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I was surprised that something grain based - pasta - is essentially good forever.
Some "solid" diary, like sour cream and yogurt - lasts for months if you invert it to eliminate the air pocket on top.
I got Pillsbury crescents (in the tube) for .33 ea at Grocery Outlet, now expired for 3 weeks and they baked fine yesterday. Read online canned biscuity things are good 1 month from date on can, and then I can freeze them after I bake them.
Since I'm going on about food and cost, I've been using vegan eggs when I bake cakes and brownies. 1 T. ground flax + 3T water subs for one egg. I get golden flax or there's dark specks in light colored cakes. Cheapest I've found is in bulk at Sprouts.
For brownie mix, I usually use a can of black beans. Drain off liquid (I don't try to get it all out) and refill can with water (with beans still in it). I use immersion blender to puree. Add to brownie mix - no other ingredients. (I was given the beans by a fellow couponer that was moving, they're 9 years expired. No issues).
I remember back when foods did not even have expiration dates on them and they most likely had less or even no preservatives added to them. My mother (disabled and widowed in her 30's with four children to raise) never threw any food out seemingly (at least to us kids) no matter how old it was. We were fed it and all survived, lol.
As far as your canned black beans, I was raised with the idea that food was canned in order to last forever. So unless the can is bulging or has a leak, it's okay to me. And something like dried pasta; I've always figured how could that go bad, it's dried! Not like it's going to grow mold or anything unless it's stored in a lots of humidity.
And thanks for the tip about inverting dairy, I had never heard that but will adopt the practice because hey, it can't hurt. Have a great week!
Since the egg prices got so I, have read and heard from people about substituting a can of pop in a cake mix instead of using eggs, oil and water. Every report has been positive.
On pasta, if it is egg pasta, there may be a chance that it can get a bit funny smelling after a while. But on the whole, pasta doesn't go bad, especially if stored in a cool, dark place.
Rice also can stay good for years, except for brown rice which can go rancid.
Anything with nuts in it will go rancid if kept too long. You can freeze them for a long time.
Does anyone know--can you freeze Brie?
Does anyone know--can you freeze Brie?
Since the egg prices got so I, have read and heard from people about substituting a can of pop in a cake mix instead of using eggs, oil and water. Every report has been positive.
On pasta, if it is egg pasta, there may be a chance that it can get a bit funny smelling after a while. But on the whole, pasta doesn't go bad, especially if stored in a cool, dark place.
Rice also can stay good for years, except for brown rice which can go rancid.
Anything with nuts in it will go rancid if kept too long. You can freeze them for a long time.
Does anyone know--can you freeze Brie?
and they don't slice well. I don't frost but I think that would be impossible. I'd use a glaze.
Personally, I use flax eggs and applesauce for oil replacement (or homemade peach sauce from my tree's otherwise unusable fruit). I got some Dolly Parton mixes for .47 at Grocery Outlet. They call for butter & 4 eggs, my sub makes them somewhat sticky, unlike other mixes.
The cake mixes are now expired, I keep them in the freezer & after 1 mo past date, add a little baking powder.
I agree on nuts, I have walnuts from CVS deals that I think were pre-Covid and some raw almonds that may be older with no indication of being rancid when I use them.
I remember back when foods did not even have expiration dates on them and they most likely had less or even no preservatives added to them. My mother (disabled and widowed in her 30's with four children to raise) never threw any food out seemingly (at least to us kids) no matter how old it was. We were fed it and all survived, lol.
As far as your canned black beans, I was raised with the idea that food was canned in order to last forever. So unless the can is bulging or has a leak, it's okay to me. And something like dried pasta; I've always figured how could that go bad, it's dried! Not like it's going to grow mold or anything unless it's stored in a lots of humidity.
And thanks for the tip about inverting dairy, I had never heard that but will adopt the practice because hey, it can't hurt. Have a great week!
WalMart, except food sign said. Not much left
Hobby Lobby, baskets, wooden sign (many religious), some rabbits
Kroger Affiliates, food at my store was still 50% off. Not much left of either food or plain Easter items. There were quite a few dinosaurs with rabbit ears attached which will be simple to remove. $1.40 for a plush Dino was a good deal.
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I bought some Sargento extra sharp cheese slices, Safeway usually has them 1.97 every six weeks or so, interspersed with Lucerne for the same price.
THIS week they're both 2.47, limit 4, so I thought I'd get the "classier" brand.
Sharp cheddar is slightly crumbly when you break it apart, and has a sharp tang. This stuff is rubbery and tastes like Kraft singles!
Last week I had a deal for Dreyers (Edy's in the East) 3.97 - $1.70 sQ and was surprised (in a bad way) to see "frozen dairy dessert" instead of ice cream on the label! When did THAT happen?
On the non-food front, I need to add soil to my raised beds before I plant in the next 2 weeks. I read up on what kind of soil to buy, and the brands Home Depot & Lowe's carry are reviewing horribly. People are posting pictures of trash in the soil -including glass-and even worse, that adding the soil has decreased plant production or even killed them. One reviewer had the soil tested and it had NO nutrients. Are they putting landfill through a sieve and bagging it up? This is only in very recent reviews, and includes Miracle Gro. I'm not sure what to do - I got some decent potting soil from Costco and even though it is not the "right" soil, my native soil is very clay so it may combine okay.
Everything appears to be coming up sh*t - is it b/c of less restrictions/oversight, anticipation of costs increasing due to tariffs so they are reducing quality, or just more greed?
I bought some Sargento extra sharp cheese slices, Safeway usually has them 1.97 every six weeks or so, interspersed with Lucerne for the same price.
THIS week they're both 2.47, limit 4, so I thought I'd get the "classier" brand.
Sharp cheddar is slightly crumbly when you break it apart, and has a sharp tang. This stuff is rubbery and tastes like Kraft singles!
Last week I had a deal for Dreyers (Edy's in the East) 3.97 - $1.70 sQ and was surprised (in a bad way) to see "frozen dairy dessert" instead of ice cream on the label! When did THAT happen?
On the non-food front, I need to add soil to my raised beds before I plant in the next 2 weeks. I read up on what kind of soil to buy, and the brands Home Depot & Lowe's carry are reviewing horribly. People are posting pictures of trash in the soil -including glass-and even worse, that adding the soil has decreased plant production or even killed them. One reviewer had the soil tested and it had NO nutrients. Are they putting landfill through a sieve and bagging it up? This is only in very recent reviews, and includes Miracle Gro. I'm not sure what to do - I got some decent potting soil from Costco and even though it is not the "right" soil, my native soil is very clay so it may combine okay.
Everything appears to be coming up sh*t - is it b/c of less restrictions/oversight, anticipation of costs increasing due to tariffs so they are reducing quality, or just more greed?
I'm not sure how much you need, if they sell it in your area or if it will fit what you're trying to do in your yard, but one of the folks in one of my plant groups just suggested something called Foxfarm Salamander Soil.
Last week I had a deal for Dreyers (Edy's in the East) 3.97 - $1.70 sQ and was surprised (in a bad way) to see "frozen dairy dessert" instead of ice cream on the label! When did THAT happen?
I personally expect things to continue to get worse due to cost cutting and lack of oversight/regulations/inspections.
On the non-food front, I need to add soil to my raised beds before I plant in the next 2 weeks. I read up on what kind of soil to buy, and the brands Home Depot & Lowe's carry are reviewing horribly. People are posting pictures of trash in the soil -including glass-and even worse, that adding the soil has decreased plant production or even killed them. One reviewer had the soil tested and it had NO nutrients. Are they putting landfill through a sieve and bagging it up? This is only in very recent reviews, and includes Miracle Gro. I'm not sure what to do - I got some decent potting soil from Costco and even though it is not the "right" soil, my native soil is very clay so it may combine okay.
I'm not sure how much you need, if they sell it in your area or if it will fit what you're trying to do in your yard, but one of the folks in one of my plant groups just suggested something called Foxfarm Salamander Soil.
I hope your friend w/ small business finds a way to get through. DH was just telling me tales of people trying to get their shipments by a certain date but the big companies w/ big orders get priority so mom 'n pops are in extra jeopardy.
I personally expect things to continue to get worse due to cost cutting and lack of oversight/regulations/inspections.
Local chain has Sunnyside Farms (house brand for a lot of small,local chains) 1.97, it's supposed to be real ice cream, so I guess I'll give that a shot.
Last year was a really bad garden year, though.
I just put 4 full size tomatoes in my raised bed, somewhat sideways. 4 with the roots at the inside of a circle around the water source (olla). Soil doesn't need to be as deep when you plant them on an angle. I surrounded the roots with potting soil and used some aloe vera to help them transition. I can't find B1 that I used to use for transplant shock, but the aloe vera seems to work even better. Sometimes scarcity forces us to change and once in a while, it's a change for the better.
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I bought some Sargento extra sharp cheese slices, Safeway usually has them 1.97 every six weeks or so, interspersed with Lucerne for the same price.
THIS week they're both 2.47, limit 4, so I thought I'd get the "classier" brand.
Sharp cheddar is slightly crumbly when you break it apart, and has a sharp tang. This stuff is rubbery and tastes like Kraft singles!
Last week I had a deal for Dreyers (Edy's in the East) 3.97 - $1.70 sQ and was surprised (in a bad way) to see "frozen dairy dessert" instead of ice cream on the label! When did THAT happen?
On the non-food front, I need to add soil to my raised beds before I plant in the next 2 weeks. I read up on what kind of soil to buy, and the brands Home Depot & Lowe's carry are reviewing horribly. People are posting pictures of trash in the soil -including glass-and even worse, that adding the soil has decreased plant production or even killed them. One reviewer had the soil tested and it had NO nutrients. Are they putting landfill through a sieve and bagging it up? This is only in very recent reviews, and includes Miracle Gro. I'm not sure what to do - I got some decent potting soil from Costco and even though it is not the "right" soil, my native soil is very clay so it may combine okay.
Everything appears to be coming up sh*t - is it b/c of less restrictions/oversight, anticipation of costs increasing due to tariffs so they are reducing quality, or just more greed?
I think maybe what happened to gardening soil is municipal composting. It's pretty hard to figure out for sure whether any of Seattle's ends up in bags sold at Home Depot or Lowe's, but I do remember, back when it was a new idea, hearing that Seattle was actually making money on it. Even if Seattle's "yard waste" doesn't end up there, maybe other cities' does. I saw this old reddit thread that seems relevant:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/...ompost_go/