On Wed 16 Jul 2008 07:55:11p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 03:36:38p, Kswck told us...
>>
>>> "Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
>
>>> We used to have a stupidmarket called ShopRite (it's still around, but
>>> not in my area). Mom believed that when they had their 'Can-Can' sale,
>>> you should buy every can of sauce, veggies, etc you could get your
hands
>>> on-even if you didn't need it.
>>> I remember Mom going to visit a friend for a month or so. Dad and I
>>> refused to acutally buy anything other than milk (for his coffee-I
never
>>> drank it) for the entire time she was gone. We were to use ONLY all
>>> those cans she bought and whatever was in the cabinets.
>>> After a month or so, dinner was nothing more than canned tomaotes and
>>> pasta.
>>>
>>> AND she was ****ed that all her cans were gone when she came home-and
>>> the process started all over again after a new 'Can-Can' sale.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> UGH!
>>
>
> What UGH!? I did the same thing when I lived in Jersey. The Can-Can sale
> was in January and I'd stock up on the little cans of tomato sauce,
> tomato paste, canned pineapple, etc. that I used all year long. Saved
> money, not counting the time one of my girls got mad at me and tore off
> all the labels.
>
> I would grab a can open it and "design" a meal around whatever was in
> it. Hey! wouldn't that be a good idea for a cooking reality show? Kind
> of like Iron Chef, but for the masses.

I was picture shelves full of canned vegetables and fruits, which I loathe,
with the exception of canned pineapple, and of course the tomato products.
The other stuff I simply wouldn't eat.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Wednesday, 07(VII)/16(XVI)/08(MMVIII)
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Too late now to count the cost.
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