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Kilersquirrel posted:my Costco membership If you do shopping very infrequently, you can even get by on free membership days or through sheer ignorance! The day before my wedding I brought my brother to Sam's to shop for the food. He thought I had a membership, I thought he had one. So we get to the checkout with $500 of food in our cart and no membership. I just walked up to the service desk and looked confused and explained myself and they laughed and said "that's hilarious, here's a day pass" and we checked out. Or you can find a buddy that for sure has a membership and they can have you in as a guest. My suggestion: offer to bring the boxes/bags for their stuff (these places usually do not box/bag your items so you have to bring your own), that seems like an even trade.
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Noricae posted:I use sandwich bags, fill them halfway, flatten them into thin pancakes, stack them and freeze them. It's much more compact and a cheaper (and less waste generating) way of freezing sauces, blanched vegetables, pesto, tomato sauce, etc. Spread them thin enough that you can just break off hunks for use easily. For making premade lunches that you take & go the containers are good though. I use this tactic for making rice. I make a HUGE batch of rice but stop it about one or two minutes shy of perfectly done. Then I take a heavy quart Ziploc and lay it on the counter and spoon in about 2 cups of cooked rice. Seal it almost all the way, flatten the rice out to a nice even thickness in the bag, then evacuate the air and close the last bit of the zip. When it's time for rice, just take a frozen bag and toss it in the microwave for a minute or two. It's not quite fresh, but it certainly suffices for bachelor-mode stir fry weeks.
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Oct 19, 2011 07:24
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Yeah, that's a very staple-ish dish, easy to make, warms the house in the winter. Might I suggest that the chicken can be Maillard-ed up a bit and made a bit prettier with a couple minutes in a skillet to brown before assembling it all up? You don't have to sit there and babysit and evenly brown, just 2-3 minutes each side on a hot skillet.
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Oct 22, 2011 09:01
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