Vince is the bargain shopper in the family. I mostly want to get what I need and be done. Our choices here are pretty much Aldi or Walmart and I've always been comfortable that either of those places have fair prices. After the Baltimore port incident, there's been some talk that sugar may be in short supply and/or go up in price. I don't need any sugar but was looking at the prices at Aldi, Sam's ...
Saving on Groceries
With prices going up every day (or so it seems), we're trying to pay more attention to what we buy. Unless there's something I really need, there are just some things I will not buy. There are things I will buy whether they're on sale or not. A few weeks ago, I found "cotton candy grapes" at Aldi. They were not on sale and were more than I would usually pay but they looked interesting so I ...
Sourdough Discard Crackers
It's so nice knowing most anything we buy in the store can be made at home, especially those things that take few ingredients and are super easy. One of the best things about sourdough are all the "discard" recipes. Yesterday morning I fed my starter because I was going to start sourdough sandwich bread last night, then I was too tired so I pulled out 30 grams of that, fed it again this ...
Getting Packages
With almost every order I place, and wait and wait for its arrival, I get more apprehensive about ordering anything. Maybe Vince is collaborating with the post office to lose my my packages so I will stop ordering! I have a package from Fat Quarter Shop that is taking forever. I think it's been over a week since it was mailed and it's been sitting in Kansas City without moving for three days ...
The Stove
This is kind of a rant but I'm also laughing about it. I've been noticing with the stove that when I have oil in a skillet, it isn't level. A month or so ago, I asked Vince to bring a level in and we put it on the stove top and everything seemed to be level. I changed skillets and the oil was never level but worse on the left front. Yesterday morning I had butter in a skillet to cook eggs ...
Natural Pesticide
This seems too good to be true so . . you know I'm apprehensive but I'm going to share it anyway, simply because I am so desperate to get rid of squash bugs. In this video, the guy talks about using Jerusalem artichokes to make a liquid "pesticide". Again, I can't say that it works but I do have Jerusalem artichokes growing. I'm not sure how long it will take before mine get tall enough that I ...