Some of those copies of coupons are, in fact, copies of coupons. We get people regularly trying to use stacks of them.
The store doesn’t mind coupons, but it can’t afford to give food away for free. Many store do limit how many coupons you can use in a transaction.
I sort of discovered a recipe when looking for something to make for my Wife and I.
We had curly noodles, nothing special. We also had fresh tomato and Kalamata olives.
hmmm… says I. Chop the tomato and olives, a little olive oil and a few spices and ready to rock. Making it tonight. I think I have some parmesan cheese.
Quite often I see BOGO deals on things like chuck roasts or pork shoulder roasts. I’m assuming that it’s because they’ve ordered too much meat and these are approaching a sell-buy date. These are the tastiest roasts for beef and pork, and it’s a real bargain if you have a freezer. One three pound roast will, once the hard fat is trimmed off, make a stew or a chili that will last for days.
Woah, neat gift! Do you have facilities to grow some of the seeds? (You can certainly grow some beans in pots). More cheap heirloom variety beans!
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Has anyone tried growing “greens” indoors through the winter? I would expect that the cost of providing enough lighting would eat up any savings, but apparently growing lettuce is something that people do.
Regrettably, I do not have space for a garden in my present location, just a few pots on my balcony which don’t get an over abundance of light. But I’m happy to support folks who can and do raise heirlooms. If you’re interested, the place is Rancho Gordo Beans
Yep - I did hydroponic gardening a few years back (yes, I really did grow vegetables and not marijuana! 
) I was able to situated the set up where it could get a lot of southern light. I still had to supplement it from October-February. A lot depends on how extensive a set up you have, your utility costs, and what, exactly, you’re growing. Obviously, shade-tolerant plants would need less light.
Doesn’t have to cost much–something like an AeroGarden system uses LED lights and has a timer so it’s pretty much a set it and forget it system and LEDs use almost no electricity. It’s nice to be able to pinch off little bits of fresh lettuce or basil or parsley in winter.
Buy a bunch of chives. Use half of them. Put the other half in a glass full of water and sit in a sunny windowsill. Cut and use the tops as needed, slice up and use the bulbs when they start getting too big for the glass. Once bunch of chives can last for a couple of years this way. Parsley does well in a pot on the same windowsill, but lettuce needs a bigger pot than fits on our windowsill so I have it on our dining room table. That’s a sunny room and it makes an interesting looking centerpiece.
I used to buy bulk now and then, until one day, not sure why, I started comparing the money/unit cost with the non-bulk(I beleive it was money/oz for catfood? Maybe? It was a while ago) and realized the bulk cat food was actually more expensive! Spent about an hour running back and forth comparing all the items and all were more expensive/unit. Never looked back, and these days scooping out some candy that everydamnkid had their nasty little grabbers in filching a piece? 
I’ll pass
Also, sorry bout the awkward wording, forgot that discourse doesn’t like $ in combination with other symbols
Yep. I suspect the people who study such things know that people will jump to conclusions. Say something is “On Sale” and charge $9.95 instead of $10.00.
I appreciate how a lot of places now will list the cost per ounce or other unit. Kroger will even recalculate it at the sale price. Kroger’s nice too because they sort of group their clearance items in half a dozen areas around the store…you don’t have to go through each shelf. IIRC at Sam’s Club it actually shows the cost per square foot of toilet paper for the brands they sell.
Online is the source of many of them. I get newsletters from Organic Valley that contain coupons. Other large companies are much the same. Don’t expect them from new-to-the-market vendors though. I emailed one company to complain about the horrendous level of salt in a seafood dish and just got a “thanks for telling us” message back, not even a compensation coupon.
I was just in the kitchen and was reminded of a time saver.
Many years ago as I was about to move out of an apartment, the landlord taught me this trick. The oven racks often get grease and grime on them and you can make yourself nutty trying to clean each individual metal surface. Instead get a large plastic garbage bag. Put the rack inside, spray oven cleaner on it, seal the bag tightly. Wait several hours so that the fumes can work and neutralize. Handle with rubber gloves if you’re not sure but I’ve never had a problem. Then remove, wipe down with a sponge.
Where this REALLY comes in handy: we have an air fryer. It’s a big air fryer, but many of the mesh style baskets don’t fit…they’re too wide or too deep. And they’re usually not cheap. I wonder if they’re trying to force you to buy their basket, actually. Anyway, talk about a tough surface to clean! But put them in a garbage bag with Easy Off and wow!
Or possibly you’d like to clean parts from your grill…