won't. Ron grabbed the list without me knowing
(not bringing the coupons I intended, either) and got every last thing.
Including mascara and pantyhose. Damn and he got it right! Right color
mascara (cept he got waterproof) and the right color and brand of
stockings. Who knew he was paying attention!??

Cracked me up, felt bad I'd assigned such a chore without meaning to.
I still laugh at the thought of him poring over the different mascaras with
all their different shaped wands, etc. He got it right!

nancy

aem wrote:

>
> Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
> would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
> she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
> who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
> buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
> ;-( -aem

Flour on sale can be a matter of a lot more than 33 cents. I find that flour
is much cheaper per pound in larger quantities. I recently bought a 20 lb.
bag of Robin Hood all purpose for $4.99, which is not much more than it
usually costs for a 10 lb. bag, and then in another store I saw the same size
bags for $3.99.

Pixmaker wrote:
> Learned in Husbanding-101:
>
> If she asks for Pillsbury, BRING HOME PILLSBURY!
>
> End of lesson!


But did the OP's wife specifically ask for Pillsbury flour this time?
The OP made it sound like his wife had always asked for Pillsbury flour
in the past but he said nothing about her specifically asking for it
this time.

Dave Smith wrote:
> aem wrote:
>
> >
> > Flours differ. Wheat crops differ. What did you save, 33 cents? Why
> > would you assign that a higher value than getting what your wife said
> > she wanted? Now you're trying to rationalize by finding someone here
> > who will tell you that it shouldn't have mattered. Go to the store and
> > buy some Pilsbury flour and save the expense of a marriage counselor.
> > ;-( -aem
>
> Flour on sale can be a matter of a lot more than 33 cents. I find that flour
> is much cheaper per pound in larger quantities. I recently bought a 20 lb.
> bag of Robin Hood all purpose for $4.99, which is not much more than it
> usually costs for a 10 lb. bag, and then in another store I saw the same size
> bags for $3.99.

I have not checked recenlty but about a month and a half ago no-name
flour was roughy Cdn$5.99 / 20 kg versus $ 9.99 for Robin Hood and I
cannot tell any difference for breads.

In article > ,
sarah bennett > wrote:

> If you save a few cents on most of your food items, it adds up

Oh, I know. However, it sounded like this had come up before, and he
still insisted on doing what he wanted, regardless of her wishes. I
have never gotten the impression that they were scraping by, though I
could be wrong, and it wasn't phrased in a way to imply that those 33
cents made a huge difference in their budget. This makes it seem like a
tug of war between them. Now, to be fair, if she knows this about her
husband, she probably shouldn't ask him to get those things for her from
the store either.

Regards,
Ranee

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> If someone needs to see a marriage counselor over a stupid bag of flour
> then they definitely have problems.

You are so right. While visiting grandparents years ago, ran out of
disposable diapers. It seemed so simple, I went with Grandpa to check
the cattle, Grandma stayed with great grand daughter during nap, Dad
went to get more diapers. He asked me what brand, my answer "Anything
"EXCEPT" Pampers. Guess what I found on daughter when I returned?

As far as flour goes, attitude makes the results different. Some
observations regarding therapeutic cooking from my mother's kitchen:

Yeast breads and noodles are better made when angry. You are more
likely to mix the dough more and knead it harder, maybe even get to
puch it down and let it rise again. It takes a lot of energy rolling
out noodles. By the time they are ready to cut, you have either calmed
down a lot, or you will really enjoy cutting them up into noodles. (If
Mom was really on a roll, she'd cut the noodles vigorously with one of
her longest sharpest knives. They'd be crooked and irregular lengths,
but would taste great.)

Pie crust and cookie dough will be tough for the same reason. Best
made when you really want to do something "special", but don't think
you have time. Cut the flour into the shortening, oil, butter or
lard, or cream the eggs, butter, and sugar, but be gentle when mixing
flour with liquid. Handle it lightly and quickly, no more than
necessary to get it to stick together to roll.

Mom made the best cream pies and custards. Beautiful meringues, were a
work of art. I always thought they were time consuming, fussy, and
messy. I still hate double boilers and separating eggs. It took years
for me to figure out that Mom made cream pies on Dad's days off from
work.

Nancy G.

Nancy Young wrote:

> "Goomba38" > wrote
>
>
>>You know how you might clip coupons for products you're not immediately in
>>need of or perhaps only going to buy and try if they go on sale and the
>>coupon makes them near free? I once had a running shopping list, and also
>>had cut the coupons out of the weekly insert paper and left them on the
>>counter. Hubster just grabbed list and coupons and bought everything I
>>asked for PLUS every thing I'd cut a coupon for. LOL He assumed I meant
>>for him to buy it all.
>
>
> Oh, that is so funny. That happened to me once, I made up a list for all
> these things, maybe I needed them, maybe I was thinking, it's on sale,
> maybe I'll get it maybe I won't. Ron grabbed the list without me knowing
> (not bringing the coupons I intended, either) and got every last thing.
> Including mascara and pantyhose. Damn and he got it right! Right color
> mascara (cept he got waterproof) and the right color and brand of
> stockings. Who knew he was paying attention!??
>
> Cracked me up, felt bad I'd assigned such a chore without meaning to.
> I still laugh at the thought of him poring over the different mascaras with
> all their different shaped wands, etc. He got it right!

I will not buy electronics or computer components for my husband, even
with a specific list:

"Oh no. This is the wrong thing. Why'd you buy this?"

"It's what you told me to get. Look, you even wrote it down."

"Yeah, but I *meant* the inverted wheegles, to cope with the increased
signal bleed. Look, you knew I was recombobulating the frackinator.
These things can't possibly weft the kligments."

Kathleen

Kathleen wrote:

> I will not buy electronics or computer components for my husband, even
> with a specific list:
>
> "Oh no. This is the wrong thing. Why'd you buy this?"
>
> "It's what you told me to get. Look, you even wrote it down."
>
> "Yeah, but I *meant* the inverted wheegles, to cope with the increased
> signal bleed. Look, you knew I was recombobulating the frackinator.
> These things can't possibly weft the kligments."

Ah, almost an inverse problem to the one I have with hubster and car
repairs. Something will be wrong with the car and I'll suggest "Could it
be the fragglezack??" and I'll get back this "Nawwwwwww, it isn't that.
I'm going to look at the dingsboop...that's gotta be it." After much
head scratching and perhaps wasting time and money, it always ends up
being the fragglezack I suggested in the first place! He should always
just listen to me in the first place and get it over with, y'know?
Goomba

Kathleen wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> "Goomba38" > wrote
>>
>>
>>> You know how you might clip coupons for products you're not
>>> immediately in need of or perhaps only going to buy and try if they
>>> go on sale and the coupon makes them near free? I once had a running
>>> shopping list, and also had cut the coupons out of the weekly insert
>>> paper and left them on the counter. Hubster just grabbed list and
>>> coupons and bought everything I asked for PLUS every thing I'd cut a
>>> coupon for. LOL He assumed I meant for him to buy it all.
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh, that is so funny. That happened to me once, I made up a list for all
>> these things, maybe I needed them, maybe I was thinking, it's on sale,
>> maybe I'll get it maybe I won't. Ron grabbed the list without me knowing
>> (not bringing the coupons I intended, either) and got every last thing.
>> Including mascara and pantyhose. Damn and he got it right! Right color
>> mascara (cept he got waterproof) and the right color and brand of
>> stockings. Who knew he was paying attention!??
>>
>> Cracked me up, felt bad I'd assigned such a chore without meaning to.
>> I still laugh at the thought of him poring over the different mascaras
>> with
>> all their different shaped wands, etc. He got it right!
>
>
> I will not buy electronics or computer components for my husband, even
> with a specific list:
>

I won't either AND he know's not to buy any for me. We have very
different tastes when it comes to electronics and computers! I won't
buy tools for DH either.

> "Oh no. This is the wrong thing. Why'd you buy this?"
>
> "It's what you told me to get. Look, you even wrote it down."
>
> "Yeah, but I *meant* the inverted wheegles, to cope with the increased
> signal bleed. Look, you knew I was recombobulating the frackinator.
> These things can't possibly weft the kligments."
>
> Kathleen
>

Goomba38 wrote:
> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> I will not buy electronics or computer components for my husband, even
>> with a specific list:
>>
>> "Oh no. This is the wrong thing. Why'd you buy this?"
>>
>> "It's what you told me to get. Look, you even wrote it down."
>>
>> "Yeah, but I *meant* the inverted wheegles, to cope with the increased
>> signal bleed. Look, you knew I was recombobulating the frackinator.
>> These things can't possibly weft the kligments."
>
>
> Ah, almost an inverse problem to the one I have with hubster and car
> repairs. Something will be wrong with the car and I'll suggest "Could it
> be the fragglezack??" and I'll get back this "Nawwwwwww, it isn't that.
> I'm going to look at the dingsboop...that's gotta be it." After much
> head scratching and perhaps wasting time and money, it always ends up
> being the fragglezack I suggested in the first place! He should always
> just listen to me in the first place and get it over with, y'know?
> Goomba

I always try to remember the approach where the other person feels like
*they* came up with the solution. I'll pretend I'm stupid and ask
questions about parts and next thing you know they're talking about the
solution.

I never actually remember to use this approach when it is time, though