Posted on 07/19/2024 7:09:25 AM PDT by fwdude
I've tried probably half a dozen or more food kit subscriptions. I have an active lifestyle and find that supplementing at least a few of the meals during the week is well-served by these resources.
Which have you tried? Which did you really like and didn't like? Which seemed like the best value? Which ones do you share their ideology with?
Personally, the first I tried was Blue Apron and it remains my favorite. Though it's become a little pricey (like everything else) the value seemed to be superior as well as their service. Recipes were always unique and something I would never have thought to try on my own. They introduced me to finger limes. Wish I could find them here.
Where are the cigarettes?
Sounds good. I think I’ll give it a try.
Yeah, I wondered that myself. The matches are there. They pic was probably taken after the tobacco settlement and thus became politically incorrect...........
Homemade Food or From Scratch are our favorites for taste, cost and nutrition.
Have our favorite scratch dough rising right now for a clean out the fridge pizza tonight with the last of the mushrooms and previously sliced onion, leftover hamburger patty and basil from the window sill. Extra dough will go in the freezer so it is only the matter of laying it out to thaw next time. Less than $3 for a large jelly roll pan size and probably taking the same time to make as to order.
They stopped putting cigarettes in military C-rations in 1975. A lot of the C-rations provided to non-military users like the Forest Service didn’t include cigarettes even before then. I don’t remember seeing cigarettes in MREs ever.
They were never my brand anyways...............🙄
“C-Rats.....................”
My father, career Army, in the 60s, tricked us into believing C Rations were a treat. He would bring home left overs after field exercises and we thought they were the neatest thing in the world.
I tried several. But then was diagnosed with high blood pressure. It was pointed out to me by the nutritionist that kits are often very high sodium. I did a bit of research and she was right.
Green Chef
EveryPlate
I don’t remember what brands they were putting in way back then. I didn’t smoke, so it meant nothing to me.
I was brought up poor and to waste food was an unforgiveable sin and would get you a beating. I was raised to eat everything put in front of you and thank the Lord for it. I’ll see a ‘food fight’ on TV or in a movie and cringe............................
Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Camel, Chesterfield and some other ‘old’ brands.............
They’ve included fingerlings a few times in several recipes. Almost always recipes for roasting them.
Yes, good ol’ salt covers a multitude of cooking sins. LOL!
As I mentioned earlier, the food kits with mostly “raw” ingredients let you control the amount of salt you add. The recipe cards recommend that you add salt/seasoning at every cooking step, but it’s really not necessary.
They specifically do have a low/no carb menu that is excellent. I do wish that part of the menu was bigger as it gets redundant.
I’m not trying to necessarily avoid all carbs, just don’t like the rice and pasta fillers that most recipes in these kits use.
I was the kid who secretly liked the cafeteria food. I grew up in a large family (9 kids). We had a huge garden and canned everything, including meat. The fresh food was good but canned food really is not. Mom, sadly was not an adventurous cook so everything was either boiled or fried in used Crisco. School cafeteria food really wasn't that bad. Loved chicken and biscuit.
“What about fingerling potatoes?”
As long as you get verbal consent from the potatoes beforehand, I see nothing wrong with it. 😆😆😆
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