How do you grocery shop?

[A///]

Wine aisle first. I pick up what looks decent and what's on sale.

 

[A///]

I don't amble. I pimp walk -

I see a lot of people my age and older walk with a pimp walk. it's cause they've got a painful bunion.

 

[SKORPI0]

I don't make a list, just get almost the same stuff every other 2 weeks. No fixed budget in mind. If I find something interesting, I buy it to test. These from local gorcery store (Jewel-Osco) and Costco.

 

[SKORPI0]

Ooops, double post.

 

[zinfamous]

Lots of the grocery stores here sell those chickens, usually around the same price. But they're small. About 2/3rds the size of whole uncooked chickens, sometimes smaller. And of course, you're paying for their time and energy, and all the bones ... and the packaging. Those fancy clamshells ain't free.

I get packs of boneless skinless thighs or breasts for around $2/lb usually. All meat, no bone, much better value and quick to cook.

no, not really. not at all. price/lb all of those pre-cooked whole rotisserie chickens are vastly cheaper than any other chicken option you can find in the same store, anywhere. It's not even close really. ...and that's just the direct cost. Consider that the damn thing is actually prepared. It makes no sense. As Kaido mentioned, it is the loss leader at Costco, and every place sells them at a loss.

Have you actually compared the price of those to your butchered chicken legs? It's really not close, lol.

 

[Muse]

That 0:54 video is fabulous. I'm going to try to do that on the bird I buy on my next Costco run. WAYWAY less complicated and problematic than what I have been doing. Genius!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Have you actually compared the price of those to your butchered chicken legs? It's really not close, lol.

I don't buy the legs or leg quarters. I buy boneless, skinless thighs or breasts and I get 2-3 pounds of solid meat with no waste at all for the price of one of these 'prepared' Pigeons.

 

[A///]

I don't make a list, just get almost the same stuff every other 2 weeks. No fixed budget in mind. If I find something interesting, I buy it to test. These from local gorcery store (Jewel-Osco) and Costco. View attachment 82307

Do you enjoy being regularly constipated?

 

[Kaido]

That 0:54 video is fabulous. I'm going to try to do that on the bird I buy on my next Costco run. WAYWAY less complicated and problematic than what I have been doing. Genius!

One of my favorite pastimes is finding lifehacks that elevate the things I do to the next level. For example, how do you make clusters of homemade granola? The secret is egg whites!

'Smitten Kitchen's Big Cluster Maple Granola Recipe

"Nothing glues like protein." Indeed, this granola was the most well-clustered I've ever produced in my kitchen. The toasted wheat germ adds a boost of nuttiness (and nutrition) while also helping the oats bind together.

www.seriouseats.com

The secret to my silky (not dry & crumbly!) ground beef for chili, burritos, tacos, etc. is heavy cream:

A Genius Chili Secret From a Cook-Off Queen

With a little help from James Beard's favorite hamburger.

food52.com

This is why I'm addicted to TikTok...people are always finding AMAZING procedures for doing things faster & better with less effort!

 

[Captante]

The secret to my silky (not dry & crumbly!) ground beef for chili, burritos, tacos, etc. is heavy cream:

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't make a list, just get almost the same stuff every other 2 weeks. No fixed budget in mind. If I find something interesting, I buy it to test. These from local gorcery store (Jewel-Osco) and Costco. View attachment 82307

I love those Baconets!

 

[Kaido]

Just won my second chili contest with that trick!

 

[Captante]

Just won my second chili contest with that trick!

McDonalds burgers are EXTREMELY popular too!

(Seriously congrats! Just don't feed it to me plx!)

 

[IronWing]

Heavy cream works very well with ground beef.

 

[Captante]

Heavy cream works very well with ground beef.

"In your opinion".

Works great to induce projectile-vomiting for me.


Acid in tomato sauce can be cut/reduced sans dairy in several ways, the simplest of which is using baking soda. (just be sure to reduce added salt accordingly)

There are also non-dairy methods to thicken/smooth sauces.

 

[zinfamous]

Just won my second chili contest with that trick!

carpet barf?

 

[Kaido]

carpet barf?

Kevin did it in one take:

 

[pmv]

Well more power to you hoards of zombies ambling aimlessly down the aisles but that sounds terrible. I prefer a fast and efficient trip

The supermarkets tend to work to prevent any such 'speed and efficiency' trips - by regularly relocating items around the store.

Nothing is ever in the same aisle/shelf for very long. I believe they do this quite deliberately, specifically to stop you just going straight to where your regular purchases are and then leaving. They _want_ you to have to spend ages searching to find where the tinned fruit has been moved to this week, in the hope you'll be drawn to grab other items along the way.

 

[Kaido]

The supermarkets tend to work to prevent any such 'speed and efficiency' trips - by regularly relocating items around the store.

Nothing is ever in the same aisle/shelf for very long. I believe they do this quite deliberately, specifically to stop you just going straight to where your regular purchases are and then leaving. They _want_ you to have to spend ages searching to find where the tinned fruit has been moved to this week, in the hope you'll be drawn to grab other items along the way.

My procedure is:

1. I go in armed with a shopping list, so I'm not trying to conjure up what to buy in my tiny ADHD brain lol
2. I ALWAYS get a cart because I cave to the latest Oreo "flavor of the week" & whatever other nonsense I find along the way haha
3. I start on one side and go up & down every single aisle, whether I need to or not. This gives me full coverage in ONE shot, plus bonus exercise!

Also:

1. I stole this idea from TikTok: I don't use bags. I just fill up the cart with stuff. I keep a few stackable laundry bins in my trunk. I unload my cart into the laundry bin, then use the bins to bring everything into the house easily in fewer trips, then put the bins immediately back in my trunk.

2. My local grocery store is a beta store for app scanning. Basically, you download the app, use the smartphone camera to scan the items, and then they have a new aisle next to self-checkout where you just walk up to it, hit the checkout button, and use Apple Pay or whatever to check out. Literally takes 30 seconds & I'm outta there! I use curbside once in awhile & I've tried delivery, but I like picking out my own produce & whatnot, plus sometimes I see new things I want to try.

3. I take my time at other places. Like I stop at roadside farm stands & go to farmer's markets during the week when I have time. Corn comes out amazing in the Instapot, so I'll get fresh-picked corn during the summer, which is sooooo good!

 

[Captante]

Kevin did it in one take:

This still makes me feel bad for Kevin lol!

 

[adeymary92]

Think of things you want to eat. Write down a week's worth of things. Look up how to make those things. Write down the ingredients required that you don't already have. Only buy what's written down.

 

[sdifox]

Me: what do you guys want to eat?
Fam: Don't know
Me: ok we are going to eat x
Fam: no we don't want x
Me: so what do you want then?
Fam: don't know.

Every. Fucking. Meal.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Like a European. I do frequent small trips. I don’t like a ton of food sitting around and aging out.

 

[pmv]

My procedure is:

1. I go in armed with a shopping list, so I'm not trying to conjure up what to buy in my tiny ADHD brain lol
2. I ALWAYS get a cart because I cave to the latest Oreo "flavor of the week" & whatever other nonsense I find along the way haha
3. I start on one side and go up & down every single aisle, whether I need to or not. This gives me full coverage in ONE shot, plus bonus exercise!

Also:

1. I stole this idea from TikTok: I don't use bags. I just fill up the cart with stuff. I keep a few stackable laundry bins in my trunk. I unload my cart into the laundry bin, then use the bins to bring everything into the house easily in fewer trips, then put the bins immediately back in my trunk.

2. My local grocery store is a beta store for app scanning. Basically, you download the app, use the smartphone camera to scan the items, and then they have a new aisle next to self-checkout where you just walk up to it, hit the checkout button, and use Apple Pay or whatever to check out. Literally takes 30 seconds & I'm outta there! I use curbside once in awhile & I've tried delivery, but I like picking out my own produce & whatnot, plus sometimes I see new things I want to try.

3. I take my time at other places. Like I stop at roadside farm stands & go to farmer's markets during the week when I have time. Corn comes out amazing in the Instapot, so I'll get fresh-picked corn during the summer, which is sooooo good!

Yeah, I always take a list, but then it takes an age to find all the items on the list, becuase they keep moving them around the store. Drives me mad. Every time I get the hang of where an item is, they relocate it to the far side of the store.
They have that "app scanning" thing, which is annoying as it's required to get the best "loyalty card scheme" offers, but I don't have a smart phone.
And I always take a rucksack as they charge (quite a lot) for bags now - can't very well put things in 'the trunk' as I don't have a car either!
Getting fed up with the supermarket chains now. Now they've captured the market completely and there's nowhere else to shop, they've stopped caring what the customer wants. Prices go up, staff numbers go down, and the loyalty card schemes get more-and-more stingy.

 

[biostud]

Me: what do you guys want to eat?
Fam: Don't know
Me: ok we are going to eat x
Fam: no we don't want x
Me: so what do you want then?
Fam: don't know.

Every. Fucking. Meal.

Eldest daughter didn't want taste the meal at all. 2nd daughter tasted it and didn't like it. Third daughter: Dad, It's the best meal you have ever made.

Veal roast with creamy mushroom sauce, potatoes and veggies.