What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

TastyReuben said:
That’s one thing we love about this area - farmstands every mile or so, they’re everywhere, selling locally-grown peaches, apples, blueberries, blackberries, plums, and melons, and multiple varieties of each, and most farmstands are located right at the orchards, so it’s as fresh as fresh can be.
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I hate you!
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I kid ...
That so sounds like where my mo grew up, and we kids would go there many a summer ... I'd eat fruit all day long!
 
TastyReuben said:
That’s one thing we love about this area - farmstands every mile or so, they’re everywhere, selling locally-grown peaches, apples, blueberries, blackberries, plums, and melons, and multiple varieties of each, and most farmstands are located right at the orchards, so it’s as fresh as fresh can be.
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Sounds like here! 👍
 
Next year I will have to have made another commercial capable dehydrator. I had one in Nevada that would make 6 lbs. of meat into jerky overnight but once again that darn U-Haul trailer wasn't large enough. 🙄
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Barriehie said:
I used to buy those Lance crackers a lot but now I've deconstructed those down to a box of Ritz and me looking in the fridge going "Let's see...". 👍
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So my husband was a dedicated Ritz cracker guy for a long time and I would stock up on them when on sale (within a reasonable expectation of using by expiry dates). He doesn't like Nabisco brand that look just like them, I tried that. I tried some off brands to save money a few times, cautiously just buying one or two boxes, even Aldi's (he generally likes their brand products just fine), and he didn't like them. But a few months ago I bought this knock-off brand from Dollar Tree for $1.25 for the same sized box and he says they are better than Ritz. They look identical. He has to have his cheese and crackers everynight with pepperoni and olives. Honestly, they are just a vehicle for cured meats and cheese, I think they all taste pretty much the same, but he doesn't. Glad I found a less expensive alternative!
 
JAS_OH1 said:
So my husband was a dedicated Ritz cracker guy for a long time and I would stock up on them when on sale (within a reasonable expectation of using by expiry dates). He doesn't like Nabisco brand that look just like them, I tried that. I tried some off brands to save money a few times, cautiously just buying one or two boxes, even Aldi's (he generally likes their brand products just fine), and he didn't like them. But a few months ago I bought this knock-off brand from Dollar Tree for $1.25 for the same sized box and he says they are better than Ritz. They look identical. He has to have his cheese and crackers everynight with pepperoni and olives. Honestly, they are just a vehicle for cured meats and cheese, I think they all taste pretty much the same, but he doesn't. Glad I found a less expensive alternative!
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Sometimes it gets deconstructed to a fork...
 
Sun's finally coming out after 2 weeks of clouds and rain. Garden has been low production with no sun. This evening I'm going to feed and fertilize with Bloom Booster. It's too muggy hot right now to even be in the shade! I finished tying everything up which I've been meaning to do for a few days. My chili plants are loaded! 😄

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Barriehie said:
Sun's finally coming out after 2 weeks of clouds and rain. Garden has been low production with no sun. This evening I'm going to feed and fertilize with Bloom Booster. It's too muggy hot right now to even be in the shade! I finished tying everything up which I've been meaning to do for a few days. My chili plants are loaded! 😄

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Do you make your own.tomato sauce/ ketchup ???

Russ
 
rascal said:
I've never made paste. Any tips???


Russ
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This was the first time I ever made it so not an expert! I peeled them first via blanching and then diced and cooked until well, it was a paste! Added some salt just because and done. Much better color than that dark oxidized one you get out of a can and a very tomato forward flavor, duh! 😁
 
So here DH & I are still "camping out" in the hotel room that has a full kitchen - let's make our own meals, shall we?
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I had been wanting to try these "One Pan Meals" from our local Sprouts in Cowboyville AZ, but couldn't justify the cost, until now.
This just makes so much more sense for us two. I'm hoping that we'll only be here in The Big City for a few more nights.
I can feed us with all of this, plus what other "snacky" stuff I brought from home.
I paid less than what our dinner delivery the other night, which by the way fed us twice.
This ⬆️ should feed us for, fingers crossed, 4 days.
The hotel has a gas grill by the pool, so there ya go buddy!
 
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