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| Author: | ldkelley [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Carey, Could you have taken the meat back? I've never taken meat back but I would probably have tried for $25! My resolutions: *Less waste *Learn to cook healthier dishes. I love to cook but mmmm Short Ribs and Pasta and ... not healthy. I make a mean veggie curry but there is all that rice again... |
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| Author: | cmd2012 [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
I thought about taking it back, and if it was from a large grocer I would have. But this is a small privately owned butcher, and I think it would be awkward (how do I prove I didn't store it improperly, and that it was that way when I got it?). Plus, I tossed the chicken because it smelled, and he's not open again until tomorrow. Maybe I'm not being assertive enough, but I think my preference would be to just avoid buying that brand of chicken in the future. It's the 2nd one in 6 months, and they came from different stores, so it has to be the brand and not the store. The upside is that my plan is to cook from the freezer for a while since my grocery budget is done for the week. I have a surprising amount stashed in there...lots of sausage, ground beef, ground pork, and boneless chicken thighs. I have some scallops from Costco too. We're definitely not going to starve. It's just upsetting. Last night wasn't a bust though. I found some Rao's sausage sauce that I had put in the freezer earlier, and we had that over pasta with salad. |
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| Author: | Amy [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Carey, You should have taken it back IMO. Amy |
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| Author: | wino [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
I did it last year and - lo & behold, there's an opportunity to do it again this year - clean out the freezers (3) before any new purchases in the meat and stock departments. Those damn lobster shells are going to become bisque come Hell or high water   
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| Author: | marygott [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Carey, You could mention it the next time you go in. I am sure if he is small he will want to keep up his reputation. Mary |
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| Author: | jeanf [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Carey, I'd also email the brand and let them know. We stopped buying the more expensive pure filtered milk because it consistently went bad days before the date. Costco would always refund me but it wasn't worth the hassle, and there were a few times we were caught with no milk and 2 toddlers that wanted it. I'm much better at the freezer now (thanks Kathy!) but the fridge is my nemesis. Amy, I'll look into those containers. DH jokes sometimes if he should put something in the fridge or straight into the composter.  
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| Author: | TheFuzzy [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Idkelley, What's wrong with rice? If you want to be really healthy, some Japanese rice growers offer "half-brown" rice: rice which is 30%, 50% or 70% polished. The great thing about this is that the 50% has 50% of the vitamin/mineral/fiber benefits of brown rice, but cooks in the same time as regular white rice. I've made sushi with it. P.S. thanks for adding an avatar picture! |
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| Author: | Linda [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
cmd2012 wrote: I was going to minimize food waste too...only I opened the fresh Heritage Farm chicken I bought from my specialty butcher (just yesterday afternoon) to discover a funky smell that did not rinse off with the purge. It's the 2nd time with this brand (different butchers) that this has happened. Grrrr. $25 down the drain, as I dumped it (it was an 8 lb roasting chicken). Last time I thought I was imagining it, we ate it, and were horribly sick, so I'm not risking that again. So much for tonight's dinner, the lunches and leftovers that I had planned. Why did you not return it at least so that the butcher would be aware that there is a problem with these chickens? |
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| Author: | talanhart [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
I usually don't make resolutions, but I am definitely going to cook everything from the freezer that my mother puts in there when she stays with me during the Summer. I have no idea what most of the items are. I just pull one thing at a time and then cook it no matter what it is. Tonight is ground beef. |
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| Author: | Amy [ Thu Jan 03, 2013 8:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Culinary New Year's resolutions |
Todd, Absolutely nothing goes into my freezer without being labeled. Get yourself a roll of masking tape and a giant Sharpie. And then, make your Mom use them. Amy |
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