“Ranch” beans in a can, lots. What the hell, them things are great in so many things!!
Local Safeway pasta aisle completely empty except:
Spaghetti (just a few boxes of one brand-looked like they had maybe restocked)
Lasagna noodles
Ditalini
All gluten-free/non-wheat pastas
Why the ditalini hate? I would think that people might be making soup.
They strike me as more of a filler than a foundation.
Wait— removing because this is a thread about food! Don’t eat bleach, y’all!
I needed some alcohol wipes for my insulin injections. All they had was Curad brand, which are small and flimsy. I bought them anyway, but hate them.
Same with lactose-free milk. Expensive, and tastes awful.
Gluten-free wheat bread is always heavy, the same for bread made with spelt.
Regarding okra, it’s very much a love it or loathe it thing. Mainly due to the sliminess, the taste is OK.
Hint for broccoli and cauliflower haters: never over-cook it, and it is better if a bit under-cooked and then fried.
Circus Peanuts
I highly recommend frozen green beans from Trader Joe’s. I think they call them haricot verts and they are indeed the thin, young bean. Delicious.
Just got back from a grocery run (2 stores, same chain, about 2 miles apart). Got to use the Golden Oldies entrance and shopping time for the first time! TP was sparse at one store and totally gone at the other. Canned veggies were all restocked at both stores, and the liquor and produce sections were full to overflowing. Good luck on finding frozen veggies, however. Nothing but bare freezer cases. Starting to see some distribution delays in cat litter as well. Dairy was full, but cheese was very picked over. Meat cases packed.
What seemed to be around in great abundance was any item that was “reduced sodium.” Regular chicken stock? Nope. Reduced sodium? Cases of it.
Yep, the yogurt shelves are nearly totally stocked as always. And nobody is buying coffee or tea. Ditto for various fruit juices.
I loved those when I was a small child. Don’t think I’ve eaten them since, and I’m tempted now to buy some next time I see them to find out if they really are as nasty as everyone says they are.
Last time I was at Target (10 days ago or so) the pasta aisle was empty except for the lentil-bean based pasta, because nobody wants that.
LOL I think my wife just bought a box of that at Target yesterday. I don’t know if it was voluntary or if that’s all they had left. She also got a box of “normal” spaghetti.
Yum. Me like much. One of the best memories of USAF basic training.
Okra is great in gumbo. On its own, it is great floured and fried. That way it is very tasty and not at all slimy.
I still like it if I am coming down and have the munchies. It is great comfort food.
Although dogs aren’t exactly vegan…
** Audra Favor:** I can’t imagine eating a dog and not thinking anything of it.
John Russell: You even been hungry, lady? Not just ready for supper. Hungry enough so that your belly swells?
Audra Favor: I wouldn’t care how hungry I got. I know I wouldn’t eat one of those camp dogs.
John Russell: You’d eat it. You’d fight for the bones, too.
Audra Favor: Have you ever eaten a dog, Mr. Russell?
**John Russell: **Eaten one and lived like one.
Hombre (1967)
Wife bought some baked okra at Trader J’s last week. Bag lasted about 3 minutes. Completely changed my bad opinion of it.
Oh, yeah. Okra gets a totally undeserved bad rap. Yes, it can be slimy if cooked wrong. But do it right and the vegetable is quite versatile. I really like it pickled as a horse ovary.
Um, what? I don’t get the “horse ovary” reference.