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Genius.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I am generally pretty anti-frozen foods, because it uses all that energy to freeze it and ship it frozen and keep it frozen in the grocery store.
I’m usually anti-individual packaging, because it’s just so much waste to be thrown out.
Yet, I still think this is so brilliant:

And if it makes people say I think I […]

Meet the humble ham hock.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Kinda gruesome, isn’t it?
A ham hock is the end of a smoked ham where the foot was attached to the hog’s leg. It is the portion of the leg that is neither part of the ham proper nor the foot or ankle, but rather the extreme shank end of the leg bone […]

I know y’all love lists.

Friday, October 5th, 2007

I’m giving GroceryListGenerator a go. It’s a Firefox browser extension (and really, why aren’t you using Firefox?) so the button just sits in the corner of my web browser until I go oh, yeah, I need [item].
I like that it can be used to share recipes, but I’m still getting the hang of the list-making […]

Ten days!

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Is that the longest I’ve ever gone without a post? I think it may be.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been completely absorbed in first getting my textbooks (a tip: never ever buy from Barnes & Noble’s website) and then catching up with my studies. The language department recommends spending two hours studying […]

I love lists, part 2.

Monday, September 10th, 2007

I know some of you — like me — are, well, grocery list fans.
Therefore, I would be remiss in my blogger duties if I did not introduce you to The Ultimatest Grocery List, available as a PDF on grocerylists.org.
I cringed a little at the slot for “bullion cubes,” (what am I, Richie Rich?) but […]

Longest post about groceries ever.

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

As much as it sucks to have one’s finances in chaos, I do like the adventurous aspect of seeing what I can buy at Key Food1 that I can still feel okay about buying without going broke.
This week in groceries…
The mid-range grocery store chain here in NYC. It’s not that fancy, but it’s not that […]