"To Market, To Market, To Buy A... Can of SPAM???"

[DuchessAimee]

First I'd like to say, getting to know what all y'all eat has been... enlightening. Which for some of you take that to me disturbing.


I went to the store today to buy stuff for dinner (Cantonese Broccoli Beef) so I'll just say what I bought.

1) Sirloin steak
2) Blueberry tea
3) Bananas
4) Milk
5) Tortilla chips


Five things I never buy:

1) Alcohol- I'm not a drinker any more.
2) Canned Meat
3) Anything with raspberries and/or strawberries- I'm allergic to them.
4) Green Olives- BLECH
5) Various forms of seafood

 

[Catlynn]

First I'd like to say, getting to know what all y'all eat has been... enlightening. Which for some of you take that to me disturbing.


I went to the store today to buy stuff for dinner (Cantonese Broccoli Beef) so I'll just say what I bought.

1) Sirloin steak
2) Blueberry tea
3) Bananas
4) Milk
5) Tortilla chips


Five things I never buy:

1) Alcohol- I'm not a drinker any more.
2) Canned Meat
3) Anything with raspberries and/or strawberries- I'm allergic to them.
4) Green Olives- BLECH
5) Various forms of seafood

I take it you already had the broccoli?

 

[adekruif]

I'm waiting for someone to come in here and admit they buy a bunch of junk food...like...

"Always in my cart:
DONUTS
ICE CREAM
RAMEN NOODLES
HOT DOGS
OREOS"

...I know there are people that shop like that...I see them at the store every time I go...

Not that I'm judging. I like donuts and Oreos too.

Trolli Gummy Worms (Trolli are the best BTW, no substitutes!)
Soda (Mtn Dew or Coke)
Snapple
Chips
Random assorted junk food(Depending on mood): Oreo's, Reeses pieces, donuts, marsh mellows, etc.

When I go shopping when I'm hungry, that's sometimes what my cart looks like (minus the hot dogs, gross). Never go grocery shopping when you're hungry!!

I've always been told that too, but I figured out that if you do shop when hungry you don't have to shop as often. I now shop when i'm hungry quite often. haha

 

[DuchessAimee]

Yes, as well as the rice.

 

[ServantStrike]

First I'd like to say, getting to know what all y'all eat has been... enlightening. Which for some of you take that to me disturbing.


I went to the store today to buy stuff for dinner (Cantonese Broccoli Beef) so I'll just say what I bought.

1) Sirloin steak
2) Blueberry tea
3) Bananas
4) Milk
5) Tortilla chips


Five things I never buy:

1) Alcohol- I'm not a drinker any more.
2) Canned Meat
3) Anything with raspberries and/or strawberries- I'm allergic to them.
4) Green Olives- BLECH
5) Various forms of seafood

You said Blech.

I read that quickly and thought it said bleach. I was going to ask how that was working out for you. I mean I saw an episode of my strange addiction once where this girl was addicted to drinking gas (like gasoline). She kept a gas can in the bathroom, and drank out of it in the morning.

It's really quite sad, but dang, that's an image of someone first basing it with a gas can.

 

[Shouryu]

Am I the only person who pictures him walking around saying this stuff? Wouldn't you love to follow him around for a day to hear it?

*darkens slightly* Worse fates exist than to be followed (tailed, Ms. Magnum P.I.?) by Jules. But I am probably wittier online than I am in person. ^_^

*perk* curry seasonings???

*perk* animal crackers! I still love the ones in the little red circus box

See, now I would follow YOU around just to watch you *perk* like that, every time you get intrigued. In fact, I would just follow you around and randomly say things to make you perk.

"Gummy bears!"
"Pianos!"
"Hollow points!"
"Mustangs!" (I don't think you answered my question in the Questions thread about that, btw.)
"Guitars!"
"Circus peanuts!"

Just kidding on that last one. ^_-

I forgot to include pickles and olives on my list of things that would NEVER EVER EVER be in my cart. Ooohhhhh my goodness. That's just gross, people.


and I often have cheese in my cart, as well as bread.

Och, lass...what're ye doin' fer the rest of ye're life?

(Although my own distaste for pickles only extends to dills, which is the predominant pickle in our culture. I do like sweets and bread-and-butters, but restaurants never put those on sandwiches...only dills...and you can't get a giant sweet pickle at a sporting event...only dills. Blech.)

 

[Catlynn]

Och, lass...what're ye doin' fer the rest of ye're life?

(Although my own distaste for pickles only extends to dills, which is the predominant pickle in our culture. I do like sweets and bread-and-butters, but restaurants never put those on sandwiches...only dills...and you can't get a giant sweet pickle at a sporting event...only dills. Blech.)

Dude...no. None of the above. blech!

 

[Crimson_Lark]

And THEN...I get another piece of paper and organize my list by aisle, so I can start at one end of the store and go from there. It's faster for me, and fast is good when I have one or more kiddos with me who may or may not be having a meltdown before we're finished shopping.

The fact that you organize by aisle is sheer awesomeness! I never even considered this and I'm pretty organized, but you surpass me. There should definitely be an award of some kind given to you.

Oh and on a side note, how did you find the meals you plan? Trial and error? A long while on allrecipes.com?

 

[Catlynn]

I'm about to go grocery shopping, so I thought I'd share this. Please ignore my awful handwriting. Haha

 

[lil_christian]

Hey everyone,

* When you go to the grocery store, do you have a game plan and organized list, or do you just wander about, throwing in everything that catches your eye?

* What are the top 5 things you ALWAYS throw into your grocery cart, and why?

* And, what are the top 5 things you would NEVER have in your grocery cart, and why?

(For anyone wondering, the inspiration for the title of this thread was the nursery rhyme that contains lines such as, "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig," or, in NukePooch's case, to buy a case of bacon.)

As for me, I like to go to the store with a bit of a list, but I try to leave a $10 margin for "extras" or any special bargains I might see.

Here's what you WILL see in my grocery cart:
1. Spinach (If it worked for Popeye...)

2. Broccoli (These are 2 of the only veggies I really like so I try to rely on them to keep me somewhat definably healthy.)

3. CHEESE (I can find a way to justify putting cheese on anything, including other cheeses.)

4. Eggs (I can eat omelets every day and be ok with that.)

5. And, just when you thought I was some sort of health nut... I almost always fall off the wagon and buy some kind of candy, often seasonal, like the Pumpkin Spice Marshmallows and Cadbury Screme Eggs I could not resist last week.

What you will NEVER see in my cart:
1. Beer. I'm not against RESPONSIBLE drinking at all, I've just NEVER liked the taste of beer. Though I would buy some if it were required for a recipe I wanted to try or if I were treating a friend to a special meal and knew that's what they liked.

2. Cucumbers--BLEH. Never liked them and can't see that changing.

3. Mountain Dew. I simply cannot drink anything that is Slimer green (think "Ghostbusters" Slimer the ghost, who had that name for a reason--there was even a fruit juice called Ecto Cooler for a while in his honor--sorry, Mr. Green 'N' Nice! ) or neon yellow. I refuse to drink anything that is the color of bodily releases.

4. Canned meat. For whatever reason, I simply can't bring myself to eat mechanically separated, artificially flavored lumps of mystery meat by-product (Solyant Green, anyone???)

5. Hamburger Helper... The poor little mascot will just have to lend his little Helping Hand to someone else. If I am a guest at someone's home, I'll eat anything that's placed in front of me, but I've never found a HH flavor that actually agreed with my taste buds.


If "we are what we eat", then I'd like to know what you all are made of! (Apparently, I would be a Spinach-Flavored Marshmallow... )

Top 5 things you aaaalllwaaayyss see in my family's grocery cart:

Meats of every kind. Frozen, deli, bacon...and if you can count it as meat, eggs.

Chips.

Typically you see apples.

Lots of gluten free stuff.

And last, but not least, cereals. Not the super sugary kind, either.


5 things you'll never see in our cart in a million years:

I'm with you, Seoul. NEVER Hamburger Helper. Never ever.

You never see any kinds of soda in our cart, either. No one's a huge fan of sodas, and it has negative effects on me that I couldn't even explain if I wanted to. It's bizarre.

Little Debbies desserts. It's not that we don't like them, it's just they aren't any good for us.

Eggplant. You won't ever see us getting eggplant. That stuff...naaaasty!

White bread. That stuff...ugh! To think of the process it goes through makes me want to outlaw the stuff.

 

[lil_christian]

I'm about to go grocery shopping, so I thought I'd share this. Please ignore my awful handwriting. Haha

Can I come to your house for the week? The menu for this week sounds absolutely amazing. XD

 

[GreenNnice]

Hey, hey, hey, easy on the green references in the list. It started out so good, seoulFOUND, and, just degenerated from there LOL, too, to nothing yellow cuz it looks like 'bodily releases.'

hmm, I go to the Grocery Outlet to shop. I can get gourmet stuff for CHEAP !


I don't drink much regular milk at all, lately, the flax milk has been in the G.O. lately so I pretty much buy that exclusively. I think it's a bit sweet, I get the 'original' flavor mostly. The 'unsweetened variety' tastes too flaxy and the 'vanilla' is , well, too sweet, of course

I also get cheeses, LOL, eat cheese upon cheese, I do that too actually, when i make nachos, I use mozzarella and cheddar cheeses

Which brings me to #3 ALWAYS in my cart: chips and salsa . Oh , wait, that's not one, that's two. Ok, chips go with salsa, can we agree, peepsles or can we agree ?


And, then I am a fruit juice drinker, very little pop in my diet. speaking of 'diet' the very word brings hurl ability to my stomach I also like spicy v8, I'm a big fan of it, 100% juice !

And, I think I am on number 5 now, so , also in my cart will be top ramen . I love the stuff, and, i put it in mixed with my canned salmon and macaroni goulash and all kinds of other stuff. I am such a good cook

Can I have an honorable mention , not call it number 6: graham crackers ! I luvs, luvs, luvs , 'em. Slu-rrrrrrp . burp . oh, EX-cuse me

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not in my cart :

Okra was good not like item, for the most part, I hate that slimy tasting stuff by itself, although the Country Buffet kind (deep-fried) is rather OK, even slimy

Hmm, I won't put any alchohol in my cart. I can drink it, but I don't drink it. I think 'drinking responsibly' is a very scary twosome. Beeee careful , alcohol is addictive To some, more than others, I just say, don't chance it, no matter WHO you think you are. Remember, you are a child of the King

I don't ever put regular milk in my cart, I have grown fond of Flax Milk, as I said and it's very healthy for you too, omega 3s etc. And, I don't know about you, but I hate taking a salmon pill for my omega three and 6 dosages .

I won't put any breads in my cart. I'm too lazy to make a sandwich

Lastly, not a fan of canned soups, I'd rather make fresh, those things have sooooooooo much sodium . Ick, yech. Chili is exception, that is comfort food for me, but, again, I make my own mean chili, even a little sherry in it. Umm, and , nom

That's five, I think, so I must be done

 

[Catlynn]

Can I come to your house for the week? The menu for this week sounds absolutely amazing. XD

Sure thing! There's plenty! lol I spent a while on Pinterest today, looking up some recipes and such. I'm excited to try them. I like diversity....I NEED diversity. lol

 

[MissCris]

The fact that you organize by aisle is sheer awesomeness! I never even considered this and I'm pretty organized, but you surpass me. There should definitely be an award of some kind given to you.

Oh and on a side note, how did you find the meals you plan? Trial and error? A long while on allrecipes.com?

Well...first thing I did after I got married was go to each of my female family members and friends and demand their best recipes. Seriously, I did this. My family, my husband's family...I got close to 100 recipes that way. Granted, a lot of them are just slightly different variations of the same thing...lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles, cookies.

I also went through a phase of buying cookbooks at yard sales. Now I have 30 or so cookbooks.

And, of course, online.

...and sometimes, I sneak up on little old ladies at the store and whack them with my purse until they give up their secret recipes...

 

[GreenNnice]

Servantstruck: It's really quite sad, but dang, that's an image of someone first basing it with a gas can.
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I never knew there was a word call 'first basing,' I am not claiming innocence, I have heard of 'freebasing,' just saying, and, is that girl really drinking gasoline, I wonder, that's horrible. I just can't believe those that do meth and use so many different things like super glue and maybe elmers and household detergent and what else (gasoline?) for their stuff. Sigh...

I just can't imagine getting a high period, but, from that stuff, my. it's dangerous too I hear to even make meth, like the place you are making it in could blow up at any time as your spontaneously trying not to combust all those ingredients into the gook. It's rotting teeth, and, the breath one gets from it is ghastly, from few times I've been around it .My sister was doing that heavy, about 15 years ago for 5 years straight, but she changed, was delivered from it's clutches, praise God !

Anyway, I pray for anyone with this addiction. The Lord leads. He can DELIVER us from anything and when you give your heart to Him He does soooo much for you. Miraculous things. Really. Miraculous And, 'miraculous' happens in you.

I am off-topic, sorry, I just saw that person guzzling gas and this hit me, the Lord leads me, I hope and pray.

 

[GreenNnice]

But yeah , how horrible if the 5 things in your cart you are always getting are bleach, acetone, super glue, Lysol, and, a 5th item used for making meth. Dear Lord....amen. I prayed for those individuals that do do this and, sad truth is this: many, many thousands in the uSA do do this kind of shopping.'

 

[Catlynn]

But yeah , how horrible if the 5 things in your cart you are always getting are bleach, acetone, super glue, Lysol, and, a 5th item used for making meth. Dear Lord....amen. I prayed for those individuals that do do this and, sad truth is this: many, many thousands in the uSA do do this kind of shopping.'

Hey....my neighbor buys those things.......and they have a trailer set back .25 mile from the road.....hmmmmm

 

[Jullianna]

*darkens slightly* Worse fates exist than to be followed (tailed, Ms. Magnum P.I.?) by Jules. But I am probably wittier online than I am in person. ^_^





See, now I would follow YOU around just to watch you *perk* like that, every time you get intrigued. In fact, I would just follow you around and randomly say things to make you perk.

"Gummy bears!"
"Pianos!"
"Hollow points!"
"Mustangs!" (I don't think you answered my question in the Questions thread about that, btw.)
"Guitars!"
"Circus peanuts!"

Just kidding on that last one. ^_-



Och, lass...what're ye doin' fer the rest of ye're life?

(Although my own distaste for pickles only extends to dills, which is the predominant pickle in our culture. I do like sweets and bread-and-butters, but restaurants never put those on sandwiches...only dills...and you can't get a giant sweet pickle at a sporting event...only dills. Blech.)

OOPS! Sorry I missed your Mustang query Huntin' it down right now!

 

[kenthomas27]

many thousands in the uSA do do this kind of shopping.'

Green said do do ...crck keek........kekkrek........sshk.....hhhhhhhahaaaah ahahahahaha

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[thimsrebma]

Always - steak, chicken, peppers, lemons, ice cream

Never - fish, yogurt, anything in a box except cereal, black eyed peas, vegetables in a can