Last Thing You Bought?

Skylark said:
Shiiiiit at that price, it’s worth getting 100 and freezing them in stir-fry-ready slices. Assuming it can be worked into one’s budget.
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I felt so bad leaving them there. :sigh: I'll see what's left tomorrow... they looked beautiful & healthy to me, albeit a bit misshapen... I appreciate that. :)
 
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MadamSarcastra said:
I never go the way I went in the grocery store this evening, but I'm glad I did. I usually dodge & weave through the produce section because people with carts go around the long way.... But I went the long way & I happened to notice, out of the corner of my eye, boxes full of huge red bell peppers... and the cost? Two for $1!! :eek: I know! Holy sh*t! So I grabbed two... didn't plan on getting any, but cripes, how could I refuse? They weren't the "pretty" peppers they have in the spritzing produce section, so I wonder if this was an "Ugly Veggie" thing.... o_O

But it's Monday... and I lingered a short time in the produce section & watched people pass right by... the 2/$1 red peppers caught no one's eye. :| Those are gonna go bad... I might have to buy 20 f*cking peppers tomorrow. LMAO :p

I also bought some Ortega Good Grains blue corn taco shells & some Sunset Zima tomatoes (they're golden-orange grape tomatoes)... and beer. ;)
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20 peppers? Hmmm..... I would do that!... And would pickle them, make an Ajvar or something similar.:leer: But in summer we have a local cultivar called "Lastochka" ("the martlet"),- it's more primitive than bell peppers, but it's ridiculously cheap, (and tastes like grass:D), and i happen to use it in pickling, making ajapsandal, soups, stews, etc. Nothing can compare to the texture of a red or yellow bell pepper:p.
 
Val said:
20 peppers? Hmmm..... I would do that!... And would pickle them, make an Ajvar or something similar.:leer: But in summer we have a local cultivar called "Lastochka" ("the martlet"),- it's more primitive than bell peppers, but it's ridiculously cheap, (and tastes like grass:D), and i happen to use it in pickling, making ajapsandal, soups, stews, etc. Nothing can compare to the texture of a red or yellow bell pepper:p.
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I would love to pickle things, but I need to watch the sodium when I can.... :sadnod:
 
@MadamSarcastra Maybe you can buy as much as you can afford and then donate them to a food pantry or homeless shelter or some other nonprofit group willing to take something perishable. At that price, you’re not exactly breaking the bank, and I’m sure there’s SOMEONE in Bay City happy to get a bunch of huge red bell peppers. That way you can get them before they go bad and find a practical use for them if you can’t keep them all.
 
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Amy SF said:
@MadamSarcastra Maybe you can buy as much as you can afford and then donate them to a food pantry or homeless shelter or some other nonprofit group willing to take something perishable. At that price, you’re not exactly breaking the bank, and I’m sure there’s SOMEONE in Bay City happy to get a bunch of huge red bell peppers. That way you can get them before they go bad and find a practical use for them if you can’t keep them all.
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Honestly, I can't afford to spend any more than I already do.... I let a couple local people know about the peppers, though... they have far more resources than I....
 
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Val said:
Eeeeh?o_O Do you have periodical swelling, or heart issues, or liver issues? (i hope you don't!):hug: I don't eat too salty stuff either, but can't help myself eating pickles. They are my weak spot:D.
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No swelling, no heart issues.... Liver? Well, that may be questionable. I'm a drinker. :p But no, no health problems of that sort.

I just have anxiety issues & a propensity for high blood-pressure.... So I try to stay drama-free & keep sodium to a minimum. :zen:
 
MadamSarcastra said:
No swelling, no heart issues.... Liver? Well, that may be questionable. I'm a drinker. :p But no, no health problems of that sort.

I just have anxiety issues & a propensity for high blood-pressure.... So I try to stay drama-free & keep sodium to a minimum. :zen:
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Yeah, that makes sense then:hug:.
 
MadamSarcastra said:
Oh, I tried making dills already....

View attachment 14177 <---- Those are they. They needed more salt. :rolleyes: LOL
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Hmmm... I hear there is research being done about the provable effects of a low salt diet. Some studies suggest that if a person makes their own food and steers clear of packaged stuff, it’s not necessarily better to hold off on salt for taste. I think that was on the TED Radio podcast I heard it.
 
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Skylark said:
Hmmm... I hear there is research being done about the provable effects of a low salt diet. Some studies suggest that if a person makes their own food and steers clear of packaged stuff, it’s not necessarily better to hold off on sale for taste. I think that was on the TED Radio podcast I heard it.
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That's all I was doing for the first couple years veg (after the first couple months -- still ate some veg fast food... yuck).... I made practically everything from scratch (except no-salt canned goods)....

And that's exhausting.

Speaking of making food... I've got taco-making stuff to tend to immediately.... LOL
 
We've completely run out of food, so we went to our Whole Foods analog and spent ~$40:eek::D. What could we do... It's gonna last us a few days. We got: 3 dried pea flake soups with seasonings, dried barley-pickle soup, bunch of frozen veggies, various greens, green apples, iranian dates, pickled cuckes, pickled beets, beet salad, korean-style pressed soy bean fiber:lick:, tomatoes, lemons, pineapple greek yougurts, tropical juice, fajito seasoning, curry seasoning, 4 my beloved spinach pies:drool:; specifically for my mom and Liza- bacon, cheesecakes, finnish bread, strawberry tarts, eggs, cottage cheese, beef liver cutlets.:devil:
The skies are blue again and the lilac shrubs are blooming.:master:
 
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MadamSarcastra said:
That's all I was doing for the first couple years veg (after the first couple months -- still ate some veg fast food... yuck).... I made practically everything from scratch (except no-salt canned goods)....

And that's exhausting.

Speaking of making food... I've got taco-making stuff to tend to immediately.... LOL
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I think I could make all my own food, or at least make a lot ahead on Sundays, if I weren’t at that same time making metric tons of food to share with my city’s hungry people. Maybe that is just what I tell myself.

I sure hope those studies are true.
 
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4 packs of Fresh thymes store brand super firm tofu- $1.50 lb
organic strawberries 2.50 a lb
peaches .99 lb
organic Gala apples .99 lb
organic cukes 2 for 1.00
vidalia onions .69 lb
Tribe hummus- bogo, so one Everything seasoning, one Mediterranean.
some Brazil nuts, and peanuts
Organic canola oil. $1.99 lb. Had trouble getting it rung up right!

If organic strawberries are always that good I will always buy them! So flavorful!
 
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It's humid and freakin' hot:shtf:(72°F), and we went to a "long" hike to the remote "Helicopter" square:zen:. As we're going to the country tomorrow evening, we went to "The fives" (Aldi analog), and bought some stuff in bulk:pig:. We got: giant(!) "Beefsteak" tomatoes, "Alicante" tomatoes, raw pumpkin seeds, cashews, pail of sauerkraut, green apples, beet salad, pail of pressed soy bean fiber, pickled bear's garlic, pickled cuckes, huge napa cabbage, 2 yeast seasonings:lick:, tomato salsa, 3 spinach pies, tropical juices, iranian dates, 4 jars of baked beans, 4 black chocolates, apricots, cucumbers, pineapple greek yougurts; chicken pie and cheesecakes for my mom.
As today she's going to the funeral feast on 40th day after baba Valya's death (an eastern european tradition), she also bought some cogniac and vodka, and huge salmon pies. I'm not going there, as i hate funeral feasts,- someone there always gets intoxicated to a frightening degree and starts harrassing people, beating each other and smashing furniture.:dizzy::D
As for today i can't walk anymore, i'm now here alone, enjoying cool temperatures and Ivan Goncharov's book "Frigate Pallada":p.
 
I went to Trader Joe's in the hopes of finding fennel seeds, but no such luck. It was on my way home from another errand I was running. I did buy the chocolate-covered almonds rolled in sea salt (these are soooo delicious!), some Sriracha sauce and Trader Joe's vegan mozzarella shreds. They are much cheaper than other shreds, so I figured I'd give them a try.
 
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PTree15 said:
I went to Trader Joe's in the hopes of finding fennel seeds, but no such luck. It was on my way home from another errand I was running. I did buy the chocolate-covered almonds rolled in sea salt (these are soooo delicious!), some Sriracha sauce and Trader Joe's vegan mozzarella shreds. They are much cheaper than other shreds, so I figured I'd give them a try.
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TJ's mozz can be extremely sticky! I only use them in things like stuffed peppers, or enchiladas- more as a textural thing, and they do add taste. On pizza I really use far less than I want to because it seems to expand and gets very very sticky! Or add to a nooch sauce.

No Indian grocer by you for fennel?
 
  • 1 Amy's roasted vegetable no-cheese frozen pizza
  • 2 bags Kroger frozen cauliflower
  • 1 bottle Core organic peach/mango beverage
  • 6-pack Founders All Day IPA bottles
  • 2 Roma tomatoes
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 tiny yellow squash - (seriously, it only cost 28¢)

I didn't get any pasta sauce, none of the decent brands were on sale. But I got my dad a card, stuck it in his luggage, hope it sees it before the airport.
 
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