On Mar 4, 7:34*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article
> >,
> *Chemo the Clown > wrote:
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> > On Mar 4, 3:30*pm, notbob > wrote:
> > > As several of you know, we have frozen sewers (still) during this
> > > record setting Winter. *Making dirty dishes is a real hassle, so we
> > > are living on canned and frozen foods that can be nuked or sandwiches
> > > which need zero clean-up.
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> > > Mom loves Banquet frozen meals. *They're cheap and she has little
> > > sense of taste. *I refuse to eat the damn things cuz --well, cuz they
> > > suck. *Except!! *I wuz hungry and lazy and found a dinky Banquet pot
> > > pie in the freezer. *What the Hell. *I expected little except to calm
> > > my belly. *Jes 5 mins in microwave and to my surprise, this little
> > > beef pot pie was astonishing. *For what it was, it had a lot of beef.
> > > Only 4-1/4" in diameter, a mere 7oz fer the whole pie, it was actually
> > > good. *Very beefy flavor, not too thick a crust --Marie Calender pot
> > > pies are easily one third crust-- and nice 1/2-2/3" cubes of real lean
> > > beef. *Not much in the way of veggies, a kernel of corn and a pea or
> > > two.... but very tasty and, did I mention beef!
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> > > I was so impressed, next time I went to mrkt I made a point of picking
> > > up more of same. *Another shocker. *On sale for $.66! *Real beef, real
> > > crust, real gravy, really tasty, two thirds of a buck. *They're in
> > > those crisping type pie pans, so the crust comes out as good as oven
> > > baked. *Amazing. *Fer a little over a half a dollar, this is easily
> > > the best food deal in the mkt. *Buy a doz, eat two at a time. *
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> > > nb
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> > and full of a lot of crap that one shouldn't eat.
>
> But there are times when one does not care about that. Just like the
> frozen fried chicken I can get locally for $4.50 for 30 pieces. We have
> a local chicken place that, instead of wasting the fried chicken that
> expires under the hot lamps, waits until the time is almost (but not
> quite) expired, tosses 15 pieces into a bag and freezes it, then sells
> it at a drastic discount.
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> Not the healthiest food, but it's cheap and tasty...

Astoundingly cheap.

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> Peace! Om

--Bryan