Adventures in grocery shopping

Been about two weeks since I was grocery shopping. I was originally planning on going tomorrow, but we’re forecast to get a bunch of snow. I was then planning on after work today, but we got a
a bit of snow this afternoon, it melted a bit, then started freezing. Parking lot at work was very icy. So I just came straight home. The only thing I really needed was milk, but I’ve got two quarts of shelf stable UHT milk left that I’d gotten a few months back, just for situations like this. $1.25 at Dollar Tree. Tastes just fine. I only use it tea anyhow.

Okay---over at the damaged, freight salvage warehouse overstock Bent & dent distressed case lot big box, they had really, really cheep packages of couscous mix. See---that is not something I, or anya the other hill people are familiar with. But yeah--I read up on it, and it's a staple of the mediterranean. Not only that, but they even serve it at Seven-Eleven Missippissi! So anyway----I'm gonna cook it. Gotta lotta mooolah invested in these packages o' couscous. Don't tell me to cook it with a whole dead chicken or any chicken parts. So---got any suggestions? About preparing couscous, I mean. Yup.

I will sometimes throw some frozen veggies into the water. It is usually thawed by the time the water comes to a boil and the couscous gets added. (I can get a 10 oz box of finely chopped broccoli in the freezer section of my grocery store that I can just add to the pot - no additional chopping needed.)

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Originally Posted by happystuff

I will sometimes throw some frozen veggies into the water. It is usually thawed by the time the water comes to a boil and the couscous gets added. (I can get a 10 oz box of finely chopped broccoli in the freezer section of my grocery store that I can just add to the pot - no additional chopping needed.)

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OK HS, I will try that. I have some chopped frozen vegetables to use. Yup.

Supposedly inflation is slowing, yet each week prices for things are up at the grocery store. And I have stopped eating the snacks at work because they are all salty and I think worsen my eczema.

Went grocery shopping yesterday. I am finding that I will shop both Aldi's and ShopRite - both are in the same area, so travel is not an issue. I do find that I need to know my prices as some things are cheaper in one store than the other. And I'm still always using a list!!!

The latest adventure in grocery shopping is the disappearance of shopping carts. Even the little hand-held plastic ones have been banished. Sure makes it hard for legit customers to load up on groceries.

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Originally Posted by pinkytoe

The latest adventure in grocery shopping is the disappearance of shopping carts. Even the little hand-held plastic ones have been banished. Sure makes it hard for legit customers to load up on groceries.

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My local supermarket staff claims homeless people will load up a cart and just walk out the door and they've been told not to do anything. And that's why the shopping carts disappear. I couple of places where I shop for groceries have a security guard. I can get going on homeless problems.

I went to a local Sprouts store and had to be escorted to the locked restroom by a security guard because of nefarious actions by the area homeless. It has gotten totally out of hand...

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Originally Posted by pinkytoe

The latest adventure in grocery shopping is the disappearance of shopping carts. Even the little hand-held plastic ones have been banished. Sure makes it hard for legit customers to load up on groceries.

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I have a handy folding Versacart--picture a laundry cart on wheels, with handles--that serves as a support and a place to put groceries before and after checkout. But I generally have my groceries delivered.