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RZA Encryption posted:Maybe they ended up at costco because they messed up the label at a factory and they know costco customers will accept flaws in the name of getting a deal? Costco doesn’t sell odds/2nds at all though? 🥺
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Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Costco doesn’t sell odds/2nds at all though? 🥺 It was a guess as to why they would have mediums marked as xxxl but I missed that it was a joke and not actually mislabeled product. The other part of my statement was about my personal experience with them tending to have things that aren't what I would normally buy, but might be good enough since it's a deal, like not having the good belvita flavor (blueberry).
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priznat posted:I can’t eat the pack of dogs fast enough, do folks find they’re ok to freeze? I have one of those vacuum sealer things and I was thinking freeze singles for when the urge hits me. As a food scientist (yes really), you can absolutely freeze hot dogs or any other type of emulsified sausage.
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Involuntary Sparkle posted:As a food scientist (yes really), you can absolutely freeze hot dogs or any other type of emulsified sausage. Sweet, doin that next time! Seems kind of obvious now, I freeze a lot of meats using the vacuum sealer (which I think I got at costco too! ) On that topic what things are bad to freeze? I get the costco pitas and freeze them (in the bags) but they always turn out way too dried out when I thaw them in the microwave (with a little water in hopes to perk them up).
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priznat posted:Sweet, doin that next time! I'm sure I. Sparkle will have a much better explanation but it's something with freezer air being super dry and sucking moisture out of breads and things. Pretty sure that's what freezerburn is. I have decent luck with vacuum sealing breads THEN freezing them. Air can't be dry if there isn't much in there to begin with Could be SUPER wrong though
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KakerMix posted:Air can't be dry if there isn't much in there to begin with The Costco tire center guys will fill your bread bag with nitrogen to make your bread freezable.
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priznat posted:Sweet, doin that next time! You can freeze the butter which I totally did not expect
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BeastOfExmoor posted:The Costco tire center guys will fill your bread bag with nitrogen to make your bread freezable. lmao Fallom posted:You can freeze the butter which I totally did not expect Really? I would have thought it would get all gritty feeling or whatever. Weird!
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 06:33 |
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:You laugh, but 5 unripe avocados for 7 buckos is as cheap as it gets. 1 ripe avocado can go for a few bucks even at a local mexican market. You buy in bulk and basically just wait for them to ripe. It depends a lot on where you live. In CA you can get primo ripe sale avocados at a supermarket for $1 per. No waiting for them to be ripe. Avocados get significantly more expensive, smaller, and shittier, the farther you get from Mexico, in which case I can understand why you would buy unripe avocados. And just for the record, those avocados are currently $9 a bag, not $7, though I can understand your confusion because they are usually more like $7 but market forces have pushed them way up recently. You should try to be more accurate though as this is the second time in like 2 days that you've dramatically underestimated the price of the things you're buying at costco, which seems like an issue.
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Taima posted:It depends a lot on where you live. I admit SoCal might be much cheaper for obvious mentioned reasons, so IDK about that. as far as the bag of avocados from Cstco goes, I do want to say I see them for something like 6/$7.99? I remember doing math a year or two back, and they came out to be like ~$1.25 each that way but I found it wasn't a good deal because there always at least one that was just rotten or heavily bruised or I don't eat in time. I found it much better just to buy as I need them (usually a day or two in advance because all the stores I go to very rarely have same-day ripe ones).
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Xaris posted:I admit SoCal might be much cheaper for obvious mentioned reasons, so IDK about that. I'm in the bay area, not Socal and they are always on sale for somewhere at $1 per and we eat like a million avocados so I know this for sure. In fact Safeway is the most common place we get them from. Which is saying a lot because the usual price of produce at Safeway is absolutely terrible. And like I very clearly said, they recently increased to $9 at Costco, I went there yesterday and they were $9. Not to sperg out but I roughly track the prices of the poo poo we buy, not because we need the cash but because being smart with money really pays off.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 07:29 |
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priznat posted:lmao Nah butter freezes really well. I buy butter at the church and freeze all the packs that aren't being used.
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Taima posted:It depends a lot on where you live. Sir and or madam, I currently live about as SO as SoCal gets(give or take a few miles). Avocados are quite expensive. Even now. A small half pound plastic container of pure guac ranges from $7-$10 bucks depending on what market you go to and whether it is of a Hispanic or other local ethnic market. An whole unripe avocado has been upwards of $2ish buckos, again depending on the location. Maybe my aunt gave my mother bad information about the price of a bag of unripe avocados from Costco, but also maybe I like to over exaggerate prices about dumb poo poo every now and then for funsies. I will do my due diligence and make sure all my bullshit price estimates are infact up to par and do not upset the fine posters of the "General Bullshit" forums of Somethingawful.com.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 08:59 |
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Hotdogs plus a refill range from $1-$100 bucks. Somewhere in there idk. I'm guessing here.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 09:00 |
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I regularly buy avocados for 50 cents each at national stores like Fresh Thyme. They're almost always $1 or less at bigger/not fancy rear end local groceries. And always about 50 cents at Mexican groceries. It's almost as if proximity to Mexico isn't the only factor determining price for avocados Crusty Nutsack fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Nov 3, 2021 |
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Superking sells avocados for .69 each on sale probably once a month. They usually have a range of ripeness too so you can get ones for now and ones that'll be good in a week. It's a nice price.
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Good Dog posted:Superking sells avocados for .69 each on sale probably once a month. They usually have a range of ripeness too so you can get ones for now and ones that'll be good in a week. It's a nice price. nice
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KakerMix posted:I'm sure I. Sparkle will have a much better explanation but it's something with freezer air being super dry and sucking moisture out of breads and things. Pretty sure that's what freezerburn is. I have decent luck with vacuum sealing breads THEN freezing them. Air can't be dry if there isn't much in there to begin with No you have it pretty much right, but that's only one of the issues with most home freezers. One of the major ones is that they freeze food so slowly, larger ice crystals form and break cell walls, and can ruin the texture of foods. Also, a lot of enzymatic reactions continue at home freezer temperatures, so blanch your vegetables before freezing. But emulsified sausages like hot dogs freeze beautifully, and yes, butter. But things that have higher water content is where you run into trouble.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 14:59 |
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I can get decent avacados for like .69 cents here at a standard grocery store in the middle of the mountains in Colorado. Sometimes you gotta buy them 3-5 days out so they ripen though.
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the price of avocados at my local costco is about 25 cents per gallon cheaper than it is at the other gas stations in the area
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It's almost like thing like produce and meat can have different prices in different parts of the country...
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 15:52 |
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Trastion posted:It's almost like thing like produce and meat can have different prices in different parts of the country... No, no, they're dramatically underestimating the price of things at that one person's Costco.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Yeah I really like that one. Raw sauerkraut is delicious I usually pair that with Kirkland Signature Bratwursts
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 16:29 |
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Bloodplay it again posted:the price of avocados at my local costco is about 25 cents per gallon cheaper than it is at the other gas stations in the area We've hit peak avocados.
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:We've hit peak avocados. I just hope the children never see avocado rationing like during the meme wars...
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 18:06 |
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i buy my avocados from some dude under an umbrella with a beat to poo poo white ford econoline van on the side of the road
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 18:29 |
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They got some good oranges too. And raw honey!
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 19:11 |
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my local costco carries this which is great
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Went to the church to get some shirts and noticed the food court had the al pastor salad. Was tempted to get it but it’s soy meat? I’ll pass.
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Moey posted:I can get decent avacados for like .69 cents here at a standard grocery store in the middle of the mountains in Colorado. Fresh Olathe sweet corn is where it's at. A treasure of the region.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 20:40 |
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Since there’s a bunch of you in SoCal, I’m really not sure how you’re spending so much on avacados. I passed through Ramona about 2 weeks back and it was like 10 avacados for $6 from roadside stands. I think the food stands in Lakeside are similar in price too.MarcusSA posted:Went to the church to get some shirts and noticed the food court had the al pastor salad. You’re missing out. That salad to me is the best thing on the food court menu. The soy taste is acceptable as the dressing and fresh bell peppers make up for any minor faults.
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AmbientParadox posted:Since there’s a bunch of you in SoCal, I’m really not sure how you’re spending so much on avacados. I passed through Ramona about 2 weeks back and it was like 10 avacados for $6 from roadside stands. I think the food stands in Lakeside are similar in price too. I'd imagine most people aren't buying their produce from the side of the road
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They had a 4 pack of ramen bowls in the fridge section. Not worth it IMO, they are just fancy cup o' noodles instead of something like restaurant style ramen like I was hoping.
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AmbientParadox posted:
Hmm ok maybe I’ll give it a shot next time.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 21:07 |
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Roadside avocados are great, but you have to go out to San Diego County, so it's a rare item for most people. But yeah you do get a grocery bag full for few bucks. The last time I was in Costco, avocados were small and had gone up like $3.
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 21:08 |
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In Iowa (lol) the cheapest guacamole we can find are those Wholly Guacamole single servings they're quite good, PBUC.
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FogHelmut posted:Roadside avocados are great, but you have to go out to San Diego County, so it's a rare item for most people. But yeah you do get a grocery bag full for few bucks. I have yet to find an avocado stand that wasn't a classic bait and switch that conveniently just ran out of avocados but has plenty of oranges. Trust me they were just about to take down that 5 avocados for a dollar sign!!
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# ? Apr 25, 2019 21:52 |
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Avocados from Mexico have never let me down. California avocados are dicey propositions.
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Vato posted:Avocados from Mexico have never let me down. Mmmmm diced avocados.
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Secht posted:Did anyone use the Co to buy a car? I noticed some service is included with membership and just starting to weigh options. I’ve bought two
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