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Post by carlmr »

Damogran6 wrote: post #90
cableshaft wrote: post #7

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Yeah I did the pantry thing after March 2020 (in the basement, the kitchen doesn't have a proper pantry) and wasn't careful enough about protecting it. It was fine for a year, but this winter we got mice in the house and now we have to toss what wasn't in cans or plastic containers already. We set some live traps and I've caught and released (several miles away) four mice already. Still a good idea, we just can't hav…

We use a lot of tubs with seals because panty moths came in woth the bird food a couple of years ago. I HATE pantry moths.

I bought a vacuum sealer, that was the only way to get rid of them.

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Post by nefitty »

hprotagonist wrote: post #96
nefitty wrote: post #42

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What do you like to bake? I have never attempted. I would like to surprise my wife one of these cold winter evenings.

knowing too much about GBBO meant malt loaf, recently: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/prue-leith-...

Oooh, this looks like a nice challenge and novel enough to be a real surprise. Thank you!

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Post by nefitty »

stevenwoo wrote: post #64
nefitty wrote: post #42

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What do you like to bake? I have never attempted. I would like to surprise my wife one of these cold winter evenings.

Brownies, and banana bread are pretty easy (especially if one does not have allergies to chocolate and nuts as add-ins). Bread and pizza crust might require a bit of experimentation for perfect texture with your flour/water/yeast mix, kitchen temperature, humidity affecting outcome ( if you have central a/c or heat probably not as big a concern but I do not).

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations. Making my own pizza would feel amazing I bet.

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Post by ncmncm »

prawn wrote: post #46
WalterBright wrote: post #33

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Amazon sells galvanized steel garbage cans of various sizes. They have a lid that naturally seals tightly. They're varmint proof for anything up to a bear. Perfect for mouse-proofing your food. My experience with mice is that they travel in 6 packs. If you catch one, there are probably 5 more.

One of my enduring memories was in my school years visiting a friend whose family had recently moved to Australia from Asia. At the end of their kitchen bench, they had a food-grade plastic bin larger than the stereotypical Oscar-the-grouch trash can, full of rice. We buy rice in 5-10kg bags but maybe I should be trying to find larger.

Better use a metal trash can, and have a reliable way to seal the lid, if you don't want to germinate bugs in it.

49ers bought coffee, sugar, and flour in 50-100 lb bags, and lard in multi-gallon cans. Those were the important supplies.

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Post by ncmncm »

reaperducer wrote: post #24
hprotagonist wrote: post #8

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it’s advertised as a kibble container but we all know it holds 25 pounds of flour juuust fine. (and we use it quickly enough, which is kind of shocking but also, pie crust is easy!)

pie crust is easy So is pizza dough! I make it about once a week, and every time I'm reminded of my younger generation boss who didn't know that pizza dough is just flour, water, salt, and yeast. She though it was some kind of magic plastic or something and refused to eat pizza because of it. People really are getting too far away from their food sources.

The most important thing to know about making pizza dough, or really any bread dough, is you want stir in water just enough to get it all wet, and then let it soak for at least 40 minutes before you work it. Second is, refrigerate for at least a day if you care about flavor.

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Post by ncmncm »

skunkworker wrote: post #20

I was at a local Trader Joes on the 3rd of January, the store was much more barren than normal, and when I went up to the counter I asked if the truck was delayed, it wasn't. They had a larger rush on Jan 2nd and 3rd than they had leading up to Christmas and New Years. It was very odd to see.

"Out of Stock" is the Authentic Trader Joe's Experience.

It goes along with everything being a long, long way from its "sell-by" date. (Except walnuts, oddly: only ever buy organic walnuts from TJ.)

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Post by syshum »

pixl97 wrote: post #51
syshum wrote: post #30

I have not been inside a grocery store for over a year... But I have not seen any major changes in my curbside pickup order, no major out of stocks, no major substitution.

Which store chain is this? With Walmart and HEB curbside in the Austin area it's been very common for subs/out of stocks. Going into the HEB over the last week has shown rapidly fluctuating stocks in many items. For example diet drinks of almost any kind were sparse in the store. Meat and cheese was well stocked, but bread was half stocked. Then I may go another time and the items that are missing are in stock and so…

Midwest, Mainly Kroger but I have also known to shop Walmart and Meijer
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