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It sure looks like it's available via Amazon Fresh whatever (via WF). I haven't used this service yet. Amazing how the high-quality chicken game/availability has been upped the last few years. The problem becomes does it end up like Perdue?

And yes, your haul is practically perfect imperfect!

I think we can expect different packaging, depending on the region we're in. As to the limes and garlic - I have come to the point, no matter how ridiculous something might be, to not let it surprise me.

I think they were using the carrots as insulation 🙂. Though more properly, I believe ice should be on top of the proteins.

Interesting - I'd never seen that chicken at Whole Foods, but it's been since March since I've shopped in one of the stores.

OK, so considering I totally screwed up my food delivery orders this past week, by both not submitting my Fresh Direct order in time (meaning I got nothing), and also not updating my Imperfect box in time (meaning there are items in there I wasn't going to order), things aren't all that bad. Imperfect came last evening, in its time slot... @Chris Hennes shall note - the proteins came in the same box, in a paper bag, on top of this... So they were nice and cold; whether that would be the case on a 95℉ day in August is another story. Carrots are friggin' weird. Citrus, apples, pears, broccoli, peppers, onions, potatoes (this time) all fine. Some of this must just be excess inventory (which I think they note on the website?). One pear had a slight blemish - no big deal. And the peppers are not a gorgeous shape, otherwise they're fine and since I use them chopped up or roasted and chopped, not a problem. With 2 packages of chicken thighs, a pound of heritage ground pork, the produce - I'd say about 33% less expensive than FD or going shopping. And I get Cooks Venture chicken to boot.

@rotuts @Margaret Pilgrim has a real butcher down the road apiece.

Pizza night last night; always a time for reckoning. I made and used a dough that had fermented overnight, but without refrigerating it. Just shaped, benched, and used. slightly lower hydration, KA Sir Gallahad flour (like 11.7%) - trying to get to the NY style crust. This did not achieve that, nor was it as good as the last crust I made. Still tasty, though I had a little trouble with the roundness on this one...let's call it Pizza al Taglio. Much more architecturally circular... I know, I know - parchment. I'm a wuss.

Bought one...

With those desi chanas from @rancho_gordo, I made this very delicious chana masala, going so far as to grind the whole spices as needed. Served with Basmati rice and a salad. They'd (Cervo's) been closed since a day or two before Christmas, and they opened back up yesterday. I ran over and grabbed these... Then I preheated the cast iron in the oven for an hour, turned on the broiler to get it even hotter, threw them in...and in less than 2 minutes dragged them out. Onto a plate (don't touch that handle!). Salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice - nothing else needed, they are so delicious. Galician Albariño went well....

Not really that hard to come by. Plenty of on line sources for heritage pork, Berkeshire pork, whatever... https://www.dartagnan.com/buy/berkshire-pork/ https://www.debragga.com/pork.html (If you think Kurobuta is great, Gloucester old spot...) https://www.snakeriverfarms.com/ https://www.fossilfarms.com/collections/berkshire-pork And on and on.

This may help you with milk stuff... https://www.idfa.org/pasteurization https://extension.umn.edu/preserving-and-preparing/homemade-ice-cream

How much do those soy sauces cost? I see a date on the bottom of the bottom jar - I'm assuming that's the production date? Or maybe when they added the iron(why?)?

Maybe you could sell some of that stuff you never use any more, and buy a decent regular freezer as well as the blast.

Indeed, both bad in the middle and a bit on the outside too. And since it was such a challenging season for the potato crop here, probably wise to avoid potatoes from Imperfect, if you're getting Imperfect in the northeast. Yep - I don't have as much problem with in-store stuff, but the corner guys - it's really caveat emptor. And if you luck out and get the good ones, use them very quickly.

Hennes's look fine - you should be okay. Maybe.

So I just went to cut up the 2 sweet potatoes I received in my Imperfect Box, and boy, are they lousy. Red potatoes are better but still not great. Maybe in my neck of the woods, imperfect potatoes are not worthy.

Certainly sounds like the bananas thawed somewhere along the way to getting to your fancy new blender...(same one I use). Like anyone cares, I go for kefir in my smoothies - but I have no problem adding ice if all I have is fresh fruit. And I don't mind a shot of nut butter, or even a handful of cashews, almonds, whatever thrown into the blend.

Yes - pretty good product, but I have not roasted a whole Katie’s, which I find offers to me a better way of judging the bird from nose to pupick.

Oh - it's the chicken from Cooks Venture. But they really don't appear to be heavily discounted at all (though they offer thighs, which fresh direct does not).

I seem to remember something coming in different packaging, but didn't really make the weather connection. I'll totally keep an eye on it my next delivery. And now that I think about it, some Fresh Direct packaging changed too.

I think if I use/continue to use this (imperfect) service I would try to up to the free delivery level ($60 here), and use it less frequently.

I seem to be able to get the chickens I like (not Joyce, but close) from Imperfect, and a fair amount of other stuff too. Most everything in the produce area is cheaper than I pay at my regular stops.

I think it's all about being proprietary. And in that case, why not the larger one as well?

Food & Wine; Wine Spectator; I think that's about it at this point.