• Early Dinner for Me & My Weekly Grocery Shopping ˙1/30/2026

    From Unknown@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 22:46:19


    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?

    I picked up some sliced in the deli ham and two slices hit a hot
    *lightly* buttered skillet for a heat up and a tad of browning.
    Then into the toaster oven to reappear as grilled cheese and ham
    with a side of potato salad. If I should get hungry later, there's
    one more serving of the creamy chicken, rice, and mushroom soup to enjoy.

    Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables available, bread was a bit iffy.
    Cat litter with the exception of two or three large expensive buckets
    was non-existent as it was snapped up for tire traction. Lots of meat
    choices, milk was /very/ low and no half-n-half. ˙? ˙˙Lots of cottage cheese, yogurt, and cheese, but sour cream was lacking. I got the last
    dozen of jumbo eggs, but plenty of other sizes available and they had a special on 18-count cartons.

    Publix to the rescue for half-n-half and even beat Kroger's price to
    boot! If they hadn't had any I was going to stop at Aldi, but I was
    saved that trip.

    ~

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.8
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 16:24:11
    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:46:19 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?


    Char siu convection baked pork belly with sticky rice and sesame
    oil wok'd cabbage, bok choy, and broccolini.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.8
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cindy Hamilton@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 31, 2026 10:14:09
    On 2026-01-30, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:


    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?

    Regular dinner time. 5:45 pm.

    Lunch was leftover pasta from Wednesday's lunch out with my mother.
    I added half a can of garbanzo beans, a thinly sliced cloved of garlic,
    some pepper flakes, and a liberal grating of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

    Dinner was you-know-what.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.8
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 31, 2026 21:19:06
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:14:09 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 2026-01-30, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:


    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?

    Regular dinner time. 5:45 pm.

    Lunch was leftover pasta from Wednesday's lunch out with my mother.
    I added half a can of garbanzo beans, a thinly sliced cloved of garlic,
    some pepper flakes, and a liberal grating of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

    Dinner was you-know-what.

    A salad with a lemon vinaigrette and a nondescript carb?

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.8
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Cindy Hamilton@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, January 31, 2026 12:43:59
    On 2026-01-31, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:14:09 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
    <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

    On 2026-01-30, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:


    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?

    Regular dinner time. 5:45 pm.

    Lunch was leftover pasta from Wednesday's lunch out with my mother.
    I added half a can of garbanzo beans, a thinly sliced cloved of garlic, >>some pepper flakes, and a liberal grating of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

    Dinner was you-know-what.

    A salad with a lemon vinaigrette and a nondescript carb?

    Don't forget the grilled chicken breast. Got to have my dead
    animal.

    --
    Cindy Hamilton

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.8
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From dsi1@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 19:51:04

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:



    How about you? Regular dinner time or eating a bit early too, and
    what will you be having?

    I picked up some sliced in the deli ham and two slices hit a hot
    *lightly* buttered skillet for a heat up and a tad of browning.
    Then into the toaster oven to reappear as grilled cheese and ham
    with a side of potato salad. If I should get hungry later, there's
    one more serving of the creamy chicken, rice, and mushroom soup to enjoy.

    Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables available, bread was a bit iffy.
    Cat litter with the exception of two or three large expensive buckets
    was non-existent as it was snapped up for tire traction. Lots of meat choices, milk was /very/ low and no half-n-half. ˙? ˙˙Lots of cottage cheese, yogurt, and cheese, but sour cream was lacking. I got the last dozen of jumbo eggs, but plenty of other sizes available and they had a special on 18-count cartons.

    Publix to the rescue for half-n-half and even beat Kroger's price to
    boot! If they hadn't had any I was going to stop at Aldi, but I was
    saved that trip.

    ~

    I saw a six pound can of corned beef hash - I'm a sucker for canned corned beef hash. Opening it was kind of an ordeal - my wrist still hurts. I tried to fry it
    but that crazy product doesn't take kindly to high heat and the small spuds pieces
    popped, shooting hot oil all over the place. The can shows the product in a fry pan but that just doesn't work. In the end, the hash was cooked in the microwave.
    Not great but it'll do.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/R1ggzWNTxUnvNekcA




    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.10
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Unknown@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 21:25:53

    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

    I saw a six pound can of corned beef hash - I'm a sucker for canned corned beef
    hash. Opening it was kind of an ordeal - my wrist still hurts. I tried to fry it
    but that crazy product doesn't take kindly to high heat and the small spuds pieces
    popped, shooting hot oil all over the place. The can shows the product in a fry
    pan but that just doesn't work. In the end, the hash was cooked in the microwave.
    Not great but it'll do.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/R1ggzWNTxUnvNekcA


    Did you try to cook the whole can at once??? And it sounds like you had
    your skillet a bit too hot.

    ~

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.10
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From dsi1@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 21:47:59

    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:


    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

    I saw a six pound can of corned beef hash - I'm a sucker for canned corned beef
    hash. Opening it was kind of an ordeal - my wrist still hurts. I tried to fry it
    but that crazy product doesn't take kindly to high heat and the small spuds pieces
    popped, shooting hot oil all over the place. The can shows the product in a fry
    pan but that just doesn't work. In the end, the hash was cooked in the microwave.
    Not great but it'll do.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/R1ggzWNTxUnvNekcA


    Did you try to cook the whole can at once??? And it sounds like you had your skillet a bit too hot.



    That could be it. I'll have to do some experimenting with cooking this. I have lots of raw material to work with.


    ~

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.10
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From jmquown@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, February 01, 2026 17:22:30
    On 2/1/2026 2:51 PM, dsi1 wrote:

    I saw a six pound can of corned beef hash - I'm a sucker for canned corned beef
    hash. Opening it was kind of an ordeal - my wrist still hurts. I tried to fry it
    but that crazy product doesn't take kindly to high heat and the small spuds pieces
    popped, shooting hot oil all over the place. The can shows the product in a fry
    pan but that just doesn't work. In the end, the hash was cooked in the microwave.
    Not great but it'll do.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/R1ggzWNTxUnvNekcA


    Who the heck needs a 6 pound can of corned beef hash?

    Jill

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.10
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)