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denise
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Grocery Cart
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Sep 10 12:33 UTC 1995 |
When I was at the grocery store, I noticed some of the interesting
thinkgs in other people's carts...
What did YOU have in your grocery cart on your last shopping trip??
:-)
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denise
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response 1 of 23:
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Sep 10 12:38 UTC 1995 |
Hmm, mine wasn't as exciting as some of the others were, as I just
made a quick trip to the store [functioning on only about 3 hours
of sleep mid-morning, after working about 13+ hours Friday nite.
Let's see, I had in my cart: apples[3?], baking potatoes [2], cheese,
flour tortillas, small carton of icecream, small container of butter,
fat-free salsa, and fat free tortilla chips, and right now, I can't recall
if there was anything else...
Though on my way home from work yesterday morning, I did stop and picked
up some wonderful bread from the 9th street bakery [not in the same line
as Zing's but still pretty good].
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remmers
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response 2 of 23:
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Sep 10 13:42 UTC 1995 |
My last trip to the grocery was just to pick up a few odds and
ends that we were short on. Milk and hummus (the latter has recently
become a staple in our household) come to mind.
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ajax
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response 3 of 23:
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Sep 10 15:20 UTC 1995 |
My last trip was a dessert run with some friends: dove bars, chocolate-chip
cookie-dough ice cream, a strawberry cheesecake, and green grapes. Mmmm. :-p
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denise
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response 4 of 23:
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Sep 10 16:13 UTC 1995 |
I forgot to add that I also brought the makings for a sald...
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gracel
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response 5 of 23:
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Sep 11 01:30 UTC 1995 |
My last trip was a side event from buying shoes; I wound up with
vinegar, 2 bottles of apple juice, grapes & bananas, 3 boxes of
frozen waffles, sausage & biscuits, jicama, shoe dye, 1 can soup,
and 28 cans of cat food.
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popcorn
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response 6 of 23:
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Sep 11 12:47 UTC 1995 |
I bought groceries yesterday. Pretty standard (for me) mix of stuff in
my cart. Don't go shopping when you're hungry, though: I bought an
artichoke, just because it was there.
Re 3: Just what did you do with those green grapes? ;)
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ajax
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response 7 of 23:
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Sep 11 15:43 UTC 1995 |
Lest anyone get any perverted grape ideas, let me explain :)....
I was reproducing an experiment that I heard GregC did a while back,
whereby you slice a green grape down its center, leaving a flap of
grape skin connecting the hemispheres. You then lay it on a plate,
and microwave it. For some reason, sparks fly out between the grape
lobes, kind of like when you strike a match, until the flap of
connecting grape tissue burns apart.
Also, grapes are pretty nummy, even if they are picked by exploited
and poisoned immigrant laborers. (Though Food Co-Op ones are picked
by happy healthy grape-pickers).
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eeyore
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response 8 of 23:
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Sep 13 15:38 UTC 1995 |
lesee....ummm...chicken, cocoa...i won't do very much real shoppinging until
i get my next paycheck and can *afford* groceriers! )
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bjorn
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response 9 of 23:
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Oct 6 17:35 UTC 1995 |
Cart? I used a shopping basket... but that is what comes of being
in college.
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freida
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response 10 of 23:
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Nov 12 07:56 UTC 1995 |
2 heads of lettuce, 1 gal of ice cream (two flavors),eggs, yeast, diet coke.
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eeyore
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response 11 of 23:
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Nov 12 15:24 UTC 1995 |
diet pepsi....waaaaaaaay to much diet pepsi. various packaged dinners,
and a 4lb bag of chicken legs....
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scott
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response 12 of 23:
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Nov 12 17:12 UTC 1995 |
A mix of stuff, usually bread, bagels, tortillas, picante sauce, cereal
(Wheaties), bananas, lettuce, carrots...
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danr
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response 13 of 23:
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Dec 11 23:34 UTC 1995 |
Can of coffee, bananas, jack cheese, cheddar cheese, Progresso soup,
onions, Cheerios, light bulbs, chocolate chips, and a 14-lb. bag of
cat food.
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denise
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response 14 of 23:
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Jan 23 18:24 UTC 1996 |
In my grocery cart last night: fruit salad, grapes, bananas, sald stuff,
low-fat ranch dressing, bread, grated cheese, 1% milk, diet coke,
cran-grape juice, Carnation Instant Breakfast, pretzels, laundry
detergent, and I forget what all else!
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mdw
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response 15 of 23:
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Jan 26 22:31 UTC 1996 |
I get stuff from the co-op on practically a daily basis, so I
never get enough to need a grocery cart. Last time I went
(today!) I walked out with:
1 bag granola
1 bag of unroasted whole almonds
1 bag of "trail mix" (to munch in the car
on the way to work)
1 hunk of tofu (in plastic bag)
1 bottle of juice (strawberry-cranberry, I believe)
I figure I already collect enough bags - so I didn't get another
bag to hold all the bags.
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popcorn
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response 16 of 23:
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Jan 27 05:38 UTC 1996 |
But did the strawberry-cranberry juice feel left out?
Unless you think of the bottle as sort of a glass bag. Then it was included.
Hm.
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denisenc
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response 17 of 23:
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Nov 2 20:52 UTC 2005 |
What are people into buying at the grocery store these days?
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keesan
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response 18 of 23:
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Nov 2 20:54 UTC 2005 |
I shop at the Farmer's Market, not the grocery store, for a few more weeks.
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tod
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response 19 of 23:
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Nov 3 00:25 UTC 2005 |
Bread, tomatoes, organic milk, genoa salami.
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denise
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response 20 of 23:
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Sep 1 22:58 UTC 2007 |
I haven't been to the grocery store in a little while, so I stopped at
Kroger's on my way home this afternoon. I went there instead of
somewhere else since it IS on my way home and I was dragging a bit. But
also, I think its the last day of the current 'sale'. And one of the
things I wanted to get was their chicken--buy one, get one free [your
choice of boneless skinless chicken breasts, filets, or cutlets].
Since I was there, I skimmed through the store to see what else was on
sale that I needed [I usually do a good-size shopping maybe once a
month]. And since most of the stuff was on-sale using my kroger card,
I saved about $25 this time around. Some of the stuff I did need, some
of it is going into the pantry and freezer [both are pretty full at
this point; I won't have to do a big shopping again for awhile].
Some of the things that were in my shopping cart besides a couple
packages of chicken breasts: some raw veggies [2 ears of corn, a couple
tomatoes [the ones that were onsale], a cucumber, and an avacodo [I
like these things but I don't ever recall having ever actually buying
one before], watermelon, bread, low-fat milk, cheese, lowfat cottage
cheese, sour cream, black pepper [peppercorns, I just love the pepper
that ya grind yourself, so much more flavor!], canned vegetables, a can
of kidney beans, a package of kroger brand [I think] of those
strawberry shortcake ice cream bars [its been soooo long since I've had
some ice cream and they were on sale], a couple other frozen things,
and a few other filler things.
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keesan
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response 21 of 23:
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Sep 2 00:15 UTC 2007 |
For $10 at market I got 25 canteloupes that are fully ripe, with a soft spot
each, to freeze. They are excellent half thawed, like sherbet. They even
delivered to my porch on the way back to the farm. Also a bag full of very
ripe and somewhat mushed peaches for $2, some of which we froze.
Four big red peppers for $2. Four big Asian eggplants for $2. These don't
grow in our yard because of too little sun.
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edina
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response 22 of 23:
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Sep 4 16:54 UTC 2007 |
Sindi, when you said you froze the melon, I immediately though "melon
doesn't freeze well" and then you said you ate it half thawed like
sherbert. Now *that* sounds good! (And I'm not even a big melon
fan.) I'll suggest it to my mother (who loves the stuff).
This weekend I went to Sprouts, which is our version of a cheaper
Whole Foods. They call themselves a farmer's market, which in a way I
can see, but really, they are just a cheaper version of WF, without
the bells and whistles.
I got some nice tomatoes, which I ripened for a few day and used, and
some zuchini, as well as a big bunch of basil and some pine nuts from
the bulk aisle (made homemade pesto). The tomatoes were 77 cents a
pound, the zuchini 88 cents - in comparison to Fry's/Kroger's or
Safeway, that's a savings of about a dollar per pound for each.
Plus they have a bulk spice section, so I can get all my spices there.
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keesan
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response 23 of 23:
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Sep 4 19:55 UTC 2007 |
Thawed melon also tastes good. Just don't expect much crunch!
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