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"Sarah Gray" > wrote in message
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> Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:39:04 GMT, Sarah Gray >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lou Decruss wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:05:28 -0500, Sarah Gray
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Heh. I have a notebook where I have the best "regular" prices on
>>>>> pretty much anything I might care to purchase, grocery-wise. 75% of it
>>>>> is Aldi.
>>>> Your menu must be quite limited then.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lou
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> hmmm.. off the top of my head:
>>>
>>> Pizza, lasagna, baked/sauteed salmon/perch fillets,
>>> chicken/beef/pork/shrimp stir fries, sauteed boneless chicken
>>> breast(scallopini, piccata)grilled/broiled steak, macaroni and cheese
>>> casserole, spaghetti (bolognese and marinara), frittatas with various
>>> vegetables, baked chicken(lemon and herb, "BBQ", oven fried),
>>> chicken/turkey soup with noodles/matzah balls/rice, vegetable soup, ham
>>> and bean soup, chili, hamburgers, chicken/pork/shrimp fried rice, "BBQ"
>>> pork western ribs, hot dogs, Italian sausages, pot roast, beef stew,
>>> baked ziti, "pasta bake" with rotini and zucchini and peppers and
>>> mozzarella, homemade chicken nuggets and strips, chicken/beef/turkey pot
>>> pie, roast turkey, roast chicken, chicken Kiev, beef/chicken/bean tacos,
>>> bowtie pasta with pork sausage and greens, stuffed peppers, <a
>>> href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/64129172@N00/873514516/in/set-72157600957324825/">eggs
>>> in purgatory</a> , ravioli(frozen, not homemade), rice and beans with
>>> chicken/pork, pork chops, pork loin roast, pork/beef "BBQ" sandwiches,
>>> meatballs, fried chicken, egg-sausage-bacon-potato-pancake breakfast
>>> food for dinner, etc. etc. etc.
>>>
>>> Each of these things is a complete dinner, if you add rice, potatoes, or
>>> another starchy thing, and a vegetable, a salad, and fruit for dessert.
>>> I'll make a batch of cookies or a pie or a cake a few times a month for
>>> fun. We eat yogurt, cereal or oatmeal, and fruit for breakfast. I make
>>> sandwiches and take fruit and raw vegetables for lunch; I take leftovers
>>> if there are any. Weekend lunches might largely depend on canned soup
>>> and boxed macaroni and cheese, but I don't think a small amount of junk
>>> food is so horrible.
>>> These are just regular kind of things that I don't need to look up
>>> recipes for (except maybe, for the pizza and biscuit dough, and pie
>>> crust, and snacky baked goods). It might not be fancy food, but I think
>>> two month's worth of dinners is variety enough.

>>
>> You need a life if you typed that up for a newsgroup. Was that your
>> shopping list?
>>
>> Lou
>>

>
> True, I don't have a very exciting life. No. I don't buy many prepared
> foods.
>
> You said one could not have a varied diet if i bought 75% of my groceries
> at Aldi... I guess I could have been less specific
>


But then this asshole would have criticized you for that.



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