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@Anna N if you de-salted the SPAM, Ill give you a Pass +

it looks like they vacuum pack their seafood. great idea do they then freeze it , or keep it very very cold ?

got an email from DARETO , the person I spoke with on the phone in the past : he said all models of pans will be offered on the sale.

@Shelby exactly

Yum !

One thing Ive noted about Amazon : they try something , and then something else and what works they keep and what doesnt they give up on. I think there is an Eataly in downtown BOS. I don't have much interest in things like that for me , except to see how Markets are catering to they clientele I imagine they are looking at an urban , very wealthy crowd. and tha's fine if it works for them I think one thing Amazon strides for is efficiency . their new stores might be looking for a less affluent but still affluent crowd and look for profits by making the workings of the store very efficient. their cash-less stores eliminated human clerks at check out. and you and to have a CC to go their there was blow-back about that , not serving the whole population. a local family owned chain in my area , Roche Bros. make its mark w service. a person took your groceries to your car , and there was no tipping. w the advent of Check yourSelf out lines, saving a clerk's salary to them a long long long time to install. they have 4 now at a store near me. still service is their modle , and convenience the stores are in better than average wealthy neighborhoods. in MA towns decided if Wine/Beer/Liquor can be sold. they started selling it in the RB next to me a 10 $$ bottle their cost 6 $$ at TraderJoes , and 5 $$ at Totalwine but the sell a lot of 10s to their clientele you pick up a bottle or two on the way home. I don't feel Amazon is the threat its made out to be. physical bookstore were economically inefficient and Amazon capitalized on that ,l but now has it own bookstores , so go figure. but Food Markets are a much tougher Nut to Crack so we'll see what they come up with.

@liamsaunt thank you for taking us along.

remember , Im not a Beer Drinker except in restaurants w spicy food or sushi. Im now a big fan of H.U. to me, the House Lager is a bit less sharp , not very ' fruity ' and w a little less body. the Pilsner continues this trend : not sharp , not fusty , and less body. Id say if I were the Idiot some claim I am and went outside now to Mow the Lawn ( 92 F 82 % ) then came in and wanted a very icy beer , chugged right down the Pilsner would do the trick. if I chose the HU , more a sipping beer Id keel right over , for some reason. Im very much looking forward to visiting their tap room. its < 20 minus away.

I went to TotalWine to renew my Hoponius Union cans and I got this as a single : Is , obviously a dark beer , and quite nice. JA's has sample packs , the the current version is one Ive already tried. once it cools down , Ill go visit the brewery , at 11:30 am when it opens and see if they have small sample sets in the tap room. Ill try to remember to take some pics , if allowed.

an interesting article in the NYTimes , actually today's Print : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/technology/whole-foods-amazon-grocery.html I don't know if you can get around its paywall but of interest is that Amazon has been thinking about a different sort of grocery store for some time more or less with a larger delivery area , but with a walk i fresh section. for review purposes : ""The new stores, the document envisioned, would have robust sections for produce, fresh food and prepared meals. Nonperishable products, like paper towels or canned beans, would be stored on a separate floor, away from customers. Shoppers could order those items with an app, and while they shopped for fresh food, the other products would be brought down in time for check out. There would also be an area to pick up groceries ordered online and to manage packages for delivery drivers.'' " The marriage has made clear the difficulties of selling fresh food inexpensively, either in a physical store or through delivery. Bananas are not the same as books. But the combination has also shown glimmers of success, particularly in delivery. And that has provided some fuel to Amazon executives pushing to add another food-selling option — one built from the ground up'' "" The company is now quietly exploring an ambitious new chain, probably separate from Whole Foods, that is not far removed from the one outlined in the old memo. It would be built for in-store shopping as well as pickup and delivery'' ''The mixed results are reflected in prices at Whole Foods today. A standard basket of goods has fallen about 2.5 percent since the acquisition, according to Gordon Haskett Research Advisors. Amazon has said its Prime members, who get charged $119 for an annual subscription, have saved hundreds of millions of dollars in discounts at Whole Foods. But over all, Whole Foods is still more expensive than other major grocers, particularly for items like meat.'' "" Still, deliveries have shown big potential, making up almost all of Whole Foods’ growth."" "" Rather than dramatically substantially expand Whole Foods, several former employees said, Amazon is considering designing stores specifically with pickup and delivery in mind, and with a smaller area dedicated to fresh shopping"" ""And Amazon has been looking for spaces close to Whole Foods locations, indicating a hub-and-spoke approach where one store serves as the warehouse and commissary for others. Experts say it could take more than a decade to build a new chain from the ground up.'' interesting.

didn't know Shrimp had cheeks. Id like to try those.

@Margaret Pilgrim sounds like the Laney Flea Market is my kind of place.

Ill just get some ' Fake Buzz ' going on social media which i don't use , which might be a problem " Sun Charred Basil " Hot Hot Hot !

@Shelby still no report from the Island LunchLadies on the skinny on the store. Im betting its a Canadian thing , eh ? might out live us all. I understand Most Canadienes are Friendly , and fear more honest than S of the B. after all , they don't have ' paper ' one dollar bills , I understand. think of the savings in Graft etc right there !

I used to have a nice veg garden but I l always grew my basil in pots. several different kinds , including a stain that had very small leaves. now I buy a pot or two this one was nice an bushy , from MarketBasket : $ 3.50 USD then we had the Heat and Humidity : well waters every day. it seems a bit Sad. more heat for a few days Sadder still it is

@Shelby you are going to die and go to Heaven when you taste that Vac's corn in the winter. do the tomatoes really keep that long in the refrig ?

@HungryChris very interesting. wonder if all ALDI carry them your I think is V1 n.B.: V2 has specs of Beyond Fat , which seems to be hydrogenated coconut fat. Yum Yum ! hopefully my ALDI will have either version , and @ $ 4.00 Id try them maybe ALDI cornered the market for the rest of V1 's ?

@Duvel nice. bet quite tasty is the Egg Brainless , or the Shirmp ? is their a Brainb-ey version ?

Ronnie , pls look away I dont understand the free food. pls reply in a non Kansas Code.

@Smithy https://forums.egullet.org/topic/154537-what-are-you-cooking-sous-vide-today-part-3/page/29/?tab=comments#comment-2153821 look for what I did at the above. and a little bit below , the steaks in the bag for SV. I did 130 for I think 6 hours. after the cure. I didn't brown , as I used this steak for several Steak Sandwiches , which are favorite of mine. I thnk I only did 2 days , as I was a bit nervous. in the future Ill do 3 , and use more RB 40 as there is no hint of fish flavor after SV

@curls Id consider a couple of steaks for the RB40 3 day refrigerator cure , then SV 1 1/2 " Id say. 3 - 4 if you can spare the meat , or just two. I enjoyed that a while back w very nice sirloin steaks.

looking forward to the possibility of DRR P@W pics would be very nice . I dish I hope to make , once I remember to keep an eye out for a small ripe watermelon .

@Anna N Deep Run Roots ; pork and watermelon

yes , Ive found other refs. to the hops. I continued my studies w the on an empty stomach , the above , ice cold , did make me sleepy. however , If I ate 1/2 of a Tj's wrap first , and then while drinking the second 1/2 of he above with the second 1/2 of the wrap , not sleepy at all. the study was interesting. a non-alcoholic beer with Big Hops sounds H.S. might help me get to sleep. then Id have to get up and take a leak. quail have a different renal system , so this secondary effect was a not noted ?

@Smithy and you have not mastered CkTh's just yet once you do , that's enough for one CSO the skin is crispy , not fatty , and bubbly. like a chicken skin crispy cracker this is way back in the thread : my chicken : looking carefully , you can see bubbles on the skin and the skin comes right off and ' tents ' its so crispy here upside down : Yum Yum