Food thread

[KyleEl]

Pumpkin spice cake is finished. Little Debbies are in the refrigerator and I went back to my fruitcake just the one time.

No turkey burgers today. Even though I washed dishes yesterday, I was still late for the Rose Parade. The TV station that shows it live and uninterrupted has it available to watch later so I will.

[KyleEl]

Still going back to eat fruitcake.

I was looking for peppermint candy on sale because when it was given to people at my church in a bag with several items in it, I decided it might work instead of cough drops. It did. I found candy canes on sale at Dollar Tree, four packages for the price of one. I wish now I had bought more.

Mouse nearly got in one box of crackers. Hopefully I won't find any other evidence. The bag inside the box was untouched so I emptied it into a container.

Still haven't watched the remainder of the parade.

[KyleEl]

Fruitcake almost gone.

Still waiting to watch the parade but I should have time tomorrow.

Three loaves of bread left. No problems with turkey burgers.

Pumpkin spice Oreos don't taste like pumpkin spice but they are good.

[KyleEl]

Christmas tree cakes gone after tonight.

Found lemon Oreos.

I did watch the parade.

Still waiting on fruitcake.

Not buying honey wheat. I need real fiber.

[KyleEl]

Cadbury egg and Reese egg were free because they couldn't scan them. I've needed them to be on sale. Now I just need to find caramel and chocolate versions.

Fruitcake is gone.

One full loaf left. No problems.

No turkey burger problems.

[KyleEl]

Not on sale, but another brand is buy one get one free and probably will be next Tuesday. Looks delicious, but my main concern is ... fiber.

Lots of Oreos on sale and you never know when they will be again. Top of Premium crackers was open but I bought it anyway. Slaw was broken and I put it down too hard and some spilled. If I hadn't, it might not have been noticed. Store brand Wheat Thins also on sale.

I got more candy canes but not at the dollar store. They seem to work okay as cough drops.

[KyleEl]

The last loaf of the bread I like is nearly gone.

No problem with the turkey burgers today unless you count how long it took to put water in the frying pan.

[KyleEl]

Now I am going to eat the other loaf of bread, and then the second one. I got all the points I needed so I didn't see if my bread was on sale. Oh, wait, it was supposed to rain a lot and I didn't go, and Wednesday the sales might be the same as last week.

[KyleEl]

No problem with turkey burgers today.

I finally washed the container I keep store brand Wheat Thins in. And I know why they taste stale. I happened to see the expiration date and it was several months ago.

I have so many boxes left even though I only buy them on sale now.

[KyleEl]

Bread was on sale, at last!

Flavored water is not but I've got way too much.

Soup was buy one get one free.

[KyleEl]

Opened the last package of pumpkin spice Oreos. Not that I'll be eating any more for a while after next week.

Emptied the container with cheese crackers that are not whole grain. Washed it and will fill with jelly beans if I get them tomorrow. Also with more cheese crackers that aren't whole grain. I couldn't believe how much Brach's were but that was CVS. I'm getting the store brand.

[KyleEl]

I got my jelly beans but they were more expensive than I remember. I open them this weekend, but not on Saturday. I want all the black and white ones gone before my first Saturday eating the others.

The bread I like was on sale but there wasn't any. I went to another store and while it was on sale, it wasn't a low enough price and I got another brand that was, another version of what I ate for two weeks. I got all my points for the month already because a lot of stuff I wanted was on sale. So I'm going for 200.

[KyleEl]

I just went ahead and ate the black jelly beans on Saturday. Now I've got that over with. Normally, I have only the best dessert on Saturday.

I'm almost out of turkey burgers. I forgot to get any. No problems today.

Ironically, I did have an extra knife I could have used for peanut butter yesterday. I just put cheese on my last sandwich with bread that wasn't my favorite other than the similar bread I will soon open.

[KyleEl]

I found a caramel egg yesterday, so I can eat three tomorrow. That means the jelly beans last a week longer and Oreos are delayed yet another week.

Turkey burgers were on sale but once again I had a hard time finding them. They are always with seafood so I need to remember to look for seafood, but that wasn't where it is in other stores.

I thought it was fish I was getting when I ate on Wednesday. I'm not Catholic but those who are have to eat fish on Ash Wednesday. I just ate what I normally do.

I had a KFC sandwich. Cook Out had no restrooms that I could see. Besides, I've been wanting to try KFC's sandwich and I still had slaw at home.

[KyleEl]

I ate all three eggs. They are just gone way too fast, but at least there were three like last year and that helps.

No problem with turkey burgers today.

I opened my second loaf of bread that isn't the type I like. Hopefully I'll find the other later this week.

[KyleEl]

My bread was on sale but there wasn't any. I got a different kind which is also on sale but doesn't taste quite as good or have ... other benefits. The same bread should be on sale next week when I go.

I'm almost through with the bread that isn't the kind I want.

The store where I went yesterday had all three eggs, and they were on sale. But I got a better deal on the ones I already ate.

[KyleEl]

I ate more green jelly beans in one day than I have in years.

Back to the bread I like, briefly.

No problems with turkey burgers but it's always hard to open a new box or even the second group of three.

[KyleEl]

The bread I like doesn't taste like the bread I like for some reason. Still, I have to eat two loaves of another kind when I finish this loaf, then I'll go back to the good kind. Then there are two loaves of another brand.

Spaghetti-Os with other letters today. Really good. I wanted to wait for a cold day. I've never eaten Chunky Beef soup this year but i think there was another cold Friday.

[KyleEl]

I was promised a coupon for the bread that tastes different. I also told them there were fewer seeds, and that they were bigger. The crust is darker.

I thought I was out of Premium crackers but when I was looking for a bag to put trash in I found two more boxes. Still, I chose to eat Club crackers.

At some point I need to eat my Chicken in a Biskit and Sociables. They were on sale and the bag fell when I was moving stuff around.

[KyleEl]

My bread wasn't on sale this week but I took a good look and it seems to have the larger seeds.

I spilled a can of soup today, but only after I emptied it and filled it with water so I can recycle it.

I'm trying to cut down on cookies I buy so they won't be stale by the time I eat them but three different kinds were buy one get one free. Until I have a coupon for detergent, I need to take advantage of such sales to get to 100. I already have way more toilet paper than I need.

[KyleEl]

I found two more boxes of Premium crackers but continued to eat the Club crackers.

I finished two jugs of milk on Saturday. If I do that it won't smell when I out it out in the recycling. I could put milk out in the recycling whenever I finish it, but Saturday is the day I do it, going back to when I had to deliver recyclables to the convenience center. The jug that was old last Saturday still hasn't been put out because another problem is the milk turns solid and can't be washed off easily. Getting it wet helps. But the opening is too small to reach in and do it.

I spilled another can of soup and had to clean it up.

Two more colors of jelly beans finished. Two more to go.

I opened a box of candy canes that was a different brand from what I've been eating as cough drops. Didn't taste as good.

[KyleEl]

Club crackers are finished. Jelly beans are finished. All the empty milk jugs are recycled. Sociables are almost finished and I regret not getting more.

When I cleaned the pot that the turkey burgers were thawed in I saw ... surely there aren't mice again? Well, I found soup that still hadn't been cleaned up but now it is. I nearly burned the turkey burgers in the frying pan because I turned the heat too high and almost didn't put enough water in.

Someone from my insurance company wanted to take a picture of the outside of the house and the kitchen. I had already gotten a call but didn't call back when a message was left. I've been trying to clean up the kitchen but I wasn't ready yet. I'm slowly making progress. I take bags in other rooms. The man was willing to not go in the kitchen but was that it or will he have to come back? Well, I'll have to know so I can finish.

[KyleEl]

It will be a different insurance company if a photo is taken of my kitchen.

I will open Chicken in a Biskit later today.

Next week I'll go back to Popeyes and I'm hoping the problem with the coupon will be solved. Somehow signing up for the rewards program is supposed to let me save $5.

I didn't buy milk this week so I hope it lasts. The forecast for next week looks bad for Wednesday and Thursday but Friday might be okay. Still, unless I go to the college I graduated from early in the week, things could change. If I go early that will work. But then I'll have to go somewhere else in the rain.

Now that I have a can opener I can eat Healthy Request soup. I knew if I went in one of those dollar stores I could get one cheaper. I also opened a can that the tab broke off of. e

[KyleEl]

Surely that wasn't evidence of a mouse. I haven't seen one. Maybe a tiny piece of cabbage that turned black.

No problems with turkey burgers and Chicken in a Biskit tastes good.

My milk supply is so low that I'll have to hope milk is cheap where I get points. I know that a store I pass by on the way to the college I graduated from has cheap milk. But knowing I will go Friday, I can't wait that long.

[KyleEl]

Milk wasn't cheap where I get points, and I'm about out, so I'm glad I spent a little more where I don't get points.

If I eat a fish sandwich at Popeyes tomorrow that'll be my fish for the week so I had chicken today. I forgot Homestyle Chicken Noodle, which was on sale, does not have the side noodles I'm used to, and it tastes different.

I heard a noise but maybe it was a bag settling.

[KyleEl]

Three loaves of the bread I like left. Does not taste the same.

Two loaves of a completely different brand, and two loaves of a different version of the brand I like.

No problems with turkey burgers.

I wasn't able to use the $5 coupon I was promised by Popeyes. The first one I went to seemed to only be taking drive-thru customers. I don't do that. I went to Bojangles but not fish. The person there said go to the mall. Fish was more expensive there but while the person didn't know how to save me the $5, she did give me a discount. Fish sandwich was nothing special. I'll go back to the Popeyes where I had the problem.

Milk was cheap but I just got one.

[KyleEl]

Two loaves of the bread I like plus a few slices.

Milk was cheap at the store where I get points. And by buying $25 worth of the store brand, I save $10. So I not only have way too many crackers to eat, but I have even more. But I did that just once. I didn't find flavored water the second time I went to the store, the one with gas. And that store has a sign saying we keep our restrooms as clean as you do at home. I wanted to tell them they look awful and it may be time to give up. Surprise! Yesterday it was unisex and brand new, while the women's is going through the same process. Two weeks ago I guess it would have been the reverse.

More evidence of a mouse: two of three sleeves remaining in a box of crackers are empty. I don't know which sleeve is the one from that box because I disposed of a second box so I'd have as much as possible to recycle. But hopefully whichever one it is will be stale. Assuming this is something that happened a long time ago, I'm probably safe leaving it out.

[KyleEl]

A few slices of bread left in the second to last loaf of the bread I like (or used to, since the taste is different, but I have coupons!). Mold on a couple of slices but then I didn't see any.

I will get more of the bread tomorrow with the coupons. I still have one or two loaves of the brand (but a different type) and two loaves of another brand.

No problems with turkey burgers.

Tomorrow I will ask about my Popeyes coupon.

I finish my pumpkin spice Oreos this weekend. There was one type of Oreos that I didn't buy even though it was a limited edition because I have so many. But now I don't have it and can't get it.

I'm almost out of Tide detergent and fortunately I found an All coupon. Just one. The coupon section was not sent on Wednesday as it usually is.

There was a sale on store brand products where I get points. Not knowing it would last, I bought a bunch more round crackers and Wheat Thins. I have so many of these I don't know when I will finish. The expiration date on the box of round crackers I opened last night was sometime last year. They taste okay.

The round crackers in the box a mouse got into may or may not have been eaten. I have one sleeve left. Nothing really stale.

I need milk, cheese and orange juice tomorrow. Hopefully the store where I get points has cheese on sale, but if it doesn't, the other store has it cheaper.

[KyleEl]

Finished the Oreos.

No problems with turkey burgers except I smelled something burning when I first turned on the pan.

I'm on the last loaf of bread I like. The coupons I have are for $1 off so I haven't used them since the bread wasn't on sale. No, I mean a real sale. Cheese wasn't on sale either so I got more expensive cheese at another store, still cheaper than cheese not on sale where I get points. No detergent on sale either.

No luck with the Popeyes coupon as the woman said they were just a franchise. Did nothing when I said it was her franchise that I was told messed up.

I will be eating stale store brand Wheat Thins for a while. The round crackers have a sell by date from 2023.

[KyleEl]

I got an email explaining how to get my $5 coupon and use it. I'll do that next week. I've never ordered anything online but it may work.

Almost through with the last loaf of bread that is the kind I like. Two loaves of another kind and I just hope it doesn't have mold. Then there is the one loaf of the same brand but not the same type.

I got the All detergent.

I got two milks last week but I hope the second one will still be good, because nearly a week later the first one didn't taste that good.

Oh, yes, last week I used the can opener for the last time.