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Jan 31, 2022 04:30
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How much variety is there between nearby Costcos? If I'm driving to the city that's 30 minutes away is it worth stopping at their Costco or should I just stick to the one that's 10 minutes from my house instead?
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Jan 31, 2022 04:38
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Cockblocktopus posted:How much variety is there between nearby Costcos? If I'm driving to the city that's 30 minutes away is it worth stopping at their Costco or should I just stick to the one that's 10 minutes from my house instead? The only real big difference in a geographical area will be your business costco vs regular costco. Business costcos are an entertaining change.
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Jan 31, 2022 04:41
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I had pho for lunch but it wasn't actually pho because a Korean guy who runs a Chinese restaurant made it.
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Cockblocktopus posted:How much variety is there between nearby Costcos? If I'm driving to the city that's 30 minutes away is it worth stopping at their Costco or should I just stick to the one that's 10 minutes from my house instead? Their liquor selection might be slightly different if they are in different states, otherwise I wouldn’t expect any differences.
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Jan 31, 2022 04:44
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General Tso's Chicken was invented in New York City. If it's found in southern California, it's rare, or someone is selling you orange chicken and is lying about what it's called. The recipe in the PNW, I've read, is different than what's on the east coast, which is the one true General Tso's.
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Jan 31, 2022 05:34
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Martman posted:really struggling with this part specifically The vast majority of the Chinese food I grew up with on the east coast had gently caress-all to do with what people were eating in China. Deep fried garbage in sticky red sauces, eggs in gravy, fried wontons. Some of these were available in different forms on the west coast, but they also had their own localized dishes that were just as bad. I don’t think the PNW got the same surge of hunan-style Chinese places that Philadelphia and NYC got in the 70s and 80s. That might have had something to do with the prevalence of teriyaki places that swept the area at the same time.
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Jan 31, 2022 06:04
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Cockblocktopus posted:How much variety is there between nearby Costcos? If I'm driving to the city that's 30 minutes away is it worth stopping at their Costco or should I just stick to the one that's 10 minutes from my house instead? As others mentioned, differences will be minor. Like in the Seattle area, you can only reliably find Indian staples at some locations.
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Jan 31, 2022 09:57
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Dry fried chicken wings > generals tso's
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FogHelmut posted:Ah yes, when I moved to California from the Philly region, I found out very quickly that General Tso's Chicken was exclusively a Northeast invention. What? No, not even. We’ve had General Tso’s in the goddamn Safeway deli in my bumfuck Washington rural hometown since I was in high school 20 years ago, and definitely in what passes for Chinese-American restaurant cuisine out here too. Mine GO BOOM posted:If you have the Business Costco near you, try and buy pans there as they have huge selections. I got some Tramontina branded ones that are awesome to cook with that I've never seen in normal costcos. These are legit. I bought the 8” and and 10” 2 packs and they been amazing especially for that price point. Corn Glizzy fucked around with this message at 10:49 on Jan 31, 2022 |
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FogHelmut posted:General Tso's Chicken was invented in New York City. If it's found in southern California, it's rare, or someone is selling you orange chicken and is lying about what it's called. The recipe in the PNW, I've read, is different than what's on the east coast, which is the one true General Tso's. Hahaha never seen a Chinese place in SoCal without it, and no it’s not orange chicken. Like saying Caesar salad was invented in Mexico. If you see it in New York it’s prolly a head of iceberg with Italian dressing poured on top.
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Jan 31, 2022 12:29
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Powerful trolling in the Costco thread
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Did Costco have a sale on bad trolling??? And how could I miss it?!
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Jan 31, 2022 13:30
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This may be a record for the number of wooshes I've ever seen. So many that I'm worried I'm getting wooshed by some of the responses to the original post.
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Jan 31, 2022 14:48
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The Costco in Reno is like 30% bigger than the Costco in Sparks and has a ton of stuff they don’t have so I wouldn’t assume that all non BC Costcos in the same region are necessarily nearly identical.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:04
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I'd feel like I was cheating if I went to a different Costco.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:13
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Cockblocktopus posted:How much variety is there between nearby Costcos? If I'm driving to the city that's 30 minutes away is it worth stopping at their Costco or should I just stick to the one that's 10 minutes from my house instead? Depends on the demographics, and demographics can mean a bunch of different things. A Costco in a higher average income area generally has different and/or more expensive merchandise across the board, from clothes to home goods to food, etc. Another thing I've noticed is that Costco tends to align their ethnic foods with the demographics nearby. The closest Costco to me has a lot more Asian goods than the one out in the white suburbs and I believe the one downriver has a bunch of halal or arabic/mediterranean foods. Both of the above things are evident near me with the Madison Heights and Bloomfield Hills Costcos. YMMV though, seems areas with more density of Costcos seem to have less variation though.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:40
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I have a decent Costco just 5 minutes away but I do drive about 30 minutes sometimes to a further Costco just because it has gasoline and they’re signifcantly cheaper for gas than anywhere else nearby making it worth it if i’m quite empty. They also carry the bottles of Ito En green tea and the Kirkland cold brew cans that my closer Costco used to carry so I load up at least 4 cases when I go.
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Jan 31, 2022 18:34
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The Costcos that are in the more Hispanic area of my city have a pretty good selection of Mexican cheeses. Meanwhile, another one where there is a more Asian population has bottles of Baijiu (Chinese liquor). They really do a good job of knowing the surrounding areas demos.
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Jan 31, 2022 19:25
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Everyone has a Costco near them, and then “the good Costco” which is farther away but close enough that it’s still worth going to once in a while if you are lucky enough to live near “the good Costco” you have truly been blessed
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Jan 31, 2022 19:27
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priznat posted:Pan chat: kirkland stainless steel set My Kirkland 13pc 3ply stainless set is 6 years old now and is completely immaculate minus the bottoms because I can't be assed to scrub the bottom of pans. I have every confidence they will last my lifetime, as any good set of stainless steel cookware should if you are not abusive/negligent. It's really something everyone should invest in. $199 CAD for a lifetime of cooking (with the bonus of no longer eating Teflon) is one of those "can't afford not to" kind of propositions. I keep 2 non stick skillets which last a lot longer since I'm no longer using them for inappropriate applications. It's wins all round.
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We're moving to a new state in early summer and a not insignificant amount of my initial scouting for places to live is how close to Costco will I be.
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Jan 31, 2022 19:50
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I just got my first Costco membership, looking forward to shopping!!! Woo
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Brawnfire posted:I just got my first Costco membership, looking forward to shopping!!! Woo Welcome! Stock up on the brightest spyder jackets you can find. Peruse the saltiest ramen selection you've ever laid eyes on. Get yourself that inflatable hot tub you've been thinking of.
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Chest freezer or Upright freezer?  That's for you to find out
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bagmonkey posted:Depends on the demographics, and demographics can mean a bunch of different things. A Costco in a higher average income area generally has different and/or more expensive merchandise across the board, from clothes to home goods to food, etc. Another thing I've noticed is that Costco tends to align their ethnic foods with the demographics nearby. The closest Costco to me has a lot more Asian goods than the one out in the white suburbs and I believe the one downriver has a bunch of halal or arabic/mediterranean foods. Both of the above things are evident near me with the Madison Heights and Bloomfield Hills Costcos. YMMV though, seems areas with more density of Costcos seem to have less variation though. The buyers at Costco do a great job researching which products might sell well in different areas within the all the regions. I know a guy whose brother is one of their buyers. Not sure if he's still doing it now, but years ago when I spoke to him about it he said he was in charge of determining which gift cards Costco would carry. And since they try to sell a bunch of gift cards for local restaurants, he got to travel all over the place and eat at a ton of restaurants all on Costco's dime while still technically doing his job. If that was my job I don't know if I would ever give it up willingly.
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Wrap a hot dog in a pizza slice, ask for diced onions, buy three churros to go.
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Math You posted:It's really something everyone should invest in. $199 CAD for a lifetime of cooking (with the bonus of no longer eating Teflon) is one of those "can't afford not to" kind of propositions.  Also makes a great gift for anyone moving into their own place for the first time (well, if they've got the right mindset to appreciate it).
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Brawnfire posted:I just got my first Costco membership, looking forward to shopping!!! Woo We should have a party for your first communion. (hot dog and drink with refill)
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i tried a different costco the other day and it sucked because there were loads more people not wearing masks compared to my usual one. if it was non-covid times i would probably go there more often though because my usual store seems to be slightly smaller than the other stores in my area
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Snagged some of the cheese danishes, didn't realize it was two packs for the price and they're fuckin booooooomb
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Johnny Truant posted:Snagged some of the cheese danishes, didn't realize it was two packs for the price and they're fuckin booooooomb My dear friend My guess is 25 pounds in a year lol I understand believe me I gained 8 from the punkin pies alone
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Spinz posted:My dear friend Costco baked goods are both a blessing and a curse
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a sexual elk posted:Like saying Caesar salad was invented in Mexico. If you see it in New York it’s prolly a head of iceberg with Italian dressing poured on top. 1. It was, in Tijuana, and 2. What?
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Soul Dentist posted:2. What? Probably uncultured animals who don't like anchovies in the dressing. Which is basically everybody I know irl except me and my dad.
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ShortyMR.CAT posted:Wedge salads are good hell yeah they are u get to use a steak knife when eating it!
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Corn Muffins, cut in half, toasted with Nutella. Get thee away from me delicious satan!
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