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Xaris posted:in addition TJ doesnt have halloumi this year which was a key ingredient for a lot of my keto dishes If you live somewhere with Latin groceries/cheeses, panela is a grilling cheese pretty dang close to halloumi.
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Suspect Bucket posted:Cans of tuna are great, I drain and mix with onion powder and some greek yoghurt and Sriracha, then eat on top of spinach. Canned tuna and yogurt sounds revolting.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 17:21 |
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It's fine. It's like mayo but not horrific for your body
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 17:36 |
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i like the Kirkland canned chicken to make chicken salad with. i use japanese mayo.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 17:43 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Canned tuna and yogurt sounds revolting. It's actually not bad. I use Greek yogurt instead of mayo on sandwiches a lot. It's bland but you can add spices for flavor if you want. Plus it's a bunch of protein.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 18:21 |
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Yeah, I mean tzatziki is good and is just yogurt flavored with other stuff. Its just that a lot of people normally associate yogurt with sweet Marinating chicken with a lemon/garlic yogurt is pro cookin
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 18:27 |
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You guys all make good points.DeadFatDuckFat posted:Its just that a lot of people normally associate yogurt with sweet This is what's throwing me off.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 18:45 |
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I throw a bag of cauliflower rice (140 cals) in a pot, put the burner just a little past boiling water level heat, add in some salt (to help dessicate), and boil/steam the moisture out. Watch out not to burn it. It ends up being a bit more fluffy and rice like. As others have said, you really need to mix in ANY kind of sauce with it (even some soy sauce works fine), and you can pair it with more vegetables and/or lean meat. You can end up with a big (huge?) bowl to eat and come in under 600 cals.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 19:43 |
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Pennywise the Frown posted:This is what's throwing me off. Plain yogurt is great. I wish Costco sold a plain yogurt similar to Trader Joe's European Style yogurt.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 20:25 |
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Alan Smithee posted:
I'd give it a shot but too many of those flavors aren't of interest to me, and the website shows they don't have lime or cucumber.(STFU, it's delicious.)
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 21:02 |
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Doodles posted:I'd give it a shot but too many of those flavors aren't of interest to me, and the website shows they don't have lime or cucumber.(STFU, it's delicious.) I accidentally grabbed a cucumber lime Gatorade and I was kind of shocked at how much I liked it. That first sip definitely broke my brain for a moment. It's one thing if you reach for a coke and it's actually Diet Dr. Pepper, it's another thing entirely when your Gatorade tastes like vegetables. Once I got over the initial shock, I finished the bottle pretty quickly. Cucumber is refreshing as gently caress.
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 21:16 |
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Costco grocery home delivery just rolled out here and I’m excited to try it. Anyone have experience? Is the produce picked out well or is it just whatever?
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 21:22 |
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What's the point of having "samples" if workers are going to just stand like loving sentries behind an empty stainless steel cart?
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 21:25 |
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Alan Smithee posted:
I went to Costco last night before closing (8pm is the time to go for the most part unless you need Toilet Paper--they were completely out lol) and picked some of this up. It's fine, but i prefer carbonated water. my philosophy is if im gunna buy pre-packaged bottled water its going to be carbonated because that's harder to do at home and sodastreams suck; whereas something like Hint I can infuse tap water with some fruit and it isn't even that cheap, actually kinda expensive for water Also Costco had these a-sha tawainese noodle kits, picked them up but haven't tried. They also had these (meme i think?) Samyang korean hot spicy chicken ramen bowls--16 to a box i think @ $18. i had one last night, it wasn't really spicy at all, infact i wouldn't call it spicy at all, but a pretty good flavor. they're more like noodles in gochujang paste because you drain out the water and just mix in a thick gochujang-type paste. i enjoyed it a lot, not sure if i like them more than the ningshim black ramen cups they sell. i think these may be the less spicy version of the meme things all the youbuters do? There are these Daphne gyro kits so i got some of those, prob gunna make some tomorrow. no bitchin sauce still-- i got some a couple years back and havent seen it since they were out of more merino wool socks too and i need to replace some of mine, ah well next time i guess. e: also my Costco here in richmond ca must have just put in 4-6 self-checkouts and took out some registers. no one was using them tho and i decided to just stand in a short line instead. idk self-checkout at costco seems to be a bad idea unless its a one-two-three item short hop. maybe ill try it next time Xaris fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Aug 1, 2020 |
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Argyle posted:I accidentally grabbed a cucumber lime Gatorade and I was kind of shocked at how much I liked it. On a continuing 'cucumber water' theme, Gatorade is doubly refreshing when cut 1:1 with water. Going to have to buy some of that later
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:12 |
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SirPablo posted:What's the point of having "samples" if workers are going to just stand like loving sentries behind an empty stainless steel cart? The workers get paid.
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Lazyhound posted:The workers get paid. Pay them unemployment, they don't need to be there like idiots. New tub of Bitchin', and it was on sale!
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:31 |
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priznat posted:Is the produce picked out well or is it just whatever? lol
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# ? Aug 1, 2020 23:59 |
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That bad eh There is a local supermarket that has grocery pickup and the produce is always great.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:20 |
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priznat posted:That bad eh I don't think its that bad but yes they're getting paid peanuts, they arent going to spend precious moments of their time trying to pick the most beautiful piece of vegetable/fruits and will just grab whatever is on top and gtfo, unless it's like obviously blatantly hosed up (never grab the first one you see). in general though most of the stuff should be fine.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 00:28 |
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I can't believe the SomethingAwful forums tricked me into a Costco membership and I spent $520 today. They talked me into the fancy black card, and honestly other than the potential hassle of need to go there to get the rebate if I get less than $60 back, I don't see why the other type even exists? There's no risk, really, just a higher upfront cost. Anyway these Jeans are really really comfortable and my freezer is now literally full to the point that it can accept no more frozen veggies. Also like $100 of that was on loving wine because I didn't realize their selection was that legit, and I found a wine there that I haven't seen in years but I remember it being the best cab I ever spent less than $100 on. Oh and it was like $10 cheaper than I paid last time. Anyway here's pictures because that's a thing humans do I guess. Had to take the dog out and eat it on my car because of COVID. Ok I didn't have to do that but I chose to and it was a good choice.
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AlphariusOmegon posted:I can't believe the SomethingAwful forums tricked me into a Costco membership and I spent $520 today. also in order to get refunded for the executive card you can only officially do it once, have to stand in customer service line (which can take 10-20 minutes), and then you get downgraded to gold membership and the executive +$60 refunded. that said individual costcos may handle it differently and may let you get refunded $60 while keeping it but it may be a one-off thing and official policy is that to get your <$60 rebate you have to be cancelled or downgraded to gold but if you do constantly make Very Big Purchases like fridges or furnitute and laptops or you have a big ol mormon quiverful family, yeah it's absolutely worth it. for us as a household of 2 in a 1-br apartment, it's not. we spend about $2k a year at most.
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Xaris posted:you have to spend $3,000 a year to break-even on it, which, for a suburban tract-house family of 4 is not a high of a bar, but an apartment/condo of just 1-2 people may be a bit of a stretch without a whole lot of Big Purchases in the works. and that's just break-even, for a noticeable refund you'll have to spend more than that. lets just put it this way, there's a reason why they're very very pushy and car salesmany about pushing the executive memberships and have been for the last 4 years or whenever the amex change swapped over. they aren't pushing executive cards constantly just to save people money. I mean yeah, all that tracks and I can foresee a future wherein I just get downgraded to gold this time next year, but to be honest the place where I'm living now the grocery stores suck rear end enough that between gas, groceries, and booze I can see myself (and my roommate) spending over 3k. I'll report back in 2021 and let you know how it worked out. And for what it's worth I totally anticipate having to make furniture and electronics purchases soon.
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Xaris posted:Also Costco had these a-sha tawainese noodle kits, picked them up but haven't tried. Those are really good for prepackaged noodles but make Top Ramen look like a low-sodium equivalent. Make a pouch of noodles as a base for a larger meal or something if you eat the whole thing your heart might explode.
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I thought you were being overwrought but holy poo poo they're 1510mg of sodium per bag. I ate two of those today. Welp I'm gonna die of terminal salt.
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AlphariusOmegon posted:I can't believe the SomethingAwful forums tricked me into a Costco membership and I spent $520 today. Welcome to the church, friend! I went today and spent a little less than $500, as I have been doing every month since March. I have switched to a monthly trip to reduce shopping outings. I miss taking communion every week, but sacrifices must be made.Today I fit so much onto a cart that they said they needed to switch me to a flat to make it all fit.
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AlphariusOmegon posted:I can't believe the SomethingAwful forums tricked me into a Costco membership and I spent $520 today. Tricked? No. Costco saves us.
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Hosanna!
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AlphariusOmegon posted:I can't believe the SomethingAwful forums tricked me into a Costco membership and I spent $520 today. Is this too long for a thread title?
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 18:42 |
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signage bun has sesame seeds but the actual thing doesn't.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 18:56 |
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Trying the first instacart costco order which will rock because god drat costco is always crazy busy and I hate going now. What’s the usual tip rate people do?
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Xaris posted:you have to spend $3,000 a year to break-even on it, which, for a suburban tract-house family of 4 is not a high of a bar, but an apartment/condo of just 1-2 people may be a bit of a stretch without a whole lot of Big Purchases in the works. and that's just break-even, for a noticeable refund you'll have to spend more than that. lets just put it this way, there's a reason why they're very very pushy and car salesmany about pushing the executive memberships and have been for the last 4 years or whenever the amex change swapped over. they aren't pushing executive cards constantly just to save people money.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 21:40 |
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its actually p rare to save money w costco wo a bigass family
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priznat posted:Trying the first instacart costco order which will rock because god drat costco is always crazy busy and I hate going now. Watch out because instacart seems to force the buyer/deliverer person to substitute anything for anything else regardless of how accurate or more expensive the substitution is: (we were out of cheap pork, we got you 1000 lobsters instead!) You could end up getting something unsuitable. I think there's an option in your order for 'no subtitutions' for each item but I'm not sure how to do that. I used instacart at the start of the pandemic then it stopped working, there were no more deliveries available any more (SF bay area) and all of the appointments that WERE available were about 2 weeks out. But I couldn't book them because I didn't log in and check at the correct time every day whenever it was that they opened up (I don't know when they reopen bookings) When the instacart person is shopping they will ask you via text or the app or something 'do you want this instead?' and they're allowed or encouraged to make those decisions themselves. Edit: bob dobbs is dead posted:its actually p rare to save money w costco wo a bigass family My #1 costco tip is to buy a chest freezer. This allows you to buy a ton of frozen crap in bulk that you can then eat gradually over time.
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 21:56 |
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I'm a single, fairly frugal man and i've never gotten less than $150 back from my executive. Since January, i'm already at $150. I do make many major purchases there, including phones, laptops, etc. The deals are good, the return policy is great and you get an extended warranty, plus you then get 2% back or more if use the credit card. I don't even visit a grocery store anymore. I just buy from Costco and Amazon. My diet is pretty unusual though. I eat really healthy and stick to chicken, bison and eggs for maybe 80% of my diet. Which in itself is another reason I shop at Costco: the price on meats. Bison is about the most expensive meat I purchase at roughly $20 for 2 1/2 lbs. Anywhere else would be $12 for 1lb though. It's about the cleanest and cheapest red meat I can get.
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priznat posted:Trying the first instacart costco order which will rock because god drat costco is always crazy busy and I hate going now. I do like 10-15% depending and try to make sure its at least 15$ even for small orders, Instacart people deserve every penny of it going out and doing that poo poo
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 22:06 |
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Yah just got my order, it was fast and the guy did a couple minor substitutions and there were a couple things out of stock but on the whole I feel it was worth the tip to not have to venture in to a costco, not that I could anyway due to a napping 2 year old. Overall pretty good, would do again!
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Xaris posted:They also had these (meme i think?) Samyang korean hot spicy chicken ramen bowls--16 to a box i think @ $18. i had one last night, it wasn't really spicy at all, infact i wouldn't call it spicy at all, but a pretty good flavor. they're more like noodles in gochujang paste because you drain out the water and just mix in a thick gochujang-type paste. i enjoyed it a lot, not sure if i like them more than the ningshim black ramen cups they sell. i think these may be the less spicy version of the meme things all the youbuters do?
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# ? Aug 2, 2020 23:20 |
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theres like 6 flavors, the meme one is the nuclear hot flavor (literally calques to nuclear) is it that hot? the broth is comparable to a hot sauce, basically, but youre drinking an entire bowl of it
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bob dobbs is dead posted:theres like 6 flavors, the meme one is the nuclear hot flavor (literally calques to nuclear) In other Costco news, had the salmon today with Montreal seasoning and lemon zest. It was great, but it was so so much. Too much for 5 adults. Going to put it on the caesar salad that was also bought at Costco. CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Aug 3, 2020 |
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